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Evening star., 1961-07-31
Water Rocinq

Coming, as / do, from a
small mid-Western commun-
ity where q river is also a
part Of the local attractions;
I have been greatly encour-
aged to see that the Ma
tion's Capital makes such in
telligent use Of the water
front for cultural purposes
viz. the Watergate concerts,
etc.
However, there has been
one consistent oversight on
the part Of the press. One
would never know there's
such Q thing as an unlifn-
tied hydroplane in existence.
Unlimited hydros are the
giants Of the racing world.
They are to water racing
what Indianapolis cars are
to auto racing. Washingto-,
mans can see them each fall
in your own Presidents Cup
Regatta. (This year Sep
tember 1910 One would
think that, since these boats
+, race here, your newspaper
would ct least give passing
mention to the other races.
But no!
Sportsmen run these boats
for little or nothing. I know
because I am part owner Of
Miss Madison, Indiana" the
former Nitrogen" Of Sam
Du Pont. I'm also publicity
director for the Governors
Cup Race at Madison, Ind,
which follows your Wash
.ington race. The Corinthian
Yacht Club works long and
hard to put on the Presidents
Cup race, and any publicity
you give boating throughout
the summer win help these
folks.
The next race is August 5
at Seattle; then August 26-
81 at Reno, New. After that
there's Detroit, September 10,
Washington, September 16-
II and Madison, Ind, Sep
tember :30-O October /.
Can't you strike q three
pronged blow for Cd the Co.
rinthian Yacht Club and its
hard work to bring the big
boats here; ca the owners of
the $4,000 craft that roar
over the Potomac at 1870 miles
an hour and 60 water sports
in general, by carrying some
thing on your sports pages
about future races?
Phillip Cole.
Administrative assistant to
Representative Wilson Of In
diana.
Evening star., 1961-07-31

effort; in the end it will be self
defeating.
Thus, in situation In which both
parties need to find face-Saving So
luton; the time for little quiet diplo-
macy is at hand And in this connection
it is worth noting that Tunisia's Presi-
dent Habib Bourguiba said last week:
1--WE are not seeking the condemnation
of France. If her allies can obtain the
evacuation that we ask within a reas-
enable time, then we will have no reason
for recourse to international organiza-
tions" This is indicative of spirit of
reasonableneSS, and since France cannot
expect to keep her troops In an indepen-
dent Tunisia forever a satisfactory
settlement ought to be obtainable.
Evening star., 1961-07-31
Hidden Stop-Sign

A classic example OF CrarIlc
control in Mont g ON cry
County may be found in the
newly erected stop-sign at
Randolph road on Bushey
drive. heading South to Viers
Mill road.
This stop-sign has been
neatly Installed behind a tree.
One has to be at the inter-
section before it is visible.
A police car sits quietly on
Randolph road at various
times, and at least one un-
suspecting driver has been
issued q ticket for failure to
see through a tree.
The possibility of accidents
has been greatly increased by
this master stroke of traffic
planning. Although several
reports have been made to
the county and police depart
ment, the sign still turks
behind the tree.
I cannot help but wonder
If it is installed to serve the
driver-or the police?
Evening star., 1961-07-31
Praises Rambler

For some time I have
wanted to write and tell you
how much / enjoy your paper.
All Of my children have been
Star carriers so i have more
than just q sentimental inter-
est, in the paper.
However. the real frosting
on the cake, the thing that
stirs me to action now is
the Rambler's column. The
column has always been de-
lightful but in the last few
days George Kennedy has
really outdone himself. I have
clipped copies of the Henry
Adams article from several
papers to send to the felix's
back home. II only these
people who become so stirred
up about education in Amer
lea today would go back and
read Henry Adams statement
that teachers never gave
time" ! believe they might
uncover the root of some
Of our problems and you'd
Evening star., 1961-07-31
More Castro Nonsense

F1del Castro is throwing up one of
his familiar smokescreens in complain
ing to the United Nations Security
Council that the United States is plot
ting Imminent military aggression" in
retaliation for Cuba'S detention Of hi
lacked Eastern AirlineS plane. No doubt
he knows better.
Mr.. Castro attempts to make much
in his note to the Security Council, and
in an earlier speech to one Of his captive
audiences in Havana, of the fact that
a number Of Cuban planes have been
held in this country and sold at auction.
He does not, as it happens, tell the
full and accurate story = that Of IS
planes that have been detained here
since mid-1959, and of which Is had
been hijacked, IA have been returned
to Cuba. Among those retained, ten
have been sold in conformance with
court orders to satisfy judgments against
the Cuban government. No doubt Mr..
Castro knows this, too.
What Mr.. Castro should do at this
point is to read the careful and precise
comments of Secretary of State Rusk
at news conference last week. Mr..
Rusk pointed out, for example, that
there has been no claim of Sovereign
immunity" concerning Cuban airplanes
made to this Government through
proper diplomatic channels. If it had,
the Secretary added, the State Depart
ment would have brought the immunity
question before the courts. without this
initiative from foreign government,
Mr.. Rusk explained patiently, there is
no way by which our own Government
can intervene to prevent its citizens
from applying, or even to dispute their
claims, for redress. Mr.. Castro's legal
advisers probably know this, but are
mute. Mr.. Rusk pointed out, incidentally,
that no Cuban commercial airliner had
been among those seized to satisfy
judgments here.
Il The real truth Of the matter, very
likely, is that Mr.. Castro is more pleased
to have an issue for demagoguery than
arelatively simple avenue for accommo-
dation. So be it.
Evening star., 1961-07-31
DISPUTED Bizerte


In the fall of 1856 the
United States put heavy
enough pressure upon the
British and French to make
them give up their hold on
the Suez Canal.
According to q freely ar
rived at treaty Egypt had
ceded in 1859 the Suez to the
British and French for q long
period of years. In 1856 that
treaty had only IL more years
to go. The Egyptians had
been well paid and had re-
ceived much benefit from
the Canal the British and
French and their money had
built and operated.
In 1856 Tunisia was given
her independence and agreed
with France to let the latter
hold on to the naval base area
of Bizerte for the time being
and to negotiate with her at
a; later date about it. The
NATO command was happy
that the naval base would
thus be assured Of being de-
Gently maintained and avail
able to American and other
NATO warships In case OF
need.
Suddenly this July. 1861,
the Tunisian Government
far from negotiating for BIZ
zerte-issued an ultimatum
to the French to get out and
backed it UP with road blocks
and positioning Of troops.
The Tunisians themselves ad-
NIT that they fired the first
shots at planes flying sup
plies in. The same situation as
pertained at the time of the
Berlin air-lift over a decade
ago!
Let us not be cajoled into
giving aid to Tunisia in this
struggle-either by word or
deed. Let us remember that
while it Is true that Bizerte
is in Tunisia, it is also true
that Guantanamo is in Cuba
and the Panama Canal is in
Panama.
BY our actions with regard
to the Suez trouble in 1856
we. (perhaps unwittingly)
presented an argument in
favor of those who would
have us give UP the Panama
Canal. I hope our govern
mental folly will not carry to
the extent of handing out a
precedent for giving up
Guantanamo to Castro's
Cuba. Such would be the
case If we advocate the
French giving UP Bizerte.
Clarkson j. Beall
Evening star., 1961-07-31
Right to Hire

A Negro organization cur
rently engaged in sending
paid agitators into the South
to flout State laws and local
customs. is reported to be
threatening Washington busi-
nessmen with boycotts if they
do not hire more Negroes. In
a free society 1t would seem
that an employer whether
white or black should be the
sole Judge Of who is best
suited to work for him, and
in what capacity. IF two
equally qualified persons ap-
ply for the same job and only
one Is hired, who is to say
whether the other was dis
criminated against? 1s
Harvey H. Hewitt.
Evening star., 1961-07-31
Keorns-Wotthews Bill

"A, letter titled "View of
Capitol Hill" attacked bills by
Representative Kearns and
Representative Matthews.
These bills would establish
an urban renewal project
area, within which no house,
be 1t in good condition or in
subStandard condition, could
be destroyed. urban re-
newal," in view Of the exper-
fence Of the citizens in the
adjacent Southwest Washing
ton area, proved to be so
unpopular, that the authors
quickly revised the bills, after
hearings on July 13, and
dropped urban renewal al
together.
Undoubtedly Representa-
tives Kearns and Matthews,
realizing that thousands Of
people in the lower income
brackets, both white and
colored, were uprooted and
forced out of Southwest
Washington, wanted to pro-
tect in every way possible the
legitimate and justified in
terests of the citizens of
Capitol Hill.
AS revised, the Kearns-
Matthews bill, to save the
John Philip Sousa home, pro-
vides for q survey Of buildings
Of national and local historic
or architectural interest in
the Capitol Hill area" under
the direction of the Board Of
Commissioners.
All homes which might be
SO defined would be saved.
The survey would be made
by representatives Of civic,
citizen and business groups
appointed by the Board Of
Commissioners.
The ame nded Kearns-
Matthews bill. meeting as it
does the objections of the
earlier proposal, deserves the
unanimous support Of all
citizens Of our Nation who
are concerned with the pres
ervation Of historic Capitol
Hill. James w. O'COnnOr.
Evening star., 1961-07-31
IN SCIENCE
Signal Corps Has Perfect Wotch
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

It trends northeast-south-
west from Wrangel Island
just north of Far Eastern ST.
IBERIA to the Axel Heiberg Is
lands north Of Eastern Cam
ada. It is about $50 miles
wide and its: peaks rise, at
one place, to about 1000 feet
below the seas ice cover.
This has just been reported
through the National Acad-
emy Of Sciences from analysis
OF sounding observations
made from drifting station
Alpha, built on pack ice. The
station was abandoned in
1858 when the ice pack
crushed the floe on which It
was located. The records
were distributed to various
institutions for study.
The discovery has been
named the Alpha Mountains.
or just the Alpha Rise. The
undersea landscape appar-
emily is quite rugged, the low
est portions of the rise being
about 10000 feet under the
ice. Peaks and depressions
follow each other quite
closely.
Has Volcanic History
The profiles strongly sus-
gest, according to the Na-
tional Academy report, based
largely on analysis Of the
reports by DR.. Kenneth Hun
kins Of Columbia, that this
Is q range of volcanic noun
tains formed in the distant
past, since there is no vol
canic activity in the area 1T
present.
THE Alpha Rise" says the
report, 'is one. Of the large
positive features Of Arctic
Ocean topography"
1t runs almost parallel to
another much lower and mar
rover mountain range fur
ther north discovered by Rus
sian explorers-the so-called
Lomonosov range.
Its existence has been in
dicated in the past from Rus
sian reports of soundings
from the air, but these have
been quite indefinite and
have given no clear picture Of
the feature.
The drifting station, car
ried along by the movement
Of the ice pack. followed in
general the course of the
range. the report says.
Evening star., 1961-07-31
The Quiet Approach

q AS expected, the Security Council
has been unable to act in the French
Tunisian dispute over Bizerte. Three
proposed resolutions failed to obtain
the required seven votes. And with the
French representative not participating,
but standing by and ready to veto, it is
certain that no resolution which would
have satisfied Tunisia could have been
adopted.
There is talk now of transferring
the debate to special session of the
General Assembly, and it may be that
the majority vote needed for this can be
secured. Even so, no useful result could
be expected. Inflammatory speeches,
filled with distortions and half-truths,
will not create the climate needed for a
return to reason.
What is needed now Is trial of
quiet diplomacy And in this connection
it is reported that the United States
and Britain are working behind the
scenes to bring Tunisia and France to-
gether. If the Bizerte issue is resolved
any time soon, this is the way it
will be done.
The TunisianS precipitated this clash
when they threw a blockade around the
French base and began shooting. This
is fact which wild speeches should
not be permitted to obscure. It is also
a fact, however, that the position of
France is hardly an enviable one.
General de Gaulle, If he uses enough
force, probably can hang on to Frances
military position in Tunisia for while
longer, But this will be not only costly
Evening star., 1961-07-31
Ade Discrimination

There is q fallacy regard
ing old people which I would
like to explode. The man over
40 finds it most difficult to
find employment because of
a misconception regarding
his ability. and capacity for
work. Most want ads in the
newspapers limit their call to
something like this, "25 to
35," or mot over 25." That
is placing a restriction on
him that is unconscionable
and unjust, as well as down.
right impractical. 1t is dis
elimination Of the worst
kind. The employer who
prides himself on being lib
eral and places no limits on
Evening star., 1961-07-31

A watch" which theoret-
ically viii keep time with an
accuracy Of about q second
in 300 years has been devel-
oped by the Army Signal
Corps.
This is the so-called
atomic cesiurn beam rnaser,"
whose time-keeping depends
on stimulated vibration Of
atoms Of the silvery metallic
element ceSium. It Is one of
an entirely new type Of elec-
tronic devices now being de-
veloped by the Armed Serv-
ices. The accuracy Of the
new time keeper produced at
the Signal Corps laboratories
at Fort Monmouth, N. j., ac-
cording to an Army report,
is zone part in 10 billion and
a stability of two part in
100 billion per day"
1t may lose or gain as much
as q millionth of q second
in three hours, but there is
no drift in either direction.
There is, that Is, no progress
sive loss or gain. The mil
lionth second variation may
be in either direction.
Not Pocket Watch
It is hardly the kind of
watch, however, which one
can carry around. 1T must
operate at . temperature of
about ass r. To maintain
this bulky, expensive and
highly complicated apparatus
is required" says q Fort
Monmouth report. "But con-
troll Of missiles, satellites and
ulCerplaneCary veh1cleS de-
pends on extremely accurate
timing systems. The fire.
quency stability Of a maser,
which depends only on fire.
quencieS associated with
atomic or molecular activ-
tiles, leads to q relatively
simple method for obtaining
the necessary time accuracy"
The maser is almost COM
pletely free of so-called
noise" associated with other
types Of electronic equipment,
according to the report, and
this has led to several other
uses. 1T has proved very
useful" says the report, "in
radar ranging Of the planet
Venus"
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A low undersea mountain
range essentially splits the
Arctic Ocean in two unequal
parts.
Evening star., 1961-07-31

Pen names may be used u
letters carry iDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condensG-
tton. Those not used aUin be
returned only tDheR accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1961-07-31
TUNIS.

TUNES.
While the diplomatic bat
tie between France and Tu-
risia RACES full blast ct the
United Nations, q strange, un-
easy calm is settling over
the battlefield itself.
In Bizerte hot anger has
CONCEALED into suIlen bore
dom. French paratroops and
gendarmes still hold most Of
the town, shifting their posi-
tions from time to time, but
giving no sign Of any large
scale withdrawal. The Tuni-
sian troops who occupy the
Casbah, completely sur
rounded by French guns,
browse behind their sandbag
barricades showing no in
clination to upset the pre-
carious applicant.
In Tunis most Of the press
corps on hand to cover the
war are spending their days
on surrounding beaches. The
excitement has let down and
q new, more moderate tone
has crept into the public
statements Of government
leaders. Within the last few
days there have been no in
f1ammatory radio speeches.
Those who have seen Presi-
dent Habib Bourguiba de-
scribe his mood as calm and
rather thoughtful.
Mass meetings held daily
in Tunis seem to have been
organized more for the pur-
pose Of calming down the
people then stirring them to
new heights Of nationalistic
fervor. The local press. hav-
ing reached a paroxysm Of
violence that rivaled any,
thing produced in Cairo or
Damascus, is now beginning
to take q more rational view
Of the situation. And though
loudspeakers In the city still
sound off now and then with
martial music, nobody seems
to pay much attention.
French Panicky
The returning calin-which
could be only q pause for
breath-is not for everyone,
Of course. Every day Tunis
Airport Is jammed with q
tense mob Of refugees, most
Of them women and children,
emplaning for Marseille, Nice
or Paris. The atmosphere is
unpleasant and panicky. Peo-
pie. crowd and shove as If
they expected to be stopped
and sent back at any mo-
n1ent. The farewellS are more
fearful than usual.
The whole European COM
munity in Tunisia is dis
couraged and peSsimistic.
OF some 10000 French in this
country it is probable that
half would leave tomorrow
If they could. Tunisian claims
that no restrictions are be-
ing put on French departures
are the subject Of wry humor
here. Exit visas, required Of
all depart ting Frenchmen,
are issued only to those who
have come to Tunisia recent
ly as visitors" longtime
residents are stuck. presum-
ably for the duration Of the
crisis. Many who were born
here and who have the larg-
est stake in the comnunitv
are in jail.
Still, for an outsider at
least, there are signs that the
worst Of the storm has
passed. At this point both
sides seem to be trying to
find q way out Of the irmpos-
sible mess that they have
blundered into. Even the
man in the street now seems
more regretful than angry.
Evening star., 1961-07-31

make q greater contribution
to education than they do
when they insist that we
should try to copy the Euro
pean system Of education.
Adah He'll.
Evening star., 1961-07-31
WATCHING THE WORLD
ARoy of Hone in the Tunision Calm
BY CROSBY S. NOYE.
Foreign Correspondent Of The stur

And on the political level
there Is still some hope that
the damage may not be per-
manent and irreparable.
On both sides there Is q
growing awareness Of the ex-
tent Of the disaster.
Whatever may be said here
about President Bourguiba's
victory" and joys Of redis-
covering brothers In Cairo
and Peiping, intelligent Tu-
nisians are well aware that
the bloodshed at Bizerte has
wiped out everything they
stood for in North Africa. To
play on the other side may
salve national pride for q
time and save Mr.. Bourguiba's
political hide. But Is q small
new fish In q big and turbu-
lent pond, it win not in the
long run restore him or his
country to the stature which
they enjoyed before.
French Dream Ruined
For the French the situa-
tion is at least equally uncom-
Portable. President de Gaulle
can defy the United Nations
and proclaim-with the back
ing Of Q great majority Of
Frenchmen-the legality of
his case. The result Is still
the ruin Of his dream Of a
French-speaking Africa close
ly allied to France. The real
winners at Bizerte were those
who opposed this dream. It
would take something Of .
miracle now to make it come
true.
A miracle perhaps Is still
possible If Gen. de Geulle and
the French people are cap
able Of producing it. Nothing
that anyone else does or says
at this point is likely to help
matters. The French have
made the point-at tremen-
dous cost-that they win not
yield to force at Bizerte. ANY
hope lies in the fact that
Gen. de Gaulle now, on his
own initiative, can afford to
be generous.
The problem, Of course, is
how generous he can afford
or is disposed to be. For the
time being, at least, the ele-
rnent Of force from the
Tunisian side has been neu-
tralized. Having demon
strated their ability to de-
fend Bizerte, the French are
hardly in need Of any further
guarantees" before with
drawing troops that can re-
turn again on short notice If
their presence is required.
A permanent settlement of
the future Of the base, how
ever, presents a trickfer
problem. Whatever its real
military usefulness may be,
the immediate evacuation
demanded by the Tunisians
is now impossible. The best
that can be hoped for is that
Gen. de Gaulle will accept
the principle Of giving UP
Bizerte in Q reasonable
length Of time.
II new negotiations started
from the fact that the mill
tary value of the base is
limited by Developments of
modern warfare, the prob
lem would then be to work
out . timetable for the even
tual evacuation which the
Tunisians demand. Given a
minimum of good will on
both sides, this might be
done without outraging
either popular feeling in
TuniSia or military Senti-
l11ent in France. Conditions
for such q negotiation can
hardly be described as prom
ising. But if it is not tried.
damage to the interests of
both parties will be i'm.
measurable.
Evening star., 1961-07-31

A low undersea mountain
range essentially splits the
Arctic Ocean in two unequal
parts.
Evening star., 1961-11-01
.THos. J. OWEN 3 son.
Auetioneers. Ill Z st. NV.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE
DWELLING coNTAfNING sFVEN
ROOMS. ONE BATH. GAS HOT
WATER HEAT. KNOWN AS 500
TENTH STREET SOUTHEAST.
BY virtue Of o certain deed Of trust
duly recorded. in Liber, No. 10S49;
Fssopds TSG 4Sf q the TsG pstrss Of the cOlnm
bia. and at the request Of the
signed trustees will sell, at public
on MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY
OF NOVEMBER. AID. 1851. AT
ONE-THIRTY O'CLOCK PM. the
following-described land and prem:
ises. situate in the District Of
being Lot Numbered Twenty-nine
(29l IN Thomas Jarvis subdivi-
sion Of lots in Square Numbered
Nine Hundred and Forty-nine
t949l as per plat recorded in
tie Il 2 District E1ist SSdd Columbia in Liber
TEENS dss1l, OF 0T SSAhE SSsdd Al AL Ss CASH 4sarea
m made S as 81 Of date Of sale. All
conveyancinE. recording. revenue
stamps. etc. at cost Of uur-
chaser. Terms Of sale to be COM
from day Of sale. otherwise the
trustees reserve the right to resell
the property at the risk and cost
Of defaultinE purchaser. after five
davs' advertisement of such resale
in some newspaper published in
washington. d. c.
FRANK T. FRANCIS,
JOHN L. THOMPSON.
IRVING B. YOCHELeON.
oe25. 5.27.30-no1.4 Trustees.
Evening star., 1961-11-01
THOs. J. OWEN a SON
AuetioneeFs, iii z st. NV.

SALE OF VALUABLE
DETACHED FRAME DWELLING
BEING KNOWN AS PREMISES
NUMBER 1900 ARGYLE TER
RACE NORTHWEST.
By virtue of q certain deed Of trust
duly recorded, in Liber No. 10S04,
Folio 300 ct sea, Of the land
records Of the District Of Colum-
bia, and at the request Of the
party secured thereby, the under
signed trustees will sell, at public
auction in front Of the premises,
on THURSDAY, THE SECOND
DAY OF NOVEMBER, AID. 1861,
AT TWO O'CLOCK PM, the
following-described land and prem.
ises. situate in the District q
being Lot 2s and the west forty
feet front by the full depth there
Of of Lot 81 in Square 1857. in
q subdivision made by Machen
Of part Of a tract Of land known
as "Argyle, Cowl and Lorn" as
per plat recorded in the Office
Of the Surveyor for the District
Of Columbia in Liber "A at Folio
1872: Taxed as Lot S2S in Square
TERMS: Sold subject TO q prior
for fSSIaS spproai@stsiy Sci f sos g. fuf
announced at time Of sale: the
purchase price above said trust to
be paid in cash. A deposit oi
$1,000. cash or certified check re-
quired. Conyeyancing, recording
etc, at purchasers cost. Adjust
mentS made as of date Of sale
Terms to be complied with within
thirty days, otherwise deposit for
feited ard the property may be
advertised and resold at the dis
erection Of the trustees.
49,. SIMON A. DOUGLAS,
nrei 81 oa oa-nni Trnsfsea