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Evening star., 1960-12-26
Holiday Rumors

This Is the season Of the inspired
repor-when hard" news is scarce and
the ak grinders who thrive by feeding
out tidbitS of misinformation come into
their own.
report that Douglas Dillon, picked as
Secretary Of the Treasury in the new
administration, tried to get written
commitment" on fiscal policy from
. MIR. Kennedy. This story has taken
various forms, including a suggestion
that the idea originated with President
Eisenhower.
This, we think, is wholly ui1believ-
able. It has been denied by Mr.. Ken
nedy and 1t does not jibe with what
Mr.. Dillon has said. On its face, it
makes no sense, for prospective cabinet
members do not exact written commit
ments on anything from a President
elect. We do not believe that Mr.. Eisen-
hover would suggest such a thing, nor
do we believe Mr.. Dillon would propose
it. To have done so would have re-
flected such a gross lack Of taste and
judgment on his part as virtually to
insure that he would be dropped from
cabinet-making plans.
Another holiday news" item which
probably belongs in the same category
is the report that Mr.. Kennedy has been
trying to force the resignation Of Will
liam McChesney Martin, chairman Of
the Federal Reserve Board. It may be
that the incoming President is not too
happy with some Of Mr.. Martins none
tary views. But Mr.. Kennedy would be
climbing far out on the limb If, even
in advance Of taking office, he Sd ould
try to force Mr.. Martin out. At any
rate, the President-elect has fatty de-
MED the report, and his denial, we
think, should be accepted.
In fact, it would be good thing
II the public were to adopt a firm
show-me attitude with respect to all
such reports. For they could well be
the work Of overly Jealous partisans
who are trying to be king-makers In
their own right. They will not stop at
trying to discredit Kennedy appointees
Of whom they disapprove, nor will they
hesitate to try to jerk the rug from
under men already in office II they hap
pen to think they should be booted out.
Evening star., 1960-12-26
@. According to the Mos
lem calendar, how many days

@. According to the Mos
lem calendar, how many days
make up a year?-M. j.
A. The Moslem year has
354 days. except in leap
years (Which occur II times
in a 30-year period when it
has 355. The Moslem cal
endar is strictly lunar. 1t Is
divided into IL months, with
the first month having 80
days, the second month 20,
and so on alternately
throughout the year. In leap
years an extra day is added
to the last month. The Mos
lem calendar dates from July
Is. 622 AID. (according to
our Gregorian calendar). Our
year 1860 corresponds to the
year 1379-1380 of the Mo-
hammedan era. The year
1880 commenced at sunset
July II, 1860.
@. What fish is the most
important commercially
C. S.
A. The herring. AS many
as 10 billion of these fish are
landed in a year, and yet
the herring continues to
flourish. A single Shoa1
of herring will often con-
tain as many as 8 billion fish.
Evening star., 1960-12-26
Mr.. Trumon's 'Opinion'

Harry Truman long ago established
reputation for refreshing indulgence
in expressing his personal opinions.
Having been President Of the United
States, his impromptu sallieS are nor
mally newsworthy. For the same reason,
however, they often qualify as footnoteS
to history-a circumstance that should
impose upon the loquacious Mr.. Truman
some responsibility to be careful.
He was hardly so in his latest tiff
with General Douglas Macarthur. In a
recent television interview, the former
President, who relieved General Mac
Arthur as commander of the United Ma
tions forces in Korea, said that the Cen
eral wanted to use the A-bomb in the
Korean conflict "to bomb China and
Eastern Russia and everything else."
General Macarthur promptly labeled the
statement as completely false (and)
equally fantastic" He added that the
available records would show there had
never been any mention Of the atom
bomb, or Of action against areas outside
the field Of combat operations, in any
communications between his headquar-
ters and Washington.
Mr.. Truman has climbed down by
defining his assertion as only IAN
opinion" adding that he has mo docu-
mentary proof" Then, after generously
extending to newsmen the privilege of
believing anyone you want to-" he said
he would have mo further comment on
the controversy" We do not have all the
Korean war communication records be-
fore us, but in availing ourselves of the
privilege offered by Mr.. Truman we ac-
cept the Macarthur version of this go
round. Knowing Mr.. Truman, it is our
opinion" that he would not be backing
away from his own version If he thought
he was right.
Evening star., 1960-12-26
The Crowded Air

The major plane disaster
which occurred over Brook
lyn, N. Y. is another reason
for having but one airport to
each City. It makes no differ
ence how large the city; in
order to prevent future dis
asterS, one master mind"
must direct all planes to q
successful landing.
We are Just beginning the
Jet age; must we have these
frequent disasters before we
wake up to the fact that two
people cannot be directing
planes to q landing and not
expect some trouble? We here
in Washington have four
landing fields in and around
Washington including Friend
ship, and now we are build
ing another. 1t just does not
make sense to me.
It's time the public took
some demanding action and
the powers that be take some
notice.
Yours for safer air travel,
Oliver E. Thompson, MD.
hHH
A recent news item stated
that Q transistor radio on
one Of the planes which col
lided over Brooklyn may have
been the cause Of the disaster.
Several months ago I read
where q large airhner was
delayed over an hour in de-
parting from the airport be-
cause Of the malfunctioning
Of the planes instruments.
This was traced to a portable
transistor radio carried by
one Of the passengers.
II it Is q fact that such
radios could possibly be re-
Sponsible for any errors in
instrument readings would it
not be possible for the public
to be alerted to the danger by
means Of publicity on TV.
signs in airport terminals,
radio broadcastS, newspapers
and other publications? Many
people own such transistor
sets (three were in use in q
hospital room I visited last
year, and undoubtedly many
more will be received as
Christmas gifts this year-a
lot Of them by people who
will be travelling and using
them on plane fights. 1t
could also be made q COM
pulsory thing that all trans
istor radios would have to be
checked with the stewardesS
on boarding the plane.
Alice s. D0wner.
Evening star., 1960-12-26
Jibe at Kennedys

The physical fitness ideas
Of President-elect Kennedy
may be ok. for some people,
but I would much prefer o
fiscal fitness program.
I can't think Of anything
more invigorating than q
week end down at Papa Joe's
Palm Beach home throwing
moneybags around the living
room with Bobby and Teddy.
Paul McIlvaine.
Evening star., 1960-12-26
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
FilterdbIe Virus Worps Bodies
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

There is a fllterable virus
-infinitesimally minute dis
ease-causing organism-asso-
ciated with human cancers
which causes strange abnor-
malities in newborn animals.
1t Is, the experiments to
date indicate, exclusively hui
man and found only in can
cerous tissue but it does not,
when injected in the lower
animals, produce anything
resembling malignant tumors.
It results instead in grossly
and fantastically distorted
growth patterns and, In the
end, Is invariably fatal. The
discovery may represent q
long step towards understand
ing the basic mystery Of can
Ger genesis.
It has Just been reported
through the National Acad-
emy Of Sciences by DR.. Helene
w. Toolman and a group of
investigators at the Sloan
Kettering Institute for Can
Ger Research. I
These investigators are ad-
mittedly puzzled over the
significance Of what seems
to be a biological phenome-
non unique in nature. In
jected into newborn ham
sterS, they report, it induces
a deformity characterized by
small size, dattened foreface
or extremely small head, pro-
truding eyes and tongue, ab-
normal teeth and fragile bone
structure. Death, however,
is frequent before the abnor-
mality is manifest.
Appears After Transplant
The agent makes its first
appearance after human can
cerous tissue has been trans
planted into some other Or
ganism. 1t also has been
found in supposedly normal
tissue Of cancer patients. 1t
has not been obtained from
rat or mouse tissues nor in
a variety of transplantable
animal tumors. Infant mice
and rats are completely re-
sistant. The virus is neu-
tralized by the blood sera of
normal rats and mice and to
a lesser degree by the sera
OF pigs, horses, cows and
chickens. The sera Of healthy
humans has no effect on it.
Its infectivity is destroyed
by ultraviolet radiation and
by heat. 1t is remarkably
stable in cold. Preparations
stored at 10 c have re-
mained infectious for more
than two years.
The strange effects on
hamsterS can be produced
both by injections up to 48
hours after birth or by in
jections into embryos one to
seven days before birth. Two
of. 36 hamster mothers in
jected one to IA days before
the birth Of their young pro-
duced young that later be-
came deformed. In each in
stance. however, only a single
animal in a litter was af-
fected. Usually the animal
mothers themselves appeared
quite healthy after such in
jections, although there is
evidence of some effects on
the liver. Filtrates of the
mothers livers, however, pro-
duced the same strange alb
normalities when injected
into unborn young Of other
mothers.
= = =
The association between
Evening star., 1960-12-26
Swap Courts?

Since Castro would like to
liquidate Cuba'S nine-man
Supreme Court, I suggest
that we protect it's members
by offering to trade our own
Supreme Court for them on
a man-for-man basis. The
wisdom and experience of
our Court would be valuable
to Castro in amending the
Cuban Constitution for po-
litical and sociological rea-
sons. For humanitarian con-
siderations, we could put up
with the Cuban Courts old
fashioned idea Of legal de-
cisions based on law and
logic.
Evening star., 1960-12-26

tissue changes with age
and arterioSclerosis, common
malady Of the aged, is
stressed in reports Of ex-
periments under National
Institutes Of Health auspices
by DR.. Albert Lansing of
the University Of Pittsburgh.
He reports microscopic OBJ:
servations Of age change in
the "lamella," the very thin,
porous coat Of elastic ma.
terial that forms the inner
lining Of arteries and comes
into direct contact with the
circulating blood. These
changes, he says, may change
the circulation Of materials,
such as fat particles, through
the wall of an artery in
either direction.
Not Limited to Arteries
The tissue change of the
sort that occurs in arterio.
scleroSiS. DR.. Lansing en-
phaSizeS, is not limited to
arteries, although it has re-
ceived little attention else-
where. He reported a con-
dition, phlebosclerosis. SEEM:
ingly identical with arterio-
sclerosiS except that 1t oc:
ours in the veins, rather than
the arteries. Work by the
Pittsburgh University group.
he reports, indicates that
even the lymphatic circula-
ton is not immune to the
same condition.
All the work reported by
DR.. Lansing, according to q
NH summary, appears to
lend support to the idea that
age-related disruptive
changes in various tissues
can take place quite inde-
pendently of arteriosclerosis
and, in the right circum-
stances, might precede and
promote the artery clogging
that is a major clinical
symptom Of arteriosclerosis.
Evening star., 1960-12-26
'McCone's Worninq'

his oDSerVaClon on Cne
editorial, "McCone's Warn
ing" is the fourth time in q
few years I have felt COM
PEELED to give you my views,
somewhat critical, on your
writings. (This fact Is en-
tirely consistent with my be-
lief that The Evening Star
Is probably one Of our great
est newspapers.)
The common denominator
Of my criticism seems to be
a questioning Of assumptions
which apparently formed the
bases Of what might be
termed tough or sarcastic
utteranceS. In the subject
editorial. for example. the
statement which plugged
me" is, Thus the only assur-
ance we have had against
such cheating Is the Rus
SLAMS word for it, and their
loord. as they have repeated
ly demonstrated. Is some
thing they do not hesitate
to dishonor." Emphasis
added.)
To even Q rank non-AriS-
totelian, such as I, such
statements are Q sample Of
the error Of dllneSS. In other
words they are part Of the
river Of patriotic" communi-
cation in all countries Of the
world; in the springs and
tributaries thereof there is
the assumption that all lead
ers Of hostile nations are liars
and that the leaders Of ones
own country always tell the
truth. However, even states
men cannot afford the luxury
Of such emotional relief.
(Moreover, the incident
known by a certain letter and
number is much too fresh in
our minds to pursue this
thought further.)
There also seems to be in
volved what might be called
an error Of SdmeneSs-that
the events leading up to the
next world war, If any. will
be fundamentally the same
as all wars since the first
tribal war. Differences too
numerous to mention exist;
not the least significant Is
that in any next war the
statesmen themselves would
be among the millions of
corpses which would result.
Should this not be a cogent
reason why they really want
to prevent nuclear destruc-
ton? II, as our experts seem
to think, underground deto-
nations cannot be detected,
would it not be better that
the United States and Soviet
Russia agree to continue such
testing, rather than that each
believe the other is cheating
with secret underground (and
possibly outer-space) shots?
II the next war" is to be Of
the accidental variety, un-
bearable tension on world
leaders will be the real cul-
prit.
Checking on our aSsump-
tlons can be quite upsetting
at times, but the extent of
the sincerity with which we
do 1t probably measures the
validity and constructiveness
of our efforts to improve any
existing situation-personal
or international.
James Edward Hughes.
Evening star., 1960-12-26
THE PASSING SCENE
Speed Traps Still Fleece Tourists
By RALPH McGHL

Notes along the road: An
experience with a speed trap
is not without its compensa-
tionS, meager though they
be. There is nothing pleasant
in 1t, but there is q knowl-
edge which can come only
from a human experience.
One writheS inside at being
subjected to injustice, brazen
and callouS. It is the worse
when, with a certain pious-
ness, the trappers justify
their corrupt practice by say
ing unctuously they are try
ing merely to make the roads
safer.
During the Christmas sea-
son, q number Of persons
were so deprived as to be-
come hardship cases, as the
speed trap racket took $50,
$50 or more from them, leav-
ing them nearly penniless.
For those who were not so
hurt, there was a sense of
outrage at watching the
worst results Of a fee system
at work degrading the proc
eSses Of law.
Speed traps retreat re-
luctantly from the American
scene. They survive in some
Southern and Western States
where a fee system permits
corruption. They must have
the cooperation Of a sheriff
and q minor court. These
mechanisms to deprive the
tourist Of money, which is
then split into fees, thrive
usually in q poorer county
which is losing population
and falling behind in its
total economy. A speeding
charge, or q combination ac-
cuSation Of having passed q
difhcult-to-see stop sign and
exceeding the speed limit, is
the basic procedure. The
siren whines. The cars pull
over. The deputies come to
the drivers window.
No Chance for Tourist
It Is q farce, even though
expensive. The drivers IL
cense Is called for. Its re-
corded facts are examined,
the charges made.
The tourist knows he has
no chance. He can put up the
money demanded there on
the roadside or 60 to Jail.
II he hands over the money,
he has two choices. He can
come back to trial two or
three days later or forfeit it.
Since the traveller usually
has a schedule and is aware
that II he comes back for
trial he will gain nothing,
he goes on.
The human experience lies
IN watching the deputies in
Evening star., 1960-12-26

Immature persons when
frustrated, whether they be
union strikers, home owners,
sit-in demonstrators, or
segregationistS, often resort
to violence. When these
persons destroy property or
endanger life. it is the duty
Of the police to apprehend
them, and the courts to
bring them to justice.
But when q miscreant ex-
ploded some dynamite in
in front Of an empty school
in Atlanta. Ralph McCill,
with the self-righteous fervor
Of q John Brown extremist,
seized upon the incident to
inf1ame the emotions Of the
Negro integrationist and his
white sympathizer, and at
the same time. fay all those
who dare express dissatis-
faction. with the Supreme
Court desegregation decision.
Mr.. McGill appears to
believe that obeisance unto
the Supreme Court is both a
moral duty and a conStitu-
tional requirement. Those
who do not bow low enough
are, in the opinion of Mr..
McGill, capable in thought
or deed of blowing up
schools and churches.
In our brief national
history many good men have
bitterly opposed the Supreme
Court. There were Franklin
Roosevelt, Andrew jackson.
Thomas Jefferson and Abra-
ham Lincoln, to name a few.
Lincoln had the courage to
attack the Supreme Court
when he thought it was
wrong. Speaking of the Dred
Scott decision, he said that
it made popular sovereignty
as thin as soup made by
boiling the shadow Of a
starved pigeon. Lincoln
openly accused Chief Justice
Taney Of "pro-slavery con-
spiracy" and he defled the
high court ruling by signing
the emancipation proclama-
ton. Harvey Fl. Hewitt.
Evening star., 1960-12-26

whereas one passenger would
have paid $1.25. This means
that the cab driver was forced
to lose 10 cents.
Irving SchIalfeF.
CHI arm a n, Owner-Driver,
Rental-Driver Taxicab AS
Sociation,
Evening star., 1960-12-26
LETTERS TO THE. STAR
Pen names may be used q

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condenSG-
tion. Those not used iDiu be
returned only suhes accom-
panied by self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1960-12-26
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 F street NV, Washington
4, D. C. Please inclose return post
age or self-addressed. stamped
Evening star., 1960-12-26
McGHrs 'Fervor'

Walter Fielder.
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Sidewalk Cafes Dry
Get D. c. Legal Nod

Sidewalk cafes could be estab-
lished In Washington. but with
out that Partisan atmosphere.
The customers would be slipping
non-alcohol:s drh
This opinion, in .1sence, was
submitted yesterday to the
Commissioners by their chief
legal adviser, Corporation
Counsel Chester H. Gray.
Mr.. Gray's office apparently
had given this problem the
thorough consideration that
sidewalk cafe devotees would
consider proper.
The C o m m issioners had
asked for the opinion In Janu-
airy, 1859.
The study grew out Of re-
quests by two restaurants to SET
up awning shaded tables Out
front. They are L'Espionage
Restaurant, 1900 M street NV.
and Basins. 1347 E street NV,
L'Espionage wanted to oper
a sidewalk cafe on its Twenty.
ninth street side, while Bas-
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SINS was talking about tile side.
walk on E street.
In yesterdays opinion, Mr..
Gray said that, with certain re-
strictions, the Commissioners
have authority to permit estab-
lishment Of these cafes. One
stipulation is that the cafe
doesn't inconvenience the pub
lie and another is that the per-
missive regulation would have
to apply to all businesses.
Under a 1904 law, the opin-
ion said. the Commissioners
have this authority to allow
use of sidewalk space for pri-
vate businesses, provided the
business is located on a street
that meets certain commercial
specifications.
The opinion, however, noted
that the restaurants concerned
have liquor licenses that cover
consumption of alcoholic bev-
erages on the premises only. A
statute prohibits drinking hard
liquor on the streets.
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Mrs. Henderson,
Admirui's Widow

Mrs. Robert Henderson, II,
a former resident of the Dis
trict, died last Wednesday at
her home in Los Angeles after
q heart attack.
The former Miss Margaret
Tyson Ellicott, she was native
of Baltimore and the widow
of Rear Admiral Robert Hend-
erson, who died in Los Angeles
four years ago.
The family had lived here
for many years prior to Ad-
miral Henderson's retirement in
1929. Among his assignments
was a tour of duty as COM
mander Of the presidential
yacht shortly before World War
I.
She leaves a daughter, Mrs.
Carroll Henderson Hansen, Of
South Pasadena. Calf.
Graveside services were held
yesterday in Arlington Gene
terry.
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PARIS, Nov. 80 Cap Rich
ard Wright, the Negro author.
died of a heart attack Monday
night.
The Mississippi-born writer,
q longtime Paris resident. is
best known for his novels such
as BLACK Boy" and 1.-THE Out
slider" dealing with the prob
lens of the Negro in American
society.
Mr.. Wright, So, who had suf-
fered recently from intestinal
trouble, was hospitalized Satur-
day for treatment.
Mr.. Wright's latest work
dealt with a theme he spent a
lifetime exploring. Titled Fish
belly" the book traces the inn
pact of American racial at
titudes upon the Negro.
Mr.. Wright was born near
Natchez, Miss, on September
4, 1908. He attended a Seventh
Day Adventist school near mis-
home but quit and went TO
work in Memphis. Tenn, at the
age Of Is.
He did his first writing dur
ing the depression under the
auspices Of the Federal Writ
ers Project, first in Chicago in
1885 and then in New York In
1887.
Mr.. Wright began contribut-
ing articles and stories to small
literary magazines and to the
Daily Worker and New Masses
both Communist publications
He first attracted national at
tention with Uncle Toms
Children" in 1888.
Native Son." published in
1910, established him as one OF
the foremost American con-
temporary authors.
Mr.. Wright was identified by
"a Government investigation
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in a l0-million-gallon day
plant.
A spokesman said yesterday
that is the lowest cost estimate
so far from the many research
projects in this field sponsored
by the ONCE of Saline Water,
an Interior Department agency,
at Cornell University.
The Cornell studies dealt with
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conversion Of saline water by
direct freezing.
The previous low estimate for
sea water conversion was a
cents a Thousand gallons
through use Of q 50-million-gal-
lon q day nuclear powered
plant.
This cost figure was developed
by the Fluor Corp, Whittier.
Calf. in a study Of a plant
which would employ a multi
stage flash evaporator and q
light water moderated and
cooled nuclear steam generator.
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that staff investigators will 90
to Indiana soon.
He said Represe ntative
Roush, Democrat of Indiana,
who lost to Republican George
o. Chambers by five votes on
the basis OF the official count.
had alleged errors.
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Fortunate Depero, SO

ROVERETO, Italy, Nov. 80
(AP).-Fortunato Depero. 60
year-old Italian painter who
was a leader Of the futurist
school a half-century ago, died
yesterday Of a heart attack.
His futurist paintings were
exhibited in New York and in
many European cities between
1910 and 1880. They are in
many private collections.
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District of Indiana was Or
dered yesterday by the House
Committee on Campaign Ex-
penditures.
Chairman Clifford Davis,
Democrat Of Tennessee. said
after a closed committee session
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Sea Wuter Plans
Cost Outlook Cut
By the Associated Press

Studies have resulted in an
estimate that sea water could
be converted to fresh water at
q cost of 38 cents a 1000 gallons
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House Unit to Probe
lndiunu Vote Charge
BY the Associated pres,

Investigation Of a complaint
of errors in the counting Of bal
lots in the 5th Congressional