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Evening star., 1960-10-24
Facing the Facts

The proposal to adjust immediate
goals Of the National Cultural Center to
level more capable Of attainment
basically multi-purpose structure
which would require In the neighbor-
hood of $50 million instead Of $75 mil
lion within the next few yearS-iS
eminently sound. We hope that trustees
Of the center will concur in this recon-
mendation by their Executive Commit
tee when they meet here October 81.
Indeed, there seems to be little
choice in the matter. The professional
fund-raiSerS working with the project
have minced no words In warning that
the initial hopes are thoroughly out Of
reach within time limits imposed by
Congress, and their testimony only con-
firms suspicion that has grown in
creasingly prevalent among the public
generally. The problem, moreover, Is
not entirely one Of the projects size. In
addition, prospective donors must be
given more clear and positive picture
of precisely what the uses and functions
of the center will be, and how they will
be operated. The problem Of additional
land, which apparently is needed, should
be settled quickly. There must be COM
plete assurance, in other words, that no
substantial barrier to fulhllment Of the
project remains II donors throughout the
country-particularl such large con-
tr1butors as foundations to be ex-
pected to open their pocketbooks.
This need for explicit policy deci-
sions is more imperative than ever In
view Of the recommended change In ap-
proach. The Executive Committee en-
viSageS an initial $30-nillion conStruc-
tion unit as merely the first phase Of the
broader plan designed by Edward D.
Stone. The public should be told IN
detail, therefore, how this first stage
would dovetail with later construction.
The Executive Committee wisely Sug-
gested also that the plans, and key ap-
pointmentS, be cleared with both Sena-
tor Kennedy and Vice President Nixon,
to remove any possibility Of partisan
ship from the project.
Despite the problems, however, the
proposed revision is no cause for diSillu-
Sionment. The money thus far raised,
repeatedly $1.1 million as Of August, is
small, but UNDERSTANDABLE so under the
circumstances. Nor have the last two
gears been wasted. A large amount Of pre-
nminary work has been accomplished,
and the expenses necessarily have been
large. If the total concept must be ac-
complished in stages, however-and ap-
parently 1t must-it is far better to
build completed units Of the center, as
is now proposed, than to construct huge
shells of buildings that would have little
or no immediate use.
Evening star., 1960-10-24

The letter on Navy 'DiS-
elimination" (charging the
Navy sought only white
nurses) is derisive and un-
true. During my very en-
joyable tour as q Navy nurse
! worked In close contact
with other nurse-ofhcers who
were Negro. We were all
%. young women In white
:" The phrase is a we'll
known cliche used to refer to
nurses Of any color, race,
creed, or origin.
Shirley A. BOllingef, R.N.
Editors Note: The Navy
has clarified what it termed
a misunderstanding" about
this recruiting drive broad
cast. Both the script and the
tape Of the program said:
IF you are q woman IN
white, you are interested in
helping others. The Navy
emphasized that it does not,
and by law cannot, discrimi-
nate in its selection Of women
for the nursing corpse
Evening star., 1960-10-24

@. Are spices likely to be
irritating to the stomach? =?
r. e.
A. If taken alone, many
spices might be. In food, in
average amounts, only q few
spices are likely to irritate
the stomach Ining-among
them being black and chill
pepper, cloves, and mustard
seed. It has been found that
even ulcer patients may safely
eat food seasoned with such
spices as cinnamon, allspice,
thyme, sage, paprika, and
caraway seed.
@. How rich was Hetty
Green?-D. A.
A. Her father, Edward Mott
Robinson, left q fortune esti-
mated at $67 million when he
died in 1865; when Hetty
Green's fortune was divided
Evening star., 1960-10-24

marine, Patrick Henry. The first Polaris
ship, the George Washington, is sched-
uled to go into active service next month.
The third Polaris submarine, the Robert
E. Lee, is expected to be in service early
next year. Others are on the way, with
total of As or more planned.
The proved effectiveness of the Po-
laris missile as submarine weapon and
the KhruShchev claim Of Soviet progress
in the same field should spur us to keep
well ahead Of the Russians in this i'm
portant sector Of nuclear-era warfare.
Evening star., 1960-10-24
GHers Fund Series

We would like to express
our appreciation for the fine
article The Star ran on Oc-
tober IS which pointed up
the great need for funds to
keep United Cerebral Palsy
Of Montgomery County and
the other participating agen-
cies of the United Givers
Fund In operation. ! am sure
this series Of articles. ex-
planning to the givers Of our
community how their contri-
buttons are being spent, will
do much to let the generous
people Of our area know that
through the medium Of their
gifts they are in reality tax
ing an active role In provid-
ing family services. helping
the crippled to overcome their
handicapS, keeping the re-
search going to find the ways
to eliminate so many Of man
kinds dreaded diseases, and
the multitude Of other Serv-
ices which are provided by
these lat agencies.
I, for example, don't know
the top Of O test tube from
the bottom, yet I know that
my support Of the United
Givers Fund provides for
skilled medical research
among other things - and
that my gift is just as es-
sential as the researcher him
self, for the one Is equally
dependent upon. the other.
So too, for therapy, special
education services, braces
and the whole gamut Of COM
munity resources.
Our thanks to The Star for
presenting so well what the
agencies do. how important
is the need for funds to con-
tinue these operations, and,
I hope. give pause to the
thought Of the impact upon
our community If these serv-
ices have to be further
curtailed.
Robert +. POFreca,
President, United Cerebral
Palsy Of Montgomery
County, Inc.
Evening star., 1960-10-24
a Soviet 'PoIoris'?.

Premier Khrushchev'S announce
nent to q stadium crowd in Moscow
that Russia now has nuclear-powered,
rocket-armed submarines undoubtedly
was timed, propagandiStically, to Offset
American Polaris successes. It would be
dangerous, however, to assume that Mr..
KS assertion was nothing more than
propaganda. While our military experts
have contended that we have gotten the
Jump on the soviets with our atom
powered and atom-armed submarines,
they are not so naive as to believe that
the Russians have not been working
feverishly to catch up. ...
s. The Soviet chief did not give any
details regarding Russian progress In
the nuclear- submarine field. Nor did ne
claim that any such submersibles were
operational. According to TaSs, the So
Wet news agency, he said only that the
Soviet Union "haS" them. If so, the Rus
sian Navy has made marked advances
recently in developing nuclear engines
for submarines and atom tipped missiles
capable of being launched from beneath
the sea. However, it is well known that
Russia has been concentrating money
and energy on the building up Of what
now is the worlds largest conventional
submarine fleet, said to number more
than 500 vessels.
AS for our own progress with re-
spect to nuclear submarines, develop
mentS have been especially encouraging
in the past few months We now have
13 nuclear- propelled submarines in COM
mission, Of which three are equipped
for underwater firing of the Polaris
missile-a solid-fuel rocket which has
proved itself capable of hitting target
1900 or more miles away. Latest PolariS
successes were the four -out-of- -four on
target hits by the new nuclear sub
Evening star., 1960-10-24
THE PASSING SCENE.
Pros Keeping Compoiqn Clean
BY WILLIAM S. WHIT

The emotional partisang
are beginning to howl. as
emotional partisans always
do, that the other sides pres
idential candidate is becom-
ing unduly nasty.
The extraordinary and
happy truth, however, Is that
this campaign Is actually
one Of the cleanest and most
nearly responsible, at every
visible level at least, in re-
cent history.
Everything In politics Is,
Of course, relative; and this
great race Is surely no con-
test between political paci-
fists addressing some ladies'
seminary. It Is o real fight,
and no mistake. ALI the same,
there has never been q race
in this correspondents mem
ory when 50 many people
beginning with the candi-
dates themselves-were act
ing in 30 nearly adult q way
and trying 50 hard to keep
out the sheereSt Of the nom
sense and the worst Of the
rubbish.
This, in short, Is not real
" 50 tough" Q campaign as
many are suggesting, for
often the suggestion comes
from men having no genuine
standard Of comparison for
lack Of experience in past
campaigns. They assum e
that hard fighting Is the
same thing as ugly fighting.
''Naivete" Not Murder
Now many, no doubt, will
be at once tempted to "but-
but" these genial observations.
Super charged Democrats
will say: But what about
Nixon's charge that Kennedy
is naive toward commu-
niSm? Isn't that accusing the
Democrats Of appeasement?"
Answer: No. it is close to
that charge. But even an
open cry Of "appeasement'
would be still an infinite dis
tance, for example, from the
widespread Republican
charges Of 1852 that the
Democrats under Harry Tru-
man were deliberately kill
ing American boys in Ko-
rea while deliberately being
kind to Communist subver-
sion at home.
Super charged Republi-
cans will say: "But what
about Kennedy's accusation
that Nixon is trigger-happy?
Isn't that pretty rough?" Ans
Evening star., 1960-10-24

SAAS Sss4 VA eA40 AAAoASO oSO
magnetic disturbances. On
the whole the coronal activity
is so complex that only q bare
beginning has been made In
its Interpretation"
The sun wears q "fur coat"
This Is another observation
Of the Air Force astronomers
at Sacramento Peak. study
ing the so-called solar chrom-
oSphere, q gas layer from TO-
900 to 10000 miles thick.
which Is above the photo
sphere, the suns visible face.
The result Of these studies,
reports DR.. Evans, has been
q decisive overturn Of previ-
Gus models Of the chrome
sphere. It now turns out to
be q region Of increasing
temperature, with an intri-
cate "fur" Of tiny spikes,
known as spiculeS. surround
ed by o hotter atmosphere.
1--WE now consider the chro-
mosphere," he says" as the
transition zone between the
low temperature at the top Of
the photosphere, about 4,400
degrees above absolute zero,
and the 100000 degrees Of
the higher corona. A revision
is now going forward to con-
Struct a new model Of the
chromoSphere and determine
the process by which energy
traverses the relatively low
temperature region to heat
the everything corona"
New Data ON Sun
In addition. DR.. Evans re-
ports, new data is being
gathered which will require
a very substantial revision Of
the accepted table Of atomic
abundances In the sun. Since
the sun is probably q fair
sample Of the universe at
large, this means q revision of
our ideas Of atomic abun-
dances in the universe and in
the processes by which differ
ent kinds Of atoms were
created"
The observatory, he stresses,
is located on a 9,200-foot
mountafntop noted for the
clarity Of its sky and is able
to observe solar phenomena
normally invisible. The ulti-
mate object is to trace con-
nectionS between what hap
pens on the sun and atmoS-
pheric and other disturbances
on earth.
The programs are carried
out in close cooperation with
the University Of Colorado,
Harvard University of the
United States Bureau Of
Standards.
Evening star., 1960-10-24

Wef: Yes, It Is pretty rough,
but still q thousand light
years away from past Demo-
cratic charges, beginning with
the campaign against Her
bert Hoover in 1882, that the
Republicans were cold blood
edly unconcerned with hunger
and starvation and wanted
only Federal license to rob
the poor.
Super-charged Democrats
will say: But look at how the
Republicans are deliberately
tanning the religious issue
against Kennery." Answer:
No Republican Of any ma
tional standing is doing any
thing Of the Sort. II only be-
cause he would be monument
ally foolish to do 50.
Super = charged Republi-
cans will say: But look at
Harry Truman saying certain
people should go to hell"
Answer: # he did-and the
point seems debatable-this
is pale tea, indeed, compared
to Truman charges Of 1852
suggesting that Dwight Eli
senhower was prodting from
the support Of pro-Fascist
groups.
Both Pros
No. the plain truth Is that
though we have the young
est pair Of presidential as
pirants on record. we also
have one Of the most mature
campaigns. Why? Simply be-
cause this time we have two
strictly and tee-totally and
absolutely professional poll
ticians seeking the ONCE,
men whose whole adult lives
have been spent in public
service.
Each, though desperately
wanting to win the election,
also desperately wants to
have q decently united coun-
try to lead afterward. For
true political pros are near
ly always far shorter on hate
and far longer on tolerance
than their amateur support
erS.
And the amateurs are tax
ing their cue from the COM
parative tolerance and rea-
SonablenesS Of the pro can
didates at the top. Blooded
combat troops rarely hate
the enemy 20 loudly and 80
vehemently as do the fel-
lows back In the supply
corps. They haven't got the
time.
Evening star., 1960-10-24

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDTiterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condeHsG-
ton. Those not used iDill be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied BY self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1960-10-24

between her son and daugh-
ter in 1926, 10 years after her
death, 1t was almost $100 mil
lion. She was believed to be
the richest woman, and she
was also the ablest woman
financier, Of her time.
Q. Is Faience pottery Italian
or French?-L. M.
A. Originally the term
Faience was the French word
for porzellana di Faenza, a
type Of majolica made in
Faenza, Italy. The name
has come to be used for any
earthenware, Of coarse tex
ture. covered with an opaque
enamel upon which decora-
ton may be painted, and
fired. The term is perhaps
most commonly applied to
French pottery Of the 18th,
18th and 18th centuries.
Evening star., 1960-10-24
New Market Doy'

My husband and I own
one of the 16 Antique Shops
in New Market, Md. and we
want to thank you for the
wonderful publicity of New
Market Day" Oct. IL.
There were between 1000
and 5000 people here that
Evening star., 1960-10-24
Fifth Of q Series

Fifth Of q Series
the Air Force Once Of Sci
entif1c Research ct SunSpot,
N. Mex.
The corona Is composed Of
extremely tenuous gas which
extends outward for at least
2 million miles from the suns
visible surface. There is re-
cent evidence that the ex-
tent actually is much greater
and that Earth itself Is i'm
mersed in 1t. It is, physically
speaking, extremely hot -
averaging about 2 million de-
grees above absolute zero.
Heat" Is defined as the speed
Of the movement Of its mole
culeS. The gas Is so tenuouS,
however, that anybody inn
merSed in it, far from any
other source Of heat, would
become q chunk Of ice almost
inStantaneouSly.
Corona Photographed
Detailed studies In the past
have been impossible, re-
Stricted to the few minutes of
eclipse totality. The spectrum
Of its light. however, can be
observed with special instru-
ments and daily observations
are made ct the Air Force OBJ
servatory.
Now, according to the re-
port Of DR.. Jack w. Evans,
the director, DR.. Richard B.
Dunn Of the observatory stan
has succeeded in the much
more difficult task Of photo
graphing the corona with
out an eclipse by means of
an instrument capable of
taking coronal time-lapse
moving pictures whenever the
sky is sufficiently clear.
Results Of these unique
MOVIES" says DR.. Evans re-
port, have been q complete
surprise. The corona turns
out to be q region Of ex-
plosive activity instead Of the
static halo it was supposed to
be. One aspect is the sudden
development Of small regions
Of very high temperature,
between 4 million and 6 mil
lion degrees, which are in
all probability the source of
charged particles that shower
Evening star., 1960-10-24
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Violent Explosions in Suns Corona
BY THOMAS r. HENRI

The suns corona, opal
escent halo visible around the
blacked out disk Of the
earth's star during q total
eclipse, is . region Of violent
explosions.
This finding has Just been
announced from the Sacra-
mento Peak observatory Of
Evening star., 1960-10-24

is an independent agency es-
tablished in the Wilson ad-
ministration. The respected
Senator Glass Of Virginia, q
sound money man, was the
author Of the sponsoring leg
islation.
Senator Kennedy fire.
quently alludeS to himself as
a member Of the party Of
Woodrow Wilson and Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt. He does
well to call himself a follower
Of FpR who attempted to
wreck another independent
agency, the Supreme Court.
Let us hope this threat, II
Senator Kennedy should be
elected, would prove as empty
as the promises Of the Demo-
cratic platform.
Mrs. Frank Allen West.
The TV debates have come
to be a "showplace" for the
newsmen who ask the candi-
dates the questions.
There are only two men
living who are qualified to
ask questions Of the two pres
idential candidates-those be-
ing former Presidents Harry
s. Truman and Herbert
Hoover.
This would seem to be fair
for both sides as one Is q
Republican and the other q
Democrat. I believe that these
two men can not only ask
questions pertaining to ma
tional problems but also
questions which they know
these candidates will have to
know when they are In the
White House.
This may be q late sug-
gestion. but I think this
would really help all Of us
to get the most out Of the
debates and would stop them
from being q "showplace for
newSmen."
Gerald b. Gereau.
It seems difficult, indeed,
to adjust to the idea that the
great American people were
singlehandedly responsible
for the ascendancy Of q
former President known as
Harry s. Truman, whose lack
Of historic fact is exceeded
only by his complete and total
lack Of decorum.
J. w. Martin.
- . = =
Little Boy Blue, the Junior
Senator from Massachusetts,,
has launched a wealth Of un-
SubStantiated charges against
the Eisenhower administra-
ton. When someone refuteS
his accusations they are
promptly labeled Cor libeledO
as SNUG andor complacent.
With the aid Of the Con-
necticut malcontent, Chester
Bowles. he has conjured up q
fraudulent image Of millions
Of starving Americans, when
living standards are at an
all-time high!
The possibility that any
American would sacrifice the
truth for selfish political
gains is appalling; that Sena-
tor Kennedy would do it at an
hour Of such moment while
contesting for the highest Of
flee in the land, is a reflec-
ton Of his disregard of
Americas welfare when fur
thering his personal aspira-
tionS.
Anyway, America has no
use for Senator Kennedy'S
"Nearly-New Deal"
Aram Bakshian jr.
=
In a letter, Martin M.
WeinStein wants to know If
Mr.. Nixon is reluctant to be
identified with the party that
produced Harding, Hoover
and Eisenhower. I suggest
that. as q man Of sensibili-
ties, Mr.. Nixon may wish to
give an opportunity for resti-
tuition to the voters who sad
died us with Mr.. Roosevelt
and Harry Truman.
COrneIia M. Lee.
Evening star., 1960-10-24
The Condidotes

nedy's side show barker tech
niques and to Nixon's unim-
pressive, mild-manneredwayS
We have heard charges and
counter charges from both
sides, some true, and many
distorted because they are
out Of context. If, for q NOM
ent, you put aside the person.
alities and their errors, you
will find that the basic issue
Of this election Is not which
man is better, but which par
ty ideology viii win.
The Democrats offer a pro-
gram that viii make US hell
bent for Socialism and
possibly q big Brother-is-
watching-you" type Of coun-
try in the future. The
Democrats stand for big gov
eminent. While to an extent.
the early developments Of
such a state may benefit the
majority, but In the long run.
the more government gets its
hands into local affairs, the
worse it win bungle. The
Republicans take a more or
less middle course which can
veer to the left or right when
necessary and so can better
give fuller benefits to the
greater mass Of the people.
Thus, they can still avoid the
sitting Of ambition and the
control Of the mind which
can be the ultimate end Of O
Socialistic type Of state.
We hope that the Ameri-
can people viii vote for o
progressive party, yet one
that is not radical or left
wing as the Democratic Par
ty. The Republican Party is
our hope.
Two M.D.'s
Why should Vice President
Nixon provide the gaudy TV
networks with another ira
vesty on human intelligence
by accepting a nth debate
with the glamorous Prince
Of CurlicueS?
OF course, why shouldn't
the tricky and beautiful Ken
nedy almost insist on one?
All one hears in the wake Of
the debates is, not what was
said but how beautifully coif-
fuered and tailored and
poised was the SNUG young
man from Boston.
After all, wouldn't it be
about like Churchill debat-
ing with Marilyn Monroe?
The lines the good folks
would remember mainly
would be the ones they saw,
not the ones they heard.
When has wisdom ever made
much headway against sex
appeal?
Earl L. Shutx
= 4 = =
Having read millions Of
words and listened to mil
lions Of words and quotes by
Senator Kennedy, I have
come to the conclusion that
he is by far the most con-
ceited braggart. that has ap-
peared on the political hori-
zon. in many a moon. He is
egotistical enough to think
he alone is the panacea for
all the troubles in the world.
Mrs. Harold Inman.
= 4 4 y
In response to Joseph w.
Bows ''I think that I shall
never see/A President named
Kennedy" let me say: II
think that we shall never
pick/For President q man
named Dick"
Robert +. Clark.
American women are tired
of ex-President Truman's
rude and slanderous remarks,
not only about the Republi-
can Party, but his calumny,
his aSpersions, his defama-
tions, his opprobrium, his
defaming Of Vice President
Nixon's honesty and integ-
rity; spreading distrust; his
tearing-down Of people in
high places. He utters it all
with such ease, dispensing it
with bombastic flamboyancy.
Mr.. Truman's Ill manners
must bring shame and heart
ache to Mrs. Truman and
Margaret. Let us have no
more Of it, Mr.. Truman! We,
American women, Just can't
stand any more of it.
Mrs. M. L. May.
i \ y 4
Senator Kennedy has made
l. :
Evening star., 1960-10-24
Questions and Answer,
BY THE HASKINS SERVI,

BY The HASM1NS SERVICE
reader get BY mail to question Of fact
writing Information 636
Evening star., 1960-10-24

Senator Kennedy has made
many alarming promises and
threats during the campaign.
One Of the most serious is his
statement that a President
can influence the policy of
the Federal Reserve Board.
The Federal Reserve Board
Evening star., 1960-08-18
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Evening star., 1960-08-18
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