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Evening star., 1961-09-17
STAMP AND COIN
CLUB MEETINGS

1ODn1
National Capital Match
Collectors Club, 2 pm, Con-
gressional Hotel. 800 New
Jersey avenue Sc.
Washington Numismatic
Society, 7:15 pm, Potomac
cruise on the Dolly Madison.
Wilson Line pier, Maine ave-
nue. and N street S.W. Auc-
ton.
MONDAY
Northern Virginia Stamp
Club, 8 pm, home of William
H. Woddrop, 54O0 Youngblood
street, Mclean, Va. Inverted
Plate Numbers" an explana-
ton by Col. L. A. Brown,
election Of officers and auc-
ton.
THURSDAY
International Society for
japanese PhiIately, Washing
ton Chapter, 8 pm, Parish
Hall Library, st. Columba's
Church, 420l Albemarle
street NV.
WEDNESDAY
Collectors Club Of Wash
ingtOn, 8 pm, Odd Fellows
Temple, 419 Seventh street
NV.
Montgomery Coin Club, 8
pm, Perpetual Building As
sociation, 8710 Georgia ave-
nue., Silver Spring, Md. Pro-
gram by Junior members of
the club.
SUNDAY, SEPT. "a
Associated Stamp Clubs Of
the Chesapeake Area, 2 pm,
Tea House, GambrillS State
Park on Route 40, four miles
west of Frederick. Md. Dona-
ton auction.
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CAMERA
CALENDAR

NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC so.
CIETY, Wednesday, S;15 pm, color,
session, National Museum; Tenth
will show eight slides each of vaca-
tion scenes not previously exhibited
The membership will vote, on the
winning sequence. Two regular slides
per member may be entered for
Judging.
Evening star., 1961-09-17

like the ordinary Scent pur-
pie Statue of Liberty cards
except for three horizontal
lines canceling the stamp.
These lines are not over
printed, but are a part Of the
stamp design printed by the
same plate.
The initial order Of Is mil
lion of the cards from the
Government Printing Office
includes Is million singles
and 10 million in sheet form
to permit printing of mes
Sages by the mailer. The sup
ply is considered adequate
for a three month test even
in the fall period Of heavy
business mailings.
Although cards bought in
Philadelphia may be used
anywhere in the United
States. they probably will. re-
ceive a routine cancellation
elsewhere since there will be
no effort at other post of
fices to sort them from in
coming mail.
Evening star., 1961-09-17
Bridge Calendar
on Page C-5
Sunday Crossword Puzzle BY Thomas weIch

hONOo6
1 Healing
ointment
5 Severe
10 Sacred song
Is Young cow
10 Wood-wind
instrument
20 Lists
81 Fruit
% Operatic
solo
% Folks from
Iowa, Ne
braska, etc.
Is Tall grass
Is Peruse
27 Pittsburgh
football
players
% Ventilated
80 Clips
80 Miss Hagen
80 Church
council :.
"a Pintail duck
35 Beg
80 MiSde-
meanor
Al Wrenches
As Director
Al Expression
Of contempt
48 Mattress
40 Tank
so Alleviate
81 Observant
So Steeple
81 String
IS Grieg
character
56 Remains Of
wound
81 Initiates
SO Capital Of
Oregon
so Means OF
communi-
cation
63 Goddess OF
discord
64 Analyses
grammati-
cally
65 - bien
66 Sir Arthur
Doyle
SO Borough
50 Sell in
small lots
70 Venture
73 Splendors
Is Unfit
70 Informal
caps
81 Insects
80 Pose
stand
SO Cut
"a U. S.
currency
IS Dwell
81 Ancient
Hhahitant
of Persia
SO Summer in
Paris
80 Proposed
nominees
90 Son Of Seth
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STAMPS AND COINS

WEEKS STAMP SHOP
Daily Stamp Auctions
RIM. 22O, TRANSPORTATION BLDG.
8I5 18th st. NV. Ma. 8-526e
Woshinston's Newest Stomp Dealer
A. V. GALCIUS
RIM. 2O7, Woodward Bldg.
Corner 18th a. n SITS. NV, ME. S-O393
ALL FOREIGN COUNTRIES CARRIED
Set or singles. Comp. new issue serv.
P. G. STAMP e. COIN SHOP
1918 Baltimore Ave, HyattsviIIe
100 FOREIGN STAMPS only 10c.
with approvals. RORRY, STAMPS,
Dept. 110. 1891 Mason, Canoga Park.
Calf.
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Medallic Lucite Hemisphere

bronze medo skiIlfuIy embedded in hemisphere OF
cleaning lucite which moones the medal on one SIDE
Hemisphere stonds upright desk, tobIe or shelf
Choice Of any Of the three above bronze medoIs
embedded. each, 1850
Evening star., 1961-09-17
Award for Linduuist
New Issues

AUSTRIA - A 3-schilling
steel gray stamp in a de-
Evening star., 1961-09-17

Mr. Belmont FarieS
me Sunday Star
Washington 3, DC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
Symbol of Growth

In several distinct respects, the
Arena Stage is a symbol of the modern
urban community which is rising slowly
out of the dust and the rubble of South
west Washington.
The fine new theater at Sixth and
M streets is the first physical structure
to take completed form in the ambitious
concept of the Southwest waterfront.
In another sense, Arena is symbolic of
the larger meaning of redevelopment-
the creation, out of the Sordid and
squalid SlumS that once existed there,
of entirely new values, which will serve
to enrich all WaShingtonians.
And as a symbol of culture, in the
drama form born in the ancient days
of Greece, Arena represents still another
kind of growth, more important, per-
hapS, than all the modern office build
ingS and elevator apartments combined.
So we join all those who the other
day celebrated the dedication of the
beautiful and functional new Arena,
the completion of which is a tribute to
the support and encouragement of the
Washington community, no less than
to the past achievements of the theater
itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
OBVIOUSLY Meritorious'

President Kennedy has signed,
albeit reluctantly, an obviously merito-
riouS" bill to authorize the Federal
Government to pay for replacement Of
public school in Princess Anne County,
Virginia, which has been rendered
unuSable because of airplane noise from
the nearby Oceana Naval Air Base. In
so doing, however, the President said
he wanted to make 1t clear that he does
not approve "the concept of congress
sional action when adequate relief is
available in judicial proceedings" The
announcement apparently means the
death of pending legislation for another
obviously meritoriouS" school relief
project - involving the din besieged
Forestville School near Andrews Air
Force Base.
1t will be hard for the Prince
Georges County School Board to under
stand why congressional relief could be
granted the Princess Anne authorities
while being denied the Maryland school.
However, as the President has pointed
out, the board has recourse to the United
States Court of Claims-although this
procedure could be costly as we'll as
protracted. Congress meanwhile has a
right and, we believe, duty, to inquire
into the plight of property owners near
the Andrews base whose homes have
suffered depreciation through expansion
of jet operations there. Such a study
might we'll result in procedures for
acquiring land or easements that would
adequately compensate property owners
for losses incurred through aircraft
operations not foreSeen when homes
were built
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
Israel and the Arabs

Although the Arab states will almost
certainly reject it, there is a great deal
of merit in ISraelS proposal for pilot
project" to bring about Step-by-Step
disarmament in the Middle East.
AS explained to the United Nations
General Assembly by Israeli Foreign
Minister Coda Meir, the project would
be undertaken simultaneously with the
ne-too- promising efforts of the great
powers to make some faltering first
steps toward a trustworthy agreement
on arms control. The basic idea is
simply this: That progress toward such
an agreement in the Middle East, besides
serving the cause of peace in that part
of the world, could set a good example
that might be useful IN helping to
persuade the Soviet Union to join the
United States and the West as a whole
in a genuinely effective system of
disarmament.
In any case, as Mrs. Meir has told
the U. NJ, Israel is prepared to elaborate
program to that end, and we call
upon the Arab states to cooperate with
us in this venture" which would involve
mutual inspection to guard against the
hazards of violations or evaSionS. Beyond
that, in Mrs. Meir'S words, the IsraeliS
remain ready to negotiate at any time
or place, with any Arab leader, and
without prior conditions, in order to
settle the differences between u.s."
Meanwhile, in an effort to relax
tension, allay mutual fears and pave
the road to peace" the Israeli govern
ment is ready and eager to sign nom
aggression pact with the Arabs and to
work with them in great cooperative
develomental program, especially as
regards water resources.
Unhappily, however, regardless of
the 1949 armiStice agreements, the Arab
states still regard themselves as being
technically at war with Israel, whose
existence they refuse to recognize,
either de facto or de jure. Accordingly,
despite the common-sense character of
the proposal set forth by Mrs. Meir,
there is precious little reason to hope
that leaders like President NaSSer of
Egypt will respond affirmatively at the
present time. And this is the more true,
of course, because it has become a sort
of fundamental law of Middle Eastern
politics that no ambitious Arab can
hope to advance unless he proclaims
himself to be everlastingly opposed to
any kind, even the smallest kind, Of
agreement with the ISraeliS.
This is self-evidently discouraging
prospect. Nevertheless, for good or i'll,
the winds of change are blowing through
the Middle East as much as anywhere
else, and perhaps they will help, in due
course, to promote mutually enriching
Arab-Israeli settlement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
LETTERS TO THE STAR

elected to the Texas Legisla-
ture and now serving her 9th
year as an elected district
judge in this State, Mrs.
Hughes has done more than
any one other Texan to bring
about some Of the vast re-
forms involving women and
children for which our nine
million citizens are proud.
In addition to a peerless
judicial record, with only rare
reversals of her many deci-
Sions, she has won election as
international president of the
Business and Professional
Women's Clubs. Childless,
Mrs. Hughes has been free to
travel far and wide across the
world to cast her spell for
progress and enlightenment.
Even her avowed enemies
Of the male sex within the
Dallas and Texas Bar Asso-
Citations concede her brilliant
judicial record in all its as
poets.
Her view of life today is
that of the youthful scholar,
age IS. There are a hundred
solid reasons for breaking a
rule and confirming her APP
pointment. despite her age, to
be United States District
judge in Dallas.
Thomas Hudson Mckee.
Dallas. Texas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11

There is one public build
ing in . Washington which
has intrigued me more than
any other. This one is at
Seventeenth and Pennsyl-
vania avenue and is now
used as the Executive Office
Building. l have often Won
dered at the effort and ex-
pense that went into making
1t look like it does and what
I would do to bring it more
in keeping with our other
public buildings. I have con-
Guided that it is a monument
to Federal architecture of its
era and that it should be
preserved as is in that light.
In view of the above I was
interested in the picture of
the Winter Palace in Lenin-
grad in last Sundays Star.
This building has so many
features that are similar to
our Executive Office Building
that I could not help but feel
that it might have had some
influence on our architec-
ture. The description below
the picture stated that the
Winter Palace lis considered
a masterpiece of baroque
architecture" If this is true
then our own Executive
Building deserves more re-
spect than I have given it in
the past.
Roger b. GarlOck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
One Hurdle Crossed

The Communist Party in the United
States is down but not asSuredly out.
1hlS, 1t seems to us, is a fair estimate
OF the meaning Of the Supreme Courts
refusal this week to reconsider it's ruling
last June that the Communist Party
and its front" organizations must
register with the Attorney General.
For II years the party has fought
the registration requirements of the
Internal Security Act of 1850. 1t has
reSorted to every conceivable legal
delaying tactic. But now it is under
1lnal order to egiSter-meaning that
1T must file with the Department of
Justice list of the names and addresses
OF its officers and members during the
past year, give an accounting of it's
finances and furnish list of printing
presses owned or controlled by the party
or its members.
Spokesman for the party have said,
however, that they will refuse to obey
the registration order. And if they
refuse the Department of Justice will
institute criminal proceedings against
the party and the responsible individ-
ualS. Thus, the outlook is for another
protracted battle in the courts-a battle
whose outcome is at best uncertain.
Last June's ruling by the Supreme
Court turned largely on the Communist
claim that the registration requirement
violated the First Amendment. Justice
Frankfurter rejected this claim in
NJ
accept the party's claim, he said, would
make traveSty of the First Amend
ment land the great ends for the we'll
being of our democracy that it serves"
But this was a to 4 decision Only
Justices Harlan, Clark, Whitaker and
Stewart agreed with Mr.. Frankfurter.
The four others dissented. Thus,
change of mind by one justice, or even
a replacement on the court, could
reverse the result.
Furthermore, the June ruling did
not deal with what may be a more
serious Communist claim-that COM
pulSory registration would infringe upon
the Fifth Amendments protection
against Standardization This arises
from the fact that another laW-the
Smith Act-makes it a crime to belong
knowingly to any organization lin this
instance the Communist Party which
advocates the violent overthrow of our
Government. In criminal prosecution
for refusal to register, this issue would
be Squarely presented to the court. How
this question might be decided is any,
ones guess, and only a very foolish
person would offer any firm prediction.
But there exists the possibility that the
standardization claim might be sus-
tanned. In that event we would have a
situation in which, despite the First
Amendment, the Communists can be
required to register, but also in which,
under the Fifth Amendment, they could
not be punished for refusing to do so.
This, to say the least, would be an
anomaly which would tax the laymans
faith in the logic of the law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11

term1ne whether a bird was
reacting physiologically to
changes in magnetism"
Bats have a "Super-sonar"
in their brain the extreme
sensitivity of which battles
science.
1t now is being investigated
by biologists of the Office
of Naval Research. BY means
of it the animals both navi-
gate and locate their prey
for food.
Recent studies. according
to Navy report, have re-
vealed the presence of enor-
nous auditory centers in the
bat brain. Although bats,
says the report, have a re-
markable acuity in avoiding
obstacles and catching insects
in rapid flight their echo
location Sonar system is
even more remarkable. For
insectivorous bats are able
to hear and react to echos
at least decibels below the
level of the ambient noise
in the same frequency band
as the signals. How they dis
tinguish between the signal
and the noise is a mystery.
So far scientists have found
that pulsed signals, which
they produced to Jam" the
bat signals, were less effective
than continuous noise. In
addition certain insects are
known to be able to detect
the bat signals and thus
can avoid being caught.
Fish Follow Nose
The Navy research, accord
ing to the report by biologists
S. R. Caller and c. E. Fix
of the Office of Naval Re-
search staff, is extending to
the navigational systems of
a variety of animals, with the
hope that it will be possible
mechanically to duplicate
them. They lately have es-
tabliShed that certain fishes
are able to retrace their path
to a home stream or to food
by smelling very minute
chemical variations in the
water.
Porpoises, whales and
sharks also are revealing
their navigational secrets, by
means of detecting apparatus
attached to their bodies.
These devices will transmit
only while their antennae are
above water, but the system
will be capable of storing
information while the ami
mails are submerged. The
stored information then can
be transmitted when the
creature rises to the surface.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
Amidon Achievement

School Superintendent Hansen is
understandable encouraged by the fine
achievement test scores chalked up by
pupils of the Amidon Elementary School.
For these results appear to justify fully
the faith, expressed on many occasions
by DR.. Hansen during the last year or
so, in the vigorous new instruction
techniques conducted at Amidon.
1t is worth noting, as DR.. Hansen
emphasized, that the Amidon students
are by no means hand-picked group.
About Al per cent of them reside in the
Southwest neighborhoods surrounding
the school; many live in public housing
units. The others were accepted on a
"first-come, first-served" basis from
various sections of the city. Yet more
than three-fourths of these students
exceeded national-average scores on
achievement tests given last June, and
the Amidon scores were substantially
higher than either the Washington
elementary-sc averages as a whole
or the averages which might have been
expected from children with their l. @.
ratings.
This evidence should be especially
interesting to the principals of other
District elementary schools, all of whom
by now have received detailed eXplana
tions of the 11point Amidon plan. The
program, among other things, places
particular stress on early formal train
ing in reading and other uses of the
language, and calls for relatively rigid
schedule of classroom instruction.
Wisely, DR.. Hansen has left the imple-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
Lawrence on Schools

David Lawrence proves by
his offering of October 6
that he deserves to be called
Americas foremost propa-
gandist for public subsidies
to religious schools. His
latest piece rehasheS most of
his earlier propaganda but
adds one or two new points.
He argues, for example,
that Federal loans to con-
Struct church schools are
constitutional because the
Supreme Court has never
ruled them to be unconstitu-
tional. 1t is true that the
Supreme Court has never
ruled such loans to be I'M
constitutional. If Mr.. Law
renee will look the matter up,
he will also discover that the
Supreme Court has never
passed on the constitution
atty Of Alaskans' wearing red
pajamas in the month of
February.
1t should be obvious that
many absurd propositions
have never had Supreme
Court rulings as to their
constitutionality for the rea-
son that Congress has been
sensible enough not to pass
them into law. No general
loan program for construc-
ton of church buildings or
church school buildings has
ever been passed by Congress.
Mr.. Lawrence suggests that
Congress ought to go ahead
and pass legislation of dubi-
GUS constitutionality and
then let the courts decide
the matter. Has he never
heard Of the oath taken by
all Congressman to defend
and uphold the Constitution?
Is he suggesting that Con-
gressmen simply ignore this
obligation and pass whatever
bills happen to strike their
fancy?
~ cII .,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
PARIS.

PARIS.
Exercises in international
solidarity have a way of
starting arguments. At this
stage the latest attempt to
forge a link between Britain
and the continent Of Europe
threatens to develop into a
first-class row.
In 1861, one is told, the
English Channel is an ana
chronism. Somehow or other,
it must be abolished in the
name of Anglo-French soli-
darity and in the interests
OF the tourist industry. The
question is how to go about
it. And the argument between
bridge builders and tunnel
enthusiasts is waxing warm.
TunnelerS have been in
business for a long time and
until recently have had the
field pretty much to them
selves. The first person, in
fact, to give serious thought
to digging a tunnel under the
English Channel was Napo-
leon. Latter-day enthusiasts
include an Anglo-French out
fit OF technical and financial
experts known as "the Study
Group for the Channel Tun-
mel" After a study of several
years, the group has sub
mitted to the two govern
mentS a detailed plan for a
two-way railroad tunnel cap
able of carrying hundreds of
cars an hour between Calais
in France and Dover on the
British coast.
On the other side of the
argument is the Channel
Bridge Study Society" which
has come up with a far more
ambitious proposal for a 200
foot-high, 20-mile-long struc-
ture for both cars and trains
with a special lane for motor
cycles.
Both groups are we'll
stated with heavyweight
lobbyists and are backed by
powerful financial interests
in France and England. The
bridge people are led by Jules
Moch, former head of the
French Disarmament Com
mission, and have enlisted the
support Of Lord Gladwyn,
former British Ambassador
to France. The tunnel group,
not to be outdone, is headed
by Rene MaSsigli, former
French Ambassador to Lon
don, and has as its chief
spokesman the former head
of the French railway sys-
TEN, Louis Armand.
Propaganda Barrage
AS in most disputes Of in
ternational Importance, the
battle has been Joined be-
hind a massive barrage Of
glossy propaganda statistics,
appeals to national pride
and a full-dress press con-
ference, complete with cham
payne. The press and the
public are being buffeted
from all sides by arguments
in which emotional and prac-
tical factors are curiously in
terwined.
The bridge people, for ex-
ample, have built themselves
a splendid model of their
project. 1t is a glorious day.
Cars and trains land motor
cycles are speeding back and
forth over the blue waves as
the worlds largest liner, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
THE WORLD
Bridge vs.. Tunnel Debate Races
By CROSBY S. MOVE
Foreign Correspondent Of The Stol

still-uncompleted, France"
passes safely beneath the
span. There is excitement in
the scene and the tang of
fresh salt air. How in the
world. asks Mr.. Moch, can
one compare this project
so imposing, so modern, so
right for the goth Century
with the miserable hole in
the ground based on plans
of the last century-With all
its dangers of claustrophobia,
suffocation and heaven
knows what?
Cite Fog and Storms
"Phooey." reply the tun-
nelmen. What the bridge
model ought to show is cars
cropping their way along in
pea-soup fog fighting gale
force winds. In order to be
safe at all, they say, the
bridge would have to be
protected from wind by walls
which would seriously limit
the view. Ideally, it would be
completely sheltered from
the elementS-in other words
tunnel. What motorist would
really prefer a hazardous
drive to the comfort Of sitting
quietly in his car while a
fast train whiSked him safe
ly to his destination?
Then there is the argu-
ment over the cost. Mr..
Moch claims his bridge
though costing twice as
much as a tunnel (about
$500 million) - would easily
pay for itself by its greater
capacity. Not So" replies
Mr.. Armand; a tunnel could
handle all the traffic ex-
pected at least up to the year
1880. And for the same price
as a bridge the two govern
ments could build in addi-
ton to the tunnel a COM
plete set of superhighways
linking London to Paris and
Brussels.
And so it goes. Where the
principal antagonists leave
off, the public has been quick
to leap into the fray. Today
columns Of British papers
are filled with letters from
anguiShed mariners protest.
ing against the danger to
navigation that a bridge
would represent, while the
British Institute of Naviga-
ton holds that it would be
no problem at all.
international lawyers
point out that a bridge
spanning an international
waterway would require the
assent of every interested
government in the world.
Some diehards, including
Britain's Lord Montgomery,
demonstrate against the mill
tary hazard which either
project would represent to
their tight little island.
At this stage, no one can
say with certainty just
what, if anything. will come
OF it all. But while it lasts,
the great debate provides a
welcome diversion from the
grimmer controversies Of the
day. And when it is settled it
may we'll result in that
tangible link" between Brit
ain and Europe that has
stirred the imagination of
people on both sides of the
channel for generations.