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Evening star., 1960-08-15
Sides With BeIqium

The United States is the
richest country in the world,
yet our public educational
system is far from perfect in
spite of the fact that about
20 per cent of our children
attend privately supported
schools. Even so. many in
this country condemn poor
little Belgium for not edu-
eating more of the Congo
cannibalS, whose birth rate
outstrips ours.
These critics should stop
and ponder just what our
forefathers would have done
if the U. N. had been in ex-
istence 200 years ago and de-
manded that the United
States be given back to the
Indians. They'd have defied
the U. N. as Belgium should
have done. After all the U. N.
recognized the State of Is
rael. instead of demanding it
be given back to the Arabs,
from whom it was taken by
force. None of the world
powers of today belong to
the first inhabitants de-
scendants. What a crazy, con-
Trajectory world we live in.
Rose Raye.
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tical returns, he likely could
never afford.
If Congress does grant ad-
ditional military retirement
stipends, then let Congress
simultaneously stipulate that
militarists pay their own
rent, buy gasoline on the civil
economy while abroad in
stead of the fourteen cents
a gallon fuel now allowed at
military gas stations. Let the
professional militariSts reim-
burse their own doctors, hire
their own attorneys, pay
civilian overseas airmail
postage, shop on the open
market. pay for taxed liquor
and tobacco. Yes. Congress,
by all means grant greater
retirement benefits to these
benighted souls. but add a
rider to your bill which cur
tails the retirees' free travel
privileges on Government
vessels and planes. And. Mr..
congressman, you might
consider precluding the re-
trees use Of military hotel
facilities abroad for $3.50 a
day.
Albert w. johnson.
Evening star., 1960-08-15
Fumes at Delay

I respectfully suggest that
those gentlemen of the Auto
mobile Manufacturers Asso-
citation who think a study is
indicated before proceeding
with the practical plans Of
Assistant Engineer Commits
sioner MacVeigh for doing
something about the auto
fumes nuisance should very
gently be tied to a tree on
the waiting strip on K street,
between Vermont avenue and
Fifteenth, between 4 and 6
pm, I am sure they will Sc
cure both a qualitative and
quantitative evaluation of the
discomfort to which mere cit
izens of the District are sub
jected. And If this is not suf-
ficient, let them take a seat
near the rear, on the left side
Of one of Mr.. Chalk's dilapi-
dated buses and ride to the
end Of the D-4 line. 1t might
be very worthwhile If some of
the people who sit in Offices
and plan were to subject
themselves to some OF the sit
uations which the taxpayer
seems called upon to endure.
Mildred F. Walker.
Evening star., 1960-08-15
RumbIes on the Wone

An encouraging highlight of the
Police Departments report on juvenile
delinquency is the disclosure that gangs
bent on violence and hoodlumiSm in gen.
eral are fading from the youth-in- crime
picture in Washington. There was time
not so long ago when gang "rumbles,"
with interneighborhood clashes and at
tacks on citizens and property, were a
serious police problem here-as they
have been in many large cities. But a
concerted drive by the police Youth Aid
Division, in cooperation with several
official and nonofncial agencies and or
ganizationS has effectively curbed such
laWleSSneSS.
Inspector John E. Winters, head Of
the Youth Aid Division, says in his report
for the past fiscal year that there are
about rs well-known youth groups, many
with colorful names, but none engaged
in activities bordering on delinquency.
However, the situation does not permit
OF any laxity by police-as is evidenced
from his statement that several new
groups have been organized in the 10th
and 18th precincts and in the Mount
Pleasant area and there have been some
indications of "antisocial activity" by
members Of these groups. The division
is watching developments closely and
expects to be able to. cope with any
serious outbreak of trouble
On the diScouraging side in the re-
port is the upsurge of delinquency among
girls during the year-an increase for
which no explanation Is available. The
rise in criminal activity among girls was
blamed in large part for the TT per cent
increase in juvenile delinquency during
the fiscal reporting period. Police off,
cialS, the Juvenile Court, the Commits
sionerS' Youth Council, the Recreation
Department and school authorities are
combining their efforts to meet the
problem in general, and especially to
deal with the challenge of delinquency
among girls. All in all, the drive on de-
Hnquency seems to be making good prog
reSS in the whole Metropolitan Area.
Evening star., 1960-08-15
Ready to Go!

There have been plenty of indica-
tions that this years presidential cam
paign will be one of the most colorful
road shows" in American political
history The top andidates-youthful
energetic and eloquent-represent new
generation in our politics, with no in
clination to be casual about their jet-age
pursuit of the residential keys to the
White House. They have, in fact,
bigger -than-ever stage for their show
a country OF so States instead OF 4S-
and there are apt to be few corners
overlooked In the search for voters and
their votes.
But If all this promises something
new, there are assurances also that it
will not all be different. From out in
independence, Missouri, for example,
has come the word that the whistle
stop" champion of 1948, ex-PreSident
Harry Truman, will cover the circuit on
behalf of the Democratic ticket De-
Scribed as full of bounce and cordiality"
at press conference discussion of his
plans, Mr. Truman has set aside his
doubts about the qualifications of
youngish Senator Kennedy of Massa-
chusetts and has committed himself to
help the Democrats save the country"
Our former Washington neighbor,
now 76, obviously is too young to sit
around doing nothing when there is
opportunity to do political battle. He
may, in fact, help his beloved party
considerably and it is safe to assume
that his performance will be worth
watching. The schedule of his personal
appearances awaits consultation with
Mr.. Kennedy later this month, but the
Truman mood of eagerness to get to
work was reflected in a question of his
own to press conference interrogator:
did you ever know me to do anything
that wasn't all-out?" No. Mr. Truman,
and have yourself fine time!
Evening star., 1960-08-15
7. r. Memorial

1t is suggested that the
Theodore Roosevelt memorial
proper be in the form of a
large waterfall or cascade.
f1anked by appropriate plant
ings of trees and flowers.
Note that the entire Poto-
mac River bed from Key
Bridge to Chain Bridge is
filled with rocks or boulders
of all sorts of shapes and of
huge size. Barges equipped
with cranes could place these
boulders on Theodore Roose-
welt Island at relatively small
cost. The water for the
waterfall or cascade could be
recirculated by a pump so
that the same water would
be used over and over again.
Let the automobile cause
way from the Virginia shore
be made so wide as to also
serve for the parking area.
Thus no automobile would
have to enter upon the island
proper. The island is of small
size and it would be an easy
walk from the causeway to
the memorial on the island.
Frank G.. Campbell.
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question Of available dollars therefore
will play part in determining where the
next bridge will be built. What authori-
ties on either side of the river cannot
afford to overlook is that ultimately new
bridges will have to be built not only at
Arizona avenue and at Chain Bridge,
but probably also at Nebraska avenue
and at Great Falls, terminus of the
George Washington Memorial parkway.
They will cost a great deal of money
but that is the price that must be paid
to facilitate movement of automobile
traffic in the growing communities on
both sides of the river.
Evening star., 1960-08-15
Obscene Movies

I want to state as emphati-
cally as I can my vigorous
opposition to the showing of
the picture "Expresso Bongo"
which, according to the re-
views cited in Bethesda
Theater's advertisement is,
Boldly undressed" - dis
plays "semi-nude babes in
burlesque dives" - and pic
ture of life is languidly
obscene"
Surely, it is a sad COM
mentary on the low state to
which our entertainment in
dustry has fallen that such
pictures are produced at all;
it is even a more grievous
assist to what seems to be an
ever declining state of mo-
rality in our country, to bring
this picture into our neigh
borhood movie theaters and
make it readily accessible to
young children and impress
sionable teen-agerS.
AS a person who literally
grew up" in the National
Theater which my father,
Steve Cochran, managed for
many years and who later
built the Olney Theater, I am
truly sick at heart and
ashamed for the large num-
ber of over-sexed, obscene,
depraved, Sensuous and vio-
lent shows found on our
stages today and which
stream in ver-increasing
number from Hollywood and
from abroad.
Joseph S. Cochran.
Evening star., 1960-08-15
ButIershiip

Buffers, present and future, and
masters too. might do we'll to study the
Cronin Code. Not since P. G. Wodehouse
created the inimitable Jeeves has the
employe- relationship been set
forth in such clear perspective
Thomas Cronin, butler of i'm
peccable reputation and authority, has
startled London by quitting the house
hold OF the Antony Armstrong -Joneses.
Mrs. Al, of course, is also known as
Princess Margaret and the whole busi-
ness looked like case Of lese majesty
Mr.. Cronin, who has only good words
for Princess Margaret, disputes such an
Interpretation. It was Tony, who usurped
the proper duties of proper butler.
II was not allowed" Mr. Cronin
explains, "to employ my staff. I didn't
pay them their wages, and many other
matters were not left in my hands-as
they should have been. There is only
one person to whom a new employe
should be responsible butler. The
master of the house must recognize
this" ,@
Presumably the Armstrong -Joneses
will make-do somehow without Mr.. Gro
min. Authorities are quick to point out,
also, that Mr.. Cronin will have no diff
f1culty finding future employment in his
chosen career. Next to the Magma
Charta itself, perhaps no declaration has
so firmly established the rights and
principles" of segment (the butlering
segment) of British society
Evening star., 1960-08-15
Moscow Spy Trial

The fear that the Russians will con-
vert the trial Of Francis Gary Powers,
which begins this week, into a propa-
ganda spectacle probably is we'll founded.
Certainly the Showcase" trials which
Moscow has staged in former years
hardly encourage any other expectation.
Even SO, 1t seems to us that it would be
better to wait and see what happens.
BY any definition, the pilot Of the
U-2 plane which came down over central
Russia on May is guilty of espionage.
Our own Government has admitted this,
and 1t would be strange indeed If the,
Russians did not make the most of the
opportunity which has come to them.
The only question is whether the trial
will take the form of "a persecution of
Powers or whether the main effort will
be to embarrasS the United States.
In either event there is very little
that we in this country can do about it.
Powers has been in Russian hands for
three and half monthS-long enough
for them to sweat almost any kind Of
confession out of him. His testimony,
under these circumstances, may portray
the United States in the worst possible
light. But we ought to be able to take it.
The young mans parents and wife
have made the long and Sorrowful trip
to Moscow in an effort. as the father
put 1t, ito try to help my boy" What
they can do, if anything, will depend
upon the whim of the Kremlin. There is
something, however, that the rest of us,
and especially our State Department,
can do. This is to refrain from unwisG
statements in advance of the trial, state
mentS designed to anticipate and dis
credit testimony which may paint a
bizarre picture of American espionage
activities But this is self-serving effort.
1t may have its place after young Powers
has been tried and sentenced. But it is
out Of place now. If the prisoners par
entS and wife have a chance of easing
his ordeal, that opportunity should not
be prejudiced by anything said or done
in Washington.
Evening star., 1960-08-15
County GombIino

One can drive into most
any tavern in Prince Georges
County and observe wide
open pinball gambling, pay
offs, etc. 1t is common knowl-
edge that, the entire county
is conveniently divide d
among five gambling syndi-
Gates, not one of which have
ever been indicted. A short
while ago, they were molest-
ed by Federal agents who
had no trouble obtaining the
necessary evidence for ar
rests and fines. So, to over
come this outside intrusion,
they advised their clients
to obtain Federal gaming
stamps at $3.50 per annum,
thereby preventing Federal
interference.
During the last county
elections, the Republican
candidate for sheriff was &C
tually threatened by phone
with his life If he persisted
in raising the gambling is
sue! How far is this going?
Edgar Hoover states that the
logical progression goes as
follows: organized gambling,
then prostitution, narcotics,
bribery of judges. etc. At
what point are we going to
take action?
James Hamilton.
Evening star., 1960-08-15
THE PASSING SCENE
Faithful SuItonstoH in Trouble
By WILLIAM S. WHIT

not only always got along
well together in jointly look
ing after their State. They
have also liked and respected
each other as representatives
not merely Of two parties but
Of two cultures - the old
culture of the Boston Brah-
Minis and the new culture of
the up-and-coming Ameri-
cans of Irish background.
By choice and taste I am
not partisan as a political
writer and this column is not
partisan. But it unashamed-
ly is pro-Saltonstall-not as
a Republican but as a man;
not as a politician seeking
office but as a Senator of the
United States who has long
honored the Office he already
holds.
This, correspondent has
nothing whatever against Mr..
Furcolo and raises no ques-
ton of his ability and prom
lse. But this correspondent
also has a deep and candid
and strictly nonpolitical af-
lection for the institution of
the Senate.
True Senate Type
1t is a respect and affection
that goes especially to those
superior men (their party
being absolutely irrelevant
whom he once called the
Senate type" Saltonstall is
precisely such a type.
He is not brilliant; but he
is sturdy and strong in these
hard. rough times. He is a
faithful partisan, a member
OF his party's leadership in
the Senate. But he is also
much more than a partisan.
He is a good man for the
whole United States of Amer
lea whenever and wherever
we are in danger in this
world.
I never saw him do a mean
or ugly thing. I never saw
him finch when his duty lay
clear before him. I never saw
him condone unfairness even
when it might have benefited
him and his party. 1t is not
merely that he is a gentle
man. For the accident of birth
made him that and he de-
serves no special credit for
it. The big thing is that he
is a man-M-A-N. And he
has we'll and decently earned
his place in the regard of
some of the most acute judges
OF their fellow men on earth,
the members of the Senate.
For, perhaps oddly. the
Senate doesn't care much
about what a mans party is.
1t cares about what he is.
Evening star., 1960-08-15
Both Bridqes Needed

Another bridge controversy is devel-
oping-thiS time over whether the next
bridge project on the Potomac River
should be at Chain Bridge or Arizona
avenue. We think the question ultimately
will be settled by the construction of
new bridges at both of these strategic
points, for both additional crossings are
sure to be needed in the future to relieve
the steadily increasing traffic congestion
on existing bridges.
The Arizona avenue site, short
distance above the Key Bridge, long has
been marked on District highway maps
as the possible location for an upriver
link between Northwest Washington and
Arlington County. In fact, in opposing
in 1858 the now-under- construction E
street bridge, the National Capital Plan
ming Commission proposed a bridge in
the Arizona avenue area in preference
to any more bridges between the Key
and Memorial Bridges. Also considered
in the past was span connecting with
Nebraska avenue, even further upstream
The Arizona avenue project lay dor
mant during the years of debate over
the central area bridge-a debate finally
resolved by Congress when it approved
the E street site. Recently, as future
bridge requirements have come up for
study on both sides of the Potomac
the plan for another link between
the District and Virginia above Key
Bridge has been revived. After weighing
cost estimates of an Arizona avenue
crossing and the reconstruction Of the
Chain Bridge to increase it's traffic
capacity, the District Highway Depart
ment suggested the double decking of
the Chain Bridge, so as to add three
more lanes to the present three-lane
structure.
1t is this proposal that Virginia au-
thoritieS are resisting, largely on the
ground that adequate approaches on the
Virginia side would be hard to provide,
due to the hilly terrain. The Arlington
County Board, on the advice of highway
planners, has stated its preference for
bridge at or near Arizona avenue. Vir-
ginia officials point out that the George
Washington and Spout Run parkways
could be tied in handily with a bridge
in that location.
Since Virginia has indicated no de-
sire to share in the cost of building either
an Arizona avenue span or new Chain
Bridge and since cost of further bridge
construction is of serious concern to the
District, which must pay the bill, the
District rightly must consider the eco
nomic aspects Of the project. And the
Evening star., 1960-08-15
Kennedy's Youth

II j. Chester Wilfong (Au-
gust 81 will refresh his mem
ory. believe he will find that
he was not listening to Sem
ator Kennedy's acceptance
speech when he heard the
Sc n a tor say, Il will be
worthy" but to the remarks
the Senator made immedi-
ately after his nomination,
when he came to the con-
vention hall to thank the del
egates who had voted for him.
AS I recall. the words to which
Mr.. Wilfong objects were not
intended as a pronouncement
of the Senator's worthiness to
become President, but they
were rather intended as a
promise or a pledge to those
who by their votes had ex-
pressed their confidence in
him.
0 The old saying about send
ing a boy to do a mans job
seems to be having quite a
rerun this season, and be-
cause Mr.. Wilfong refers to
it he must be a little bothered
about the Senator's age. So.
since Mr.. Wilfong makes use
of the story of King Agrippa
and st. Paul to point out
that he was almost per-
suaded to be a Democrat,
perhaps it will not be out of
place if I suggest that he
turn again to st. Paul, whose
great affection for his friend
and fellow laborer, the
youthful Timothy, makes
one of the most beautiful
chapters in the Apostles S
life. There must have been
some old sayings in those
days-perhaps this same
one. And st. Paul must have
received some criticism for
choosing so young a man for
the special missions and re-
sponsible tasks to which
Timothy was assigned. But
Evening star., 1960-08-15

mus. Dr. MalKuS says,
"the rainmaking process
doesn't Just make water for
crops. 1t also releases the
heat that drives the winds
and governs the climate and
weather. This proceeds, how
ever, in a roundabout man
ner. Most of the water vapor
collected over the tropical
oceans is first carried into
equatorial regions by the
trade winds. There it is con-
densed by these huge. tower
ing cumulo-nimbus clouds.
The equatorial zone is.
: in real sense, the firebox of
the engine and the huge
clouds are cylinders which
convert stored fuel into heat
and the heat into pressure
head"
This finding, she stresses,
is very close to the present
frontier in the science of
weather and weather predic-
ton. One of the most exciting
developments. she reports.
has been the identification of
the combustion elements as
huge 'cumulo- -nimbuS clouds
Release Terrific Energy
Her theoretical work indi-
Gates. DR.. Malkus says. that
only 1,500 to 5000 of these
huge cumulonimbus clouds
around the equatorial belt of
the globe would be enough to
combust all the water vapor
imported by the trade winds.
The updrafts in these giant
chlmneys, some ten miles
high, would raise the COM
busted fuel to great heights,
thereby balancing the local
heat budget and supplying
the leftover excess energy for
export away from the equa-
torial zone. to drive winds and
balance the heat budget in
higher attitudes.
She flew several times
across the Pacific to map
these towering clouds. They
were all. she found, concen-
trated in restricted regions.
About one in hundred
causes a hurricane.
"A single one of these
giant Clouds" she reports.
releases in its few hours of
life as much energy as several
atomic bombs and a Single
tropical storm burns up So
600 to 100000 of them"