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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29
High, but Costly, Goals

It Is an undeniable truth Of our
times that q statement Of national
purpose in terms Of better things for
the American people must be accom-
panied by renewed warning against the
powerful forces that seek to defeat this
very objective.
So 1t is that the Presidents Com
mission on National Goals commenting
eloquently on the need and opportunity
to strengthen all of our political, social
and economic institutions Of freedom
also warns that the Communist rulers
Of one-third Of mankind, for whom the
state is everything, threaten all that
we seek to do both at home and abroad"
Accordingly, while emphasizing the
present and potential power Of the
Soviet-Sino bloc, the commission ac-
knowledges that a major element in
the overall cost factor to us is apt to
be higher, rather than lower, security
expenditures in the years ahead.
Even so, this one essential category
Of increased expense is not by any means
the only one envisioned by the COM
mission. It states, for example, that
expenditures at all levels of government
for education, health, urban renewal,
housing, transport systems and basic
research must be increased-and that
economies cannot be counted on to
compensate for such increases. What,
then, is to be the source of the needed
added revenues, or is there to be recourse
to deficit financing with its accompany
ing dangers Of imitation at home and
impairment of the dollars standing
abroad?
The first hope, apparently, Is that
public policies not precisely spelled out
will result in an annual economic growth
rate of "a per cent. But having set
this percentage, and with no assurance
that it is magically attainable, the panel
adds that lower growth rate would
"impel consideration of higher taxes,
increased quantity Of labor, and the
greater individual effort and sacrifice
exemplifed by forced savings and re-
duced consumption" It has become
somewhat questionable to question the
philosophy that faster economic growth
can be achieved through greater gov
eminent Intervention. If this is incor-
rect, the alternative presented in the
commissions report is an unattractive
one. We happen to think that there is
plenty Of justification for the question
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29

combined methods Of teach
ing deaf children are unani-
nous in their support Of the
English language in both its
oral and written forms as
being the prime objective in
the instruction Of deaf chill
dren. The language of signs
figures in no way in either of
these two educational philos-
ophies.
The sign language. long a
recognized language by those
who know it best. is an in
valuable medium of social in
tercourse and a most effec-
tive communicative aid in
college-level teaching. In no
instance, however, is it a sub
stitute for the English Ian
guage. nor is it in any way
comparable.
I can assure Miss Wilkison
that Gallaudet College has
one Of the finest speech and
hearing facilities in the
United States. The currently
publicized Sign language
writing" project is but a tiny
facet in the broad and many
sided research program which
is moving forward at Gal
laudet in the areas Of Eng
lish. speech, lip-reading and
acoustic training.
Edward L. ScOuten,
Chairman. Preparatory
Dept, Gallaudet College.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29
Speaking of Hobbies

Some men in high places play golf
for hobby, while some pursue other
avocations to refresh body and mind.
Few, however, have engaged in hobbies
as unusual, as fascinating and as edu-
cational as that which has claimed the
attention of Crawford H. Greenewalt,
head of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours
industrial empire. Mr.. Greenewalt is
a hummingbird watcher-and more
particularly a photographer of hum
mingbirds. In fact, his expeditions with
ultra-h igh-Speed cameras to haunts Of
the many species of the tiny birds in
this country and in South America have
made him one of the worlds outstanding
authorities in this field of ORTHODOXY.
1t thus may be assumed that when
Mr.. Greenewalt has that far-away look
as he sits in his plush Office at Whining
ton, Delaware, he is not necessarily
thinking about problems posed by the
papers on his desk. His mind may be
wandering to forest in the West or
Brazilian jungle where he has photo
graphed rare specimen of hummer,
or where he hopes to next week end.
For he has been known to fly to Ecuador
on Friday evening, snap pictures Of
a new species Of bird on arrival in
remote area and be back in his office on
the following Monday.
AS result of these numerous trips
during spare time in the past seven
years, the Du Pont president has amas-
Sed what is reputed to be the finest
collection of hummingbird photographs
in existence. The pictures have been
published in a 250-page book, spon-
sored jointly by the American Mu-
scum of Natural History and Double
day g. Co., of New York. (The cost is
$22.5O.) We like Mr.. Greenewalts reac-
ton to the acclaim his work has received
from naturalists. IT don't know and I
don't care whether posterity will have
place for me because of the humming-
BIRDS" he told New York Herald
Tribune reporter. II photographed hum
mingbirds for change of pace. Everyone
does something to relax"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29
Where Lee Took Over

Your columns recently car
ried an account of the res
toration of the Lloyd house
in Alexandria by Robert v.
Neu. In describing the Geor-
gian-style house, it was stated
that Robert E. Lee is said to
have received command Of
the Confederate Army there
in.
Robert E. Lee was offered
Cor believed to have been Of
fered) the command of the
Virginia troops (after the
State seeded and he had re-
signed his U. s. Army COM
mission) by a delegation who
met with him at the home
Of Cassius Lee two blocks
from the Lloyd house.
Lee assumed command Of
the Virginia troops in the
then Chamber of the House
of Delegates in the State
Capitol in Richmond. The
exact spot is now marked
with a monument. He received
command of the Confederate
Army only a few months be-
fore the end Of 1.-THE War"
and certainly not in Alexan-
dria which was held through
out the war period by "ene-
my" troops.
BraxtOn HI. Tabb, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29
Debates With White

According to william s.
White, Senator Kennedy is
not really a liberal. /" Nothing
remotely approaching "the
wild and wonderful and
sometimes crackpot" first
hundred days Of the Roose-
welt New Deal is in the cards
and nothing real will be
turned over to either the
"howling extremists Of the
Democratic left; the more
aggressive bosses Of big labor
or to politicians who wish to
foment and trade upon Sec
tional differences in this Ma
ton" Actually. moderate
conservatism" will by no
means be outlawed.
Well. as voters trying to
cast an intelligent vote, we
had to depend upon what
politicians said or upon their
records. And certainly Mr..
White must admit that Mr.
Kennedy's record in Congress
has for the past few years,
met with almost 1000 ap-
proval by the "howling ex-
tremists" he mentions. Mr..
Kennedy himself stressed
time and time again during
the campaign that his Glib
eral" tag was not an honorary
title but a working pledge and
that conservatism" was old
fashioned and for the birds.
OF course big labor leaders
and politicians who seek to
foment and trade upon Sec
tional differences" did seem
to go underground for the
duration (and why Republic
cans didn't yank some Of
them out for interviewing
we'll never understand. But
the Democratic platform was
understood to be a reflection
of their planning which Mes
sers Kennedy and johnson
embraced with seeming fer
vor. Indeed, Senator Ken
nedy's hairbreadth majority
is viewed in many quarters
as due to the support Of
these voting blocs.
We agree, however, that
with the coalition of response
BILE Democrats and Republic
cans in Congress moderate
conservatism" may be a hope
for our country. AS q Nixon
supporter, we are encouraged
at least to that extent. For
conservatism" is exactly
what we were hoping for with
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29
GoIIoudet's Facilities

In the November 3 issue of
The Evening Star an article,
"Signs of Deaf Reach Ma
turity as Language >" indi-
Gated that Gallaudet officials
espouse the writing of sign
language. In the issue of No
vember Is a letter from Doro-
thy T. Wilkison protested this
seeming trend in education of
the deaf. Hence comes this
attempt to clarity a point of
confusion.
Miss Wilkison and the pub
lie at large must once again
be assured that this thinking
presumably Official" at Gal
laudet College does not rep
resent the thinking in the
field of American education
of the deaf. The proponents
of both the oral and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29
Re-orming Morally

Disarmament plays into
the hands of communism.
Hatred and moral breakdown
are the entry points Of COM
munism into the democracies.
What we need in the United
States is a morally re-armed
Nation. We need military
strength and an theology
which will bring us out Of
our apathy. We are in dam
ger Of passing into the Com
munist camp with our eyes
closed.
Moral Re-armament Is in
the process Of distributing 81
million booklets entitled. eide
ology and Co-Existence."
These booklets demonstrate
the fallacy of the Communist
position and the equal fallacy
Of co-existence. The film,
1.-THE Growing Experience"
now playing on Broadway. is
showing the answer to COM
muniSm.
There can be no fruitful
dealings with communism
until communism can arrive
at a moral foundation of
truth. This principle, now,
as always, is Gods guide to
men,.
Truth has been the heri-
tage of the United States.
Truth is available to Commu-
nists. AS William Penn has
said, Men must choose to
be governed by God. or they
condemn themselves to be
ruled by tyrants."
Dewitt G. Hamburger,
Rear Admiral, USN, Ret.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29

Constantine Brown was
not his usual alert and criti-
cal self in his column, "Reds
Fail to Stir Tyrol Crisis" In
discussing German South Ty-
rol, he contends:
Cd South Tyrol enjoys con-
siderable autonomy and free
dom, evidenced by the use
of Italian and German names
of towns. etc. co The bulk
of civil servants and police
are italian, since the average
Tyrolean has either little
taste for civil service or be-
cause of possible ostracism
by the nationalist Tyroleans.
90 Hardy mountaineers al
ways grumble at any kind Of
authority. a. Germanic in
habitants enjoy greater pros
perity than others in Italy.
90 Italian colonization is
partly admitted. CO. The
strategic Importance of the
Bremen Pass to NATO Italy.
Your columnist spoke to
Italian officials, leaders Of ma
tionalist Tyroleans and many
John @. citizens. He does not
state in what languages he
spoke to them. whether d.
rectly Or through an inter-
prefer and, if the latter,
whether the interpreter was
of Italian or German origin.
AS to points Cd to co.
above: Cd The use Of Italian
names before the German
ones in a German land points
against autonomy. (2) Civil
service registers Of old Aus
tria indicate a great interest
in civil service by the South
Tyroleans. go Records Of old
Austria would reveal that the
hardy mountaineers" were
a fine law-abiding element.
az Can this be held against
them and why? (5) Italian
colonization did not stop with
Mussolini. 1t is going forward
at rapid pace, causing an
acute housing shortage. co
With Austria neutral. Bren-
ner Pass is of no strategic
Importance.
Oscar E. MOllari.
Editors Note: Mr.. Brown
speaks fluent German and
passable Italian and required
no interpreter)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29
THE POLITICAL MILL
Kennedy Own Secretary of State
By GOULD LINCOLN

In the past. It was in 1910
that Mr.. Bruce went to Lon
don as q representative OF
the American Red Cross, and
he was there during the Bat
tie Of Britain. His father was
O Senator from Maryland
from 1923 to 1929. Mr..
Bruce's brother. James
Bruce, served as Ambassa-
dor to Argentina in the
Roosevelt administration. He
and his brother have been
associated with many phil
anthopic activities.
Wilson Chose Loser
The President-elect would
please many Democrats II
he picked Adlai Stevenson
for his Secretary Of State.
He would be following q
precedent set by President
w drow Wilson, who
named q three-time loser for
the Presidency, william
Jennings Bryan. (Mr. Ste
venson has been Q two-time
loser) But Mr.. Wilson
found that his ideas of for
eign policy did not run along
with those Of Mr.. Bryan,
and they parted. Senator
Kennedy might find himself
disagreeing with Mr.. Steven
son If the latter were Sec
rotary of State. Further,
If Mr.. Stevenson were Secre-
tary of State with firm
views on the policy to be fol-
lowed by this country, he
might prove an embarrass-
ment to the President. Also,
Senator Kennedy is not in
debted to Mr.. Stevenson for
his nomination for Presi-
dent, as Mr.. Wilson was in
debted to Mr.. Bryan.
Two other men who have
been mentioned for the
State Department are Sen
ator j. william Fulbright Of
Arkansas, chairman of the
Foreign Relations Commit
tee Of the Senate. and for
mer Representative and Am
bassador Chester Bowles Of
Connecticut. The Arkan!
sas Senator, q Rhodes
Scholar at Oxford, England,
has a long history Of inter-
est in foreign affairs, both
as a member Of the House
of Representatives and later
in the Senate. Mr.. Bowles
was Ambassador to India,
where he had an excellent
record. And he was Gov
ernor of Connecticut for one
term. But neither have had
the close and professional
touch with foreign affairs
and with the State Depart
ment itself that Mr.. Bruce
can claim. Mr.. Bowles de-
clined to run again for the
House. in which he has been
serving his first term, in Or
der to campaign for Senator
Kennedy for President, and
to be an adviser on foreign
affairs.
The President-elect has
other important posts to I'LL
in the field Of foreign az
fairs-notably the post Of
Ambassador to the United
Nations, and important am
baSsadorships. If he desires,
he can use any or all Of
these men to I'LL them,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29
Gov. RockefeIIer's Role

Vice President Nixon and L. Judson
Morhouse, Republican State Chairman
in New York, have come to the defense
Of the part played by Governor Rookie
Teller in this years presidential cam
paign. There is no need to call in the
FBI to search for the reason. Many
Republicans, in and out of politics, have
blamed the November loss Of New York
on campaign foot-dragging by the
Governor. Some have even gone so far
as to suggest that Mr.. Rockefeller was
less than crushed by the Nixon defeat
because this might improve his own
chances for the G. o. P. nomination
in 1864.
AS far as the campaign was con-
cerned, this certainly is unwarranted
and unfair to the Governor. Mr.. Nixon
is reported as saying that no one in the
country worked harder for the Nixon
Lodge ticket" than did Governor Rookie
teller. And Mr.. MorhouSe points out
that Governor Rockefeller made 237
talks in So of New York's 60 counties in
behalf of the ticket. This hardly quail
f1es as foot-dragging effort. There
must be some other explanation of the
fact that the Republicans, in 1860, were
defeated by 100000 votes in State
which they carried four years earlier by
100000 votes.
The real explanation, or part Of 1t,
may be related to the Vice Presidents
seemingly studied reference to Mr..
Rockefeller's work after the party con-
vention in support Of the "Nixon-Lodge
ticket" At any rate, the Governor, in
advance of the g. o. P. nominations, was
considerably less than helpful to the
party's November prospects.
When he withdrew in December as
a candidate for the G. o. P. nomination,
Governor Rockefeller issued a statement
which said in substance that the men
who would control" the Republican
convention did not want a contest for
the nomination. In early June he chal-
lenged Mr.. Nixon to speak out on the
issues and, by implication at least,
criticized the Eisenhower administration.
This forced the Vice President to
counter-attack, which he did with dew
aStating effect.
= Had Governor Rockefeller been an
ayowed candidate for his party's nomi-
nation, his behavior would have been
quite understandable. But he said he
wasn't candidate. And If so, Re-
publican National Chairman Thruston
Morton certainly was justified in saying
on June 30-three weeks before the
G.. o. P. convention-that the Governor
was giving the Democrats ammunition"
=. Now that the election is over, with
MIR. Nixon defeated by the slimmest of
slim margins, there is no way of knowing
how much this ammunition" helped
the Democrats, or of measuring the ex-
tent to which it may have undercut Mr..
Rockefeller's post-convention effort in
New York. And it is only natural, with
the election thing of the past and with
Mr.. Rockefeller coming up for re-
election in his own State, that the mood
of the party leaders should be to close
ranks and let bygones be bygones. Mr..
Rockefeller's strange performance from
December through June is matter of
record, however, and it is not likely to
be forgotten when the Republican dele
gates assemble to choose new candi-
date in 1864.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29
The Navy Is operating

Inc navy Is operating q
flying medical laboratory.
The major purpose Of this
unique installation, accord
ing to q report by the ONCE
Of Naval Research, is to keep
continuous track Of physical
responses in all sorts Of flying
conditions such as extreme
attitudes, speeds, tempera-
lures and the like-"to eval-
uate the stamina Of men and
animals In flying aircraft or
missiles"
Records Of physical
changes. such as in heart
rate, skin and body tempera-
lures, respiratory rate and
respiratory volume are re-
corded automatically and
transmitted thousands Of
miles to q laboratory center
in Washington.
Transmitted by Radio
Up to now, according to
the Research ONCE report,
valuable data have been re-
corded on the response Of in
dividuals to q closed environ
mental system in various
conditions Of stress. Physio-
logical data were transmitted
from an open basket gondola
over Minnesota to the Nays
medical research institute by
way Of radio and two-way
leased telephone lines. Pulse
and respiratory rates were
transmitted from the gon-
dola to the air-born receiv.
ing station via closed circuit
television, actually the first
time TV was so employed.
observation-disclosures were
transmitted from Naples,
Italy. via low frequency radio.
Consistently accurate dag
noses were made by cardiolo-
gists on the basis of the
transmitted traces. Again
physiological data were re-
ceived by FIN radio and then
transmitted over a 5000
mile telephone network.
Again the data were suffici-
entity clear to permit accurate
diagnosis.
Last May was displayed
the first employment Of q
nuclear power source for
transmission Of an electro
cardiogram. Also demon
strated was a small trans
mitter that has a range Of
one mile. This development
is a most encouraging break
through because, by eliminate
ing the wire to a large trans
mitter the monitored subject
will have unlimited freedom
of movement.
"In addition. valuable data
has been obtained on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Navy Has Flying Medical Laboratory
By THOMAS r. HENRY

brightness of the atmosphere
at different attitudes up to
$4,000 feet and q study con-
Quoted on the visibility Of
runways."
At present. according to
the report, an oxygen meter
and q transducer for record
ing blood pressure are being
developed. Project engineers
hope that further utilization
Of nuclear power will be pos.
sible so that weight and space
can be reduced.
This project" says the re-
port, sis unique and offers
opportunities that can be ex-
plotted in many ways, thereby
contributing greatly to the
capability Of the Navy. Both
the staff and equipment are
available to other laboratories
and installations"
Monkeys, like men, may be-
come alcoholics by passing
through periods of stress.
Experiments demonstrating
that the amin a lis acquire
booze habituation in much
the same way as humans have
been reported to the Ameri-
can Association for Advance
ment of Science by Drs. Rob-
ert Clark and Edwin Polish
of the Walter Reed Army In
Stitute of Research.
The animals were given
free choice of alcohol or water
during a 43-day pre-stress
period when they had moth
ing especially to worry about.
They drank both-but usually
much more water during an
average day. They "could take
a drink or leave it alone"
There were no signs Of de-
veloping addiction.
Turned to Drink
Then the creatures were
subjected to a period Of ex-
IRENE stress. They were
taught to press a lever to
avoid an electric shock, given
once a second. If the lever
was pressed more often than
once a second the shock was
avoided altogether. Every
time it was pressed shock
was postponed for q second.
The animals were kept all
the time on nervous "pins
and needles"
During this time they had
the same free choice between
alcohol and water.
The change, the Walter
Reed Psychologists report,
was quite striking. Water
consumption went down and
alcohol drinking went up.
During the stress phase, says
the report. they drank large
amounts Of alcohol before
taking any water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-29
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