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Evening star., 1960-06-01

The broad, affirmative re-
'sponse which attended the
selection Of Chester Bowles
to serve as chairman of the
Democratic Convention Plat
form Committee reveals an
appreciation of Mr.. Bowles'
political skill and warm, hu-
man qualities of leadership
that may be significant at
the convention in July. Mr..
Truman's presence on the
platform committee and
ultimate selection as a nomi-
nee in 1914 establishes prec-
edent for a greater measure
Of recognition of this i'm
portant committee as a
source Of potential candi-
dates.
James Y. MObIey.
Evening star., 1960-06-01
Out of the Enclosure

Boris Pasternak loomed large among
the flaming and monumentally naive
intellectuals who welcomed the Bolshe-
vik Revolution in 1917. Twenty-seven
years old at the time, he was already
recognized as one of Russia's finest lyric
poets, and although he had been reared
in happy and affluent bourgeois" en-
vironment, he looked forward to a bet
ter, more idealistic way of living; he
looked forward to bright new era in
which the Communists would reShape
the world to make it conform with every
thing good, true and beautiful.
The dream did not die in him all
at once. He continued through the 192Os
to write lovely poems, but the dis
illusionment, the disenchantment, took
hold of him bit by bit, with ever-growing
force. The evils of the Soviet system
the debasement of truth, the party-line
control of art and literature, the grim
RECOMMENDATION of the masses, the ter
rorism of the secret police, the SYSTEM
attic strangulation of freedom-became
clearer and clearer to Boris PaSternak
as time went on, and his writing was
affected accordingly. Composing less and
less poetry, he gave his countrymen
splendid, ideologically noncontroversial
translations of Western classics (partic-
ularly Shakespeare). And then, at no
little risk to his neck, he gave the world
at large "Dr. Zhivago."
Critics have likened this novel to
Tolstoys "War and Peace" but the
Kremlin, which has forbidden the books
publication within the USSR, has reviled
Mr.. Pasternak for it-a fact that ex-
plains why he had to reject (after first
accepting it) the 1858 Nobel Prize for
his important achievement in contem-
porary lyrical poetry and in the field of
the great Russian epic tradition" Ac-
tually he did not undertake to write
'Dr. Zhivago" as an Communist
political polemic; he meant 1t to be,
rather, work of art faithfully depict
ing life in revolutionary Russia. And
that is what it is, but it is also-inescap-
ably, ineVitably-a devastating commen-
tary on how Marxism aff1icts and de-
grades the mind, heart, soul and even
body of man. Hence the virulence of
the Soviet propaganda attack on the
author, and hence these lines from him:
! am lost like a beast in an enclosure,
Somewhere are people, freedom and light.
Behind me is the noise of pursuit,
And there Is no tOdy out -.
But tohat tDicked thing haze done,
/, the murderer and viAuin?'
/, Dfo force the Dkole World to cry
ODer the beauty of my land.
But, in any case, am near my prdUe,
And belieue the time tDiH come
When the spirit OF good tDiH conquer
WickedneSS and intGmy.
Mr.. PaSternak, dead now at 10, and
out of the enclosure" was terribly upset
last year when British newspaper pub
lished this poem in violation of his con-
fidence. Still, deplorable as the breach
of trust may be, the lines themselves are
good to read as a measure of his hope
for the future, and also as a reproach
to the Kremlin for having treated him
so shabbily and for being afraid to let
the Russian people read what he has
written.
Evening star., 1960-06-01
LETTERS TO THE STAR

plan as well as the govern
ments Of the District of CO.
lumhia and the counties af-
fected for supporting 1t.
Nearly all regional agencies
have Endorsed it.
The proposal is now be-
fore Congress in S. 3517 by
Senator Alan Bible and H.R.
1908 by Representative Joel
Broyhill. All citizens and
groups are urged to support
this vital legislation.
Harold Gray,
Chairman, Citizens Coun-
Gil for a Clean Potomac.
Evening star., 1960-06-01
An Appeal

Four years ago when my
little friend and parishioner
Butch" Upton lost both
his arms, the response to
Jim Moser's articles in your
paper was most gratifying.
Over $4,000 was contributed
to the two trust funds set up
for him, and his story ap-
peared in the Saturday
Evening Post and subse-
quently in translation in
"Amerika," the Russian Ian
guage magazine sent by our
Government to the Soviet
Union, as an example Of
American prosthetic excel
lence.
Butch" then dropped out
of sight until Mr.. Moser's
recent article brought him
and his problems before the
public again. I had hoped
that once more there would
be a generous response, but
so far the results have. been
disappointing. However, the
boys expenses go on and
up: $1,000 for his second set
of artificial arms, in addi-
ton to his board and tut
ton at the Woodrow Wilson
Rehabilitation Center, have
used up a considerable part
of his capital, and will con-
tinue to do SO. l hope that
many of his former friends
and well-wishers, in addition
to new ones, will read this
and once more give freely to
this worthy cause. In Rus
sia the state would take COM
plete charge of him; let us
prove that ours is q better
Evening star., 1960-06-01

C1o president, is in a poor position to
criticize the GSA for its screening Of
Negro applicants for the Government
work. Some time ago, Mr.. Meany said
he personally would recruit Negro elec-
tricians from elsewhere If none could
be found here. Rather than charge
"whitewash" against GSA, why doesn't
he produced the qualified men he prom
ised? Then let's see what happens.
Evening star., 1960-06-01
Punches Two Tickets

AlLIlOugn our OemOCraClC
system of government per-
mits the choice between two
candidates for the presidency
Of the United States, there
are many other eligibles for
whom we may have no op-
portunity to vote.
The basic issue of the up
coming election, if there is
to be an issue raised, has to
be foreign affairs. There can
be little general quarrel about
the domestic status of the
country. Although prosperity
Is somewhat unequally dis
tributed, it Is unquestionably
present. However, there can
be serious questions raised
about the international status
OF our country. Little more
than 10 years ago we were
without doubt the most
powerful nation on earth,
and, equally important, the
most respected. This COM
bination should have put us
in a position of being able to
exert dynamic moral and
economic leadership for
decades to come. We may
yet be the most powerful and
most respected nation on
earth. However, there have
been recent indications that
we are retreating on both
counts. The United States,
as a world leader, has not
lived up to its potential.
If there is any truth in
the above statements, and If
there is a widespread concern
about these problems, it
would behoove at least one
political party to choose a
candidate who has a long
range conception of the in
ternational situation and the
role of the United States
therein. It would seem to me
that the candidates who
would best answer the above
description are Nelson Rookie
feller and Adlai Stevenson.
william J. Weber.
Evening star., 1960-06-01

Somebody wants us to
write about roses.
Many years ago this COL
umn was about roses at least
three times every week.
That was because we were
living in GEORGETOWN, then,
and Georgetown has the best
soil for roses in the United
States.
Red clay!
We planted roses, they did
well, and we wrote about
them. That Is our formula.
When we migrated to
Chevy Chase, Md, we took
our roses along, and what
happened?
They didn't do well.
An old farming gentleman,
who sometimes helped out,
took some of the soil in his
hand and threw it back con-
temptuously.
"Old rottenstone," he said.
So we gave up roses, and
wrote no more about them,
except the climbers.
But they still hold a place
in the gardening heart of all
persons, whether they call
themselves dirt gardeners or
just themselves as persons
open to the honest appeal of
an honest flower.
+ +
Too long roses have been
teamed up with sad occasions.
1t is the heady, lingering
fragrance in closed places.
Out in the open air, where
they belong, this strong fra
GRANGE, which we call rose. is
toned down to blend with the
good earth.
Then it is exactly as it
should be.
You and the bee will have
to come close to smell any,
thing now,
This is as it SHOULD be.
Everything is right, with
roses.
Truly. no brighter, no more
right, flower exists. Some Of
the blossoming world strikes
us, at times, as being too, too,
too much, or we wonder Just
why they were ever created,
as we do of mosquitoes among
the insects.
Not so, the rose.
Here is a real flower, frown
and hybridized, so that today
we can have a multitude of
flowers in all colors, in all
forms, from the great hot
house beauties, to the little
roses used as hedges.
Evening star., 1960-06-01

system, and that Christian
charity is not just an article
Of faith, but also a worker
Of concrete results.
Contributions may be sent
to the Union Trust Company,
Washington 5, D. c., marked
Robert Upton Trust Fund"
or to me, and they will be
promptly acknowledged.
REV. Wade Stafford,
Old Durham Church, Iron-
sides, Charles County,
Md.
Evening star., 1960-06-01
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Predicting Tidal Waves Tricky Job
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

quake in the Pacific near the
Aleutians which had been
recorded on seismographs
around the world a few hours
earlier. This disaster resulted
in the present warning sys-
tenn.
After Hilo, says Capt. Rob-
erts, "it was certainly time
for the Survey to develop and
install warning devices at
its seismograph stations, ar
range a communications net
work connecting earthquake
and tide stations with a sur
veillance center at Honolulu.
But such a warning service
required solution of several
problems. Relatively few sub
marine earthquakes produce
tSunamiS. Most of those
which do so are in the deep
ocean trenches. This is nat.
ural since these trenches are
active zones of vertical read
justment in the earth's crust.
But many sea QuakeS
cause no tSunamiS. The sur
veillance system must call on
tide and wave reporting sta
tions to observe actual ones
before definite alerts are pos
sible. The arrival times at
Hawaii from a known earth
quake epicenter require esti-
mates based on travel-time
charts compiled on theoret-
ical grounds.
How Quakes Start
Accuracy of time predic-
tions is limited by our incom-
plete knowledge of sea depths
which control wave velocities.
In the case of the 1946 ar
rival at Valparaiso the wave
beat the prediction by 80
minutes, finding a better
path than we could.
Earthquakes result from
impulsive splitting or shear
ing of rock strata in the
earth's crust, the break, oc-
curing when the rocks are
stressed beyond their
strength by crustal deforma-
ton. Waves of various types
radiate from such a shock
and traverse the solid earth
in a few minutes. But when a
vertical motion of the strata
comprising the sea bottom is
involved the whole ocean is
displaced vertically, impart-
ing tremendous potential
energy to the water. Sub
sequent leveling of the water
surface generates spreading
waves which have great
kinetic energy. 1t is these
spreading waves that are
strange indeed.
Like numerous other types
of disturbances the tsunami
is propagated as a wave
which dies out gradually as
the energy is slowly lost in
internal friction and energy
transfer to the earth and
atmosphere. While the first
crest is undoubtedly highest
at the source there is a
tendency for later waves,
perhaps the third or fourth,
to be greatest at some dis
tant point.
Notwithstanding its limi-
tations, the warning system
has given a good account Of
itself. Numerous submarine
quakes have triggered alarms
and started periods of fever
ish activity. Submarine earth
quake reports have gone
ahead of other traffic to
Honolulu and then the Homo
lulu workers have queried
tide observers at all strategic
points and studied time
travel charts. In rare cases
warnings have been issued to
civilian and military author
tiles to clear beaches and
make preparations"
Evening star., 1960-06-01

AIC VI .. NOdSI anu
Geodetic Survey has an
excellent and efficient "tsu-
nami" prediction and warn
ing setup.
"Tsunamis" are the mon
strous tidal waves, originat-
ing from submarine earth
quakes, such as recently
caused the great disaster in
Chile and lesser disasters in
Hawaii and Japan.
One trouble is that the sys-
TEN may be, in a sense, too
good. 1t has cried wolf" too
often when nothing hap
pened, so now its warnings
are likely to be disregarded.
When the Survey receives
word of an earthquake in the
floor of the Pacific and rec
ords of high waves at var
iouS places around the shores
there is nothing to do but
issue a warning.
The phenomenon, however,
Is one Of the most compli-
Gated In nature. Predictions
OF hurricanes or tornadoes
would seem almost child's
play compared to prediction
Of a tsunami. There is no
certainty that a tidal wave
will result from a major
undersea disturbance. Then
there is no certainty of how
fast 1t will move or in what
direction.
Preparation for one of
these waves at any particu-
lar spot is expensive and
laborious. Consequently after
a few warnings which do not
pan out there is a tendency
to pay little attention to fu-
ture ones.
Plays on Safe Side
Actually, say Coast and
Geodetic Survey officers,
warnings went out in sufficient
time to have prevented any
loss Of life, either at Hilo or
in Japan, had they been
needed. Nothing could have
been done for Chile. The
earthquake was too near the
coast and the waves moved
too rapidly. The Survey is
loath to alarm people for
nothing, but it always plays
on the side Of safety.
Perhaps one of the most
fearsome effects of nature"
the tsunami is characterized
by Capt. Elliott B. Roberts Of
the Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey, which is charged with
keeping track of these great
tidal waves.
They are" saws Capt. Rob-
erts, relatively infrequent
although by no means rare.
Little is known about them
outside scientific circles.
About one small wave of this
sort can be found each year
on the tide gauge records at
Honolulu. But damage has
occurred at rare intervals.
Still it has been estimated
that one tSunami of damag-
ing proportions occurs some
where on earth each year."
During the past 200 years,
Capt. Roberts says, there have
been 270 sufficiently docu-
mented to be considered
proven. Some cities, includ-
ing Conception, Chile, have
been destroyed several times.
In 1868 it was lost by being
swept a quarter mile inshore
by a 70-foot tidal wave near
africa, on the western coast
Of South America. Three
great inundations, all in
Greece, are recorded before
the Christian era.
Fifteen years ago a great
tsunami hit Hilo, Hawaii,
taking 173 lives and causing
damage estimated at $25 mil
lion. Hilo was 2,373 miles
from the center of an earth
Evening star., 1960-06-01

Pen names may be used II
letters carry Driters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
denSdtion. 49,,
Evening star., 1960-06-01
Relief for Chile

1t is my hope that millions
of Americans will contribute
promptly to the relief Of those
people of our South Ameri-
can neighbor, Chile, who are
in want and destitution as
a result Of the recent earth
quakes.
1t matters not whether a
contribution goes by way of
the American Red Cross, or
through CARE, or any of
several religious organiza-
tions. What does matter is
that those of us who can
afford it, give something
promptly. With pride in my
fellow-Americans who have
often responded generously in
the past in cases of great
disaster, I feel confident they
will do so again.
Emil X. MeIin.
4 y 4
How really cold it must
be tonight in Chile with the
winter season beginning, and
how many mothers - their
homes and possessions gone
must be wishing for blan-
kets to cover their children.
When I read Of the need for
blankets in The Star, I felt
we had none to spare, but
then I wondered.
I've put the picnic blanket
in the washer so it will be
ready to give through our
church. We may have to do
without one this summer at
the beach, but how much bet
ter that some Chilean child
will be warm.
Mrs. Robert E. Hall.
Evening star., 1960-06-01
In BowIes' Corner

w. A. Power, Jr.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1960-07-13
Grandfather Rights OF
Alaska, Hawaii Transport
Services Becomes Law

WASHINGTON, R-The right
to continue operating previously
unregulated transportation service
in Alaska and Hawaii is granted
in bill signed by President
Eisenhower
Under the bill, so-called grand
father rights" are given to GER
tain transportation services in
operation before the two terri
tories became states and were
brought under the Interstate Com
merce regulations.
Types of operations affected:
Alaskan motor carriers and
freight forWarders operating in
interstate and foreign commerce;
certain Hawaiian freight forward
ers operating in interstate and
foreign commerce; and certain
Alaskan water carriers.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1960-07-13

pay for this pitch-man prosperity
are not confined to either farm
ers or small businessmen. Work
ing men pay for it. Elderly people
on pensions pay for it. Everyone
who has to borrow pays for it.
The cost is exacted in higher in
terest rates"
Asserting that per capita econ
omic growth under the Demo-
cratic Truman administration was
four times what it has been under
Eisenhower, Church declared the
fact is that the tight money pol
icies of this administration have
Slapped our vitality and shackled
our economic growth"
Church accused the Eisenhower
administration of neglecting the
problems of slums, highways and
education. And he declared the
lack of adequate medical care for
the aged is fast becoming a ma
tional Disgrace
Charge COP courted TYrants
In foreign affairs, Church said
the Republican administration has
courted tyrants as though they
were friends of freedom. He as
serted:
eve have pinned medals upon
the chests of hated dictators like
Peron of Argentina and Perez
Jiminez of Venezuela and when
they were driven into exile we
were aghast at the stoning of our
own Vice President on the streets
Of Caracas"
Church charges that the admin
istration has carelessly furnished
weapons to other petty tyrants,
like Batista in Cuba. And now
Church added-We are dismayed
at the vehemence of the "hate
America" rallies in Havana.
He declared: eve have helped
to arm a Fascist Franco in Spain
and a Communist Tito in Yugo-
slaVia, until the world has been
left to wonder if we still stand
for freedom
Church charged the Eisenhower
administration lost the initiative
in space to the Russians and let
American military power decline.
In conclusion, Church said:
This is the case for all Amer
lea that the Democratic party
must carry to the people, God
help us to plead it WE'LL
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1960-07-13
IMITATION FOR BIDS

IMITATION FOR BIDS
Sealed bids will be received at
the office of the Nome Light and
Power Utilities. until $500 pm.
July Is. 1860. for the following:
To deliver periodically ESQ.,
600 gallons of diesel fuel from
the Standard Oil dock into the
tanks of the Power Plant. COM
mencing in August of 1850.
The Utility Board reserves the
right to reject and refuse any or
all bids.
Robert Oliver.
Acting Manager
Pub. July 6, 8, II, 10, 1860.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1960-07-13
Democratic Keynote Speaker
Iambasts The Administration

Los ANGELES, Up - Senator
Frank Church said Monday night
the country is ready to run to
the Democrats for a President be-
cause the Eisenhower administra-
ton has failed to supply the lead
ership for victory in the mortal
competition between freedom and
Communism.
In the keynote address to the
Democratic National Convention,
the 35-year- Idaho senator
said: I'VE must make the change.
Our problems at home call for it.
Our predicament abroad compels
it
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1960-07-13
SCOTS at Boasts of Prosperity

He scoffed at Republican boasts
of prosperity, questioning whe-
Their it is wholesome prosperity.
Sen. Church said: 81 submit it
is pitch-man prosperity, the
kind that results when govern
ment is run by hucksters not un-
accustomed to selling inferior
products by wrapping them in
bright packages"
He said Madison AVenue-that
New York City home Of many ad-
Vertising agencies - had taken
charge early in Eisenhower ad-
ministration and filled the land
with what Church called bar
rage of bland ballyhoo.
Church said that under what
he termed the pitch-man prosper
ity, big business profits are high
er, but the rate of small business
failures has increased and farm
income has dropped % per cent
since 1852.
He added that the Eisenhower
administration has spent more
money on its farm programs than
all previous administrations COM
bined and yet nearly five million
people have been driven off farms.
Church added-"Yet those who
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1960-07-13
The Future Is At Stake

The Future Is AT Stake
Church depicted the world as
in a period Of upheaval and crisis
with the shape of the future at
stake in the struggle between the
free way of life and Commmun-
ism. Yet, Church said, the Essen
hover administration has on the
one hand neglected domestic
problems and on the other has
sought to conduct foreign policy
as though the whole world was a
grandstand-Where-said Church
-shoWmanship might be the easy
substitute for craftsmanship.
Assailing the record of Presi-
dent Eisenhower and the Repub-
licans, Church contended in his
prepared speech that principle,
prestige and power have all
eroded under the leadership of
what he called the hold back
party.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1960-07-13

Fine Job Printing At The Nugget.
Evening star., 1960-12-18
BY EVELYN NJ. DENT
ContYihuting Writer

The Army Chief Of Stan
and Mrs. George II. Decker
have issued invitations for O
dinner on January II at Pat
ton Hail. Fort Myer, for the
Secretary Of the Army and
Mrs. Wilber M. Brucker.
Gen. and Mrs. Decker are
leaving on Friday for Fort
Benning, Ga. to spend the
Christmas holiday with their
son-in-law and daughter,
Capt. and Mrs. Allan Fran
cisco. and their three sons.
The Judge Advocate Gen.
eral Of the Army and Mrs.
George w. Hickman, jr., are
to be guests Of honor at the
dinner dance to be given by
the Ofncers Of the JAG. on
Tuesday. December ~ ct
Patton Hall, Fort Myer.
The gala party win give
many the opportunity to bid
their chief farewell as Gen.
Hickman retires at the end Of
the year. The Hickman's are
going to be greatly missed
from the Washington scene
astheir present plans are to
Evening star., 1960-12-18

The Navy Bureau Of Yards
and Docks Is preparing TO
launch It's 18th Christmas
party plan, and it should
arrive on target Wednesday.
The logistics again this year
will be programmed by Mrs.
Ellen Louise Warren. known
to thousands Of area young
sters as Mrs. Santa"
Mrs. Warren originated the
bureau party 16 years ago.
And she estimates that they
have resulted in the distribu-
ton Of about $50, 900 worth
Of clothing and other gifts
to children in homes and
orphanages In the Washing
ton area.
Mrs. Warren's Christmas
party idea works In several
ways. Instead Of members
Of the bureau and the Mill
tary Petroleum supply
Agency, who occupy the
building together, exchang-
ing cards. ETC., they al sign
q huge greeting card In the
lobby Of the building and
deposit an amount equivalent
to what they would have
spent. The money is used to
buy gifts for needy children
and orphans.
At $3.50 pm. wednesday
about . dozen youngsters