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Evening star., 1961-07-25
DEALING q New Hand

In brief address the other day
Senator Young of Ohio said great many
harsh things about civil defense some
OF which are matters of widespread dis
pute. Hardly anyone, however, can chal-
lenge his statement that Federal efforts
in this area over the last decade have
been waSteful and almost totally inef-
fective "a "boondoggle" of conflicting
and wishy-washy proposals which have
failed to receive serious support either
within the halls of Congress or without.
1t is good thing, therefore, that
President Kennedy has attempted to
wipe the slate clean by transferring civil
defense planning to the Pentagon. This
is logical step, furthermore, since the
care OF the civilian population in time Of
war must be essentially a military prob
lem. AS to what should be done, Mr..
Kennedy thus far has spoken largely in
general terms. To much larger degree
than previous administrations, however,
he has committed himself to increased
civil = defense spending, including "a
Nationwide fall-out shelter program"
Whether the Defense Department will
prove to be more effective than its pred
ecessorS in inplementing such program
will depend, of course, on the extent to
which 1t Is able convincingly to answer
the charges made by the opponents of
expanded civil-defense spending.
Perhaps the principal question in
the mind of the public at large, as we'll
no doubt as in Congress, is whether it
actually would be possible for civilian
populations to escape, by any means, the
catastrophe effects Of nuclear war, once
unleaShed. Senator Young contends that
such an escape Is not possible. He argues,
and there are many who agree with him,
that the only practical and realistic
measure OF civil defense Is an increase In
the potential of our armed forces for
instant retaliation in the event of nu-
clear attack, that more Polaris subma-
rineS and stepped-up missile production
will do far more to defend our Nation
than billions Of dollars spent on fall-out
shelters whose effectiveness would be
dubious, to say the least. 1t is also inter-
esting to note, as Senator Young does,
the New York Times report to the effect
that civil defense efforts as we speak of
them in this country are virtually un-
heard of in the Soviet Union.
We do not believe, however, that
there Is much substance to the fear ex-
pressed by the Senator that discussions
Of civil defense in the United States are
developing harmful "defeatist psy-
chology." Certainly there are no indica-
tionS to be seen to substantiate such a
claim. If there is to. be a war, on the
other hand, there is little doubt as to
who would strike the first blow. And that
being the case, it would be of little solace
to the American people if the admins
tration at this time were to cease at least
to search for protective measures which
might save hundreds of thousands, or
even millions, of civilian lives. The
Defense Department deserves the oppor-
tunity, even where others have failed, to
seek rational formula of civil defense
which can be accepted by both the Con-
greSS and the public.
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other fully deuterated COM
pounds.
Heavy life" higher or
ganisms might constitute
the dominant kind Of life
on some other planet where
living things have had a diff
ferent origin and evolution
ary history than on earth.
The Argonne experiments
at least are pointing the way
towards 1t.
Other Experiments
In other studies at the
Argonne laboratory a biolog-
ical monochromator which
projects visible light or Sc
lected wave-lengths is being
used to uncover the bio
chemical processes which
underly biological responses
to light in the "far-red"
wave lengths which lie be-
tween the visible red and the
invisible infrared, or black,
light.
1t now is known that both
red and far-red light influ-
ence several biochemical
processes which may be fun
damental to all life. For ex-
ample the ability of plants
to synthesize desoxyribonu-
cleic acid, the memory store
house of heredity, has been
found to be strikingly de-
pendent on the particular
wave-length of red light used
for irradiation. Far-red light
inhibited capacity to create
the substance while bright
red light enhanced this
capacity.
In studies at the Oak Ridge
(Tenn.) laboratory of the
commission it was found that
ra-violet light and X-rays,
when used together, increase
the number of genetic
changes in various plant spe-
cies. The phenomenon is be-
lieved to be quite general
throughout life.
Evening star., 1961-07-25
THE POLITICAL MILL
Strike Problem Being Overlooked
By GOULD LINCOLN

WAKEFIELD. R. I.-Pres-
ident Kennedy is emerging
with q greatly stepped-up ma
tional defense program. He
has signed q bill for the ex-
penditure of $1.S billion for
outer space programs. In the
face of world conditions,
there should be no quarrel
with these proposals which
look both to our security
against attack and toward
world peace. One great and
essential ingredient for the
safety Of the United States,
however, is a sound economy
accompanied by q sound dol
lar. In all these costly plans
and preparations there is
danger that this ingredient
will be overlooked. Our econ
omy may be attacked from
many angles.
For example, an ever-in-
creasing burden Of taxation,
initiation due to excessive def
icit spending by the Govern
ment and increased costs of
production and higher prices.
One important fact in the
problem of increased costs
and higher prices which Con-
gress and the President ap-
pear to be showing under the
rug is found in the demands
of organized labor for higher
and higher wages for various
benefits and working condi-
tions. And one Of the greatest
dangers to the national econ
omy are Nationwide indus
try strikes. President Ken
nedy not long ago was forced
to call on a provision of the
Taft-Hartley Act to halt, at
least temporarily, a strike of
the marine unions which had
tied up hundreds of ships en-
gagged in import and export
trade for 19 days. The strike
was halted for an 80-day
cooling off period. 1t could
be resumed unless an adjust
ment is reached between the
unions and their employers
and between warning unions
themselves.
Changes Not Specified
The President, In signing
the order invoking the Taft
Hartley Act, said the labor
law should be improved, but
he did not specify what new
powers should be given. Nor
has Congress done anything
about the problem. So far it
has not given any sign that
this tremendously important
problem is to be tackled at
this session or at the next,
1t may be that the President
will come up with some
recommendations. He said
he has instructed Secretary
Of Labor Goldberg to look
into the matter and prepare
something. The time is get
ting short.
Looming on the horizon is
the possibility of a strike In
the automobile industry. The
unions have been making de-
mands which the auto COM
panies say they cannot meet
and make any profit. The
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unions say the companies can.
It's q situation filled with
dynamite, for a protracted
strike in the industry could
start another recession of un-
determined proportions. The
showdown will come before
long. And still neither the
President nor Congress has
done anything that might be
helpful. Congress is at
tempting to wind up its busi-
ness soon after Labor Day
or the middle of Septem-
Der.
If an auto strike should
come unless the law is
changed all the President
could do would be to in
woke the Taft-Hartley In
junction provision and get
another S0-day interruption
in the tie-up with q hope
that some agreement could
be reached in that period.
Possible Changes
The law could be amended
so as to give President Ken
nedy powers to take over and
operate the auto plants.
which would decidedly be an
unfortunate contin 6 ency.
liked by neither side of the
strike, although labor because
of political pressure might get
more out of it than manage
ment. 1t could be rewritten
prohibiting Nationwide in
dustry strikes. Provisions
could be written into the law
widening the processes which
could be followed by Govern
ment prior to invoking the
ft-Hartley Act. 1t is high
time something were done.
President Kennedy has re-
peatedly told the American
people since the day Of his
Inauguration as Chief Execu-
tive that they must be pre-
pared and willing to make
sacrifices for the safety of
the country.
In view of the dangerous
situation growing out Of a
Communist drive to dominate
the world. he could with
great propriety call on organ
lied labor to show restraint.
Factory labor and labor in
other activities is receiving
higher pay for shorter hours
than ever before in the his
tory Of this or any other part
of the world. Yet some Of
the leaders of organized la
Dor persist in demands for
more and more.
Labor costs constitute a
great part-sometimes a maj
or part-of the costs Of pro-
ducing weapons, ships and
planes. The taxpayers Of the
country in the end foot the
bill for these labor costs.
And in the end taxes will
have to be raised or the
Government will have to bor-
row more billions Of dollars.
Whether the President and
Congress have the courage
and the stamina to face up
to labor's political pressure
may become a main concern
Of the country.
Evening star., 1961-07-25

Many Americans, upon
learning of the Administra-
tion's Blueprint for Berlin, 3"
may share deep concern over
the implications and comit-
ments involved over this
latest stage in the Berlin
crisis.
If the Administration pre-
dicates it's intention of Signi-
! ficantly strengthening the
military position of the
United States upon the recent
expressions of private citizens
published in newspapers and
magazines. there would seem
to be ample justification,
since the majority of public
opinion thus reflected indi-
Gates a realistic appraisal Of
communism's respect only for
force. Many of these express
sions also leave no doubt as
to their authors willingness
to fight for the principles in
volved in the Berlin impasse.
rather than cede still another
victory to communism and
watch the Free World slowly
being "nibbled to death" in
flaccid compliance with Com
munist strategy. Such express
sions are in accord with the
American tradition Of sup
porting ideals at the cost of
personal sacrifice. From the
terrible testing-grounds Of
World War II, most Ameri-
cans, this writer among them,
in both a military and civil
ian capacity, carry with them
them the lessons Of such a
cost, yet with personal con-
victions intact.
However, since the wars
end, emerging as an increas-
ingly effective instrument for
settling international dis
putes, the United Nations has
established a record Of
achievements from the GAIA
Strip to Korea, and from the
Kashmir to the Congo. For all
its self-imposed limitations
and human imperfections-
and it's members and support
ers are the first to acknowl-
edge it's imperfectionS-the
UN is characterized by Presi-
dent Kennedy as "our last
best hope in an age where the
instruments of war have far
outpaced the instruments of
peace"
Why, then, in the face Of
a Communist system des-
perately seeking distraction
from its internal problems
and intramural discord by
means Of manufacturing a
crisis over Berlin. cannot the
United States turn to the
international organ created
expressly for resolving differ
Evening star., 1961-07-25
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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terS are subject to condensd- =
tton. Those not used Uin be
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panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1961-07-25

@. What kind Of a garment
is a tutu?-I. K.
A. A tutu pronounced too
too) is a short. very full skirt
worn by female ballet dane
ers.
@. What was the worlds
first all-metal airplane?-D.
r.
A. The Junkers firm Of
Germany is credited with
building both the first all
metal airplane and the first
all-metal transport plane.
The J-l "Blechesel" C"Tin
DonkeyD Of 1855 had its
smooth metal outer skin
stiffened with corrugated
sheet welded to the inner
sides. 1t had a 120-h.p.
Mercedes engine. This plane
did not go into production.
Evening star., 1961-07-25
Answers to Questions
By THE HASKINS SERVICE

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mail. TO any question Of fact by
writing The Star Information Bu-
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Evening star., 1961-12-16
Comiskey's Sox Stock
Goes to II Young Men

CHICAGO, Dec. 16 (AP).-
Eleven successful young men,
all wanting to own part of a
baseball team, purchased 46
per cent of Chicago White Sox
stock from Charles Comiskey
yesterday.
The sale at an estimated $3.5
million brought to an end the
association of the Comiskey
name with the White Sox. The
club was founded in 1900
by ComiskeyS grandfather,
Charles A. ComiSkey.
The purchasing group,
headed by Chicago Attorney
Thomas A. Reynolds, jr., SO,
said it hoped to work in har-
mony with Arthur C. Allyn, jr.,
White Sox president, who owns
54 per cent of the club. All
are Chicagoans.
Allyn last June bought out
his two majority controlling
partners Bill Veeck and Hank
Greenberg - for an estimated
SIS million.
Referring to the new minor
ity stockholders who range in
age from 33 to Al years. Allyn
said. "A nice bunch of people.
I know most of the fellows and
it should be a pleasure to do
business with them"
Reynolds said, I'VE realize
our new group can't buy ma
jority control although we have
talked to Allyn. We just have
Evening star., 1961-12-16
7 Teams Tied
For Golf Lead

AVON PARK, Fla, Dec. 16
(AP). - Two teams were tied
for the lead today at midpoint
of the 72-hole. $4,000 Scotch
mixed foursomes golf tourna-
ment here.
Johnny Pott and Marilynn
Smith were deadlocked with
Ted Kroll and Wanda SancheS
with 1873 after 36 holes.
Four teams were in a dead
lock a stroke off the low scor-
ers' pace. Those tied at 139 in
cluded Dave Ragan and Mickey
Wright, Ernie Bossler and
Betsy Rawls, Dow Finsterwald
and Marlene Bauer Hagge, and
Ed Furgol and Betty Jameson.
Sam Snead and Patty B e + G
would have made the lead a
three team deadlock except for
an absent-minded infraction of
the rules.
Miss Barg incurred a two
stroke penalty by marking her
ball according to women's pro-
fessional golf association rules.
The tourney is being played un-
der mems rules, which differ
somewhat.
The Snead-Berg team carded
14O and had to share that
figure with Mason Rudolph
Kathy Whitworth and Gay
Brewer-Sandra Haynie.
Evening star., 1961-12-16
Dealer Acquitted
In Sale of 'Tropic'

SAN RAFAEL, Calf, Dec. Is
(AP) "A book dealer who sold
"Tropic of Cancer" was
acquitted of obscenity charges.
yesterday, although a spokes-
man for the jury said, "a vast
majority of us found 'Tropic'
obscene"
william Brice, "a, said his
fellow jurors didn't feel it had
been proven that Franklin B.
Pershina knew that the book
contained obscene material
when he sold it to a district at
torney's investigator.
The jury returned its verdict
after six and one-half hours of
deliberation. The To-day trial
centered on Henry Miller's con-
troversial novel about some of
the seamier sides of Paris life
in the 1930s.
Several ministers called by
the prosecution condemned the
book. One said, II felt I needed
to wash my mouth out after
reading the book"
Clergymen who testified for,
the defense said they did not
find the books four-letter words
or intimate details objection
able in context. Several authors
and critics said the book was a
major contribution to litera-
ture.
Evening star., 1961-12-16
6 PERSONS HURT
IN 2-CAR CRASH

Six persons, including four
children, we're injured last
night when a small foreign car
collided with a station wagon
on Route at Beacon Hill road.
Two of the children, Jane
Fleming, 4, and her brother,
Daniel, 6, were admitted to
Alexandria Hospital. Their
father, Airman nc Shirley E.
Fleming, "a, of Andrews Air
Force Base, and two other chill
dren, Pearl. 3. and Steven. S,
were transferred from Alex
andria Hospital to Dewitt
Army Hospital at Fort Belvoir.
The sixth person injured,
Marine Sergt. Peter A. Padula,
40. of 2010 Smithway drive,
Alexandria, was treated and
released at Dewitt.
Fairfax County police said
Mr.. Fleming was driving north
on Route / when Mr.. Padula's
car, which was travelling south,
cut in front of him. Mr.. Padula
was charged with reckless driv-
ing, police said.
Evening star., 1961-12-16

a group in which everybody
wanted to own part of a ball
club"
No one in the group has had
any previous connection with
baseball except for William C.
Bartholomay, a 33-year-old
business executive who owns
two shares of stock in the
Chicago Cubs and five in the
Baltimore Orioles.
Reynolds and Bartholomay
are expected to get seats on
the clubs five-man board of
directors, which will be re-
organized Monday. Allyn con-
trolls the other three seats.
The end of the Comiskey re-
gime began when Chuck S
mother, Mrs. Grace Comiskey,
widow of J. Louis Comiskey,
OlSO III 1SOO.
Mrs. Comiskey willed 500
more shares of stock to her
daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Rigney,
than she did to Chuck. Chuck
started a series of court bat
ties to gain control of the club
before his sister sold out to
the Veeck- -Greenberg combine
in 1859.
Comiskey refused to CO.
operate with Veeck by selling
part of his stock for tax write
off purposes and later resigned
from his position as executive
vice president.
Evening star., 1961-12-16
Eisenhower Urges
Needed A-Tests

GETTYSBURG, Pa, Dec. 16
(AP) Former Preside n
Dwight D. Eisenhower called
on the United States yesterday
to continue carrying out what
ever nuclear tests it deems nee
essary to the security of Amer
lea and The free world.
Gen. Eisenhower made the
statement shortly after a meet
ing with former Secretary of
State Christian Herter at his
Gettysburg farm.
I'VE discussed the duplicity
of the Soviet action in arro-
gantly renewing nuclear tests, -
Mr.. Eisenhower said.
"The proof that is furnished
by the great number of these
tests is that the Soviets have
been working throughout the
period of the moratorium to
improve the destructiveness of
their weapons"
Gen. Eisenhower praise d
President Kennedy for his de-
ciSion to help develop peaceful
conditions in the Congo-Ka-
tanga situation.
Evening star., 1961-12-16
EX-BIG Lacquer WAS SO
Death Recalls Hoy's
Great Catch in Foq

CINCINNATI, Dec. 16 (AP)
Baseball today mourned the
passing of one Of Its most re-
markable players. William
Dummy Hoy, who became a
star despite inability 10 speak
or hear, died here Yesterday
at SO. He lived longer than
any other major Lacquer.
For years people talked about
the way Hoy bowed from base
ball in 1908 at the age of Al.
The flashy outfielder was play
ing for Los Angeles of the
Pacific Coast Winter League
and his last play was a ninth
inning catch in thick fog that
retired the opposition and
clinched the pennant for Los
Angeles.
In response to a question
concerning his inability to hear,
Hoy replied, Il found it no
handicap. 1 could feel the tint
est foul tip and when on the
bases I had by own secret way
Of knowing when a batter made
a foul tip. The yelling of the
opposition was useless as far
as l was concerned"
Hoy went to Los Angeles after
1892 games in the major
leagues and a .29l lifetime bat
ting average.
Born in Houckstown, Ohio,
on May %. 1862, Hoy lost his
hearing as a child after being
stricken with meningitis. Never
theleSs, he liked to play baseball
and in 1885 began playing pro-
Evening star., 1961-12-16
Pickett Fights
Tiger Tonight

NEW YORK, Dec. 16 (AP)
Billy Pickett, an unranked
22-year-old New Yorker. gets
his big chance tonight when
he takes on third-ranking Dick
Tiger, the British Empire
middleWeight champion from
Nigeria, in a television head
liner at Madison Squar
Garden.
The hereunder will be tele-
cast by ABC-TV Cincluding
WMAL-7 in Washington at
10 pm.
Pickett, a bright prospect
gained the starring role when
Cuba's Florentino Fernandez
couldn't get a visa in time for
his scheduled scrap with Tiger
The Pickett-Tiger winner will
meet Fernandez in the Garden
in January.
The Step-up in class may be
too great for Pickett. Right
now the 32-year-old Tiger rates
as highly as either one of the
divisions two champions -
Gene Fullmer and Britain's S
Terry Downes.
The Nigerian has won four
straight, including consecutive
knockouts of Willie Greaves,
Ace Armstrong and Spider
Webb. His record is 42-12-2,
including l3 knockoutS.
Pickett has won nine straight
in building up a PAL record.
Evening star., 1961-12-16

fessionally for Oshkosh of the
Northwestern League.
Two years later, the Wash
ington Senators took him. For
them, Hoy set a fielding rec
ord that still stands.
On June 10, 1889, the Sem
atorS were playing Indianap-
oils, then also a National
League city. That day, Hoy
threw out three batters at the
plate from his outfield position.
In 1894, Hoy joined the Gin
cinnati Reds. He stayed in the
Queen City until 1898 when he
went to Louisville for two sea-
sons and then spent a summer
with the Chicago White SoX.
He returned to the Reds in
1902 for his last major league
season.
After retiring, Hoy returned
to Cincinnati again and bought
a farm is what is now subur-
ban Mount Healthy.
He kept his keen interest in
baseball and often appeared
for old-timers' events. Last
October he tossed out the ball
for the first World Series game
played at Crosley Field.
Shortly after that, Hoy be-
came i'll and entered Christ
Hospital where he died.
Surviving are his son, Judge
Carson Hoy of the Hamilton
County common pleas court; a
daughter, Mrs. Clover Skaggs
Sacramento, Calf; seven
grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren.
Evening star., 1961-12-16
Confederate Ship
Raised by Drums

KINSTON, N. c., Dec. 16
(AP).-The Confederate ram
NeuSe, built near the end of
the Civil War and scuttled in
stead of being left to fall into
the hands of Union troops, is
floating again after nearly 100
years under water.
The old ship was raised yes
terday after months of work.
She was brought to the surface
of the Neuse River by about 400
steel drums attached to her
sides.
Lines were attached to a
bulldozer and a crane ashore
and the NeuSe was rocked
gently as water was pumped
into the pit where the ship
rested. She finally broke free
from the sand and rose to the
surface, although the stern Sec
ton remained awash.
Three KinSton construction
men-Henry Clay Casey, Tom
Carlyle and Linwood Houston
raised the ship, which will
become the property of the city
and Lenior County. to be put
on exhibit. The men will re-
ceive $4,000 in public and pri-
vate funds for their work.
Evening star., 1961-12-16
Civic Federation
To Seek Stadium
Parking Fee Cut

The Federation of Civic As
sociationS will ask the Districts
Armory Board to reduce its
ST parking fee at the new Sta
dium parking lot by so cents.
Association members said the
fee is working a hardship on
residents near the stadium be-
cause persons attending the
sports events are taking away
parking spaces on the nearby
streets to avoid paying the fee.
The parking fees also have
been attacked recently by or
ganiZations sponsoring shows
at the Armory. They contend
the cost is cutting down on at
tendance.
In other action at its monthly
meeting last night in the Dis
trict Building, the Federation
voted to support two of its men,
Der organizations that oppose
construction of the east leg of
the inner loop.
Frank D. Mckinney, an as.
Sociation spokesman, said the
group agreed the road project
will displace too many families
in Northwest and Southeast
Washington.
Evening star., 1961-12-16
Aegies Hire
FoIdberg as
Head Coach

COLLEGE STATION, Tex,
Dec. 16 (AP).-TexaS A&M to-
day named 37-year-old Hank
Foldberg as head football coach
and athletic director
The announcement was made
by Earl Rudder. president of
ASIM, who said:
I'VE are delighted to an
nounce that Hank Foldberg is
coming to Texas A&M. We
think he has an outstanding
record. He is a native son of
Dallas and Texas. We think a
man of his caliber who has
played football here and has
his interests here will do an
outstanding job"
Asked when the decision to
hire the University of Wichita
coach was made, Rudder said
it had been under considera-
ton for some time.
There was no mention in the
official announcement of the
length of the contract or the
salary that Foldberg will re-
ceive. However, it was reported
that he has been given a five
year contract at $1,000 a year.