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Evening star., 1960-05-09

dormitory" some Of her dele
cation have set up in the
Sheraton-Park. They have
two bedrooms and two sun
parlors attached and nave
squeezed three beds in each
room, making a total Of II.
Sounds like a college dorm,
all right.
Among the aggregate Of
women Democrats were such
leaders of big State delega-
tions of Mrs. Beatrice Rosen-
thai of Connecticut, Mrs.
Emma Guffey Miller of Penn
sylvania, Mrs. Villa Mae
Roberts of Missouri and Mrs.
Helen Gunsett of Ohio. which.
also sent Mrs. Mike Di Sale,
wife of the Governor. Mich
igan Gov. Mennen Williams
wife was there too.
Utah sent a large number
of its delegates all the way
to Washington by bus. So did
Connecticut, said Mrs. Helen
Bowman Of West Hartford,
who was one of the 100 or so
attending Connecticut Sem
ator and Mrs. Thomas Dodd's
reception beforehand in the
Old Supreme Court Cham
Der of the Capitol.
AMONG THE REPRE-
SENTATIVES glimpsed' at
the big opening gun of the
conference we're John Foley
Md, Willia m Jennings
Bryan Dorm Is. c., William
Norell CArk0, Frank Thomp-
son IN. j., Roland Libonatl
IllO, Clifford Davis and Ross
Bass (TepnD. Frank Burke
(Ky0, Richard Boiling (Mo.0,
William Moorhead CPaD and
19-term Representative Clar-
ence Cannon. of Missouri, who
told Katie Louchheim in
thrilled tones, This is the
greatest thing the Democratic
Party's ever done, Miss Katie.
Every woman from my State
is a leader!"
At 5 minutes to 8, Fishbait
banged the bell again and
called, "All aboard. Return
train leaving in five minutes.
That meant you were sup
posed to leave.
GEAR NICHOLAS rs
GREAT GRANDSON lives in
this city and is a patron of
the gay White Russian bene-
fit planned at the house of
Mrs Cornelius Bretsch (Prin-
cess Emma TouSsoun) on
Wednesday.
To the woman who tele-
phoned and questioned the
relationship of Col. Serge
Cheremeteff to Nicholas 1
when this columnist first
wrote about the 6-to-l1 sup
er and dancing party to help
Evening star., 1960-05-09
EXCLUSIVELY YOURS
Woman Democrats ere
Tonnorrow's Primary Is Party Topic

cation, was asked what she
thought of the attacks on
Humphrey in the West Vir-
ginia campaign by Franklin
D. Roosevelt, jr.
81 THINK MR.. ROOSE-
WELT should have learned
something about campaign
ing from his father. 1t is too
bad he didn't" she replied.
A West Virginia delegate
said she happened to stay
home all one day and lis
tened to the radio from 2
until 10 in the evening. Dur
ing that time, she said, Sem
ator Kennedy and or Mr..
Roosevelt were on the air
altogether for three hours of
purchased time on both the
Clarksburg and w h lin g
stations she tuned in on. And
that was only one afternoon,
she pointed out, adding that
Senator Humphrey couldn't
begin to pay for that kind of
broadcasting time.
Mrs. Lucia Cormier of
Maine, who is seeking Re-
publican Margaret Chase
Smiths seat in the Senate,
said she is very encouraged
about her chances. Il think
they are excellent" she said.
This is not a token race
by any means" said Repre-
sentative Frank M. Coffin,
who is running for governor.
Both think Maine will soon
be completely in the Demo-
Evening star., 1960-05-09
IreIund's
Minister
To Visit

Another arrival on the
Washington scene shortly will
be Ireland's Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister for
Health and Social Welfare
Mr.. Sean MacEntee, accom-
panied by Mrs. MacEntee.
The Deputy Prime Minister
arrives on Sunday for a four
day stay.
He will be entertained at a
Evening star., 1960-05-09

aged and penniless Russians.
I would like to say that Col.
Cheremeteff, who has lived
here for about 20 years, is
exactly what I said he was.
Here is the relationship:
Nicholas I had a daughter,
Grand Duchess Marie ID.
1870, who was married for
the second time in 1856 to
Count Gregory Stroganoff
the man who lent his name
to Beef you know what.
Their only child, Helen ID.
1850, married Gen. Vladimir
Cheremeteff and gave birth
to a son Serge, who is the
same Col. Cheremeteff, ex-
pert on old books, who lives
in Washington. All clear?
Evening star., 1960-05-09

luncheon in the Capitol and
will be honored at a reception
Monday by the Joint Com
mIttee of Press, Radio and
Television Correspondents
and News Photographers.
Mr.. MacEntee has long
been active in politics in Ire
land.
He was sentenced to death
for his participation in the
Easter Week Rising of 1916,
however, the sentence after
ward was commuted to life
Imprisonment.
During the Irish War Of
independence he was a men,
Der of the National Executive
Committee of the Irish Re-
publican Army.
Evening star., 1960-05-09
BY BETTY BEALE
Star stan Writer

"A week ago I would have
said that Humphrey would
win, but now I don't think
anybody will know until
Tuesday" said Mrs. Nunley
Snedegar, national commit
teewoman from West Vir-
ginia.
She was replying to a ques-
ton in the big Sheraton Hall
at the Sheraton-Park where
Democratic women from all
parts of the country were
gathered for the opening re-
ception of their 3-day 1860
campaign conference.
The room was a picture of
party activity punctuated
every few minutes by the
dramatic ringing of an old
fashioned train bell-loaneda .
by the American Railroad AS
sociation.
"F S AIT" MILLER,
House doorkeeper imperson-
atlng a trainman in shirt
sleeves. bow tie and conduc-
tors straw cap with visor
was banging the, bell with
guSto and calling out over a
microphone such things as
big Western train coming
in-Stewart Udall of Arizona
on Track g." and Here
comes Paul Butler on Track
/" Since this was a con-
gressional reception to well
come the feminine delegates,
it was only the lawmakers
and other local Democratic
wheels who were announced
to the ladies.
Scattered through the
room we're old-fashioned hat
stands with the names of
three or four States hung on
each. The Representatives
and four Senators who at
tended-George Smathers of
Florida. Sam Erwin of North
Carolina, John Carroll of
Colorado and Frank Church
Of Idaho-stood close to
their State labels so that
they could be located among
the moving hundreds.
Near each hat rack was a
small table holding peanuts,
potato chips and pretzelS
which disappeared rapidly.
And lining the room were
three bars dispensing Coca
Cola, ginger ale and whisky.
An accordionist with a con-
ductor'S cap on his head
moved about playing State
songs and other favorites.
Behind a roped-of section
along one wall a receiving
line stood and shook hands
for two hours without stop
ping. Headed by Democratic
Chairman Butler, it included
Vice Chairman Katie Louch-
helm, Mrs. Butler and Rep
reSentatives Edna Kelly of
New York, Leonor Sullivan
OF Missouri, Edith Green of
Oregon and Martha Grifiths
OF Michigan.
SYMINGTON BUTTONS
began sprouting like mad.
He was the only presidential
candidate who had a cam
palgn worker on duty in the
foyer of the ballroom. Scot
tie" Lanahan, who manned
the table laden with Syming-
ton literature and insignia,
was apparently the only one
Wno requested permission to
seq up a table: Her entire
supply of 900 buttons was
claimed, she said later, and
she was sending a frantic
request to Missouri for more
at once.
About the only subject be-
ing discussed in the whole
busy room was politics. Chic
young Mrs. Geri Joseph
hssd of the Minnesota dele
Evening star., 1960-05-09

Group Leader" one Of four
from New York. There are
about so such leaders who
will give advice to other
women on campaign tech
niques. Formerly in the fore
front of Stevenson supporters.
Mrs. Tree said she had been
working for Humphrey for
several months.
Former United States
Treasurer Georgia Neese
Clark Gray, national COM
mitteewoman from Kansas,
was chuckling over the girls
Evening star., 1960-05-09

cratic camp. The pleasant
faced Mrs. Cormier. who
speaks quickly and with firm
surety, said, I'VE have earned
it. We have translated
Names needs into legisla-
ton under Democratic leader
ship"
TALL, BLOND, CHIC MA
RIETTA TREE, who, with her
British husband Ronald Tree,
recently entertained Sir Win
ston Churchill and Adlai
Stevenson at her showplace
in Barbados, was there as a
, 1960-11-29
Second Visitor From
u. S. in ST. Thomds
Accident Dies

William Arthur Alyard,
Of New York, who was seri-
ously injured in an automo-
bile accident in St. Thomas
recently, died last Tuesday
in the Knud Hansen Memo
rial Hospital. He was 60.
His wife, the former
Alice Dixon Noyes, So, died
shortly after the accident
which occurred on the Hull
Bay road when a car driven
by Henry Bennett went
over an embankment and
overturned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alyard
were married on Novem-
Der II and were guests at
the Flambuoyant Hotel.
Continued on page a
49, a
, 1960-11-29
Unoble to Pay Fine
Mon Sent TO
Richmond P'tentidrY

Ezekiel John, alias "Trou-
bic Tree was found guilty
Of disturbance Of the peace
and fined $25 in the Mum
cipal Court yesterday by
Judge William Moorhead.
John was sent to Rich
mond Penitentiary to pay
the fine. He had asked per-
mission to pay on the in
plan but t h e
Judge denied his request as
impractical.
, 1960-11-29
1t. Relic Dunlop,
Four Officers From
st. Thomds for Duty

Lieut.. Relic Dunlop Of
the Insular Police Force
from st. Thomas, accom-
panied by four police Off
GERS, are now on duty in ST.
Croix. Lieutenant Dunlop
is in charge Of the uni
formed force here in the
absence Of Lieutenant Cliff
ford Plaskett.
Lieut.. Plaskett was trans
ferred to St. Thomas tenn
porarily along with Ser
geant p avis S, Sergeant
Bailey, Corporal Davis,
Corporal Powell, PATROL
men Rivera, Garcia and
James.
The temporary transfers
is to make all members of
the Insular Police Force Of
the Virgin Islands familiar
with all the islands.
, 1960-11-29
ST. Mdry's Volleybdll
D'fedts Trojdns:
Wins Two Comes

The ST. Mary's School
boys team defeated the Tro-
jams last night on the Chris
tiansted Volleyball Court in
two best of three games.
ST. Mary's won the first
game 15-11; Trojans took
the second for a tie by a
score of 1910. SINS. won
the third game 1913.
The Clippers girls team
forfeited their game to the
Christiansted High School.
team by not showing up for
play.
kl
, 1960-11-29

BedtnlkS Make
Debut in ST. Croix:
a Tremendous Hit
Over three hundred Beat
niks gathered at the Sain
Croix by the Sea Hotel las
night for their debut in ST
Croix and held forth TO,
for five hours before depart
ing for their respective
It was, as Jimm.
Durante might have said
" s%tupendous, colossal. "
Everyone had a good time
even older relatives Of thu
Beatniks who came to lool
on enjoyed themselves JUS
watching the fun, and fur
it was. Young and old fro
licked to the music of Yves
ley Thomas and his Combo
as guests of Burt and Julie
Daugherty.
The Daughertys threw
the party for their many
friends all of whom were
dressed like regular "beat
niks," men who had nj
boards were supplied; there
were mattresses on tht
floor; old newspapers de
corated the walls and car
toons on old cartons or care
board: table covers were Q.
old newspapers and al
empty champagne bottle
was holder for the candle
A jug of wine was on eacl
table, in addition to the as
sortment of drinks at TIL
bar.
Buffet supper consistet
Of a very tasty dish Q
spaghetti, gravy and garli
favored French bread
Crackers were available
right out of the box on TIL
table. Hot coffee and cream
to those who wanted it BIZ
there were at least fou
bars to supply the needs o
, 1960-11-29
Students Of ST. Mdrys
School Visit C'sted
Municipal Court

The Executive members
Of the Eighth Grade Of St.
Mary's School Civics Club,
Malvelina Pilot, President,
Jose Brignoni, Class Vice
President, David Motta,
Treasurer, Preston Tutein,
Safety Patrol Captain, Nor
ma Williams, Correspond
ing Secretary, attended the
Municipal Court hearings
yesterday morning in Chris
tiansted. After a welcome
by Judge Morhead, they OBJ
served the work of the
Court from the jury box.
In the afternoon h e
Clerk of the Court, Ishmael
Bough took them on a tour
Of the various Offices which
are connected with the
Court. After the tour Judge
Moorhead gave the stu
dents a short talk on the
Virgin Islands Code with
particular reference to the
sections having to do with
the Municipal Court.
Mr.. Bough also explained
to the group the duties Of
Continued on page AZ
, 1960-11-29
Judge Moore is
Chdirmun Of Virgin Is.
College Commission

of The Honorable Herman
E. Moore to serve as Chair
man of the Virgin Islands
College Commission Great
ed by Bill No. 1916, which
was passed BY the Fourth
Special Session of the LIE
gislature on November %,
for the purpose of prepar-
ing plans and proposals for
the establishment of the
Virgin Islands College.
In a letter forwarding
this appointment to Judge
Moore, Governor Merwin
stated:
7 need hardly tell you
how happy | am that you
have agreed to serve as
Chairman Of this important
commission. / feel certain
that the work which you
will accomplish, along with
the other members of the
commission, over the next
few months will make a
Continued on page Al
Evening star., 1960-03-20
By WILLIAM r. FRYE
Contributing Writer

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y
Western strategy at the Geneva
disarmament talks is based on
the assumption that general and
complete disarmament" is general
and complete nonsense, but that
practical first steps toward arms
control can be integrated into a
cold war settlement If the Rus
slams are willing.
Certain limited measures of
arms control such as, for example,
Inspection to bar surprise attack,
would be much to the Vests
advantage. This is the area, U. N.
people say, where the greatest
potential benefits from a cold war
settlement lie for the West
benefits which, If extensive enough,
might make it possible to begin
thinking seriously about a Central
European settlement Of the kind
the Kremlin could accept.
Moscow demands that the West
regard as permanent the present
political frontiers in Europe. thus
conceding to Moscow hegemony
over its satellite empire. Such a
step would be inconceivable if it
meant writing off all hope of a
decent life for the East Europeans
forever.
But If, via inspection, arms
control, and detente, the Iron
Curtain were to be stripped away,
permitting relatively free flow Of
ideas. people, and things, life in
the Soviet empire might become
much more nearly bearable. In
deed, some believe this would be
Evening star., 1960-03-20
THE NATIONAL SCENE

handily defeat Senator Humphrey
Of Minnesota in next months
Wisconsin primary and then 60
on to win the nomination on an
early ballot.
When an unlimited reporter
broke the story, Mr.. Humphrey
quickly cried. I'VE wuz robbed"
and allowed that Mr.. Butler had
outlived his usefulness to the
Democratic Party. The Mime
sotan. like most Of the other
presidential hopefuls, saw the
Butler predictions as a sign he
favored Mr.. Kennedy.
But after a couple Of days Of
painful shouts, followed by Mr..
Buffers who, me?" reply to
accusations of favoritism, the
chances looked mighty good that
the chairman would ride out this
latest storm.
Evening star., 1960-03-20
Defense:
Figures

Defense Secretary Gates told
Congress last Wednesday that
the United States has far more
nuclear weapons and greater
means of delivering them than
does the Soviet Union.
Democratic critics Of admins
tration defense policies have tried
for several months to get Defense
Secretary Gates to play the missile
numbers game with them.
If they could persuade him to
state-even in ratio terms-the
disparity between the number Of
ICBMs the United States plans
to build in the next few years
and the number the Russians
probably will produce, they would
then be able to quote the boss of
Evening star., 1960-03-20

the Pentagon against the admin
iStration.
They did this successfully last
year when Neil H. McElroy was
Defense Secretary. Mr.. McElroy
was quoted as saying that the
Russians could have a 3 to / lead
in ICBMs in the early l960s.
Last week. Mr.. Gates went to
Capitol Hill to give additional
testimony TO the combined Senate
Preparedness and Space Subcom-
mittees. The Democratic Senators
were warmed up for the game,
but Mr.. Gates again declined to
play. And for convincing reasons.
He said that discussion of ra-
tios Of ICBMs would be terribly
misleading" because there are so
many variable factors which must
be considered that no simple con-
cluSions may be drawn.
I'm the military field we must
consider the entire picture and
not an isolated part, regardless Of
how dramatic that part may be.
:. We must not allow ourselves
to er-concentrate on any in
strument Of war" he asserted.
Mr.. Gates said something new
in connection with our estimates
Of Soviet ICBM production.
With the passage of a year and
the collection of new information,
I'VE believe 1t is now well estab-
lished that the USSR is not en-
gagged in crash program for
ICBM Development" he testified.
If this is correct, it could be sig
nificant. The Russians may not
even build the number Of ICBMs
we now say they probably" will
build. They may instead push de-
velopment of their own second
generation missiles. the less cum
bersome, easier-to-fire and cheaper
solid-fuel rockets. The so-called
missile gap" would then be small
er than now believed likely.
Evening star., 1960-03-20

available for carrying aviation
gasoline in bulk, they can make
the Pole a big fuel depot for trail
support. rescue, and photomap-
ping planes. By airlifting diesel
oil and snow vehicles, they can
also make it a jurhping-off place
for scientific traverse parties.
Among the first useful products
of Antarctica to reach the outside
world age two 1-ton boulders of
marble recently brought north to
Christchurch, New Zealand, to be
cut into cornerstone for new hos
pital buildings.
Admiral Tyree presented the
cornerstoneS in appreciation Of
the assistance given American
Deepfreeze expeditions by this
friendly far-south city.
The stones came from Marble
Point. perhaps the most promising
piece of real estate in all of Ant
arctica's SIS million square miles.
Marble Points potential fame
lies not in its marble, though an
cient glaciers have left many
chunks of it about, but in the fact
that it is free from ice, reason
ably level, and big enough for a
modern airf1eM. 1t is the only
spot yet found in Antarctica
where engineers have pronounced
it practicable to build a dry-land
international airport.
1t was here, on January 81, 1853,
that the first wheels-on-dirt land
ing ip Antarctica was made by a
single-engine Otter plane carry
ing Rear Admiral George ]. Du-
fek, USN, and Sir Edmund Hill
larry Of New Zealand, with
Comdr. Vernon ]. Coley, USN, at
the controls.
In the same type Of plane, we
few there last February from Nc
Murdo Naval Air Facility, As miles
away. Navy SeabeeS have scraped
out a runway long enough to &C
commodate light aircraft, and it
was strange. after riding in ski
planes, to feel our wheels grip
solid earth. The only flyers on
hand to greet US were the preda-
tory and scavenging skua gulls of
Antarctica, always swooping down
as If sizing up your chances of
becoming a corpse.
Glaciers planed the ground al
most to sea level and receded at
some unknown time in the past.
Their white tongues hang in the
valleys above the gray-black dirt
and rock Of the site. AS at Hut
Point. where the immortal Robert
Falcon Scott camped and where
McMurdo N. A. F. is now located,
the wind keeps the ground swept
clear Of snow.
Fortunately for future air trav-
elers, the airport site lies in the
Evening star., 1960-03-20
REPORT FROM THE u. NJ
Possibilities for Arms Pact

the only way in which the satel-
lite peoples could ever hope to
breathe more freely again. Under
these conditions, U. N. diplomats
say, it would be morally possible
for the West to consider accept
ing a permanent Soviet empire.
1t is in the Vests interest to
find out whether arms control is
going to be feasible before plunging
into a negotiation on Central Eu-
rope. If the West moves toward
settlement which would confirm
the partition of Germany with
out first having obtained from
the Russians some evidence that
the exercise will be worthwhile
in the end. NATO could fall
apart. Not only West Berlin but
all Of Germany could be lost.
The Khrushchev plan for gen.
eral and complete disarmament
is seen here as device to delay
real negotiation on disarmament.
Every week that is spent talking
vaguely about total disarmament
is week fllibustered away.
The immediate question, there
fore, is whether Soviet Delegate
Valerian Zorin can be pulled
down from of his white horse.
Moscow very much wants to be
regarded as great peacemaker;
but Mr.. zorin cannot persuasively
play that role and filibuster at
the same time if the West makes
him say yes or no on specific
first steps.
Ideal strategy, therefore, many
Western diplomats think, would
have been to propose q compre-
Evening star., 1960-03-20

the temperature hovered around
20 below zero. Even in the Nc
Murdo Sound area, which the
Pole sitters dub the Banana Belt,
it rarely rose above the freezing
mark and then only q degree or
two.
But the lack of water in Ant
arctica may seem a paradox to
some, especially when they read
reliable calculations that the melt
ing of the continents ice and
snow would raise the level of the
oceans by 200 feet, drowning many
of the worlds great cities and
buildings. Getting water from
ice or snow. however, means the
burning Of precious fuel, hauled
thousands Of miles through stormy
seas and the continents girdle Of
floating ice. Water and oil may
not mix, but here the one requires
the other-at least until atomic
power comes into Antarctic use.
Even at the biggest United
States station, McMurdo, on the
coast, baths are limited to one
quick one a week, flush toilets are
unknown, and still the power
shovel trucks ply almost con-
stantly between snowbanks and
melter.
Nevertheless there has been no
dearth of applications from the
more fastidious sex, especially
those of its members who would
like to establish some kind of a
first" But the firsts available
are slowly dwindling. The honor
of being the first woman to set
foot in Antarctica belongs, ap-
parently, to Norwegian whaler's
wife, Mrs. Klarius Mikkelson, who
went ashore with her husband on
February 20, 1895. Two years
later she became the first woman
to fly over any part of the Ant
arctic continent by plane.
First of their sex to winter over
were two Americans, Edith Rome
and Jennie Darlington, who par
ticipated with. their husbands in
Capt. Finn Ronne's 1947 expedi-
ton based on Stonington Island,
on the west side of the Palmer
Peninsula.
On october IS, 1857, two Pan
American World Airways host
esses, Ruth Kelly and Patricia
Hepinstall. arrived at McMurdo
from Christchurch, New Zealand,
in the first commercial plane to
land in Antarctica, a Pan Amer
ican StratocruiSer. Incidentally,
this still stands as womankind's
farthest south; Russian women,
scientists among them, have been
reported aboard supply ships re-
plenishing the Soviet coastal
bases. but these are much farther
from the Pole.