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Evening star., 1960-09-27
Silver Spring Hospital

After Is years Of Illustration, the last
substantial barrier to construction of
a hospital in the Wheaton Silver Spring
area apparently has been removed by a
decision of the Montgomery County
Circuit Court. Under the ruling, the
community association which initiated
the hospital project during World War
II will be permitted to transfer it's assets,
including building site purchased with
county funds, to the Holy Cross Hospital
of Silver Spring, Inc, which will build,
operate and largely pay for the ST.
million hospital.
What now remains is the completion
of $1-million public Embarrassing drive
that will represent the community's
major contribution to the hospital. In
accepting the drives honorary chair
manship, Gov. Tawes of Maryland &C
curately referred to the desperate
need" the hospital will satisfy. The
Wheaton-Silver Spring area now conSti-
tuteS by far the greatest concentration
of residents in the county, yet ironically
is the one most deficient in hospital
facilities
This project also demonstrates once
again the wisdom of early acquisition
and preservation Of land for such uses.
When the site (only a portion of which
involves the hospitaD was purchased in
1945, it cost only $4,000 Today, not
only would this cost be infinitely higher.
but the land might we'll not be available
at any price. For the site is in the heart
of the built-up area, fortunately adja-
cent to new and proposed freeways
which will provide speedy, direct access
to residents of the entire county.
Evening star., 1960-09-27
Anti-Kennedy

Sen. John F. Kennedy has
reached a new low for presi-
dental candidates in his con-
tinuous attacks on the ad-
ministration of foreign affairs
by that Great Soul in the
White House. He has shown
himself to be a politician in
terested in party politics in
stead of a statesman inter-
ested in the good of his coun-
try. We once had a United
States Senator from Michi-
gan named Arthur H. Van
denberg who ruled that poll
tics should cease at the wa
ter'S edge. Vandenberg chose
to support the best interests
of his country along with
Franklin Delano Roosevelt in
stead of playing partisan
politics. Vandenberg chose to
be a statesman instead of a
politician.
Herbert D. Rhodes.
Evening star., 1960-09-27
Best Foot Forward

The great debate" between the
presidential candidates can hardly be
said to have produced anything new in
the way of political fact or philosophy.
But it did present to a TV audience
two men who spoke well, who displayed
remarkable grasp of their subject
domestic affairs & and who obviously
were much concerned with the impress
sion made on the viewers.
The Vice President and Senator
Kennedy were not merely trying to put
the best foot forward, however. Their
essential differences on domestic issues
were rather clearly developed, and if
they have been spelled out before, it is
nevertheless true that the contrast was
sharpened by this face-to-face discus
sion.
They agreed that they are more or
less in accord on objectiveS, their real
differences having to do with the means
Of achieving them. And these differ
enceS, actually, are differences of de-
gree more than clearcut differences of
method.
With appropriate allowance for
overSimplif1catio it comes down to
this: In such matters as agriculture,
aid to education and medical care for
the aged, Mr.. Nixon favorS less costly
approach and a minimum of Federal
control or intervention. He said that
his program, if adopted, would cost from
81 to $40 billion year more than we
are now spending. Senator Kennedy,
while not advocating that the whole
job be left to Washington, clearly wants
more Federal action, which means more
Federal control, than does the Vice
President He gave no cost figures, but
Mr.. Nixon said the program set out in
the Democratic platform would cost
from $13.2 to $18 billion more a year,
and Senator Kennedy did not dispute
the figures. If this is correct, the al
ternativeS are obviouS-higher taxes or
deficit financing and more imitation.
The Democratic argument, of course,
is that the needed revenues would result
from an increase in our gross national
product. But we do not believe there is
anything of this sort in sight which
would raise the money which Mr. Nixon
says would be required for his oppo-
nent'S program.
This, it must be remembered, was
only the first of four scheduled debates,
and, in terms of delivery, we thought
Senator Kennedy had little the better
of it. AS far as the undecided voter is
concerned, however, it was not debate
which provided an answer to the essen
tial queStion-which man is better fitted
to take over the responsibilities of the
presidency during the next four years?
The chances are that most people, ex-
cluding those who have already made
up their minds, will want to hear the
ciSion,
Evening star., 1960-09-27
Paper Boys Plight

I am writing to you on
behalf Of myself and other
paper boys. I believe the
public should be educated
on how the paper boy oper-
ates, since it seems to think
a paper boy is just a kid who
can be brushed off like a fly.
A paper boy buys his news
papers from the company at
the wholesale rate, charges
his customers the retail rate
when he collects at the end
of the month and keeps the
difference as his profit. The
public must not know this,
for every month I have ex-
treme difficulty in collecting
from a various number of
people. Others I may never
collect from for they move
away without paying me.
Apparently they feel that
they are dealing with a large
corporation to which a few
cents does not make much
difference. To a young boy
like myself it means much
more. 1 think the matter
should be brought to the at
tention of the public.
James T. Dwyer.
Evening star., 1960-09-27
Why Be Fearful?

Admiral Arleigh Burke, now serving
an unprecedented third term as Chief
of Naval Operations, is not one of those
who thinks that Russia is pulling away
from us and that the United States is
on its way to becoming a second-rate
power. In an interview in the current
issue of U. S. News & World Report,
he puts it this way:
We, as a people, seem to apologize
for our military strength, for our eco
nomic strength, for our moral strength
We shouldn't be apologizing to the world
We're powerful, and we're the leader of
the world. What in the world should we
be fearful about?
In this, the CNO is not saying that
he is altogether happy with our defense
Setup. He isn't. He would like a little
more here and there, mostly for the
Navy, we gather, but he also thinks that
1--WE have more solid program than
anybody else in the whole world and I
think we can prove it," If Russia at
tacks us, he adds, we will take beating,
but there is nothing on Gods green
earth that will prevent us from destroy
ing her"
If this is correct, and Admiral
Burke is an authoritative witness, the
United States is not falling behind
Russia in terms of military strength,
especially with respect to nuclear weap-
ons. Yet some of the Democratic cam
paign criticisms, particularly in their
implications, encourage the belief that,
while we are not behind now, we soon
will be. Admiral Burke, as we read his
remarks, does not agree with this eSti-
mate, and we think he is justified In
asking: Why be fearfuI7
Evening star., 1960-09-27
Not BuyobIe

Americans know that free
dom and rule by the people
are the best conditions under
which man can reach his
goal. We try to show this
to other countries by our
generosity and by our prog
reSs in the fields of medicine,
agriculture, the arts and,
unfortunately, missiles.
But how does it look to
other countries when we sup
port known dictators and still
insist that freedom is what
we claim it to be? History
has proven that when we help
a country to independence
this aid is returned many
times. You can't buy friends;
you can only help them.
Dennis b. Lloyd.
Evening star., 1960-09-27
Youth and Crime

Regarding the article,
Hoover Calls for Action as
Crime Sets Record" I was
shocked by some of the sta
tistics stated by j. Edgar
Hoover, director of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation.
I think the most alarming
fact is that persons under the
age of eighteen commit the
most crime. Mr.. Hoover
stated, "Crime has been rising
four times as fast as our pop
ulation." This trend must be
stopped.
A little more effort is all it
takes. A few more youth or
ganizationS are needed to
keep the idle minds and hands
of the teen-agerS away from
the street corners. BY having
such things as paper drives
to raise money for worthwhile
projects. dances and plays,
the teen-ager can occupy him
self conStructively instead Of
destructively. Another help
would be to have more inter-
ested social workers to guide
these potentially good boys
and girls.
Frank Gallagher,
Age II.
Evening star., 1960-09-27
Suburban SIums

In the few years since its adoption,
the District of Columbia housing code
has become an invaluable and integral
part of the city'S war on slumS. Now
Prince Georges County is considering a
somewhat similar ordinance, and Prince
Georges residents should welcome this
opportunity to make their own attack
on Substandard housing conditions
which, although not nearly so severe as
in the central city, are nonetheless
threat to the general health and we'll
being of the fast-growing county.
According to Dr. Murray Grant, the
county health officer, the dimensions of
the problem are by no means inSignifi-
cant, and with future expansion the
obsoleScence inevitably will increase.
Among deficiencies that would fall
within the purvieW of the new housing
code are number of dwellings without
heat and light; others lack toilet facil-
tiles. Particularly distressing to health
officials are instances Of 'overcrowding-
in one case, they discovered 81 persons
living in Single-room shack Yet under
existing law they are powerleSS to deal
with such disgraceful conditions
AS a general rule, the perfection of
housing code is tedious process, and
a number of specific changes may have
to be made in the 13-page draft pro-
posed by DR.. Grant and County Attorney
Matthias. The result, however, will be
we'll worth while, and we hope the
County Commissioners schedule public
hearing at an early date to set the
machinery in motion. Alexandria last
year became the first suburban jurisdic-
tion in this area to adopt code of its
own, and similar studies now are under
Evening star., 1960-09-27

The tactics of Soviet Pre-
mier Nikita Khrushchev are
clearer. The Russian is now
saying that the price of dis
armament, of a leSsening of
the cold war - indeed, of
peace itself-is a revamping
of the United Nations, Rus
sian style. He and his prede-
ceSSors have been unable to
have their way with the U. N,
although they have been
able, with their veto in the
Security Council, to block re-
peatedly this great world
agency's efforts to promote
peace and disarmament. De-
spite these Russian, pro-
Communist tactics of the
past, the U. N. has dom e
much to prevent Communist
aggression in Europe, Asia
and Africa. It's actions in
Teheran, Korea, the Middle
East and the Congo thwarted
Communist aggression. Also,
special regional agencies to
promote peace and repel ag-
gression, like NATO and the
Organization of American
States, are operating to
check Communist aggression
in Europe and the Western
Hemisphere. 1t is no wonder
that Mr.. Khrushchev, who
talks glibly of coexistence
but continues with his plans
for a Communist world, frets
and SeetheS because he has
been unable to use the U.N.
for his own purpose.
With the cunning which
Communist leaders for years
have practiced, Mr.. Khru-
schev has journeyed to this
18th annual meeting of the
U. N. with an olive branch
in one hand and a dagger in
the other. And now he has
revealed a new, blackmailing
hand. Obviously, he hopes
that the desire for peace
among the peoples of the free
world, and of the "neutraliSt
nations" may ready theil
representatives to accept
peace at any price. Unless
he says. he can revamp the
U. N. to his liking, he vii,
return to Russia and con.
tinue as usual.
Tiger-and-Lamb Peace
The coexlStence which Mr.
Khrushchev proposes is thI
coeXiStence of the tiger ant
the lamb, with the free ma
tions cast in the role Of tn,
lamb. Once he has moldet
the United Nations to hi
purpose, his kind Of coexist
ence would be the order. !
would be accomplished, if h
had his way, without worl,
conflict. 1t would be his kim
of peace, with the Commu
nists. first by Subversion an,
infiltration - the old "fiftl
column" tactic-in full oper
alton to take over nation b
nation, until communism
with its dictator lodged il
Soviet Russia, ruled the worlc
Mr.. Khrushchev, perhap
reluctantly, has come to tn
conclusion that the Unite,
Evening star., 1960-09-27
Thanks, Mr.. Cormody

There must be hundreds Of
people who agreed with the
Jay Carmody column in
which he said that even the
critics were nauseated at so
much "sin and sex" in pres
ent day movies. I like good
movies, but I rarely attend
now because I had no way of
knowing what I was going to
see and had been fooled into
wasting time and money on
many that I disliked.
Thanks to Mr.. Carmody,
who tells us what to expect,
we can now take it or leave
it. II the "sin and sex" stuff
is what the public wants, they
can go to see it.
Movie Fan.
Evening star., 1960-09-27
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
EIectronic Eye May 'See' Molecules
By THOMAS R. HENRY

It soon will be possible to
"see" routinely objects less
than a billionth of an inch
in diameter.
This represents the ulti-
mate achievement to date OF
the electron microscope, de-
veloped over the last Is years.
A japanese firm now is re-
ported to have started manu-
facture of a billionth-inch,
or ten-angstrom unit, instru-
ment, it is revealed by DR..
Warren Weaver, vice presi-
dent of the Rockefeller Foun-
dation.
AS late as the early forties,
his report says. about the best
that could be done with this
marvellous instrument for see
ing into the infinitely little
was to make out objects with
diameters of about so ang-
strom units. An angStrom
unit, used for measurement
of light waves, is 1000, ,000th
of a centimeter, or a little
more than 3,000,000ths of an
inch. This was inadequate
for studying some of the finer
details Of living cells. With
the later developments one
should be able to see some Of
the larger molecules.
Discovery Of Cells
The microscope has been in
progress of development for
more than three centuries.
Almost from the beginning
there were startling revela-
tions, such as that of the
English experimental philos-
opher Robert Hooke who
found living tissue made up
of hollow boxes filled with
air or water" For these he
coined the word "cells" which
has stuck in biology and
medicine ever since.
Any microscope which uses
visible light. DR.. Weaver ex-
plains, is subject to an inher-
ent and inescapable limita-
ton. With 1t one cannot see
anything whose dimensions
are not somewhat larger than
a half wave-length of the
light being used. In the case
of ordinary white light this
means that an optical micro
scope cannot effectively dis
criminate details which are
smaller in diameter than
about a 25,O0Oth of an inch.
This seems small, but Or
dinary human body cells
measure roughly a thousandth
Of a centimeter and have in
their interior a vast number
of much smaller parts. 1t is
impossible to discriminate
the smaller viruses.
THE limitation of the Or
binary light microscope" DR..
Weaver says, "by using ultra
violet light with a wave
length about half that of
visible light" The effective
ness of the microscope was
doubled. But, the report says,
utilizing the fact that elec-
irons behave like light of
wave lengths less than a
Evening star., 1960-09-27
Misnomed Party?

Why, in the name OF
heaven, do they still refer to
our two major parties as the
Republican and Democratic
Parties? There is no more
Democratic Party. Since 1882
(birth of the New DeaD that
party has been taken over
by the labor leaders. 1t is
an injustice to what few
Democrats are left to call
this labor union mess the
Democratic Party. There is
no resemblance.
This November the people
are going to be given another
chance to vote whether they
want to start restoring the
Democratic Party to its true
original standards by voting
against this present so-called
Democratic Party or whether
they want to completely turn
it over to George Meany,
Walter Reuther, Harry
Bridges and company. For
the sake of humanity and
decency, stop referring to
this party as the Democratic
Party. Nish Showers.
For the past 80 years, the
Democrats have told the Ma
ton they were the party Of
the little man." and the Re-
publican Party is the party
for the wealthy and big busi-
ness. So what happens in
1860! They nominate a man
who is heir to a fortune
worth up to $400 million; a
man who was given a mil
lion dollars on his 21st birth
day; a man who knows
nothing of hard work for a
living!
On the other hand, the Re-
publicans nominated a man
who came from a very modest
home, where he learned the
true value of the dollar. Vice
President Nixon is a shining
example of what a man can
do for himself in our great
country. Even his wife was
industrious enough to work
her own way through college.
Lyle McGuigan
Evening star., 1960-09-27

thousandth that Of ordinary
light, instruments have been
developed that can handle
detail down to a ten-millionth
of a centimeter.
MagnificatiOn Increased
"Only a few years ago a
resolution of so angstroms
was considered excellent and
there was in the world only
one manufacturer of such
instruments. Now these de-
vices are made not only in
the United States but in
England, France, Holland
and Japan. 1t is understood
that the japanese instrument
is guaranteed to give a reso-
luton of 10 angStroms."
But" continues the re-
port, "other very effective
indirect ways of seeing have
been developed in the past
few years. One is the method
Of X-ray and electron diff
fraction.
Suppose that every person
who goes through the con-
course of Grand Central Sta
ton carries a lighted candle,
and suppose that a large
camera, located in the ceiling
and pointed towards the
floor, records the path of
each of these spots of light
but shows nothing else. BY
studying the film one could
deduce that in the center of
this great concourse is a
special impenetrable region
whose size and shape would
become more and more de-
finite as more and more light
tracks were photographed.
Gradually a person who had
never been in Grand Central
Station would begin to 'see'
the size and shape of the in
formation booth in the CEN
ter of the concourse.
"In a way roughly similar
the scientist now can take an
unknown structure built out
of atoms, pass through this
structure a very large number
of light particles or electrons,
and then get ideas about
the detail of the structure
through which the particles
have passed.
The structure we'll may
contain thousands of atoms,
each of which must be To-
Gated. This, DR.. Weaver
points out. may entail months
or even years Of patient work.
Evening star., 1960-09-27
More About Mr.. K.

I think the President is
being fair after the reception
KhruShchev gave him at the
summit and the fanatic raw
ings of Castro and his seizure
of American properties IN
Cuba. Mr.. K. shouldn't have
any objections to staying on
Manhattan Island as Ameri-
can diplomats are limited in
travel in Russia. The last
time Mr.. K. and Castro were
in the United States they re-
ceived a royal welcome. 1t
shouldn't hurt them to come
down off their pedestals after
their scandalouS treatment of
the United States at the sum-
NIT and in the press.
Tom Dignan.
4 4 4 y
Premier khrushchev has
set foot on American soil
only to find that the huge
crowd expected to meet him
was almost nonexistent. He
should not have anticipated
cheering crowds.
Why does this fanatic war
monger antagonize the lead
ing powers of the world by
bitter words in one hand and
sweet sentiment in the other?
Only a man with a caldron
overf1owing with evil would
conceive and carry out such
an elaborate cold war often
sive. Thank God that the
American people have enough
sense to elect capable lead
erS to ensure us against a
threat like communism ever
touching our shores.
Michael r Hadro
Evening star., 1960-09-27
OAS Critic

The bitter dispute within
the Organization of American
States has not been presented
to the public in its full mag
nitude. The resignation or
dismissal of Cecilio Morales,
head of the OAS department
of economic and social af-
fairs, was given only small
space in the news. Yet it is
the first time that a high Off
cial of the OAS has had the
courage to tell the truth. The
Evening star., 1960-09-27
Sad Farewell

The people who ride the
buses of the District will say
farewell to the 20-cent bus
ride if the increase in the
price of tokens goes into
effect. 1t is indeed a shame
that the owners of D. C.
Transit Company can not be
satisfied with a reasonable
amount of profit. The public
should not have to pay for
every slight increase in cost
Just to insure that the profits
Of the company will not dip
just a little.
Charles A. Henderson.
Evening star., 1960-09-27

time has come for a full-scale
investigation into the inter-
nal activities and personnel
policies Of the Secretariat Of
the OAS.
South American.
Evening star., 1960-09-27
THE POLITICAL MILL
Khrushchev's Price for Peace
By GOULD LINCOLN

Nations as it is now consti-
tuted cannot easily be domi-
mated by the Communists. In
place of a secretary general
as its executive officer he pro-
poses a three-man committee,
to be composed of a repre-
sentative of the Communist
bloc, a representative Of the
free nations and a repre-
sentative of the so-called
neutral nations" There is
no assurance that even if
this change were made, the
Soviet Premier and his Com
munist followers would really
come to an agreement on
disarmament.
Promises Not Kept
The Communists have not
been noted for living up to
their promises or their COM
mitmentS. For example, their
promises at the Yalta Con-
ference later became mere
scraps of paper as Poland
and Central Europe were en-
quilted. There would be no
disarmament certainly until
the neutralists had been per-
suaded to side with the Com
muniStS, or had even shifted
over to the Communist bloc.
Then, assured of United
Nations support, Mr.. Khru-
Shchev and his followers
might agree to some kind of
disarmament - though how
far Soviet Russia would ac-
tually disarm itself, should
be taken with a grain, or
several grains of salt.
The Communist dictator
has difficulty containing his
disdain and his contempt
for those people and nations
who profess a belief in God.
Nothing could have been
more disgusting than his
comment to the press that it
was impossible to find one
man who would combine in
himself the qualities to rep
resent and deal fairly with
the Communist bloc, the free
world and the neutralists.
He added: at is God alone
Who could combine three
persons, so let Him remain
in the imagination of those
who thought Him up"
Mr.. Khrushchev's proposal
for the three-man committee
to handle United Nations
affairs obviously is bait
thrown out to the neutral
iStS," a kind of proposal that
they would hold the balance
of power between the Com
muniSts' bloc, headed by
Russia and the free worlo
bloc headed by the United
States.
That the United Nations
will agree to the revampine
proposed by him appears in
credible. Secretary Of State
Christian Herter has prop.
erly described the Russian,
proposal as war on the q. N
1t is also Mr.. Khrushchev'.
design to make the o. N. q
pawn in the Communists
unrelenting campaign X
take over the world.
Evening star., 1960-09-27
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Pen 1lnrneS rnnn be used II

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
terS are subject to condensa-
ton. Those not used will be
returned only When accom-
panied By self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1960-09-27

way in Fairfax and Arlington Counties.
These efforts to control slums in the
suburbs as we'll as in the central city
speak well for the future strength Of
the entire region.
Evening star., 1960-09-27
Answers to Questions
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

Q.-How hot and how cold
does it get in the Sahara
Desert?-R. R.
A.-The overall tempera-
ture range is from 1873 de-
grees Fahrenheit to II above
zero, and it is sometimes so
degrees colder at night than
it was in the shade during
the day. The atmosphere is
clear and the humidity some
times drops below 10 per cent.