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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
Toast to q Prince

small Prince, name not yet an
nounced, is in residence today at Buck
ingham Palace and toasts to the royal
birth are in order. To all good people,
the birth of child is blessed event
an occasion for congratulations and
friendly wish that life will be kind.
Toward Queen Elizabeth and her second
little boy there was special pleasure
when the palace announced safe deliv-
cry and added that "Her Majesty and
the infant Prince are both doing we'll"
In years to come, the new Prince
may find that mobile birth imposes the
obligation of noble actions" He has
been born into a world of sometimes
terrifying uncertainties, but he has been
born with the best Of credentials as far
as the character needed to face the fu-
ture. His big brother, 11-year old Prince
Charles, stands first in line of succession
to Britain'S throne but the new Prince
automatically moves ahead of 9-year-
old sister Anne. For the immediate
years to come, however, we simply hope
that he will have all the good times
that little boys, and little girls, deserve,
that he will study his lessons, mind his
mother and father (moSt of the time)
and grow up to be smart, successful and
happy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20

suaders that enable them to
thrive at our expense.
The original purpose of a
census was simply to count
the number Of people in a
country. But now it appears
to have been developed and
transformed into a forced
confessional for the benefit
of our masters-commercia
political and otherwise.
The writer of the letter
states that these presumably
worthy people cant go it
blind" But the average citi-
zen is certainly going it blind
these days! However, he is
not so blind that he can't see
with what growing intensity
Big Brother is watching him
and now in the case of his
income he is about to be
watched from two different
offices at once. When the
Internal Revenue Service al
ready has this information
down to the very last penny
(also obtained under threat
of legal penalties and punish
ments), why should it be
necessary for the struggling
citizen to repeat this informa-
ton at the behest of a door,
bell-ringing peddler-meddler
sent out by another bureau?
I have often said that our
age. If it goes down In history
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
New Aid to Police

The House has eliminated as nom
essential an item in the District police
budget calling for an interesting walkie-
talkie experiment in an undesignated
precinct. While the two-way radiophone
for patrolmen walking a beat is not
regarded by Police Chief Murray as a
necessity, other cities have found the
system highly effective in coping with
yokerS, juvenile gangs and other street
hoodlumS
According to the headquarters here
OF the International Association of
Chiefs OF Police, many METROPOLITAN
police departments now are equipped
with walkie-talkies or are testing them.
Police in New York City, Boston, Detroit
and other large cities have found them
especially useful. The walkie-talkies
used by these policemen bear no resem-
blance, to the bulky devices, with long
antennas, which were strapped to the
backs OF soldiers in World War II. The
improved instrument has been so re-
duced in size that it can be carried in
the pocket of uniform, with a hidden
microphone under the shirt and hear
ing-aid receiver in the ear. No visible
antenna is required.
With such device, the man on the
beat can summon help from the pre-
cinct and from nearby walkie-talkie-
equipped patrolmen as he runs to the
scene of disturbance or as he is being
threatened by criminal or a mob.
Chief Murray had asked for only 10
such mobile units and central station
at total cost of $1,000. This seems
like small sum to invest in a device
which might prove to be very effective
weapon in the war on crime here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
Carnival Time

1t has taken only few days to sub
Stantiate predictions that consideration
OF civil rights legislation in this election
year would turn into political car
nival" on Capitol Hill. The show already
is on in the Senate and the stage is set
for another opening date" in the House
on March 10.
Quite apart from the merits involved
in enacting legislation, the political i'm
plicationS are obvious and overriding.
The administration wants legislation.
Most Republicans and Northern Demo-
Gratis want legislation. No aSpirant for
either place on either presidential ticket
can afford to drag his heels on the is
Sue-even If any so wished. For except
In, the Deep South, and possibly a few
rural areas elsewhere, the estimate is
that support of civil rights is a must"
for campaigning purposes later this
year. Only the Southern diehards, a
determined but relatively small band,
can find easily the combination of per-
Sonal conviction and political security
that will permit them to fight to the
last ditch against new legislation.
AS of now, the term "f1libuster" has
not been freely applied to debate in the
Senate. True to its traditional devotion
to unlimited discussion, it has sat pa
tiently through one week of lengthy
observation-disclosures even protesting the
expressed hope of one Southern oppo-
nent of the pending civil rights measure
fnQf N.Y. 30 20
read in full" 500-page book on States
Rights. For his part, Majority Leader
johnson Of TexaS-numbered among the
presidential aSpirantS-haS assumed the
principal burden of steering legiSla-
ton through that chamber and has an
nounced that Senators will sit at great
length until the question is resolved.
Even in the House, where pressureS
also political played a large part in
forcing legislation out of the Rules
Committee, the accompanying permits
sion for introduction of amendments
and an unusually long allowance for
general debate will afford opportunity
for delaying tactics.
Against this background, it seems
certain that proponents of a civil rights
bill will have their way eventually. Ex-
actly what kind of bill it will be is
not so certain. Nor is it certain in the
meantime what else, If anything, may
be accomplished by Congress that is
bound to be looking more often at the
approaching dates of national conven-
lions and the personal political tasks
that will follow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
Minuet With Death

Despite his having lost an appar-
emily laSt-reSort legal appeal for Glenn
ency, Caryl ChesSman has been saved
once again-for the eighth time in IL
yearS-from the gas chamber at San
Quentin. Coming only hours after the
California Supreme Courts 4-to-3 re-
fusal to recommend it, the 60-day re-
prieve has been granted by Governor
Brown largely because of the State De-
partment'S extraordinary intervention.
The Intervention has taken the
form of telegram informing the Gov
ernor that high officials of Uruguay
had expressed grave concern" over the
posSibility-in the event of Cheeseman's
execution-of serious anti American
demonstrations during President EiSen-
hower'S forthcoming visit to that coun-
try. Hence, with that fact in mind, and
also because he himself is opposed to
capital punishment and intends to ask
the State Legislature to act forthwith
to abolish it, Mr. Brown has decided to
give CheSSman a new lease on life.
=. Meanwhile, whether the lease be-
comes permanent or not, it is interesting
and instructive to note how the story of
this habitual criminal has stirred people
abroad-in Latin America and Western
Europe especially. Literally scores of
thousands of persons overseas have
signed petitions in his behalf and nu-
merous distinguished foreign newspa-
per editors and commentators have in
80 weighed against our American judicial
system for allegedly making him dance
macabre and excruciatingly prolonged
minuet with death.
These individuals, of course, do not
seem to be aware that Chessman evil
IDENTIFY has enjoyed, as Justice Douglas
has suggested playing a kind of cat
and-mouSe game Of his own with our
courts. Nor do they seem to have
given much thought to the overwhelm-
ing weight of evidence that led a jury
to find him guilty, in January of 1948,
of having committed unspeakably vile
crimes evidence that has held up in
appeal after appeal to our highest tri-
bunal. Such considerations quite OBJ
ViouSly have not impressed them; the
.enly thing that has stirred them is their
j. feeling that it is bad for the law to keep
Z man dangling between life and death
;. for IL years.
Z Perhaps our foreign critics are right.
sAt any rate, judging from all that is
!. known about him, Chessman should
shave been executed long ago. The fact
i that he has been able to plead success
/: fully for an extension of his life is in
ifone sense tribute to our judicial sys-
item, but in another sense-because of
the length of time involved in his plead
fing-the process may be viewed as a
ssort Of cruelty which has lost all sense
.of relationship to the process of justice
land has attained queer symbolism of
something felt rather than described.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
For Those Medina 1t

The Board Of Health in
Clifton. N. j., is giving
f1uoride tablets to children
8 years old and younger and
to expectant mothers.
The board chose this
method to fight tooth decay
rather than f1uoridation of
the city's water supply. It is
cheaper and less wasteful.
Less than l per cent of water
Is used for drinking. Many
drink water who are not ex-
pectant mothers or young
children and who do not
need fluoridation. 1t may even
mottle their teeth or make
them sick.
Therefore. this tablet is
safer, and goes only to those
who need it.
Water that is used by older
people or used for bathing,
washing or in industry does
not need fluoridation.
Why buy it? Or pay for it?
Mrs. H. Berman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
Objects to Being an Exploited Statistic

The recent letter to you
headed why Census-Takers
Are So Inquisitive" is far
from convincing to me. The
author "a. w. Won Strive,
Census Bureau public infor-
nation officer) lists the vari-
GUS groups of people who
need" the answers to the
detailed information regard
ing our personal lives which
the Census Bureau is about
to elicit from us under
threatened legal penalties if
we don't cooperate.
Who are these interested
persons whose need" we are
about to satisfy by turning
our lives inside-out for their
scrutiny? According to the
letter they include manufac-
turerS, distributors, marketers,
advertisers, researchers, and
business management which
must make long-range deci-
sions "for the benefit of all
OF U.s." But there are a
great many of us who doubt
seriously whether the long
range decisions Of these
groups are for the good of
all of us-or for the good of
anyone else but themselves
and their hired psychologists
who invent the hidden per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20

for anything at all, will be-
come known as the age of
the disappearance of personal
integrity, good manners and
privacy. And the Census Bu-
reau is about to deliver a
singing blow to the last re-
manning vestiges of personal
privacy. Nevertheless, as an
individual, I decline to resign
myself complacently to be-
coming just a bureaucratically
exploited statistic.
Alan r. McCracken.
= y +
I agree with Concerned
about questions to be asked
by the cenSus-takers, that
"our business is nobody's
business" The Internal Rev.
enue Service certainly has
all the necessary information
about taxpayers incomes;
therefore, I see no necessity
Of having to give this infor-
nation out to others. hap
pen to live in a very small
town. I feel that it would be
very embarrassing to have
to give information about
private affairs to anyone COM
ing for that information.
Some of the information I do
not object to giving out. but
as to our income. I have no
intention of doing so.
B. 3,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
mod From The Boss

President Eisenhower flashed a
friendly green light" to his Republican
= heir apparent at his news conference
= this week.
Asked to comment about possible
y''variations in approach" to public prob
LIENS between himself and Vice Presi-
Sdent Nixon, Mr.. Eisenhower's response
was blend of Endorsement of the lat
:, ter's qualifications and of recognition
1sthat the Californian quite understand
ssably might tackle matters in a way
wholly his own. No two men, he said,
zsWould go at the same job in exactly the
-rsame way. At the same time, he pointed
a-out, in the past seven years Mr.. Nixon
sshas not been excluded from any i'm
srportant group engaged in policy or &C
HStion decisions and has not been "at any
sfmajor variance" with the President
Shimself.
1t is, of course, matter of record
@5that Mr.. Nixon has had a closer working
relationship with the White House, and
ShaS been entrusted with more special
tasks than any other Vice President In
this respect, he approaches his expected
snomination for the presidency as we'll
prepared individual.
- AS for the possible variations in
approach" Mr.. Nixon already has indi-
Gated that he has plans of his own-if
-7sand when he reaches the White House.
In recent Chicago speech, for example,
he listed six points of a domestic pro-
sgram on which he said the Republican
Party should seek greater accomplish
@mentS. He will, no doubt, have more to
SAY on these and on others when the
G, o. P. begins the drafting of its plat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
Rich or Poor Leader?

There is an old adage con-
corning qualifications for
serving the interests Of the
public which says, "A young
man born to wealth can
ne'er we'll serve those of lower
estate" I find this being
forcefully brought to mind
as an almost identical phrase
is applied to certain poten-
tial presidential nominees.
The intent of the current
users is hard to determine;
whether it be sarcaStically
meant as a condemnation of
the potential nominee; or
whether it implies that he is
better qualified because he
never earned a living by the
sweat Of his brow and, there
fore, has had more opportu-
nifty to theorize.
Both views have their ad-
vantages; certainly the man
who has spent his life study
ing knows more of the tech
nical detail and business ma
ture of the American Gov
eminent. while the man who
has worked for his living has
learned true responsibility
and. most important of all, is
closer to the vast majority of
the American people in heart
and mind.
]. H. Nichols,
ClarkSVillp Md
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20

most powerful in Maryland.
When they present a petition
for higher salaries with 50,-
900 signatures, they ignore
the fact that the vast ma
jority of Marylanders-who
are not organized-definitely
oppose their exorbitant de-
mandS.
No one compels a teacher
to remain a teacher. If the
individual teacher is dissatis-
fed, let him find other en-
ployment. There are many
ready to step into his place.
The people Of Maryland
are already burdened with a
heavy tax load. The teachers,
to satisfy their selfish de-
mands. want to add to that
load. So they start screaming
and crying and protesting to
the high heavens, and de-
scend on the State capital
like a plague Of locusts. What
a sorry spectacle!
John A. George.
To Governor Tawes:
Fifty-flve thousand Mary
landers have signed they are
willing to pay $l3 million
more for Maryland schools
and willing to pay today.
Others may not have
signed, but came in their
cars to the State house by
thousands last week to erase
any doubt you were think
ing that their interest was
only skin deep.
They rem e mber your
promises-how you would do
great things for our Mary
land schools, for teachers
were needed-now even more
are! How can less than the
best be your rule?
The children of Maryland
precious indeed-need the
best, not the least we can
do!
Leslie Harris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

What do you do with a
noisy cricket?
Well. for one thing, you
let him sing away and try
to find interest in his sing
ing.
An Arlington correspond
ent writes:
Il so often read your ar
ticles and enjoy them very
much.
Il wonder if you will help
me out?
There has been a cricket
in the wall of my apartment
for the last two months. It's
cheep is very annoying, espe-
cially through the night
and particularly when the
weather changes.
Il have gotten up at all
hours of the night and find
it to be in this one location,
right beside my bed!
Il have had the extermi-
nator in to spray along the
wall, to no avail. 1t inter-
fereS with my sleep a great
deal, and it seems the only
thing I can hope for is his
old age and death from nat
ural causes.
How long do crickets
live?
Can you suggest anything
else that can be done?
Yours very truly, B.M.G."
Seriously, we believe that
if we had a cricket in the
wall we would let him alone
to live out his short life.
Maybe he can't get out.
So he sings his life away,
a very fine performance. and
brave, too. if you choose to
look at it that way.
Our cricket book says:
When the weather is cool
in autumn, some species get
into houses and sing where
1t is warm and pleasant"
The book goes on to say
that crickets are said to be
the most musical of all insects.
Think of having such mu-
sicians right in your very
walls!
The cricket has a sort of
fiddle, rubbing the scraper of
one wing over the file of the
other. Only the males can
sing in this way.
The common field cricket
is the one in our correspond
ent's wall.
\ y
The rate Of chirping is
said to show the temperature
OF the location.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20

In other words. the rapidity
of the chI'ps, or scrapes, is
affected by the temperature.
A formula has been worked
out. 1t says that T equals so
plus N minus 10 over 4.
T stands for temperature,
Of course. Fahrenheit, and N
for the number of chirps per
minute.
This works out, for ex-
ample, to So degrees, if the
number Of chirps per minute
is 1l2, etc.
Our wakeful correspondent
might try working this out.
The experts say the cricket
tells the temperature within
two degrees of a good ther-
mometer.
BY the time the chirps are
counted, the weary listener
probably would be sound
asleep.
A cricket in a house has al
ways been regarded as a good
omen.
Surely no one wants to in
terfere with good omens!
In this world of disaster
and more to come, we all need
all the good omens we can
find.
If a simple insect can func-
ton this way, so much the
better for us.
The cricket's life is only
from one season to the next,
so our correspondent will not
have long to wait now.
In the meantime, he can
tell how cool the wall is by
listening to his own private
cricket. The big feature about
a private sound of this sort
is that it is not man-made.
Noises made by people are
always annoying. There is
no harm in the cricket's noise.
and he has utterly no idea of
doing harm to anyone. This
is soothing to realize. If, then,
with this idea of good, can be
combined that of music, Won
derful in its way, straight
from the heart of nature,
why, then, Mr.. G. can roll
over and go to sleep with a
good heart and clear con-
science. We are sure he viii
be able to do this, if he tries.
In this world, there is moth
ing quite like trying. Who
recalls the old copybook
maxim, IF at first you don't
succeed, try. try again? You
remember, they said it try,
try" not Just one try, but two.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20

This little incident may
shed some light as to why
the Russians are ahead of us
Gf they are), or to the es-
tablishment of a record of
one kind or another:
On February IL, 1860, I
received a package through
the mails. evidently a book,
properly wrapped. addressed,
postage paid, Sender's name
printed on the label, and
hand-Stamped First Class"
I found the book inside COL
orfully gift-wrapped with a
large card bearing Sea
sons Greetings" signed by
the sender.
Trying hard to shift my
mental gears to determine
what season I was really in,
I looked at the one and only
cancellation stamp and
found it marked, Silver
Spring. Md, December "a,
1881"
Being accustomed to re-
ceiving letters and small
packages from Tokyo in
three days, I have had rea-
son to be proud of our postal
system. In fact, I have been
a staunch defender of Mr..
Summerfleld's pay-as-you-go
plan against strong intra-
marital opposition. But-lest
we get off the subject
where is Silver Spring,
Maryland, anyway? And
what bothers me more-has
my good friend crossed me
off his Christmas list for
next year?
j. Edward Kidder,
Minister, Berwyn Presbyte-
rian Church.
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form and when he undertakes his own
campaign. Mr.. Eisenhower's remarks
apparently mean that Mr.. Nixon need
have no fear Of offending "the boss" by
charting new paths or even redesigning
some Of those they have Travelled to-
gether. For Mr.. Nixon, this should be
pleasant and helpful news.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
THE POLITICAL MILL
Southerners FIoy Rights Bill
By GOULD LINCOLN

years ago, providing for Fed
eral supervisors of registra-
ton and elections. The DAY.
export bill-taking its name
from a New York lawyer who
was active in persuading the
Congress to put it through
was repealed in 1893 after
Grover Cleveland won his
second election as President
and took into Office with him
a Democratic Congress. The
report of a House committee
on the repeal bill showed
that the measure had been
used in New York and other
States to corrupt elections
either by keeping voters off
the rolls or by putting others
on the rolls. In New York,
the supervisor not only chal-
lenged the right of would-be
voters, but actually threw
enough of them into jail to
win elections.
Senator Talmadge argued
that the referee proposal in
the administration bill is,
therefore, nothing new; that
it is only a copy of the old
Davenport Act, and that in
view of past history, the
new proposal could be used
to corrupt elections, too.
Charge Violation of Rights
The Southerners contend,
in their discussions of the
new civil rights bill, that the
measure violates the rights
of the States to control their
own elections, whether for
Federal officers or for State
and loca! officers. They argue,
too, that the move is all a
part of the drive for bigger
and bigger Federal Govern
ment, more and more bu-
reaucracy. Further. they have
insisted that in their States
Georgia, Virginia and North
Carolina, for mple-
Negroes are registered in
large numbers and that they
vote. They also have pointed
to the fact Negroes have been
elected to Office in their
States and are now serving.
Under the rule of unlimited
debate-eXcept when cloture
is voted-prevailing in the
Senate, the civil rights bill
is expected to be delayed.
perhaps for weeks. Majority
Leader Lyndon johnson of
Texas, however, has an
nounced that he will ask for
sessions Of the Senate six
days a week and long hours.
A question is whether the
Senate can get to a vote on
the civil rights measure be-
fore the House acts on a
measure of its own and sends
it to the Senate. The House
Rules Committee has finally
agreed to have the bill taken
up. 1t is expected to come
before the House March 10
under a wide-open rule, per-
hitting the offering of all
kinds of amendments. Fifteen
hours of general debate on
the bill are provided under
the rule.
If both houses pass civil
rights bills, either house may
accept the bill of the other,
or the whole matter may be
sent to conference. Despite
the fact the legislation is
getting an early start in the
session, the prospects are for
a long-drawn-out fight be-
fore it comes to a final vote.
The memorable power of
politics. however, is expected
to prevail in the end, despite
the violent objections of
Southern Congressmen and
Senators. and force the pas
sage of a civil rights meas
ure, which may go far be-
yond the laws now on the
statute books.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

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