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Evening star., 1961-07-07
New Car Features?

My 1861 car is obsolete. It
was when I bought it. Sure,
it has idiot lights to signal
either that the engine is too
hot, that the generator is not
charging the battery, that
the oil pressure is down, or
that one of the bulbs in
tended to convey this infor-
nation has burned Out. But
it still has the out-moded
speedometer, odometer, and
fuel level indicator.
On my 1862 model, If any,
I expect to find these elimi-
mated and replaced with
three little lights which will
indicate: l. "Your car has
stopped because you are out
of gasoline; walk to the
nearest service station and
get some" 2. (to be operated
by radio signal from a patrol
car-"You were exceeding the
speed limit, so I have ar
rested you" 8. your car has
stopped because it has gone
so far it is completely worn
out; have it towed some
where and try to trade it in" "
Such, at least, seems in
accordance with the negative
progress often made by us
scions of subnormal simians.
Robert L. Eichberg,
Evening star., 1961-07-07
THE PASSING SCENE
Khrushchev Gives Us q Symbol
By RALPH McGILL

mines are in operation. on
has been brought into pro-
duction.
From its prairies come
grain, sheep and cattle. The
people are of Mongol origin.
They are, for the most part,
Of the Moslem faith. The cap
ital city has a population of
about 100000, and the So
viets have carefully seen to
it that two-thirdS of these
are Russians. The city was
used as a center of exile dur
ing Czarist days. Stain, for
a time, had TrotSky held
there under house arrest.
There is now a university and
an opera house for ballet and
music. Travellers report the
city drab and dreary. (Alma-
Alta, the capital, means Land
of Apples~.
It was at this city that
Khrushchev chose to boast
of Soviet progress and to
promise that consumer goods
in the "tempestuous" boom
ahead will develop side by,
side with heavy industry"
Symbol for America
For Americans there is but
one text-and while Mr..
Khrushchev did not so mean
it, it should be a symbolic
one for us. =.
Comrades, there Is only
America ahead Of us!"
Only America is ahead Of
him, and he chose to say that
we had the prize and became
too satisfied and content, and
will be passed by the new,
strong runners.
It is not a conservative
future into which we are
heading. The Communist
challenge is in every land
which looks at Russian in
duStrial progress and sees it
as a shortcut. Adlai Steven
son reported the tremendous
progress which would be
needed in some underde-
veloped countries to raise the
average per capita income
from 500 to $3.50 per year.
He noted that a credit Of
millions In American aid to
some country dependent on
coffee could be wiped out by
a fall Of a mere half-a-cent
per pound Of that export
beam,
The future demands bold
ness, imagination, vision and
action not a drawing
back, not fear, not distrust
of the American promise of
opportunity.
And certainly our economy
must grow-not stand still.
Our unemployment must be
put to work.
Comrades, there is only
America ahead of us!"
That is true in so many
ways-its greatest truth is
for those who believe in lib
erty and independence. 1t is
a good text for us a-prod to
keep ahead!
Evening star., 1961-07-07
Disputed Quotes

The Evening Star OF June
IA, in an article by Isabel
Shelton, headed ANA Seen
Leading in Attack" refers to
a charge against insurance
companies attributed to Will
bur j. Cohen, Assistant Sec
retary (for legislation) of
the Department Of Health.
Education and Welfare. and
mentions The Equitable Life
Assurance Society of the
United States. The Star ar
ticle states:
THE American Medical
Association and insurance
companies have launched a
full-scale campaign to un-
dermine the confidence Of
the American people in the
Federal social security sys-
tenn and other Federal well
fare programs The in
surance companies are being
led by The Equitable Life
Assurance Society of the
United States"
We in Equitable do not
know of any "full-scale
campaign" or any other kind
of campaign conducted by
insurance companies or any,
one else to undermine the
social security system. Ger
tainly Equitable Life Assur-
ance Society is not leading
or participating in any such
movement. The Equitable'S
position with respect to So
cial security is that it should
be continued on a sound and
sensible basis.
We have read the text of
Mr.. Cohen's speech, as re-
leased by his office, and we
do not find there the quota
tions referred to by Miss
Shelton.
The Equitable's position
has been clearly stated in
two scholarly articles written
by one of Equitable's distin-
quiShed actuarieS, Vice Pres
ident Ray M. Peterson. One
appeared in the Journal of
the American Society of
Chartered Life Underwriters,
a professional society publi-
cation. In it he reminded his
readers that they had "the
ability and responsibility to
contribute to a better and
wider understanding of the
social security system"
A second article, along the
same lines as the first, ap-
peared in the Journal of the
American Medical Associa-
ton in April. 1861 by per-
sonal invitation made di-
rectly to Mr.. Peterson. 1t is
worthy of note that Mr..
Peterson stated in that ar
ticle that "our social security
system can be preserved only
if we keep benefits within
Evening star., 1961-07-07
TV Progromming

When accused of over
indulgence in mayhem and
murder, a spokesman for
television told a Senate sub
committee: I'VE often con-
ceal the classics in Western
form"
Should such self-pro-
claimed skill at camouflage
be allowed to go unnoticed
by the military? One Of the
difficulties in Disgusting
troops is that even when the
uniforms they wear are clev-
erly blended with their back
ground, they usually can be
spotted by an experienced
eye. The similarity of a video
Western to great drama ,or
to. literature, on the other
hand, would defy even the
most acute observer.
While it is true that the
classics are not totally devoid
of violence, that hardly con-
stituteS their most notable or
substantial feature. For in
stance, characterization is
achieved to an extent that
no television program even
attempts. Since the study of
mankind is best accomplished
through observation of spe-
cific members of the species,
it is this. skill in delineating
individual traits which
should be deemed most es-
sential. The insight displayed
by Shakespeare and Shaw
along those lines is a prime
reason their works may be
profitably attended again
and again.
Before anyone has the
temerity to claim that clas-
sizes are regularly being Of
fered over the air, he ought
at least to analyze a few of
them. With rare exceptions,
classics are lengthy works
not readily adaptable to con-
densation. When attempted,
such foreshortening culmi-
mates in highly unsatisfac-
tory versions that provide
little but the bare bones of
the plot.
What is needed to achieve
better programming Is a de-
parture from broadcasting'S
current fondness for the
half-hour segment concept. A
sustained evenings presenta-
tion would not be impossible
were several sponsors to pool
their assets and revise their
way of thinking. Pay televi-
sion in Etobicoke, Canada,
has been employing this idea
with gratifying results.
Thomas 6. MOrganSen.
jackson Heights, N. Y.
Evening star., 1961-07-07
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Acc Explores Lies Complexities
By THOMAS r. HENRY

great apes and man. Effects
found with protozoans or
fruit flies may give otherwise
unobtainable clues on ef-
fectS in higher organisms.
Benefits Now and Later
Such work is bringing con-
siderable benefits to the liv-
ing generation Of humans and
promises still greater. But
even centuries may pass be-
fore some of the benefits Of
the deeper probing become
evident. Perhaps more i'm
portant than any material
benefit, however. is the grow
ing picture of how won-
drously and marvelously made
is Life, whether the result
in the beginning of an atomic
accident or an act of Crea-
ton.
There doubtless will con-
tinue to be atomic acci-
dents" in the depths. New
forms of life will appear and
new forms Of death also
Man may be q passing in
cident in evolution. There are
some pessimists who think
so.
But, for better or worse,
the atomic Investigations
promise to give humanity
some degree of control over
its roads into the future.
Man is made Of atoms. His
brain is made of atoms. New
knowledge of atoms throws
new light on both his physi-
ology and his behavior. It
may help to make this be-
havior a little more rational.
Evening star., 1961-07-07
Bad Tininu

1t is hardly surprising that protests
have been raised against the permit
given wrecking company to burn de-
moliShed building materials in the
Northeast Urban Renewal Area No. /.
The permit was granted after pressure
for its issuance had been exerted upon
District officials by Representative
Rabaut.
The issuance of this permit clearly
changed the ground rules under which
a number of Wrecking companies bid
for the job. Under the original rules,
materials were to be carted away, not
burned-a requirement which several of
the wreckers claim forced them to
submit higher bids than they otherwise
would have done. Furthermore, in 20
previous instances, burning had been
forbidden in order to comply with
the new anti-air pollution regulations
adopted by the District.
The essential point in all this, how
ever, is not whether political pressure
was brought in behalf of the company
awarded the contract (for surely it was),
but whether the pressure to change the
rules was justified.
Commissioner Tobriner says that
after he was called by Mr.. Rabaut, he
asked Health Director Finucane to in
vestigate the condition of the buildings
in question. After doing so, DR.. Finucane
said that the buildings were so infested
with vermin and filth as to constitute
health menace, and advised that they
be burned on the spot. In view of this
finding, it is hard to see how the Com
miSsioners could have done otherwise
than to issue the permit.
Having issued it, however, it is
altogether proper that the Commits
sionerS now should determine whether
their action has substantially reduced
the costs to the wrecking company, and
Evening star., 1961-07-07
Dining in q Shrine

1t seems that the White
House, with its beautiful
grounds and every available
facility for entertaining,
would be the most appropri-
ate place for a state dinner
honoring the President of
Pakistan, or any other dig
nitary visiting this country.
However, if the White
House, with its 1872 rooms is
not considered adequate, or
if the First Lady just wants
some other place to entertain
this dignitary, then there is
the Blair House which could
be used. If neither place is
considered appropriate for
this function, the United
States Government should be
called upon to provide what
ever is wanted, then there
would be no reason to use
Mount Vernon, a national
shrine, as the place for en-
tertaining a foreign digni-
tary.
While Mrs. Kennedy was
impressed by the way France
and Austria entertain state
visitors at Versailles and the
Schoenbrunn Palace, Mount
Vernon is a shrine of Amer
lean patriotism, beloved and
sacred because Of its aSsocia-
tions with Washington. The
French use Versailles for state
functions, but they per-
haps would feel different
about using Les Invalides,
the shrine Of Napoleon, for
such functions.
There are but few Shrines
in the United States that
hold the reverence Of its cite
liens as does Mount Vernon.
the home and burial place Of
George Washington. This
shrine has never before been
used for any state function.
Shall we now break this pre-
cedent in A. D. 1861?
Kitty L. Reynolds.
Evening star., 1961-07-07

Comrades" he said, there
is only America ahead Of us!"
Nikita Khrushchev's voice,
at the moment Of his perora-
ton before the people Of the
capital Of Kazakhstan, was
so charged with emotion it
was difficult for the people
listening on radio to under
stand.
What he said is worth re-
peating-for our edification.
I'VE" he shouted, "the
country which has existed for
only A years, the country
which was far behind West
ern countries, has come to
occupy second place in the
world" he said.
England, mistress Of the
seas, England, which had
Africa and Asia - we left
them behind us. We left
France behind us, too.
Comrades! There is only
America.
"And this country can be
compared to a worn-out run
ner. He had the prize-but
others have been born,
trained and are now running.
"The United States is now
running on its past reputa-
ton, but at the finish line
the young. fresh. strong run
ner will break the tape. :"
This was his peroration.
One wonders why he chose
this distant area for his i'm
passioned talk Of progress
and his promise of more con-
sumer goods-save. perhaps,
that it is one of the regions
where agricultural expert
ments with the virgin lands
have caused great hardships
and where there have been
protests about shortages of
food and clothing.
KazakhStan is next to the
largest of the Soviet Repub-
lies. Only the vast Russian
Soviet Federated Socialist
Republic of Siberia is larger.
Huge Area; Few People
The distant republic COW
ers an enormous 1,062,242
square miles. It is more than
one-tenth the area Of all the
USSR. It is more than four
times the size Of Texas. Yet.
it has a population Of fewer
than 10 million. Much of the
area is desert.
The Communists, under
Mr.. Khrushchev, have adopt
ed a policy Of trying to direct
surplus population into this
vaStnesS. The virgin lands
program had two purposes
to increase food production
and relieve some of the ur-
ban pressureS.
According to the best in
formation available, this CEN
trail Asian republic is, because
of its mineral richness, GER
tain to become a major in
dustrial center. Already, lead,
copper, zinc, iron and coal
Evening star., 1961-07-07
Qualification

Thank you for the nice
article which appeared in
The Star July / on the re-
quest Of the Alexandria As
sociation for Retarded Chill
dren for public school classes
for "trainables."
I would like to correct the
impression the article leaves
that the prime function of
these classes is to teach the
children certain m annual
skills. such as dressing them
selves and crossing the
street."
The most important reason
for these classes, which do
in the first years teach self
help skills, is that the chill
dren need not be institu-
tionalized, but can live at
home. Taxpayers save the
child's bed and board, and
the child himself in most
cases is much happier. Those
children who have benefited
from this early training are
then able to go into voca-
tional training. and some
eventually to compete on the
open labor market for jobs.
Mrs. T. Edward Braswell, jr.
President,
Alexandria Association for
Retarded Children.
Evening star., 1961-07-07
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All let
terS are subject to condenSd-
tton. Those not used tDiu be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied BY self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1961-07-07

@. What is done with the
lead that is fired on Army
rifle ranges?-L. D.
A. Lead is salvaged.
Usually the salvage officer
of the installation contracts
with a local, private firm to
do the work. The most COM
mon method of salvage is of
the water-panning type. The
dirt containing the lead pei
let's is scooped up by a power
shovel and then washed down
with water to remove the dirt
from the lead. The lead
slugs are then melted down.
@. Please describe the
legendary Norwegian mon
ster called Kraken.-B. T.
A. Kraken is an enormous,
many-armed sea monster
which is believed to haunt
the coasts of Norway. It is
said to be at least a mile
and a half in circumference
and to be shaped round and
flat. According to Norwegian
folklore, Kraken is capable of
pulling even the largest ship
under water. The monster
was first described by Nor
wegian Bishop Erik Pontop-
pidan in 1852.
Evening star., 1961-07-07

Mysterious dark d ep t n s
of the infinitely complex
phenomenon of Life" now
are being explored by Atomic
Energy Commission Scien-
fists.
This phenomenon might
be pictured as a vast ocean
whose surface has been trav-
ersed in the past by biologi-
cal and medical ColumbuSeS
and MagellanS. They have
described its tides, waves and
storms. They have mapped
continents and islands. Now
for the first time tracer ra-
dioactive atoms which can be
incorporated in living tissue
have made possible investi-
CATION of what lies under
meath and discovery of cav
erns and mountains of the
great abySSes.
New Slant On RadiOactivity
The Atomic Energy Com
mission is working largely
through contracts with uni
versity, foundation and in
dustrial laboratories. A quite
different picture of atomic
radioactivity'S place in the
future from the popular con-
cepts of industrial power and
terrible military destructive
ness is emerging. Eventually
its place in the life sciences
may eclipse all its other func-
tions. There may be not only
better understanding of the
fundamental processes of
living but eventual knowledge
of its origin, its distribution in
Creation and, perhaps, its
purpose. The progress, slow
and halting at the beginning.
may determine the basic un-
derlying differences between
living matter, extending from
filterable viruses to man, and
which perhaps is confined to
this little planet of a little
star, and the non-living.
The work has its immedi-
ately practical aspects in
such fields as radiation treat
ment of cancers and deter
mination of the possible dan
gers to everybody of the in
evitably increasing radioac-
tivity Of the environment,
Results Of considerable sig-
nificance already have been
achieved. They are described
in a report just issued by
the Commission in which the
findings of various labora-
tories are coordinated. Ma
lignant growth in places in
accessible to surgery now can
be treated, after a fashion.
Different forms of radiation,
it has been found, may have
quite different effects on diff
ferent organs.
Still all this is just
penetrating a little way un-
der the surface. Findings are
impirical. The real problems
and mysteries lie at much
greater depths of the ocean OF
living. Investigations reported
extend throughout the do
main of life from the in
visibly smallest - but not
necessarily simplest - proto-
zoans and bacteria to the
Evening star., 1961-07-07

the limits of carefully de-
fined social objectives."
Our thought is that in the
light of The Evening Stars
report Of the meeting where
Mr.. Cohen spoke you might
wish to have these facts and
our views.
Melville p. Dickinson.
Senior Vice President, Eq-
uitable Life Assurance So
ciety. New York City.
Editors Note: The Star
confirmed, through MIR. CO.
hen, the accuracy of it's quo
tation from his Speech.)
Evening star., 1961-07-07
Answers to Questions
By THE HASKINS SERVICE

A reader can get an answer, BY
mail, to any question Of fact By
writing The Star Information Bu-
reau, 635 F street NV. Washington
4, D. c. Please inclose return post
Evening star., 1961-03-23
W. A. Richardson Dies;
Arlington Park Chief

system for about 20 years. Be-
fore being appointed physical
education director for the Ar
lington County school system,
he was q coach and physical
education director for several
years at WaShington-Lee High
School.
Mr.. Richardson was a past
president of the Virginia Rec
reation Society and had served
on several committees of the
National Recreation Associa-
ton. He was a member Of the
American Institute Of Park
Executives and of the Masons
and was active in the affairs
iof .Clarend don Presbyterian
Church.
Besides his wife, Mary D
Richardson Of the home ad-
dress, he leaves his mother,
Mrs. William A. Richardson,
and a daughter, Mrs. John E,
Tankard, jr., both of Exmore,
Va.
Evening star., 1961-03-23
DRIFTING Satellite
Sets Off BIust

A dynamite blast triggered by
a radio signal from outer space
shocked the normally quiet COL
lege town of Princeton, N. j.,
shortly before noon today.
The explosion was neither
an accident nor a hostile at
tack, but a new and spectacular
way of breaking. ground for q
construction project.
The blast was set off when
the weather satellite Tiros II
passed over Princeton on its
1.763d trip around the world,
exactly four months after Tiros'
launching by the National
Aeronautics and Space Admin
iStration. The ground which
was broken was on the property
of the Radio Corp. of America,
and is the site of a new, multi
million-dollar advanced space
environment center.
Evening star., 1961-03-23
Dr.. Buffum, 81,
Of Princeton

PRINCETON, N. j., Mar. %
(AP).-Dr. Douglas L. Buffum,
80. a member of the romance
language department of Prince
ton University for 3S years be-
fore his retirement in l943,
died yesterday at his home.
DR.. Buffum came to Prince
ton in 1905 as one Of the so
scholars selected by Woodrow
Wilson to fill the newly created
post Of preceptor. CPreceptors
conduct small classes of about
seven students in discussion of
course work.
A former president of the
Modern Language Association
of the Middle Atlantic States
and from 1915 to 1926 chief
examiner in French for the
College Entrance Examination
Board, DR.. Buffum wrote ex-
tensively on French literature.
He was born in Humboldt,
Tenn, and educated at the
University of Virginia and
Johns Hopkins University.
Evening star., 1961-03-23
Mrs. KessIer, IS,
S. Years in Area

Mrs. Katie Victoria Kessler,
rs, a Washington area resident
for more than 55 years, died
of a heart condition Tuesday
while visiting the home of her
son, James Kessler, at 6223
Twentieth avenue, Gre e n
Meadows, Md.
Mrs. KeSsler was the widow
of James Kessler, a longtime
employe of Raleigh Haber-
dasher here, who died in 1859.
She was a native of Frederick.
Besides her son, Mrs. Kessler
leaves three daughters, Mrs.
Grace Grant, with whom she
lived at 1915 Delafield place
NV; Mrs. Bernard P. Smith,
5006 Orleans court. Kensington,
Md, and Mrs. Donald Matson,
wife of a State Department Of
ficial who is stationed in El
Salvador.
Services will be at 2 pm,
Saturday at the Deal Funeral
Home, 1912 Georgia avenue
NV, with burial in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-03-23
Reserved Seats
Go on Sale for
Blossom Fete

Reserved grandstand seats
for the National Cherry Bios
som Festivals Parade Of Prin-
cesses" on Saturday. April 8,
are now on sale at six down.
town locations.
The parade for the first time
will be held during daylight
hours beginning at II am. be-
tween Seventh and Eleventh
streets NV. on Constitution
avenue.
Tickets are being sold at the
Washington Convention and
Visitors Bureau, 1916 K street
NV: at the American Auto
mobile Association, 1712 @
street NV, and at the four
downtown locations Of the Drug
Fair chain at Thirteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV,
Fourteenth and K streets NV.
Seventeenth and K streets NV
and 1725 I street NV.
On the day Of the parade, at
1920 am, there will be a pre-
parade show in the grandstand
area. The outstanding band
in last years parade, the South
Hagerstown Md High School
Band. will perform along with
the three winners of this years
college ROTC drill team con-
+. test and rs clowns. (
Evening star., 1961-03-23
Kennedy Presents
z Young People
Bravery Awards

President Kennedy today
presented Young American
Medals for Bravery to Shirley
Frances O'Neill, 20, of San
Francisco, and Donald Eugene
McGregor, 16. of Brunswick,
Ga.
Miss o'Neill disregarded her
own safety to tow to land a
companion attacked by a shark
when they were swimming at
the entrance to San Francisco
Bay on May 7, 1859.
Young McGregor rescued
four people from a grounded
auxiliary cabin sloop that was
broken UP by high seas in the
Atlantic Ocean off the Georgia
coast on July 20, 1859.
In presenting the medals,
the President praised their
courage, vigor, energy, initiative
and loyalty and said, I'VE like
to feel that the qualities they
have are the qualities this
country has"
The companion rescued by
Miss O'Neill, Albert Kogler,
later died from shock and loss
OF blood sustained after the
attacking shark ripped his left
arm nearly off at the shoulder.
Those rescued by young Nc
Gregor, Harold r. Clark. a
Jacksonville (Fla.) attorney.
his wife, 6-year-old son and
4-year-old daughter, were
present at the White House
ceremony today.