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Evening star., 1960-08-20
Quiet, Please!

Disclosure that the aviation indus
try has spent $50 million during the
past five years in efforts to solve the
increasingly serious problem of airline
noise gives measure of hope to those
whose ears and nerves have been blasted
by the din Of passing planes Sufferers
from the racket in the skies should not
allow their hopes to soar too high, how
ever, for no immediate relief can be
promised by those studying the problem.
The industry's program of noise re-
search and suppression was outlined by
Sir William P. Hildred, director general
OF the International Air Transport AS
Sociation, at his headquarters in Mon
treal He said the noise problem would
be major issue at the meeting next
month in Denmark of the international
group. Meanwhile, according to Sir
William an enormous" amount of work
has been done on both sides of the
Atlantic in trying to silence the big
aircraft especially those with jet en-
gines. Waxing philosophical, Sir William
added that people should understand
that certain amount of power in any
thing makes a noise-and noise is an
essential accompaniment of modern
life"
Maybe so. But we fervently hope
that the aviation people nevertheless
will continue to seek effective means of
making airplanes quieter. Residents of
some sections of the Washington area
are finding it difficult enough to be
philosophical about the roar of conven-
tional planes taking off or landing at
the National Airport. They will be even
less philosophical when the big jet air.
liners start using the new airport at
Chantilly
Federal Aviation Administrator
QueSada is no less concerned over the
noise problem than haraSsed residents
near airports. He has stated that the
FAA is concentrating right now on the
problem, which involves not only engi-
neering research on engines and planes
but the arrangement of take-off and
landing patterns so as to cause the least
disturbance to persons on the ground
Some progress has been made in the
latter direction here, although pilots do
not always follow the routes laid out
Here is an enforcement problem with
which the FAA should deal.
Mr.. Quesada wisely has taken steps
to cope with the jet noise "fall-out"
when the Dulles International Airport
opens next year. Large buffer zones,
each as large as the National Airport,
have been established at the ends of
each runway. Land that otherwise might
have been used for residential purposes
and thus become source of complaints
has been taken into these zones. But
the "breakthrough" that some day may
silence the Jets and bring peace of mind
and body to those of us who are earth
bound is not yet in sight. Whatever the
cost, we hope the aviation industry and
the Government with press ever onward
In their search for solution.
Evening star., 1960-08-20
On Clock Wotchinq

AS preScient as he was about many
things, 1t is unlikely that William Shake
speare had in mind a summertime, post
convention, election-year session of the
Senate when he wrote that "the clock
upbraidS me with waste of time" 1t
is even possible, just possible, that it
will prove to be not completely a waste
OF time. 1t has already, in fact, in only
bit less than two weeks brought to
light some hitherto undisplayed quail
ties Of puckish humor, some subtleties
OF wit, that are endearing above and
beyond the boundaries of partisanship.
1t is, for example, difficult If not
impossible to criticize a Senator (the
Democratic Mr.. Young Of Ohio) for
holding stop-Watch on a Vice President
(the Republican Mr.. NiXon) with refer
ence to the latter's presence or non-
presence in the chair of the presiding
officer. Indeed, as statistics go, it is
fascinating to learn that Mr. Nixon was
presiding for two hours, 55 minutes and
40 seconds while the Senate was in
business (?) for 81 hours and 80 minutes
And we are further indebted to Mr.
Young for the calculation that the Nixon
tenure amounted to 81 per cent of the
Senate time.
Still, had it not been for the unusual
enterprise Of the Senator from Ohio the
Congressional Record would not have
been frightened by the amiably pleasant
explanation of Republican Senator
Heating of New York that Mr.. Nixon is
neither a ''Sit-in Vice President" nor a
'leatherbound Vice President" "a pair
of possibilities that probably had not
occurred to anybody since Alexander
Throttlebottom" last ran for Office.
Senator Scott of Pennsylvania, also Re
publican, displayed something of light
touch, too, when he reminded his friends
across the aisle" that being Vice PreSi-
dent is not the same as flagpole sitting.
And Senator Humphrey of Minnesota,
who happens to be Democratic, slyly
crossed up everybody by suggesting that
Mr.. Nixon should not be criticized for
being around so little time-but rather
for being around too long.
Well, so 1t goes in the worlds great
est deliberative body-in August. If to
lose sense of humor means to lose all,
then all is not yet lost. For this, thanks
are given.
Evening star., 1960-08-20
The Soviet WAY

Has Marks dream sue
ceeded or failed? According
to his theory. everybody is
equal. but in modern Russia,
almost everybody is equal;
that is to say, everybody is a
slave under the government,
which is not controlled by
the majority of the people,
but by the bloodiest and most
fearsome group of murderers
that ever lived. Those who
think that the old American
gangsterS were bad, should
read about the Butcher Of
the Ukraine" CKhrushchev) .
Instead Of making every
body equal, the Communists
have changed the balance of
power from the rich and sell
fish to the bully boys and
killers.
However, the Communists
say that time will change
everything. Would a "gener-
Gus and trusting" man like
Khrushchev give up his posi-
tion so that everybody in his
country could be happy and
free? You bet he wouldn't.
Yankee,
Evening star., 1960-08-20
Could Happen

l think that the FBI should
keep investigating real threats
made by cranks that they are
planning to blow up air.
planes, and 1 suppose that
the FB1 is justified in detain-
ing people (are they always
salesmanO who insist that
they were only joking when
they asked, Where should 1
put the bomb?" But really,
I think the airlines are get
ting too sensitive. Just the
other day I was standing at
an airline counter at the
National Airport when a little
old man came up and said,
I'D like to confirm a reSer-
vation. My name is Rosen-
baum" The girl behind the
counter said. "RoSen what?"
No sooner did he say, Baum"
than two guys grabbed him
and frog walked him out
of the terminal. seemingly
obliviouS of his repeated
"What'd I say? What'd I say?'
A. J. S.
Evening star., 1960-08-20
Lady in Distress

1t seems that person can
not go out the front door
without having a dog stand
ing by ready to challenge her.
Not only is this true in resi-
dental areas. but also in
business sections. 1t is time
our lawmakers provided a
remedy.
I am a 41-year-old blind
woman. I own a leader dog
through whose eyes I am able
to travel about in an attempt
to live as normal a life as
possible. Where I now live
Gin Chevy Chase I cannot
even take my dog for his rou-
tine outings without being
approached by another dog
and even packs of dogs. We
have on occasion been at
tackled and I have literally
been dragged (as you noted
recently in a news Story).
l am in process of getting
a crusade going to enforce a
strong leash law for dogs. The
dog ordinance now says ION
leash or under control. I
asked Montgomery County to
define the word control"
but received no reply. Why?
Simply because no one can
strongly control a dog when
it is unleashed.
I trust that congressman
and all lawmakers will read
this or have it called to their
attention. and will give it
serious consideration.
Jean Madden
Evening star., 1960-08-20

ed, yet require little space.
Two of the carriers require
less shipping space than one
jeep."
The Army rifle is in the
process of revolutionary
changes. The infantry SOL
dier's weapon of another war
will not even look like the
standard MIA of today, to
say nothing of the reliable
Springfield.
This was reported to an
Army-industry conference
here by Brig. Gen. Chester
w. Clark. chief of the re-
search division of the Army
Ordnance Department which
is chiefly concerned with de-
veloping new weapons.
Foot Soldier Still Needed
The ultimate replacement
for the Mia" Gen. Clark
said, isn't going to look any,
thing like a conventional rifle,
but we expect it to have many
times the lethal effectiveness.
We don't know what it will be
yet but we have lots of ideas
We are working on"
Despite developments of air
and missile power and pre-
dlctions that the day of close
individual fighting is near it's
end said Gen. Clark, I'VE are
going to need guns on the
battlefield for a long time.
We haven't yet gotten to the
point where we can afford to
use a complex guided missile
to knock off an individual
soldier or even a truck. There
have been major improve
mentS in SteelS in recent
years and we are taking full
advantage of them to develop
lighter and stronger guns
which will provide greater
battlefield effectiveness"
New infantry weapons
soon to be in the hands of
troops, according to Lieut..
Gen. Arthur G. Trudeau,
chief of the Army's research
division will far out-perform
anything now issued, but are
far from the perfection now
in prospect"
Both leaders stressed that
in any other war in the near
future many of the present
futuristic pictures probably
will not apply. Battlefields
will not be greatly different
from those of the past. The
objectiveS of probable COM
batants will be to keep hos
tilities within bounds in re-
latively small areas, rather
than risk the terrors of a
general nuclear war.
Evening star., 1960-08-20

Government fixing of
non-Government wages is
socialistic, unconstitutional.
demagogic. uneconomic and
inf1ationary.
All these things are un-
American and evil.
1t has been said that if one
is not a little bit socialistic
in his teens, he has no heart;
but if, after forty, he is still
socialistic he has no brains.
The French had two words
to fit Karl MarX-"idiot saw
ant"
Morons believe that high
wages produce prosperity.
They do not; it is prosper
ity that produces high wages,
and must come first.
Prosperity cannot be pro-
duced by governmental fiat.
If it could be, then there
would never be anything but
high prosperity.
Even the $1-an-hour law
has done much harm. In
New York it caused the dis
charge of teen" boys by
telegraph companies and
their replacement by old
men. Idleness in the young
produces juvenile delin-
quency.
The basic idiocy of such a
law is that it assumes that
no person can in one hour
produce less than ST. or $1.25
OF value. If a young person
produces only so cents of
value that is all the employer
can pay him and stay in
business.
No country ever grew great
saddled by such a law.
Hudson De Priest.
Evening star., 1960-08-20
Homeowners' Riqhts

On August IL, your paper
carried a report of a home
owner. j. F. Gardner, of Lam
ham, who halted a county
crew cutting a drainage ditch
through his property. The
article quotes John H. Mar
burger. jr.. director of the
Prince Georges Public Works
Department, as saying an
underground drainage pipe
could not be installed be-
cause that would be improv-
ing private property at tax
payers expense.
Mr.. Marburger apparently
does not consider digging a
drainage ditch on private
property as confiscating pri-
vate property for public use
without due process of law
or adequate compensation,
which confiscation is strictly
prohibited in the Fourth and
Fifth Amendments to the
Constitution.
This is all part Of Prince
Georges County's policy of
natural drainage" 1t means
that wherever run-off water
flowed when the Indians
owned the county, it should
flow now. The fallacy of
this theory is that drainage
is not now natural" In
natural drainage" only a
portion Of rain water runs
of on the surface; the rest
Of it soakS into the under
ground water table. Paved
roads, macadamized school
and play grounds, row after
row of houses have made it
into very artificial drainage,
indeed, for which no citizen
should be made responsible
simply because he owns prop
erty at a lower level than
his neighbors.
This problem has been
present in older subdivisions
for some time, and two
years ago when I suffered
considerable property damage
because of it, I wanted to
take the issue up to the Su-
preme Court. if necessary,
to test the constitutionality
of county policy, but I
haven't the money for that
kind of thing. I believe the
Supreme Court would grant
certiorari because it is a con-
stitutional issue. I hope Mr..
Gardner can afford to take
1t up. and after l have paid
my real estate taxes. I shall
have a little money I should
be happy to give to the ex-
pense of such a test case.
I should think others in the
county would be willing to
contribute, too, since it is
getting so anyone in Prince
Georges who does not live on
top of a ridge is in danger
of being flooded.
I do not question the sim
cerity of Mr.. Marburger and
his department in the form
ulation of this policy, but I
am convinced they are dead
wrong, and 1 believe the SUI
preme Court would agree
with me if the issue were
presented to it.
Janet NJ. James.
Evening star., 1960-08-20
Anti-Sociofist

The United States miracu-
lously survived two dema-
gogues in the past 20 years,
Roosevelt and Truman. Now
we are being blitzed by two
more, Johnson and Kennedy,
shedding crocodile tears over
the old people. If these two
bit Caesars are really sincere,
let them prove it by spending
some of their own millions
instead of destroying our
country's health and growth
by their socialistic ideas. I
have lived over three score
and ten years and all want
for the rest of my life is a
solvent and free America,
with liberty and justice for
everybody.
Pearl w. Norman
Evening star., 1960-08-20
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Mechanical Mule Arny's Newest
By THOMAS R. HENRY

Two lightweight vehicles
Incorporating radically new
designs have been developed
for the Army.
These are the MS74 weap-
ons carrier, commonly called
the mechanical mule" and
the XM443E1 cargo-person-
mel carrier. They are liter
ally, according to an Army
Ordnance Corps description,
huge platforms or table tops
on wheels. Both vehicles
were developed in cooper
alton with the Ordnance
Corps engineers. by WHY'S
Motors, designers and manu-
facturers of the jeep.
The mechanical mule is
termed the first tactical mill
tary vehicle that can carry
more than its own weight.
1t is made largely of magne-
SUM and aluminium and
weighs only 900 pounds. 1t
can transport a 1,000-pound
load, plus the driver, over
rough terrain. 1t was de-
signed as an off-the-road
vehicle to take the load off
the foot soldiers back.
Versatile Vehicle
The half-ton weapons car
rier can climb so degree
grades. ford streams up to
l8 inches deep. and turn in a
ten-foot radius equal to it's
length. Speeds range from
one to 25 miles an hour, with
power furnished by a four
cylinder. air-cooled engine.
The mechanical mule has a
short wheelbase of 81 inches,
an overall length of 100
inches and a platform height
of only 27l2 inches. The
cargo carrier is sometimes
described as the big brother
of the mule. The prototype
is made largely of aluminium
and has a load capacity
greater than three-fourths of
a ton. 1t has six seats, four
of which fold flush into the
platform to convert the We
hicle speedily from a per-
sonnel carrier into a truck
with more than so square
feet of cargo space. 1t weighs
considerably less than the
jeep but can carry a con-
siderably heavier load.
This vehicle. the report
says. was designed both for
roads and crosS-country and
can travel up to IS miles an
hour. Both platform vehicles
are ideal for modern mill
tary forces of the air age.
They are light enough to be
carried by air wherever need
Evening star., 1960-08-20
THE POLITICAL MILL
Two Big Factors for the Elections
By GOULD LINCOLN

HYANNIS, Mass. - Two
big questions confront the
Democrats land the Repub-
licanS) in this warming-up
period before the national
political campaign swings
into action after Labor Day.
First, will the Democratic
factions accept necessary
compromises and unite in
support of Senators Kennedy
and johnson? Second, will
the present post-convention
session of Congress, by its
accomplishments or lack of
accomplishments, make po-
litical hay for the Demo-
cratic Party or the Repub-
lican?
The first big compromise
by the Democrats was the
nomination of Senator Lyn-
don johnson of Texas, ma
jority leader of the Senate,
for Vice President on the
Kennedy ticket. 1t was de-
Scribed in some quarters as
cynical, almost to the degree
of the compromise which in
1924 placed John w. Davis.
West Virginia born New
York lawyer, at the head of
the Democratic national
ticket and Gov. Charles
Bryan of Nebraska in second
place. 1t was, some of the
liberal Democrats said, an
affront to that faction of the
party which has demanded a
more liberal party leadership
in Congress. 1t also was a
crack in the face for other
Democratic leaders who had
hoped to have the vice -preSi-
dental nomination.
Senator Kennedy's selec-
ton Of Senator johnson as
his running mate was in
tended to do three things:
To make it possible to carry
the Solid South, to serve as
sop to the more conserva-
tive Democrats of the North
and West, and to give a
flavor of experience and age
to the Democrats ticket.
Question of Split
How far the inclusion Of
Senator johnson on the tick
ct will solidify the DEM
ocrats of the South remains
a serious question. In Texas
there are signs Of revolt. 1t
is reported that 26 news
papers there, including the
Dallas News, the largest,
have come out for Vice Pres
ident Nixon and against
Senator Kennedy. Also, there
are reports that the Lone
Star State will be a real
battle-ground. If this be true
in Senator Johnson's home
territory, what is likely to
happen in other Southern
States?
Furthermore. it is not yet
clear that Senator Kennedy
and his hackers have been
able to patch up serious fac
tional differences in such i'm
portant areas as New York.
California and Michigan. 1t is
true that major figures in the
Democratic Party - former
President Harry S. Truman.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and
Adlai Stevenson - have
agreed to support the Massa-
chuSetts Senator, indicating
the Democrats immense de-
sire to regain control of the
White House. Like Senator
johnson, when he accepted
the vice-presidential nomina-
ton, Mr.. Truman and Mrs.
Roosevelt have retreated
from original positions an
tagonistic to the Kennedy
Evening star., 1960-08-20
A Strange Business

The description of Russia as riddle
wrapped in an enigma fits the case of
Francis Gary Powers, closed now with a
relatively light sentence for the defend
ant. Unless Nikita Khrushchev inter-
veneS, the young pilot from Pound, Va,
will serve three years in prison and pos
sibly seven more in some kind of work
camp. Considering the nature of Powers
offenSe and the fact that he could have
been executed for it, this cannot accu-
rately be called severe penalty.
Any attempt to gauge the meaning
of this strange case must begin with Mr..
KhruShchev's first public statement
after Powers high-hying U-2 plane had
been shot down or otherwise brought
down on May deep in Soviet territory.
Mr.. KhruShchev knew, of course, that
planes of this type had been flying over
his country for some time on espionage
missions, but the public disclosure Of
this fact, made necessary by the Powers
incident, must have come as shock to
the Russian people. Nevertheless, Mr..
KhruShchev, apparently trying to avoid
the break which was to come later,
stated he felt certain that President
Eisenhower did not know of the Powers
flight and was not responsible for it. A
little later, however, Mr.. Eisenhower
publicly assumed responsibility not only
for Powers flight but for those that had
gone before. This put Mr. Khrushchev
In tight spot, and he quickly reversed
his field, wrecking the summit confer
ence and withdrawing the invitation
to Mr.. Eisenhower to visit Russia. Since
that time all the propaganda stops have
been pulled out in a virulent hate
America campaign.
. This same pattern held true during
the trial. The prosecutor denounced
Powers, but his major rhetorical efforts
were reserved for the United States
Government and this country's foreign
policy That this should have been so
is less than surprising. The motivation,
however, remains obscure. The Krem-
: lin may have sought some benefit from
the prosecutions denunciation of the
United States, but this, after all, was
more of the same old propaganda. Its
effect on world opinion will be negli-
gible. Another possibility is that the
attack really was aimed at our use of
overseas bases, view which gains some
support from post-trial Moscow
broadcast to the effect that the Powers
case establishes RuSsia's moral and
juridical" right to render harmless "the
bases from which such planes operate"
In any event. the case of the Soviet
Union VS.. Francis Powers has ended. The
testimony at the trial, the pilots plea
for leniency and statements made by
him when reunited with his family in
dicate that Powers co-operated fully
with the Russians after his capture.
Perhaps he did more in this respect
than he should have done. But those
of us who were not in Powers position
are hardly competent to pass judgment.
He says his guards were very kind"
but we cannot know what pressures may
have been brought to bear upon him.
We do not know why he failed to de-
stroy his plane. Nor can we really know
what instructions may have been given
him by his superiors in event he should
be taken alive. Perhaps, in time, all of
the strange aspects of the case will be
cleared up. But they are far from clear
now.
Evening star., 1960-08-20

candidacy. They have seemed
to swallow their words of
criticism-largely built on
his youth and comparative
inexperience. Senator john
son, right up to the night of
the nomination, was harsh in
his discussion of Senator
Kennedy's qualifications.
Mrs. Roosevelt Changes
Mrs. Roosevelt has changed
her tune. At first, she not
only wanted a third nomina-
ton of Adlai Stevenson, but
she did not want the nomi-
nation of Senator Kennedy.
She realizes there is to be a
real fight for the electoral
votes of New York. She is
doing her best to unite the
Democrats in support of the
ticket. The reform group, of
which she and former Sena-
tor Herbert Lehman are the
heads, still is violently op-
posed to the regular Demo-
cratic organization, as repre-
sented by National Commit
teeman Carmine G. De Sapio
and State Chairman Prem
dergast. Also, the reform
group has attacked the refu-
sal of Senators Kennedy and
Johnson to go ahead with
new civil rights legislation at
the present session of Con-
greSS. Mrs. Roosevelt, how
ever, has taken the other
slant. She has taken the view
that any civil rights legisla-
ton would lead to a Senate
f1libuster and so prevent ac-
ton on other legislation de-
sired by the Democrats.
That argument is hoarv
with age. 1t was used during
the Roosevelt and Truman
administrations. The Repub-
licanS are pointing out that
only under President Eisen-
hover has it been possible to
obtain new civil rights laws,
although in the Roosevelt
and Truman administrations
the Democrats controlled
both houses of Congress-as
they do today.
President Eisenhower put
the Democrats on the defen-
sive with his message urging
a 21-point program Of legis-
lation, including civil rights.
In view Of the promises in
the new Democratic national
platform, the Democrats will
remain on the defensive 50
far as this issue is concerned.
The Congress has been in
session two weeks: 1t expects
to conclude by Labor Day.
Senator Kennedy is most
anxious to get to campaign
ing. How much can be done
in the next two weeks is any,
body's guess. The plan to in
crease the minimum wage to
S1.25 an hour. medical care
OF the aged and education
are among the major meas
ures the Democrats are press
ing for. If they get what
they want. they will claim
victory and votes.
In the meantime, the first
poll of public opinion since
the conventions gives Mr..
Nixon a so to A per cent
lead over Senator Kennedy,
with six per cent undecided
II it means anything-and
the Democrats will claim It
does not-the poll shows that
the public likes the Repub-
lican ticket better than the
Democratic and also liked the
manner in which the COP,
national convention was con-
Quoted.