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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-19
D. G. 'CoIonioIism'

AS the new nations OF
Africa and Asia achieved in
dependence, as millions of
peoples come to know the
awesome meaning of sover-
eighty, we, the citizens" of
the District of Columbia,
stood by and watched the
United States of America
hold another election. Let
the hterate and mature citi-
zens of the District of CO.
lumbia continually petition
the Congress and the legisla-
lures of the several States to
grant the same full democ-
racy to this city-state of 800,-
900 as is enjoyed by the nu-
merous "early-return" vii
lagos with five, six, or seven
voters!
To dramatic further our
Observation-Disclosures, to call
attention to our colonial
status, to show the unity,
let the citizenry know that
this was the last Election
Day" on which we stood idly
by. Let us from now on OBJ
serve Election Day in an ap-
propriate manner. The Com
missioners could declare the
United States Election Day
as District of Colum b a
Day" The schools could
have exercises in political ac-
tivitieS in order to educate
the coming generation for the
day they join the ranks of
the worlds free people Cor
move to one of the so
States.
Is it generally known that
the Federal Government en-
ploys more persons in Cali
fornia and New York than
in the, District, yet no one in
those States is thereby dis
enfranchised? Vast amounts
of real estate are under Fed
eral control in those and
other States, yet the citi-
zenS of all the so States have
the full power and voice in
their local affairs that we
too deserve.
Only the citizens of this
District, by their united voice
can convince the Congress
and the rest of the Nation
that to keep a community
of 100000 in a colonial
. status, right here in the con-
tinental United States, is a
ridiculous situation. Further
more, any so-called home
rule" granted by Congress
alone may become as mean
ingless in the future as pre-
vious such grants became in
the past. The Constitution
has been amended many
times, one more is not i'm
possible, but it will require
an aroused public's demand.
Herbert M. Ernst.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-19
Visitor From Bonn

Although he lost ground in the
September elections and has been
obliged to form coalition government
made up of his Christian Democratic
Union and the Free Democrats, Chan
cellor Konrad Adenauer still is West
Germany's most authoritative voice In
that sense, blessed with extraordinary
physical vigor and mental alertness at
IS, he continues to be the dominant
political leader of his country, and it is
in that role that he will be welcomed
in Washington on his 10th visit to the
United States as chief of the Bonn
= Federal Republic.
In many respects, this particular
visit may well prove to be the mos
important Of any the Chancellor has
yet made among us-the most important
not only for free Germany but also
for the Atlantic Community as a whole
For his impending talks with President
Kennedy will have to do with the crucial
problem Of ironing out inter allied diff
ferences and agreeing upon common
Anglo American French German APP
proach to the Russians in an effort
to negotiate an honorable, genuinely
trustworthy settlement of the Soviet
manufactured Berlin crisis and related
issues.
Actually, although countless words
have been written and spoken about
this matter, there is still great deal of
vagueneSs as to the precise nature Of
the Emergencies in policy that divide
the Western allies. DR.. Adenauer has
been described as "set in his ways"
"inflexible" and "stubbornly" determined
not to yield an inch to the Kremlin in
any sort of give-and- Further,
has been reported to be in an even
tougher" and more "uncompromising"
mood than the old Chancellor mood
Stemming largely from the view (quite
logical and persuasive) that the Berlin
crisis has been made In Moscow, that
Nikita KhruShchev has been issuing
ultimatum- threats, and that our
world should therefore most definitely
refuse to negotiate with him under such
circumstances.
AS for Britain and the United
States-again according to the wordy
but quite vague journalistic Specula-
tion-they feel that DR.. Adenauer and
General de Gaulle should be less I'M
bending. Prime Minister Macmillan's
government in London is said to be
particularly sure of itself on this point,
and quite ready for early negotiations
with Moscow. On the other hand, Mr..
Kennedy and his administration are
reported to have a sort of in-between
feeling.full of reservations, to be sure,
but one generally agreeing with London's
view that Bonn and Paris should show
more "flexibility."
\ Well, a deadly game of poker is
being played as regards Berlin, and
this sort Of thing-this seeming con-
fusion and disagreement among the
Western allies-may actually have less
in it than meets the eye In any event,
although our side keeps on holding its
cards close to its vest, there can be
little doubt that the conversations
between DR.. Adenauer and the President
will help to insure that the Kremlin,
now and for years to come, will have to
reckon with Anglo American-French-
German unity on all the key issues of
our time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-19
Youthful Rebuke

On the recommendation
Of my English teacher I at
tended the showing Of "Op-
peration Abolition" at the
Wheaton Chamber of Com
merce meeting, November 7.
/ was shocked by the rudeness
and narrow-mindedness dis
played by some of the adults.
If the students had behaved
in such manner, the entire
younger generation would
have been branded as dis
respectful and discourteous.
Even though the subject was
a controversial one, opinions
could have been expressed
far more intelligently. 1
never realized that an In
crease in years is an excuse
for a decrease in tact.
Beverly HausS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-19
Evils of Drink

The Sunday Star in an ar
ticle from San Francisco,
quoted a DR.. william Dock:
Alcohol has almost no
harmful side effects and
rarely leads to addiction
when prescribed in manag-
ing diseases" DR.. Dock did
not tell the whole story. He
did not tell of the dreadful
cost to our State and Federal
Governments in the care of
alcoholics; nor did he tell
of the tremendous costs in
lives and property damages
by drunken drivers or those
even with one or two drinks.
I, for one, prefer to go
along with the late DR.. Will
liam Mayo and other prom
inent medical men who be-
lieved alcohol has no place in
the treatment of disease.
Alcohol is a poison and
should be so labeled and
should be classified as habit
forming. 1t gives a. false sense
of security, and causes the
average driver to take risks
that he would not take 9TH
erwiSe we're he not under the
influence. Our courts and
many of our doctors and
lawyers can tell you of the
broken homes caused by al
cohol.
In Proverbs 20:l, we read:
Wine is a mocker, strong
drink is raging, he that is
deceived thereby is not wise. "
Solomon knew what he was
talking about.
Oliver E. Thompson, MD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-19

else-in short, not enough to
fill one of my saddle bags.
I went into a shop where
they had a quantity of good
looking boots on display in
the show window, intending
to buy me a pair and fully
prepared to pay a thunder
ing price for them. I sat
down on a chair with the
bottom knocked out and
elevating my foot in front
of the manufacturer, who
was pulling a wax-end
through the sole of a shoe,
and pointing to my d.
lapidated boot, feelingly ex-
claimed: Behold the sad
ravages of time!' The man.
ufacturerer laid down his
awl, thrust his finger into
a hole in the side of my
boot, and giving a sudden
twist, made the hole so per
cent larger than it was be-
fore. 'Halloo! Holdp I ex-
claimed, turning pale, for I
had intended to make the
boots last me for every day
wear until cold weather sets
in, and I was about to swear
at the fellow longer and
louder than a trooper, but I
reflected that profanity
would not repair the damage
in times like these, and so
I merely remarked that I
wanted a new pair. The
owner took down from a peg
a pair Of stitch-downs. I
tried them on. ! must do
them the justice to say that
they fitted me as hand
somely as If my feet had
been melted and poured into
them. I determined to buy
them, cost what they might.
I'll take these said 1, stamp
ing my right foot violently
on the floor and taking my
$40 bill from my pocket.
Take your pay out of that
said I, handing him the
costly shinplaster. I really
believe the individual who
stood before me at that
moment was the most
thoroughly astonished boot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-19

about loving God who was
all powerful. He explained
the evil that there is in the
world by blaming Satan for
all that was bad. The puzzled
man, Friday, came back with
the question, Then why God
no kill the devil?" That query
Inundated and puzzled his
teacher. He had no valid an
swer but later, as more chap
tiers were written in the book
OF experience. he saw at least
glimmering Of an explana-
ton Of the embarrassing di-
lemma raised by his devoted
servant. Said the stranded
Crusoe. Il began to be very
well contented with the life
that 1 was leading if only I
could have been secure from
the dread of savages." But
finally, when he came to
count the wealth that had
flowed into his life from the
day when he first saw the
footprints on the sand, he
confessed, Very frequently
the evil which we seek most
to shun, and which is the most
dread to us. is the very means
and door of our deliverance."
The story is told Of a fisher
man who seemed to have a
secret unknown to any of the
others with regard to his fish.
Every fishmonger knew that
the fish from the tank of this
one boat of the fleet would
be as fine and firm and
vigorous as if they had Just
been dumped there from a
net. The fish of the other
fishermen, while alive, were
soft and flabby and listless.
In vain his comrades tried to
unravel the mystery but
across the years he was silent
as the Sphinx. After his death
his daughter carried out her
fathers instructions and told
the secret. 1t was simply that
he kept a pugnacious catfish
or two in the we'll of his boat.
These fighting fish kept the
other fish in a state of alert
agitation and alarm. Com
PEELED to live thus always with
vigilance similar to their
normal life in the sea, they
maintained their stamina and
strength. The utter security
Of all the other tanks resulted
in the deterioration Of the
favored fish.
And so. to ask the ques-
ton, Why God no kill the
devil" or why did not the
old fisherman kill the cat
fish,, is to suggest that evil
has its uses. Maltbie Rab-
cock knew that truth so far
as human life is concerned
when he wrote, "Shun not the
struggle, face it, It's Gods
gift. Be strong"
In the Louvre there is a
picture by Guido REM, of
Michael with his foot on
Satan's neck. William James,
with keen insight, expresses
the richness of its allegorical
meaning regarding the use ct
evil in one sentence-"The
world is all the richer for
having a devil in it so long as
we keep our foot upon his
neck"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-19
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
When Evil Is Good
By DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

lacy OF TINS generation is that
the chief aim of life is to
make it as easy as possible
as the old hymn put it.
Ito be carried to the skies
on flowery beds Of ease" OF
course, 1t is cause for great
gratitude that the discoveries
in the medical field have
cleared life's way Of so many
once dreaded diseases. It is
a boon, indeed, that certain
drugs relieve the body of ex-
cruciating pain for which
there was once no release
except death. 1t is q cause
for constant TIE Deums
that the dreary burden of
strength-sapping toll has
been so largely taken over
by ingenious machines which
operate at the touch of a
button.
However, we are too close
to the struggle of primitive
days not to be constantly
reminded of the dividends
which come both to the body
and to the character through
the challenge of self-denial,
Of personal initiative, and of
battling with frowning diff
cultieS. With a hundred
mechanical slaves working
for every one Of us in this
decade of the nineteen sixties
it is still inspiring to look at
the scanned face of Abraham
Lincoln and recall the forma-
tive surroundings of his early
career in the University of
Hard Knocks. 1t was a half
century after that great
captain of his time came to
the tragic end of his sad
career, so buffeted by evil
and hardship and disappoint-
ment that John Ruskin. the
great Englishman, died. A
brilliant editorial on his con-
tribution to literature reads,
His own life was a sequence
of tragedies, many of them
bitter and cruel, yet without
such successive ordeals Of
Illustration, RuSkin might
have been a total failure in
his work"
That appraisal of the role
Of hardship in one life can
be authenticated in a thou
sand biographies as men and
women have Jared forth to
meet their date with destiny.
A famous naturalist relates
how, in pity, he watched the
struggle Of a chrysalis to
break out Of a cocoon. Fol-
lowing his impulse to help he
took his knife and cut the
silken casket to make the
process easier. But what
emerged was a weak creature
with anemic body and
bleached wings, unable to fly
- which is a parable that
there are times when evil is
good. as estimated in the
final outcome.
Without what at the time
seems evil We humans might
be secure. yet morally spine
less automatons. History re-
cords that it is not the peo-
pie in the lotus-lands of the
tropics who lie back lazily in
the balmy air under waving
palm trees who are strong
and do exploits, but rather it
is those where the climate
and the elements make in
evitable a constant struggle
who are the builders of great
civilizations.
Our old boyhood favorite,
Robinson Crusoe, read be-
tween the lines-or, even on
the lines-unfolds a story
where what was labeled evil
turns out to be good. The
pagan savage. Friday. asked
our early hero Of the lonely
island a pertinent question.
Crusoe had told the savage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-19
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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tiers are subject to condenSa-
ton. Those not used iDiH be
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-19

settled by some form Of legislative
enactment alone. It calls for a mobil-
ization of concern and imagination on
the broadeSt possible base. If the COM
mittee can do this, it will be rendering
a great and needed public service.
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-17
Gov. Egan Protests Nays Plan to Use Seabees at Adak

JUNEAU H = Navy plans ] to use Seabees for $10 million in construction work at the Adak
 Naval Station in 1862 drew the fire of Gov. Vim. Egan yesterday Egan protested the Navys plans in letter to John Connally Jr., Secretary of the Navy. A copy of the letter was sent to Labor Sec retary Arthur Goldberg. Egan said he understood civilian
 worl1nen were to be excluded for
 security reasons.
 Some time ago." Egan wrote,
 "the Air Force dispensed with the
 use of military personnel on its
 construction projects in Alaska. and since then has relied on civil ian contractors and laborers for both construction and mainte-
 nance work.
 Their installation I believe in
 many instances are comparable to the Navy's program with re- 
 gard to the need for rigid se- curity.
 Tt has not been brought to my
 attention that construction work
 accomplished by civilian labor on numerous highly secret installa- tions in Alaska has in any way proven to be detrimental to the security of the United States of America" ]"
 If civilian labor could be em- ployed on the Aleutian work, Egan said, it would be a major factor in alleviating the critical jobless situation which now prevails in Alaska particularly in the An chorage Fairbanks areas where most of the. states population is concentrated.''
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-17
Marine Recruit Arrested For Stealing Gold Coins

SAN DIEGO, Calif. 4, A Marine Corps recruit was arrest. cd by agents of the FBI Wednes' day on charges of stealing 160 gold coins in Fairbanks.
 Thomas vigue, 21, was charged in an FBI complaint with taking the $2,546 in coins while work ing as a cargo handler for Alaska Airlines. The coins had been sent to an Alaska firm from Switzer- land, the F'BI said.
 vigue sold 36 of the coins in Everett, Wn., and threw the rest into a river. the FBI said.
 The coins were stolen Jan. IS. Vigue joined the Marine Corps Aug. 25.
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-17
Eskimos Hold Meetings at Barrow

BARRCW M = Delegates from the major Eskimo villages of in terior and northern Alaska met here yesterday to open general conference on native problems.
 The conference drzt Of itl kind ever to be held has beer named rInupiat" by the Eskimo people, meaning "the great gather ing of the Eslximos." !" Delegates reported on prob. lems from individual areas.
 II was set up by the Associa- ton of American Indian Affairs, a private association dealing with all kinds of Indian and Eskimo problems in the United States.
 The sessions will be devoted to assisting the Eskimos in their ef- forts to organize and dea1 with the many problems confronting them today.
 Miss Laverne Madigan, execu- tive secretary of the association, is in Barrow attending the con- ference.
 The chairman of the conference is Guy Okakok, from Barrow, and the secretary is Frank Degan, from Unlallxleet.
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-17
Gov. Egan Asks CAB To Drop Restrictions On StOpover Privileges

JUNEAU R = Gov. Wm. Egan today disclosed he has asked eli- mination of Civil Aeronautics Board restrictions against exten- sion of stopover privileges in Alas ka to through passengers on for eign air lines.
 Present restrictions, Egan said in letter to chairman Alan Boyd of the CAB, deprive the state of
 tourist revenues and subvert President Kennedy's People 4o People program.
 Some 42 poo passengers a yea travel through Alaska on foreigr air carriers, Egan estimated Hs said if only per cent would stay in Alaska for 10 days additional tourist revenues accruing to Alas
 ka would amount to about $1 mil lion year.
 Egan said many of the esti- mated 10 million persons who will attend the Century 2I Exposition in Seattle next year will be travelling the Trans-Polar Route and many others undoubtedly would do so if the stopover re- striction were removed.
 In a separate letter to director Volt Gilmore of the US. Travel Agency, asking that sgency's help in eliminating the stopover re- strictions Egan said:
 'sIt appears to me that here is a readily made market for United States travel, consisting of more than 40,000 persons annually who are already in the United States but who are prevented from ex- tending their travels by reason of ] an artificial restriction com pletely without merit and con- trary to the demonstrated inter ests and purposes of our nation. ]" l
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-17
ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES

To Fairbanks: Joe Griffith, Bob Thomas, Porter Lockard, Law renee Chapman, Albert Mueller, Charles Scrivner, Joe Rychetnik, g Salter, Donald Lindstrom, J. Petre, Russell Bolton, LeRoy Younkins, and Neil Ray.
 From Fairbanks: Betty Gustaf- son, Robert Coftey, William Davis, B. F, Garner, Howard Jones, and Evan Hawks.
 TO Kotzebue: Lloyd Making tock.
 From Kofxebue: [ Greenhaw. B. Cook, Jimmie Mitchell, James Gilhan, and Albert Mueller.
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The Nome nugget., 1961-11-17
California Travel
 Agents Entertained at Alaska SOurdOugh Party

f1ldSkd OOuTOOuSH f dTly
 HOLLYWOOD A More than 300 Southern California travel agents and a dozen travel writers were entertained last night at an Alaska Sourdough party arranged to promote inter est in Alaska travel next summer.
 The guests wore Sosrdough cos tunes and ate Alaska muktuk, Reindeer, king crab, salmon and wild berries. Entertainment was provided by MT. and Mrs. George Whaley, formerly of Kotzebue but now of Hawaii, MT. and Mrs. Chester Seevek of Kotzebue and airline stewardess Flora Dora Girls.
 The party was sponsored by Alaska Airlines, West Tours Inc, Wien Alaska Airlines and the White Pass and Yukon Route.
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-17

The Women of the Methodist Church are holding a Bazaar Workshop tonight at o'clock 1t the HWY Community Center.
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-17

WEATHER FORECAST
 Continued cloudy today and to- night and cooler. Lowest temp, expected tonight Q to 5, the high tomorrow IS to 20.
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-17
JACKIE TAKES "A SPILL MIDDLEBURG. Va. R, =

MIDDLEBURG, Va. R = Mrs. John F. Kennedy had a slight spill at a jump while riding with the Piedmona Hunt near Upper vile, Va, today.
 But, a close friend said it was nothing serious and the White House reported later that Mrs. Kennedy lis fine"
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-17
HAS NO SHELTER

IPHu4ADE1PEIA tn = Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy, brother of the President, has no family fallout shelter.
 At news conference last night, he said he plans no shelter until 2 federal policy Is established leading toward shelters for every one.
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-17

DlAAAC0 IO ll1dllCC Patient Program
 The January 1862 New March of Dimes will help finance an ex- banding patient aid program to provide more skilled medical care at the community level for victims of cripplirg birth defects and arthritis Mrs. Steffen Andersen, chairman of Sah Yung Ah Tim Mim, said today.
 She just returned from a pre- campaign meeting Of volunteer leaders of the states national foundation cssaa;ps chapter: held in An chorage, Nov. 13, with Burr Gib- son, national director of fund raising for the March Of Dimes.
 The volunteer delegates reacted with real enthusiasm to tho March of Dimes new patient aid program. This involves setting up special treatment centers in large medical centers or evaluation clinics at community levels to treat victims of birth defects and arthritis. The centers are fi- nanced directly by March of. Dimes chapters or groups of chapters.
 "In each center there is a team of medical experts such as doc tors. nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, medical social workers and many others, l" she added. Like polio. birth de- fleets and arthritis often cause crippling and other complex med-N ical problems. They need team approach for proper treatment. We are sure the public will re- spond to this program through generous support of the March of Dimes in January.
 Late in August of this year a special treatment center-clinic twas established in Seattle at the University Of Washington Hos pital and Medico1 School for -chil-
 dren with birth defects, she ex- plained. It is supported finan.
 cially by 55 Chapters of the New
 March of Dimes in Washington
 Alaska and Idaho.
 l Dr. David Shurtleff, medical di-
 rector of the clinic at the Uni-
 versity of Washington Hospital,
 was the keynote speaker at the meeting. He reported that over 70 small patients with birAh defects had been seen at the March of Dimes supported clinic since it first opened on Aug. "A. These children were referred to the clinic by their local physicians, pr. Shurtleff said.
 Ideas were discussed to make the traditional January March of Dimes in Alaska a success New materials for the 1862 drive were demonstrated. Special films were shown pointing up the enormous problems brought on by birth de fleets, arthritis and polio.
 Few of us realize how many Americans are affected by these diseases"
 One out of every 16 babies is born each year in this country with a significant birth defect and at least m million Americans have arfl1ritis or rheumatic disease.
 One of the main hopes for preventing thts cripphng lies in the March of Dimes medical re- search program. Another weapon, in addition to patient aid, is the health scholarship program de- signed to train students in the health fields
 The slogan for the January March of Dimes, reflecting the ols9aniyafiousc =frfsoce aUaiue4
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-17

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