davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1960-09-05

The rich Katanga mining
area is the big prize. And the
Soviets are making sure it
does not fall into European
hands and, further. that if
any of its resources move in
world trade, it will be by
them.
Lumumba, his head filled
with only three meager years
of schooling and much Marx
ist dialectic, already is max
ing speeches about replacing
the old tribal ways with
peasant co-operatives under
the direction of communes.
He speaks loosely Of great re-
forms.
And the Soviets, of course,
smile at their newest parrot.
They know as we'll as anyone
else that Lumumba is tempo
rary. They have in the wings
a more educated, more able
man also long committed to
Russian Marxism.
A Soviet base in central
Africa will, as the other ma
tions know, be a source of in
fection, inflltration, and agi-
tation. 1t is a big prize, much
more than Cuba. 1t will, if
they bring it off, give the
U. S. S. r. a vast supply of
metal ores, enough to last a
century or more. And it will
give them a fixed place in the
heartland of Africa.
There is very good reason
why all is not quiet along
the Potomac and the East
River.
The times remind us, in a
sense, of the tremendous
days when Adolf Hitler's
monolithic power was on the
march as that psychopathic
genius moved to consolidate
both geography and SOURCES
of materiel. The whole world
seemed powerless against its
efficiency.
1t could plan in secret and
Evening star., 1960-09-05
DAVID LAWRENCE

A curious paradox emerged
the other day. The chairman
Of the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee, j. w. Full
bright, Democrat of Arkan-
sas, told. the American Bar
Association that THE Amer
ican people. by and large, are
not happy" and suffer from
"aimleSsness at home and
Illustration abroad" Yet a
veteran British writer. who
recently came to America
misled by similar comments
he had read, tells the British
people after a six-week tour
of the United States that the
very opposite is true.
Writing in the Daily Tele-
graph and Morning Post OF
London, Peregrine Wors-
thorne describes the trip
across America as follows:
Occasionally, remember
ing my role as a foreign OBJ
server, I would try to con-
centrate my mind on such
distractions as Americas
national purpose the sup
posed lack of which is cur
rently causing so much
anxiety.
"I cannot pretend that I
actually asked any Ameri-
cans about this. because to
my mind the phrase is obi
ously reminiscent of those
societies Communist, Fas-
cist and Caesarist-which
dress up a diet of propaganda
dust and ashes with a high
sounding sauce called the
national purpose But trav-
cling from coast TO coast ana
talking to innumerable Amer
leans, both exalted and hum
Bile, I formed my own conclu-
sions.
Here, it seemed to me. was
a society in which men and
women. families and COM
munities are realizing the
good life not in the past OF
the future, not in slogans OF
statistics. not in terms OF
ideology and propaganda, but
actually on the ground. ir
their flesh-and-blood lives
here and now. :.
so far as my eye could
Evening star., 1960-09-05
u. Farm Youths
Found Unframed
For City Jobs
BY The Associated Press

The National Planning AsSo-
citation said yesterday the Ma
tion is failing to train and edu-
cate farm youth for non-farm
occupations which many are
required to seek because of de-
clining opportunities on the
land.
The non-profit, non-partisan
Evening star., 1960-09-05

research organization, said in a
study that rural boys and girls
who leave the farm are for the
most part ill-equipped for city
Jobs. Vocational education and
training offered them now, it
said, is largely limited to agri-
culture.
Young farm people deserve
an equal opportunity in COM
peting for jobs in the cities, "
said report issued oy the As
sociation's agriculture commit
tee. THE committee urges
farm organizations, school
boards and rural citizens gen.
orally to study the facts and
consider appropriate action"
Evening star., 1960-09-05
OCDM to Test
Home-InstuIIed
Alarm Device
BY the Associated Press

The Government yesterday
announced plans for the first
broad test of a SIS electronic
gadget which may eventually
be installed in millions of
American homes to warn of
enemy attack.
The Office of Civil and De-
fense Mobilization said the test
will be conducted in Charlotte,
Mich, october IL.
During the test, an early
warning station near the North
Pole will flash a mock warning
Evening star., 1960-09-05
Herter Calls SIoying
OF Reporter Tragic

Secretary of State Herter
today issued the following
statement on the death OF
Reported Harry N. Taylor, who
was killed in the Congo yes
terday:
Harry Taylor was a dedi-
Gated reporter. He had ex-
perience and judgement in
writing on foreign affairs. His
death, is a tragic one, and
his friendly, cheerful person
ality and keen. accurate news
reports will be greatly missed
in the State Department. Mrs
Herter joins me in sending oul
deepest sympathy to Ambassa-
dor and Mrs. Taylor
Evening star., 1960-09-05
Political Overtones Fill
Labor Day Statements
BY the Associated Press

The political overones presidential campaign year
we're added today the Nations traditional celebration OF
Labor Day.
In speeches statements political and union leaders
cited accomplishments and living standards OF the Amer
can working amid disputes whether the Govern
Evening star., 1960-06-23
Hooroy for Hawaii!

The unusual circumstance which
finds Hawaii'S legislature in session
makes it very likely that this 5Oth
State will be the first to ratify our
constitutional amendment. House pas
sage there last night of the ratifying
resolution, without dissent, may be fol-
lowed by Senate action before this news
paper is off the presses today. But re-
gardless of when it is done, it surely
will be done. The people of Hawaii have
attained a voting status that we may
never attain here in the District Of
Columbia. They fought for and won
the same cause that we have partially
won here. They have always been SYM
pathetic and we commend Representa-
tive Inouye for his earnest efforts to
see that the newest State is the first in
line to ratify. Others, we are sure, will
not be far behind.
Evening star., 1960-06-23

is highly questionable that either alone
will solve the intricate traffic prob
lens of the years ahead.
In its present form, the Senate bill
would impose the freeze in selected
area for two-year period only, and this,
as practical matter, may have no del
eteriouS effects But to make certain,
the District Highway Department should
Immediately submit to the House Dis
trict Committee a brief statement of
what, if any, imminent highway plans
would be affected.
The concern of overriding impor-
tance, however, is that Congress act this
year to authorize the proposed National
Capital Transportation Agency. Congress
should have no reluctance in taking this
initial step, for the major function of
the agency during the next few years
will be simply to refine the physical and
financial elements of the transit plan.
Evening star., 1960-06-23
Wise and Prudent

The Senate has done the right and
necessary thing in a thoroughly bipar-
tisan manner. Acting in accord with the
spirit voiced by Majority Leader john
son, it has overwhelmingly ratified the
new JapaneSe-American security treaty
as a wise and prudent" undertaking
well designed to safeguard and preserve
"a great baStion of freedom" in the Far
East.
In recent days this baStion has been
stormed from the inside by Tokyo's
Communicated mobS, but it has survived
the attack. Prime Minister Nobusuke
Kishi and his Liberal-Democratic gov
ernment have refused to be cowed By
the relatively small rioting minority,
and so Japan's ratification of the treaty
remains intact despite the heavy pres
sures that have been brought to bear in
an effort to nullify it.
All this is reaSSuring. 1t means that
Japan continues to be allied with the
United States in a mutually benef1clal
partnership whose prime objective is to
serve the cause Of peace, freedom and
economic progress in Asia and the world
at large. And it means, in addition that
the defenseS against Communist sub
version and aggression in the Far East
are likely to grow stronger if the govern
ment in Tokyo-the one that will sue
coed Mr.. Kishi'S after new parliamentary
elections are held-turnS out to be
Liberal-Democratic, as expected, and
shows f1rmness in dealing with the
threat of the mob.
This threat seems less than acute at
the moment. The Red-directed rioters
in Tokyo have dispersed, and there are
some indications that they will behave
themselves for a while. But there are
no guarantees on that score. We must
still reckon with the possibility that
Japans Communists, acting on inStruc-
tionS from Moscow and Peiping, will call
out the mob once again in an effort to
create anarchy and destroy the parlia-
mentary system.
In such circumstances, it must be
hoped that the Kishi government will
be succeeded by one equally in favor of
freedom Given that, and given reSolute
action against new eruptions from the
mob, Japan will be capable of becoming
a truly powerful bulwark against Red
totalitarianism. But big "ifS" are in
volved here; the long-range effective
ness of the new treaty will depend pri-
marily on whether or not the Japanese
people are really determined to back it
up.
Evening star., 1960-06-23
Set Up the Aqency

The speed with which the Senate
District Committee has approved the
bill to advance development of a rapid
transit system in the Washington area
is tremendously encouraging. We hope
that Senate leaders will schedule it for
consideration at the earliest possible
time, and that parallel House action will
permit its enactment before the end of
this session.
AS approved by the Senate commit
tee, the bill is improved in several re-
spectS from the form in which it was
reported by the Joint Committee on
Washington Metropolitan Problems. The
most important change is relaxation
in the provision which would have fro
zen any new highway construction in
Northwest Washington until rail sub
way transit system was fully operating.
The philosophy behind this proposal was
commendable; it assumed that some of
the freeway need may be diminished
by rail transit. On the evidence now
available, however, it would be SenSeleSs
indefinitely to freeze highway improve
ments in such broad area. Much the
wiser course is to plan the transit faCil-
tiles and the highways together, for it
Evening star., 1960-06-23
Jopon's Real Attitude

We believe that the unprecedented
award to General of the Army Douglas
Macarthur of Japan'S highest decora-
ton for foreigners is more indicative
of the real sentiments of the japanese
people toward the United States than
the recent mob demonstrations in
Tokyo. The comforting on General Mac
Arthur of the Grand Gordon of the
Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia
Flowers was more than tribute to the
80year-old soldier who proved to be a
benevolent conqueror of Japan. 1t sig
nified the gratitude of the japanese
people for Americas great contribu-
tions to the postwar reconstruction of
Japan and to the development of the
immense reservoir of good will that
exists between our two nations today"
The extraordinary award had been
announced by the Emperor on May II
in connection with the centennial of
Japanese-American relations. Ironically,
the presentation took place in the wake
of the violent anti-American rioting by
Communicated mobs and the cancel
lation of President EisenhowerS visit
to Japan. General Macarthur, deeply
moved, commented aptly that he could
recall mo parallel in history where a
great nation has so distinguished its
former enemy commander" We doubt
that any parallel exists. And we also
doubt that such an award would have
been made if the vast majority of the
japanese people shared the anti-Amer-
lean feeling of the Tokyo demonstrators.
Evening star., 1960-06-23
Displaced Persons

It was a very impressive
map you published June Is
showing how an 8-lane North
Central freeway could slice
through the District at no
more cost than six lanes wig
Cling down Wisconsin Avenue.
Is it improper to ask what
rug will be invented to sweep
the displaced persons under?
The highway people used
to say the eight lane North
west Freeway" portion of the
magic Inner Loop was vitally
necessary and would run at
full capacity with just cross
town District traffic. There
fore, is another rug to be
provided to sweep the Route
240 traffic under? 1t might be
possible to stack up all these
cars in the fourth dimension.
Will our highway designers.
who have proved themselves
incompetent in three dimen-
SionS, be able to do this? Can
anyone figure out what will
happen to all these lanes of
traffic when they hit the In
ner Loop?
Peter Glickert
Evening star., 1960-06-23
Humane Experiments

I was delighted to see your
editorial of June 8, Humane
Experiments" supporting
Senator Cooper'S bill to pro-
tect the animals used for ex-
perimentation in research
laboratories.
I am sure most Americans
are completely unaware of
the suferings of these ami
mails, brought about by care
lesSness, neglect, and a cal
lousneSs that amounts to de-
liberate cruelty. The condi-
tions, if known, would shock
all the kind hearted men and
women of the United States.
Albert Schweitzer said "No
one may shut his eyes and
think that the pain which is
therefore invisible to him is
non-exiStent." And you have
done your part in putting the
facts before the public.
F. d. FITZGERALD.
Hartford, Conn.
Evening star., 1960-06-23
Eichmonn Case

William S. White indulges
in some curious reasoning
in defending the capture and
kidnapping from Argentina of
Adolf Eichmann by the
Israeli intelligence forces. He
appears to try to promulgate
the idea that international
laWlessnesS is acceptable if
the end in itself is good. In
other words, the end justi-
f1eS the means. He shunS
legalisms. Such reasoning
has been the trademark of
dictators. kidnapping was
practiced by the Nazis. 1t
has been done by the Com
munists. Sovereignty means
nothing to the atheiStic Com
munistS.
Mr.. White relates the U-2
flights to the Eichmann kid
naping case. He says that
both were violations of
sovereignty but acceptable as
intelligence activities, sue
cesSful activities for the free
world to admire. There seems
to be a great difference be-
tween the two ventures. The
essential dignity of the
human person, in a world of
law, not of emotion, was
violated by the Eichmann
capture and kidnapping. The
U-2 flights did no violence
to the human person.
Eichmann, a German sub
ject, will, perhaps, stand on
trial in Israel to which ma
ton he had been spirited
from Argentina! Although
Germany may want to wash
her hands of Eichmann, it
is Germany, and only Ger
many, which should try her
subject. Here is where ex-
tradition proceedings lie.
They lie between Argentina
and Germanys. Recent sWaS-
tika smearings would indi-
cate that any benefits of a
propaganda nature should
occur in Germany. Young
IsraeliS have heard the hor-
rendouS story of Nazi mon
stroSities from their fathers
and other relatives. From
what I hear this is not true
of young Germany. Let's stop
emoting about this case. Let's
Evening star., 1960-06-23

Charles E. Tracewell in
forms the world that Tenn
pleton Jones is one of a
group comprised of over
rs per cent of all college
alumni in America. This
group of alumni basically is
made up of people who we're
privileged to attend college,
but who elect to feel that
they paid for all services
received there, and that they
received nothing from those
facilities which were avail
able only by virtue of the
gifts of others.
Temp Jones reasons" for
not wanting to send an oc-
casional small gift to his
alma mater are painfully
similar in their vagueness to
those encountered by indi-
viduals who contact alumni
for college support.
1t is true that most alumni
cannot match the gifts of
buildings, laboratories, IL
braries, endowments, etc.,
that a few generous sources
give. 1t is true, too, that a
very few dollars a year do
not constitute Temp Jones
alleged impossible debt and
equally impossible payment"
The modest total that such
annual gifts would reach
during an average lifetime
when multiplied by the num-
ber of its alumni, could mean
more to a colleges develop
ment and serviceability than
the combined gifts of a few
wealthy donors.
Samuel ShanirO
Evening star., 1960-06-23

The SorrleSt spectacle on
the American scene today is
that of men of high degree
in our Government conced-
ing that we are constantly
the victims of communistic
propaganda strategy. 1t is
nothing short of sickening to
hear on every broadcast and
read in every newspaper that
1.-The Comm munistS have
scored another victory over
u.s." or "We have been humil-
lated and lost prestige" or
1--WE have suffered another
diplomatic defeat t at the
hands of Khrushchev." Why
should Americans be labor
ing under this psychosis of
fear and apprehension? Since
when has an American had
to be afraid of anyone, and
why do we tolerate this in
cessant mouthing of defeat
ism? 1t is high time for the
American people to reasSert
their backboneS and stand on
the firm foundation of prin-
cipleS God gave our forefa-
theirs.
So the Japanese govern
ment postponed President Eli
senhoWer's visit. On every side
we hear the dire prediction
that we have lost face, have
suffered a diplomatic setback,
have been Inundated. have
not heard one person vet in
terpret this matter in its true
light, the greatest VIC
tory ever achieved by a hand
full of Americans led by the
President of the Unite e d
States. No one, in or out of
Government, has taken note
of the fact that abject fear,
a fear born of desperation,
compelled the hierarchy of
Moscow and Peiping to muster
all its forces to prevent the
President from transmitting
his influence to the masses of
people in Japan. They feared
his influence more than they
would have feared an army,
and that utter and complete
loss of equilibrium compelled
them to put all the machin-
cry of international commu-
nism to work to prevent his
appearance before the Japa-
nese people. No higher COM
pliment could have been paid
to Dwight D. Eisenhower, re-
gardleSS Of partisan feeling
about the wisdom of his jour-
ney. This is an outstanding
triumph for America, and
Evening star., 1960-06-23

in Europe'S power struggle.
Only in recent decades did
we abandon our neutraliSm.
Now we cannot understand
why other nations should re-
fuse to do what we until re-
Gently considered the height
of wisdom.
Many japanese recognize
that the Security Treaty
makes their country a mill
tary outpost of the United
States, and a very vulner-
able target in an East-West
war. If the situation were
reversed, would we heartily
embrace the treaty?
]. Stuart Innerst.
4 4 4
Let us take a second look at
the Tokyo incident. The visit
was planned as an expression
of good will. Shall we let one
fifth of one per cent of the
japanese people defeat its
purpose! They cannot do
that unless they are abetted
by the press of their coun-
try and ours. The invitation
was extended by Japan as an
act of good will. The fact
of its having been sent still
stands as an evidence of that
good will. The fact of our
Presidents willingness to go
even when danger threatened
still bears testimony to our
friendship for Japan. From
the standpoint of good will.
the carrying out of the trip
would have been of much
less significance than the
fact that it was planned.
The significant aspect of
the event is the object-lesson
it affords on how easily a
small minority may obstruct
the will of a majority under
a democratic form Of govern
ment, unless the majority
is alert to give clear evidence
of it's convictions to offset
the commotion made by the
minority. This is a lesson
that needs to be learned at
once by all peoples who
choose not to be dominated
by the Kremlin. We should
thank the japanese Com
munists for making the dan
ger so clear that all should
be able to grasp it. Can we
count on the free press of
the world to bring home this
aspect of the incident to their
readers?
F. Chaplin Breckenridge.
Evening star., 1960-06-23

Your articles are a pleas
ure, like the birds"
From Klingle road, R. B.
writes:
Il am coming in on the
mockingbird discussions.
Il have heard them at 5
am, 10 pm, and one from
midnight to 2 am. in this
city.
There is no music that
equals it in abandon, sweet
ness and pure melodrama.
Last summer I was nurs-
ing, night duty, at a sani-
tarium by a golf course.
Every morning at exactly
S o'clock, a fine mocker
perched on top of the electric
wire pole and started his
singing day.
Il counted 81 different notes
or motifs.
He used the whip-poor-
Wills call, which I have not
heard for years.
Il wonder where he heard
that one. Long may he live
among U.S."
The prodigious feat of the
mockingbird in storing up a
treasure chest of songs in his
memory is one that has at
tracted the attention Of all
listeners.
One wonders just how he
does it.
Everyone who loves music
has had the experience Of
suddenly recalling an old
song, note for note, unsung
for 40 years or more, per-
haps.
Just how this is done, no.
body knows exactly. 1t is a
matter Of song pattern, Of
course, so many notes, then
one note dips down, so many
more notes, and then a note
rises. and so on.
But this really explains
nothing.
Just how many songs the
mocker can initiate we have
forgotten. Remind us to look
this up, sometimes.
There is not much need,
really. to look up anything
about this beautiful bird. He
is his own index and book.
He taps at the window.
and we feed him.
He sings in the tree, and
we rejoice.
Evening star., 1960-06-23
Significance of UncompIeted Mission to Tokyo

when he returns he should
take to the air and tell the
world that the nation which
refuses to stamp out commu-
nism within its borders can
expect just such incidents as
those which have kept Tokyo
embroiled the past several
days. Never has a better
weapon been handed to us
in our fight against the in
sidious Communist conspir-
acy, and if we don't use it,
we deserve anything that
comes from it.
Louis E. Jaeckel,
National President
The Americans, Inc.
Lancaster. sc.
x
In your editorial. THE
Beast in Tokyo" June IT,
you say. quite clearly it is
a minority. a mob, that may
properly be likened, in Emer-
sons words, to a man VOL
unfairly descending to the
nature of a beast" I Won
der whether you couldn't
find words similar to these
somewhere in George HIS
England when a mob of colo
niStS one night staged the
Boston Tea Party.
Today, American children
read about that incident as
part of the heroic struggle
of their forefathers to
achieve independence. But
to Tory eyes in England it
looked not unlike VIII a t
shocks us in the Japanese
riots.
You stress the point that
the Japanese agitators con-
stitute a minority. The men
involved in the Boston Tea
Party also were a minority.
1t is the committed minority
again and again that deter
mines the course of history.
"A little group of wilful men"
prevented our entrance into
the League of Nations. A
committed minority on the
Hill often unites with an
other committed minority to
impose their will on the
nation. 1t isn't necessary to
travel to Japan to find this
type of thing.
If we recall our own his
tory we should have no diff
ficulty understanding what
is happening in Japan today,
During most of our history
we refused to be embroiled