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Evening star., 1960-08-03
Why Speak of Chonqe?

1t was small item, buried back in
the paper But it lends certain support
to the notion that the more things
change, the more they are the same.
A few weeks ago the Menderes re-
gime was overthroWn in Turkey. A major
complaint against him was that he had
suppressed newspapers which dared to
criticize his government Now, according
to one-paragraph dispatch from Is
tanbul, the newspaper which had been
the mouthpiece of the Menderes gov
ernment has been shut down by the new
and presumably more liberal Turkish
government. Why? Because its recent
policy was considered "divisive, provoc-
ative and anti-revolutionary." In short,
let's have none of this nonsense about
freedom of the press.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
Traffic Hazard

I am writing about traffic
conditions at the corner of
Wisconsin avenue and Porter
street NV, where a danger
Gus threat to public safety
has recently been created.
Formerly the streetcars
stopped in the middle of the
street, and the signal traffic
light on the right-hand cor
ner was clearly seen by auto
mobile traffic. Today, the
large buses pull to the curb
and partially hide this light.
In the special circumstance
that the light changes when
a bus is standing at the curb,
automobile traffic sometimes
continues to transit the in
terSection. or comes to a
tardy halt: in both cases,
sources of extreme danger to
those about to cross the
street on foot.
How can this situation be
remedied? Possibly by raising
the standard that holds the
signal; possibly by hanging a
new signal over the center of
the intersection; or possibly
by putting signals on both
sides of the street. on the
standards already in place.
The practice of the writer
in crossing this intersection
on foot is to wait until all
traffic in sight is stopped;
others, faced with the same
necessity, might follow suit,
or adopt other measures of
caution.
Until such time as this
source of danger is removed,
it might be the part of pru-
dence to station a traffic
officer at this corner; unless,
indeed, my estimation of the
situation is at fault.
Old Timer.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
Illness in Havana

Only time and events can answer
the many questions raised by reports of
Fidel CaStro'S illness Is it real, or dip
lomatic? Is 1t serious, or Slight-long-
lasting or brief? Does it hide struggle
for power in revolutionary Cuba? If so,
will brother Raul emerge as the new
strong man" Of Havana, or will 1t be
Argentine-bo Ernesto Guevara, the
leftiSt economic minister who shares
with Raul the reputation of being fore
most among those who hate the United
States most bitterly? Will the revolu-
tionary regime itself hold together with
out Fidel as the maximum leader?"
For several weeks it has been evil
dent that Fidel has been operating under
wraps, making fewer and shorter pub
lie appearances in contrast to his pre-
vious schedule of marathon monologues
in person and by television. Finally, a
doctors bulletin this week announced
progress toward recovery from lung
infection" but added that he must have
absolute physical and mental rest" for
a period not specified Meanwhile, Raul,
armed forces minister, cut short a trip
behind the Iron Curtain to return to
Havana amid reports that he would
assume the premiership, atleast tempo
rarily.
1t Is difficult even to guess at what
may happen, particularly without know
ing what actually has happened. No one
of the revolutionary leaders, including
Raul, is believed to have the personal
popularity of Fidel, to be able to ha-
rangue the masses into acceptance of
the economic and political crises which
appear to lie ahead. Enthusiasm for the
closening ties with Communist Russia
and China has not been as widely dem
onStrated among the Cuban people as
among the Castro crowd itself But Raul
has power in the military, which he
has purged of moderates and repeatedly
has packed with his own clique Of pro-
Communist America -haterS If possible,
either Raul or Guevara probably would
be worse news" than Fidel in terms of
Western Hemisphere interests and the
chances for any restoration of normal
Cuba-United States relations. More than
Cuba itself will await with interest fur
ther bulletins on Fidel's condition.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
Honor Society Secrets

The Arlington County
School Board has decided to
investigate the methods of
selecting members to the
National Honor Society. The
abuses which prompted this
decision in Arlington exist
a bun d a n tly in all high
schools, as a result of which
the Honor Society has fallen
into disrepute among the
students, parents and even
many of the teachers who
feel that prejudice plays too
large a part in the selections
and that actual merit has
fallen by the wayside.
If the M ational Honor
Society is rightfully to possess
the prestige it claims, it
should set forth definite cri-
terra for membership and no
student who meets the re-
quirements should be barred
therefrom, nor should the
secrecy surrounding the Sc
lections be preserved. Honor
students and their parents
have a right to know the
reasons for rejection by the
selecting committee. AS pres
emily constituted the Honor
Society is no more important
than any other school club
and should be so regarded.
Students should not find
themselves arbitrarily ex-
cluded from an honor they
have earned.
Florence c. Spencer.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
Warning
P. ID. CoOgan,

This I must say. and I say
it to you, Protestant, Catholic.
Moslem and Jew: Forget your
troubles, your doubts, your
griefs. lay aside your isms,
your different beliefs, to join
hands now, before it's too
late for the yellow horde to
seal your fate!
You'd better take heed,
and as one assemble, an
awakened China makes the
earth to tremble! Napoleon's
prophecy, grown new not old.
gazing eastward. in the Rus
sion cold. should be viewed
in the light of modern affairs,
as a warning to free men
everywhere.
That sleeping giant, under
estimated so long, is now a
Communist, 700 million
strong!
Jerry L. Pearce.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
Wooden-HeudeT

I agree wholeheartedly
with your editorial of July
6 entitled Wooden Headed
Rule" concerning the Mont
gomery County Welfare De-
partmcnt's ruling in the case
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd. R.
Crump.
I have read with interest
the many newspaper articles
and the recent Welfare Board
ruling in their case. To me,
a denial of adoption by the
department in their case is
an injustice. All departments
must have rules in order to
operate efficiently. but rules
should be flexible and in their
application common sense
should take preference. The
stupid ruling by the Welfare
Department will cause many
potential foster parents to
be reluctant in accepting a
child, especially if their aim
is adoption at a later date.
William E. Rogers letter
OF July 25 said: Some re-
quests may come from board
ing parents who have had
the child in care. 1t may be
that the department will have
selected the boarding home
with the possibility Of even
tual adoption in mind. In
cases where this is not true,
the request must be carefully
evaluated in order to sep
arate it from an impulsive
attempt to avoid the pain of
separation from a child. In
such instance. the boarding
parents will need help in Civ
Ing the child up and under
standing their motivation"
The stated policy permits
the Welfare Department to
place a child in a foster
home with the possibility of
eventual adoption. 1t is un-
derstandable that the De-
partment must discourage
adoptions in unsuitable
homes. but in the Crump
case 1 feel that the Welfare
Department did not apply
common sense.
In my opinion, the Welfare
Departments ruling is idi-
otic.
George H. Morris, Sr.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
Jet Routes to Orient

The recent news report
concerning new air routes to
the Orient from eastern cities
is glad tidings to the people
of this area.
Since jet aircraft first be-
gan to appear on the scene
they were heralded by one
and all as a great boon to
the travelling public. Knowing
that we could now cross our
continent in five hours and
cut in half flying time from
here to Europe and the Far
East, we envisioned hopping
aboard a jet and winging our
way to our destination in the
quickest and most direct
manner.
But this is not always the
case. Airline routes and
schedules are very compli-
Gated matters and, not only
come under strict scrutiny
and control of governmental
regulatory agencies, but are
also subject to the constant
give and take process of ne
gotiations with foreign pow
ers for favorable landing
rights.
For this reason, we should
be properly excited at the
prospect of having direct jet
service from our major east
ern cities to the Orient and
we hope the Civil Aeronautics
Board will approve these
routes as recommended by
its examiner.
p. ID. COOgan,
Evening star., 1960-08-03
Damned if He Does

One thing is clear, even this early
in the campaign. There Is not going
to be quiet political divorce between
Richard Nixon and Ezra Taft Benson.
Mr.. Nixon Is going to be damned by the
Democrats if he succeeds in disengaging
himself from the Benson policies. And
he is going to be damned even more
loudly If he doesn't.
There is plenty of cynicism in this
for all concerned. In the past, Mr.. Nixon
has praised Secretary Benson. But in
Chicago last week he spoke, without
being too specif1c, of the need to aban-
don some of the rigid aspects of the
Benson farm program and make
breakthrough" in behalf of the farmer
with new leadership as we'll as a new
program" Obviously, Mr.. Nixon does not
propose to wear the Benson collar in
the forthcoming campaign.
The Democrats are not going to let
him get away with this if they can help
it. They are accusing Mr.. Nixon of being
political turncoat and are denouncing
him as political captain who is desert
ing the sinking ship. In this chorus of
phony indignation, the voice of Senator
Kennedy rings out loud and clear
the same Senator Kennedy who voted
against the 80 per cent price supports
which the Democratic platform indorses,
but who discovered, after the presiden-
tial bug had bitten him, that he made
mistake when he cast that vote. Sen
ator Kennedy, who accuses Mr. Nixon
Of lacking "baSic Beliefs" has become
rip-snorting 90 per cent price support
man.
All of this, of course, comes more or
less under the head of normal politick-
ing in an election year. Still, in a way,
it is too bad. For the man who is the
real goat in this game is not the poll
ticking type. While others have been
diving overheard the President excepted,
Ezra Taft Benson has stuck to the burn
ing bridge of the only serious, nonpo-
litical attempt in the past decade to deal
with the farm problem. The problem,
despite his best efforts, is still with us.
One may be permitted shudder or two,
however, when he reflects upon what is
likely to happen next year when this
farm problem gets the full political
treatment.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
Places to Work

For some time now, officials of
various Defense Department agencies
have been wandering determinedly
around the Washington area in search
of new building sites, meeting with little
apparent success and causing no small
CONSERVATION in local communities. 1t
is high time, therefore, that the White
House has placed the off1ce-space needs
of the military in the more experienced
hands Of the General Services Admin
istration.
Among several gratifying results of
this change will be greater direct par
ticipation by the National Capital Plan
ming Commission in the selection Of To-
cations for military installations-a
function which is essential If the Ma
tional Capital area is to develop on an
orderly basis. Along with two other
agencies, GSA and the Planning Com
mission currently are financing a study
which is expected to provide more eff
cient means of evaluating sites in terms
of the particular needs of various agen-
cies, and evaluating the impact Of the
agencies on local areas.
In the long run, such improved tech
niques as this will bring substantial
benefits to the home-hunting agencies,
particularly In avoiding such problems
as the Atomic Energy Commission ex-
perienced at its self-selected site in
Maryland. And for the region as a
whole, they certainly will contribute a
more effective and intelligent growth
than we have seen in the past.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
AIerts Elders

I was born during the last
World War.
Today we are engaged in
a cold war. AS our Vice
President has said, our en-
emy is an g. aggressor
(that) comes not as a con-
queror, but as a champion
of peace, of freedom. offering
progress and plenty and hope
to the unfortunates of the
earth" Our enemy is COM
munism. which appears
harmless enough, but whose
true aims are more diabolical
than those of Nazism ever
were. 1t seeks to destroy all
Of that for which Washing
ton, Lincoln. and Wilson
fought. 1t wishes to estab-
lish government of the Com
munist Party. which desires
to suppress government g. Z.
of the people. by the people.
for the people," This is the
war in which we are pres
emily engaged.
Looking upon our American
adulthood, l find nothing but
a lackadaisical attitude to-
ward this crisis. l cannot
understand how our adult
population, which so recently
fought against this type of
government, can now display
such a lack of interest. Have
they forgotten what democ-
racy really means?
This is the worst thing that
could happen to our country.
It's time that all of us were
awakened to the ugly fact
that communism is endeav-
oring to take over the whole
world And, she will do it,
unless we do everything in
our power to stop her. One
way to combat communism
is not just to elect good men
to public office, but to elect
the very best. Men who be-
lieve IN democracy, and who
will fight for it. Men who
believe that the aims and
ideals of communism are
wholly wrong. and who will
fight for this also.
l believe we should not vote
for a man simply because
he is a Republican or a Dem
ocrat. but because he is the
best man for the job.
Danny Brumback.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
Bridge BottIeneck

The Arlington County Board is right
in holding that it is imperative to widen
Arlington boulevard preparatory to its
tie-in with approaches to the Theodore
Roosevelt bridge. Unless this is done
now, coincident with construction of the
new Potomac span, intolerable bottle
neck conditions at the Virginia end are
sure to develop with the opening of the
bridge.
The Federal Government has agreed
to pay 80 per cent of the cost of ap-
proach connections with Arlington bou-
levard. But this four-lane highway al
ready is badly congested during morning
and evening rush hours. To funnel a
large amount of additional traffic into
those lanes would create a truly cha
fotic mess. In view of this prospect, the
County Board wisely is urging the State
Highway Department to widen Arlington
boulevard to six lanes in the area be-
tween the bridge approaches and Court
house road, about a mile westward. A
considerable amount of Rosslyn, Clar-
endon and Fort Myer traffic enters and
leaves the boulevard in this area
The State has said it has no road
money available at present for improve
ment Of Arlington boulevard. 1t has
planned to make its major contribution
to the bridge through construction of
Route 66, generally paralleling the Lee
highway into Rosslyn. 1t will put up
only 10 per cent of the cost of that
route, the remainder coming from Fed
eral funds under the Interstate High
way Act.
We hope State highway officials will
reconsider the States responsibilities in
connection with the bridge project, with
view to providing Arlington and the
communities beyond with reasonably
adequate connections with the Theodore
Roosevelt bridge. Certainly the widening
Of Arlington boulevard merits a high
priority rating among planned highway
projects in Northern Virginia.
Evening star., 1960-08-03

wearing a fresh shirt each
day.
If you had a dark one none
OF your critical friends could
tell whether you weren't
wearing the same old shirt
again!
To be able to wear a clean
shirt every day of their lives
that has been the uncon-
scious aim of millions.
1t is not always easy.
1t takes a heap O. washing.
for one thing, and consider
able money.
Still it is an aim achieved
to a remarkable extent and
America may be proud of 1t.
The dark blue affair, es-
peclally with lemon yellow
tie, is a real achievement in
shirt splendor.
Wonder who thought it up?
Or was it an evolution?
1t appeared suddenly be-
fore any of us were pre-
pared for it.
Especially with men Of
dark skin. eyes. hair, it made
an instantaneous hit.
Certainly it set them off
wonderfully.
Maybe men are coming to
the point long ago attained
by women of being supremely
color-c onscious in their
clothes.
Not that some, OF course,
have not been, but of them
as a group it may be said
that they have rather SHE'D
away from color, as indi-
eating a too feminine in
f1uence.
1t is wholesome. therefore,
to see these shirts, rivaling
the lilies, only we never saw
a dark blue lily.
Perhaps there is such. Ger
tainly among the iris there
are tones almost equivalent.
Few flowers. however, are
as dark and when they are
they become almost black.
The glory of the blue shirt
is that it is indubitably blue.
1t fairly throws its blue in
your eyes.
This is we'll.
The universal dominance
OF white is over. evidently.
Between this blue shirt and
the bright yellow sport shirt,
it no longer enjoys an undis-
puted first place.
Both of these shirts 20 best
with the smooth haired, even
the sleek haired. The yellow
seems to demand a bit of oil
with it. Then small boys and
old appear devilishly smart.
Perhaps in time we will
have the male of the human
species, as among birds and
fishes, appearing as the most
colorful Of the sexes.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
Student Protests

Constantine Browns COL
umn of July 26 was a beauti-
full example of a prose equiv
alent of modern non-objec-
tive art - one can discern his
emotions, but the actual
product bears no recognizable
resemblance to anything in
the real world.
Movements against law and
authority, regardless of the
quality Of the law and au-
thority in question, antago-
nize him. BY that peculiar al
chemy in which the artist
transforms a beautiful wom-
an into a streaky blob of
green and orange, he depicts
all student protest movements
as Communist activity. But
the validity of these protests
cannot be dismissed so easily.
Even in our own country,
much of the status quo is rot
ten, as witness the prevalence
of segregation and discrimi-
nation and the sickening
pockets of poverty in this
richest of all nations. In too
much of the world, conditions
are far worse and students all
over have apparently decided
that they can no longer toler-
ate misgovernment, whether
it springs from stupidity or
tyranny.
Brown finds the student
protests against the r.luse
Un-American Activities Com
mittee (HUAC) to be even
worse than the sit-ins against
segregation. Let us assert that
no true anti-Communist can
approve of the HUAC. 1t rep
resents precisely the kind of
thought-control and rigid
conformism which is so re-
pellent in communism and
we reject them both for the
same reason HUAC and
communism are equally the
foes of freedom. Your colum-
mist quotes j. Edgar Hoover
to the effect that the DEM
onsuators were led by, per-
haps composed of, Commu-
nists. I wish that j. Edgar
Hoover would stick to pub
lie relations or whatever it
is he does, and leave polit-
ical analysis to people who
understand basic American
principles of fair play, and
who have some sympathy
with the modern world.
Warren w. Morse.
Evening star., 1960-08-03

ton than blue delphinium
with yellow snapdragons.
Try vase sometime, espe-
cially a blue one.
Then see the same thing 60
marching by on the manly
chest OF the very next citizen.
What are we to think Of all
this splendor from the con-
Servative male?
Yet it is a strange season.
Half-naked boys and girls,
too, in the streets. even the
downtown thoroughfares.
The conservative soul may
revolt at it as too pagan, but
nevertheless he must admit
it is clean and wholesome.
Saw a young fellow, about
10 years old, standing at Six
teenth and K streets in moth
ing but a pair of tennis Slip
pers and knickerbockers.
And why not?
Surely he looked cool as
we'll as clean. His chest, back,
sides were all one even tan.
Him all face, as the Indian
said.
The best the adult male
can do on the streets is bios
som forth in a very blue
shirt.
Perhaps the shirt mania,
which has been seducing the
nationals of various nations,
has something to do with it,
but we doubt it. The Ameri-
can male has to proceed in
an orderly fashion in his
clothing changes. He may be
radical in many things, but
not in dress.
In the matter of shirts, the
plain white held supreme
sway until just few years
ago.
Then colored ones crept in
along with collars to match.
1t was only about two years
ago that the dark shirt,
mostly a very dark brown
plaid, made its appearance in
any numbers.
1t was sighted by the ma
jority Of men for one plain
reason, that they wanted to
get the full benefit of their
Evening star., 1960-08-03

Of the University of Tucu-
man. Argentina. These also
have extracted from the "lit-
tie black mushrooms" the
O-phosphoryl 4-hydroxy-N-
dimethyltryptamine (no won-
der stuff with a name like
that has a big kick which is
responsible for the hallucina-
tions.
Prof. Singer has investi-
gated the effects. Some Of the
findings, as reported by DR..
Rome: within 10 to IS min
utes following ingestion of
psilocybin the subjects re-
port a subjective experience.
1t Is a sense Of feeling differ
ent, with the conviction that
some unusual experience is
imminent. This can be pro-
vocative of considerable anx-
iety, akin to the fear of death
or dissolution.
There is a change of
mood. usually to one of Ella
tion in the face of anxiety.
This is accompanied by in
creased acuity of hearing and
visual distortion. Changes in
the visual sphere predom-
mate. There is a profound
distortion Of distance, size,
shape, depth and color.
with the eyes closed there
Is a deliriously Kaleidoscope
variation of markably
colored hallucinations. Char
acteriStically these change at
a rapid rate so that it is
difficult to focus attention
upon any one. The colors are
intensely saturated so that
they seem to possess an in
trinsic luminescence. The
body image is altered In a
corresponding fashion. At
one time there is a sense of
floating weightlessness while
at another there is a feeling
Of profound, leaden heavi-
ness.
THE body image is
changed so that the extremi-
ties or other body parts seem
foreign Or detached.
Lose Track Of Time
Sense Of the passage of
time also is altered. Inas-
much as proprioceptive and
tactlle cues are altered,
movements Of extremitieS
seem to be fantastically pro-
longed. Gait and station al
terations lead to disorienta-
ton which at times produces
vertigo with nausea.
There is a paradox of
fatigue and exhilaration.
overwhelming sleepiness and
great stimulation and alert
ness. This makes concentra =
ton extremely difficult and
orderly sequential thinking
impossible. Even very simple
intellectual tasks are bur-
densome chores. Recent
memory is impaired to the
point that functionally effec-
tive recall is practically pre-
cluded. The setting In which
the experience occurs and
the basic makeup Of the sub
Jects are most significant de-
terminantS of the content of
experience"
There are similar accounts
Of the effects of other drugs
used by aboriginal peoples.
Apparently something very
deep-seated in the human
mind is effected.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
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