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Evening star., 1960-12-25
The Great Stone Faces,
Or, Deuce for Meduso

He'll never make it-would-
Mt even pass for an eques-
trian statue!
BISHOP FREEMAN twak-
ing up)-I tell you. We shall
not all die, and I speak to
you in this pulpit from a par
ticular point Of vantage. be-
cause I was once a business
man, a real executive Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. In the
twinkling Of an eye-CBe-
coming less formal. But,
my boys. Of course you're not
dead. We're dead-Sam, and
Woodrow, and Saul Of TarsuS,
and Abraham. and me, and
the rest Of US. We're here
because we're dead, but you're
here because you're famous,
that's the difference. Cathe-
drals honor dead men in stone
and stained glass, certainly,
but sometimes we clergy read
the Bible and say to our
selves: Let us now praise
famous men" Then we think
Of people like you-two more
for the cornice.
DIRKSEN-I'll buy that,
sounds like gospel truth. But
we might as well be dead, up
here with the pigeons. Or
ganistS aren't accustomed to
any sort Of prominence, GER
tainly not this.
GOMPERS-It seems to
me both Of you have been
kicked upstairs.
CALLAWAY-They're not
going to get rid Of us this
easily. III tell you that. I'll
be late for choir rehearsal,
and everybody knows I'm
never late for anything, if
it's a rehearsal.
DIRKSEN - You know,
Paul, maybe I'm as much
to blame for this predicament
as you are. AS q matter of
fact, I've been even more of
an obstructionist than you
have - writing Christmas
pageants and operettas for
the Girls School and st.
Albans. trying to teach the
kids something about music,
and taking their minds of
their class work, and of
soccer and football. Remem-
Der what Albert Hawley Lucas,
headmaSter of st. Albans,
used to say: "They don't give
College Boards in music. Take
1t easy, SON."
CALLAWAY - It's true,
we're both Of US responsible
for being stuck up here. For
example think Of the Choral
Society. The Cathedral got
along without it for q long
time, but then I had to 20
and start 1t. THE MASTER
pieces Of great religious music
for chorus and orchestra
why couldn't I have left
music in this town to the
National Symphony that's
their business. Still, you're
involved too. don't forget that
you've given up one evening a
week for years to play re-
hearsal piano for the Choral
Society-your hands aren't
clean!
DIRKSEN-I know. Let's
face it-we're busts. (They
lapse into lapidated silence.
The organ music rises in a
great crescendo) Say, listen
to that! The acoustics are
good up here. Did you ever
hear our old God-box sound
so human? Wish we had
Thorpe to hear it, but sup
pose he'd find something to
carp about.
(Callaway grimaces and
mutters inarticulately. Man.
O-War laughs. Fourteen Pill
grim Aides, venerable guides,
dressed in purple, gesticulate
skyward, pointing at Gala
way and Dirksen. A st.
Adams senior, part-time con-
cessionaire, sets up q pay.
Evening star., 1960-12-25

somberly, sit liStlessly staring
into space, or drift aimlessly
in their shabby surroundings
OF Shanties and tenements.
In other etchings he depicts
industrial subjects, or wound
ed birds, or flowers (dried,
not fresh, as if they were
symbols.
Mr.. Piacesi was born in
Ascoli Piceno 1929 now lives
in Urbino. For the past dec
ade he has devoted himself
to etching; he participates
industriously in exhibitions
and has received honors and
awards.
Evening star., 1960-12-25
PROGRAMS
WEDNESDAY

OPERA SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
etrayinsky; "Erwartung," opera by
Arnold Schoenberg. Lisner Auditor
lum. $3.50 pm. Orchestra and Chorus
o. the Opera Society. conducted BY
Stravinsky In his own work, By
I opera. Cast includes Donald Grsmrn'
Elaine Bonazzi. Rert Grist, Helaa
; Pilarczyk, and others
Evening star., 1960-12-25
ltuliun ReuIist

Walter Piacesi. an Italian
painter and engraver Just
past thirty. Is having his first
American one-man show at
Venable'S, 1918 Connecticut
avenue NV. through Decem-
Der 81.
He Is q realist whose nat
ural expressive line. REIN
forced by training at the In
stitute Of Book Decoration in
Urbino, called that fertile
breeding ground Of Italy's
graphic art" captures tell
ingly q somewhat desolate
world. It is peopled with
workers, peasants and job
less, who take their pleasures
Evening star., 1960-12-25

with strong linear compo-
sitions. extensive surface va
rtety and richness Of tones.
Most Of them are variations
on two themes: the weathered
facades Of old buildings Zone
was reproduced here last
Sunday and rocky shores. A
few woodcutS and etching
engravings, done with equal
competence, lack the rich
ness Of the aquatint back
grounds in the others. These
latter have somber and in
some instances, dramatic
moods. surprising because Of
the simplicity Of subjects Gin
one example, a row Of empty
public telephone booths.)
Mr.. Thrall Is represented
In the permanent collections
OF important American Mu-
seums, and exhibits extern
sively. He was in the intaglio
prints show at Watkins GAL
lery during the past month.
Evening star., 1960-12-25
Recent Serigruphs

The sale Of 40 serigraphs
from Sister Mary Corita's
solo exhibition during its first
IL days at the I. F. A. Gal
leries, 1928 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV. through next
Saturday. speaks more elo-
quently than anything one
can say about the appeal of
her work for the public. A
factual account Of the show,
along with biographical data,
was given in The Star, page
A>a, the opening day, De-
cember 5.
Between 20 and so seri-
graphs are shown. A majority
present psalms, other pas
sages from the Bible, or
from religious texts and
poems, in abstract compost
tions Of soft srayed colors.
Other serigraphs depict fig-
ures. either primitive or such
as children would draw and
understand leg. Shout for
JOY" or archaic las in I'm
maculate Heart.D My favor
ite Of the collection Is Sea
OF Galilee." with a ship in
the midst Of spray. waves
and shore in an effective
color scheme. (Open week.
days $3.50 to $500
Evening star., 1960-12-25
THURSDAY

THURSDAY
OPERA SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
presents: lie Rossignol." opera by
Stravinsky: 'Erwartung," opera by
- Arnold Schoenberg. Performance
same as Thursdays except that both
operas will be conducted by Robert
Craft. Lisner Auditorium, $50 IN.
FRIDAY
OPERA SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
presents: lie Rossisnol." opeTa By
stravinsky; "Erwartung," opera by
. Arnold Schoenberg Repesting Thurs-
days program. Lisner Auditorium,
$40 pm.
Evening star., 1960-03-06
Diehords Can't Stop
Progress, Truman Says

Harry 8. Truman yesterday
recalled with considerable de-
light how diehards have failed
to block construction and re-
construction Of Washington
landmarks.
The extension Of the East
Front Of the Capitol is under
way. The Jefferson Memorial
graces the Tidal Basin. The
White House has its balcony.
And former President Truman
is glad.
Mr.. Truman made his COM
ments on a Michigan television
show. He was asked by his
host, Democratic Senator Hart,
about the wisdom of changing
a building that is a symbol of
America.
"You don't really change it, !"
Mr.. Truman said. "If you look
up the records, you will find
that the East Front extension
was intended in the beginning.
I'm glad that it's happening. "
Mr.. Truman said people who
complained about changing the
Capitol and the White House
were like ". a lot Of those
old sisters who used to tie them
Evening star., 1960-03-06

selves to trees when we were
trying to build the Jefferson
Memorial because they would
rather have cherry blossoms
than the statue Of Jefferson. I"
He was referring to the mill
tant women who marched on
workmen on November 18,
1888. They grabbed shovels and
ref1lled holes the workers had
dug for the foundation. A few
chained themselves to cherry
trees. Others chained a park
policeman to a tree.
President Roosevelt ordered
the Jefferson Memorial work
to proceed, the loss of cherry
trees Notwithstanding.
Senator Hart brought up the
little rhubarb" about the bal
cony Mr.. Truman ordered built
on the south portico of the
White House in 1948. 1t cost
$4,000. The 72-foot balcony
had a tile floor and a simple
iron railing painted white.
Jefferson was one of those
who helped draw the plans for
the White House, and he had
a balcony on those pillars back
behind like it is now," MIR.
Truman noted.
Evening star., 1960-03-06

Russians would hardly swap
the destruction Of some of our
bases for the demolition Of SO
much of their nation. This is
power balance Of today"
Senator Morton said the
Democrats were trying to make
an issue Of the power balance
in 1862, 1868 and 1864 and have
decided the day may come
when Russia will have enough
intercontinental missiles to
wipe out all SAC bases.
IF the entire population Of
the Pentagon does a sleeping
beauty, and maps through the
next five years, and If some 500
American corporations now up
to their ears in nuclear and
electronics rocket development
convert to garden TOOLS" the
Senator added, I'VE might get
that gap"
ION whatever date the So
viets do get that big count Of
See MORTON, Page At
Evening star., 1960-03-06
By SAM EASTMAN
star stan Writer

A new concept for rehabili-
tating Washington's delinquent
youths, involving substantially
longer confinement periods and
q realistic job training program,
is being considered by the Com
missioners.
Commissioner Robert e. Nc
Laughlin has asked for q de-
tailed study on this plan from
Welfare Director Gerard M.
Shea.
Mr.. McLAughlin's idea for
the new approach in dealing
with the older, tougher boys
the likely candidates for re-
peated delinquent ofenses-has
received tentative backing from
Commissioner David B. Karrick.
Under Mr.. McLaughlin's pro-
poSal, these youths committed
by Juvenile Court to the We'll
fare Department could expect
a relatively lengthy stretch be-
fore release. And, under an
expanded vocational training
program. they would be quail
fled for some types Of jobs.
Would Change Policy
Adoption Of this approach
would mean q major policy
change by the city. AS viewed
by Mr.. Mclaughlin and Mr..
Karrick, 1t would have these
advantages:
/. During the longer stays
at the institution, perhaps up
to the age Of 81, there would
be time to teach the boy enough
Evening star., 1960-03-06
Atlas Blows Up
On Launch Site

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE
BASE, Calf, Mar. S AP) An
Atlas intercontinental missile
blew up while being fueled in a
routine training operation
today.
The mysterious explosion oc-
CURED on one of three opera
tional Atlas launch sites, a
spokesman said.
The Air Force said no one
was injured in the blast, which
occurred at noon.
At least one missile on the
three combat-ready pads at
Vandenberg reportedly is armed
with components of a nuclear
bomb, ready to be launched on
IS minutes notice. There was
no indication, however, wheth-
er the missile that exploded
contained these components.
There was no nuclear explosion.
The Air Force said an inves-
tigation was under way to de-
termine the cause Of the ex-
plosion.
A spokesman said there was
no indication at the moment
Of sabotage.
Evening star., 1960-03-06

and said the United States now
and in the future viii have
the retaliatory capacity ito
change the topography Of the
USSR."
He foresaw a nuclear missile
standoff in the next five years
and said this country's weapons
"at any moment" will spell
humiliation for an attacker.
This Is an absolute that
allows for no qualification for
an element Of SURPRISE" the
Kentucky Senator declared.
Defends Missile Policy
Senator Morton, in his de-
fense Of administrations mis-
sile policy before the John
Ericsson Republican League in
Chicago, said the Democrats
have been beating the woods
and looking under stones for
issues" and propose to give the
country a wave of fear, to plant
the fantastic thought that we
have actually allowed the Rus
slams to pass us in military
power"
Senator Morton did not men,
ton the recent contentious Of
Gen. Thomas s. Power, who
heads the Strategic Air Com
mand. that Russia might have
a sufficient stockpile of nuclear
missiles within the next two
years to permit an attack on
the United States that would
destroy this country's power to
retaliate. The general urged an
airborne alert against an at
tack.
Eisenhower Rejects Views
At the time President Eisen-
hover rejected Gen. Powers
views as 'parochial" and Sen
ator Morton, in his speech, took
a similar view.
He said Russia has nowhere
near" the number of missiles
needed to knock out SAC bases
nor the capacity for simulta-
neous firing that would be re-
quired to obliterate them.
They could knock out many
bases" the Senator continued,
"and stir up such a swarm of
retaliatory bombers as would
Hiroshima enough Of Russia
to change its face for cen
turies.
THE absolute deterrent (of
the bombers) is still there. The
Evening star., 1960-03-06

force the recess that an anti
filibuster filibuster" be launched
next week to give Northern
Senators as much sleep as the
Southerners have been getting.
He proposed that one Of the
younger Northerners take the
floor each working" day about
midnight and talk until day.
break without yielding for a
quorum call. This would let
ali Senators sleep through the
night.
During last weeks marathon,
IL of the 18 Southerners got
a good sleep every night while
the other six took turns holding
the floor. But each night most
Of the pro-civil rights Senator'S
had to roll out of their cots in
the Capitol several times in
order to respond to Southern
quorum calls and keep the Sen
ate in operation.
Senator Keating said he Is
willing to serve on the night
long shift If his colleagues de-
eide the idea is feasible.
Only Few on Floor
The pause in the filibuster
came automatically early last
night, with only q half-dozen
Senators on the floor as Demo-
cratic Leader johnson obtained
unanimous consent for a re-
cess until Monday noon.
Senator Talmadge, Democrat
Evening star., 1960-03-06
Goods Darwin Essay
Stirs Political Furor

TACOMA, Wash, Mar. 8
(AP).-A controversy with O
familiar ring, evolution and the
public schools, has flared anew
in Washington State. It has
raised the shadow Of a possible
religious issue In q campaign
for Governor.
Like the Dayton (Tenn.)
monkey trial of 1925, it was
touched of, although inadver-
tently, by a young teacher.
In Dayton, John Scopes was
tried and convicted for violat-
ing a State law against teach
ing evolution. The conviction
was later reversed by the State
Supreme Court on q technical
point.
Prof. Harold Simonson Of the
University Of Puget Sound here
assigned a freshman English
class to write a theme on Dar-
wins evolution theory published
100 years ago.
An 18-year-old coed. Gret-
chen Williams. writing to school
officials for material, received
a reply from DR.. John M.
Howell, supervisor of curricu-
lum guides and courses Of study
for Washington State.
mo one really believes the
Darwinian theory" DR.. Howell
wrote her.
1T is most damaging to the
minds Of growing boys and
girls to have such untruths
taught them by men and
women paid by public funds,
and who should tell them the
truth.
IF the doctrine Of evolution
Evening star., 1960-03-06

is true. then the Bible is un-
true. I prefer to hold by the
old book"
Gretchen clipped the letter
to her theme when she handed
1t in. The letter got to the
student newspaper. The Trail,
which printed it on the front
page.
The resulting furor has both
Gretchen and her professor
wide-eyed. They failed to
count on politics.
DR.. Howell's boss, State
Supt. Of Public Instruction
Lloyd Andrews, is seeking the
Republican nomination for
Governor.
Publication Of DR.. Howell'S
letter brought q prompt de-
mand from q Democratic source
that Mr.. Andrews dismiss him.
Instead, Mr.. Andrews an
nounced that he was shifting
DR.. Howell to a new job in
the State Education Depart
ment.
His action in the Howell
case brought a flood Of letters
pro and con and these other
comments:
From the Greater Tacoma
Evangelical Association-"Have
we gotten so far away from
our inheritance that even our
foremost authorities in the edu-
cation field will favor q man
made theory in preference to
God and then to foster that
belief on our children?"
From Mrs. Virginia Burn
side, State Democratic publicity
chairman-"It fell in our lap"
Evening star., 1960-03-06
Rest Extended
ByEisen|1ower
Stuys Till Monday
In Puerto Rico

RAMEY AIR FORCE BASE,
Puerto Rico, Mar. 5 (AP). -
President Eisenhower, resting
In the balmy Caribbean from
his South American tour, de-
cided today to put of his re-
turn to Washington until Mon
day afternoon. He originally
planned to fly back Sunday.
Mr.. Eisenhower is feeling
fine generally, but is still
hoarse, White House Secretary
James C. Hagerty told news
men in announcing that the
President will prolong his stay
at this United States Strategic
Air Command base.
Looking Clipper Again
Late this afternoon Mr.. Eli
senhower. In good spirits and
looking more clipper than he
had for the past 48 hours,
played nine holes Of golf at
the Ramey course near his
quarters.
The President, who waited
until the weather had cooled a
bit, toured the course with Mr..
Hagerty, Col. William G. Dra-
per, his Air Force aide and
pilot, and Brig. Gen. Joseph j.
Preston, Ramey commandant.
Mr.. Eisenhower arrived
Thursday night tired out after
his To-day tour. He said with
q smile he was bushed.
Golf Score Suffers
Supporting evidence came
yesterday when the President
who usually shoots in the Dos
took a 25-over-par 81 in q
foursome under a scorchine
sun on the Dorado Beach
Clubs championship 18-hole
golf course. Russell (Rusty)
Gilbert, the Dorado Club pro
said: "He is just tired and worn
out"
A presidential date for an
other game this morning was
cancelled.
Present plans are for Mr.
Eisenhower to arrive at An
drews Air Force Base. near
Washington, early Monday eve
ming.
AS announced before his de-
See EISENHOWER, Page At
Evening star., 1960-03-06
Calm Is Urged
ByKhrushchev
Reports on Tour
Of Southern Asiu

MOSCOW, Mar. S (AP)-
Premier Khrushchev returned
today from his South Asian
tour with a calm report on his
travels and an eye on the sum-
init talks ahead. No one. ne
said. should make statements
at this time which might trou-
BILE the atmosphere.
Mr.. Khrushchev addressed a
meeting of Moscovites at Lenin
Stadium soon after a Soviet
airliner landed him from Kabul,
his last stop on a three-week,
is, ,500-mile tour of India, Bur-
ma, Indonesia and Afghanistan.
To a house packed as usual
with top elements Of the Soviet
Party and government, the
Premier appealed for mutual
calm before his meeting with
President de Gaulle in Paris
March is and the East-West
Summit conference opening in
Paris May 16.
THE Soviet Union goes to
these talks full of readiness to
look with other states for ways
to ease international tension
and peaceful regulation of ar
guable questions" he said.
Hopes for Success
I'VE from our side have done
and are doing everything nee
essary to create a favorable at
mosphere for the forthcoming
talks. We intend to achieve
success in the future meetings.
If our western partners go to
the talks with similar inten-
tions one can hope for the sue
cess of the meeting of the
heads OF government.
THE thing now is that not a
single state should complicate
the atmosphere with ANY ac-
ton. Our proposals are known
to the whole world. If the
western powers are sincere in
their desire for peace and will
not create new difficulties then
they will make their contribu-
ton to the cause Of achieving
results"
In reporting on his tour, Mr..
See KHRUSHCHEv, Page Ais
Evening star., 1960-03-06
French Fire Rocket
To 125-MiIe Altitude

PARIS, Mar. 5 (AP).-French
scientists today fired a
Veronique rocket to an altitude
Of nearly 200 kilometers (125
niles to study atmospheric
conditions. The Air Ministry
said the shot was made at the
French test center of Colomb-
Bechar in the Sahara.
The rocket discharged a
cloud Of sodium and potassium
which permitted ground OBJ
servers to determine wind cur
rents, density and temperatures
in the upper atmosphere, the
announcement said.
Evening star., 1960-03-06
Tubmun Gets Plane

MONROVIA. Liberia, Mar.
5 (AP).-Modern times are
coming to this African Negro
republic. Congress has ap-
proved purchase Of a special
twin-engine plane for Presi-
dent william v. 8. Tubman.
He already has q luxury yacht.
Evening star., 1960-03-06
Sitter Penalties Urqed
For D. c. DeIinquents

so he could land q job on re-
lease.
Q. The longer the commit
ment, the less chance the
youth win rejoin his old friends
and again find himself in trou-
BILE with police.
3. The fact that delinquents
were being kept for long stays
would be a strong delinquency
deterrent.
Under present law. q juve-
nile committed to the Welfare
Department may be held until
he is II, unless the court speci-
fles q confinement period. This
is done only rarely.
Usual Age Is
In actual practice, almost all
are released from Cedar Knoll,
the Children's Center Branch
at Laurel, Md, for the older
delinquents, well before the
18th birthday. The average
stay there is from IL to IA
months, Mr.. Shea said, and the
average age Of the delinquent
Is between IA and IS years.
Along with the academic
classes, some training is given
in general shop courses, kitch-
en- and dining room work and
building maintenance fields.
Mr.. Shea said. But. he added,
they are not in any sense Of
the word adequate" to prepare
a youth to step into q job.
Mr.. Mclaughlin said his idea
See JUVENILES, Page Az
Evening star., 1960-03-06
Castro Says U.S.. Caused
Munitions Ship Explosion
Blasts Take
Toll Of Up
To73 Dead

HAVANA, Mar. 5 (AP)-
Prime Minister Fidel Castro an.
grily blamed the United States
tonight for what he said was
an act Of sabotage that caused
the explosion Of o munitions
shipment in Havana harbor.
In his strongest attack on
the United States, the revolu-
tionary leader declared those
interested in blocking arms
shipments to Cuba had caused
the explosion aboard the French
freighter La Coubre yesterday.
And he said United States Of.
flcials" had blocked such ship
ments in the past.
The State Department in
Washington quickly replied:
These implications are cate.
gorically and emphatically de-
MED" It said the United States
will enter a vigorous protest
to this unfounded and ire
sponsible accusation"
U. s. Talks Ruled Out
From 81 to 70 persons were
killed and from 206 to 345 were
injured when grenades and
small arms ammunition blew
up as the French ship was
being unloaded alongside a
dock here.
In a two-hour speech before
a crowd at a mass funeral
service for blast victims, Mr..
Castro appeared to have shut
the door on any hopes for
negotiations of United States
Cuban differences as proposed
recently by his own govern
ment.
He heatedly reemphasized
at the end of his speech that
the Cuban revolution would
not take one step backward
from its stated objectives. These
call for the fulfillment of dras-
tic reforms that are at the
bottom Of the major Cuban.
American differences.
Decorating Mechanism
The bearded prime minister
said the decorating mechanism
that caused the blasts was put
aboard the ship at a foreign
port and was triggered as one
Of the grenade boxes was moved.
Mr.. Castro charged that "a
North American consul and
military attache" in Belgium
had tried to block the sale Of
Belgian arms to Cuba.
Since they "tried by diplo-
matte means to prevent that
arms would be sold to us. we
have the right to think they
could have tried to prevent 1t
by other means" Mr.. Castro
shouted.
The La Coubre picked up its
cargo of Belgian arms at AM
twerp, Belgium, and arrived in
Havana yesterday morning.
Charges Interference
In a clear cut allusion to the
United States, which has
barred arms shipments to the
troubled Caribbean, Mr.. Castro
angrily challenged the right Of
any country to interfere with
the sovereignty Of another or
Ito grant itself tutelage over
any area"
What right has any gov
ernment to prohibit arms for
See CUBA, Page Al