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Evening star., 1960-08-19
Crisis and the OAS

At the opening session of their
meeting in San Jose, Costa Rica, the 81
foreign ministers of the Organization of
American States have been presented
with an impressive special report that
should be of more than little help to
them in dealing with the urgent prob
lens of the Western Hemisphere.
The report Is the work of the Inter-
American Peace Committee, an OAS
watchdog agency made up of representa-
tiveS of Uruguay, Venezuela, Ell Salvador,
Mexico and our own country Having
especially in mind the bitter Dominican
Venezuelan controversy and the Havana
Washington crisis, the committees
members have reached the unanimous
conclusion that the general situation in
the Caribbean has been steadily deteri-
Grating in dangerous manner.
Further, the committee has agreed
that the tensions in that area have been
considerably heightened as a result of
an increasing desire :. on the part of
the Soviet Union and other extra
continental powers to intervene more
actively in inter-American affairs. It
is evident from statements made by the
highest officials of these powers that
they are seeking to exploit for their own
purposes some of the aspects of the sit
uatiOn existing in the Caribbean" The
report then goes on to warn as follows:
The American community is faced
today with serious crisis -.
Underlying this crisis is the striving
Of the peoples of America to improve
their economic and social conditions ..
within system compatible with the re-
Spect for human dignity and the effective
exercise of representative democracy.
Yet. in their efforts to achieve these
objectiveS, the peoples of America fire.
quently see themselves confronted by
reactionary political forces which reject
democracy and cling to the system of
military dictatorship, as we'll as by groups
which. influenced by eXtra-continental
powers maintain that economic progress
can only be achieved by the implanting
of another type of dictatorship.
-. The conflict between the authori-
tartan tendencies noted above and the
democratic aspirations of the vast ma
jority OF the peoples of the American
states lies at the very heart Of the recent
international tensions in the Caribbean
area.
This constitutes good diagnosis of
the basic ailment of our hemisphere.
Although couched in diplomatic Ian
guage, it makes clear that our whole
inter-American system is threatened not
only by military relationships like Gen
eraliSsimo Trujillo's in the Dominican
Republic but also and more men
acingly-by the Communist-ba die
tatorShip of Fidel Castro in Cuba Ger
tainly, since it has established very
sinister ties with Moscow and Peiping,
the Havana tyranny seems to be partic-
ularly dangerous in terms of its ap-
parent readiness to help spread Red
totalitarianiSm throughout the hemi-
sphere.
Secretary Herter and the other
foreign ministers now convened in San
Jose face an exceedingly difficult and
delicate task as they seek to work out
mutually satisfactory solutions to these
and kindred problems. The OAS, how
ever, has functioned so effectively in the
past that there is good reason to hope
that it will be able to cope successfully
with the great new challenge before it,
Evening star., 1960-08-19

the products. carbon dioxide
and water, are removed con-
tinuously.
THE electrical energy gen.
Grated by the cells operates
a direct current electric
motor beneath the drivers
seat which drives the wheels"
An experimental vehicle has
been running off and on now
for four months with no fall
off in power.
Such cells, Gen. Trudeau
said, will mean much more
efficient utilization of fuel
with substantial reduction
in the logistics load. The
fuel CELL" he said, has no
internal moving parts-no
pistons, crankshaft, trans
mission and the like-and
this means reduced main
tenance. OF additional i'm
portance is the fact that fuel
cells operate with an absence
of noise and excessive heat,
and, therefore, will be harder
to detect by an enemy on the
battlefield. 1t may we'll be
the silent energy source we
are seeking"
COnquerS Terrain
The Army's research nat
urally is concentrated on the
probable needs of another
war. The significance of the
fuel cell developments, how
ever, promise to be of the
greatest civilian significance
with the increasing reports
of poisonous fumes from
motor eXhausts and the like.
Perhaps most revolutionary
of all, however, may we'll be
the flying carpet" which
Army research has gone far
towards making a reality. 1t
will be a flying platform for
carrying troops across road
less country.
1T WILL" reported Gen.
Trudeau. "f1y just above the
nap of the earth, permitting
the combat soldier OF tomor-
row to overcome terrain
obstacles such as mud,
swampS, ravines, rivers and
forests. This type of vehicle
will have the take-off and
landing characteristics Of the
helicopter coupled with the
advantages of f1xed-wing
aircraft in foreward flight"
American military research,
it was stressed. is at least
on an equal footing with that
OF any other power. But,
Gen. Trudeau said, a signi-
flcant gap remains to be
overcome. Russians, for ex-
ample, can get a new weapon
or other device actually in
quantity production and in
the hands of troops in about
five years. In this country.
from womb to boom" now
requires, on the average,
about seven years.
A promising new weapon
may be completely obsolete
by the time it can be pro-
duced in quantity.
Evening star., 1960-08-19

of the victims to escape to
freedom-one out of mil
lions-and one who has the
talent to write a book to learn
the truth about the Soviet
system which is trying to
force its miSrule upon the
rest of the world.
A few weeks ago a young
Russian exchange student
who arrived in New York un-
der the auspices of the YMCA
told a newspaper interviewer
that not only do they have
no juvenile delinquents in
the Soviet Union, but the
very term Juvenile delin-
quent" does not exist. This
is quite true. They don't dig
nifty teen-age offenders by
calling them by that name.
They sentence them as ordi-
nary young criminals and
treat them accordingly. Each
prison and slave labor camp
has a special wing to house
those young criminals.
1t is tragic indeed to note
that while Soviet AmbasSa-
dors and other functionaries
here are invited to address
all sorts of public gatherings
and take advantage of BRAIN
washing our i'll = informed
people, we have no record
of any American Ambassador
or American visitor in the
Soviet Union given such op-
portunity. This is the Soviet
Interpretation of reciprocity
-vol give us everything and
we give you nothing. 1t
"1rl, well for the enemy and
to our undoing.
J. Anthony Marcus,
Institute of Foreign Trade.
New York City.
Evening star., 1960-08-19
THE PASSING SCENE
South Changing Nixon Campaign
By WILLIAM S. WHIT

be swallowed; but at best 1t
won't go down easily.
1t is equally true that many
land Mr.. Nixon himself orr
ginally was among them
have misunderstood Senator
Johnson's probable plus-value
to the Democratic campaign.
The easy assumption that a
Lyndon johnson on the ticket
would automatically take
care" of the South never
had any validity.
Fooled by StereOtypes
The professional liberals
who SO bitterly resisted Sen
ator JohnSon's efforts to OBJ
tain the top nomination were
fooled by their own stereo-
types: Senator johnson was a
Texan. Texas was in the
South. Ergo, Senator John
son was a Southern poll
tician." The fact is that he
never was any kind of typical
Southerner. either in personal
attitudes or political views.
When he tried to say he was
more Western than South
ern he was telling the simple
truth.
Indeed. it is entirely pos
Sible that before the race is
over Senator johnson will be
seen to have been of at least
as much assistance to Sena-
tor Kennedy outside the
South - specifically in the
Midwest farm belt-as inside
it. He is and always has been
in Southern terms much too
liberal. His real opposition in
Texas has always come from
the old-Southern wing of the
party.
The Nixon people, at any
rate, are catching onto this
situation. The Vice President
is thus now arranging to 60
South more frequently. more
determinedly and more hope
fully than he had ever ex-
pected to do. He now be-
lieves that in some Southern
States he might do better
than President Eisenhower
did, either in 1852 or 1856.
The purpose is to present
Richard Nixon as holding
firm civil rights views-but
far less advanced views than
the Democrats; as a sober,
dignif1ed man and a prudent
man on spending; as a
poor boy who came up the
hard way through a South
ern law school Duke Uni
versity) while Jack Kennedy
was living it up as a rich boy
at Harvard.
Evening star., 1960-08-19

HlCnarQ M. NlXOnS preSl-
Dental campaign is under
going significant changes in
S trat gic planning. These
alterations are based upon a
sharp re-evaluation Of the
outlook in the South and
Border States.
The Nixon belief now is
that Senator John F. Ken
nedy. the Democratic presi-
Dental candidate, will not be
so strong in those areas as the
Republicans themselves had
supposed after Senator Lyn-
don B. johnson Of Texas
consented to take second
place on the Kennedy ticket.
The Vice Presidents first
campaign sortie into the
South-into North Carolina
has produced many opti-
mistic statements from the
Nixon camp. Such state
ments are, Of course, stand
ard stuff. Publicly, you al
ways shout that everything
is looking better and better.
In this case. however, thes,
claims are more than routine
propaganda. This time, the
Nixon people really believe
their own press releases.
Mr.. NiXon's reception in
North Carolina has genuinely
convinced him he ought to
put a great deal more effort
into the South than he had
any intention Of putting only
weeks ago.
Better Platform
This conclusion is by no
means solely based upon the
fact that the G. o. P. civil
rights plank is relatively less
advanced than that of the
Democrats. (True, Mr.. Nix
on is not at all neglecting
this point0 1t arises more
from his re-discovery Of a
basic fact of political life.
This is that, wholly apart
from civil rights, the South
tends to be markedly con-
Servative.
Topic A-civil rights-so
faScinates many politicians,
and some political observers,
that they don't realize this:
If nobody had ever heard of
the civil rights issue the
whole tone of the Democra-
tic convention platform-in-
comparably the most liberal
ever written by a major party
in this country-would still
be pretty bitter medicine in
the South. Maybe it will still
Evening star., 1960-08-19
Obscene Movies

I express my wholeheart-
ed agreement with Joseph
Cochran's letter vigorously
opposing the showing of OBJ
scene movies. Every movie
goer who has a speck of de-
cency should boycott such
pictures, as the writer has
done, after being outraged
while viewing them.
Peggy L. Bowen.
Evening star., 1960-08-19

According to a London dis
patch to the New York
Times of August 10th, Prof.
B. S. Nikiforov of the Mos
COW University told the Sec
ond United Nations Congress
on Prevention of Crime and
the Treatment of Offenders
that prisoners in the Soviet
Union, if they work hard
and behave we'll, are released
after serving half or one
third of their sentence. Fur
thermore, the purpose of
Soviet penology is not only
to punish but to educate
prisoners to return to a USE
full life.
This is pure and unadulter-
ated falsehood. The Hidden
Russia" by N. N. Krasnov,
recently published in the
United States by one who
had been through the prisons
and slave labor camps for
10 long years, reveals the
most horrifying facts about
Soviet penal institutions.
Untold millions of Russian
men and women have tasted
the sadism and bestiality Of
tentimes for no reason at all.
Within those institutions the
most degenerate criminals
are permitted and encouraged
by the Soviet officials to tor
ture and destroy the So
called political ! prisoners.
Within those prisons and
slave labor camps are to be
found professors, doctors and
engineers, poets. authors,
opera singers, actors, former
high officials of the Soviet
regime, generals and other
high-ranking officers of the
armed forces, all ground into
a pulp in the penal institu-
Evening star., 1960-08-19

@. What was the Printers
Bible?-D. N.
A. The Printers Bible was
an edition ISSUED prior to
1902 in which the word
printers was by mistake sub
stituted for the word princes
in the 161st verse of Psalm
119, making it read: Print
ers have prosecuted me with
out a cause"
Evening star., 1960-08-19
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Army Researchers Look Ahead
By THOMAS R. HENRY

Notable "breakthroughs,"
which promise to alter greatly
the picture of future bat
tlef1elds. lately have been
achieved by the Army's De-
partment of Research and
Development.
Some Of these were out
lined at a recent Army-in-
duStry conference here by
1t. Gen. Arthur G. Trudeau,
chief of the department.
Some details naturally re-
main classified. The research
program looks ahead, accord
ing to Gen. Trudeau, to wars
of 1975-1980. rather to con-
f1icts which now may appear
imminent.
In the field Of metallurgy,
he explained, there recently
has been a "quantum jump"
New metals with amazing
characteristics" he said. "are
being created to exploit ex-
treme temperatures and
pressureS which we are en-
countering in this space age.
They promise to open COM
pletely new. unexplored fields
of alloys that will be strong
er. more heat resistant and
lighter than anything we
know today. Vehicles. mis-
sileS and electronic devices
will benefit greatly from such
advances.
The electronics field has
seen tremendous progress in
the last 10 years and can be
expected to surge beyond
boundaries of our imagination
in the next few years" He
stressed the significance of
the small electronics tube,
known as the d.. recently
developed by the Army. in
reducing the size of electronic
circuits.
"Fuel Cell Motor"
Vacuum tubes available
at the end of the last war,
Gen. Trudeau stressed, were
so large that only Is could
be enclosed in a cubic inch
of space. The size, however.
soon was reduced to that of
the type now used in hearing
aids, of which about 140
could be assembled in a cubic
inch. In contrast, 1000 D-2s
can be assembled in the same
space, and their reliability is
much better than that of any
of their predecessors.
But, Gen. Trudeau en-
phasized. even these repre-
sent hardly a beginning. In
the distant future he said,
I'VE visualize molecular cir
cults where molecules are
chain-linked to act as cleo
tronic circuits, which will
permit space accommoda-
tions almost fantastic to i'm
agine today"
Most revolutionary of all
however. appears to be the
fuel cell motor" on which
both the Army scientists
themselves and industrial
contractors are carrying out
intensive research. This
type of engine, he stressed,
appears to be from 80 to
so per cent more efficient
than the gasoline motor.
Also it does not need re-
plenishment, except at long
intervals, and goes far to-
wards meeting major log
istical problem of modern
warfare"
The fuel cell. as described
by Gen. Trudeau, lis an
electro-chemical device that
produces electricity by direct
chemical action. 1t has all
the features of a battery
except that the reactantS
are supplied continuously anc
Evening star., 1960-08-19
Commends White
SN2

I should like to commend
columnist William S. White
for his Faithful Saltonstall
in Trouble" in The Passing
Scene" august Is, 1860.
This dissertation Of Mr..
Whites is an analysis of a
great and honest man, who
has practiced political ethics
in a most satisfactory man
ner, both for the Nation and
Massachusetts. I am a former
resident Of Massachusetts,,
and know that our beloved
Senator has satisfied us fully,
as his ancestors had done for
centuries in Massachusetts,.
Some of the finest political
drafts in Massachusetts, his
tory have come from pens of
SaltonstallS.
All of US who know him
wish him good health and
fortitude in these hectic
political times.
We wish to thank Mr..
White for recognizing ability
and decency in a great man
and writing Of it.
(Dr.) Carl Leon ZeytOOnian.
Evening star., 1960-08-19
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letters are subject to con-
denSdtion.
Evening star., 1960-08-19
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Evening star., 1960-08-19
Generous to q Fault

E. A. Kendall
Evening star., 1960-11-03
Federal Judges
Attend Luncheon
Honoring Miller

Wilbur K. Miller. the new
chief Judge of the United
States Court of Appeals here.
received a rousing welcome
yesterday at a testimonial
luncheon attended by most Of
the Federal judges in Wash
ington.
Judge Miller also was hon.
ored by fellow alumni at a
gathering at the Sheraton
Carlton Hotel of the Univer-
sity of Michigan Club.
Attending the luncheon we're
seven Supreme Court justices,
all of Judge Miller's fellow jur-
lists of the appellate court, and
members of the other Federal
courts in the city.
Judge Homer Ferguson Of
the United States Military
Court of Appeals said he is
sure Judge Miller will follow
in the footsteps of former Chief
Judge E. Barrett Prettyman
land do the great job that has
been DONE"
Evening star., 1960-11-03
0NC.
NEWS Of MUSI(. JfEhG
Pianist Block Displays
Bri|Iionce and Poetry

enough to create for him a spe-
cial "Artur Rubinstein Award"
For when he was at his best.
the youth not only looked like
a young Rubinstein but also
sounded like one.
Unfortunately, matters were
pretty much of a disappoint-
ment after the intermission.
The two Chavez PreludeS were
nicely played inconsequentiali-
ties, and with the piano ar
rangements of Stravinsky's Pc
trouchka, Mr.. Block had plainly
made tactical error, substi-
tuting plain banging and not
quite achieved pyrotechnics for
the genuine vein of artistry
demonstrated earlier in Bach
and Liszt.
This will be an interesting
career to watch. Although he
is not quite ready yet, Block
could grow up very suddenly
and, in that case, he would be
in the top rank of the new gen.
Grafton of pianists.
Evening star., 1960-11-03
FAMILY COUNCIL
Artist Puts
Eriienyds1t to
Real Test
THE PROBLEM

Madeline - My sister ex-
poets everyone to humor her
COrinne-I think a sister
should feel for her sister.
THE DETAILS
Madeline-My sister is 81
and suddenly she thinks she's
an artist. She's given me
strict orders not to call her
in the middle Of the day be-
cause that's when she's
painting.
Her husband and children
fall for that Temperament"
stuff. I think she's just push
ing people around. Her art
doesn't amount to a hill Of
beans. She has an instructor
who sold her a bill of goods
and now she wants to do
nothing but make MASTER
pieces.
She used to meet me for
lunch. We'd go on shopping
sprees together. Sometimes
when things are quiet in the
Office I get an urge to talk to
her. The last time I tried it
she asked me "the message"
said she had no time to chew
the rag. Well it happens I
can't call when she does have
time. I have other things to
do in the evening.
She's the same way with
her friends and one by one
she's losing them. I tell her
she'll be sorry. No hobby is
worth giving up friends for.
COrinne-Madeline doesn't
understand that this is more
than a hobby to me. It's an
outlet I've been waiting for
all my life and may well lead
to a real career.
While the children were
growing up I played around
with my oil paints. OF course,
the family came first. But
now that my young ones are
in homes of their own, I
think it's my turn for self
expression.
I'm not upstaging Made
line. I don't know If I'm
talented or not. I just want
to give it a real try. My
teacher was a judge in a
local competition and one of
my still lifeS won a third
prize. He says I have a real
gift. One of my neighbors
offered me 500 for a picture
I made of the willows in her
back yard. It's exciting. I
want to follow through.
The thing that amazes me
is how much you can find
out about your friends when
you make a simple request
to be left alone during the
day. My true friends do
Evening star., 1960-11-03
FAMOUS FABLES
THE COUNCILS VIEW
BY E. E. EDGAR

BALLOTS: At the 1912
Democratic Convention in
Baltimore, neither Woodrow
Wilson nor Champ Clark, the
principal contenders for the
Presidential nomination, was
able to muster the rquired
726 votes. relates Walter Lord
in "The Good Years."
CLARK reached q peak of
$50 votes. Then he began to
lose ground. Sixteenth ballot
551 seventeenth 545 :.
eighteenth 535.
Ever so slowly, Wilson
picked up delegates. Nine
teenth ballot 358 twenty
fourth, he passed 400 for the
time.
Wilson, at his cottage in
Sea Girt, New Jersey, re-
ceived the news impassively.
When someone commented
that the tide was now run
ming his way, he said:
"'Yes. I've been figuring it
out. At this rate. I'll be nom
mated in Its more ballots"
Evening star., 1960-11-03

f1brinolysin was not used, 1t
required 10 days for the size
Of the leg to reduce and 81
days for the disappearance
of pain.
The drug also has poten-
tialities for good in treating
strokes; and for clots that
close of leg arteries which
threaten gangrene.
But let's not label fibrinoly-
sin a wonder drug" 1t has
many tests in store for it be-
fore it becomes a thoroughly
respected and honored mem
ber of our arsenal of medical
defense against destruction.
i = =
Many patients who have
had an attack Of coronary
thrombosis write to me about
their chances for getting life
insurance.
There's nothing like a good
scare to start them thinking
about their financial status
and how their wife and chill
dren will get along If any
thing happens to them. I
have been telling them for
years that the outlook for
recovery, and many years Of
normal life, is much better
than most people realize.
All you have to do is check
up on the lives of our prom
inent political figures since
they have had their attacks.
Coronary patients can do
very well.
AS for life insurance pro-
lection, here are some words
by Drs. r. S. Gubner and H.
E. Ungerleider in a recent
issue of the American Heart
Journal: Persons with cor
onary heart disease no longer
should be considered ineligi-
BILE for life insurance: life ex-
pectancy of selected groups
with coronary disease is far
better than was formerly
supposed.
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I hear
a lot about sinus trouble. I
know it means some kind Of
infection of membranes which
are supposed to line the si-
muses.. But just where are the
sinuses? How many of them
are there? Mrs. D., Michigan.
In this short space I shall
give you some arithmetic;
and a short anatomy lesson.
Most of us have four pairs
of nasal sinuses. ETHMOIDS:
They lie behind the bridge Of
the nose. SPHENOIDS: Back
of the ethmoids and deeper in
the skull. MAXILLARY: In
the upper jaw below the eyes.
FRONTAL: Above the eyes in
the bone of the forehead.
All of which adds up to
eight air pockets which drain
into the nose through small
openings.
+ + 4
DR.. Steincrohn's leGfet,
"Practical Pointers for Coro-
nary Patients" UiH be mailed
on receipt OF a stamped, self
addressed envelope and 10
cents in coin for handling
charges. Address DR.. Stein
crohn in care OF The Eve-
ming Star.
Tomorrow: Cure guaranteed?