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Evening star., 1960-05-08
FROM THE STAR FILES.
100 Years Ago

Although it didn't know it
then. the Democratic Party
was a dead duck politically
at this period century ago.
The Democrats were split
three ways. past mending,
and stood to lose the presi-
dency because of this defect.
There was little excitement
when the factional Demo-
Gratis newly formed Consti-
tutional Union Party, stand
ing for THE Constitution,
Union of the States, and en-
forcement of the laws" met
at Baltimore and chose a
standard-b bearer. He was
TennesSean John Bell, a
Senator for IL years, who
was considered one Of the
most consistently conserva-
tive and nationally minded
Southerners. Many in Dixie
accused him of consorting
with the despised "black Re-
publicans." The Star of May
IL, 1860 briefly reported the
balloting boiled down to a
contest between two men,
with Gen. Sam Houston of
Texas getting SO votes on
the second ballot to Bells
13S-half a vote more than
he needed to win D.. ="
For a day at least. politics
was eclipsed by the moon as
top news 100 years ago. Man
had no fantastic idea of
reaching that celestial island
in the sky then, but under
the heading, Life on the
Moon" The Star of May 10,
1860 said: Until quite re-
Gently the surface of the
moon has been supposed to
be a vast lifeless desert. As
tronomers have abused the
moon in every possible way.
They claimed there was no
heat in moonshine. They
denied the moon an atmoS-
phere and consequently wa
ter and organic life. They
have made us believe that
residence on the moon would
be exceedingly undesirable.
The old faith in the God
deSs of the Night was quite
overturned in scientific cir
cles, and the fascinations of
moonlight we're departing
day by day. But this is all
changed. Scientists have
shown by exact observations
that there is heat in the
moons rays. This heat pro-
duces a sensible effect upon
the mimoSa. Upon the
Evening star., 1960-05-08
Jefferson's QuoIms

II like the organization of
the government into a Leg
islative, Judiciary and Exc
cutive:' I like the power Civ
en- the Legislature to levy
taxes, and for that reason
solely approve the greater
house being chosen by the
people directly. For tho ]
think a house chosen by
them will be very lily quail
fled to legislate for the Un-
ion, for foreign nations etc.
yet this evil does not weigh
against the good of preserv-
ing inviolate the fundamen-
tai principle that the people
are not taxed but by repre-
sentatives chosen Immediate
ly by themselves" So wrote
Thomas Jefferson from Paris
in 1887 to his friend James
Madison commenting on the
proposed Constitution.
Apparently Thomas Jeffer-
son did have qualms on the
conduct of a legislative body
chosen directly by the peo-
pie. 1t sometimes seems that
such qualms were more than
just political theorizing.
Because of being the sole
power in the country to in
itiate Federal appropriations,
the House serves as the
greatest bulwark against any
possible abuses by Executive
agencies. But also because it
has the power to appropriate
it has the added responsible
ity to not be irresponsible.
The granting of special ben
efits and aggrandizements to
select and favored organized
groups to the detriment of
the people in general perhaps
was one of the concerns Of
Thomas Jefferson.
A. E. TOmkin.
Evening star., 1960-05-08
No Deterrent Gap

LIE AHeIlCdn people can CaKe con-
siderable comfort, we think, from a
statement made on the House floor last
week by Chairman Mahon of the Mill
tary Appropriations subcommittee.
Mr.. Mahon, a Democrat who halls
from Texas, is careful and well-in-
formed student of this Nations military
program. He has been at it for a long
time, and his committee has just finished
a four-month study of the defense
budget for the coming fiscal year. Thus,
Mr.. Mahon speaks with authority when
he says he does not believe there is a
deterrent gap" at this time between us
and the Russians, and that he sees no
reason why there should be any such
gap during the next three years.
There is difference between a de-
terrent gap and missile gap. A missile
gap exists in the sense that the Rus
slams have and will continue for some
time to have more ICBMs than we have.
This results from a deliberate decision
by the President and his defense ad-
viSerS-a decision based on a number of
reasons, including faith in the deterrent
quality OF our armed forces. Whether
this decision was wise or not will be
tested by whether we have a major war
in the early 196Os. 1t is interesting,
however, to note Mr.. Mahon'S statement
that he does not believe the decision was
influenced by any thought of placing
budgetary considerations ahead of ma
tlonal security, which refuteS an accusa-
tion often made by some Democrats.
Our deterrent force is our whole
force, as distinguished from the missile
component alone. 1t is composed of all
the services in all of their diverSifica-
tions. And when Mr.. Mahon says there
is no gap he means that this whole force
is strong enough to strike back, after
surprise attack, with such power that no
aggreSSor would be willing to accept the
damage to his own country which would
result from an attack on us. In this
connection, incidentally, Mr.. Mahon had
word of warm praise for Defense Sec
retary Gates, which must have come as
music to the ears of that often be-
leaguered official.
A small item in the news this week
also has bearing on the question of
our deterrent capability. This was dis
patch from Hill Air Force Base in Utah,
which quoted Maj. Gen. o. J. Ritland,
commander of the Air Force Ballistic
Missile Division as saying that the Min
uteman will be operational by the sum-
mer of 1862 instead of 1868, as had been
anticipated.
This is very good news from the de-
terrent standpoint. For the Minuteman,
a Solidfueled ICBM which can be fired
from underground Silos or mobile
launcherS, will be our deterrent ace in
the hole. 1t is designed to back up and
perhaps to replace the Atlas and the
Titan. Once it becomes operational and
available in sufficient numbers, the dan
ger of an attack on the United States
will be exceedingly remote.
In a word, it looks as though our
defense effort is moving along at better
pace than one might think from listen
ing to some of its critics. We hope the
Senate will accept the HouSe-approved
defense money bill, including the
changes in emphasis on certain pro-
grams recommended by Mr.. Mahon's
committee and adopted by the lower
chamber.
Evening star., 1960-05-08
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Not in the Census
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United states senata

plete the 1860 numerical pic
ture of his rapidly growing
family. OF course the census,
taken every decade, is chiefly
concerned with quantitative
calculations such as how
many" and "how much"
The resulting Book of
Numbers" is intensely re-
vealing in its statistical
implications.
But we desperately need
another kind of census, world
wide in its scope, whose per-
tinent questions will have to
do not so much with guam
tity, but with quality.
Too often democracy deals
almost exclusively in num-
bers. Sometimes even the
loyal democrat finds his one
firm faith in quantity weak
ening. He begins to question
the validity of arithmetic, of
statistics. and of majorities.
OF course. he still accepts
them for what they are
worth; but he is more and
more concerned with what is
back of them. A blind 10y
atty to a cash-register type
of democracy is deadening.
One comes to realize that
there are instances where
two and two do not make
four.
A case involving an insur-
ance policy was being argued
before a court. A lawyer was
reeling OF mountains of actu-
arial computations. However,
the judge thought he was
trying to make them mean
more than they really did.
1t was like the pricking of a
numerical balloon which hot,
legal breath had vastly in
f1ated. when the judge quietly
interpolated: But two and
two, you know, do not al
ways make four. You could
scarcely say that two candles
plus two tons of coal make
four" This pertinent COM
ment suggests the weakness
of democracy.
Even though a democratic
form of government may be
accepted as the nearest ap-
proach to a perfect order it,
nevertheless, is compelled to
add together Judas and John,
as If one and one always
make two; that is, it gives
the ignoramus, the slick law
breaker, the moral leper, and
the scoundrel, the same voice
in the affairs of state as the
man of intelligence and in
tegrity to whom the whole
community looks up with
respect.
1t is the assumption that
the acme of democracy is
simply to make sure that all
noses are counted that led
George Gissing to make one
of his characters blurt out:
II hate the very word ma
jority';; it is the few, the very
few, that have always kept
alive whatever good we see
in the race"
We think of the Revolution
ary period as a time when
the passion for independence
swept like a prairie fire up
and down the Atlantic Sea-
board. Not so! 1t has been
truly said: Our Revolution
was won, the Government
established, and the Consti-
tuition put in operation, by a
compact, highly intelligent
and loyal minority" 1t is
that historic fact which
Lowell had in mind when he
exclaimed:
Count me out OF lies chosen
heroes,
They Were men who stood
alone
While the men they dgonised
for
ThreD the contumelious
stone.
In the present crisis. genu-
Evening star., 1960-05-08
Rings the Bell

Last fall Roy Chalk, presi-
dent of D. c. Transit, placed
in service in the Washington
area new buses of the 57O0
variety. These buses are
smooth and comfortable and
beautiful in design, but the
bell cords are strung too high
for the passengers to reach
sitting down. 1t pulls out
women's waists and shirts
out of mems pants reaching
for the cord. Now that the
mechanics of the company are
lowering them it makes every
one happy.
CvPtrs r Rri0ht
Evening star., 1960-05-08
'ObsoIete' Test?

After listening to that OBJ
solete civil defense "Conel-
rad" test the other day, I
just wonder how effective it
would be against guided mis-
siles QCBMs). I am sure
shutting down all broadcast
ing would stop a rocket!
Exasperated.
Evening star., 1960-05-08

in favor Of the recent foreign
aid bills.
When 1t comes to cutting
the funds for foreign aid,
the recent polls are specific:
only Is per cent stated that
foreign aid funds should be
cut. Obviously the American
people want foreign aid kept
as 1t is.
willard johnson,
President, Committee for
International Economic
Growth.
Evening star., 1960-05-08
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
denSdtion.
Evening star., 1960-05-08
rs Years Ago

Andrew MELONS art treas
ures were the subject OF a
front page controversy 25
years ago. The Government
was trying to collect more
than So million in additional
taxes from the Pittsburgh
flnancier. The Star of May 9,
1885 (reporting on Melons
income tax hearing) quoted
Lord Duveen, noted British
art dealer and connoisseur,
as saying he had inspected
Melons paintings in a vault
at the Corcoran Gallery and
considered it "one of the
greatest collections of old
masters in existence" Gov
ernment counsel objected
when Duveen testified "Mr.
Mellon several months ago
showed him a sketch Of the
great art gallery the former
Treasurer Secretary planned
to erect in Washington" Rob-
ert Jackson, general counsel
for Internal Revenue, (then
heading up the ladder to Su-
preme Court Justice) previ-
ously had protested that Mr..
Mellon had admitted he had
no definite plans for a gallery
in which to place an art gift
to the Nation.
Bloody Chancellorsville was
"refought" in Virginia 25
years ago, with many of the
original cast this time watch
ing from the wings. Fifty
thousand persons packed a
mile-long stretch from Chan
cellorsville Mansion to Hazel
Grove, 10 miles from Fred
ericksburg, to witness the
sham re- C tine ent of
"Stonewall" Jackson's famous
Civil War sally there 72
years earlier. The Star of
May 3. 1885 said: THE
grass on Fairview Heights
was blackened and burned by
gunpowder and Uttered with
shell cases as the Confeder-
ates (gray-shirted VMI ca
dets) assaulted the Yankee
line (Quantico Marines. IN
the reviewing stand with Vir-
ginia's Governor were gray
ing. stopped men who charged
at the real Charlottesville
with Gen. Jackson or Col.
j. E. B. Stuart. The Lost
Cause was hymned and
mourned as the Stars and
Bars waved bravely. :"
Evening star., 1960-10-06
HOLLY WOOD
By SHEILAH GRAHAM

New York: I've been watching
you. eating as if there was no
tomorrow" But how can one
resist the marinated sauer-
braten, potato dumplings and
red cabbage? Also eating.
in the same place. was Henry
Morgan with a blonde who
looked too lovely and eager to
be married to any man.
After our Humphrey BOgart-
Jason RObards look-alike item
of yesterday, someone phoned
to mention the close resem-
blance of Yves MOntand to Joe
Di Maggie who used to be mar
ried. if you remember, to blonde
Marilyn Monroe. By the way,
what happened to Ben Gazzara,
who used to accompany them
on all their dates? Third man
out?
Audrey Hepburn was outside
getting some air when I landed
at Tiffany's. Fifty seventh
street at Fifth avenue, Man
haitian. We were both wearing
Evening star., 1960-10-06
DINING OUT
By BARNARD K. LETTER
Only When You're Hunqry

meat is described as the Gour-
met Henry VIII. 1T looks like
that side of beef Charles Law
ton gnawed on in the movie
Henry Wild. And the Colorado
Prime Beef President dinner In
which the cut is the tender
loin instead of prime ribs. (ThiS
is a dinner patterened after
one dreamed up by a Western
hotel owner for President Eli
senhowep.
The a la carte menu offers
Edinburgh top sirloin. a Lon
don broil, a blue ribbon sirloin
Old Angus filet mignon, beef
stroganoff and chopped sir
loin.
You start all meals here with
a basket Of dark brown breac
served with lots of butter anc
a generous helping of creamy
cheddar cheese and a plate oi
tangy Old Angus dill pickles. A
crisp green salad comes with g
special dressing that has a faint
cheese flavor unless you specif.
ically request another dressing
And the diversified Idaho bakec
potatoes are served with SOUL
Evening star., 1960-10-06
THE LYONS DEN
By LEONARD LYONS

the number of Security guards,
escorts. ETC.. because Ellis Island
is reachable only by ferry, and
there could be direct ferry
service to the U. N.
80
THE CHOICE: Tony Randall
arrived from Hollywood re-
Gently to do a TV show. He
received a request from Spyros
SkOuraS to attend two lunch
eonS-an Arab luncheon for
Nasser. and a B'nai Birth
luncheon for Max Youngstein,
head of United Artists. Randall
compromised: He agreed to
show up at one luncheon,
Youngstein's because, frankly,
Max can do me more good"
MEMOS: Winston Churchill
SAID about the Soviet behavior
at diplomatic sessions--Such as
Khrushchev's at the U. NJ
they're not housebroken yet"
Tennessee Williams is
taking his pet parrot with him
on tour. Unlike the Jolson
film. The Jazz Singer" the
curtain Of the off-Broadway
musical. "Valmouth," was held
10 minutes last Friday night,
to permit william Beck to sing
"Kol Nidre" at his temple serv-
ice. -. Bobby Fisher. the United
States chess champ, will play
in the Chess Team Olympics"
in Leipzig. If other Americans
go to East Germany.
During AverelI Harriman'S
trip to Africa he was introduced
by various titles, from Mayor
and Minister" to Ambassador"
and Governor" In Guinea he
was Secretary of State"
Evening star., 1960-10-06

The Old Angus Beef House
at l805-07 H street NV. didn't
borrow it's name from the
Aberdeen Angus, that very spe-
call breed of cattle known for
its Stubby legs. heavy body and
particularly high quality of
beef.
But a good per cent of the
restaurants beef and steaks
are tender, well-marbled An
gus that has been carefully
aged.
There are four dining rooms
upstairs and down.. Each is
rather small, with subdued
lighting. simple decor and soft
nlusic-all designed to make
dinner an unhurried pleasure.
AS the name indicates, beef is
the speciality of the house. The
fare is simple. served without
frills. The emphasis is on quail
ity not variety. In fact. you'll
find only eight items on the
menu. A ninth-lobster tail
is added on Fridays only.
Two complete dinners are
available: A prime ribs of beef
dinner in which the cut Of
Evening star., 1960-10-06
Films of More Than Routine Merit

Films of More Than Routine Merit
BATTLE OF THE SEXES"-Peter Sellers foiIs lady eff
cheney expert to old Scottish firm.
"EXPRESSO BONGO"-Lauence Harvey in a biting comic
comment some of our contemporary mOres.
"TT STARTED IN NAPLES'-ROmantic comedy NeapOitan
style, deftIy done by Sophia Loren, Clark Gable.
"THE MOUSE THAT ROARED"-The vastly funny account
of a tiny duchys against the United States.
NORTH BY NORTHWEST"-Cary Grant fees spies and
Eva Marie Saint in a corking Alfred Hitchcock thriller.
OUR MAN IN HAVANA"-Alec Guinness and Maureen
OHara in a lively spool Of international espionage.
ROOM AT THE TOP"-SimOne Signoret and Laurence
Harvey the soaring story ruthless
"SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL"-James Cagney VS..
Black and -Tans during Ireands troubles.
Evening star., 1960-10-06
Next, Mrs. Cohn?

HOLLYWOOD (NANA -
Laurence Harvey, brightest
gleam in the eye Of Joan COhn,
widow of the late Columbia
Studio boss, Harry COhn, was
expected to marry her before
he married Margaret Leighton,
top British stage actress. Their
friends expect them to rectify
this oversight when the Harvey
divorce is final with Margaret.
I believe if the latter had sat
tight, she would have ridden
through the storm and been
able to remain Mrs. Harvey.
Margaret still loves him.
1t beats me how Greer Carson
was able to produce Mrs.
Eleanor RoOsevelt'S voice so ac-
curately in Sunrise at Campo
bello." At the premiere of the
movie in New York, it was in
teresting to see the film-star
treatment given Mrs. FDR by
the audience. I'll make pre-
diction now that Greer and
Ralph Bellamy as Franklin D.
Roosevelt will be in the Oscar
race for their performances in
this movie.
Kirk Douglas to this reporter.
at Luchow's Restaurant in
Evening star., 1960-10-06
The Neurotics

NEW YORK. - Countless
millions of contented house
wives everywhere no doubt were
puzzled as we'll as shocked by
the wrist-cutting and sleeping
pill episode involving Brigitte
Bardot. It is difficult to under
stand why a young. famous,
successful beauty, hailed as one
of the most desirable women
in all the world, could possibly
be that unhappy.
The fact is that emotional
stability is rare among the
beauties. The higher the prizes
they seek, the greater the ten
sionS. And the prizes are high
quick fame and wealth. I've
seen, at close hand, full gen.
Grafton of these renowned stars.
Their anxieties produce lone
illness and multiple marriages,
and erupt in emotional storms.
They measure potential escorts
with suspicion, and wonder
about public reaction to the
link.
In Hollywood one night Otto
Preminger gave a dinner party
for my wife and me. One of
the invited guests asked us to
suggest a lady he could bring
to the party. I named a star
we knew. and he said he
doubted she'd accept his in
vitation. My wife suggested
another. and again he refused
to risk a turndown. Both
stars came to the party, alone.
LACK OF VANITY: During
the rehearsals of his Period
Of Adjustment" TENNESSEE
Williams heard members Of the
cast discuss a prominent ac-
tress. They insisted: "She's
wonderful, but when she drinks
too much she gets vicious"
e. Williams disSented, and said
he'd never noticed such be-
havior. He was reminded that
once, after some drinks, the
lady had turned on him.
Williams remembered the in
cident: "She called me a fat
faced boor. but she wasn't
being vicious. She was just
being candid"
THE SOLUTION: Gen. John
B. Medaris, the former head
of the missile program and
now president Of Lionel Trains,
was caught in the traffic snarl
caused by the escorted cars
going to and from the U. N.
He thought of a solution: Ellis
Island could be taken over by
the U. N. and developed as a
site for housing the embassies
and personnel. 1t would reduce
Evening star., 1960-10-06

cream or butter laced with
fresh chopped chives.
A full-bodied red Rhone wine
goes well with any entree on
the menu.
Desserts include cheese cake
in various flavors, rum cake and
pie, and several ice creams and
sherbets. But the most fitting
to such a purely American
meal is a giant slice of apple
pie served with a sharp cheese.
There's Irish coffee and ex-
presso on the menu, if you go
for that sort of thing. But you
can't go wrong settling for the
regular house coffee. In fact.
Old Angus recently won an
award for it's coffee.
AS befits a beefhouSe, the
portions are more than man
sized. They are superman-sized
This is not a spot to take a
delicate appetite. Go when you
are hungry.
y
OPENING The Shoreham
Hotel reopens its Palladian
Room tonight for the season.
From 6 to 10 pm. you can dine
from the buffet which will have
more than a hundred items as
well as from the menu.
At 10 pm. the lights are
lowered for more intimate di-
ming and dancing and you can
order a late supper such as
Steak Palladio or scallopini Of
veal "au flambeau" which will
be prepared-fiaming-right at
your tableside.
Mark Goette is the host and
Jerry Rods orchestra plays
for dancing.
OBSERVANCE - october is
Restaurant Month" across the
nation and Ray Walters. own
er of Cafe Burgundy and pres
ident of the Washington Res
taurant Association. is plugging
the national slogan:
Give Your Wife A Treat
Take Her Out To Eat"
He's certain there are a lot
of wives around who'll agree
with him.
hk&
FANS-Mario Semha, chef
at Twining Court Stables dn
the alley behind 2120 P street
N.WO is one cook who actually
built up a following in the
Armed Forces.
He cooked at the officers
mess at Quantico Marine Base
for six years and the brass
hasn't forgotten him. Quantico
officers often drop in for some
thing to eat at his new base of
operations.
Evening star., 1960-10-06
THE EVENING STAR
Washington D. c. A AENAueANA oAkS
ThuySdov GrfoheI

lace, a square cut diamond
ring. valued at $3.50, 900, a dia-
mond brooch and diamond
drop earrings. The experience
was lovely-until we had to
give them back. under the
watchful eyes of 20 Tiffany
statesmen and oodles of detec-
tives. And Henry Platt, great
Evening star., 1960-10-06

dark glasses but managed to
recognize each other. Audrey
took me inside the famous jew
elry shop. where for one day
only Paramount was shooting,
Breakfast at Tiffany's.Ts She
took OF her false gems and I
took of mine-and we were
draped in the genuine things
Audrey wearing the half-mil-
lion-dollar Tiffany diamond
with its matching gold and
diamond necklace. I settled for
a sapphire and diamond neck
Evening star., 1960-10-06

great-grandson Of the stores
founder, Charles L. Tiffany.
Dana Wynter comes back to
New York to confer with CHS
biggies for three top TV shows.
Dana gets her best roles, it
seems, on T'V. Its hard work"
says Dana. but the money is
good and the roles even better"
Evening star., 1960-10-06

Kirk Douglas to this reporter.
at Luchow's Restaurant in
Evening star., 1960-04-28

Jerry Brown of the Ciaren-
don Trust team was dolefvl
today over q shot he missed
last night in the Metropolitan
Circuit League. In the 10th box
Of the last game Jerry needed q
mark to break the leagues sea-
son record for q set. He blew q
two-pin break and wound up
with a 454, just two pins short
Of the high held by John Shea
Of Foiey's Ford. Browns top
game was 157.
For Howard (GhoSt) Parsons
Of Frederick's Motors it was like
old times when he amaSSed a
set Of AL. capped by a lit
game. Thirteen years ago Par
sons hung up a world 7-game
record OF 1901, an average OF
1856, which still stands as one
OF the oldest in the book.
Another veteran, Carl Baudu
Of Coca Cola, who was a SEN
sation in winning the recent
Harbin Memorial Handicap at
Mount Rainier with q 5-game
scratch of TIA, continued his
by rolling 49,
40S. For "a games as Q Coca
Cola sub. Baudu has averaged
l24-10, about Z points above
the lit with which, as a men,
Der Of Naval Lodge, he has