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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-11

AFTERTHOUGHT: Much of
what La lame says makes
sense, but it's difficult for some
one who knows little about the
field to evaluate his views.
-
TV REFLECTIONS: The
WRC switch b o ar d was I'M
usually busy the other night
with calls from viewers delight
ed with. MICS nostalgia "The
Swinging Years." Which
proves what Garry Moore all
ready knows-that a formal
which happily evokes fond
Is the surest q.
Startime could do a half-dozen
more along this line without
repeating itself Ronald
Reagan's hosting was unob-
trusive; the selections, for the
most part, agreeable I got
a special charge out Of 1.-THE
Big Noise" O'Connell and
Eberle and Jack Leonard's re-
Of Marie" Now
I'd like to hear the flip side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-11

AAAS oSSb "AAASAA AAC SdNC 90 oOs
He explained:
Every year, on my birthday
September 26), I perform a
successfully more difficult feat.
So. I like to think that every
year. I grow younger. I'm IS
now"
Among his feats: swimming
Chandcuffed) from Alcatraz to
Fisherman'S wharf; swimming
the Golden Gate underwater.
He doesn't expound on his
private life on his show; feels
he shouldn't He was Just mar
ried, for instance. Wife's name:
Elaine La lame. She works
for him in the bookkeeping end
Of his operation and he says,
wryly, you need someone you
can trust in that department"
He owns his show 100 per
cent; sells it himself, and ex-
poets to be in a score of new
markets soon with his daily
exercises and dietary tips.
Although he owns IL gyms
himself, he doesn't believe in
them. "If 1000 women join
a new health club. determined
to improve their physical con-
dition, by the end Of the first
month. only S per cent will re-
main. No, it has to be a daily
thing-a daily discipline, and
that's why I believe in TV."
After his show here this
week, he's been training at the |
"Y"-but believes that they're |
rundown" He says they |
should have an expert on hand
at all times to direct activities"
La lame became interested
in his field at age Is. 81
weighed about 80 pounds, wore
glasses. arch supports and had
boils. I had an uncomfortable
temper. Then I heard Prof.
Paul Bragg, a nutritionist, and
1t changed my life"
He tries to point out to
housewives how to choose
their foods, so that the meal
will taste good, be easy to
fix, and save money"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-11


Years. Framed" Ruditsky
nearly loses his chance to
Jail a bigtime hoodlum when
the mob frames him to stop
his testimony. James Greg
DRY. (Repeat.)
u:0O, WTTG ~ - Starlight
Theater. Devils Canyon"
An imprisoned ex-marshal
becomes involved with mu-
tineers against his will. Vir-
GINA Mayo, Dale Robert
son. (l953.)
11:15, WTOP (9) - The Late
Show. Counter Attack" "
Russian troops land behind
enemy lines and attack Ger
man headquarters. Paul
MUM, Marguerite Chapman,
Larry Parks. (1945.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-11
OTHER TV
HIGHLIGHTS

800, WMAL (O-Donna Reed
Show. Donna attempts to
guide a newly m arrie d
friend through her first
marital dispute and is in
volved in a donnybrook with
her own husband. Carl Betz.
$3.50, WMAL "a - The I'm
touchables. Little Egypt"
Eliot Ness assigns his newest
aide to work under cover
when an honest sheriff and
a mayor are murdered. Rob-
ert Stack, Anthony George,
Susan Cummings.
1880, WRC az The Lawless
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-11

Leading Question (producer) .
Born in Wauwatosa, Wis, she
was graduated from the Uni
verSity of Wisconsin in 1913 and
did graduate work at Harvard.
Note: WTOP - 8 hired the
first local woman TV reporter
recently-Morna Campbell.
On the Run: Registration for
American University's Intro
duction to the Old Testament"
continues. but deadline CFebru-
airy l5) is approaching .
Tuition for the course, taught
by DR.. Edward w. Bauman, is
$40, which includes study guide
and participation in field trip.
BIB.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-11
ON THE AIR -
Report on Ia Lunch
With J. La Lame
ON THE AIR
BY BERNIE HARRISON
Star TV Critic

Well, girls met Jack La lame, WTTG-5's health and
physical curist for lunch yesterday must say it was
impressive He had four appezers entrees tomato Juice
double Sze oysters the half-shel clam chowder and
shrimp cocktail Gumbo). Nothing else.
bounded out Of my chair Just looking at him. Qm a
four dessert bounder myself)
La lame French extraction) was kind of coy about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-11
TV KEY PREVIEWS

Tonoht'S top Sho1DS preuietUed By TV KEYS std6,
Dho attend rehedrSdlS match screenings and andlyze
scripts In NeD York, Hollywood and elsewhere. Their
opinions are offered guide to area uie,Ders.
Evening star., 1960-12-22
Balanced Defense Team

In picking Roswell Gilpatric as
Deputy Secretary Of Defense, Presidents
elect Kennedy has given his new defense
team a balance which should make for
efficiency and effectiveness at the
Pentagon. Mr.. Gilpatric, q former Under
secretary Of the Air Force, has q first
hand knowledge and understanding of
the Defense Department advan-
tage which Defense Secretary designate
Robert s. Mcnamara lacks.
Mr.. Gilpatric, d New York lawyer,
served under Air Force Secretary
Thomas K. Finletter during the Truman
administration. Later he was member
Of the Rockefeller group which in 1857
recommended greatly increased defense
spending "for survival" He also served
on the Symington committee which
recently advised President-elect Ken
nedy to seek far-reaching reorganiza-
ton Of the military services and on
the Nitze committee which has advised
him on national security matters.
The combination of Mr.. McNamara's
administrative and organizational abil-.
tiles with Mr.. Gilpatric's familiarity with
service and interservice problems should
prove Of value in carrying out Senator
Kennedy's plans for strengthened
national defense Setup.
Evening star., 1960-12-22
Rule or Ruin

Dag HammarSkjold, head bloody
but unbowed, has emerged from the
now-receSSed session Of the General
Assembly with what must rank high
on the list Of advertisements of the
year. "AS Is now stands" he said, "the
outcome here has not given US the
moral or political support of which
the tCongo] operation is in need"
Indeed 1t has not. And the reason
Is perfectly clear. Nikita Khrushchev,
with his bluster and histrionics, set the
tone when he was in New York. Since
then the representatives Of the Soviet
Union have labored nightly in pursuit
OF two-fold objective. The first. in
which they have failed, is to oust Mr..
Hammarskjold from his post as Secre-
tary General. The second, with respect
to which they can boast some success.
has been to cripple If not destroy the
y. N, and to render futile its UNDER
taking In the Congo.
This success, Of course, has not
been achieved by the Soviet Union
alone, nor even by the 1O-member
Communist bloc. It needed and 1t got
the support of representatives from
other nations who ought to know better.
This showed up on a key test-a
resolution to strengthen the hand Of
MI. Hammarskjold in the Congo, which
failed to carry by one vote. The nom
Communist bloc states that helped to
Kill 1t included Cuba, Ghana, Guinea,
Mali, Iraq, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, the
UAR, Ceylon, Afghanistan, India and
1ndonesia. The motivation Of some Of
these nations-those which have moved
willingly into the Communist orbits
easy enough to understand. But it
is not easy to understand why the others
are following the Communist lead.
Perhaps they do not really know them
selves.
For the short run, the Communists
are concentrating on efforts to restore
Patrice Lumumba to power, believing
with good reason that this effort, II
successful would be the first step in
taking control Of the Congo. But this
is merely the short-range objective.
Their real aim is to rule or ruin the
United Nations, and, as between the two,
the odds favor the latter. since the
U. N. stands as a barrier to Communist
expansionist ambitions, there b a
certain rationale to what MI. Khru-
shchev is doing or trying to do. But It
is very hard TO understand why other
nations whose stake in the U. NJ Is
big and real - India, for example -
should be giving him aid and comfort.
Evening star., 1960-12-22

spiratorial alliance unquestionably is re.
sponsihle for the "fratricidal war" that
has centered In Vientiane. In the words
Of the note, "It Is Communist and COM
munist fostered subversive activities,
the guerrilla warfare Of the Pathet Lao
forces, and now the Soviet airlift Of
weapons which have led directly to the
suffering and chaos which have be-
fallen Laos" AS for the moral nature
OF that airlift, 1t has been rightly con-
demned by the State Department as
something that violates every standard
OF international law and decency - q
nagrant Intervention aimed at convert
ing the kingdom, which Is now free and
Independent, into another Red satellite.
OF course, together with their part
ners in Peiping and elsewhere, the men
of the Kremlin piously give voice to
monumental lies about how they are
trying to help democratic progressive
ness" do away with American-led ''im-
perialism" In Laos. But what they are
doing, actually, is stepping up their
dominance seeking conspiracy in yet
another country, along the lines set
forth in the international Communist
manifesto published a few weeks ago
In Moscow. The prospect is bleak one.
Evening star., 1960-12-22
Laos and the KremIin

Although the pro-Western govern
ment Of Premier Boun Oum has the
upper hand at the moment, the Com
munist-led rebels can be counted upon
to cause lot more trouble and blood
shed in the little kingdom of Laos. They
have been driven out of Vientiane, the
capital city, but reports indicate that
they are preparing to move in again
with the help of troops from Red North
Vietnam-in an effort to take over the
country for the greater honor and glory
Of the "peace-loving" -Peiping
axis.
As our Government has charged In
= Its sharp note to the Kremlin, this con-
Evening star., 1960-12-22
Mentally III

Recently ! was confronted,
once more, with the unhappy
fact that much Of the popu-
lation still misunderstands
the plight Of the mentally
Iii. For example. o local radio
station gave forth O most
kindly plea to those hair
dressers who could. to give
Of their spare time to st.
Elizabeths Hospital in giving
hairdos to the women pa
tients there. So far 80 good
but I was saddened by the
announcer's further plea, "if
you wish to give your services
to this wonderful cause the
patients will not harm you."
This attitude on the part Of
the uninformed causes q
stigma to be placed on all
the thousands Of patients re-
siding in hospitals, who never
have been guilty Of such dis
astrous motives. Surely o
more thorough enlighten-
Hnent in the heartbreaking
Evening star., 1960-12-22
Ruble BUDGET
As ia Sc

As II Soviet budget is not puzzling
enough ct best, the latest model is
announced In terms Of a bigger and
better ruble-one worth about 10 old
rubles and proudly proclaimed by
Moscow as worth more than the
American dollar. BY mixing these
various statistics together, the proposed
total outlay in the USSR next year is
translated at approximately $50 billion.
II any comparison is meaningful, the
United States budget for the fiscal year
ending next June 80 stands at about
$50 billion.
One illustration Of futility Of direct
Soviet-American comparisons, for ex-
ample, stands out in the case OF defense
expenditures. For 1851, the, Soviet is
.programming approximately $10.2 bill
lion Tor defense whereas our own OUT
lays win be in the neighborhood Of
$46 billion. But while our own high
total covers all military expenditures,
including military foreign aid and costs
Of all armaments production, the
Soviet defense item applies only TO
what may be described roughly as the
housekeeping costs Of the military
establishment. The spending for devel-
opment and production Of modern tools
Of war, for instance, is dropped without
identification into other sections Of the
budget. On q percentage basis, how
ever, the Russians claim that their
identified military spending in 1881 viii
be down from 12.9 per cent to l1.0
per cent Of the total budget.
Significantly, the claim Is made,
too, that there win be a Is per cent
increase in spending for scientific
research-much Of 1t presumably in
the fields Of rocketry and space explora-
tion. Another program to beneflt from
increased funds win be that Of expan-
sion Of heavy industry, an objective
toward which the USSR has been
making steady and impressive progress.
BY coincidence, the Soviet disclosure
Of continued preoccupation with heavy
industry development came on the same
day that General G. P. Cabell, deputy
director OF our Central Intelligence
Agency, predicted in speech that the
USSR win meet its ambitious industrial
goals and that the Communist country
unquestionably will continue the growth
OF its economic and military power at
rate that will be seriously threatful
to the free world. Helpful to the
Russian effort, General Cabell pointed
out, Is the lack Of any opportunity for
domestic pressure for greater production
Of consumer goods.
In any case, whatever the Russian
figures show, or conceal, 1t is clear that
the nations great drive for power win
continue undated In the year to come.
Evening star., 1960-12-22
u. NJ. Expenses

In the new year the United
Nations Organization should
make 1t a requirement that
all member nations, to be
represented in the organiza-
ton shall have to, pay q
proportionate share of the
expenses Of the organization
in order to maintain repre-
sentation or at least to have
q vote in it.
In order to belong to any
club or organization in this
country, an individual must
pay his dues. Why is the
: United Nations Organization
any exception?
It is my belief that those
nations which have not paid
their share will pay If it
means having representation
or a vote in the important
world discussions and de-
cisions.
Chester M. Way,
st. Petersburg. Fla.
Evening star., 1960-12-22
Final Returns

1t was evident "a hours after the
polls closed that the closeness Of the
Kennedy Nixon vote would have prom.
inent place in the record books. But few
OF even the stauncheSt partisans on
either side Of the fence could have
thought that the winning margin of
popular votes would dwindle to III, ,057.
The flnaI official tally is q statis-
tician's paradise. Mr.. Kennedy became
the 18th President In history to
poll less than, half the votes cast.
In the votes cast only for the two major
candidates, Mr.. Kennedy won 50.0S2
per cent, and. Mr.. Nixon trailed only
at a percentage rate of 1878. The
popular margin was the smallest since
1884, when Grover Cleveland won over
James g. Blaine by only 62,6S3 votes.
This Is by no means fair comparison,
however, because less than 10 million
votes were cast in the election rs years
ago. The popular vote last month was
over 68.8 million and exceeded the
previous high by more than 8 million.
Even more gratifying, as evidence Of
increasing political maturity, is the fact
that a record percentage Of eligible
voters turned out this time, exceeding
the 627 per cent who went to the polls
In 1852.
Had 1t not been for the large popu-
lar majorities which Senator Kennedy
piled up in few States, such as New
York and Massachusetts, Mr.. Nixon
might very easily have won the popular
race and still lost the election. ANY
number Of such possibilities are obvious
from the ANAL figures, and perhaps they
will be factor in considering changes
In our election system for the future.
No point is served, however, by.
joining in the argument over whether
Senator Kennedy really won "man-
date" from the people. The fact is that
he won the election under the system
in effect. The closeness of the vote
should persuade Mr.. Kennedy to take
into consideration the number Of people
who opposed his views on specific issues,
however, and he is not likely, as a
matter Of practical politics, to forget 1t.
Evening star., 1960-12-22
Our Foreign cover0ge

Frequently 1t Is asserted
that the position Of news
papers 90 Inolders Of public
opinion has dropped because
neither editorials nor politi-
cal news analysts measure
up to those Of the past. In
general this may be true.
but The Star has recently
been publishing news and
comments on foreign affairs
which are superior In quality,
and are proving as accurate
In Interpretation 90 to war
rant careful examination by
apparently Jess well-advised
Government officials.
Crosby Noyes. for example.
in his discussion Of the
French . Algerian problem,
Brabner Smith in his
comments on Communist
dictators In the q. N. and in
the underdeveloped nations,
and now Smith HempStone'S
clarifying and logical picture
Of the Congo. deserve ma
tional publication. Let US
hope that the new admins
tration leaders will be as
unfettered by past BRAIN
washing, careless reporting,
and faulty or biased analysis,
as are these contributors to
The Star.
Evening star., 1960-12-22
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Our World Abounds With Viruses
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

evident" says the report,
that infection Of man with
an arthropod-borne virus is
usually accidental. Each virus
Is maintained In nature by
virus cycles involving verte-
brate and arthopod hosts. It
is hardly surprising that the
greatest variety occurs in the
more tropical regions of the
world. Forty distinct viruses
have been described from
South America while only IL
are known from North Amer
lea. The tropics are distin-
guished by the great abund-
ance and variety of both
vertebrate and invertebrate
life.
Two Theories
"The great problem in the
temperate zones is to explain
how the viruses are main
tanned during the colder
months when active insect
vectors are scarce or absent.
This is no problem with TICK
borne viruses, as ticks have Q
very long life and infected
ticks can carry the infection
over from one season to
another"
In the case Of mosquito
carried agents, according to
the report, two hypotheses
have been advanced. The
first Is that an infected,
alternating. adult mosquito
may carry q virus over from
one season to the next. The
second blames birds which
may carry q virus in their
blood streams for months
without any overt manifesta-
tionS.
Migrating birds, says the
report. can play a role either
as infected carriers or as
transporters of tick carriers.
Recent studies have shown
that young forms Of several
species of ticks PARASITIC
birds and can be carried for
long distances.
Other workers, says the re-
port, are investigating the
possibilities that infected
alternating bats, snakes or
hedgehogs may provide the
link between the seasons.
Evening star., 1960-12-22
Jessie Miller.
Our Vanishing Gold

The great concern pres
emily being devoted to the
rapid decrease Of the gold
reserve Of the United States,
has resulted In such actions
as the extensive trips abroad
by Undersecretary Of state
Dillon and Secretary Of the
Treasury Anderson in seek
ing measures Of helpful as
siStance from other count
tries and the order recalling
thousands Of civilians from
abroad which President Ei-
senhower has issued. This
latter action means that
thousands Of American fam
lilies win be separated as the
executive order Is daily put
into effect.
Many other means Of solv-
ing the gold reserve problem
have been suggested-such as
the United States raising the
tariff on foreign goods -
which, Of course. would only
stifie the fostering Of inter-
national trade, q goal the
United States has long sup
ported actively.
Why is 1t though that no
one has suegested eurtailing
the Saonies being llt abroad
BY indlTidusls and ~ groups
TO supIort other countries?
II seeinB TO Be past the time
Tor this approach ID the gold
reserve problem to be utilized
and for the immediate pas
sage Of congressional legisla-
tton which drastically cur
tails such unpatriotic prac-
tics.
Evening star., 1960-12-22
M0tter of Survival
James J. Powell.

Recently we have been
hearing about gold and the
necessity for our Federal
Government to reduce ex-
penses abroad. Attempts are
heing made ~ get West Ger
many and JapSll, particularly
the former. to help out with
the foreign aid" for some Of
the so-called under privil-
eyed" nations. West 0er&
many and Japan, our defeat
ed enemies. were never more
prosperous.
Their taxes are low and
their labor is fully employed
and their economy ID bcom-
ing.
Contrast the above with the
economy here where We have
high taxes. unemployment
and much industry operating
at S0sS. This ID due largely
to one factor. namely, the
unions have priced US out Of
foreign markets. In some in-
stances our wage rates are
seven times Is high as rates
for similar work abroad.
The Germans and Japanese
are working and not asking
for higher and higher wages,
more and more fringe bene-
fits," paid vacations, pensions,
disqualification, unemploy-
nient compensation, Q So
hour week and "featherbed.
ding" from every angle.
Our economy will never
catch up with the economy
Of the japanese and the West
Germans as long as short
sighted union labor leaders
continue to make extortion-
ate demands upon manage.
ment.
In competition with foreign
markets. management is now
up against 0 stone wall when
1t tries to pass on to the
consuming public these In
creased labor costs. -.....
American manufacturers
can not be blamed for build
Ing and operating factories
abroad. It Is o matter Of
survival.
Will President Kennedy be
able to stand of the unrea-
sonable demands of union
labor leaders in this coun-
try?
J. ID. Merchant.
Liberal, KanS.
Evening star., 1960-12-22
Now and Then

It was with interest and
enjoyment that I read the
excellent articles by Jim
Doyle on the Mack Sennett
comedies, Mabel Normand,
Ben Turpin, Mary Pickford
and all the others. Those
Silent Years" Of fllm which
were thought destroyed by
sound at that time, have due
to television and the use Of
sound tape recording returned
to the living room Of today.
I grew up in the America
OF 40 years ago, the time Of
the gas lamp posts: the gas
fixtures at home with the
fragile mantles. that fasci-
mated US Is children and
which We were always cau-
toned not to touch: the
Model T Ford with curtains
which buckled down to the
sides: the market at Seventh
and c Sc. which once -FOUR
ished with business: the old
fashioned icebox with drip
pan to be emptied, and the
daily visit Of the iceman:
the wash tubs and scrub
board on washday.
Time has really marched
forward and 1t has been a
privilege to have been q part
OF this stupendous growth
OF America-electricity au-
tomato washing machines
and driers, automatic re-
frigerators and freezers, all
types Of electrical appliances,
automobiles Of every size and
style to suit the taste Of the
individual, escalators, and
stores with Q variety and as.
sortment to satisfy and full
I'LL the needs to make living
comfortable in q free land
with free enterprise that will
continue to go forward.
When our forefatherS wrote
the Declaration Of Independ-
ence and the Constitution,
they knew then that they
must ever keep in mind,
checks and balances. as well
as separation Of church and
state. They served America
well. Liberty and freedom
then as now were our faith
and belief.
The generation Of the past
20 years, Of which my child
Is one, knows only the mar
vels Of the chronological ad-
vances in which they have
lived. 1t is UP to us as their
parents to see that they con-
tinue to have a faith and
belief in a free America under
law with justice, with
churches for fellowship and
service to humanity. We must
help develop the peaceful
atom for new growth and
strength to generate power
and heat for new industries
to make new f1bers and fab
RIGS, for the employment Of
our expanding population
which is the viii Of the
Creator Of the human mind
and body.
Dorothy Denison.
Evening star., 1960-12-22
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