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Evening star., 1960-07-12
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

that under wise guidance we
can use it.
These are the mainsprings
Of conduct. The trouble with
so many young people today
seems to be that they do not
believe at all in wise guild
ance.
This is old hat, to them.
They dread lectures, as they
think of wise words; they
shrink from being thought
perfectly human. in this re-
spect.
So much of the trouble we
get into is Self-induced, be-
cause we think our way, for
good or evil, into it. Then we
must think our way out. The
trouble comes because we are
upset, after we get into it.
and our thinking is faulty.
That is where the wise
words. from doctor, relative
or friend, or minister, can
help nightly, but they alone
cannot make us over; they
can only help us to be salts
fed with and use what we
have.
If we do not have much.
then we are in a bad way,
indeed.
1t is right here, perhaps,
that hope springs eternal in
the human breast. We have
all heard about this and
sometimes may have Won
dered exactly where the hope
lies, where it leads, and what
will be the end.
These questions have been
answered for us, over the CEN
turies. if we will but study
them.
The four-legged animals,
the two-legged birds, the
filmed fishes, the scaled in
sects, these and others
known and unknown, get
nothing from books. Books
are not for them.
Books are for us, the only
writing and reading crea-
lures in the universe, as far
as we know.
This is our proud hope for
making ourselves over, with
the aid of good doctors, help
full relatives, and kindly peo-
pie everywhere.
We must be fairly satisfied.
somehow, with the results, If
we are to use life in a rene
dial way. We must realize
from the beginning that
others cannot make us be
satisfied and use what we
have.
Evening star., 1960-07-12
Old Order Passes

The Los Angeles convention marks
the passing of what might be called the
Democratic Old Guard. And in a way
it is rather sad
Harry Truman, the Old Pro of the
Old Pros, did not even go to the conven-
ton. The man who last won a national
election for the Democrats, with his
come-from-behind campaign in 194S,
stayed home in independence. 81 can
not lend myself to what is happening"
he said.
But the convention, securely in the
grip Of the junior element, went right
ahead without him. Those of the old
timers who showed up in Los Angeles
soon discovered that there was but one
thing for them to do-forget the days
when they were king makers and scram-
BILE aboard the Kennedy bandwagon.
I The experience of the Pennsylvania
delegation, headed by Governor David
Lawrence, illustrates the point. Lyndon
johnson left Washington for Los An
geleS with high hopes. He thought he
had firm assurances that the Pennsyl-
vania delegation, which was believed to
hold the key to the nomination, would
not go to Senator Kennedy. The Texan
had lively awareneSS of the threat of
a bandwagon psychology, which he
hoped wouldn't come to pass. But Sen
ator Johnson was mistaken. If politi-
clans suffer from an occupational
disease, it is an irresistible impulse to
be with the winner-a morbid dread of
being left at the station after the train
has pulled out. Governor Lawrence, a
Catholic himself, feared the effect of
the religious question if Senator Ken
nedy should be nominated. He was not
Kennedy man. And as the political
boss in Pennsylvania, as his States Old
Pro, it was thought that he might hold
his delegation with its 81 votes in line.
But it was not to be. When the Kennedy
bandwagon hove into view, Pennsylvania
delegates with 6412 votes simply Stam-
peded. And who was the first man to
climb aboard? Why, Governor Lawrence
--of all people.
And so it has gone in Los Angeles.
The influence of the Old Pros is about
as low as it can get. And the very young
men, for better or worse, are firmly in
/ the saddle.
Evening star., 1960-07-12
Mail Injustice

Your editorial, "No Mail
Showdown, Please" comes as
a shock to me, as I have al
ways had a high regard for
Star editorials. This one is
not well written-it shows a
lack of depth and knowledge
of the working of mail trans
port, and a definite disregard
Of the proper rights of the
patrons of the service.
Transportation of a large
amount of flrst-clasS mail by
air has not assured senders
Of quicker delivery in many
instances where only one de-
livery is made in a day. It
is a patented service for the
benefit of businessmen, who
have the advantage of more
frequent delivery services at
the post Office of destination,
and a gross injustice to other
mailers who cannot have the
advantage of this service
while paying the same rate
Of postage. Also, this method
Of handling first-clasS mail
at 19 cents per ton mile while
surface transportation costs
6 or 7 cents has never
received the sanction of Con-
gress. In fact, until this year,
the carrying of f1rst-claSS
mail by air was called an ex-
pertinent. Further, the Post
Office Department is COM
peting with its own regular
air mail in this instance, for
which mailers pay Z cents,
not 4.
Newspapers in the Wash
ington area should be well
aware of these conditions,
and their failure to be fair
indicates a possible merce-
nary interest, and not the
interest in the welfare of the
public that they profess to
have. This particular edi-
torial Smacks of propaganda,
and I hope that The Star
will change its tune on the
Cunningham bill, which after
all, is designed to correct a
wrong, and not to provide
subsidies for the railroads, as
you have charged. You say
that the Cunningham bill
should be consigned to the
dead-letter Office. Your read
ers might some day say the
same thing of The Star.
William p. Thomas, Jr.
Evening star., 1960-07-12
Figures the Odds

The sport page headline,
Law of Averages Could Aid
Fischer Against Grant Hex"
was very interesting, but err
roneous. Erroneous because
the law of averages does not
apply to baseball.
Where there is only the
element of chance, the law
of averages is applicable to
the nth degree. But it could
not be applied to the l4th of
a series after 13 cases had
become history. For instance.
in tossing a coin the chances
are very remote that heads
will appear six times in a
row. But If you have brought
up heads five times already,
the chance Of throwing the
sixth is $3.50.
Elmer c. Helm.
Evening star., 1960-07-12
How Much Lonoer?

It is not surprising that the Senate
Disarmament Study Subcommittee has
heard IN recent testimony that more
than few American officials suspect
that the Soviet Union may be carrying
out secret underground nuclear tests.
In actuality, of course, such cheating
may not be taking place, but we have
no way of being sure as to that, and so
measure of suspicion is certainly not
unreasonable-particularly in view of
the Kremlin's persistent opposition to
the idea of effective international
policing.
Unfortunately, as far as atomic
hydrogen detonationS are concerned,
such policing apparently will be hard
to establish even If the Russians CO.
operate. At any rate, as pointed out by
Representative Chet Holif1eld of the
Joint Congressional Atomic Committee,
the best scientific evidence indicates
"that for the next several years at least
1t will not be possible to detect and
identify underground bomb tests" of
varying magnitudeS of power, including
the small" ones equivalent to 10000
tons of TINT or less and the much bigger
shots ranging upwards from the equiva-
lent of 100000 tons of TINT.
Thus, according to the Joint Com
mittee'S findings, the smaller explosions
could be set off clandeStinely, with rela-
tive ease, in manner that would make
them indiStinguishable from natural
earthquakes, and the more powerful
detonationS could be rendered similarly
undetectable through a special "muf-
fling" technique. In short, any country
wishing to cheat on a teSt-ban agree
ment could do so quite readily, which is
why the present moratorium on nuclear
testing is thing of highly questionable
dependability-a wholly unpoliced ar
rangement under which the Russians
could at this very moment be staging
secret underground shots that conceiv-
ably could give them decisive lead over
us in the development of missile war
heads and revolutionary small nuclear
weapons.
This is grim possibility that must
be reckoned with in connection with the
Slow-motion Geneva test-ban talks.
These talks have been going on for the
past 20 months, and during all that time
our country has not staged single
Evening star., 1960-07-12
Striking Pilots

The conclusions reached
IN your recent editorial,
Striking Against Safety" p"
are strange ones.
If the pilots refusals to
be coerced into taking flights
which they sincerely believe,
In exercise of their statutory
responsibility, are contrary
to safety, an interesting
question arises: When the
f1rst plane load of people
cracks up due to disruption
OF the crew because a Fed
eral Aviation Agency inspec-
tor has displaced an essential
and necessary member, will
the FAA accept full respon-
sibility as "FAA error" or
start crying for the pilots
scalp?
In our opinion, the title
could be more properly en-
titled, "a Strike For Safety. &"
We would also like to point
out that the FAA inspector
has not been occupying this
strategic" seat for years as
you allege, simply because
the particular seating con-
figuration involved exists
only on jet aircraft. AS a
matter of fact, the seat pro-
vided for the inspector, which
he does not want to use, is
more superior for inspection
and observation of the entire
crew than the facilities on
any other aircraft.
Ed Modes,
Director, Public Relations,
Air Line Pilots Associa-
ti0n
Evening star., 1960-07-12
Conventional

1t is to be hoped that the
televiSed presentation Of
both the Democratic and
Republican Conventions will
not only illuminate the dan
ger inherent in this kind Of
political potpourri, but what
a small part the voters play
in the really vital issues of
our Nation as well.
Judging by past conven-
tionS, If the frenetic antics of
the delegates, all to the tune
Of cacophonous fanfare, do
not produce for the voters a
choice Of nightmares" it
will be due more to chance
than to any Solicitous regard
on their part for the welfare
of the people.
Something as crucial as a
presidential nomination
should be a grave affair con-
Quoted by statesmen of stature
who, after due deliberation,
nominate the man best quail
1t1ed to guide a society as
vast and as complex as ours.
However, a truly represen-
tative form of government
can only be maintained
through the constant vigi-
lance of its citizenry. AS deni-
zens of democracy, then, it
behooves US to demand a re-
vision Of this antiquated con-
vention system in which we
have so little voice.
In the last analysis, free
dom implies not only re-
straint but responsibility.
And it is folly to expect
public servants to accept
their responsibility until we
the people accept ours.
Vera L. Timm.
We view each convention
with grave apprehension, And
listen, as though we were
there, While each delegation
presents to the Nation its
choice for George Washing
tons heir.
Mons nerve-ends will
tingle, as Democrats mingle
In old-fashioned free-for-all
bouts, While pop just relaxes,
and dreams of low taxes,
When Nixon comes forward
and shouts.
With tactics courageous,
if sometimes umbrageous,
Some candidates jockey for
place, While Richard, un-
smiling. or kind and beguil-
ing, Like Janus, may choose
either face.
From each party's selec-
tion, one wins the election
Next fall, as our leader: And
yet, We face the Iron Cur
tain. How can we be certain
he's our best nti-Communist
bet?
So may both conventions be
free of dissensions. So far as
such conclaveS can be, And
may both the contenders be
worthy defenders of faith, in
a world that is free!
Clark Kincaid
Evening star., 1960-07-12
Dressing Down HIST

Former President Truman's
desperate "Stop Kennedy"
charge that the great Demo-
cratic National Convention
has been fixed is a shocking
accusation. 1t implies serious
reflections on the personal
honor and integrity of the
convention leaders and dele
gates of fifty States, because
no convention can be fixed
unless delegates themselves
have "been fixed"
His charges will hardly be
bought by the American pub
lic-to whom Kennedy per-
Sonally presented himself in
seven gruelling State prima-
rieS to seek their approval,
which was given overwhelm-
ingly in every section of the
country. The candidate Tru-
man recommends didn't even
bother to seek the approval
of the public.
Truman'S reflections on
Kennedy's possible unfitness
for Office because of age will
carry no weight with the pub
lie either, after the U-2 fias-
CO, the failure of the Sum-
nit Conference, the Japanese
incident. and the admitted
mishandling of the Castro af-
fair-products of the ma
ture" Judgment of our "elder"
statesmen.
Truman's public downgrad-
ing of a fellow Democrat who
stands a good chance Of
being named as the party
nominee can hardly be con-
sidered an act of party 10y
atty. He is giving the opposi-
tion free ammunition to use
against his own party If Ken
Evening star., 1960-07-12

Doctors do not make
people over; they help them
be satisfied with, and use,
what they have"
These were the wise words
of DR.. William B. Terhune,
speaking before the annual
scientific assembly of the
Medical Society of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
After all, doctors and hos
pitals and well meaning
friends can do only so much
for you. The rest is up to you.
Nobody can make us over,
really, we must do the work
ourselves. if it is to be done
at all.
Wise men of the past have
endlessly hammered on this
theme, with seemingly little
results. We are told to be
self-reliant, but somehow the
way escapes us.
1t all boils down, one may
believe, to thinking.
The mind is wonderful
enough, but it seems a little
more wonderful still when
we stop to think about it.
The human mind and brain,
however they are separated,
make one thing, impossible to
describe, but easy to put into
action.
This is fortunatel
If we couldn't think, we
would be like the dumb brute
creatures, so called, that only
act on impulse, actions and
reaction.
The human mind can re-
view its actions, can resist an
action against it, can stop a
reaction in its tracks.
This is because we have
language.
Cats and dogs and hyenas
have sounds, a rudimentary
tongue, if you will, but it can
not be clasSed with mans al
phabet, words, sentences and
written works.
4 %&
The point of the wise doc
tors statement, we think. is
that all of us have a great
deal, no matter who we are.
This is an encouraging
thought.
Content is a continual
feast, somebody said long ago.
To be able to use properly
what we have is inseparable
from being satisfied.
The main thing is to know
that we have something, and
Evening star., 1960-07-12
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
denSdtion.
nedy becomes the nominee.
I'm afraid that Truman has
unwittingly presented a sor-
rier picture of himself than
he has of Senator Kennedy.
Anthony M. Madden.
Evening star., 1960-07-12

nuclear detonation. In effect, we have
given the Russians what they want-an
uninSpected, unpoliced cessation of test
ing. With cheating altogether possible,
how much longer can we abide by such
an arrangement without endangering
our national security?
Evening star., 1960-07-12

religious issue may make 1t
difncult for him to win. SEN
ator Kennedy will have to
sell himself to the voters in
such States, and obviously
the opposition will not sit
while that is going on.
Already it has been shown
that Indiana will be a tough
nut for Senator Kennedy to
crack, for in the presidential
primary there 10000 votes
were cast for two unknowns
on the Democratic ticket.
These were anti-Kennedy
votes.
Johnson Role Eyed
Senator Kennedy has said
that he expects Senator
johnson to continue in his
present Office majority
leader of the Senate-in the
new Congress. But if Senator
Kennedy is President of the
United States and the people
who made it possible for him
to win the nomination should
demand that another leader
"a liberal of their own
model-take over the Dem
ocratic leadership of the Up
per House, what will Senator
Kennedy's attitude be? That
may be a question in the
mind of Senator johnson
right now.
He may remember that the
late President Franklin D.
Roosevelt once defeated a
widely known and liked
Southern Democrat-Senator
Pat Harrison of Mississippi
when he sought the party
leadership of the Senate af-
ter the death of Senator Joe
Robinson of Arkansas. This
happened after the defeat of
the Presidents Supreme e
Court packing bill. Mr..
Roosevelt won over a Senate
vote by promising the Sen
ator in question a Federal
judgeship, and this made it
possible for the late Senator
and Vice President Barkley
of Kentucky to nose out Sem
ator Harrison for the leader
ship.
Senator johnson, Senator
Symington and Mr.. Steven
son are men who are ex-
pected to support Senator
Kennedy in the fall cam
paign. AS loyal party men
they will do so, although
Senator johnson may do so
with misgivingS. Senator
Symington may be the NOM
inee for the vice presidency.
There is much talk he will be
tapped by Senator Kennedy
for the second place on the
ticket. AS for Mr.. Stevenson,
he may be Senator Kennedy's
Secretary of State.
1t will be interesting to see
how the votes goes for the
presidential nomination and
how many delegates will hold
out against voting for Senator
Kennedy. Some, it is said,
will, and some of the Virginia
delegates, if not all, will likely
stick with Senator johnson
to the end. Senator Kennedy,
however, will work on these
Southern delegates as hard
as he can to keep them in
line.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and
former President Harry S.
Truman have done their best
to defeat Senator Kennedy
for the presidential nomina-
ton. Apparently neither one
thinks he can beat Mr.. Nixon.
In the end they, too, will an
nounce their support Of Sen
ator Kennedy, when he has
been nominated.
Every effort will be made
to placate these two veterans.
Evening star., 1960-07-12
THE POLITICAL MILL
Democrats Act to Unite Party
By GOULD LINCOLN

LOS ANGELES, July a.
Having happily - or unhap-
PLY ly-disposed of their
presidential nomination, to
Senator Kennedy of Massa-
chusettS, the Democrats are
engaged today in a major ef-
fort to build a united front
to oppose Vice President
Nixon, the expected Repub-
lican candidate.
This quick disposal of the
Democratic presidential race,
which seems from this point
of view to have been over
almost before it began,
should leave fewer scars, the
party leaders hope. than
would have resulted from a
convention battle royal, per-
hapS. with bitter words spo-
ken and feelings injured.
Everybody is saying nice
things about everybody else
which does not seem quite
true to Democratic form. But
there it is. Senator Kennedy
cannot be too nice to Lyndon
johnson of Texas and Stuart
Symington of Missouri, and
Of course to Adlai Stevenson
the forgotten man from
Illinois.
Nevertheless, there remains
spots on the harmony picture
that may darken the view
next fall. For example, the
Southern wing of the party
has taken a betting from the
Northern liberals, led by
Senator Kennedy, Mr.. Ste
venson ct al. They slapped
down Lyndon johnson be-
cause he halls from the
South, and labor and the
Negroes generally did not
wish the nomination of the
Senate majority leader.
They made it clear in a
number of ways that he was
not wanted because he was a
Southerner. In addition, these
liberal forces have written a
drastic civil rights platform
plank-even placing in it a
sympathetic paragraph deal
ing with the "sit-in" DEM
onstrationS by Negroes who
invaded segregated lunch
counters in many of the
Southern States. This plank,
it is we'll understood. follows
the lines taken by Senator
Kennedy, the ADA and the
NAACP. 1t may cause a
really bitter debate in the
convention when the plat
form is presented for action
today. 1t has been predicted
that some Southern delega-
tionS may walk out. But this
remains to be seen.
Move to G. o. p. Seen
There is a feeling in some
weil-informed quarters that
this kind of treatment of the
Southern Democrats may in
f1uence Texas. Florida, Lou
isiana, Virginia and one or
two other States of the old
solid South to support Mr..
Nixon or, barring that, to
cast their electoral votes for
a Southern Democrat. The
effect, either way, would be
to reduce the number of
electoral votes cast for SEN
ator Kennedy.
The religious issue also
seems to be leaving a mark in
Democratic quarters in the
Midwest, the South and some
Eastern States-although it
has been soft-pedaled here.
There is a distinct fear it
may cost Senator Kennedy
votes, even though it also
gains him Catholic votes in
many communities.
Ohio and Indiana Demo-
Gratis, for example, are not
too happy about a Kennedy
nomination, fearing that the
Evening star., 1960-07-12
On Trying Eichmonn


To my suggestion that
Israel return the Nazi GRIM
inal, Adolf Eichmann, cap
tured in Argentina by Israeli
volunteers" to Argentina
for extradition and trial to
Germany, Samuel Shapiro
asked how Eichmann should
"be brought to task"
Although West Germany
has abolished the death pen
atty, Eichmann can be tried
in Germany under the Grim
inal statutes. To some people
life imprisonment is worse
than death.
Under the convention
Council of Europe, Article
10, Subsection 2, there is
provided a court of human
rights. There is possible ju-
risdiction here.
AS the ISraelis desire a big
propaganda profit out of this
case. the United Nations un-
der the Genocide Convention,
Article 6, might consider the
case. At the same time, how
ever, should be considered
the Katyn Forest and
Ukrainian massacres.
Also, the International
Military Tribunal might be
reinvoked. However, this
would not appear. to be
necessary as reconstructed
German courts have already
taken care of some of the
remaining Nazi criminals.
Special courts, also, were set
up to try the more fiendish
crimes in concentration camp
and prisons.
AS Mr.. Shapiro has stated,
Israel did not even exist
when Eichmann committed
his crimes" So. it would ap-
pear highly improbable that
jurisdiction lies in that ma
ton. Matthew A. McKavitt.
Evening star., 1960-07-12
RidicuIes Blue Laws

Angus Sinclair.
Evening star., 1960-01-13
Suspect Seizedby FBI in New York
Wi|IReturn for Foirfox Kidnop 7 rial

A father Of three who is
charged with kidnapping a Falls
Church mother and her two
small children will be brought
back for trial from New York,
where the FBI arrested him
yesterday.
William c. Sullivan. 81, who
last lived at lit Columbia
road NV, gave up without a
murmur when agents spotted
him gazing into a Bronx
restaurant.
Sullivan is accused of holding
Mrs. Joseph w. Sherman pris-
oner for nearly 2 hours in her
home at 900 East George Mason
drive last Thursday. Police
said he got into the home by
representing himself as a frozen
food plan salesman.
Home Ransacked
Mrs. Sherman, "a, was bound
and gagged with necktles while
the home was ransacked She
finally agreed to write a 500
check and go to a Falls Church
bank with the intruder to cash
1T. The man insisted on TAX
Evening star., 1960-01-13

the measure so strongly that
they have organized a Citizens
Committee for Canine Protec-
ton which will fight "either to
have the ordinance revised or
rescinded."
The first meeting of the
group will be held at 8 pm.
January IS at the College Park
Municipal Building.
Attorney Walter L. Green
called the ordinance perfectly
propoSterous" and said it con-
f1icts with State and county dog
control regulations.
The ordinance requires that
all dogs be kept on leash and
in custody of a responsible per-
son when not on their owners
property.
Mayor Charles R. Davis said
Is dogs. three Of them licensed,
have been picked up since the
ordinance became effective. The
licensed dogs and five unli-
cenSed ones have been re-
deemed, he said.
Residents protesting the