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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-18
Toxpoyers' Revolt

The only logical explanation of the
acroSS-the-board defeat of nine pro-
posed bond issues in the Arlington ref
erendum yesterday is that the taxpayers
of that well-taxed county are tired Of
ever-higher tax bills. The prospect of
being saddled with another increase as
result of more borrowing for purposes
that were generally looked upon as
desirable but not absolutely essential
was not one to arouse enthusiasm of
the voters And the timing of the ref
erendum proved to be bad, too, for it
came as the County Board was en-
deavoring to reduce an enlarged budget
that, without any bond issues, will re-
quire a substantial boost in real estate
taxes.
ArlingtOn'S citizens cannot fairly be
accused of -pinching, however.
They have demonstrated in the past
their willingness to pay for improve
mentS shown to be urgently needed for
the proper education of their children
or the safety, convenience and pros
perity of the whole community And
they probably will show the same atti-
tude in the future if convinced that
multi-purpose school rooms, regional
parks, drainage sewers and other facil-
tiles and services included in the de-
feated program should no longer be
deferred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-18
Hail and Farewell

An impressive record of service to
the Nation and to their party has been
written by three veteran Democratic
Senators who have announced their in
tention of not seeking reelection this
year. 1t is record that goes back to
the middle 1930S, to the years when the
New Deal of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt was changing the course of
the country'S social and political history
Each of the trio now retiring-Sena-
tors Green of Rhode Island, Murray
of Montana and OMahoney of Wyoming
first took his place in the Senate
chamber during that momentouS period
In the years since, each has spoken with
strong and influential voice in the
Nations affairs and in Democratic Party
councils.
Among them, Senator Green at 90
is the oldest and is, in fact, the oldest
man ever to serve in either branch of
Congress. Many years of Democratic
Party activity, including two terms as
Governor of his State, preceded Mr..
Green's election to the Senate in 1886.
In his four terms here, this Rhode
Islander of Colonial Yankee ancestry has
become identified as "loyal liberal" on
domestic legislative issues and an inter-
nationalist on foreign policy. When the
86th Congress organized last year, Mr..
Green stepped aside as chairman of the
Foreign Relations Committee but re-
tanned place in that group as we'll as
in the Rules Committee. He is still chair
70 inf
Library and member of the Senate
Democratic Policy Committee.
At 83, Mr.. Murray is junior in age
among Senators only to Mr.. Green. First
elected to the Senate in 1884, the Mon
tanan has directed his attention mostly
to matters in the Jurisdiction of the
Interior and Labor Committees He is
member of both and chairman of the
former, as we'll as being a member also
of the Policy Committee His claim to
liberalism in social legislation is a valid
one.
Mr.. O'Mahoney, now rs, came to
Washington first on the staff of the late
Senator Kendrick of Wyoming and
returned as Assistant Postmaster Gen
~ "a oAAASA ASoANCAlO ICOOoCNCIG. LII 1900,
he was appointed to complete the I'M
expired term of Senator Kendrick and
was elected in his own right in 1884. He
was defeated in 1852, but was elected
again in 1854. His present committee
Observation-Disclosures, Judiciary and
Joint Economic-reflect his principal
legislative interests. An effective orator
and popular with his colleagues, Mr..
OMahoney was one of the warehouses"
of the Senate in earlier years.
Those who follow the Senate most
closely will miss this threesome on the
Democratic side of the aisle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-18
Bio Suffrage Gain

In discussing the House Judiciary
Committee approval of the constitu-
tional amendment to grant Washing
tonianS the right to vote for President
and Vice President, Chairman Celler
characterized the amendment as "a
plateau" 1t is that in every sense of
the word, and District citizens should
be highly gratified that one more step
has been negotiated in the removal of
their national diSfranchiSement.
The last intensive House considera-
ton of District suffrage occurred IS
years ago, when a similar amendment
narrowly missed Judiciary Committee
approval. Hatton w. Summers of Texas,
then the committee chairman, predicted
at that time that efforts would continue
for the reason that "a cause so meritori-
Gus as this will not die" The committee
action yesterday not only fulfilled the
prophecy, but fttingly did so under the
leadership of Mr.. Celler, who headed the
unsuccessful drive in 1945 as the chair
man of subcommittee
WaShingtonians without a doubt
will be disappointed that the section
permitting them to elect Delegates to
the House of Representatives was
stricken from the suffrage amendment.
1t was apparent, however, that some
House members had strong reservations
about this provision, particularly insofar
as voting powers for the Delegates was
concerned. And as Mr.. Celler pointed
out, the path still will be open for Con-
greSS to pass simple law authorizing
nonvoting Delegates if it chooses and,
after period of experience, to consider
another constitutional amendment for
more meaningful representation at
some later time
AS regards the vote for President
and Vice President, however, the House
amendment is excellent. Especially
gratifying is the committee acceptance
of the Senate number" on the bill.
While seemingly a technical matter,
passage of the amendment by the House
in this form will permit the Senate to
act on it directly, without referring it to
committee of the Senate.
Before the Senate can vote again,
meanwhile, the amendment must be
approved by two-thirds vote of the
House. And with the controversy elimi-
mated, time clearly has become the
crucial factor. The session rapidly is
drawing to close. We cannot urge too
strongly, therefore, that the House Rules
Committee consider the amendment as
soon as the Judiciary Committee report
is written, and send it to the House floor
for vote in the shortest possible time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-18

Your May IL issue carried
a letter from w. S. H. COM
menting on the "gloriaed
chicken coops" under con-
Struction at Washington's
National Airport.
Although w. S. H. did not
find the exterior design pleas
ing. I feel that when he has
had an opportunity to inspect
the finished rooms, finer
rooms than a pullman car
and comparable to the finest
passenger liners, he will un-
derStand that Airwayte was
designed to meet the needs
of the air traveller who has
time before a flight, between
flights, or an unavoidable
delay.
AS originator Of the idea
for Airwayte, I would like to
point out that Airwayte was
designed and engineered by
one of the country's finest
architects and engineers. We
hope w. S. H. will visit us
soon.
Meanwhile, I would suggest
that he read THE Transition
of the Hotel" in a recent issue
of Fortune and "Idling at
Idlewild" by Cornelia Otis
Skinner.
Louis X. ShOStak,
President, Airwayte Inter-
national Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-18
Any Safe Wdy2

A letter to The Star in
reference to jaywalking de-
serves comment. In a city
where crosswalks are consist
emily violated by motorists,
Jaywalking seems as safe as
making a legal crossing.
When cars, motors cunning.
straddle the crosswalks,
waiting for the green light,
it is often safer for the pc
destrian to wait and cross
on the red light. The writer
wanted to know how many
tickets had been issued for
jaywalking. 1t would also be
interesting to know how
many tickets were issued to
motorists for failing to re-
spect the crosswalks. Why
not jaywalk? Is it any less
safe than crossing legally?
James Stephen Taylor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-18
Two Questions

There are two questions I
want to ask you anent SEN
ator John Kennedy.
They are not in regard to
his religion or the enormous
amount of money he has
spent in the primaries.
Can any member of the
Senate leave for four months
without getting permission of
the Senate? Isn't there any,
one whose permission he must
ask? If not, all of the
Senators can do the same
thing and there wouldn't be
anyone to attend to the busi-
ness of the Senate. Senator
Kennedy hasn't been at the
sessions since January 4, ac-
cording to his own statement,
with the exception of a few
days.
The other question, which
is quite important in my
opinion, is: Can a Senator
draw his pay, which is al
most $4,000 a month, with
out being on the job?
I have wondered why no
one has mentioned his abb
senteeism, or spoken about it.
Mrs. Grace WEIGH BuckIer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-18

What's going on in our State
Department? First we criticize
Syngman Rhee, who might
have used strong-arm meth
DDS to keep the peace but
who did control the Commu-
mist movement. BY permitting
him to resign 1t seems to me
we are aiding and abetting
those who are bound on I'M
dermining that government,
by giving them a chance to
take it over.
Why can't our State De-
partment know what is going
on and why don't they see
that these are Communist
maneuvers designed to cause
friction and a rift between
the United States and Korea?
Certainly we knew where we
stood with that government
under Rhee, but where will
we stand now? Why not let
them settle their own internal
problems just as we wish to
settle ours? But by now that
may be a little late for the
Communists plan these up
risings and may be able to
dominate the situation.
Donna L. Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-18

ike Too Busy to Answer
on Snub," says The Star.
Harry Truman does not care
one round bouncing golf ball
about being snubbed by
anyone living on Pennsyl-
vania avenue. What his little
story reveals, glaringly, is the
lack of good manners on the
part of the other participant.
Incidents are often indexes
to character. Mr.. Truman's
high regard for the office he
once held is we'll known.
Having held that Office for
eight years with honor, when
the time came to step aside,
this he did with magnanimity
for the occasion. His courte-
business does not suffer at
all in the telling of the story.
A. L. III.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-18
TO Riqht q Wrono'

Isn't it unusual to refer to
the Seafarers International
Union with its thousands of
members as a private or
ganization"? But that is Just
what you have done in Mari
time Mischief" the editorial
you published on May 10.
1t is even stranger that you
did not even mention, in dis
cuSsing the end of the sea-
mems strike against the
Egyptian ship Cleopatra, the
statement Of the State De-
partment's intentions sent by
Undersecretary Dillon to the
AFL-CIO which led to the
end of the picketing. Mr.. Dill
Ions statement backed up
the contention of the sea-
men. We just happen to be
a step or two ahead Of the
State Department and try
ing to bring a little pressure
to bear to right a wrong
which everybody (including
the State Department. had
talked about but had done
nothing to rectify.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-18
Shocked by Critic

During my recent visit to
Washington as one of the
judges of the Washington
Bach Festival, held for the
purpose of stimulating the
interest of young pianists in
the performance of the works
Of this great master, l was
shown the article by Day
Thorpe in The Star of
May l, headed, Bach Piano
Contest Rated Out of Order"
To say that I was shocked
by this diatribe against a
most praiSeworthy effort on
the part of musical members
Of the University Women's
Club is to put it mildly.
The contest was attended
by students from four years
OF age to those in their late
teens. They came from
Washington and a number of
other cities. One very tall
ented girl was from Colom-
bia, South America. Three
were from the Juilliard
School in New York, pupils
of RoSina Lhevinne, who evil
IDENTIFY did not rate" the
event "out of order" The
performers were on a sur
prisingly high level in all
three of the age categories,
and indicated not only ex-
ceptional talent on the part
OF the young players, but
also extremely professional
and knowledgeable prepara-
ton given by the teachers of
these young hopefuls. I think
If Mr.. Thorpe could have been
present at the additions he
would have been more than
a little embarrassed at hav-
ing written such an abusive
article about the affair be-
fore it even happened. The
fact is that it was eminently
successful from every stand
point, and it is now planned
to make it an annual event.
Mr.. Thorpe singles out my
edition of the Well-Tem-
pered Clavichord for partic-
ular disapproval. In rebuttal
I may say that it has had
the enthusiastic praise of
many eminent musicians and
performers of Bach. He hon.
orS the word "Clavichord"
in the title with a scurrilous
sic" My reasons for keeping
this time-honored title in
stead of the more stylish
"Clavier" are given in my
preface to the work. My edi-
ton was the result of two
years of work and study of
Bach's masterpiece, includ-
ing the examination of all
obtainable editions at that
time, about twenty-five in
number.
The appearance of MIR.
Thorpe'S article just on the
eve of a very fine effort to
encourage the study of Bach
was more than unfortunate;
1t was deplorable.
Edwin Hughes.
New York N "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-18
Color Not CoIiber

AS I am only a high school
sophomore, far be it from me
to presume to correct my eld-
erS; however, it occurs to me
that persons have the wrong
impression of what the name
White Russian means. 1t
doesn't mean a person of
high moral caliber and noble
birth. who would naturally
be opposed to communism,
necessarily.
White Russia is merely a
geographic location of a state
in the USSR, and the White
Russian is the purest of the
Slav divisions-Great Rus
slams, Central Russians and
White Russians-probably be-
cause of mixture with the
Poles. This refers to their
physical type, being brachy-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-18
Unfair Favor?

I couldn't believe it when I
read it, but since the state
ment in the paper came from
Secretary of War Brucker I
realized it was all too true.
The statement I refer to said
that Mrs. March, widow of
Gen. Peyton March, had
suffered financial hardship
since the death of her hus-
band several years ago; and
that, although she receives a
pension, she will also receive
a grant of $4,000 because a
rider to a bill for that
amount in her behalf passed
the House of Representa-
tives. The statement ex-
planned that Mrs. March had
accompanied her husband on
a trip and that the expenses
for the trip had been a drain
on the family resources
hence the need for $4,000.
I am the widow of an
Army officer who served his
country 33 years. I receive a
pension because of a mere
technicality: My husband
happened to die of the dis
ease for which he was re-
tired. Other Army widows
whose husbands may have
died of pneumonia or the
like are not so fortunate as I.
BY necessity, I also have a
job to augment my pension.
But the point is that now
I wish I had not been so
stupid as to pass up several
interesting trips with my
husband; for I never be-
lieved that if I knew the
right people 1 might collect
my travelling expenses sew
eral years later to the tune
of $4,000.
Every Army widow that I
have talked with about this
brazen injustice is incensed.
1t is the sort Of thing that
demoralizes members and de-
pendentS of the armed forces.
Kathryn T. Eager.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-18
Dressing Up Roofs

Engineer Commissioner yelling
called the shots correctly when he in
sisted that detailed restrictions are nee
esSary if anything is to be done about
minimizing the uglinesS of the mechan-
ical warts" that sit atop Washingtons
rooftopS.
One suggestion made at the Zoning
Commission hearing on the proposed
restrictions the other day was that
architects should be given consider
able freedom" in designing appropriate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-18

penthouses to hold mechanical equip
ment. AS General yelling pointed out,
however, most of the criticism today
results from the fact that too much lat
itude and freedom were given builders
in the past.
The new proposals will not elimi-
nate unSightlineSS. But they will help,
and the commission by now should have
all the advice it needs to adopt provi-
sion which will make things easier both
for builders and for those of us who have
to look at the tops of their products.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-18
"TAKOMA PARK.

Dear Sir:
my small dog simply
won't eat, and I wonder
what to do about it. 1t is
frightening to see this little
thing refusing food.
He seems bright and &C
tive, but he just won't eat. I
have tried to tempt him with
foods he likes, but he turns
up his nose at them.
yet he seems eager for
food, too. He will sniff at
anything I put down. running
across to see what it is, but
will reject it after one sniff.
Il have about given up,
and keep him in the yard, in
the hope that direct contact
with Mother Earth may make
him snap out of it.
What do you suggest?
yours truly, E. L."
=
There is a big medical
name for this condition, but
it is not at all helpful to the
layman.
When a human person re-
fuses to eat, there may be a
mental condition causing this,
but with an animal the thing
must be wholly physical.
Pet dogs and cats some
times get this way, bringing
on loss of weight to them
selves, and much concern to
their owners.
The best thing anyone can
do is to take the animal to a
qualified veterinary physi-
clan, but from there on the
problem may be your own,
because often the wet" finds
very little wrong.
The puzzled owner will have
the problem of trying to in
duce the animal to eat, after
all.
Sometimes, just as a pump
is being primed, a dog that
won't eat can be force-fed.
Beef broth is made, and
this is fed the pet with a
medicine dropper, preferably
of the plastic kind.
These forced feelings
should be given once every
four hours. How much can be
given at a time depends upon
the patience of the owner
and the temper of the pet.
In most cases, between 8
and IL droppersful may be
pumped down the creatures
throat at one sitting.
This is not very much, of
course; the average dropper
holds only about half a tea
spoonful, or sometimes a tea
spoonful.
The idea is not so much to
feed the animal. as to put
the idea of eating into it's
mind.
We say into its mind. Ac-
tually, it is not that so much.
The brute creatures can get
no ideas of not eating, as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-18
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
What's in Blue Hozes? Petroleum!
By THOMAS R. HENRY

Blue exudations Of plants
into the atmosphere over
milleniumS are the primary
source of petroleum.
This thesis is stressed by
DR.. F. w. Went, director of
the Missouri Botanical Gar
dens at st. Louis, in a report
to the National Academy of
Sciences.
In the past the generally
accepted idea has been that
the earth's great oil reserves
were due to decomposition of
animal material-fats, oils
and the like-buried under
shallow sea floors. Neither
chemistry nor distribution of
oil fits this concept, DR.. Went
says.
The plant materials are
oily or aSphalt-like. They es-
cape in minute particles when
the plants die, and some
times cause an extremely
tenuous blue haze over parts
Of the earth. They are esen-
tally indestructible. 1t now
can be demonstrated, says DR..
Vents report, that the par
ticleS, like sea salt particles,
can become nuclei of rain or
snow crops in the high at
mosphere. Thus they are car
ried to earth where they be-
come mixed with the soil.
They tend to accumulate in
delta areas with deposition
of silt and clay after storms.
Chemical Structure Unique
Now, the report stresses,
the chemical structure of pc
troleum is quite unlike that
of any known animal prod
ucts. 1t comes far closer to
that of these minute parti-
Giles set free when plants die.
The periods when oil deposits
were laid down, DR.. Went
says, correspond closely with
the periods of heavy vegeta-
ton on the earth's face.
THE quantity Of oil re-
sources of the world" says
the report, lis about 1000
000,000,000 tons which can be
accounted for if only a small
fraction of organic volatiles
return to earth and if only a
small fraction of this
material finds it's way into
petroleum deposits. The total
volatile material produce d
over the geological ages is
more than 10000, 5000, 000,-
600 tons and the total petro-
leum reserve weight about
10000, 900, 100000 tons"
Of all the solid material
brought down in rain over
the United States, DR.. Went
says, it can be demonstrated
that about three-quarters is
insoluble in water and a large
part of this is combustible.
In other words, there might
be flaming rain water if the
amount of water-soluble ma
terial were reduced a little.
There is no place for this
insoluble stuff to go but into
the ground. Some of it &C
cumulates over the Greenland
ice cap or on floating ice is
lands in the Arctic. Some of
the material was collected on
one of the ice island stations
operated by the United States
during the International
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-18

cephalic broad-headed) q.
They got the name White
Russians because the people
wore white costumes, white
TUNES, white leggings and
white homespun coat, the
better to be camouflaged
against the snowy mountains
when fighting of attackers
or at least so my Polish
grandfather told me. So you
see being a White Russian
doesn't necessarily mean hav-
ing acceptable politics or fine
character, or vice versa.
TObey Kaczensky,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-18

Geophysical Year. Its COM
position was quite close to
asphalt and it may very well
have been due entirely to the
blue haze plant exudations.
The role of these exuda-
lions in weather is quite
significant. DR.. Went says.
CLOUD formation at inter-
mediate heights in the atmos-
phere," says the report. "is
possible only in the presence
Of condensation nuclei. As
such, sodium chloride (salt)
particles have been found
highly effective. But the
concentration decreases rap
idly over the continents as
one becomes further removed
from the seas. Yet cloud
formation is not reduced.
Therefore, continents must
have their own source of
condensation nuclei. As such,
haze particles might be most
effective. The often assumed
correlation between vegeta-
ton and cloud formation
might be the result of nuclei
formed from plant emana-
tions"
Other effects on weather
are described. For example
certain places in the world
have much lower tempera-
lures than geographical loca-
cation or altitude would in
dictate. Lima, Peru, should
have an annual mean temp.
erature of about % C. where
as the actual temperature is
about 10. This, DR.. Went
believes, is because of the
strong absorption of sun
shine by the emanation par
ticleS in the high atmos-
phere.
The hazes." says the re-
port. account for the fire.
quent visibility Of sun rays
against a partially clouded
sky. This cannot be due to
water vapor. which is strictly
invisible until it becomes
condensed to a cloud. It then
is fully Opaque except at alti-
tudes above ten kilometers.
Sunsets Made COlOrfuI
Red sunsets are due to
the scattering of the blue sun
rays by haze, leaving only the
yellow and red rays to pene-
trate the air masses. At sun
rise haze formation is only
slight, so sunrises are less
colorful than sunsets. Yellow
sunsets suggest a high dust
content in the air.
THE light blue color of
the sky, especially at low
attitudes and especially in
vegetated areas, is due partly
to these organic hazes. In
deserts and at high attitudes
the sky is deep blue or violet,
due to a limited scattering of
blue light without the haze
scattering component.
In addition to the ozone
peak in the stratosphere
there is a secondary peak
near the surface of the earth.
This can be attributed to
ozone liberation of the vola-
tile plant products, much as
ozone is liberated during
smog formation. The often
claimed high ozone content
Of air in coniferous forests
can thus be explained"