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Evening star., 1960-07-04
No Seofood They

For the past several dayS-even
while engaged in our normal around
the-clock brooding over such things as
the questionable future of the world and
the Soporif1c tempo of redevelopment in
Southwest Westinghouse have been
giving, a lot of earnest thought to the
subject of bottle-noSe dolphinS. We have
been doing so because of what DR.. John
c. Lilly has had to say about them.
Certainly, as set forth at his recent news
conference here, his assessment of their
mental capacity should have sobering
effect on all those among us who may
feel, too proudly and probably quite in
accurately, that no creatures in our uni
verse could possibly be smarter than we
are.
Actually, according to DR.. Lilly, the
bottle-noSe dolphin-popularly known as
the porpoiSe, the So-called playboy of the
sea-haS brain that is as convoluted
and as complex as ours and also 40 per
cent larger. More than that, again &C
cording to DR.. Lilly, the general nature
of this enchanting creatures conduct
(including the Language" it speaks, it's
ability to mimic human words and it's
apparent sense of humor) strongly Sug-
geSts that it is at least equal to us, If
not our superior, in certain forms of in
tellectual activity. True enough, it might
be lost trying to compete with us in the
Library of Congress, but no more so
than we would be lost trying to COM
pete with it in the water.
A final point to be kept in mind
(and maybe it's the most important
point of ally is that porpoises decided
several million years ago, in the course
of their evolutionary development as
mammals, to quit the land and return
to the sea. This perhaps is the most
persuasive measure of their mental su-
periority to us. Anyhow, they seem to
enjoy themselves tremendously amid the
heaving waves. They laugh at the biped
voyager aboard ship; they tell him
there's more fun where they are than
in jobs where one worries foolishly and
fruitleSSly about mans fate, actual or
potential. Clearly, they display degree
of intelligence impressive enough to sug-
geSt that it would be tantamount to can
nibaliSm for us to ask for little piece
of them, broiled or French-fried, on q
seafood platter
Evening star., 1960-07-04
Cream of the Crop

The student booing, kissing and
jeering which broke up the graduation
ceremonies at New York's Peter Stuy-
vesant High School the other day should
raise SOLDERING thoughts for us all, even
those who are inclined to condone mob
rudeneSs and hoodlumism as healthy
signs of youthful expression.
What precipitated the StuyveSant
outbreak, according to news accounts,
was "Smoldering resentment against
the principal for such "failings" as his
rules of discipline, his miSpronunciation
of students names and his poor attend
ance record at school football games.
Such resentment" of course, is not
without precedent in high schools every
Evening star., 1960-07-04
Unfixed Chairman

If the Democratic convention has
been fixed in Senator Kennedy's favor,
as charged by Harry Truman, it may be
too late to undo the damage to the other
candidates and prospective candidates.
One thing, however, seems clear enough
after watching Florida's Governor Leroy
Collins on Meet the Press. The Florida
Governor, who will serve as permanent
chairman of the convention, has not
been fixed" himself, and will not be a
party to any Shenanigans when the roll
calls start. Governor Collins says, and he
says it convincingly, that he intends to
play 1t straight down the middle.
Meanwhile, the storm kicked up by
the former President continues un-
abated. Averell Hartman, whom Mr..
Truman supported in 1856 against Adlai
Stevenson, says he thinks the man from
independence is wrong. Democratic
Chairman Paul Butler, a principal target
Of the Truman shafts, said as much even
before Mr.. Truman held his press con-
ference. On the other hand, Majority
Leader Lyndon Johnson agrees with Mr.
Truman. The Texas Senator, who has
not yet announced his candidacy, is
frowned upon by Mr.. Butler, but he
stands to benefit most from Mr. Tru-
mans appeal to the delegates.
The man who stands to lose most,
If anyone loses, is, of course, Senator
Kennedy. The bomb dropped Saturday
by the former President was plainly de-
signed to slow down and If possible to
stop the Kennedy bandwagon. Without
actually naming names, Mr.. Truman
said the people who are running the
Kennedy campaign have been ruthless
and unscrupulous in trying to nail down
the delegates for their man. This after
noon, Senator Kennedy gives his answer,
and he can be sure of an audience at
least equal to that which heard the Tru-
man indictment.
Evening star., 1960-07-04
Quo Vodis?'

The air seems to be filled
with talk Of leadership these
days which is all to the good
since these times most as
Suredly call for that rare
quality as never before. How
ever, the essential question
remains to be asked Of the
many would-be leaders, "Quo
vadis?" For leadership can
not be viewed in a vacuum
since this term necessarily
implies a goal or goals to
which the Nation is to be
guided or led. Thus the oft
repeated cry Leadership!
leadership" is like the un-
answered biblical cry for
peace.
The proclaimed goals of
strength and security for
America in her dealings with
foreign powers are often i'm
plicitly contradicted by the
proposals put forth by some
of the would-be leaders. For
example, negotiating from
strength coupled with propo-
sails for disarmament and
banning even underground
nuclear weapons testing, and
urging a firm stand in Ber-
lin while counSeling the sur
render Of Quemoy and Matsu
to the Chinese Communists.
Other examples can be cited
but it is sufficient to state
that If these contradictory
proposals are not rejected as
mutually exclusive then we
shall find ourselves being led
but to another Munich.
Inc goal OF the United
States should be the defeat of
Communist power every
where in the world by all
means short of open war
fare. For surely if the world
is one, as has been said so
often, then we must not be
afraid to proclaim that the
world can no longer endure
half slave and half free. Why
should we be afraid or
ashamed to face this great
challenge for indeed the
Communists are not reluc-
tant to proclaim our econom-
ic and even military destruc-
tion. Assuming as I do that
we are now in a life and
death struggle with the Com
munist powers who seek to
dominate the world, whether
we choose to admit it or not,
our every effort both in and
out of government must be
directed towards the aim of
victory over Communist Slav-
cry.
Vincent P. MacQueeney.
Evening star., 1960-07-04
Arrogant Nonsense

Your editorial Arrogant
Nonsense" discusses the feud
between the Federal Aviation
Agency Chief and civil pilots,
professional and non-profes-
Sional.
The underlying cause of
this situation seems to me to
be better described by these
excerpts from Page 9744 of
the Congressional Record.
They are from the comment
of a member of the Aviation
Subcommittee, Senator Engle,
when he proposed amend
mentS to the FAA Act of
1858:
I'm practical operation we
have discovered that the
rights of the individual pilot
receive less consideration un-
der the administration of the
Federal Aviation Act than
would be accorded to most
common criminal in q court
of law.
"The Federal Aviation
Agency has been in operation
for about a year and a half
and in that time the Ad-
ministrator has promulgated
numerous rulings regulating
flying and conduct of pilots
in the air. Some of these
regulations have deprived
pilots OF their livelihood even
though the pilots may have
had many years of experience
and a good safety record.
These regulations have been
passed over a multitude Of
objections. with little factual
evidence that they would
contribute to safety in the
air, and in the main without
a public hearing. =.
II do not believe it was the
intent of Congress to author
ize or encourage the Admin
iStrator to act in such an
arbitrary manner.
These pilots are vitally
interested in fight safety and
have contributed much to
develop this great national
asset. Unfortunately, these
people are operating under a
severe handicap in the form
of procedures imposed upon
them by the Administrator Of
the FAA and grave injustice
is being done in many cases
wherein the individual is
denied the same due process
that is the very foundation Of
our American way of life"
1t would appear that the
wheels Of democracy are
beginning to move!
Robert E. TrimbIe.
Evening star., 1960-07-04
1t Mustn't Happen Again

The release, as sane, of Fairfax
County man who was sent to an asylum
after midnight hearing in which "brain
wave" evidence played an important
part should be matter Of grave concern
to authorities in Virginia.
We refer, of course, to the un-
identified man who was designated by
the so-called mental telepathist, Peter
Herkos, as suspect in the Jackson
prestige through his sponsorship by DR..
F. Regis RieSenman, Saint ElizabethS
Hospital pSychiatriSt, Mr.. Herkos' men
tal-oscillation testimony so impressed
some county authorities that they hailed
the man before a county Judge, who
had been reused from his sleep. Lack
ing anything more than telepathic evi-
dence Of the prisoners involvement in
the Jackson case, the Judge convened a
lunacy commission consisting of him
self, DR.. RieSenman and the jail phySi-
clan. The mans wife signed a commit
ment paper, an act she later regretted
because, she explained, she had been
COll1uoCO dlIO "Cd1J' Dy q GILL Ol1C NC
wildered prisoner was on the way to a
State mental hospital
But examination by pSychiatrists at
the hospital resulted in the decision that
the man, while suffering from "Socio-
pathic personality" and addiction to
alcohol, was sane. Fairfax County Cir
cult Judge Paul E. Brown-who had no
part in the fantastic commitment pro-
ceedings-promptly ordered his release.
What kind of law is it that sanctions
such commitment procedures? The So
bering thought persists that if it could
happen in this day and age in Fairfax
County, 1t might happen again under
similar anywhere in the
State. Virginia should see to it that no
recurrence is possible.
Evening star., 1960-07-04
Mr.. K. on the Future

Up to now on his eSS-than-trium-
phant tour of Austria, Nikita Khru-
Shchev has been speaking in language
relatively polite and temperate for him.
Even so, in typically Snide fashion, he
has managed to emphasize to his hosts
that he has washed his hands of Pres
1dent Eisenhower and will have nothing
more to do with him. But significantly
enough, according to the Austrian For
eign Minister, he has been at pains at
the same time to make clear that he
stands willing and ready to go to an
other summit" with the next occupant
of the White House.
However, although this suggests
that the Soviet Premier is anxious to
keep alive the idea of negotiation at the
highest level, there is every reason to
doubt that the next occupant of the
White House will be even slightly dis
posed to consent to meet and talk with
him. This is so because Mr.. Khrushchev
and his propaganda machine have cut
loose with an outrageouSly mendacious
campaign deliberately designed to ridi-
cule and revile Mr.. Eisenhower and his
otf1ce in manner calculated to smear
and undermine our country'S leadership
throughout the world. Needless to say,
the American people will not soon for
give or forget this latest example Of the
Kremlin'S resort to the technique Of the
Big Lie.
Certainly, in such circumstances,
Mr.. EiSenhowers successor as President
Is not likely to rush into any meeting
with Mr.. KhruShchev. And this is the
more true because of the way in which
the Kremlin, wholly apart from its in
suits to Mr.. Eisenhower, has sought to
blame our country for the torpedoing
of the Paris summit conference and the
subsequent breakup of the Geneva dis
armament talks. Quite obviously, de-
spite our Governments mishandling of
the U-2 "Spy-plane" incident, the Paris
wreckage is attributable directly to the
Russians, who brought 1t about because
they knew that they could not have
their way as regards the Berlin issue.
And essentially the same thing holds
true for the shattered arms negotiations.
OF course, in the lexicon Of inter-
national relations, there really is no
such word as never" For change is a
law of life that affects all individuals
and nations, and sooner or later-if
there Is not going to be mutual an
Inhalation in nuclear war-the United
States and the Soviets will have to
arrive at an enduring, trustworthy live
and-let-llve understanding. Meanwhile,
it must be hoped that Mr.. KhruShchev
will stop mouthing the lies and insults
that have made it difficult in the ex-
treme, if not impossible, for the next
President of the United States to serious
ly consider meeting with him.
Evening star., 1960-07-04
Trip Not in Vain

Those who proclaim the
diplomatic flop of President
Eisenhower's trip to Japan,
as a setback to our country's
status for years to come,
shock me.
For some years past prac-
tically all heads of the diff
ferent nations have visited
this country. President Eisen-
hover was returning the
compliment. There were no
MunichS or SUBMITS in
volved: this was not a one
man job of buying or selling
anything.
The summit was serious
business which was aborted
by the Soviet. The visit to
Moscow was cancelled by
Khrushchev, and can only
mean that he has no desire
for co-eXistence or anything
else He wants to rule the
world alone.
The japanese student riots
obviously Soviet inspired
from the pictures they all
looked as if they were en-
joying a holiday caught a
new government apparently
unprepared to deal with such
demonstrations.
World diplomacy is not in
the least affected. The in
ternal workings of the Japa-
nese government, their school
system, etc., will undoubt-
edly have a change in policy,
which will rid itself of the
canker of communism, which
they have discovered they
really have.
So there has been a great
deal of good achieved, by
what was meant to be a
good will mission: the fact
has been brought out for
all nations to see, that the
Soviets want to be alone and
supreme, and don't want to
cooperate with anybody,
much less be diplomatic. The
case Of freedom has been
strengthened.
Elizabeth B. Allen
Evening star., 1960-07-04
Time to Reopproise

The U-2 incident, Summit
collapse and Japanese riots
have posed the necessity for
a reappraisal of world policy.
Negative criticism, or loud
claims by ourselves Of our
own weakness, will not help.
Agonizing is of little value
unless it produces construc-
tive results.
The principal and new
source of disturbing recent
events is Communist China
which does not fear nuclear
war because she has so many
people and is at an early
revolutionary stage. This is
shocking but true. In this at
moSphere normal diplomatic
intercourse is almost i'm
possible; but the alternative
Of concentrating on mill
tary power to attain objec-
tiveS is extremely dangerous.
(However, the greatest at
tention to guided missiles
should be given, relative to
efforts at space exploration0
Our main effort for the
time being should be devoted
to using propaganda, eco
nomic aid and cultural ex-
changes to the maximum de-
gree. These are cold war de-
vices, but they can be very
effective and they do not
lead inevitably to nuclear
war. BY encouragement Of
the theological debate be-
tween Russia and China, and
by proper handling of Rus
Sia's walkout from the dis
armament conference, we
can win propaganda victories.
This is a new stage in his
tory in which the political
debates of recent times may
become largely irrelevant.
Meanwhile, we should also
push as fast as possible the
latest devices for gathering
intelligence. devices which
are politically far less dan
generous whenever they hap
pen to fall.
Quintin M. Sanger.
Evening star., 1960-07-04
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Most modern men live lies,
as it were, when it comes to
the face.
They are not as hairless as
they seem!
- -
1t takes an awful lot Of do
ing to present a clean shaved
look to the world.
Probably more than 1t is
worth, but it is the fashion of
the age.
Maybe another time, and
men will go back to full
boards and mouStaches, and
even sideburns.
Let the young and middle
aged men have wiskers, then,
and the old men stick to
being clean Shaven.
After all, they have had
the longest time at 1t, and
ought to have the thing
down pretty well by this
time.
Provided, of course, they
can agree on a method,
which they can't. Human
men can never agree on any
thing, so one will insist on
using an old time straight
razor, a second the safety,
and a third, the electric
razor.
Well. the first men on the
earth used clam shells, they
say, and look what it came
to. Now you see closely
shaved men on every hand,
and only a few whiskers.
If you come back from
vacation with a full set of
chin whiskers, somebody is
sure to call you a revolu-
tionary, or something. Well,
what's the matter with that?
George Washington was a
sort of revolutionary fellow
in his day. And no whiskers, I
either.
Evening star., 1960-07-04

The old man went walking
with steady step and upright
figure.
Old men seem to bear the
brunts of the world better
than old women, but they do
not last as long.
If a man has been con-
ceited and arrogant as a
young and middle-aged man,
he remains conceited and
arrogant.
Old men never seem to
learn anything.
One might think, off hand,
that the passage of the years
would have mellowed them,
taken them down a peg or
two, but not a bit of it; they
swagger as much as ever,
with only a bit of hesitation
now, to the discerning eye.
What hope is there for
mankind, if the old men fail
us?
Perhaps we were too much
impressed in our own youth
with those big bearded faces.
They looked wise.
The elder poets. for in
stance, whose benevolent
mugs shown down on the
little ones in the grade school
classes
They were all there, as we
recall, except Walt Whitman.
He hadn't arrived" yet, but
he really had the most mag
nificent beard of all.
Tennyson was there, and
Longfellow, and Whittier and
Emerson, who didn't have so
many whiskers, did he?
He was perhaps the wisest
of all.
In his very old age he be-
came quite confused.
It was not like Ralph Wal
do Emerson to be confused.
When he attended the fu-
neral of Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow, he looked down
puzzled.
Il have forgotten his
name" he said, but he was
a beautiful soul"
Confused as the old sage
was. he made one of his
truest statements, neverthe-
less. Surely few more Won
derful souls ever existed than
Longfellow; it is no credit to
this age that America, grown
into the land of the wise
crack and the smart -alec
saying, has rejected the
poetry of this wise and beau
tiful poet.
X
An angry legislator, re-
Gently, speaking of a revolu-
tionary figure, said that he
should be given a shave.
Honest men," he snorted,
do not hide behind a bush"
1t was a good sentence, a la
American, but it wasn't true.
Some of the best men who
ever lived hid behind great
boards.
There was Gen. Grant, for
one and Robert E. Lee, for
another.
And how about Lincoln?
Boards once became old
men. The hirsute adornment,
as it was once called. bespoke
a man who had beaten the
tyranny of the razor.
He was faithful to his sex.
After all, the human animal
is a sort Of hairy creature,
isn't he?
Evening star., 1960-07-04
Japanese View


For about three years I
have been corresponding with
a woman in Japan whose
name obtained through Let
terS Abroad, Inc. (45 East IS
St., New York City, a nom
profit organization. cat this
point I should like to urge all
who have any spare moments
for letter-writing to request
a name from this worth while
group.)
First Of all I must say that
I look forward to receiving
letters from my ToShiko" as
I fondly refer to her.
The following Is quoted
directly from a letter written
June II land is unedited):
a.. Oh, first of all, I must
apologize what some of our
people have done against your
Represent at Hanada Airport.
1t is utterly rude and savage.
We hardly know how to tell
you our regret. No excuse can
be allowed in that case. Even
though most of us heartily
wish to see your president
who Is one of the most re-
spectacle person in this pres
ent world. But one thing I
should like to let you know.
1t is our government that
should be blamed. I don't
know about the governmental
affairs at all but the way they
took at the Congress in order
to pass the case of the Secu-
rlty Bond between your coun-
try and mine seems to have
been irregal. We are all afraid
OF a war in future. We know
how cruel a war can be. We
had the bitterest experience
during last war-wants of
1ood, wears, dwellings; fear
OF death, sorrow of lost and
parting etc. AS for me I think
I shall never forget those
dreadful moments under
intense bombing. We desire
our country to be neutral for
ever If possible. We wish not
to be involved any war. Our
government say that the mob
consisted of all Communists,
or If not they were stirred up
by them but it is quite wrong.
Most of them were earnest
students. I suppose they have
no hatred for your country
nor people personally. They
only hate a war. My English
seems to be too poor to ex-
plain full accounts of what
have been happening here in
Tokyo but I feel the present
Japan as if a Lilliputian be-
tween the two powerful
giants. I believe without
Gods kingdom coming to the
earth, there can be no true
peace on the earth. Will you
let me hear your voices about
Japan? I'm ready to be
blamed with my head hang
ing down . Don't be afraid
OF Japanese. Don't give up
your plan to come over
Japan. We love peace most of
all and we are ready to accept
you here in Japan with
warmeSt hands. Thank you
again for your kindness. Con-
vey my heartily pardon to your
people,"
Helen A. Barnum
Evening star., 1960-07-04

Ones individuality may be
a matter of brain chemistry.
This has been reported to
the American Psychiatric
Association by DR.. Samuel
Bogoch, director of the neu-
rochemical laboratory of Har-
ward Medical School.
He and his associates, he
reported, already have found
noteworthy differences be-
tween victims of various men
tai diseases. Considerable diff
ferenceS also are found, how
ever, in chemical analysis Of
the spinal fluid of normal
individuals so that almost
anybody probably can be dis
tinguished from almost every
body else.
The chemistry, however, is
quite complex and little more
than a start has been made
in this direction. The diff
ferences appear primarily in
the carbohydrate macro-
molecules" which are parts of
all brains. They are sugar
like or starch-like substances
and close derivatives
Varies in Individuals
The concentrations and
ratios of these carbohydrate
constituents" DR.. Bogoch re-
ported, have been found to
vary markedly between indi-
viduals. The potential for
chemical naturalization is Of
interest in regard to possible
chemical bases of individual
ity. A relationship of the con-
centration of these constitu-
entS to the age of the subject
also has been demonstrated,
which suggests possible chem
ical maturation phenomena.
THE absolute concentra-
tions and ratios of these
substances designated as
hexoSe, a simple sugar, and
hexosame and neuraminic
acid. combinations of which
it forms a part), have been
found to differ in chronic
brain syndromeS such as
schizophrenia, manic depres-
sion and chronic brain dis
ease. These concentrations
tend to remain constant in
a given individual over peri
odA of months, but gross
changes have been found to
be accompanied by marked
changes IN the concentra-
tions.
There are some patients
who do not SynthesiZe all
these constituents equally.
This indicates a highly in
dividual, extensive chemical
geography of native CEN
trail nervous system constitu-
ents and provide a unique
opportunity to study primary
correlationS between neuro-
chemical and clinic states in
individuals over long pc
RODS"