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Evening star., 1960-03-07
Dynostic Histories

We were pleased to read in
your issue of February 10 that
a set Of the Is dynastic his
tories, recently published by
Offset reproduction in For
mosa. had been presented to
the University of Maryland.
The republication of these
texts Is a major achievement,
and we congratulate the
American universities which
have received sets of them.
The last paragraph Of your
article, however, states that
There are only two other
sets of the dynastic histories
in this country at the
University Of Washington in
Seattle. and Columbia Univ
ersity in New York" These
histories have been published
in q number of earlier edi-
tions. copies Of which are
available in the major CEN
ters Of Chinese studies in the
United States. In the case Of
the particular edition to
which this article referS-the
Jen shou pen erh shih Du
Shih-a complete set was re-
ceived in the Library of Con-
gresS by February 5, 1858.
Under q special exchange
agreement with the National
Central Library in Formosa,
the Library Of Congress re-
ceived these volumes as they
were issued.
Edwin G. Beal, JF.,
Head, Chinese Section,
Library Of Congress
Evening star., 1960-03-07
West German Veto?


Asian tour, Nikita Khrushchev seemed
to speak hopefully of the May summit
meeting and to take stand against
boat-rocking tactics. "The thing now"
he said, "iS that not single state should
complicate the atmosphere with any
action"
This has to be read, of course, against
some OF the things Mr.. Khrushchev said
while still on tour-notably the reitera-
ton OF his threat to sign separate
peace treaty with East Germany unless
there is satisfactory settlement of the
Berlin question. And it should also be
read against the report that the United
States is prepared to give West Ger
many'S Chancellor Adenauer something
Of veto power over any settlement of
the Berlin issue which might be nego-
tiated at the summit.
The veto power report comes from
John Hightower, Of the Associated Press,
responsible correspondent. Just how
literally 1t should be taken is uncertain,
but its tenor is least consistent with
recent public statements made by
President Eisenhower.
AiAoCL1A1OWcI has SdlQ is I'M
portant that any Berlin settlement must
be fully acceptable to the people most
directly concerned-the people of Berlin.
This does not quite amount to an un-
qualified pledge of veto power. But it
comes cloSe-too close, we think, for
comfort.
1t certainly is not our view that the
people Of West Berlin should be sold
down the river. Nor do we underestimate
the Importance of Mr.. Adenauer's West
Germany in the allied structure in
Europe. At the same time, however, no
one should minimize the gravity of the
Berlin issue, nor the seriousness of the
khruShchev threat to sign a separate
treaty If the issue is not resolved.
The West will be represented at the
summit by the Big Three powers
france, Britain and the United States
The responsibility for negotiation will be
theirs. 1t will also be their responsibility.
and especially the responsibility of the
United States, to face the possible con-
sequences If the Berlin question is not
settled. In this situation, why should
Chancellor Adenauer, whose past atti-
Cuoe mas Deen SCernly uncompromiSing
be given any kind of veto power over a
settlement which might be acceptable
to the Big Three and to Russia?
MIR. Adenauer is unyieldingly opposed
to anything bordering upon legal recog-
milton Of the East German puppet
regime. This is entirely understandable.
Nevertheless, the existence of the East
German state is a fact, and we see
nothing short Of major war which might
change this fact in the foreseeable
future.
If this is correct, then it becomes
very important to give the most careful.
as opposed to emotional, consideration
to the area in which lie the real and vital
interests Of the West. We do not think
they lie in promising Mr.. Adenauer a
veto power over any Berlin settlement
which, in the judgment of France,
Britain and the United States, would be
reasonable resolution of difficult and
dangerous problem.
Evening star., 1960-03-07
When in Rome

Probably nobody but newspapermen
care what other newspapermen think.
So 1t fell to an Italian columnist, Alfredo
Todisco of Turin, to poll the corps of
200 foreign correspondents in Rome on
what they thought about life in the
Eternal City, about Italy and about
Italians in general.
The answers were varied, mostly
complimentary, and of a nature to cause
wonder how Washington, the United
States and Americans would fare at the
Evening star., 1960-03-07
L0ymon to Pulpit

Clergymen who claim the
Air Force allegations Of
Communist infiltration in
churches are unjustified re-
veal appalling ignorance of
the matter. The National
Council Of Churches of
Christ, instead Of expressing
horror at these charges,
would serve the Nation and
the profession far more in
telligently and commercially
II 1t admitted the truth and
gave prompt assurance Of
corrective action to curb the
infiltration by Communists.
The spread Of Communist
propaganda among clergy be-
came so widespread during
the past 20 years that numer-
Gus organizations of laymen
were formed to combat its
insidious effects. Among them
are the Circuit Riders Meth
odist), the Church League of
America. the American Coun-
Gil of Christian Laymen, the
American Council of Chris
tian Churches, the Founda-
tion for Religious Action in
the Social and Civil Order,
and the Committee for Pres
ervation Of Methodism.
BY what stretch Of imagi-
nation can these clergymen
ignore the protests by clergy
and educators in 1949 against
the trial Of II top Commu-
nists after they had been
indicted? How can they ig-
more the 1.700 clergy who
protested formation Of NATO
following q Communist agi-
tated meeting in Chicago in
May. 1850? What about the
1000 clergy who were duped
into supporting the phony
Communist Peace Appeal"
. Of 1851, or the 637 clergy
who Joined 1O9 educators in
an open letter to Congress
protesting forming of NATO?
What about the 528 ministers
who signed a press release
opposing the McCarran In
ternal Security Act?
How do 1900 clergy explain
asking clemency for those
notorious traitors, the Rosen-
bergs? During the past year,
hundreds have unwittingly
fallen for Communist efforts
to have the 30-year treason
sentence Of Morton Sobell
commuted. but have shown
no concern for Sergt. David
Greenglass, a codefendant.
Joseph w. B0llenbeck,
Capt. U. S. A., ret, Madi-
son. Wis,
Evening star., 1960-03-07
Cannot We Blunt Edge of Wars CrueIest Tools?

Mankind may yet be spared
the cataclysmic consequences
of atomic Hydrogen total war
fare because, assuredly, Joint
suicide will not appeal to
either of the great East-West
power blocs.
But what Of the limited
war;?
Why should any, rational
man assume such logical"
extension of foreign policy
the ultimate expression of
sovereignty" of an inde-
pendent nation-will be to-
tally forsworn?
Atomic death decreed as
national military policy by
our Government at Hiroshima
and Nagasaki surely should
have sufficiently appalled, the
world to obviate recourse to
war as the modus vivendi
for settling of differences.
But it has not done so.
On the contrary, limited
wars" erupted before the
radioactive dustS mercifully
blended with the cosmic
vapors. Witness Korea, Dien
Bien Phu, Algeria, the rape
of Tibet, b-Israel hostili-
ties. Nationalistic fevers in
the African cauldron; Asia's
population explosion and the
Red Chinese excesses; Latin
Americas stirring and CROP
ings for independence and
economic security-all are
still in ferment.
The world stage is posi-
toned" for a rash of little"
wars. A firecracker staccato
of explosions of varied inten-
sity is inevitable.
Tomorrow is today's time
table for igniting rapid-f1re
fuses by one sovereign, in
dependent-and frustrated
smaller nation after another.
The Union of Soviet Social
list Republics and the Chinese
Peoples Republic will unhesi-
tatingly supply the torches
to light the fuses.
The compulsive inevita-
bility Of these worldwide
Evening star., 1960-03-07
18th STREET

18th STREET
Dear Sir:
Maybe you would have a
few words to say on the
following subject.
There is q man in our
Office who only pays atten-
ton to me when he has been
drinking.
mo one could be kinder,
then, but when he is sober
he pays no attention to me
at all.
"The odd thing is that I
ought to be happy to have
him off my neck, but some
how I miss his kindly atten-
ton.
do you think I ought to
let him alone if he lets me
alone?
yours truly, AGNES D."
=
Yes, let him alone.
You ought to be glad to
get him of your neck, as you
say.
The point is, we believe,
that ordinary everyday po-
likeness has its place in the
world.
In other words, if the guy
does right by letting you
alone. then you ought to en-
courage him in it.
Everyday courtesy is some
thing we must all work at.
Take ordinary impolite-
ness.
We are not considering
here the grand strategy, but
just the ordinary, everyday
affair.
You see the new woman
at the Office, on her first
day, and you think you will
be polite, so you hold the
door open for her.
She sails through and past
without a "thank-you."
You say to yourself, she
will know it the next time
I hold the door open for her.
There are so many ways
to be diScourteous. We knew
a fellow once who could
thank you in a way that
made you boiling mad.
1t was a sort of gift.
The best-hearted of men,
he somehow had the knack
Of saying something, any
thing, to cause anger.
It is said that the late
Enrico Caruso could read q
menu in q way to bring tears
to all who heard him.
This is the power of the
human voice.
Its extreme, in one direc-
ton, is the voice of COM
mand.
They taught this, as a sci
ence. in the Hitlerian army
Of Germany.
There can be no doubt of
the fact that some people
Evening star., 1960-03-07

nontoXic gases, Of smoke or
incendiary materials!
We are a signatory to a
treaty in Washington in 1922
prohibiting the "use in war
of asphyxiating, poisonous or
other gases, and all analogous
liquids, materials, or devices
:" The British, French,
Italians and japanese CO.
signed it. But it has never
become effective. 1t was ex-
pressly conditioned upon its
being ratified by all Of the
signatories - an event which
never materialized.
The conclusion is now in
escapable:
Why should the brush
war" belligerents refrain
from one day employing the
most heinous and totally
destructive Of lethal weapons
short Of inaccessible atomic
hydrogen fashionable material
and just as surely envelop
the great powers in q death
struggle!
We have expressly re-
Trained from outlawing bio
logical-fire warfare-or con-
demning its deployment as
the in tern a'tional crime
against humanity it is!
BY thus failing to act, we
have affirmatively sanctioned
the use Of death-and-mutila-
ton weapons even the tiniest
nation can successfully en-
ploy with hostile intent.
Assuredly, it is still not too
late for our humane, en-
lightened democracy to af-
f1rmatively seek and lead an
international concordat abol-
ishing the use of poisonous,
asphyxiating gases and bac-
THEOLOGICAL warfare as a law
full means Of waging warfare.
Our present posture is
frighteningly callous - and
negates the truly humane and
honorable spirit of America.
We should continue to es-
pouse a life Of culture for
mankind-not the scientific
planting Of cultures Of death.
Sam Polur.
Evening star., 1960-03-07
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

can order other people
around, in small and large
ways.
It is mostly done with the
voice.
Temp Jones tried it once,
on a waiter.
He said, Waiter. bring me
a glass of water"
The waiter pretended rot
to hear him.
On our correspondents
dilemma:
Miss Agnes should let well
enough alone.
1t may be taken that the
fellow without liquor is the
real fellow, and the other the
unreal fellow, shall we say.
Sometimes the latter is ex-
cessively polite and kind.
You never can tell.
The real guy may be
grouchy, most Of the time.
It is a good idea to try to
sort the two out, and deter
mine which is the real one.
In this case, we would think
the best idea would be to take
things as they come. In an
Office. this happens all the
time.
1t is rather Saddening to
realize that one pays atten-
ton to you only when he is
full Of liquor.
The trials and tribulationS
of the everyday life have
been lifted for him, just a
bit, and then he finds time to
throw his regard around.
He no longer is propelled,
as it were, by ordinary stand
ards, but has a whole new line
Of attack and counter attack.
The average person who
stands in his way had better
think twice before accepting
the wrong man as the right
man. This bit of wisdom is
especially for the ladies.
Evening star., 1960-03-07

brush fires can prove con-
tagious - and destructive be-
yond reason; or relatively
limited in scope, blood-let-
ting and involvement of other
combatants. Determinative
will be the rules Of warfare"
adopted by the belligerents.
The tiny nations will be
guided by the customary and
usual rules of warfare en-
bodied in the international
codes such as that of the
Hague Conventions of 1907,
and the Geneva Conventions
of 1929 and 1949. Overall
treatment and detention of
prisoners of war since 1914
demonstrate that nations do
observe rules of warfare.O
They will also look to the
major powers such as our
own United States of America
for civilized guidelights in
averting the cruelest and
most inhumane of wars as
poets. Regrettably, they will
note some shocking omissions
in our declared national
policies. to wit, failure to
ratify and be a party to ma
jor treaties abolishing speci-
fled areas of unmitigated hor-
rors of modern, sophisticated
warfare.
The United States Senate
has refrained from granting
its advice and consent to the
1852 Geneva protocol for
the prohibition of the use in
war Of asphyxiating, poison
GUS, or other gases, and Of
meteorological methods of
warfare" Though the above
protocol has been ratified and
adhered to, and is now effec-
tive between a number of
states, we are not a party
to it-because of Senate re-
fuSal to ratify as constitu-
tionally required.
Shockingly, the United
States is today not a party to
any treaty that prohibits or
restricts the use of bacteri-
illogical warfare, Of toxic or
Evening star., 1960-03-07

@. Was a hurricane ever
named for President Tru-
man? A. w.
A. In 1949, when President
Truman was in Miami to
address the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars, the first hur-
ricane of the season occurred
and was promptly named
Harry" Later a somewhat
bigger one-which newsmen
said had greater authority"
struck southern Florida,
and this one was dubbed
Hurricane Bess" for Mrs.
Truman.
Evening star., 1960-03-07

The drugs were not given,
DR.. Richter says, with the
purpose of demonstrating
aftereffects but in connec-
ton with other research
projects. Six drugs COM
monty used in medical prac-
tice and three hormones-
including two sex ,hormones
were administered over q
considerable period to young
female animals. Superficially,
as was expected to be the
case, there were no bad
effects whatsoever. All the
substances had been thor
oughly tested before, with
both animals and humans.
But, DR.. Richter points
out, apparently there were
deep-seated effects which
were not manifest until
months later. In the case
Of men and women this
would mean years later.
There is no evidence, how
ever, that the effects are the
same with humans as with
rats-or that there are after
effects of any sort. He is
only sounding a warning,
DR.. Richter stresses.
Changes in Activity
The changes in the rats,
once they became apparent,
continued through life. They
were manifest in changes in
the basic cycles of activity
common to all the animals
spontaneous running periods,
food and water intake, and
reproductive activity. Re-
suits were about the same
with all the substances used
sulfamerazine, thiourea, thi-
ouracil, propylthiouracil. am
inopyrine, sodium barbitol,
cortisone acetate, and pro-
gesterone. Some of these ac-
tually are advertized to the
public as absolutely harmless.
Little or no. hing is known
about the underlying mech
sanisms," DR.. Richter reports.
At present we do not know
whether any Of the reported
abnormal cycles in behavior,
mood and metabolism in hui
man beings followed upon
prolonged treatment with
any drugs or hormones. We
do know that some patients
treated with sulfa and anti
thyroid drugs have become
psychotic during treatment
and in some instances the
symptoms only appeared a
few weeks after the end Of
the treatment. It also Is
known that some Of the drugs
which produced cycles Of
spontaneous activity in our
rats also had a Oppressive
affect on the bone marrow
of man.
Instances Of irregular alb
normal cycles Of behavior,
mood and metabolism similar
to those seen in rats after
the end of treatment with
drugs or hormones, are seen
in patients suffering from
various forms of periodic
physical and mental illness.
1t is unknown whether any
of them have resulted from
prolonged treatment with
drugs or hormones."
DR.. Richter warns doctors
everywhere to be on the look
out long after their patients
apparently have recovered
from the conditions for which
the drugs were given.
Evening star., 1960-03-07

linquents and Police and
Welfare Department prob
lens? Up go the taxes again
to cover those increased
costs!
I resent my local PTA
membership being used by
the Board of Managers in
this presumptuous manner.
M. M.
Evening star., 1960-03-07
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry lDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
denSdtion.
Evening star., 1960-03-07
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 inclose return postage
or self-addressed stamped envelope
Evening star., 1960-03-07
Democratic Strife

I see by The Star that
Eleanor Roosevelt wants the
Democrats to stop attacking
each other. What was that
she said about DeSapio,
Mayor Wagner and other New
York Democrats a while
back? And what is that say
ing about glass houses and
stones? Earl Shutz.
Evening star., 1960-10-30
NEW OPENINGS

The corcoran Gallery Of Art. i7th
and New York Avenue NV. Tues
day through November 81.
Paintings by Mario PucciareIIi. The
Pan American Union, 18th and
Constitution Avenue NV. Cur
rent through November 13.
Paintings BY Anna Matyas Lahmer
ington University Library, 2O23 @
Street NV. This evening through
November %.
Fourteen Contemporary Italian Artists.
The Veerho6 Galleries, 1912 Con-
necticut Avenue NV. This afteY.
noon through November.
WatereoIors and DRAWINGS By Henry
Miller. Associated Artists Gallery.
2156 Florida Avenue NV. Current
through November 20.
Paintings by Mary HOvnanlan. Beef
Treat Restaurant. 18th ana =
streets NV. Current through No
Original Graphics Of Modern Masters.
Foxhall Road NV. Current through
November IL.
Exhibition by 26 PhOtOgFaphers Of 10
Countries. Library Of Congress.
Thursday through January 81.
Northern virEinia Professional Artists
show. Alexandria Library, III King
Street, Alexandria. Va. Artists with
in q 50-mile area invited to bring
entries there Tuesday from 9 to 9.
Accepted works to remain throueh
November. For further information
call Jean Hawes, WO. 6-S711 or
Claudine Exams. TIE. 6-e303.
Evening star., 1960-10-30

particularly a challenging
one. on the day after an eve
ming Of good chamber music
or a brilliant concert, I ap-
proach it with more appetite,
more vigor and with more
confidence because Of the
sheer excellence that I had
witnessed the evening before.
The immediacy Of the previ-
GUS evenings experience re-
freshes my awareneSs of and
underscores the existence of a
higher standard and thus en-
livenS the possibility Of a more
refined effort"
Last night I saw a magnifi-
cent collie who for the last
Z years has enjoyed life by
the grace Of a mechanical
heart placed in his chest by
DR.. Sarnoff. Today, when I
reread the doctors letter, it
comes to me that the pleasant
glow with which the thought
Of the dog infuses me is cul-
ture. DR.. Sarnoff is certainly
on the right track, and not
far, I am sure, from his defini-
ton.
Evening star., 1960-10-30
Art Lectures

A series Of informal Coffee
and Conversation" hours will
be inaugurated this evening
at Z at the Jewish Commu-
nifty Center Arts Gallery,
1929 Sixteenth street NV.
The public is invited to meet
Jack Perlmutter. recently re-
turned from a year in Japan
as Fulbright Research Pro-
fessor at the Tokyo University
Of Arts. He will appear in
conjunction with the current
exhibition Contemporary
Japanese Drawings"
THE Rule of Taste III
Eighteenth Century England"
is the subject on which guest
speaker John Steegman will
lecture at the National Gal
lery this afternoon at 4. He
is former director of the
Montreal Museum Of Fine
Arts.
Evening star., 1960-10-30
MUSIC PROGRAMS

GEORGIA DAVIS, eontralto: Kelly
AT. pm: HaTf The Echoins: Ar. r.
Purcell: Like aS . Lovelorg Turtle.
Les PapiIions. chaGsson: S n1CSsTEoi Csnsoiir
perpetuelle: Chausson; Die Forelle.
bert: Da9 oeheimnes, Schubert; Die
HsndsssoSn spGnuGsEs; 81. tS.nSs Msues schrsiSs sss
Mendelssohn: songs BY Duke, RaWls,
Diamond. Hall johnson.
MUSIC FESTIVAL Of the Wakefield,
Washington-Lee and Yorktown High
sschSo!s; Washington-Lee High
BACH ORCHESTRA Of the National
Circle. : p:M. sSIoI.ts: IITsa Enid n aSHas CiS1Re,
Soprano; MARY Midyette, contralto;
GWrahaSm. WrnnS... Rs1r1ittone: 11ttone: ,old, HHndredth,
Been Our Refuge. Vaughan Williams
Gantsata No. 80. Elm feste Burg,
SAINT THOMAS CHORAL SOCIETY,
James Walsh. conductor. ct. .tThomas
AAposfS,e DoSSE Church. $50 pm: ecloistS:
1ayslPs, messo; Fred Quinn. tenor;
yohn Yeardley, baritone. Mass in C,
JuMLIARD QUARTET. Library of
Soneress, 0:3O pm. Quartet In C.,
400, Mozart: Quartet No. 2, Car
yer: quartet In q Minor. Debussy.
EILEEN FARRELL, soprano. Georre
Irov1lIo, piano. Constitution Hail,
pm. Ich liebe dich. Beethoven:
An. Perndo. Beethoven An die Leier,
Scnu1ert: An die Laute. Schubert;
Ky nsDst mich nicht. Schubert;
Ungeheuer. Weber; Air de ia. De.
pussy; F!eur de bles, Debussy; Fleurs,
aOulene: Refine des mouettes'
Poulene; Hotel, Poulenc: Voyage a
Evening star., 1960-10-30
TODAY'S GOOD
MUSIC DIAL

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Handel's Concerto No. 13 for
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Works by Weber. Honegger,
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sos, WGMS AMIN $50 Kc.
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Showcase. Mozart's Sym
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$500, WMAL-FM (1O5.3 Me-
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-Opfra Stage. Puccini's
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$500, WGMS AMIN $50 Kc.
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Gallery Of Art Concert.
Georgia Davis. contralto;
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