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Evening star., 1961-11-22
Yedr-End Pickup

Against the background of a flock
OF encouraging business indicators as
the end of the year approaches, there
should be widespread hope that Sec
retary Of Labor Goldberg is justified in
his prediction that Significant inroads"
have been made in recent weeks in the
high total of nationwide unemployment
For 1T has been distressing aspect of
the current economic recovery, under
way now for approximately ten months,
that the unemployment rate has re-
mained Stubbornly at about 6.8 per cent
OF the labor force. In mid October, this
rate, adjusted to seasonal factors, rep
resented nearly million jobless people.
Actually, as the labor force has
expanded, the total Of persons at work
has pushed steadily to new peaks. The
figure of 67.8 million last month, for
example, was new October record. On
the whole, however, the gains have
shown up mostly in such lines as State
and local government employment and
in the service industries generally while
such important categorieS as manufac-
turing, transport, public utilities and
mining have failed to match the
improvement pace. In some of these,
increasing mechanization and automa-
ton have permitted productivity gains
without increases in employment
condition that may not change materi-
ally in the near future.
Even so, the latest business sta
tisticS-Steel and automobile orders
moving up, housing starts at the highest
level in nearly two years, and a heavy
pref Christmas demand for consumer
goods-help account for Mr.. Goldberg's
optimism. In making his prediction, the
Secretary said I'm going to put my
neck out again" We hope it is safe.
Evening star., 1961-11-22

actually increased by some $4,000 units
during the last decade, despite a drop
in total population.
Regardless of specific numbers,
however, the need for the District to
develop a more adequate highwsy-
relocation program is especially pressing
in view Of the many low-income families
which will be affected, particularly in
the Southeast and Northeast sections
to be traversed by the inner loop. 1t is
General Clarke'S hope that Congress
will amend the National Highway Act
in order to provide liberal economic
assistance for highway diSplacees from
the pool of Federal highway aid funds,
in precisely the same manner as urban
renewal relocation expenses now are
met largely through Federal urban re-
newal grants. In our opinion this is
an entirely reasonable suggestion, and
one to which we hope Congress will give
full consideration next year.
Evening star., 1961-11-22
Welcome, but

Both Britain and the United States
have welcomed the Kremlin's accept
ance of their proposal to resume, on
November %, the Geneva three-power
negotiations for an adequately policed
ban on military nuclear tests. They have
0one so, however, with a large measure
nf reserve, keeping their fingers crossed
and plainly indicating that they do not
'egard this latest Soviet zig (or zag) as
being necessarily sign that new and
better day is about to dawn in the cold
var.
This is an altogether proper attitude
more than justified by the record of
what has happened since the Geneva
talks began some three years ago. After
all, the talks and the testing morato-
rum that prevailed during them "a
completely unpoliced moratorium that
the Russians may well have repeatedly
Violated with clandeStine underground
shots) were abruptly ended in Septem-
Der when the Kremlin unleaShed its
unprecedented series of atmospheric
Ctomic-hydrogen detonationS in ranges
If power exceeding the equivalent of
more than so million tons Of explod-
ing TINT.
Well, now that it has completed
these experiments Involving we'll over
20 tremendous blaSts), the Soviet Union
aas condescended to reply more or less
savorably to the Anglo-American notes
calling for a resumption of the teSt-ban
talks. In this connection, one must use
he phrase more or. less" because the
kremlin'S note Enthusiastically plays
fast and loose with the truth Further
han that, it declares somewhat threat
'ully that If, during the resumed nego-
tiationS, "some powers start nuclear
Weapon tests, then . the Soviet gov
ernment . . would be forced to make
corresponding conclusions ..."
Murky though it is, this language
suggests that the Russians will break
off the resumed talks, or conduct addi-
tional tests of their own, If our side
stages any detonationS above or below
ground. In the circumstances, as the
State Department has sought to do in
It's remarks welcoming the Soviet note,
our country should leave no room for
doubt that it will never again be party
to an unpoliced moratorium. We should
make unmiStakably clear, that is, that
we will set off whatever detonationS
may be necessary for our national safety
as long as the Kremin continues to re-
'ect genuinely trustworthy, effectively
policed ban.
All this, it seems to us, adds up to
simple common sense. Certainly, con-
sidering the bleak and sinister character
of the Kremlin'S negotiating record, the
United States would be naive to the
point Of suicidal reckleSSneSs If it Sus-
pended testing just because Nikita
KhruShchev finds it convenient at the
moment to get back to discussing the
subject at Geneva. Clearly, regardless
of these prospective talks, we must do
whatever is necessary to keep our coun-
try safe.
Evening star., 1961-11-22

With all the talk about
fallout shelters, emergency
rations, duck-and-cover, and
the latest defense techniques,
one picture keeps coming to
mind. 1t is a colonial man
laying his coat across his
plow, grasping his rifle with
resolute grip, and starting
toward the spot where the
rattle Of muSketry spells
trouble. He is a Minuteman,
putting aside the ordinary
duties of life, to add his
weight to the fight for free
dom.
He could have hidden in
the root cellar until the Red
coats went by; he could have
bowed humbly to tyranny.
But he elected to stand and
fight against known odds for
the liberty he loved; he chose
to wager his life, his liberty
and his sacred honor on the
cause Of freedom.
Where is the counterpart of
this man today? Surely, the
threat is great, the cause is
critical, and the tyranny is
even more terrible than that
Of IT'S. Why are we not
training our youngsters to
stand and fight. rather than
duck and cover? Why
Evening star., 1961-11-22

don't we teach young Amer
lea to defy aggression rather
than hide from it? Why don't
we get his type Of leadership
from Washington?
Many Americans are inde-
pendently considering things
that officialdom prefers to
leave untouched. Millions Of
Americans are wearying of
officials who insist upon do
ing what they think is "best"
for the people, instead Of
what the people want done.
Americans who are serious
enough about the future to
contemplate taking up arms
to defend their homes, are
appalled, and bewildered by
the spectacle Of their Gov
ernment giving airplanes to an
avowed enemy, Tito, in hopes
Of winning him over. Anyone
who honestly thinks he can
buy friends should recall the
story of the man who bought
drinks for everyone in the
saloon until his money ran
out-and he found he had no
real friends.
Americans are suspicious
when such friendly nations
as Guatemala are refused the
opportunity to purchase the
same type of surplus" air
planes that are being SO
Evening star., 1961-11-22
@. Why is "st" sometimes
added to the word amid?

@. Why is "st" sometimes
added to the word amid?
M. K.
A. Amid" and amidst"
are both recognized words
Of somewhat literary char
acter. They derive from
a Middle English adverbial
genitive form, "ammides."
The word amid represents
a simplification of this. In
amidst" the final st" is
claSsed as an excrescent-
that is, a sound growing out
of the action of the speech
organs in forming neighbor-
ing sounds. Another example
of this is the "p" sometimes
heard in the pronunciation Of
the word warmth"
@. Did Albert SchweitZer
become an organist after he
went to Africa or before?
". G.
A. Born into a musical
family, Schweitzer began
piano lessons at 5 years of
age and organ lessons at 8,
when his legs were hardly
long enough to reach the
pedals. He was 9 when for
the first time he took the
place of the regular organ
jSt for a service at the
GunSbach village church.
Evening star., 1961-11-22
Modern Minutemon Fires at u. S. PoIicie

openly handed to Tito. At the
same time, the State Depart
ment is advocating American
millions for Cheddi Jagan,
Communist ruler of British
Guiana. Where does this fool
ishness stop and treason be-
gin? When will the career
crackpots in Washington
make a mistake" on the side
of freedom and liberty?
Americans are wondering
how long their young Presi-
dent will close his eyes to
the utterly ridiculous foreign
aid situation that finds the
United States sending aid to
73 of the worlds 86 nations,
regardless of the fact that
our Federal debt is greater
than the combined public
debts of all the other nations
of the world combined.
1t is time for Americans to
plan to stand and fight, and
the place to start fighting is
here at home, where Govern
ment officials at all levels
apparently have decided that
A erican Constitutional
Government, which has made
this Nation the greatest in
history, must be sacrificed on
the altar Of Fabian expert
mentalism.
Don Carpenter.
Evening star., 1961-11-22
Aid for DispIocees

According to the District Highway
Department, some $500 families will be
displaced from their homes If the
ambitious city freeway program moves
ahead on schedule for the next dozen
years or so. Engineer Commissioner
Clarke is quite right in saying that the
District owes these families every assist
ance it reasonably can give to find new
homes and to minimize both the eco
nomic and social impacts of their
relocation.
The figure of $500 displaced fam
lilies (or about $4,000 personS) is
admittedly rough estimate, for some
of the freeway routes have not been
finally determined. Highway officials
say that it is based on actual housing
counts of those routes which are firm,
however, and that it represents the
most realistic guess they now are able
to make on the others. In any event,
this estimate is far below some of the
figures which have been tossed around
rather loosely by opponents of the
freeway system. One citizen group, for
example, the Northwest Committee for
Transportation Planning, has asserted
that the freeway program would result
in net loss in District population of
"at least $4,000 residents" District
officials can find no basis for such a
statement Indeed, General Clarke has
expressed the belief that displacees from
highway projects can and should be
relocated within the city. AS he points
out, census figures show that housing
Evening star., 1961-11-22
WATCHING THE WORLD
France Has Extremists on Riqht
BY CROSBY S. NOYE
Foreign Correspondent Of The Stor

an unwilling dupe Of the
Kremlin. And If the ultras
insist on holding onto Al
geria, it is in the highest and
most patriotic interest Of the
country.
ITO abandon Algeria" says
former Gen. Raoul Salan,
would be a mortal blow to
Europe, a breach opened
south of the Mediterranean
where a popular democracy
Would not be long in estab-
fishing itself. Communism
has already deeply marked
the new team Of the provi-
sional Algerian government"
In Salan's Secret Army
In the secret army organ
ization which Gen. Salan
heads, the John Bircher
might find some interesting
comparisons with the Amer
lean "Minutemen." Organ
lied from dissident elements
Of civilian and military
groups, it has pledged itself
to fight a last-ditch guer-
rilla action against Algerian
independence. Armed with
desperate determination and
considerable stocks of stolen
arms and explosives, it is in
the meantime devoting itself
to a spirited campaign of ter
ror against liberal elements
in France.
He might note the strange
similarity in geographical dis
tribution Of mis- fellow right
lists. RaciSm. as such, is not
an advertised Characteristic Of
the French ultra. But it is
hardly a coincidence that the
stronghold of the movement
is found in Algeria where the
European population is strug-
Cling to hold its traditional
position of economic advan-
tage and political control.
The threat to this position
represented by liberalism in
metropolitan France might
well strike a responsive chord
in the wandering John Bir-
cher.
And yet, in the end, he
would find that his problem
in France is all too similar to
his problem at home. At
best. he would represent a
small fraction of the popula-
ton. The direction in which
the country as a whole is
moving is almost the exact
opposite of that which he
would like. So far as most
people are concerned the
things he stands for and the
methods he tolerates belong
to an unhappy past. And in
whatever country they may
be found, lunatic fringes by
any other name smell re-
markably alike.
Evening star., 1961-11-22

Every year scores OF folks
"just drop dead" They are
representative to something
or other-some drug, some
thing they eat, an insect bite,
dozens Of other things. These
act as violent poisons for the
particular individual. 1t is en-
tirely a matter of individual l.
ity.
This is the so-called phe-
nomenon of anaphylaxis. 1t
is the opposite of immunity,
Up to now there has been no
known way to predict any,
thing of the sort. The present
most common cause of bad
reactions is the drug penicil-
lin. widely used in treatment
of all sorts of infections.
Now, for the first time, a
test for anaphylactic sensi-
tivity which holds great
promise is under develop
ment, according to a joint
report in Nature, organ of
the British Association for
the Advancement of Science,
written by DR.. Walter B.
Shelley, of the University of
Pennsylvania, and DR.. Le-
mart Juhlen. of the Univer-
Sity of Uppsala, Sweden.
HiStamine Blamed
The bad effects, they find,
are due to, or at least accom-
panied by, release of hista-
mine into the blood stream.
The depot of histamine in
the body is the baSophylic
granulocite, a rare and fragile
blood cell.
1t now is possible, accord
ing to the report, to study
these blood cells under high
microscopy and determine
the amount of histamine
granules inside them, COM
pared with those which are
just outside the cell walls.
The effect of penicillin, for
example, can be determined
with amounts of the drugs so
minute as to be harmless to
anybody. Depletion of gran
ules indicates sensitivity.
There is a possibility of ap-
plying the test whenever any
considerable quantities of
penicillin are to be admins
tered, says the report.
The same would be true for
any other substance, but
would hardly be worth while
since individuals sensitive to
them are so few.
The tests show that sensi-
tivity sometimes is very long
lasting, but in other cases
tends to decrease with years.
The American work was car
ried out with volunteers un-
der the sponsorship of the
Army surgeon generals of
flee.
Treatment of high blood
pressure with the "biotron,"
a specially constructed
chamber which stimulates
any desired climatic condi-
tion, is described by Soviet
medical researchers.
A transcript Of their re-
port in a Russian medical
journal on experiments with
500 patients has been issued
through the United States
Department of Commerce.
Soviet Medical Researcher
D. I. Panchenko says that
he devised the biotron after
a prolonged study of the in
fluence of meteorological
Evening star., 1961-11-22

threat is an attempt to deny
that right to a vast majority
entitled to it.
Perhaps the professor will
include in his request for an
injunction, a demand that
the erection Of a Christmas
tree on the White House
grounds with the usual cere-
mony. be denied because it
has a religious theme, and
the site is a public place.
Perhaps his personal and
distorted notions of the con-
Stitutional provisions for sep
aration of church and state
include an objection of the
use of the motto In God
We Trust" on our currency.
Perhaps his sensibilities are
offended by having all ses-
Sions of Congress open with
an invocation, which has a
religious theme and the
place is a public one. Per-
hapS he would abolish the
services of paid chaplains. of
all denominations, in the
armed services. Or, perhaps
since Arlington Cemetery is
on public space" he would
remove all symbols having a
religious theme from the
graves there.
The freedom the professor
enjoys in this nation assures
him and his children the
right to refuse to participate
in or attend any party hav-
ing a religious theme: but it
does not give him a right to
deny to others their right to
enjoy an ageless and respect
ed custom having the deepest
religious theme, whether its
celebration be held ION pub
lie space" or anywhere else.
Grey Leslie.
In reference to Professor
Monroe Freedman's stand
against holiday fetes on the
D. C. Fairgrounds, several
important facts should be
made known. The typical
playground Easter party, such
as the one scheduled for the
Emery Recreation Center last
spring, which Mr.. Freedman
so strenuously objected to,
consists of simple games like
pin the -tail-on the bunny,
searching for colored eggs,
and egg rolling; children
bring their own Easter bask-
cts or make them on the
Fairgrounds with the assist
ance of recreation directors
and parents; other activities
include non-religious songs,
dances, and refreshments.
These parties are carried on
solely for their recreational
values and not for any re-
ligiouS motives in the slight
est degree, since part of the
social program Of recreation
includes seasonal parties.
1t should be made man
festly clear that when the
Emery pre-school director
and parents agreed to change
the name of their party from
an Easter" party to a
Spring" party, Professor
Freedman still objected, con-
tending that such events as
Easter baskets and colored
Evening star., 1961-11-22

Reading of a George
Washington University pro
feSSor's threat to block the
celebration of Christmas and
Easter programs on District
Fairgrounds, it seems incon-
ceivable that here in Chris
tian America a nation that
owes its very existence to
Christian faith would permit
any group to seize control of
community policy to the point
Of destroying or limiting
Christian American tradition.
According to our Christian
learning, the words, Christ
mas and Easter practices"
connote the celebration of
these two great gifts. the
singing of Christmas carols,
the innocent pageantry as
Sociated with the crib and the
empty tomb.
These practices we learned
at our mothers knee; prac-
tices carried here by Colum-
bus in his Santa Maria; prac-
tices which were told by La
Sale, by Brebeuf and Lale-
mant to Tekawitha and the
Indian children; practices
which motivated the Pilgrim
fathers to brave the elements
of a hostile nature; practices
which brought the Huguenots
to seek refuge upon our
shores; practices which
burned in the hearts of the
Scotch Covenanters in the
Virginias and Carolinas;
practices which both Catholic
and Protestants regard as
the bread Of truth and the
wine of life. 1t was these
practices born in the crib of
Bethlehem, spoken from the
pulpit that made this country
the land of the free and the
home of the brave.
Participants celebrating the
practices of these two great
holidays comprise more than
95 per cent of our popu-
lation. Therefore, action to
refrain the relating of the
beautiful story of Bethlehem
and the Messiah, with their
sectarian significance, any
where, will excite the spirit
Of intolerance among many.
william G. Di GregOriO.
&##
Law Professor Monroe
Freedman's threat, as report
ed in your paper, to seek a
court injunction to stop any
parties" having a religious
theme in any public play
ground or on public space,
is an affrontery that cannot
be allowed to go unchal-
lenged.
He said he objected to his
daughters attending an Eas-
ter Party in a public play
ground. He now threatens
to get an injunction to pro-
hibit a Christmas Party. AS
a professor of law, Tin this
country, unlike some others 4.
he should know that neither
he nor his daughter is under
any compulSion to attend
any such parties.
If, as he piously asserts:
II certainly want all children
to have an equal right to en-
JOY public functions" his
Evening star., 1961-11-22
LETTERS TO THE STAR
A Case Is Made for Playground Parties

eggs involved some religious
significance; he not only OBJ
jected to the theme" Of
the program. as he states,
but also to the content,
which he considered to be Of
religious significance.
Attendance is not compul-
sorry at any playground ac-
tivity as it is in public school
situations. Mr.. Freedman's
child was not obligated to
participate in the event; Mr..
Freedman had the choice of
allowing his child to partici-
pate or not to participate in
the party. BY pressuring the
Emery pre-school group, Mr..
Freedman did not allow the
other children in the pre-
school to have a choice since
the party was called off last
spring. If any rights" we're
infringed upon, they were the
rights Of the other Emery
pre-School children and not
those of Mr.. Freedman's
child.
Sal Console.
Recreation Supervisor, Fort
Stevens Playground.
.
I should like your reading
public to know that the group
which I represent is embar-
rassed and, indeed, ashamed
by the position of Monroe
Freedman with respect to
Easter parties and Christmas
parties on public play
grounds.
Wilfred MilOfSky
President, D. C. Chapter
Average Jewish Parents
Who Happen to be Lawyers
4 4
Monroe Freeman, Professor
of law at George Washington
University threatens to seek
a court judgment to stop
celebration of a religious hol-
iday on our Fairgrounds but
he tells us the Christmas and
Easter parties may legally be
held if they are called by
the names, Winter" and
Spring"
Since 1907 school children
in this country have been en-
joying Christmas and Easter
festival parties and when
they became adults they
managed to run these United
States in a most satisfactory
manner. A majority of the
parents near Emery Play
ground are SO old-fashioned,
patriotic and freedom loving
that they sponsor these two
parties which are open to all
children, whether Christian
or not.
I wish the erudite professor
would visit a playground
party in any of our poor
neighborhoods. If he saw the
happy face of one neglected
child he would withdraw his
challenge at once. Some of
these youngsters come from
houses filled with drinking,
curSing, screaming adults.
Any party, legal or not, and
religious or not, to such a
child is a taste of heaven
and provides a lovely memory
to help him bear his next
ill-treatment.
Playground Fan