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Evening star., 1960-04-22
fuses at Buses

Since Roy Chalk took over
the Rapid Transit Company
of D. c. there have been many
changes made. He has de-
manded and received from
the Commissioners permis-
sion to raise fares. He has
already replaced many clean
streetcars with buses which
throw out their obnoxious gas
and oil fumes to be breathed
in by the public. Another
bad feature about the bus,
that we didn't have when we
enjoyed the streetcar Serv-
ice, is that the bus stops
most any place in the streets
to take on and let off pas
sengers or head into a curb
leaving the rear end of the
bus half way across the street
thereby impeding the regular
flow of traffic.
Since Chalk seems to get
what he wants I suppose his
next move will be to have
the Commissioners to ban
Evening star., 1960-04-22
Crime Deterrent

According to F.B.I. reports
from 1886 cities of over
$500 population in 1858 there
were 2,340,000 arrests. About
half the criminals are juVe-
nile. This report covers only
one third of our population.
Crime costs more than our
public schools. Can we afford
this luxury?
Thirty-seven per cent of
our people are not affiliated
with any church, and it is this
group that commits SO per
cent of our juvenile and adult
crime. This points out two
things needed, law enforce
ment, without coddling Grim
inalS, and religion as a pre-
ventive. The criminal will
not accept religion and re-
form, but if his children we're
taught it from early child
hood on they would become
useful citizens instead of
hoodlums.
Whose fault is it that the
children of these pagans
have no knowledge of moral
ethics? 1t is ours, the church.
men of America. In our mis-
taken zeal for separation of
church and state, religion
has been gradually kicked
out of our schools, not all,
but the majority. Because it
does not teach it, the kids
assume that the Bible is of
no value and probably do not
know that the Ten Command
mentS, God and Jesus Christ
exist. So from other sources,
movies, pornographic litera-
ture, dope pushers, evil adults
and kids, they learn to be-
come criminals, and are easy
marks for subversive ele-
ments. To stay in power the
Communists had to get rid
of God. Aren't we doing the
same thing in the public
school through our apathy?
Theodore Roosevelt said,
A man trained in mind but
not in morals is a menace to
society"
Roger Bacon said, Trying
to operate schools without
religion is like putting a
pistol in the hands of a
child"
ThOs. ]. Bracket.
Sarasota, Fla.
Evening star., 1960-04-22
Too Much Leniency

BY coincidence, two seemingly un-
related news items appeared simultane-
ouSly this week. One told of the post
humouS award of the 1859 Policemen'S
Gold Medal to Private Harold K.
Shelton, who was slain last May by
gunman he had cornered in an alley.
The other referred to criticism by the
Washington Criminal Justice ASSocia-
ton of lenient sentences to aSSailantS
OF policemen. The annual report of the
association cited the 8-to-28-year SEN
tence meted out to the slayer of Private
Shelton as case in point. And the
record of less ss-than-maximum penalties
imposed on police attackers during 1859
certainly juStifieS the associations con-
demnation of seeming leniency in so
many cases."
Policeman Shelton was shot twice
when he sought to capture a man who
had just shot two women in cafe. The
slayer was indicted for f1rSt-degree mur-
der but District Court Judge Charles
Mclaughlin accepted plea of guilty to
second-degree murder, for which a life
sentence could have been imposed. The
lesser sentence was pronounced, the
court explained, because the man had
only minor police record Said the
WCJA report: In examining the facts
OF this case, nothing could be detected
wherein leniency was suggested" or
which warranted a sentence mot much
more severe than in some narcotics or
robbery cases. We are not vindictive
and not inclined to feel that excessively
long sentences are cure-all for crime,
but in the case of the murder of police
officer it is felt that a longer sentence
was indicated" 1t is our opinion that
this, If anything, is an understatement.
The whole record last year of cases
involving assaults on police officers was
not one to reaSSure policemen who go
out on the firing line in the war on
vicious criminals. The report points out
that in 213 cases involving 222 defend
ants charged with attacking policemen
in 1859, only 90 persons were convicted
and sentenced. The heaviest penalty
for any of these assaults (not counting
the murder caSe) was two to eight years
(The maximum sentence for an attack
with dangerous weapon is 10 years.
In SO cases the charge was reduced to
simple assault.
The association is right in suggest
Evening star., 1960-04-22
De GouIIe in America

During the formal phase of his stay
here, President Charles de Gaulle'S
prime activity will be his conversations
with President Eisenhower. These will
cover wide range of questions bearing
upon relations between France and the
United States. They will have to do,
too, with differences within the Atlantic
Community, and also with the great and
dangerous issues that divide the Com
munist East and the free West. Quite
obviously they will be altogether timely
talks well calculated to strengthen
Anglo-French-American unity in ad-
vance of the fast-approaching summit
meeting with Soviet Premier Khru-
Shchev.
But it is not for this reason alone
that Washington is pleased and honored
today to welcome General de Gaulle.
Together with his wife and official party.
he will be moving about our country for
the next week or so as a man whose
personality and character have. fas-
cinated and deeply impressed the
American people ever since the early
days of the Second World War. when he
and his Free French inspired lovers of
liberty throughout the world. OutWardly,
he sometimes has seemed to be stiff,
severe, aloof, auStere, formal to a fault,
and SO august in his bearing as to intim-
idate or repel ordinary mortalS. However,
as he has just demonstrated in Cana
da, and on his British visit a fortnight
ago, this is myth; actually, in terms
OF popular reaction to him, he is a
sort of matinee idol among international
statesmen.
Thus, as has been said of him before,
he has certain touch, certain manner,
a certain character that is uniquely
appealing. His rectitude, his dignity,
his eloquence, his So-calIed mystical
view of Frances actual and potential
glory, his faith in this grandeur" his
confidence in the future of free Europe
these are but few of the aspects of
his personality that have made him one
OF the truly exceptional and towering
figures of his time. Certainly he can be
sure that the American people will ac-
cord him warm and admiring recep-
ton wherever he travels among them.
Evening star., 1960-04-22
Rename School?

Our little community of
Rosemary Hills is today
mourning the untimely pass
ing of Raymond Brown, the
principal of our local ele-
mentary school, who was
killed in a car crash. To
those of us who have had
the privilege of watching
this fine liberal educator
work with the children of
this area, the blow of his
sudden passing comes es-
pecially hard.
Some of us hope that our
school board will consider
changing the name of our
elementary school so that it
is hereafter called the Ray
mond Brown Elementary
School" as a fitting memorial
to the man who put so much
of himself into it.
Nathaniel J. Ely.
Evening star., 1960-04-22

@. What is the name Of
the book which lists heads
Of Government agencies and
their salaries?-G. H.
A. This is the "Official Reg
lister of the United States"
published annually by the
United States Civil Service
Commission. 1t gives the
names. titles, legal residences
and salaries Of persons oc-
cupying administrative and
supervisory positions in the
legislative, executive and ju-
dicial branches of the Fed
eral Government and the
District of Columbia gov
ernment. The current Q959)
edition paper covers, 800
pages including index may
be had for $3.50 from the
Superintendent Of Docu-
ments, Government Printing
ONCE. Washington Is, D. c.
1t gives names and salaries
as Of May /, 1859.
Evening star., 1960-04-22
Date to Remember

April % could very we'll be
an American holiday, except
for the inexplicable vagaries
of history. 1t is a date that
should be known to every
American, old and young
alike. But, sadly, it is known
to few.
Why April %? 1t is mere
ly the birthday of the re-
nowned Queen Isabella of
Spain, who began her en-
lightened reign in 1879. And
make no mistake about it
Isabella is an illustriouS per-
sonage in the American heri-
tage! Had it not been for her
majesty'S foresight and gen.
eroSity, Columbus m G h t
never have embarked upon
his most famous exploration.
Queen Isabella foStered and
actually made possible the
discovery of America by Co.
lumbuS. Most h Storian n S
readily agree upon this to-
day. Yet little real credit is
cited in our history books;
and our children grow up
with barely any knowledge
of this great spiritual ruler
of the 18th century.
This oversight of Queen
Isabella in America could and
should be corrected. 1t could
be accomplished very simply
by nationally proclaiming
April % as Queen Isabella
Day. At once, she would re-
ceiye overdue recognition.
And all our calendars in fu-
ture years would contain this
memorial. Gradually, stu
dents and the general popu-
lace would come to know Isa-
bella as the good and cou-
rageous woman who envi-
stoned the New World and
universal progress. She COM
mands respect from America.
The least we can do is re-
member her greatness on her
anniversary.
John Paul Paine.
Evening star., 1960-04-22
Dogs Prayer

While looking through an
old scrapbook, l came across
a poem which, in my opin-
ion, is most unusual. It is
"A Dogs Prayer"
I'VE speak for those who
cannot speak for themselves.
I'VE are the little brothers.
homeless in cold and heat;
Four-footed little beggars,
roaming the city streets;
Snatching a bone from the
gutter, creeping through al
leys drear, Stoned and sworn
at and beaten. our hearts
consumed with fear.
"Is your heart too hard to
listen to a starving puppy's
cries? Or too gay for the
patient pleading in a dogs
beSeeching eyes? Behold us,
your little brothers, starved,
beaten, oppressed; Stretch
out a hand to help us, that
we may have food and rest"
l feel this is truly beauti-
full and very appropriate for
BE Kind to Animals Week"
Reynolds G. Sprague.
Evening star., 1960-04-22
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Astronomers Study Suns Surface
By THOMAS R. HENRY

light can be analyZed in
terms of wavelengths.
The big instrument, &C.
cording to the National Scis
ence Foundation, win make
possible studies of the sun
in considerably greater de-
tail than ever has been pos
sible in the past. In addition
to what may be learned from
analysis of the solar light
spectra, the astronomers ex-
pect to learn more about
sunspots and solar flares,
which affect radio and other
forms of communication on
earth.
Management of the OBJ
servatory will be under the
Association of Universities
for Research in Astronomy
which includes the astron-
omy departments of Harvard,
California, Chicago, Indiana,
Michigan, Ohio State and
Wisconsin. The association,
however. will act as an un-
official trustee for all astron-
omers with research prof.
ectS which the great sun
mirrors in the Arizona noun
tainS may serve.
The first reliable space
telescope" probably will be
launched in a year or two.
Plans now are well ad-
vanced by the National Sci
ence Foundation and a scale
model for an instrument so
inches in diameter to be
placed in a 24-hour orbit
about 22,400 miles above the
earth has been completed.
1t probably will be launched
on a satellite of some sort
from the new National Sci
ence Foundation Observa-
tory on the mile-high sum-
NIT of Kits Peak, Arizona.
The orbiting telescope will
be well above any diStorting
effects of the earth's atmos-
phere on star -light-a factor
which makes many astro-
nomical observations of the
past open to various inter-
pretations.
Space Age Alters Thinking
1t can reveal much more
about the nature of the uni
verse than could be hoped
for from any surface-mounted
instrument and the cost. will
not be much greater, accord
ing to Science Foundation
astronomers.
In addition, several con-
ventional. large surface
mounted telescopes are
planned with which the OBJ
Servation of the orbiting in
strument can be supple
mented. These will not be
among the worlds largest but
they will incorporate all the
advances proposed in recent
years. They will permit long
observations of extremely
faint stars.
Evening star., 1960-04-22
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL
News may be calm.

News may be calm,
News may be peaceful. al
though with the threat Of
terrible bombs being put in
orbit in outer space, it is
difficult to see exactly how
it can be.
Read this writer's letter
over again, and see!
Nothing thrilling there, ex-
cept to certain inner recesses
of the human heart.
Just the same picture pre-
sented in a thousand yards,
not much different, but al
ways good.
- -
We like the remarks about
the bird bath at ground
level"
Some people stow the bath
away III "lIlJ6I.
The pedestal may be taken
in, but the bowl should be
left out. lying on the ground
preferably among evergreens,
or shrubs.
There it will appeal to
many small creatures.
The five jays in this bird
lovers garden probably were
all members of the same
family. A father, mother, and
three children.
Members of the jay family
aren't used to calling their
brothers and sisters "sib-
lings." They say Children"
and that is good enough for
Mamma and Papa Jay.
The value of bird study as
a tranquilizer is well known
and often attested; it only
upsets the nerves of some
people upon occasion, when
they forget the valuable les
son all nature teaches, that
not only are all men brothers,
but all creatures, furred,
feathered, filmed, or skinned.
(Temp Jones says he belongs
in the latter category
The person who watches
birds, and listens to their
songs. will find the sport
soothing to the nerves most
of the time. Perhaps that is
the best we can expect from
anything any more.
Evening star., 1960-04-22

ing that the record warrants study Of
the problem by law enforcement off,
cials. The Judicial Conference should
give special attention to the problem
at its next meeting. Certainly the action
of the courts in the cases listed is not
apt to be much of a deterrent to other
potential assailants of the police.
Evening star., 1960-04-22
Answers Our Ouery

rs Anybody Out There?",
The Star asks editorially.
Ever since Sputnik and be-
fore, I have wished that
scientists ct al. would take
time out and read, for in
stance, the 38th chapter of
Job. Joining in the quest, "Is
Anybody Out There?", I am
greatly encouraged by the
35th verse, chapter 38, Job:
Here we are"
NC,
Evening star., 1960-04-22
Miffed at McGM

Ralph McGlll, in his artl-
Gle, What Are the States
Rights?" quotes from the
Tenth Amendment to the
Constitution the words "The
powers not delegated to the
United States by the Consti-
tuition, nor prohibited to it
by the States, are reserved to
the States, respectively, or to
the people"
He then asks, when are
rights reserved to the States
and when to the people?"
When 1 went to school
which I admit was a long,
long time ago-I was taught
that the words ". to the
States respectively, or to the
people" meant ito the States
respectively; that is, to the
people" In other words, the
powers reserved by the Con-
stitution to the States were
reserved to the people of the
States. The States and the
people are not two separate
entities.
]. Chester WilfOng.
Ralph McGill is up in the
clouds. Does he expect to
leave the idea that the Tenth
Amendment is no good when
he states, yet, despite the
stark example of the dis
astrous effect of such a
policy, it has been a consist
ent thread in the complex
and inconsistent story of
Dixie politics. 1t isn't
clear to the average politi-
cally-minded Southerner who
first hears about it along
with his pablum and Peter
Rabbit stories. Techrii-
cally it means only the
rights of States within the
Union."? Mr.. McGill must
be attempting to get over
some extraneous point. 1t is
elementary what the Tenth
Amendment means. THE
powers not delegated to the
United States by the Consti-
tuition. nor prohibited to it
by the States, are reserved to
the States respectively, or to
the people," means just what
it says. If three fourths of
the States desire to amend
the Constitution they give
up their reservation to the
States, and pass on to the
Federal Government such
authority. Those powers del
egated to the Federal Govern
ment in the Constitution, as
well as those restricted or
denied the Federal Govern
ment, are succinct, and prob
ably this is what irks so
many liberal minded people
who don't like our great doc
ument.
Mr.. McGill's article is most
enlightening in that it GER
tainly gives a good insight
into his extra Liberal think
ing. Apparently he did not
get any Constitution with his
pablum and Peter Rabbit.
Karl o. Spiess, Sr.
4 4
Ralph McGill, a Southern
er, makes derogatory remarks
about the South's views on
CIVIL TlRIlIS.
Why does this man knock
the South and its views with
all the important issues at
stake today? There are
States rights today and will
be as long as there are
States. He speaks of false
enemies of the South who
use the phrase for narrow.
greedy, ulterior purposes. If
this writer is going to con-
tinue writing against States
rights, it will be detrimental
to the Naticn.
Daniel B. Felker.
Evening star., 1960-04-22

On top of a mile-high holy
mountain United States
astronomers have started the
most intensive studies yet
attempted of the boiling,
flaming face of the sun.
90 million miles away and
10 billion times brighter than
the brightest other star.
This is the basic objective,
for the present, of the Ma
tional Sicence Foundations
Kits Peak Observatory in
Arizona's Quinlan noun
tains.
There the worlds largest
solar telescope now is in
operation. Observations of
the earth's star are quite
different in principle from
those Of other celestial OBJ
jects where the object is to
see as much as possible with
the extremely minut e
amount of light available.
With the sun. it might be
said, there is too much
light" so binding that it
browns out details of signifi-
cant features. 1t is essential
to spread out rather than
concentrate this light. This
requires a very special kind
Of telescope.
Recent developments indi-
cate that knowledge of the
sun, although greatly ex-
tended with special instru-
mentS during recent years, is
really quite meagre. All life
on earth, it is increasingly
obvious, depends on solar
phenomena-perhaps even in
much greater detail than has
been supposed in the past.
Three Rejecting Surfaces
Imagine looking at a solar
disk covering an area of ten
square feet. That is about
what the astronomers on
Kits Peak will see-that is. a
disk 33 inches in diameter,
The disk is several times
larger and more brilliantly
Illuminated than is attainable
with any instrument in the
B. world.
This sun telescope is made
up of three rejecting sur
faces combined in a system
to give large, finely detailed
images of the suns face. An
8O-inch fiat mirror, a So
called heliostat, stands 1lO
feet above the ground. Sun
light striking this mirror is
reflected to 60-inch para
bolic mirror 480 feet away
at the bottom of a shaft
drilled into the mountain
From this the light is again
reflected 260 feet into an
underground observing room
There the greatly enlarged
suns image may either be
photographed or directed to
a spectroscope where the
Evening star., 1960-04-22
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry pTiterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
denSdtion.
Evening star., 1960-04-22
BETHESDA, Md.
- C;,.


Dear Sir:
MANY Songbirds today
might be called suburbanized
because they are more often
seen in suburban gardens
than in the woods or fields.
"They are a delight for
their colors, form and inter-
eSting behavior, and a well
come antidote against nerv-
GUS tensions of modern life.
"I would like to tell your
readers of my own expert
enceS in attracting them to
my Bethesda garden. 1 be-
lleve that my success in at
tracing birds of SO species
is due to the natural sur
roundingS and the attention
l give them in providing food
and water, the latter being
just as important, particu-
larly in freezing weather and
summer heat.
AS to natural setting, this
is almost perfect: I have
large trees around my house,
including a tulip tree and two
hlckorieS and several oaks,
also dogwoodS, and I also
have a small copse; the whole
street and neigh boring
grounds are full of trees.
There used to be a pasture
very close to my place; now
all is built up.
Il once fed an expensive
mixture of seed, but this
winter I gave only medium
chicken scratch feed; in ad-
dition, I Smeared leftover fats
on the branches of several
trees. I only occasionally
gave bread crumbs and pieces
of apple.
"As to water, this was
given regularly in a bird bath
at ground level. Often two
pals of hot water we're nee
essary to thaw the ice.
Now for the results. This
winter I had over 80 spe-
cies; on several mornings, in
a few hours, 20. I have had
flve species of woodpeckers,
the downy, the hairy; the
yellow-bellied sapSucker, the
red-bellied. and the flicker.
Il regularly had juncos,
white-throated and common
sparrows, and occasionally
fox Sparrows. The regular
visitors included the blue
Jays, sometimes five at a
time; cardinals, mourning
doves, starlings aplenty;
chickadees. tufted titmice,
brown creepers, nuthatch,
mockingbird a nd Carolina
wren, and a Baltimore oriole,
as well as evening grosbeaks
and cedar waxwings.
Sincerely yours, T.WL.S."
There is honest pride in
this letter, and it is a pleas
ure to read it.
Certainly it cannot be
called a sensational letter.
Here is just a man at home,
helping the birds in his own
way.
We demand sensationalism
today in such quantities that
when we listen to the news,
if there are not two airplane
crashes, six poor children
killed in fires, and a spate
of murders and other crimes,
We turn the set of, declaring
YEARLY, Not much news to-
day."
Evening star., 1960-04-22
Answers to Questions
By THE HASKINS SERVICE

A reader can get an answer by
mail, to any question OF fact By
writing The Star Information Bu-
reau 635 ? street NV Washington
4 D c Please tnclose return postage
or self-addressed stamped envelope
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the public to ride the buses
and pay a 25-cent fare.
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