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Evening star., 1960-12-15


WEDNESDAY
Grled Hamburgers Poppy Seed Noodles
Stewed Tomatoes Brussels Sprouts
Ta6y Peach Meringues Coffee
Tany Peach Meringues
! (28 ounces) peach teaspoons butter, divided
halves, drained egg whites
u cup unsulphured molasses u cup sugar
divided "a cup heavy cream
Put drained peach halves in shallow baking nan Top
each half with teaspoons molasses and dot each
with teaspoon butter. Bake in very hot (450 de-
grees) minutes Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry
Gradually add and beat until very stiff Pour cream
into sirup around peaches Pile meringue top Of each
peach half Return to minutes until merinsue
is lightly Drowned Serve peach with in Makes
seven to eight servings.
THURSDAY
Roast Pork Bro,pn Potatoes Crazy
Carrots Vichu Green Beans
Lemon Cake Pudding (nntr)
Carrots Vichy
6 medium carrots Dash coarse black pepper
2 tablespoons margarine "a cup finely chopped
y cup water parsley
tabiespoon sugar Juice Of / lemon
n teaspoon salt
Pare carrots crosswise angle into very thin
Slices Melt margarine in heavy saucepan Add water.
sugar. salt dash Of pepper and carrots Cook covered
over until the carrots tender about 10 minutes
lightly with parsley and lemon juice Makes four
servings BY wi"
Evening star., 1960-10-14
SEqhtIy Unco-ordinoted

Considering the pressures of modern
day campaigning, it is wonder to us
that the candidates do not miSState their
positions more frequently than they do.
LapSeS do occur, however, and the
obviously unwise choice Of language
used by Henry Cabot Lodge in his Har-
lem speech on civil rights is an example
Addressing predominantly Negro
audience, Mr.. Lodge outlined an eight
point guide" for the Nixon administra-
tion on civil rights, which included the
statement that "there should be a Ne
gro in the Cabinet" In describing these
points as "our program" Mr.. Lodge said
it was Offered as a pledge :. . that will
be redeemed in January, 1861, If you
elect Richard Nixon President"
In answer to questions after the
speech, Mr.. Lodge gave a somewhat diff
ferent impact to his remarks. For one
thing, he said, he did not discuss this
specific speech" with Mr.. Nixon-and it
is apparent from later clarification by
the Vice President that this was the
case.
His position, Mr.. Nixon said, is that
he intends to select the best men"
available for the Cabinet if he gets into
the White House without regard to
race, creed or color" 1t may be that Mr..
Nixon will want to appoint Negro to
the Cabinet. But for him to make such
a commitment as Mr.. Lodge implied at
this stage OF the game could only be
motivated by political considerations,
and the grounds which the Vice PreSi-
dent stated for assessing future ap-
pointees at all levels of government are
the only proper grounds.
Evening star., 1960-10-14
Birds and Air Safety

The crash of an Eastern Air Lines
turbo-prop plane at Boston, with the
loss OF 81 lives, has brought to public
attention safety hazard which long
has been worrying aviation authorities.
This is the problem of birds in the air
or on the runway danger not easily
countered because of its very nature.
According to Federal Aviation Ad-
miniStrator QueSada, thousands of star
lings alighted on the Boston airport
runway just before the ill-fated Electra
took off October 4. Remains of some of
the birds were found on parts of the
salvaged wreckage. The engines of the
aircraft are being examined to see
whether some of the birds flew into the
air intake and caused one or more of
the engines to falter or fail.
Apparently the alighting of the
migrating f1ocks of starlings was a new
development in air operations. Pre-
viously the main concern of pilots and
FAA and Civil Aeronautics Board inves-
tigators had been the larger variety of
birds-chiefly gulls at airports, like
Boston's Logan Field, near the sea, and
DUCKS or geese IN migration. The bird
problem had led to regulations requiring
aircraft to be designed to Withstand the
impact of single birds of up to four
pounds in weight, at maximum cruising
speed. The Seagull problem has been
especially acute at Logan Airport, result
ing in posted warning to pilots about
the gull menace. Regular bird patrols"
have been maintained there.
But the possibility of danger from
birds as small as Starlings had not been
seriously considered before the Boston
disaster. Now, regardless of the findings
with respect to the engines Of the
Electra, the hazard of densely f1ocking
small birds to an airliner, whether jet,
turbo-prop or conventional, must be
taken into account. 1t is problem
which obviously will require a lot of
study.
Evening star., 1960-10-14
Murder in Japan

The assassination of Inejiro Asan-
una, chairman of Japan's Socialist
Party, is one of those awful, insensate
deeds that sometimes have profound
effect on history even though they are
born of sheer madness. The killer in this
instance is a teen-ager named Otoya
Yamaguchi, 17-year-old college fresh
man described by Tokyo'S police as a
fanatical nationalist and super-right-
ist psychotically opposed to left-wingers
of every degree and description, includ-
ing particularly Communists.
Apparently, in the agitated and
twisted thinking Of this callow youth,
there could be no tolerance of, or COM
promise with, Mr.. ASanuma's extremist
views. After all, among other things, the
Socialist leader had played prime role
in the riotouS demonstrations that
forced cancellation of President EiSen-
hower'S projected visit to japan. Further,
he had praised Red China in the most
glowing terms while condemning the
United States as an "imperialiSt enemy"
Of Japan. Accordingly, or so japanese
authorities surmiSe, young Yamaguchi,
with his mind in turmoil and all sanity
fled, felt and acted upon an irresistible
urge to attack and destroy Mr.. Asanuma.
Reports from Tokyo suggest that
this altogether senSeless crime may have
the effect Of infiicting major political
losses on the conservative Liberal
Democratic Party-the ruling party-in
next months general elections in Japan.
The Japanese people, however, have
demonstrated in recent years that they
are not easily Swayed at the polls by
extremism Of any kind, and so there is
good ground for hoping that they will
continue to vote sensibly in spite of
Yamaguchi's act of insanity
Evening star., 1960-10-14

must have been Just what OF Case and
his amazed lads felt like doing when the
tumult died.
For us in Washington the triumph
of the Pirates had nostalgia effect. For
it was the first world championship
which Pittsburgh had won since its de-
feat of our own Senators way back in
1925. incidentally, that was another
seven-game affair, decided in the eighth
inning of the final game by double of
the late great Walter Johnson. We har-
Dor no grudge against the Pirates, after
all these years, however. In fact, we
say they deserved to win, however crazy
their caperS in the go series.
Evening star., 1960-10-14
Limited Education

The slogans Return to the
Three Rs" or Basic Educa-
ton" versus Life Adjust
ment" are being used freely
as a bid for or against can
didates in the coming Mont
gomery County school board
election. This is unfortunate
as it blurS the issues. All the
candidates believe that our
children should have a thor
ough mastery of the three
Rs. There is no candidate
running who does not believe
this. There cannot be life
adjustment" without an ade-
quate mastery of the facts
and skills included in basic
education" The one includes
the other. It is not an either
or proposition. But the Sc
crets of the atom would never
have been discovered by men
whose fundamental educa-
ton had been limited to the
three RS alone or even to the
mastering of "basic facts and
skills." Facts and skills are
of little use unless a child
grows up learning how to use
them by thinking and reason
ing. In these days we cannot
afford to turn backward with
nostalgia to an educational
pattern which fitted the days
before the atom. We dare not
limit the education of our
boys and girls to minimum
essentials.
We are in danger Of doing
this very thing if the people
of Montgomery County elect
school board members who
have a narrow view OF edu-
cation. We are in need Of
those who are willing to keep
UP with our increasing knowl-
edge of how children learn
and retain and use what they
learn. We need school board
members who are able to lis
ten, to study and appraise
before making a decision.
Such people are to be found
among both so-called Glib
erals" and conservatives"
It is important that in this
crucial election we keep away
Evening star., 1960-10-14
Crazy Series

Weird, like crazy, is the only way to
describe baSeball'S 1860 World Series.
Delve into the record books as far as you
please and you will not find anything
quite as improbable in all its aspects
as the big set-to which ended so i'm
probably yesterday when Bill Mazeroski
slammed homer over the leftf1eld fence
of Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. It was the
blow which blew the New York Yankees
last chance to cop another world cham
pionship-one that seemed to be in the
bag for Casey Stengel and his crew only
a short while before. Small wonder that
the wild finish made the Pirates fans
still wilder.
Crazy series? Well, when was there
a championship contest so full of ex-
tremes? The ups and downs of the
Pirates-and, of course, of the Yankees
were of the unbelievable sort. One
day the BucS were beating the New
Workers as champions should; the next
they were being clobbered by scores so
lopSided as to arouse the sympathy and
the wonder of even the more dedicated
Yankee rooterS. Those 1873, 100 and
1910 defeats, each of which seemed to
doom the Pirates for good, were but
prelude to the Spine-tingling see-saw
final game. The Murtaugh boys broke
out in front in the first two innings
with 40 lead, only to encounter
typical Yankee uprising in the sixth
But Pittsburgh bounced back with
vengeance in the eighth inning, and
L. :.
to tie the score, SO. Then came the
climactic tie-breaker clout in the Pirates
half of the ninth to end it all-and that
Evening star., 1960-10-14
Arlington Politics

The Arlingtonians for a
Better County are bitter be-
cause Mr.. Kaul left their
ranks for the Democratic
Party when he decided to
run for Congress. Can these
ArlingtonianS really be for
a better county when they
attack the only man running
against the incumbent Broy-
hill? Is it at all possible that
the Arlingtonians for a Better
County are for Mr.. Broyhill?
Or did they wish Mr.. Kaul
to run on a national ticket
with a county party affilia-
tion such as ABC? Who is
for whom in this race?
Should the pro-Broyhill
group be called the Byrd
Republican Party of Virginia
Democrats or the Barry
Goldwater contingent of
the Northern Virginia
Republicans? Marion Ruth
Evening star., 1960-10-14

mathematical, physical, solid
state sciences and advanced
applications. Each has ex-
ceptional freedom to sponsor
work in its own or closely
related fields. The directorate
Of life sciences, for example,
might very well be concerned
with problems of bio-physics
which, in turn, would require
understanding Of the struc-
ture Of skyscrapers.
But even in the field of
mechanics which comes
closest to applied science,
says Gen. Holman, I'VE
manage to stay in the blue
area which is our special
forte. Under mechanics we
support basic theoretical and
experimental research in
such phenomena as boundary
layers, gas flows, compost
ton and properties of air
at high temperatures, mag
netoduid mechanics, orbital
mechanics. structural inter-
actions and Elasticity, creep
and fatigue in vehicle struc-
lures"
But even in this field If
something obviously of prac-
tlcal Importance is discov-
cred its development would
be turned over to some other
agency while the Office of
Scientific Research rede-
ployed its efforts and re-
sources into unploughed
areas. Only now is there a
beginning of full apprecia-
ton by the general public of
the value of pure research
without practical ends in
quite clear view. Russians, to
judge from their reports,
maintain much the same at
titude as the Americans. This
may well have been RESPONSE
BILE for some of their most
notable triumphs in the field
OF space science.
Basic Research Cheap
Basic research" says Gen.
Holman. lis the cheapest
commodity we can buy. Many
of our most potent weapon
systems are based on results
of basic investigation which
itself cost less than a two
ton truck. The history of
science is full of discoveries
which were made more or
less contemporaneously by
two or more scientists work.
ing independently and COM
pletely unaware of each
others efforts. A natural
phenomenon is there for us
to see and interpret, just as
it is there for scientists of
the Soviet Union to see and
interpret"
Evening star., 1960-10-14
Dangerous Debate

The question of defending Quemoy
and Matsu is not a suitable subject for
partisan political debate, and it is unfor-
tunate that it has come to dominate the
Nixon-Kennedy exchange.
This matter was brought into the
debating area when Senator Kennedy,
answering question at the second
meeting between the two men, suggested
that the coastal islands could not be
successfully defended and that the
United States should not undertake to
defend them. Mr. Nixon hit back hard.
He said that this was woody thinking
and implied, without quite saying it in
so many words, that he would fight for
the islands in event of any attack. Last
nights debate brought more of the same.
In our opinion, the probability is
that any serious Communist attempt to
take the islands would have to be op-
posed by the United States if Chang
Kai-Shek'S troops could not hold them
without our assistance This is not be-
cause Quemoy and MatSu have any real
tactical or strategic Importance 1t is,
instead, largely matter of prestige.
Chang apparently is determined to fight
for these islands, and his own survival
might well depend upon doing so. If
the attack should come and we were to
stand aside and let them be taken, what
would be the effect on American stature
NOT only in Asia but around the world?
What would be the reaction in all the
nations which look to the United States
for leadership and whose willingness to
resist the Communist pressure is bot
toned on the expectation Of firm Amer
lean support? Those who profess to
worry about declining American prestige
should give some serious thought to this,
aspect of the Quemoy and Matsu issue.
1t does not follow, however, that we
should commit ourselves one way or the
other at this time. The terms of the
Formosa Doctrine were drafted in such
a way as to mask our intentions If the
islands should be attacked. We have
taken the position that our reaction
would be determined by the nature and
scope Of any such attack, and this has
operated so far to discourage an attack.
Calculated ambiguity, in this instance,
has served its purpose and served it well.
For Mr.. Kennedy to suggest that
we should write off the islands, or for
Mr.. Nixon to suggest that we will fight
for them in any circumstance, is unwise
and dangerous. It is unwiSe because in
either case it appears to amount to
commitment which could come back to
plague whichever candidate is elected.
1t is dangerous because it seems to COM
NIT the United States to a specific
course of action in advance of an uncer-
tain event. Again, the reaction Of the
United States to an attack on these
islands ought to be determined by the
nature of the attack and the circum-
stances surrounding it. We do not
believe that either Mr.. Kennedy or Mr..
Nixon owns crystal ball which yields
this kind of information in advance.
Evening star., 1960-10-14
WATCHING THE WORLD.
Dangerous Drawback of Debates
By CROSBY S. NOYE
Foreign Correspondent Of The stor

he meant this or not, he uIl-
doubtedly greatly increased
the risk of a full-scale Chi
nese attack on the islands If
he is elected.
If he had had more time
Senator Kennedy no doubt
could have made himself
much clearer. In his mind
there is quite obviously no
connection between the de-
fense of Berlin-to which the
United States is formally
committed-and defense of
the offshore islands, to which
we are not. Nevertheless, he
has raised disturbing doubts
at home and abroad.
NixOn's Principle
Mr.. Nixon, on the other,
hand, went even further in the
other direction. After saying
surprisingly that neither the
islands themselves nor the
people on them were very
important, he went on to
argue that they must be de-
Tended "as a matter of prin-
ciple." Exactly what prin-
ciple was involved he didn't
say. But since Mr.. Nixon
knows as well as anyone that
there is no formal commit
ment involved, it seemed he
was proclaiming the princi-
pie that under no circum-
stances should any part of
the AREA of freedom" be
yielded to communism.
Both candidates probably
would admit that their an
swers were hopeless over
simplif1cations Of a very COM
plex problem. Any decision
to evacuate the islands at
some point or to defend
them against Communist at
tack would depend on the
weighing effects of either
action on the Chinese Com
munists, the Chinese Ma
tionalists and other nom
Communist nations in the
Far East. Psychological and
political, as well as purely
military, factors would be
very much involved. The
main question really would
be whether, quite apart from
any formal commitments,
Quemoy and Matsu have be-
come a symbol Of our deter
mination to resist Communist
aggression in the same way
as Berlin has.
Mr.. Nixon implied strongly
that the islands have be-
come such a symbol so far
as he is concerned and that
he as President would honor
the moral commitment in
volved. If so, it is an ex-
tremely serious commitment
which goes far beyond any
made by the present admin
stration. To say the least.
it is a commitment not to
be undertaken lightly. Most
certainly it should not be
undertaken for the sake Of
disagreeing with a political
opponent or scoring a point
in a debating contest.
Evening star., 1960-10-14
Rallies to u. N.

AS the anniversary Of the
United Nations approaches,
the continuing uneasy state
Of international affairs en-
phasizes the necessity Of re-
dedicating ourselves to the
principles of the U. N. and OF
announcing our total support
for this great organization.
Now, more than ever before,
is this worldwide peace estab-
lishment in need of such sup
port.
1t is ironical that the year
in which the United Nations
has risen to its greatest rep
resentative strength, the year
in which it has scored one Of
its greatest triumphs by avert
ing war in the Congo, should
be the year in which it is the
object of the most vicious,
Slanderous and unwarranted
attack ever delivered against
it.
The attempt by Soviet
Premier Khrushchev to re-
place the effective, successful
Secretary General Dag Ham
marSkjold with a Soviet-type
presidium was the opening
shot in the Communist war
against the United Nations.
Khrushchev fired a second
shot when he said fatty that
he is determined to oust the
Secretary General even If 80
per cent Of the U. N. men,.
berS oppose such action-and
If he can't oust Mr.. Ham
marskjold, then he will push
his programs outside the
United Nations and use force
If that is necessary.
Our task now is clear. We
must meet this insidious chal-
lenge head-on, by losing no
opportunity for demonstrat-
ing our faith in the United
Nations and its programs,
and in the ability of Mr..
HammarSkjold to implement
them in the spirit Of the
U. N. charter. We must lose
no opportunity to support the
United Nations. And one of
these opportunities will pre-
sent itself october "a, the
anniversary Of the q. NJ. We
can appear at any of the
many parades, meetings or
other events scheduled to
mark the occasion. Even our
mere presence at one Of these
events will demonstrate the
unity Of our faith and the
solid foundation Of our sup
port. Our continued efforts
throughout the year will
emphasize it.
Phelps Phelps.
Former U. S. Ambassador to
the Dominican Republic.
Evening star., 1960-10-14

IlAOSI CdScS, GIIlS program Ill
This is the first Of o series Of
orticIes by Mr.. Henry on the
bosie reseoreh progrom Of the
United Stotes Air Force.
essentially all fields of sci
ence carried out by Air Force
supported researchers in
university foundation and
industrial laboratories not
only in this country but over
most Of the free world, al
ready has produced enor-
nous dividends. The findings
in many instances may seem
to have very little direct or
obvious application to the air
arm of American defense
except that this is a human
institution affected in some
way by almost any conceiv-
able phenomenon of nature.
Nature Unpredictable
Natures ways are devious
and unpredictable. Study of
the spectrum of a star q mil
lion trillion miles away may
result in an anti-cancer
drug. This has resulted in
some misunderstanding on
the part of the general pub
lie in the past. Offhand, it
may be a little hard to COM
prehend how better knowl-
edge of the mountains of the
moon can improve ways of
operating airplaneS. But it
might.
"One of the hard truths
we must live with" says
Brig. Gen. Benjamin G. Holz-
man, chief of the Air Force
Office of Scientific Research.
sis that tangible results from
basic research seldom be-
come visible very quickly.
The atomic bomb was made
possible only by basic re-
search on the atom per-
formed decades earlier by
scientists who had no con-
ception Of, or interest in. its
war potential.
Many of the projects we
are supporting today will un-
cover knowledge of natural
laws whose full value may
not be known until five, ten
or twenty years from now.
But they may then spell the
difference between life and
death for our Nation. I feel
strongly that the Air Force
is bound to benefit from the
results of any investigation
conducted by competent SCI
entists in any unknown area
of any field of science, and
that the only wasted research
is that which is not prop
erly supported"
The program now is di-
vided very generally-there
are bound to be many cross
ings over-into seven major
fields: aero, chemical, life,
Evening star., 1960-10-14
Racial Barriers

The blatant attempts of
Mr.. Lodge and the State De-
partment to bring an end
to discriminatory practices
against African envoyS in
New York City and Washing
ton. D. c. must appear
shocking to many people.
Surely both the State De-
partmept and Mr.. Lodge
must be aware of Mr.. Eisen-
hower's sentiments on such
matters. Mr.. Eisenhower has
consistently maintained that
discriminatory practices can
best be eliminated by a grad
ual educative process with a
minimum of governmental
pressure.
OF course, we are aware of
the need to have the uncom-
mitted nations in the United
Nations remain that way. The
urgency of the situation pre-
cludes adoption Of the Eisen-
hover approach. The African
ENJOYS are unwilling to wait
for real estate agents to be
gradually educated on the
subject of individual dignity.
We should not expect Mr..
Kasavubu or Mr.. Lumumba
to accept the indignities that
are the lot of DR.. Ralph
Bunche or DR.. Martin Luther
King. We should not expect
the legations of the African
nations to endure endless
litigations, nor should we ex-
pect them to adopt the prac-
tices of "sit-ins" or hymn
singing on the steps Of the
Capitol.
1t is imperative to Amer
ican foreign policy that
Americans cease the practice
of discriminating against
colored Asians and Africans
at once. Ernest A. Tracey