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Evening star., 1961-12-25
Autos in Dead Storage
Hold Live Memories

NEW YORK, Dec. 25 (AP)-For Louis Orther running a
dead storage lively affair but it has its heart
tugging Incidents too
started the Savoy storage garage Brook
yn 25 years ago in small building Proof that his
Evening star., 1961-12-25
|nconspicuousS Sergeant
Is Bodyguord to Famous

HONOLULU Dec 25 (AP).-It doesn't seem likely that
26O pounds nconspcuous but Police Sergt
Larry sometimes required to about unnoced in the
company he keeps.
Sergt Mehau, easy-mannered part-Hawaian is Of
Evening star., 1961-12-25

braced himself to do something.
He wasn't sure just what.
Here. sergeant" the woman
said, II picked this up before
somebody else got hurt with it,"
Evening star., 1961-12-25

Starting up a stairway, the
sergeant saw a small woman
rushing toward him with the
cleaver over her head. He
Evening star., 1961-12-25

what to do was on a dark night
when he was rushed to the
scene Of a gang fight. The men
were fighting with knives and a
meat cleaver.
Evening star., 1961-10-27
Church Farley
Gets Welfare
Findings Today
By CASPAR NAMES
Star staff Writer

CLEVELAND, Oct. 27.-The
second National Conference on
the Churches and Social We'll
fare closes today after hearing
reports on problems ranging
from alcoholism to helping the
elderly.
For the last five days nearly
5000 social welfare specialists
from the churches, government
and secular agencies have been
hammering out conclusions on
sensitive social welfare issues
in SO workshops and Is sections.
Their findings were to be
submitted to the general con-
ference meeting today but no
definitive policy will be laid
down by the gathering at this
time.
The Department of Social
Welfare, National Council of
Churches, is sponsoring the
conference at the Cleveland
Auditorium and downtown
hotels.
One section report submitted
today declares that local con-
gregations should take the in
itiative in advocating legisla-
ton establishing community
and State facilities for the edu-
cation and rehabilitation Of
alcoholics.
Evening star., 1961-10-27
Would Study Policy

Included here is the neces-
sity Of encouraging our church
related and community hos
pitals to examine their policies
on the admittance. care and
treatment Of alcoholics on the
basis Of present medical knowl-
edge regarding hospital care
of the alcoholic patient"
The report also calls on semi
naries, preachers and congre-
cations to take a more active
role concerning education on
alcoholism. particularly its ma
ture and early symptoms.
The statement charges that
the churches. while paying
considerable attention to the
problem Of alcoholism, have
almost ignored the question Of
narcotics addiction. So far, 1t
contends, the subject has failed
to arouse enough church in
terest to "elicit a clear or COM
prehensive statement Of policy,
aims and goals"
Denominations should de
velop and disseminate informa-
ton and study material about
narcotic addiction and rehab-
ilitation," the report asserts.
Attitude on Aging
Another statement urges the
churches to take the lead In
changing attitudes about the
aging.
This can be done in part by
the educational programs Of
the churches and agencies" 1t
maintains. I'VE would propose
the necessity for the church to
provide chances for the aging
to self-programming and self
help"
Arthur S. Flemming. former
Secretary Of Health, Education
and Welfare. now president Of
the University of Oregon, was
one Of four nationally promi-
nent social welfare leaders pre-
sented with the first Shepherds
Awards. In his absence, the
plaque and citation were re-
ceived for DR.. Flemming by
Bradshaw Mintener, Washing
ton attorney and a former as
sistant Secretary Of Health,
Education and Welfare.
The award, established this
year by the councils Depart
ment Of Social Welfare, is for
significant contributions to
meeting human needs through
community social welfare or
through church-related social
welfare"
Other Presentations
Mr.. Mintener. chairman Of
the department, made the other
presentations. They went to
DR.. Leonard w. Mayo Of New
York, conference chairman and
chairman Of President Ken
nedy's newly announced Com
mittee on Mental Retardation;
DR.. Karl P. Meister Of Elyria,
Ohio, secretary general emeritus
Of the Methodist Board of
Hospitals and Homes, and DR..
William J. Villaume. president
of Waterloo Lutheran Uni
versity and formerly executive
director Of the councils Depart
ment Of Social Welfare.
DR.. F1emming was cited for
putting Christian convictions
above the pressures Of vested
interests" as Secretary of
Health, Education and We'll
fare from 1858 to 1860.
Mr.. Mintener yesterday called
on social welfare agencies and
the churches to upgrade, both
financially and in job status,
those working for them.
"All church workers and
social welfare workers are
grossly underpaid financially
and undergraded job-wise," he
told a meeting Of Methodist
representatives at the confer
ence.
I'VE are capitalizing on theil
sacrificial willingness to do the
Job" Mr.. Mintener declared
1--WE have to stop this thing anc
not have them come to us a
a sacrifice. Churches can raist
81 million to build hospitals
great distances from us bu
they cannot help people here.
Evening star., 1961-10-27
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Evening star., 1961-05-18
Wild Swinqers

There is an almost welcome respite
from the hair-trigger explosiveness Of
most of our global conflicts these days
in the powder puff nature of the
public struggle now being waged by
Secretary Ribicoff and the American
Medical Association over the Presidents
medical care for the aged program.
For up to the present, at least, this
has been paramilitary warfare without
casualty, a situation which under
other conditions would be ideal. In this
instance, however, the end result has
only been more confusion. Monograph
machines on both sides, it is true, have
been grinding out charges and counter
charges at a furious rate But the
main antagonists themselves have been
acting for all the world like two little
boys, pushed into the prize-fight ring,
who prefer to swing wildly away in the
safety Of their own corners rather than
to mix 1t up in the center.
The latest salvo, fired in TV inter-
view by DR.. Edward R. Annis, Miami
physician who seems to be emerging
as the chief ANA debater, accuses Mr..
Ribicoff Of being less than truthful in
reporting the impact Of the adminiStra-
ton plan on private doctors and their
relations with patients. The Secretary,
on the other hand, has accused organ
lied medicine of obscuring the truth in
a Smokescreen Of propaganda. In these
one-Sided and seemingly interminable
exchanges, charges Of oversimplification
quite probably could be justified against
both parties.
Perhaps the truth all will come out
in the wash Of the public hearings
which the House Ways and Means
Committee has promised to conduct as
the next order of business after finish
ing with its general tax-revision bill.
This, however, is likely to be late in the
session, possibly not until around the
first Of July.
In the meantime, face-to-face
television debate. which both the ANA
and the Secretary have agreed would
be desirable, might have real value in
educating the public to the facts before
the hearings. Certainly the issues are
real; much should be explained both
about the new bill and about the old
Kerr-Mills bill which Congress enacted
last year. Whether the arguing on the
ANA side is done by the ANA president
or by some possibly far more articulate
physician, however, could hardly be as
important question as Mr.. Ribicoff
has made it in determining whether
these debates actually should take place.
Evening star., 1961-05-18
Vienna and the Bio Two

1t now seems virtually certain, for
good or. i'll, that President Kennedy and
Premier KhruShchev will meet in Vienna
early next month to look each other over
and talk informally about what, If any
thing, can be done to improve Soviet
American relations.
Needless to say, this is a prospect
that stirS up mixed feelings and calls for
a croSSed-fingerS frame of mind. After
all, the Soviet leader in recent months
has done little to encourage belief that
1t might be fruitful for Mr.. Kennedy to
engage in Summitry with him. On the
contrary, to cite only few of the de-
pressing facts, Mr. KhruShchev has con-
tinued to attack the United Nations, has
demanded a veto on any nuclear test
ban agreement, has seen to it that heavy
shipments of weapons have been air
lifted to the Communicated rebels in
Laos, and has addressed to the President
two tough talking, If not inSolent, letters
on Cuba.
Despite these facts, however, and
despite his own past and openly ex-
pressed skepticism regarding summit
IN response to proposal initiated by Mr..
KhruShchev-apparently has come to
feel that there are good and persuasive
reasons why he should have facet face
talks with the Soviet Premier at this
time. One such reason, we may assume,
is that the conformation will enable the
President to sound out the Kremlins in
tentions toward places like South Wet
Nam and Berlin. 1t will enable him, too,
II he thinks 1t necessary, to caution the
USSR against miSinterpreting events in
Cuba and Laos as evidence that the
United States has gone soft and lacks
the will, courage and determination to
meet force with force and stand firm
against further Communist presSures.
Moreover, beyond all this, the Presi-
dent presumably has cause to believe
that the projected meeting in Vienna,
although it will involve no formal nego-
tiationS on any of the great issues that
divide the world, may serve a useful
purpose in terms Of exploring possible
areas Of agreement. The history of
past summit neutrality-suspicious. the
one that blew up in Paris last May,
when Mr.. Khrushchev launched his viru-
lently insulting personal attack on Presi-
dent EiSenhoWer-offers precious little
ground for hope that the coming June
get-together of the big Two" will yield
good fruit. Still, there is at least a con-
ceivable chance that 1t may, possibly by
helping to break the nuclear test-ban
deadlock.
In any event, unless something tor
pedoes it in the meantime, the Kennedy
KhruShchev meeting apparently will
take place shortly after the Presidents
impending three-day conference with
General de Gaulle in Paris. Although it
promises very little, all Of us, even as
we keep our fingers crossed, have reason
to hope that it will help to promote
some real progress toward a trustworthy
peace.
Evening star., 1961-05-18
Honors Others

I joined with other Ameri-
cans in rejoicing at the
achievement of our astronaut
and in acclaiming his cour-
age. However. l am not in
complete sympathy with all
this talk of this and that
medal to be awarded this
astronaut or others who per-
form similar feats of daring.
If medals are to be distrib-
uted, I think the first ones
should go to the men who
through technical skill, i'm
agination, and untiring ef-
forts succeeded in designing
the capsule. the contour
couch. the space suit, the in
tricate Instrumentation. the
mechanical and electrical de-
vices, and the rest to ensure
the safety of the astronaut.
The astronaut needed a
sound mind in a sound body,
superb physique. courage. and
steel nerves-quite a require
ment, it is true: however. all
that would not have sent him
up and brought him back safe
and sound.
G. RaIdini
Evening star., 1961-05-18
For Exposures Sake

1t is said that a congressional in
veStigating committee has no right to
expose for exposures sake" Generally,
this makes sense. For an investigating
committee is supposed to be seeking facts
for purposes of possible legislation. It is
not supposed to use its authority to en-
.barraSS and humiliate an unoffending
citizen.
There are exceptions, however, to all
generalities. And this weeks quizzing by
the Senate Internal Security Subcom-
mittee OF representative Of the Fair
Play for Cuba Committee is one of them
The Senate group had before it one
Richard Gibson. acting executive secre-
tary Of the committee. He told a re-
markable story
This Fair Play" committee claims
to represent 1000 people in the United
States and Canada. 1t has % chapters
ard 81 student councils in the United
States. Mr.. Gibson, one of two people
authorized to write checks on the COM
m1ttee's bank account, testified that he
had never asked where the money came
from. Why? So he couldn't be forced to
committee, he said kept no membership
list, using instead, general mailing list.
Again, we suppose, to avoid having to
disclose the names of members. Finally,
Mr.. Gibson said he didn't know that his
committees executive secretary, who is
now in Cuba, was sentenced in Ohio in
1889 to serve up to 80 years in jail for
armed robbery, auto theft and kid
naping.
We assume that the Senate Subcom-
mittee, in elciting this testimony, had
some legislative purpose in mind. But it
doesn't matter very much. The point is
that the Fair Play for Cuba Committee,
on the basis Of Mr.. GibSon's testimony
ought to be exposed for what it is The
dupeS who belong to it and who con-
tribute to it, assuming that they are
dupes, ought to know what they have
been conned into. And If this comes
within the sweep of exposure for ex-
posure'S Sake," we are all for it.
Evening star., 1961-05-18
Our AiIing Rambler

In his May 8 column, the
Rambler has written some
thing which shows the hu-
mility and serene fortitude of
one whom we have always
known as an observing and
cultured gentleman.
I am sure that the Ram
bler's resources Of character
will greatly aid his heart in
patching up what he called
its ZlgS and ZagS, for an early
return to your pages.
Come the time" I would
have this column in my poe
ket and hope to be able to
read it.
The purpose Of this letter
is not to wish my friend
George Kennedy "Godspeed."
I have already done that.
l think there should be a
Pulitzer Prize category for
one who writes best in a per-
Sonal crisis. william HitZ.
Evening star., 1961-05-18
More Viqor in Recovery

When the national economy is
changing course, either up or down,
all indices do not shift direction
simultaneously or in the same degree.
This has been true during the past
couple of months, even while one after
another indicator has joined the list
Of those marking an upturn from the
disappointing level of business activity
in 1860. Within recent days, however,
there has been greater uniformity in
the encouraging statistics and greater
confidence in the commentary on them.
A few days ago, for example, the
National Association of Purchasing
Agents, the buyers for business and
industry, announced that more of its
membership had reported an improve
ment in new orders in April than in
any month since September, 1858.
There can no longer be doubt" the
association said, that the dynamics of
business recovery have been set in
motion" In the same tone, spokesman
for Republic Steel Corporation while
reporting April orders as the highest
since January, 1860, said that "the
recovery of general business activity is
turning out to be more vigorous than
most people anticipated" On the
Government front, meanwhile, the
Labor Department not only reported
employment gains and an unemploy-
ment decrease in April, but described
as particularly Significant" the fact
that the average factory work week
hoI ocf inc Of
showing the normal seasonal decline.
To cap the official indicators, the Fed
eral Reserve Board announced that
April production was up 25 per cent
from March, meaningful Improvement
on wide industrial front.
A survey by the Wall Street Journal
bears upon one of the most fundamental
of the factors in measuring business
trends, namely, the amount of buying
for inventory, for stocking the shelves"
against anticipated consumer purchas-
ing. After finding that manufacturers
had continued in March to dip into
Stockpiles of raw materials, parts and
semi-finished items, the Journal re-
ported that so per cent of cross
section had started to rebuild stocks in
April and that an additional substantial
percentage indicated similar intent in
May Again, the new orders are rising
by more than the normal season rate.
Steel and durable goods are leading this
upturn, but textiles and rubber are
others participating. The automobile
industry, a customer of all of these
groups, incidentally, is forecasting IT
Evening star., 1961-05-18
Executive Orders

David Lawrence began his
column of May IL with this
statement: "A new form of
dictatorship is arising in
America. 1t is Government by
executive order"
Mr.. Lawrence presented his
case in such a manner as to
lead the reader to believe that
President Kennedy invented
the executive order. This, of
course, is not true. All of our
modern Presidents have used
this device very effectively.
During World War II, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt used it
to establish a Fair Employ
ment Practices Committee;
Truman employed 1t to estab-
lish a Presidents Committee
on Equality in the Armed
Forces; and Eisenhower used
it to fight racial segregation.
One Of the duties of the
President of the United States
is to lead in the struggle for
civil rights. If Congress in
SiSts on sitting idly by while
a large segment of the Ameri-
can people are discriminated
against. it then becomes the
duty OF the President, by
whatever constitutional
means he has at his disposal,
to eliminate this evil.
The executive order is not
a device by means of which
Presidents can assume dicta-
torial powers. 1t is constitu-
tional, at least use seems TO
have proven it so, and I ap-
plaud President Kennedy for
using IL to achieve those goals
for which most Americans are
striving. I do not believe that
democracy in this Nation is
in any way endangered by the
use of the executive order.
Franklin VIM. Delaney.
Evening star., 1961-05-18
Asks More Time

There's been a good deal
Of criticism and not enough
approval and commentator
concerning President Ken
nedy's first 100 days in the
White House.
Most of us agree that the
handling Of the Cuban and
Laotian problems leaves
something to be desired.
However, on the plus side Of
the ledger, to name just a
few, the administration has
quickly and successfully set
tied a number Of major labor
strikes. put through the $l.25
minimum wage law. success
fully prosecuted the leading
electric companies for price
fixing. and has made pro-
posals for the improvement
Evening star., 1961-05-18
Two Medals of Honor

In all the correspondence
regarding the Medal of Honor
and whether it can be award
ed for non-combat heroism,
one very important point has
not been mentioned. The
Army Medal of Honor and
the Navy Medal of Honor are
two separate medals. Of diff
ferent design, and created by
separate acts Of Congress.
The Criteria established fol-
the Army award do require
gallantry and intrepidity in
action against an armed en-
emy. The criteria established
for the Navy award do per-
init its award for peacetime
heroiSm or achievement in
the line of his profession.
William Plampin
Evening star., 1961-05-18

unfortunate, since the strong
est feature of the Israeli
right to try Eichmann. the
moral right, is weakened by
these irrelevancies.
There is no question that
Eichmann deserves whatever
verdict is given him after
a presumably fair trial. In
bringing Eichmann to justice.
Israel has rendered a moral
service to humanity. Hav-
ing done so, the Israeli lead
ers and their spokesmen
abroad should say no more.
The breast-beating and cata-
logue of human sufferings
they parade accomplishes no
purpose, and are a disservice
when they are cloaked in the
mantle Of International law.
The fact remains that Israel
acted unilaterally, and now
seeks to justify the action
under principles which do not
apply to unilateral action.
If the World Court had
been asked by the U. N. to
render an advisory opinion
on Eichmann's case, it could
have done so. If Israel had
asked the U. N. to form an
international tribunal to try
Eichmann, this could have
been done. The fact that
Israel did not do so, and
now (through such media as
your newspaper) claims that
this would have been impos-
sible, suggests that the trial
aims at accomplishing po-
litical rather than legal ends.
If any precedent emerges
from the Eichmann trial, 1t
may well be that a state in
defense Of what it has de-
termined are it's own inter-
ests may not only ignore in
ternational law but create a
legal framework to justify its
methods.
William Spencer
CThe writer of this letter Is
professor OF international
politics at George Washing
ton University
Evening star., 1961-05-18
Cuban Detente?

Your Gould Lincoln, in his
column dealing with a Gu
ban detente. takes a rather
callous attitude toward the
SO college professors and
intellectuals who sent an
open letter to President
Kennedy asking for a more
relaxed relationship in re-
CARDS to the United States
policy towards Cuba. He la
bels these signers as ap-
peaSers.
However. I feel these pro-
fessors may be doing our
country a favor. AS Ameri-
cans we certainly cannot
stand pasSively by and dis
count the number OF stories
concerning the Cuban In
vasion.
why couldn l we nave
known the Cuban invasion
was doomed to be a fiasco
and taken steps to avoid
such a miscalculation Of
Judgment? BY fixing tn e
blame and pin-pointing the
data which led to our ILL
timed actions in Cuba. we
may eliminate making other
mistakes - which might be
even more fatal-in Laos,
Wet Nam, Berlin or the
Congo.
There are many overt
facts that the American peo-
pie generally know about the
Cubans and conditions in
Havana. However, there are
more subtle ones that per-
haps are not known. Per-
haps, a relaxation of ten
sion, for a time at least, is
desirable. Suzanne r. Stalling
Evening star., 1961-05-18
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Diseases Linked to Missing Enzyme
By THOMAS R. HENRY

growth in this country, can
be produced in a few days by
excessive feeding Of special
types of hydrocarbons to fe-
male rats.
This has just been report
ed to the National Academy
of Sciences by DR.. Charles
Higgins of the University Of
Chicago. 1t all points to the
possibility of a dietary cause
in women although, DR..
Higgins stresses, nothing yet
is known about any specific
effects Of human foodstuffs.
The amounts given the
rats are relatively far greater
than ever normally would be
eaten. They are placed di-
rectly in the stomachs Of the
animals with a catheter.
Breast Main Target
The effect, DR.. Higgins
report points out. is very
specific on breast tissue. The
only other cancers sometime
resulting are in the ear duct.
There is no effect on the
stomach, intestinal tract, or
any other part Of the body
with which the food actually
comes in contact. A cancer
rate of 100 percent can be
obtained in the female rats
in from one to three months.
Breast cancer in women
sometimes has been attribu-
uted to irritation caused by
nursing babies. But, says DR..
Higgins, there is much more
among American and West
European women, who do lit
tie breast feeding, than
among Oriental WON n
among whom this is the COM
mon practice.
Ten cancer-p oduc ing
diets now have been estab-
lished, he said. There is no
evidence, however, that these
are more common in white
than in Oriental women.
Once the cancer is underway.
he said, it would doubtless
come under control of female
sex and other hormones
which determine the rate of
its progress. Age and race
also presumably have a con-
siderable effect.
A major effect Of the food
substances apparently is to
cause hormonal changes.