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Evening star., 1960-04-15
Move Over, Mr.. Forond

1t almost seems these days that Just
about everybody on Capitol Hill, quite
few people downtown, and, of course,
Mr.. Walter Reuther of Detroit are spend
ing virtually full time working out legis-
lation to provide health insurance for
the old folks.
Roughly speaking, this massive eff
fort is divided between two camps. One,
starting out under the banner of Repre-
sentative Forand, Rhode Island Demo-
crat, favors the principle of grating
onto the Social Security System a new
and compulsory program of "free" medi-
cal care for pensionerS-to be financed
by an increase (alSo compulsory in the
employer payroll tax Actually,
Mr.. Forand's bill already has been pi-
geonholed, temporarily at least, by BIZ
partisan vote of his own Ways and
Means Committee. But Mr.. Forand, who
has announced that he will not run for
reelection, almost has been lost in the
stampede of liberal" Democratic deter
mination in both House and Senate to
see that something is done this year.
Within that camp, the one common de-
nominator appears to be decision that
the program must be a Federal RESPONSE
bility and part of the Social Security
System. In the other camp are Repub-
icans, likewise aware that this is an
election year, attempting somewhat un-
happily to find a formula centered
around the principle of voluntary in
surance on which the White House
repeatedly insists.
1t is hardly surprising, of course,
that those who even question the idea
of adding to the cradle to grave" re-
sponsibility of Uncle Sam toward his
nephews and nieces .should be accused
of "callous" indifference toward the
comfort and welfare of the elderly. The
same applies to those who express reser-
vations about another increase in a
social security tax that has been growing
faster than Topsy in recent years.
Mr.. Forand, for example, says the
people are willing to pay to get the
benef1ts"-and he proposes just little
bit more, one quarter of per cent on
employees and employers alike. Perhaps
so. For those who are not so old, how
ever, and who might therefore be paying
for their "free" medical care and other
social insurance for many years to come,
the social security tax rate growth is
not so comforting. In 1850, it was is
per cent on maximum earnings of So 900.
In each election year since, in return
for more generous benefits, both the rate
and the taxable earnings base have gone
up. Today it is per cent on $4,000. BY
1869, it is scheduled to be as per cent
an employer-employe total of per cent
on the base payroll.
It is naive, perhaps, to think that
even this schedule will be kept. In addi-
ton to Mr.. Forand's relatively modest
proposal, there are suggestions also that
the taxable base should be raised to
$4,000 and even to $4,000 Both the
young and old may some day question
the price of insurance rewritten by
Uncle Sam in election years.
Evening star., 1960-04-15
Season of Sacrifice

The Easter season is upon
us again. But for hundreds
Of defenSeless baby chicks,
geese, and rabbits there will
be small cause for rejoicing.
Every year thoughtless peo-
pie give these delicate crea-
lures to children who play
with them as they would play
with inanimate toys. Would
that our society were humane
enough to forbid the sale of
these tiny living creatures
to be used as playthings. An
added indignity is the dye
ing of hundreds of the baby
chicks in varying hues Of
yellow, blue, red, and green.
1t is sad to think that these
defenSeless creatures are ex-
plotted to celebrate the res
urection of One who so
often compared Himself to a
lamb. and who died to atone
for the sins of men-includ-
ing the sins of those who
mutilate. hurt, and wantonly
destroy the birds and ami
mails the hand of God has
fashioned with loving care
and artistry.
Therese Ann Olson,
Evening star., 1960-04-15
Breaking the Loo Jam

1t Is reaSsuring to learn that the
legislative dam that has been impeding
completion of a full-scale survey of the
Potomac River by the Army Engineer
Corps may be removed shortly. This
was a congressional dam against any
study of flood control dams or recrea-
tional facilities in connection with the
pending survey of Potomac water-supply
problems. The restriction, enacted last
year, was illogical and unwise.
Senators Randolph and Byrd, both
OF West Virginia, have shown good sense
in deciding to withdraw their objections
to the f1ood-control dams. For, as En-
gineer Commissioner yelling and other
water experts have pointed out, the
problems OF water supply and flood
control are closely related. Dams for
storage Of water can be useful both for
insuring an adequate supply of water
at all times and for controlling floods.
Yet Congress has told the engineers to
consider only levees for flood control.
General yelling has waged a determined
fight to have the restriction lifted.
we are grad InaC Cne west virginia
Senators have decided to remove the
barriers to broad study of water
supply, antipollution, flood control and
recreational potentialitieS of the Poto-
mac and we hope that Congress this
year will give the engineers all the
money needed to complete their tagging
survey. There is real danger in further
delaying and restricting this important
study of river problems.
Evening star., 1960-04-15
Nice Hand, Too

1t has come to my atten-
tion that an editorial in your
issue Of April 3 made men
ton of Palmer Method" I
would like to point out that
the A. N. Palmer Company is
now experiencing the great
est sales volume Of many,
many years. Our new edi-
tions are available in English
and Spanish and are cur
rently being used widely
throughout the Western
Hemisphere.
The local absence Of pal
mer Method" and the present
poor condition of handwrit-
ing instruction, as noted by
your editorial, perhaps will
soon be rectif1ed as I noted in
the Chicago Tribune of April
10, 1860, that your Superin-
tendent Hansen is directing
a movement towards re-em-
phasis of the basic three Rs.
Our sincerest best wishes to
him for a successful endeav-
or.
Richard c. Mclean,
General Manager, A. N.
Palmer Co., Chicago.
Evening star., 1960-04-15
Incomplete Package?
(See Editorial, "Incomplete
Pdckuoe?")

(See Editorial, "Incomplete
Pdckuqe?"J
Your papers satisfaction
with the pending Senate and
House resolutions providing
the District with a minimum
degree Of national represen-
tation and electoral influence
is disappointing. The Keat-
ing amendment in the Sem
ate and the Celler amend
ment in the House are each
deficient in three ways: %
They provide for no D. C.
representatives in the SEN
ate; (2) They deny D. C.
delegates to the House the
right to vote with all other
Representatives, and 80 they
give us only one elector for
each delegate in the House,
whereas each State has cleo
tors equal in number to its
Senators and Representa-
tives. You would prefer to
overlook these shortcomings
to secure passage of a skele-
ton bill without further
delay.
Indeed, either of the two
measures would be a welcome
improvement in the inferior
status Of Washingtonians.
But there is a danger that
none of the above stated
rights would be forthcoming
after the passage of the
amendment in its present
form. Remember that the
commissioner form of gov
ernment which exists today
was intended upon it's enact
ment in 1873 to be a tenn
porary arrangement. 1t might
be another hundred years be-
fore attainment of further
meaningful enfranchisement.
I think the people of the
Nations Capital, who have
waited this long, are willing
to risk their chances for
immediate voting rights to
see a more liberal formula
written into the Constitution.
Calvin G.. Zon,
Evening star., 1960-04-15
FutefuI April

Fateful April, when the
cherry blossoms and daffodils
bloom.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
died April IL, 1945. Lincoln
was assassinated on Good
Friday, on April IA, 1865,
Thomas Jefferson's natal day
was April IL, and his 217th
anniversary was celebrated
at Charlottesville, Va, with
Adlai Stevenson master of
ceremonies. I sent him some
letters Jefferson wrote my
great = grandfather and a
quote from his book describ-
ing Jefferson as he first saw
him when he was 73 years
old at Monticello.
And how many remember
the sinking Of the Titanic in
April, 1912?
AS we greet spring and
April, we, the living, our
thoughts go back to the yes
teryears when so many had
to leave this beautiful world
IN the loveliest month of
the year-April. And we bow
our heads as we think of the
Saddest words ever uttered,
II thirst" The saddest words
e'er heard on earth: Behold
my hands My side .
My feet I thirst"
Lucille Agniel Gaines.
On April Is, Good Friday,
95 years have passed since
the untimely death of
slavery's enemy, Abraham
Lincoln, People of the whole
world. especially the op-
pressed. with respect remem-
Der him as one of the great
personalities Of humanity.
Now, in remembrance of
Lincoln. let us note some of
his words: "A house divided
against itself cannot stand.
This government cannot en-
dure permanently half slave
and half-free." In other
words the world cannot exist
half in slavery and half in
freedom. Let us do our utmost
to uphold Lincoln's ideals
and crush out the intentions
of Lenin's followers who wish
to convert the whole world
into a slave camp. Let us al
ways take a strong stand for
the individuals right to free
dom.
Janis T. Kursa,
Evening star., 1960-04-15
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Progress Report on Cancer Research
BY THOMAS R. HENRI

"The lack Of toxicity Of
this compound which had
been shown in normal am.
mails was again evident In
the tumor-bearing animals.
There was no weight loss
such as is usually found in
toxic drugs used to treat
cancer-such as the mus
tards-and there were no
deaths"
Evolution may be down,
not up.
This paradoxical thesis is
presented by DR.. David Nj
col and his associates Of the
University of Southern Illi-
nois in q report on their
investigations just published
through the Washington
Academy Of Sciences.
The thesis applies to the
whole broad domain of an
imal life from one-celled
creatures to mammals and
hardly can be applied to any
actually extant animal which
may be an exception.
All the major animal
races" according to the
Nicol report, were well estab-
lished at least 400 million
years ago, during the Cam
brian geological period which
sometimes is known as the
"dawn-age" of life on earth.
All that has happened since,
the report points out, Is the
splitting UP of these major
groups into finer and finer
subdivisions in response to
slight hereditary mutations
which produced types fitted
to survive under changing
conditions.
But this has not been
progress. only specialization,
the report stresses. No dis
tinctly new type has ap-
peared and it has been a
struggle by means of muta-
tions for the basic types to
survive. Some groups have
failed altogether and be-
come extinct.
Contrary to Usual Belief
The conception is quite
contrary to the generally
held idea Of evolution as a
progressive process, the con-
tinual emergence of higher
from lower forms Of life end
ing, for the present. in the
highest form of all, man.
But, it stressed, there is no
clear record of the appear
ance of a major new form
since the Cambrian when a
basic life pattern for the
earth seems to have been
established. Slight variations
from this pattern appar-
emily have little meaning.
Evening star., 1960-04-15
Views of the District Primary

dress and states that he is
a citizen. He is also asked If
he votes in any other State
and whether he has ever
belonged to an organization
which advocated the over
throw of the United States
Government. After checking
the party in which he wishes
to enroll as a voter, he swears
that the statements given
are true. and that is about
all there is to the registra-
tion process.
I inquired of the Police
Department If they are
checking on the names and
addresses registered and was
told that they do not have
a policy of doing so. In other
words, one could register
dozens of times and nobody
even inquiries about it. This
is one of the worst forms
of corrupt political ma
chinery known.
Secondly, no proof is re-
quired of the eligibility of a
person to vote. No one seems
to care if the registrant has
a criminal record. has been
declared insane, has received
a dishonorable discharge
from the armed forces, has
been convicted of treason or
any other thing that usually
bars a person from voting
whether he was born in the
United States or not. The
fact that the statements
given have to be sworn to
would hardly deter a person
ineligible because of any of
these things. especially If he
were to gain from it in
money. or from promoting a
cause or a candidacy.
I did not inquire into
literacy tests, if any.
This farce may be setting
the pattern for the future,
and something should be
done about setting up some
election laws in the District
Of Columbia right now. This
whole registration procedure
is faulty. After all. the Dis
trict of Columbia is the
Capital of the Nation and
should set the example for
all the other States. regard
less Of what Office they are
electing an oficial to I'LL.
Kathleen NJ. Ryan.
Evening star., 1960-04-15
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

where the passer-by comes
in.
He should always be ready
to lend a sympathetic ear.
and to extend a helpful
hand, at least a wave in the
right direction.
The division of our city
into sections, radiating from
the Capitol building, is per-
picking to visitors, especially
those who come from smaller
places.
1t is important for the
resident to remember that
he, himself, probably was
confused once upon a time.
Nor should he be offended
if the visitor, now and then.
plainly shows that he does
not believe a word that is
told him. This is a part of
the picture.
There are always doubters,
and diSbelievers, and no.
where will you find more Of
them than among visitors,
some of whom are still look
ing for city slickers to put one
over on them, and others are
just plain upset and per-
picked by travelling at all.
So do not be too upset,
after you have gone to great
trouble to set somebody
straight, and told him to 60
thattaway, to see him stand
stock still. in doubt, or even
to head in the other direc-
ton.
He will learn, in time, that
you told him correctly. Re-
member that some people do
not have any direction sense
at all, and that they must be
helped endleSsly.
The most sought place in
Washington?
THE FBI headquarters"
says Templeton Jones, who
declares that when he used
to take sunbaths at 11th and
Pennsylvania avenue, more
people asked him the way
to go there than to any other
place in the city.
Evening star., 1960-04-15

Throughout the world, men
are incurring great sacrifices
in the interest of personal
freedom and self determine
ton. Some of them are so
foolish as to believe that they
can achieve this high ambi-
ton on an individual basis
and without submission to
the welfare of others. How
ever, most reasoning men
concede that the powers of
government must be delegated
to organized and responsible
representatives. This end can
not be accomplished and the
achieved personal rights long
maintained unless the indi-
viduals submit to organized
political groups or parties
with defined objectives and
PHILOSOPHERS. Participation in
such a party involves COM
promise of individual prefer
ences and implies a willing
ness to support with all
possible strength the commit
ments of the party once an
agreement is had.
Today, our few political
privileges as residents and
citizens in the District of
Columbia. insofar as the Sc
lection of our governmental
representatives is concerned.
must be exercised through a
choice of either the Demo-
cratic or Republican Party.
Effective participation not
only at the conventions but
in the party activities be-
tween conventions will be lost
unless individuals who accept
the platform and pledges of
the Democratic Party use the
established party organization
to assure responsible repre-
sentation.
We do not choose the
national candidate for Presi-
dent by individual vote. Our
strength must be expressed
through delegates who will
eventually commit the entire
organized strength of the
District of Columbia at the
conventions. 1t is for this
reason, primarily, that I
commit myself to the limits
of my ability and resources
to the support Of the Demo
cratic Central Committee
organization Of the District
Evening star., 1960-04-15

Of Columbia and its slate of
delegates.
No single Democratic can
didate is assured of success.
We are not compelled, as
are the Republicans; to 60
through the gesture of ap-
proval of an administrations
chosen individual. We have
several excellent candidates.
Again, by democratic means,
the local organization has
selected Senator Wayne
Morse for its initial commit
ment for the presidential
nomination. Senator Morse
has been unfailingly coura-
geous and effective in sup
porting the interests of people
who live and work in our
community. Certainly the
choice of the organization
was limited to those who
offered themselves as candi-
dates. Other fine men, with
many supporters in the Dis
trict, have strong representa-
ton on the Central Commit
tee, but they had specifically
declined to participate in our
primary. Inevitably, a single
selection had to be made and
in supporting Senator Morse
the Democratic Central Com
mittee was well within the
area of sound discretion. The
numerous factions who chal-
lenge the regular organiza-
tion at primary time only
are more concerned with
their own racial or religious
preference or with individual
self aggrandizement than
with the Democratic Party.
I will urge every registered
Democrat I can reach to sup
port the ticket of the Central
Committee and to make sure
that confidence, instead of
chaos, determines our con-
vention representation.
william A. Roberts,
District of Columbia Demo-
cratic Central commit
tee.
=
Recently I registered to
vote in the D. c. primary and
I am utterly dismayed at the
stupidity (or cupidity) and
laxness of the whole process.
There are forms for the
registrant to I'LL out on
which he gives his name, ad-
Evening star., 1960-04-15

@. In big aerial displays Of
fireworks. how are the pieces
shot UP into the air?-U. A.
A. The display pieces are
shot up from steel tubes,
called mortars. The projec-
tile, called a shell, has a
lift charge" of black powder
in its bottom. When the fuse
is lit. the charge goes off and
shoots the main part of the
shell from 500 to 1000 feet
into the air, where it explodes.
@. How many flags had the
Confederacy?-M.. B.
A. There were four ma
tional flags of the Con-
federate States Of America:
The Stars and Bars, adopted
March 4, 1861; the Battle
Flag CBeauregard), designed
in September, 1861; a flag
with a white field. having the
battle flag as a union in the
upper right corner. adopted
May l, 1863, and the.
amended design of this third
flag, adding a red bar across
the end. which was adopted
March 4, 1865.
Evening star., 1960-04-15

Something approaching a
long-sought drug which will
selectively kill cancer cells
without injuring the patient
has just been reported to the
American Association for the
Advancement Of Science here.
It is a chemical combina-
ton of one Of the amino
acids, serine, and one of the
newer antibiotic drugs, chlo-
ramphenicol, produced by a
group Of Montreal chemists.
Drs. Irving Levi, Harold
Blondal and Ezra Lozinski.
Experiments have been with
rats and mice into whose
tissues rapidly growing can
GERS were transplanted. The
results have been so en-
couraging, according to the
report, that the compound
now is being tested with
patients with advanced cases
Of malignancy.
There is no certainty, of
course, that something which
works with lower animals will
have similar effects with
humans. It often does not.
Combination Harmless
First the Montreal chem
lists satisfied themselves that,
at least so far as mammals
were concerned, the COM
bination was harmless. Large
amounts were infused into
the blood streams of expert
mental animals with, so far
as could be determined, no
bad effects whatsoever. Then
the experimental animals
were divided into two groups.
One was treated with the
new drug. In the other the
transplanted cancers were
not started after the 18th
day, when the malignancies
had a good chance to be-
come established.
Says the report: "On the
sixth day of treatment five
out of 10 of the treated ami
mails showed complete re-
gression of their tumors and
on the 25th day seven of the
10 tumors had completely
regressed. In the remaining
three animals the tumors
continue to regresS.
"The tumors of the un-
treated control animals con-
tinued to increase in size, as
was expected. The tumors in
the treated animals became
very small and hard, and
eventually sloughed of, leav-
ing an ulcer which finally
healed.
Sections from the un-
treated animals studied at
the same time showed ac-
lively growing tumor cells
with numerous mitoses.
Evening star., 1960-04-15

The number Of persons
wandering around Washing
ton who don't seem to know
where they want to 90 and
how to get there is amazing
to the old-time Washingto-
nian.
It is difficult for him to
realize just how his city has
grown, especially in regard
to the number of foreigners,
or citizens of the world.
They blunder onto and off
buses without the slightest
idea of direction.
Fortunately for them, they
find bus drivers very helpful,
and the riding populace shy,
but helpful, too, in extremity.
Often these persons cannot
speak our language very we'll,
but somehow they manage to
make their desires known.
A few apt phrases. and
every listener realizes that
here is someone who needs
help. One puts ones self
into his shoes, as It were
and realizes how one would
feel in such a case.
So
Getting around Washing
ton, the city and suburbs, by
public transport, is a great
deal more elaborate than it
used to be.
Any old-timer can recall
when the city proper, as it
was called-there was no
city improper ended at
Florida avenue.
People could walk most
places, in the old days, just
as in q small town.
In the years around the
turn of the century, it was
nothing unusual for women
to walk from Dupont circle
to Woodies. only in those
days it was called the Boston
House.
Boys and men thought
nothing Of walking down
14th street from Columbia
Heights to F street, to watch
the pretty girls go by.
The pretty girl is not a
modern invention, as some
might think.
Even Henry James, as long
ago as 1870, wrote a short
story about "the prettiest
girl in the world" Julia Nc
Bride, by name.
= -
People who come to our
city to attend the numerous
conventions often are not
here long enough to find
their way around.
They are dependent on the
good will Of others, and are
seldom let down, in any real
sense.
Difficulties Of travelling.
even short distances, in a
strange city. are realized by
the least travelled person.
Differences in hotels. for
instance. leave many new
comers perplexed, whereas if
they we're here for a reason
able length Of time, they
would have no difficulties
this way.
There are. for visitors, a
large number Of maps of the
city, most Of which show the
various bus lines.
The transit company offers
e-affairs that even show
which corner of the street to
stand on to catch which bus
going in what direction.
There will always be difi-
culties, however, and this is
Evening star., 1960-04-15

retains his control of the Democratic
organization, despite an odorous police
scandal in the big city. Thus far, Mr..
Daley has made no public choice Of a
Democratic presidential nominee. With
his big delegation uncommitted, he could
be a valuable friend to former Illinois
Governor, Adlai E. Stevenson.
Evening star., 1960-04-15
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densdtion.
Evening star., 1960-04-15
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