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Evening star., 1960-07-06

Are you a chronic COM
palmer? I have seen scores
of such people. With every
thing to be thankful for
health, fine family. good for
tune-they go through life
with the corners Of their
mouths down.
WHERE DO YOU fit in?
Are you aware that you have
only about 100 years here?
Or do you go on existing as
If you had 1000? It's really
too bad that so many Of us
actually throw away our pre-
cious hours. We take health
and life for granted.
I recall a man of AZ who
confesses he never lived until
after he suffered a severe at
tack of coronary thrombosis.
Formerly only money mind
ed" he began to give more of
himself to his family and
friends. "It's too bad," he
said, that we foolish human
beings need the severe impact
Of illness to scarce us into
living sensible lives"
For many years I followed
the career Of the late Senator
Richard L. Neuberger. He
made great contributions to
his country. Nevertheless, I
doubt that he left us a great
er legacy than in these words
he wrote about a year before
his death. They appeared in
an article for Harper's Maga-
zine after he learned that
he had cancer:
"Yet a change came over
me which I believe is ire
versible. Questions of pres
tige, Of political success. of
financial status, became all at
once unimportant. In those
Evening star., 1960-07-06

up to me. May I have your
opinion?
BEWLDERED.
1 am in your corner. Your
fiance's children do not be-
long in your wedding party.
Furthermore, it is very poor
taste for a discarded mate
and /Or the children. to at
tend an "ex's" second we'd
ding. f
Evening star., 1960-09-18

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Evening star., 1960-09-18

Make your bedroom the most beautiful room in
your home with this polished cotton ensemble by
famous Louisville Coordinate luscious solid shodes
of blue. pink, white. oc, sand. yellow or oquo
with pink, blue or sond fIoroI prints, There's no
end to the combinations. Throw them in your
washer . they'll come out like new without
worry of fodne.
Evening star., 1960-02-17
For Want of q Plan

For want of a master sanitation
plan, the Washington Metropolitan Area
is confronted with serious threats to
the integrity of its water supply posed
by variety of unrelated programs for
diSpoSing of sewage and other waste
matter. The threats are especially wor-
rlSome in nearby Virginia, as a result
of rapid residential and commercial de-
velopment of areas above the Little Falls
intake for WaShington'S water. There
would have been no such dangers if a
regional guide for sewage treatment
and disposal had existed and had been
adhered to by mutual agreement of the
communities involved.
The most pressing problem right
now is the handling of sewage from
the new Dulles International Airport
at Chantilly. Congress last year au-
thorized the Federal Aviation Agency to
build plant at Chantilly that would
discharge treated sewage into the Po-
tomac just above the water intake. In
response to protests from Federal. Dis
trlct and nearby county sources, Presi-
dent Eisenhower instructed the FAA to
hold up construction of the plant, pend
ing study of alternative means of
solving the airport'S sewage problem.
This study has not been completed.
Meanwhile, Fairfax County is consid-
erlng several proposed systems, Lou
doun County is studying it's own plans
and the District is pushing a proposal
Tor an lnterceptor sewer along the upper
Virginia shore to convey untreated sew
age to the Districts modern plant at
Blue Plains.
In the midst of this confusion, the
Metropolitan Regional Sanitary Board,
composed of representatives of all parts
of the Metropolitan Area, has taken a
long step toward adoption of a master
plan to coordinate all sanitary sewer
planning and construction. The board
has contracted with two Johns Hopkins
University conSultantS to draw up a
preliminary regional plan, designed to
point the way to regional sewage dis
poSal without imperiling the water sup
ply of the area.
However belated the coordination
attempt, it is sensible move toward
future safety. And it is a welcome
indication of a growing realization of
the urgent need for safeguarding the
Potomac today against such reckless
projects as that approved by Congress
for the airport. The Federal Govern
ment should lead the way toward an
overall safe pattern of sewage dis
that would dump treated sewage into
poSal, instead of considering a plant
our drinking water.
Evening star., 1960-02-17
Bid to q Summit

Prime Minister Nehru of India has
combined an apparently firm stand on
principles with tactful acceptance of
contemporary "Summitry" in his writ
ten invitation to Red China's Premier
Chou En-lai to visit New Delhi for dis
cuSSion of the long-Standing frontier
troubles between the two countries.
Among other things, he has re-
proved the Peiping government for fall
ing to take steps which would ease the
tensions and improve the climate for
personal conversations He has repeated
unequivocally his rejection of Chinese
assertions that the disputed boundary
never has been defined in terms legally
just and acceptable to both sides. And
he has said that actual negotiations on
Peiping'S terms "are not possible
for the moment I do not see any COM
mon ground" In the same communi-
cation, dated February 5, Mr.. Nehru,
however, expressed his regret at the
deterioration of relations between the
two big Asian neighborS and added that
''Still, I think it might be helpful for
us to meet" He suggested accordingly
that Premier Chou come to New Delhi
as an "honored guest" perhaps in late
March.
The record of accomplishment of
meetings between chiefs of state. a
diplomatic practice that has flourished
in recent years, is not such as to assure
that Mr.. Nehru and Mr.. Chou neces-
Sarily will resolve their differences by
sitting down face to face. Furthermore
today'S 1ndia-China problem, bitter as
1t is, is only the current manifestation
of a rivalry for Asian leadership that
has been in the making for centuries.
Between them, the two countries ac-
count for approximately one third of
the worlds total population. Emergence
OF an aggressive central government
In mainland China, almost Simultane-
ouSly with departure of European CO.
lonial rule (and military strength) from
South Asia, has set the stage for
Chinese probing southwark. Signif-
cantly, this has received no overt SUD-
port at least from Communist ChinaS
big brother" the Soviet Union. and
Premier Khrushchev only few days
ago repeated his hope that resolution
of such troubles as the India-China
crisis could be resolved through ne
gotlations on an equal footing rather
than through pressure"
For his part, Mr.. Nehru has dis
played considerable Stoutheartedness in
his consistent condemnation of Chi
,neSe tactics and his rejection of Pei
pings terms for negotiation. In effect,
his latest note offers to Premier Chou
the opportunity to seek accommodation
on the equal footing" basis rather than
through pressure" of military incur
sions into the territory of neighbor-
ing country.
Evening star., 1960-02-17
Arabs and IsroeIis

In difference to a recent
letter condemning Saudian
Arabs for not allowing Jews
to enter their country,
wish to quote from a news
release of the Arabian gov
ernment:
Since we are technically
still at war with the state of
Israel, and since Israel is
financed, governmented and
dominated by Zionists, who
have caused the displace-
ment of nearly one million
Arabs from Palestine, we
cannot take the chance of
having American Zionists,
who support Israel, in our
country as a Subversive
force"
Ironic indeed is the fact
that the Arab boycott about
which American Zionists
and 1Sraelis complain so vio-
lently is a technique which
the Jews taught the Arabs.
The boycott was first in
voked during the manda-
tory regime by the Jewish
Agency; in nearly every jew
iSh institution of Importance
1t was a rule of procedure
that no Arab should be en-
ployed. What at this time
was considered justified and
lawful is now being pro-
claimed unlawful and un-
democratic - because it is
now being used on the Jews
and not by them.
DIR. B. S. Fortner.
Evening star., 1960-02-17
Fiery Southerner

The administration has
nurtured a new "saber-
waver," Attorney General
Rogers. Through his carpet
bagger tactics he admonishes
the South for tagging in ma
tional progress and says that
If the Southern States were
acting in good faith, there
would be no need for Federal
action. Just when, through
out this entire anti-Southern
movement. has the Federal
Government shown good faith
in its encroaching, coercive
tactics? Mr.. Rogers and all
the neo-liberals would do
we'll to take inventory of all
the rapes, muggingS, purse
snatchings, ETC., in the Ma
tion's Capital. If this be
progress. is it so difficult to
comprehend the Southerner'S
resistance to this plan TO-
menting an abyss of degen-
Grafton?
We Southerners are a
proud people and we intend
to remain that way whether
or not it be contrary to the
self-made policies of a group
of political opportunists.
ID. ]. COckreIl.
Evening star., 1960-02-17

there today may be the killer
here tomorrow.
College Park. therefore,
like every other community
in the county, will play an
important part in either the
bettering or the worsening of
this baneful picture of Prince
Georges traffic situation.
Faced with the choice Of a
constructive move to improve
traffic conditions in its own
back yard. as against an en-
tirely unwarranted and un-
reasonable move against the
dog, the town fathers" in
comprehensibly elected to
adopt the latter course of
action.
The irony Of the situation
is appalling! The official
dog catcher'S salary and
equipage would go far to pay
for the traffic policeman the
town fathers" thought they
could not afford to hire.
Jackson Lee Davis,
Evening star., 1960-02-17
Bombers in the Air

1t is difficult to form many firm
judgments on the basis of the heavily
censored defense testimony that is
emerging from the various committees
on Capitol Hill. When so much is elm
mated for security reasons that which
remains is often almost unintelligible.
One thing seems clear enough, how
ever. And this is that our best inSur-
ance against being attacked will rest,
now and for some time to come, on the
Strike-back capacity of our SAC bomb
erS-our B-52S and our Bats. If, dur
ing the period of changeover to missiles,
these planes should be surprised and
largely destroyed on their bases this
country would be at the mercy of the
enemy. Pearl Harbor was bad enough
and illustrates the point. In 1941 and
1912, however, we had opportunity to
recover from the destruction of our
Pacific fleet. We can hardly expect to
have such opportunity again.
For these reasons there is much
force to the contention that we should
be preparing now to maintain a sub
Stantial portion of our SAC bomberS
on an around-the-C clock airborne alert.
In other words, keep enough of them
armed and in the air at all times so
the Russians will know that they cannot
destroy all of our retaliatory capacity
with sneak attack.
The details are complex. When can
we expect that an airborne alert will
be necessary? No one seems to be sure,
but the best guess is within a year or
so. Without preparation, however, an
adequate airborne alert could not be
maintained for long. If we expect to
keep from a fourth to a third of our
SAC bomberS in the air two years from
now, we must begin, we'll in advance,
TO provide spare engines, more refuel-
ing tankerS and perhaps more crews.
How much will this cost? The estimate
IS about 5000 million in the first year
and ST billion a year thereafter. The
new budget carries $50 million for this
purpose presumably not enough. Other
testimony suggests, however, that the
President has authority to spend what
is necessary for an adequate alert, and
that Congress is obligated to come up
with the money. Still another compli-
eating factor is testimony from General
White, Air Force Chief of Staff, that
preparation for an airborne alert is
desirable, but that institution of such
an alert, at least at this time, might
provoke the Russians to rash action.
His testimony on this point was CEN
sored to such an extent, however, that
1t is hard to tell exactly what he had
in mind.
Still, through all of the uncertain
ties, the basic consideration emerges
clearly enough. We will be ruined if our
SAC bomberS, in bigger and ghastlier
Pearl Harbor, should be destroyed on
the ground. We should provide the
money and start preparing in time to
make certain that this will not happen.
Evening star., 1960-02-17
Strike VS.. lockout

1t never ceases to amaze me
how Short-circuited the think
ing Of some of our labor
spokesmen becomes after a
taste of the corruptive power
Of the strike.
AS a member of the union
it is perfectly all right to
coerce business into dancing
to the union-called tune. 1t is
in full accord with the rules
of the game to force business
into bankruptcy through the
forced closing of it's doors.
1t is perfectly within the
bounds of propriety for 5000
store clerks to honor the
picket line of 1900 meat. cut
ters and impose a hardship
on a public not involved in
the argument at all.
But it becomes all wrong
for the chain store not struck
to close its doors in honorlng
its association agreement.
Such unfair action to its en-
ployeS must subject it to suit
for the wages lost to the
locked-out group. The en-
ployer must, by the rules of
the game, sit supinely by and
wait for its own neck to go
on the chopping block.
The question is not one.
for the moment. of which
side was right or wrong in the
recent dispute. The question
of concern lies in the warped
brains of entirely too many
weird-thinking labor peo-
pie. If groups of people may
elect to walk off the job as
may suit their convenience,
/ see no reason why groups
of businesses should not, as
a matter of caprice. close
their doors and take off for a
months golf in Florida.
William NJ. Werber.
Evening star., 1960-02-17
Last Things First?

Leash the killer on the
highway, or leash mans best
friend, his dog?
The Council of College
Park had two propositions:
A policeman to combat grow
ing traffic problems (serious
as host town to the Uni
versity of Maryland; and
whether to adopt a dog
leash law. The council turned
down the traffic policeman,
but imposed a death SEN
tence" leash law.
In 1859, Prince Georges had
40 traffic deaths to Montgom-
ery'S 26. Injuries and total
accidents followed a similar
pattern.
Can anything be done
about it? If we put the first
things first, much can be
done.
These area statistics on the
slaughter of human beings.
the wreckage of human bod
les, the homes left without
breadwinnerS, and the chill
dren without parent or par
entS, are nothing new. Now
they have put College Park
officials squarely on the spot.
Good government in traffic,
as well aS-in all other matters,
comes from the ground up.
not the top down. It comes
from the smallest as we'll as
from the largest governing
unit. While the problem of
traffic is county-wi it is
also area-wide and commu-
nity-wide, since the killer
Evening star., 1960-02-17

mile-wide mouth of the gulf. Lately
there has been some depth-bombing of
waters outside the gulf.
Like good fishermen, however, they
have refused to give up hope. Those of
us who all too often have given up in
disgust, after long and fruitless day
on the water in quest of the big one
that got away, should have a certain
sneaking admiration for the stick-to-
it-iveneSS of Argentina'S submarine
hunting fiotilla. We hope that it catches
something.
Evening star., 1960-02-17
Critic to Critic

In MS review OF Inc case
for the South" by William
D. Workman, jr., Star Book
Critic Carter Brooke Jones
observed that Mr.. Workman,
in his book, had nothing to
say about why the South.
with its love for individual
liberty, supported so ar
IDENTIFY the Eighteenth (pro-
hib5tion) Amendment, which
brought the Volstead Act. a
Federal law reaching into
anyone's home, even his
pocket"
The intent here seems
clearly to implant the rather
startling idea in the minds
of the uninformed that
somehow the prohibition de-
bacle can be laid at the door
of the South! While GER
tainly it is true that many
virtuous and sincere South
erners once believed that alb
stinence could be legiSlated
Gust as many virtuous and
sincere non-Southerners now
believe that brotherly love
can be decreed), it is a fact
that the Eighteenth Amend
mend was put into our Con-
stitution by all the States of
our Union, acting in concert.
However short sighted and
ill-advised was prohibition,
it was brought about in &C
cordance with the best pre-
cepts of our Constitution and
in the best tradition of our
democracy. 1t was truly the
handiwork of the people
who, when they finally
opened their eyes to the
havoc it had wrought, took
action to abolish it.
In the foreWord to his
book, Mr.. Workman said
that the South is being
scourged by four pestilential
forces. Among them, he cited
the Northern politicians
and propagandists who per-
vert small truths into big
lies as they purvey vilifica-
ton and ignorance on a
grand scale"
Harvey II. Hewitt.
Evening star., 1960-02-17
It Was Tho-u-ot Iona!

Some folks seem to be Skeptical
about the Argentine NavyS claims that
1t did so almost catch one or more
submarines in the Golfo Nuevo, on
Argentina'S South Atlantic coast. We
fishermen who have had the tragic ex-
perience of letting the big one get away
can sympathize with the frustrated Ar
gentine admiralS, however The cynics
just will not believe tall stories about
big f1Sh-or SubmarineS-unleSS they
actually see the catch.
1t is unfair to the haraSsed Argen-
tine Navy, of course, to blame it for
all the lurid tales that have come from
the scene of the on-again-off-ag sub
hunt $50 miles south of BuenoS Aires.
Press dispatches have told of various
SlghtingS Of sub as it was forced to
the surface by depth charges, of con-
VerSatlonS between crew members of
the sub and Argentine WarShips, of
hammering sounds detected with sonar
gear-preSumably caused by frantic eff
forts OF the submarine crew to repair
damage-of mysterious radio messages
IN pad Yankee slang" of a dead "frog-
man" washed up on the shore of the
gulf. Some of these reports have been
oftlclally denied, others discounted or
ignored by naval sources.
But the naval higher-upS in B. A.
continue to insist that detection devices
clearly proved the presence in the gulf
OF at least one submarine and proba-
bly, two More recently they have sug-
geSted the possibility that one or both of
the intruders have slipped through the
Gordon of ships patrslling the seven
Evening star., 1960-02-17
Gallant in Defeat

With reference to certain
remarks in your movie pages
concerning the Bismarck'S
"inglorious" end and the
story of -. the men and
women who sent the killer
ship Bismarck to hell -,
I wonder if this is going to
be the general theme of the
whole picture? If so, I'm
afraid it's not likely to be
worth going too far out of
ones way to see-let alone
worth all the pomp and fan
fare surrounding its pre-
miere.
I would think that C. D.
Becker, in his book Defeat
at Sea-" summed up the
whole story a bit more &C
curately when he described
how:
was consummated the
fate of the German Flag
ship Bismarck. Rudderless,
completely torn to pieces
after a two hours lombard
ment by a superior enemy, it
sank in raging seas at 10:40
am. on May 81, 1941, though
not without inflicting heavy
damage on the enemy, which
cost two British battleships
many months of repairs in a
United States dockyard. The
Bismarck went under after
its commander, Captain
Lindemann, had given his
last order to scuttle the
floating wreck. With the
Bismarck went 1900 Ger
mans, including Admiral
LutjenS, to a sailors death.
Eight battleShips, two air.
craft carriers, four heavy and
seven light cruisers. 81 de-
stroyers, six submarines, and
far more than a hundred
aircraft were assigned by the
British Admiralty to attain
this end.
"Sir John Tovey Com
mander in Chief. British
Home Fleet-JCR) has writ
ten that the Bismarck
fought an exceedingly GAL
liant fight against a superior
enemy and sank with its
flag flying"
Killer-ship? No more so
than any British or American
man of war. Inglorious?
Hardly.
1t would seem to do little
credit to the Royal Navy,
much less to the producers
of this motion picture, to
sneer at a gallant fighting
ship or at the men who
fought and died with her.
John c. Reilly, Jr.
Evening star., 1960-02-17
Farm Mess Neglected

~
Your editorial on the fan
tastically costly farm sup
port mess puts the blame
for lack of a sensible solu-
ton on the usual scapegoat
politics" With all the
House seats and many Of
fees at stake in this election
year, you doubt that any,
thing constructive will be
done before 1861.
This is probably true, but
is a sad reflection on the
democratic system. In dis
cussing the problem, refuge
should not be taken under
the cover-up term of poll
tics without defining its
m e a ming. Responsibility
should be placed squarely
where it belongs-on the
powerful farm organizations
and their congressional
lackeyS on the one hand,
and on the inadequately in
formed and therefore un-
aroused public on the other.
Why are the monstrous
facts of consumer-taxpayer
exploitation and shocking
waste not relentlessly pub
licized? Why is the double
burden of inexcusable tax
alton and greatly increased
cost OF living, for the benefit
of a few, not made clear?
Here is a real public service
field for the Advertising
Council, press, radio and TV
combined. If spades were
called spades, it might not be
necessary to wait until 1861
Cor, more likely, until a gen.
eral collapsed for the inevi-
table ruthless cleanup. One
thing is sure; time has
clearly shown that this prob
lem will not solve itself, or
that there is any conscience
in those who have been rid
ing so high for so long.
Herbert ]. Holland.
Ashton, Md.
Evening star., 1960-02-17

the creatures were set. This
is why cats and dogs and
coWs-and mice-live today
as they did then.
The mice, for instance.
found out that when evening
came there were far, far
fewer people at large in a
house.
Then they could come out,
as we say, and enjoy their
lives, finding food in the pan
try, and no threat or him
drance in the living room.
This is the mouse pattern
of conduct.
Then along came elec-
trlcity, bringing with it lights,
radio and televiSion.
But do the mice know it?
They do not.
They are living in the
olden times. just as our pets
do.
The mouse turned its head
as if to speak about the tel
eVlSion program?
Ha, ha, ha, that is to laugh
. aloud.
What Old Mousie was
turning his head about was
to keep his eyes on the Man
of the House.
The Man of the House, in
mouseland, is the one to fear.
The Lady of the House NAV
scream, and jump on a chair.
when she sees a rodent, but
the Man of the House is
louder.
He, too. may take to a
chair, so that his mate has
to get the broom. after sll.
but he somehow manages to
make the mouse the most
afraid of him.
This is called the Male
Element in Nature. 1t is sup
posed to be ferocious. and
every mouse knows it by
heart.