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Evening star., 1960-01-01
POTOMAC FEVER
BY Pete Wyms
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

New Years Resolutions Defense Secretary Gates-To
fire the guy at Cape Canaveal down to
and then swallows the button.
Adai Stevenson-To or say nothing to impede the
orderly and triumphant march of the Democratic Party
toward inevitable chaos at the convention.
Khrushchev-To catch up with America in butter milk
parsley grts yogt and other similar expressions of ind
vidual liberty
Eisenhower - To hurredly summon another summit
meeting every time he hears another Democrat about to
announce for President otherwise attempt to sneak onto
the front page.
Jack Kennedy-To accept the vice presidential nomna-
ton under only one condtonthe condition prevailing after
the 18th ballot
Republican delegate-To to the @. o. p. convention
with an open mind. soft pillow-and an alarm clock
Evening star., 1960-01-01
Ceylon Seeks to Halt.
FloWof Indio Wetbocks

COLOMBO, Ceylon, Jan. i
(AP. - The government of
Ceylon is up in armS-litera lily
about a wetback problem.
Authorities have launched a
military operation to check an
invasion of illegal workers from
neighboring India. g.,
Oficial sources claim more
than 100000 Indians have en-
tered Ceylon illegally in the
past 10 years. They say most
are hungry, poverty-stricken
workers from South Indian
coastal villages who land along
Ceylon's north and northwest
ern coast.
Army, navy and air force
patrols have been trying to
keep watch along the coast,
but authorities say thousands
still are slipping in. Now the
government has decided to send
out armed patrols and to fit
guns to naval launches in an
effort to stop the movement.
Illegal immigrants and the
presence here of 100000 de-
scendantS of Tamil-speaklne
Indian workers recruited By the
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Economic Stability in the World

sons learned in the last big
depression. which was un-
duly prolonged because Of the
mistakes Of a quasi-social-
istic administration, are well
remembered.
The dangers of state social
ism have not been removed.
Many who call themselves
liberal are really in favor of
more and more state control
and less and less individual
enterprise. Already the Ma
tion-wide unions and large
businesses in the United
States have come into such
bitter conflict with each
other in labor-management
controversies that the Gov
ernment is being importuned
to dictate settlements or to
impose arbitration. Organ
lied economic power in pri-
vate groups is at its height
and constitutes the biggest
single danger of depression
on the horizon.
The year 1860 would natu-
rally be a good year because
Of the needs Of an increased
population and the necessity
Of fulfilling pent-up demand
due to slowdowns in the last
ive years when recessions or
strikes interrupted normal
operations.
1t will be said, however,
that in a year when a presi-
Dental campaign is in prog
reSs there will be uncertain
ty in business planning. This
will prove true only If a
change of administration is
plainly indicated or II it is
feared that those who are to
come into political power will
wish to reverse existing poll
cies. The chances are that,
while some politicians will
talk q lot about bold and
imaginative ideas" the SEN
sible leaders, irrespective Of
party, viii not argue for big
ger and bigger treasury def
cits or for more imitation or
for more interference with
the business enterprises of
the country.
The year 1860 seems likely
to bring to the front the de-
sire Of the American people
for stability-and politicians
in both parties would be well
advised to get into the same
mood.
(copyrisht, 1seoI
Evening star., 1960-01-01
BY BRIAN BELL
Associated Press Stan Writer

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay,
Jan. 1.-The beaches of Uru-
quay are booming this summer
after years Of bad times.
In the l930s and early 4Os
Uruguay built up a big tourist
trade from Argentina, only an
overnight boat ride or an hours
plane trip away. Thousands of
Argentines poured across the
River Plate, which separates the
two nations, every summer to
bask on the pleasant sands.
This situation halted after
dictator Juan Peron took over
Argentina. Relations between
Gen. Peron and Uruguay cooled.
Thousands Of Argentine exiles
fled to Uruguay, and their
clandestine radio broadcasts
made the dictator mad.
Gen. Peron tried to get his
small nelghbor to make trade
concessions. The proud Uru-
guayans refused. The dictator
frightened the screws. A police
good conduct certificate was re-
qulred for all Argentines visit
ing Uruguay. Prospective tour
lists found they had to wait
months for such a certificate If
they got it at all. No such per-
mission was needed to visit
Chile or other border countries
The Argentine tourist visits
to Uruguay dwindled to .
trickle. To keep beach lovers
happy, Gen. Peron built up a
string Of resorts along the sea-
shore 300 miles south of Buenos
Aires.
By the time Gen. Peron's
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Approising Nixon, the Nominee

also a very real lesson for the
less partisan person in the
second quote. Mr.. Nixon,
himself, was in a much more
humble mood. The pro-
Nixon partisan can find evi-
dence to support his belief
and claim that the Vice
President has gained in stat
ure and in personal and
political maturity from all
the experiences he has had
since 1856. The paragraph
is almost a confession of past
error and an admission Of
knowing new facts and hav-
ing the courage to make q
change of mind. (Mr. Ste.
venson is really due an
apology, but politics produces
none.O
The careful examination Of
the political corpus of MIR.
Nixon may, therefore, be a
good thing. But those who
pursue it should be warned
that it will. as it would with
any man who has lived with
great events, reveal growth
and maturity, both political
and personal. This may not
add up to a new Nixon"
but it should not be ignored
as irrelevant
Evening star., 1960-01-01
ourists Again Flock
To Uruguoy's Beaches

nine-year reign ended, many
Of Uruguay's beach resorts were
almost ghost towns. Many Ar
gentineS bought homes at
southern seaside cities in their
own country. Others formed
the habit of going to the same
hotels there year after year.
Uruguay. seeking to regain
its tourist trade, tried all sorts
OF schemes. Argentines who
came by boat could bring their
cars free. Each Argentine
motorist was given free cou-
pons good for some so gallons
of gas. The Uruguayan Tour
ist Board advertised in Buenos
Aires newspapers.
Gradually the tourists
trickled back. Ironically, it was
an economic collapse in Uru-
quay that doomed the tourist
trade. In mid-1958 the Uru-
guayan economy sagged and
its currency. long one Of the
most stable in South America,
was devalued. A tragic food
set the economy back further.
Meanwhile prices were rising
in Argentina through imitation
and a government austerity
plan. Thousands Of Argentine
vacationers found they could
get such a favorable rate of
exchange that 1t was cheaper
for them to spend their beach
time in Uruguay than in their
own land.
Now with the tourist trade
booming, the country can't en-
joy the full benefit of the busi-
ness. Many hotels we're shut
down or turned into apartments
during the Peron blackollt
Evening star., 1960-01-01
Bell Descendent
Wears Inventors
BoptismuI Dress

Ian GroSvenor Coville. g.
month-old great-great-grand-
son of Alexander Graham Bell,
was baptised Wednesday In
National Presbyterian Church,
wearing the same long bap-
tismal dress the telephone
inventor wore at his own
baptism in 1847.
The ceremony, in the church
where six generations OF the
same family have been mem
bers, was conducted by the Rev.
DR.. L. r. Elson.
Ian Is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor Coville
Of East CRANKY, Conn.,, and the
great-grandson Of DR.. Gilbert
Grosvenor, chairman Of the
board Of the National Geo.
graphic Society and q former
Evening star., 1960-01-01
RALRH McGHL

Gov. Rockefeller's bow to
the inevitable has created two
immediate results.
One is that the Democrats
are the more prayerfully
awaiting q Messiah.
The second is an accelera-
ton Of the examination Of the
political body Of the Vice
President. This, of course, in
cludes a review Of all that he
has said and written with a
view to revealing contradic-
tions. and, II possible. an
Achilles heel.
Two such paragraphs. pre-
viously published here and
there, are now gaining new
circulation. They are as fol-
lows: ...
philadelphia, Pa. Vice
President Richard M. Nixon
declared tonight that Adlai
E, Stevenson's proposal for
suspending H-bomb tests is
catastrophe nonsense that
Will shake the confidence of
our friends abroad Mr.. Nixon
said, for us to agree as Mr..
Stevenson suggests to discon-
tinue tests before we have q
fool-proof inspection system
would be just like playing
Russian roulette with only
the Russians knowing which
chamber had the fatal bullet
in it. News dispatch, Octo-
Der 4, 1856.
Wisconsin Rapids, Wis
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon said tonight that any
one urging a resumption Of
nuclear weapon testing was
ignorant Of the facts. I
would not criticize the
critics. Mr.. Nixon told a
news conference. I am
simply saying that when you
are on the outside looking
in without responsibility and
don't know all Of the facts
involved. you can very well
reach an opinion you should
not reach il you had all the
facts. News dispatch, Mo-
vember IL, 1859. e.
The news stories from
which these are taken ap-
peared generally in the
American and English press.
The first is from the cam
paign period Of 1886. The
Republicans cannot be proud
Of their 1856 position. The
Vice President was not alone
in such statements. The
President and the COP.
speakers and press in gen.
eral Joined in what was
either a condescending atti-
tude Of pity for Adlai Steven
son. who was urging talks
with the Russians about
ending nuclear tests, or in
savage denunciation.
The fact that a majority Of
the Nations top atomic SCI
entists Joined In support of
the Stevenson position was
ignored or condemned. There
was a political lynching. so
to speak. such as we fire.
quently witness in the two
party contests. The Steven
son proposals did not catch
on. a.. .-, ,
About three years later the
United States did propose,
Evening star., 1960-01-01
Medical Society
To Install AIfuro

DR.. Victor R. Alfaro, prom
inent Washington physician,
takes Office today as the 93d
president Of the Medical So
ciety of the District of Colum-
bia.
Vice president of the Pan
American Society of Otolaryn-
gology, he has been active in
the District Medical Society
since 1880. In 1859 he was
elected chairman of the Amer
ican Medical Society's section
on laryngology, otology and
rhinology.
A native of Panama, DR..
Alfaro is professor of otolaryn-
gology at the Georgetown Uni
versity School of Medicine and
serves as senior attending
otolaryngologist at Washington
Hospital Center.
Evening star., 1960-01-01
Senator Is Called O LkobIe Person
But Too Extreme for Presidency

country will want to return
in effect to the Roosevelt New
Deal Of the thirties. When
he says he knows it win be
IAN uphill fight" he under
states the case.
All the same, he cannot be
counted out in advance,
even though no wise man
will go around looking for
bets on his victory. For he
is one Cindeed. perhaps the
only advanced liberal in the
Democratic Party who is also
a practical and gifted politi-
clan.
Moreover. he is one of the
very few-if not, again, the
only one-in this group able
to avoid the self-righteous
rigidity so common other
wise to it. A darkish, rather
dapper man of many thou
sands Of eager words for any
occasion. he is able to dis
agree with others, and suffer
them to disagree with him
without:
A. Giving up any real prin-
ciple on his own side.
B. Insinuating that his OPP
ponentS are hopeless fools
at best or, more likely, actu-
ally crooks and knaves.
This columnist, as an ex-
Senate correspondent, knows
"Ole Hubert" he believes,
from the ground up. What
follows should not be con-
sidered a political testimonial
for this one Washington
observer has no trouble what
ever in disagreeing funda-
mentally with the Senator.
1t is only a true account Of
the extraordinary progress Of
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
in the United States Senate.
He came to that proud and
chubby body in 1949 under
the worst possible omens. He
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Critics Reminded of His Gain in Stature
And Personal and Political Maturity

and the Soviets accepted, an
end to tests for one year
without an inspection system.
This was not regarded as
catastrophe nonsense nor did
1t shake the confidence Of
friends abroad. Also, in 1859,
discussions with the Russians
were begun by the Vice Presi-
dent and later were joined by
the President who met with
Mr.. Khrushchev at Camp
David. Since then the Soviets
have made much of "the
spirit OF Camp David"
The spirit there was one of
sincere searching for world
peace. There are to be fur
ther discussions by the Presi-
dent in Moscow and by the
four powers at a spring
summit meeting. We have
come into an era of personal
diplomacy by heads of state.
There are, therefore, two
approaches to the quotes by
Mr.. Nixon. The anti-Nixon
partisan can find in them
ammunition to support his
charge that Mr.. Nixon deals
in expediency. But there is
Evening star., 1960-01-01

trustee Of National Presby-
terian.
The baby's great-great-great-
grandfather was Gardiner
Greene Hubbard. first president
OF the National Geographic
and one-time chairman Of the
board Of trustees of the church,
then known as the church Of
the Covenant. President Hub
bard's son-in-law and daugh-
ter. DR.. and Mrs. Alexander
Graham Bell. also were mem
bers Of the church.
Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor
daughter Of the Bells, is a
member of the church and
taught Sunday school there at
one time. Mrs. Grosvenor'S
son, DR.. Melville Bell GroSve-
nor. president and editor of the
National Geographic, Is at
present a trustee of the church.
Among the family party at
tending the baptism was the
baby'S grandmother, Mrs. Jo-
seph Marion Jones.
Evening star., 1960-01-01
WILLLAM S. WHITE
Hail, Humphrey-ond Farewell

had Just all but wrecked the
l948 Democratic national
convention-in the view Of
so liberal q man as President
Harry s. Truman, as well
as Of moderates and conserv-
atives-by leading q rebellion
for an extremely liberal"
civil rights plank.
He was brash. He talked
immeasurably too much in a
place that has always be-
lieved any newcomer is lucky
to be there at all and surely
ought. in common decency,
to hold his tongue until he is
spoken TO.
But, somehow, without
apologizing or going back on
what he believed, within q
year he was making crusty
old Senate types like him in
spite Of themselves. They
never approved his ideas and
never will-nor will many,
many others who are not
nearly so crusty. But they
conceded him this much: He
was a fair man, II a wrong
headed man given to extreme
views. And he was able, per-
haps the best speaker (if
maybe a little overpoweringly
SOD in the Senate.
So there are a good many
Democratic politicians who
actually know "Ole Hubert"
who could never in the world
go along with his ideas but
nevertheless would wish him
wen now, II only in conscience
they could. For even If he
could restrain as President his
own far from moderate no.
tons, he could hardly reach
ONCE without becoming cap
tive to the even less moderate
notions Of most Of those who
would surround him.
So. the mood among these
politicians Is rather this:
Hail, Hubert-Hail, but also
FAREWELL"
Evening star., 1960-01-01

During this time, too, the
Uruguayan government poured
out publicity to its own citizens
and lured many who never got
OF the farm in summer into
becoming accustomed to going
to the beach.
From the capital city of
Montevideo to the Brazilian
border, Uruguay Is a beach,
comber's paradise with hun
dreds Of miles Of cleaning
sands. From here to Punta del
Este the water is salty but
mixed with the River Plate.
and the waves are gentle. From
Punta del Este north to Brazil
it's all Atlantic Ocean with
foamy breakers.
Evening star., 1960-01-01
DAVID LAWRENCE

This is the season for look
ing ahead to what a new
year may bring. It's q time
Of prophecy and perhaps
wishful thinking.
The biggest single desire
Of everybody is for a world
of peace. The fulf1lment of
that wish doesn't depend.
however, on governments
alone but on peoples. Rulers,
and especially dictators, can
bring on war. Only peoples
can stay the hand Of reck-
less government.
Personal diplomacy at
summit" conferences, to-
gether with visits between
heads of state, have given
the world some reinsurance
that war is not likely to come
in the immediate future. But
simultaneously more money
is being spent on armament
than ever before during So
called peacetime. Scientists,
moreover. are perSiStently
seeking new means Of inflict-
ing destruction on human
life. Intergovernmental con-
ferences are continuing their
quest for agreements to re-
duce the extent to which nu-
clear power may be used for
war purposes.
But, due to the absence of
mutual trust between the ne
gotiating parties and the fear
that one side or the other
will cheat on inspection
methods. no real progress on
the so-called disarmament
issue is visible.
Perhaps the most healthy
symptom in world affairs is
what is being accomplished
on the economic side.
Often in world history big
wars have been followed by
long periods of economic in
stability. Only when rela-
tive stability has been
achieved is there any feeling
that an era of peace might
be maintained for awhile.
Today - nearly Is years
after the close Of World War
1.-THE economic convulsions
brought about by the war in
Evening star., 1960-01-01

The other shoe has at last
been dropped by Senator HUI
bert H. Humphrey Of Min
nesota, who has become the
first open. avowed. declared,
announced, committed and
admitted candidate for Pres
ident in 1860.
The notoriously unsecret
campaign waged for months
past by "Ole Hubert" is now
strictly official and absolutely
nonSecret. This Democratic
liberal Of the liberals has
said formally what no other
aspirant in either party has
yet said: He Is running-and
Just as hard as he possibly
can.
The Bible says the first
shall come in last. Senator
Humphrey hopes this will be
altered so that the first shall
remain first. OF the five clear,
and plain Democratic avail
ables"-the others being Adlai
E. Stevenson and Senators
Johnson of Texas, Kennedy
Of Massachusetts, and Sym
ington Of Missouri-Senator
Humphrey was first to drop
the amiable cover Of lily
camouflaged intentions. Sen
ator Kennedy was breathing
down his neck to become the
second announced candidate.
Mr.. Humphrey is pledged to
enter l960's primaries in at
least three States, plus the
District Of Columbia-Wis-
consin. Oregon and South
Dakota. And, when more
campaign money is raised, he
will enter others.
This will be a strange pre-
convention campaign. Sena-
tor Humphreys one hope lies
in the highly debatable as
sumption that a prosperous
Evening star., 1960-01-01
Collaboration of Nations Seen Bringing
A Kind of Economic Equilibrium


the 1940s have been super
seded by a period of energetic
collaboration throughout the
world resulting in a kind Of
economic equilibrium. Cur
rencies are more stable than
they were five or ten years
ago, and restrictions on the
convertibility of money from
one country to another have
gradually been relaxed.
Export and import markets
have been enlarged for many
countries, and there is q
significant effort. especially
in Europe. to break down
tariff walls and encourage
the interchange of goods.
Travel throughout the world
has reached record proper
tions. Europe, thanks to
American economic aid, has
made a miraculous recovery.
All this tends to increase
employment everywhere and
improve the standard Of liv-
ing of many peoples.
New sources of capital have
been opened up through the
World Bank and similar in
ternational agencies, so that
today it may be said the flow
Of capital has been given an
unprecedented impetus. En-
tirely apart from government
loans or grants abroad, pri-
vate companies in the United
States have extended con-
siderably their investments in
foreign countries and are
looking forward to even larger
production in other lands for
the beneflt Of world markets.
But economic stability in
the world is directly related
to economic stability within
every large or powerful coun-
try. America in the last
decade has passed through a
series Of receSsions but has
made a relatively quick re-
covery in each case. A de-
preston such as was wit
messed in the 1930s has for
tunately not developed. Pos
sibly this is because accurate
and timely methods Of gath
-ering and distributing reli-
able information on economic
trends have been devised.
Possibly it is because the les
Evening star., 1960-03-01
Area Church Services
Tomorrow Open Lent

lations applying to the more
than 250,000 Catholics in the
archdiocese. The principal reg
ulations urge Catholics to at
tend daily mass during Lent
receive holy communion more
frequently, engage in acts Of
piety and give generously to
works Of religion and charity
Catholics also are urged to
perform acts of kindness to-
ward the sick, the aged and the
poor; to practice voluntary self
denial, especially regarding al
coholic drinks and worldly
amusement, and to pray more
fervently."
Catholics from 81 to SO years
old are bound to fast during
Lent unless they are in poor
health or the nature of their
work would cause a physical
handicap. Catholics who fast
take only one full meal a day
and two meatless meals equal
to one full meal.
Long Standing Custom
The National Capital Area
Council of Churches will Spon-
sor its traditional lenten noon
day Wednesday services at
1905 pm. starting tomorrow
in National Presbyterian
Church, Connecticut avenue
and Eighteenth street NV.
The Rev. Edward w. Bauman,
assistant professor of religion
Evening star., 1960-03-01
Teacher Leaves
Sickbed to Save
2 Girls in Lake

SANDUSKY, Ohio, March
(AP.-Robert Adler had ton
sillitis and was home at Chaska
Beach in Huron yesterday.
Lisa O'Connor, 4, and her
sister, Carol, 2, plunged
through thin ice into the
waters of Lake Erie about go
feet of the beach.
Mr.. Adler's wife, Carol, saw
them go down and called her
husband, a 24-year-old Huron
High School teacher.
Mr.. Adler jumped out of bed
and crawled on his stomach
to reach the girls. He broke
through once, but climbed out
of 5 feet of water to grab Lisa,
who hac fallen into water
over her head, and Carol, who
was clinging to the edge Of
the ice.
The girls we're treated for
exposure. Both suffered frost
bite and were badly frightened.
Mr.. Adler went back to bed
with his tonsillitis.
Evening star., 1960-03-01
By CASPAR NAMES
Star Staf Writer

The holy period of Lent will
begin tomorrow with Ash
Wednesday services in Protes-
tant and Catholic churches
throughout the Washington
area.
The lenten season, observed
for 40 weekdays, will close on
Easter Saturday. April Is,
Protestants will end the season
at noon that day but Catholics
will continue the observance
lntil midnight.
Lent is traditionally a period
Of fasting, self-denial, aims
giving and penance. The word
is derived from the Old English
"lengton," meaning Springtime,
It is the spring period Of fast
ing in preparation for Easter
Catholics, many Episcopali-
ans and members of some other
Protestant denominations will
observe Ash Wednesday by
having ashes placed on their
foreheads.
Following a ceremony going
back to the first century
Catholic priests will sign a
cross of palm ashes on their
pariShioners and say, "Remem-
ber, man, thou art dust, and TO
dust thou shall return"
Regulations Issued
The Most Rev. Patrick A.
OBoye, Archbishop of Wash
ngton, has issued lenten regu-