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Evening star., 1960-09-08

SECOND RACE-Purse $1,000; 8
furlonss.
Greek Isle (Teague) 7.3O $50 800
Cosmic BeSs (McMullen) $50 2.i0
Prince Weeper tCave) $40
Hauteur, Lochmet, First question,
CouSni Buddy, Hot Date, Sky Mint.
Time 1.15.
Evening star., 1960-09-08

SEVENTH RACE-Purse, S1.100;
fCrlongs.
Frisky Gloria tE'nosa) $40 $50 $50
Jolly Rhymer (ROot) 800 2.40
Tryancatch Me (SaumelD $50
Commotion, Order Order Dora Doll,
Euripides. Quarterwave. Time, l:13as.
Evening star., 1960-09-08

FOURTH RACE-Purse. $1,000; 8
furlongs.
Traders Luck (Haun) 1850 l.60
Fire Moon CPindeD 3.20
Ouatre Proof, Oriental Silk, Port Of
Entry, Color Plate. Admiral Al. Time,
1:14
Evening star., 1960-09-08

SIXTH RACE-Purse. S11OO: Sla
furlonES.
Court Nv tSchaeffer) $50 400 ESQ
o. X. Solomon tCave) 1910 90
Big Nom (Espinosa) 5.2O
Bits Boy, Thanks Wire, Beste Halls,
Paralysis. Time, LOTS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-21
To Get the Jump on Crime

The regional teletype network
which police departments of the Wash
ington Metropolitan Area have proposed
would replace an outmoded communi-
cations system that at times has favored
escaping criminals. Police "lookouts"
now must follow roundabout channels
before the teletyped warnings reach the
various law enforcement agencies in
this area. The new system would give
instantaneous alerts to all police au-
thorities, so that roadblocks could be
set up and other precautionary meas
ureS taken. This is the sort of efficiency
which helps police to get the jump on
criminals.
Under the present teletype system,
crime alerts from the District to nearby
Virginia police must be sent first to
Richmond and thence retransmitted to
Arlington and Fairfax Counties and the
cities of Alexandria and Falls Church. A
Maryland lookout" goes to Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties via Balti-
more, The proposed erjurisdictional
network would provide direct warnings
simultaneously to all participating
agencies. The cost would be relatively
4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-21
Artifdct-796O

The RVX-1-5, the first interconti-
mental missile nosecone to survive re-
entry from space, was installed with
appropriate ceremonies among the relics
of the Smithsonian Institution the other
day, and we can think of no more fitting
symbol of the terrifying suddennesS and
speed with which our civilization has
broken into the age of space. The RVX-
is was fished out of the Atlantic near
the Ascension Islands just 10 months
ago, proving for the first time in history
that long-range missiles could with
stand the unbearable impact of return
trip through the atmosphere. And al
ready the RVX-1-5 is out of date. Since
April, 1859, its feat has been duplicated
often, each time with larger, more eff
cient vehicles. On October 10, the voyage
to space and back was made successfully
by the three black mice, Sally, Amy and
Moe. Soon, man will make the trip.
But even this, if man somehow can
conquer the insanity of war, is only a
beginning. 1t. Gen. B. A. Schriever put
the RVX-1-5 in its true perspective
when he said that students of the dis
tant future-amidst who knows what
wonders-will rank the RVX-1-5 along
with the arrowheads and the bronze
spear tips of the past as "artifacts of
our primitive civilization" =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-21
Next-the Players

President Pete Quesada of the new
Washington baseball club is fortunate
in obtaining pair of recognized pro-
fessionals to pick and run the team
that will take over the name and role
of the Senators here Both Ed Doherty,
who is the general manager, and Mickey
Vernon, the field manager, are thor
oughly familiar with the game and its
Mayors. And this familiarity should be
Cf great value in selecting the players
(which the other American League teams
will make available to the new club.
General Manager Doherty, through
Ills presidency of the American Asso-
citation, is especially we'll fitted to the
task of building team from upcoming
material, with a seasoning, of course,
Ct veteran players from the big circuit.
And Mickey Vernon, always popular
with local fans through his fine per-
Torrance as former firSt-sacker with
the old Griffs, has the know-how and
energy that should make for compe-
tence in field tactics and strategy. The
two managers can be expected to give
Washington the best team possible
under the handicaps which they ad
mittedly face.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-21

sign language is a second
language for those deaf who
are able to acquire proficient
use of speech and lip reading.
For those not so fortunate, it
is the only means whereby
they may learn to communi-
cate with each other.
I have just visited Gallau-
Diet College and have been
amazed at the scientific and
humanitarian program being
developed in behalf of the
deaf. Their speech and hear
ing center, their student per-
sonnet program, their coun-
selling program coupled with
their fully accredited DIVERSE
fed program of higher edu-
cation is a godsend and
inspiration to the deaf of this
country. Instead of being
criticized they are to be COM
mended for pushing forward
the boundaries of available
knowledge. President Leon
ard Elstad, Dean George E.
Detmold. and Prof. Stokoe
and their colleagues deserve
an accolade for putting
Gallaudet College on a par
with other institutions of
higher education for the
hearing in this country.
Donald G. Paterson,
Emeritus Professor of
Psychology, University
of Minnesota.
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-21
Parental Responsibility

For sheer senSeleSs destruction.
there have been few incidents in WASH
ington to equal the 10-block rampage of
vandalism the other night in which
more than 100 Southeast juveniles de-
liberately and maliciously smashed
automobiles and stoned windows. No
one has found reason for the violence.
1t was stimulated apparently by moth
Ing more than an utterly fragrant
disregard for the property rights of
others. And the fact that these juve-
niles, just few minutes before, had
attended the opening of new recrea-
ton center at the Sousa School must
have been a bitter disbursement to
the recreation officials who have worked
so hard to curb juvenile delinquency
through the provision of such facilities.
One of the most disturbing aspects
of the whole business, however, is the
helpleSsness of police to act against such
outrageS. In this instance, there was
not sufficient eyewitness evidence to
place charges against specific offenders,
and police had to be content with de-
livering stern lecture to the parents of
Is juveniles who were picked up during
the melee. This was step in the right
direction, for participation in mob van
dalism certainly reflects lack of pa
rental supervision. But more than a
lecture is needed The time has come,
in our judgment, to enact some sort of
parental responsibility law, under which
the parents of juveniles caught in acts
of vandalism can be held legally re-
Sponsible for the damages.
Inspector Winters of the Youth Aid
Division has pleaded for such legislation
several times in the past. Similar laws
exist in Jurisdictions throughout the
country and, according to Inspector
Winters, have proved helpful in de-
terring vandalism. His proposal is a
provision which would empower judges
to take action against parents in cases
where the court determines that their
neglect or responsibility has contrib
uted to the delinquency. Such an
authority, of course, would have to be
used with discretion. Inspector Win
tiers believes, however, and we agree,
that the simple existence of the law
would be a sufficient threat to stimulate
parents to clamp down with a firmer
hand at home. The diSgraceful South
east episode is ample evidence of pa
rental laxity, and, before the memory
of it passes, we suggest. that the Com
missioners confer with Inspector Win
tiers and other authorities toward the
end of drafting such law
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-21
The TotoIitoriun Way

DR.. Emilio Menendez, the president
of the Cuban Supreme Court, has taken
political asylum in the Argentine EN-
bassy in Havana, declaring that he no
longer could abide the "totalitarian
procedures" Of the Castro regime.
That phrase, "totalitarian proce-
dures," embraces in just two words the
reason for an exodus from Cuba that is
growing day by day to proportions that
are causing concern in our own country.
According to the New York Times, more
than 1000 Cuban refugees a week are
arriving in Miami, where jobs, housing
and funds to care for them are virtually
exhausted In addition to the 10000
CubanS who have become American
citizens, there are today an estimated
10000 Cuban aliens in Florida, whose
plight the Federal Government has
properly begun to investigate. Among
these refugees are countless professional
men and technicians, who have been
fleeing Cuba in such numbers that Fidel
Castro recently imposed travel restric-
tions on groups which are vital to the
Cuban economy.
Whether all this means that only Is
to 80 per cent of the Cuban people now
actively support the Cuban dictator, as
one anti-Castro leader asserts, we have
no way of knowing. What the fight
clearly indicates, however, is that the
"totalitarian procedures" which drove
DR.. Menendez into exile must be striking
the Cuban people as whole with ever
increasing impact.
And it indicates one other thing:
That once dictator like Castro is en-
trenched, the freedom of the people to
oppose him is lost. We hope it has not
reached that point in Cuba yet, but
there comes a time in totalitarian
countries-as in Hungary in 1956-when
there is nothing left except to flee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-21

@. Are the imported fire
ant and the Argentine ant
the same, or related vari-
eties?-B. l..
A. They are quite different
species. The little dark brown
Argentine ants infest dwell
ings and stores. eating al
most anything they can find.
They do not have a real bite,
but can cause pain with their
mandibleS. The imported fire
ants, up to one-fourth inch
long and reddish to blackish-
red in color, damage young
vegetable plants and often
attack young animals and
poultry. They bite; then their
stingers inject a fluid to
which some people are highly
allergic and which is known
to have caused at least one
death. These ants live in COL
onies in huge, hard-crusted
mounds. Both these pests
came into this country from
South America as stoWaways
on cargo ships. and rapidly
infested our Southern and
Southeastern regions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-21
LETTERS TO THE STAR

dents and they are therefore
obliged to compete with
buses and private cars Both
in the morning and in the
afternoon. At the school en-
trance, Old Georgetown road
is posted at IS miles per hour
and there is no stop light to
give the students some pro-
lection when they cross the
road to enter the school.
Next, as you leave the school
property by auto you cannot
see the oncoming traffic ade-
quately. Finally, finding the
entrance to WI at night is
quite a task. Notice this fact
when you come to the next
PTA meeting. So far the
PTA has been unsuccessful in
its efforts to get action"
r. E. StiverS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-21
Students ImperiIed

If one Of your photogra-
pliers is on the spot, he
will someday soon be able to
obtain a picture Of a needless
death of one or more teen
ayers. And, as our society will
have it, death and photo
graph will combine to stir a
school board and County
Commissioners from their
negligent attitude.
I call your attention to an
all-too-true article appearing
in a newsletter published by
the Parent-Teachers Associa-
ton of the Walter johnson
High School in Montgomery
County,
Living on Borrowed Time.
In connection with the
physical well-being of W.
students, it seems quite per-
tinent to call to the attention
of all parents the dangerous
entrance into the school
property. There is no side
walk provided for the stu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-21
An Excellent Start

1t is most gratifying, and highly ap-
propriate, that w. John Kenney, chair
man of the District Democratic Central
Committee, and Carl L. Shipley, head of
the Republican State Committee, have
assumed leading roles in the campaign
to secure early ratification of the con-
stitutional amendment that will grant
WaShingtonians the right to vote for
President and Vice President.
The legislatures of Al States will
meet in 1861, and ratification by SO of
them Massachusetts and Hawaii al
ready have ratifled) is required to make
the amendment effective. Prospects that
this goal will be reached next year are
excellent, but only if the people and the
legislators of the States are made to
understand the senseleSS inequity of ma
tional disfranchisement in Washington
and the precise manner in which it
would be corrected by the simple, nom
controversial amendment.
Mr.. Shipley and Mr.. Kenney, as
Commissioner Sullivan pointed out in
soliciting their aid, can be particularly
influential in dealing with political lead
erS in the various States, and in assuring
them Of the non-partisan nature of the
amendment In addition, the Joint Citi-
zens' Committee on National Represen-
tation, which is Spearheading the drive,
is preparing explanatory material, COW
ering every aspect of the subject, for
distribution throughout the country
For assistance in this effort, the COM
mittee is relying heavily on labor organi-
cations and on such groups as the Junior
Chamber of Commerce and the league
of Women Voters Since this is COM
munity endeavor, the committe. also
is launching a $4,000 Embarrassing
drive-which deserves the support of
all WaShingtonians-t cover the nee
essary expenses.
Because most of the State legisla-
lures will convene early in 1861, the need
for speed is essential. But an excellent
start has been made If it is pursued
with vigor, there is no reason that the
way should not be cleared for District of
Columbia residents to cast votes for
President and Vice President in the
national elections of 1864.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-21
Alexandra 'SIums'

Inc Evening Star has the
warm thanks of a great many
Alexandrians for the fair and
complete coverage given the
slum- housing situation in our
city. Unless the facts are
honestly set forth by the
press, public interest in this
distasteful subject will not
be aroused.
In the face Of these con-
ditions a group of citizens
has formed a Committee to
Rid Alexandria of Stun
Housing (CRASH. This
group has investigated the
slum and blight conditions
in our city and is convinced
that efficient enforcement of
the housing and hygiene
codes would go far to clean
up the situation which has
developed. We have as our
detectives: (a) spotlighting
areas which need immediate
attention, Cd making sure
that official action is taken
at once, and Co seeing that
a sense of urgency is not lost.
The citizens of Alexandria
deserve proper action on the
part of their officials, both
elected and appointe d.
CRASH has reason to believe
that the recent loss of conf
dence in these officials by
many is more than justified.
We want to emphasize that
we are private citizens who
are carrying on this effort
mostly in our spare time and
out of our own pockets. We
welcome assistance of any
kind from those who want to
join the fight to make Alex
andria a better place in which
to live. The CRASH Post Of
flee Box number is COL, Alex
andria, Virginia.
Edward J. Gulewicz,
Hugh E. Witt,
Co-Chairmen, Committee to
Rid Alexandria of Stun
Housing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-21
Fovors Poll Tax

This is in reply to a letter
from Eleanor E. Patterson.
complaining about Virginia's
capitation tax.
Having voted in five States
and lived in many more, l
am proud to be able to vote
for such a small fee and feel
a poll tax is a very good thing
to have. In living in many
small and large cities, I have
seen in all of them an ele-
ment of residents who own
nothing, only work when
compelled to, and do not try
to better their condition. If
they had a free vote, they
would sell it to the highest
bidder.
r.. F. Ogden,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-21
VISTAS IN SCIENCE.
Animal Mechonisms MAY Aid Man

Birds and beasts - the
queerest sorts of them-have
become major factors in Air
Force research.
In their brains and in
stincts, in some respects far
surprising anything human,
are probably hidden many Sc
crets essential for conquest
OF the skies. This is stressed
by Brig. Gen. B. G. Holtz-
man, chief of the research
division of Air Research and
Development Command, in a
report to the American AS
ISOLATION for the Advance
ment of Science.
Our interests" he says,
extend to blind fish, waltz
ing mice, deaf cats, praying
mantiS, fighting fish, nevis,
spiders and toadS."
Gen. Hoffman cites some
of the potentialities in solv-
ing the animal mechanisms.
Fish Have 'Radar'
Many fish," he says, have
electro-receptors which they
use to detect obstacles. These
fishes emit pulses of low volt
age with frequencies charac-
teristic of each species.
These frequencies may range
from so to 1900 cycles per
second. The alienation of
the pattern of the electric
field as a result of objects or
other fish in the surrounding
water can be detected. So
sensitive is this response that
the fish will respond to the
movement of the electrostatic
charge produced by waving
a comb which has been run
through somebody's hair in
front of an aquarium. 1t has
been calculated that they are
sensitive to a change in the
field Of the water around
them of .003 of a millivolt
per millimeter. a Enthusiastically
minute alienation.
THE rattlesnake is
equipped with exquisitely SEN
sitive temperature receptors.
These receptors will respond
to an increase or decrease of
100-billionth of a calorie in
a tenth of a second. When
two balls of equal size differ
ing so infinitely in tempera-
ture are presented to the
snake 1t Will invariably and
unhesitatingly strike at the
warmer.
Certai n insects have
highly developed smell re-
ceptors. The antennae of
male silk moths are highly
sensitive to the odorous ma
terial produced by females of
the same species, which they
detect at great distances.
Hairs of various flies are
amazingly sensitive to certain
chemicals, such as acid. salt
or alcohol. Spiders and some
insects have receptors by
which they can detect mi
mute vibrations for localiza-
ton of prey or enemy. The
lobster has a beautifully de-
signed equilibrium sense Or
gan which is sensitive to
movement in various direc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-21
ALGIERS.

ALGIERS.
OF all the audiences French
President de Gaulle has ad-
dressed in the last few days
including the French people,
the leaders of the Algerian
rebellion and world opinion
at large-there is only one
audience whose reaction is
q supreme Importance. Once
again France faces a crisis in
which the survival of the
government and the fate Of
the nation itself lies in the
hands of the French army.
In a democracy this is a
situation which no one cares
to admit openly.
In outlining his new pro-
posals for Algeria. Gen. de
Gaulle made only a brief
reference to the magnificent
effort at pacification" that
the army has been carrying
on in Algeria for more than
six years. Yet the fact is that
every sentence he uttered has
been carefully weighed for its
effect in terms of probable
military reaction. And the
personal selling job which
Gen. de Gaulle will undertake
in the coming weeks is like
ly to be largely designed for
military consumption.
The reason. for all this is
only too brutally obvious to
anyone here. Within the next
few weeks the probability of a
new uprising of the European
community in Algeria against
the Paris government is very
great. The attitude of the
army largely will determine
whether or not the signal is
given to start the revolt. And
at this point nothing is more
uncertain than what the real
attitude Of the army is.
Officers Defy Chief
The people of Algiers who
would be solidly behind any
move to overthrow Gen. de
Gaulle by force have few
doubts about the matter. To
a highly dangerous degree
they seem convinced that in
a showdown the army would
be on their side.
Events in France since the
announcement of Gen. de
Gaulle's new Algerian pro-
gram have strengthened this
belief. Open defiance of Gen.
de Gaulle by such top-rank-
ing officers as Marshal Al
phonse JUN, Gen. Raoul Sa-
Ian and Gen. Augustin Gull
laume has convinced many
that the army as a whole is
ready for an open break over
Gen. de Gaulle's Algerian pol
icy.
Above all, the decision of
the Paris military tribunal
last week to release Pierre
Lagaillarde from prison was
received here as joyful con-
firmation of the army's SYM
pathy to the cause of French
Algeria. To be sure the lead
er of last January's abortive
uprising is still on trial and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-21

tions. The antennae of flies
contain receptors sensitive to
a wide range of frequencies.
This sensitivity permits
analysis of each wing beat
with a delay of only a thou
sandth of a second. The
speed of flight is controlled
by this sense organ. The
flies long ago modified their
back pair of wings into a vi
brating gyroscope which we
are trying to initiate.
Mantis Acts Fast
1.-The praying mantis inte-
CRATES all the information it
receives on the position of a
fly, strikes and captures its
prey within a 50-thousandth
of a second. Bees use polarized
light in returning to a source
of nectar or to the hive. The
visual accomplishments Of
certain birds are legendary.
In the owl the shape of the
head is related to a highly
developed sound locating
system which enables the
animal to pick up its prey
in the dark.
Some animals have re-
ceptors and sense organs
which have been described
anatomically but whose
function still is unknown.
Other animals are able to
perform amazing feats-no-
tably the long migratory
trek of birds-by mecha-
nisms which are completely
unknown to U.s."
1t is highly essential, Gen.
Holtzmann stresses, that these
animal secrets-by which in
certain respects the crea-
lures far surpass man-be
tracked down.