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Evening star., 1961-12-18
Museum Piece, Circo 1861
Had anyone suggested, q gene

Had anyone suggested, generation
or two ago, that by 1861 the steam
locomotive would have become mu-
scum piece worthy of preservation and
exhibition for future generations, he
would have been regarded as person
with a derailed thinking mechanism.
Yet the incredible has happened. The
iron horse which to us old d-timers-and
to some not so old-was commonplace,
albeit with never-ending appeal, is now
so nearly obsolete that one of the last
Of the steamers" will be on display in
the Smithsonians new Museum of
History and Technology, on Constitu-
ton avenue between 18th and 14th
streets Northwest. How technology has
changed-and history with tin the
past few years!
Railroad buffs would have been
saddened If they had witnessed the last
trip of the Southern Railways "Old
1401." The once speedy behemoth Of
the rails that roared and footed its way
between Washington and Atlanta during
81 years of faithful service was moved
slowly and laboriously to the new mu-
scum building aboard tractor-trailer,
like a piece of freight Its fires and
its spirit were dead.
But "Old 14O1," once installed in
its last resting place, will come spiritedly
alive again in the minds of many old
and young who will visit the museum
in years to come. It will be reminder
and a symbol Of an adventurous and
romantic era of American history, an
era which saw the passing Of the prairie
schooner and the decline of the river
steamboat and canal barge as principal
means of cross-country travel.
Smithsonian officials have shown
good Judgment and foresight in &C
quiring a steam locomotive of recent
type as a major exhibit in the great
museum nearing completion on the Mall.
They had to delay completion Of one
wall of the building in order to move the
engine inside. Future visitors naturally
will wonder how such a huge machine
was brought into the building providing
a collateral story for guides to relate.
That the locomotive itself will be a
prime attraction there can be no doubt,
for there are many children today who
have never seen the steam variety.
All of which is indicative Of the new
trend in museum exhibits, as outlined
Evening star., 1961-12-18

John Fitzgerald, B.SC.;
American politician" is
President of the United
States 61-."
Remarkably many Of the
famous figures in the book
have distinguished themselves
in more than one way and
sometimes the order in which
they list their professions is
startling. True, the descrip-
tion of Andre Malraux as
French novelist and politi-
clan" is fair enough, though
it omitS his important ac-
tivity as an esthetician.
SENATOR MUNDT has not
taught since 1896, yet he is
listed as American educator
and politician" Senator
Douglas, however, is a poll
tician first and a university
professor second. Clare Booth
Luce and Helen Gahagan
Douglas on the other hand.
put writing and acting re-
spectively ahead of political
and diplomatic activity.
THE International Who's
Who" is perhaps strongest
on diplomatic and political
figures. One learns for ex-
ample that Ernest Krogh-
Hansen is the Norwegian Am
baSsador to Mexico. Large
numbers Of scientists appear.
too, but here the selection
occasionally seems capri
cious; one looks in vain, for
a name like that Of Ejnar
Hertzsprung, one Of the great
pioneers of modern astron-
omy.
Business and finance are
well represented. Romney.
Peugeot, Onassis, GETTY
Krupp-these and many
others are present.
The arts receive their fair
share, and one must not be
disappointed at the absence
OF all but the most notorious
members of the avant garde:
the rules laid down in the
foreword clearly exclude those
who have not attained
a measure Of genuine public
fame.
And by the way, the ad-
dress of "Bardot, Brieitte.
French actress; b. "a" is n
avenue Paul Doumer. Paris
Is, France.
Evening star., 1961-12-18
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
Little Sketches of WorId S Biq Names
BY DONALD MINTZ

THE INTERNAL TIONAL
WHO'S WHO 1862, 25th
edition. London, Europa
Publications Ltd, 1.074 PIP.
$220
The intellectual legerde-
main with which the good
reference librarian astounds
his clientele requires many,
expensive props. :. The vast
assortment of Who's Who's
are among the most ephem-
eral of these, and so the
new edition of THE Interna-
tional Who's Who" will be
welcomed not only by the
virtuosos of the question:
and-answer game but by all
who feel a need for a con-
else biographical reference
book dealing with living per-
sons of fame or notoriety.
1.-THE compilers," says the
foreword, have attempted
to include everyone whose
name is known. outside his
own country, and to make
mention of all those bio
graphical details which are
likely to be of value to
foreigners"
Then comes a note of that
disingenuous humor dear to
connoiSSeurs of reference book
introductions: "In the ma
jority of cases the, facts have
been aScertained from the
best possible source-to wit,
the subject himself"
It happens that "the sub
ject himself" is sometimes
shy or suffocatingly tactful.
Saroyan, William, identifies
himself as an American
writer; b. .08" and lists his
works.
FAROUK, FOUAD, is to
be sure "fmr. King of Egypt,
Sovereign of Nubia, the Su-
dan, Kordofan, and Darfur." "
But while we learn that he
succeeded his father, Fouad
I" at the beginning of his
career, we are told merely
that he became a Citizen of
Monaco SO" at its end.
But most of the subjects are
franker and more garrulous.
Hans Globke, Chancellor
Adenauer's controversial as
sociate, makes no effort to
imply that he was not in
the German government dur
ing the Nazi years, and
James Thomas Farrell's rise
to fame and fortune is de-
tailed with proud succinct-
ness: Cigar store clerk, fill
ing-station attendant, part
time journalist; Guggenheim
Fellow 36-37."
In any book of this kind,
some Of the entries are likely
to be considerably more up
to date than others. "Goheen,
DR.. Robert Francis, B.A.,
MA, Ph.D.; American pro-
fessor" has not yet been pro-
, NOTED to the presidency of
Princeton University. On
the other hand "Kennedv
Evening star., 1961-12-18
Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

9. What is anthroposophy?
&C. S.
A. The word means "knowl-
edge of the nature of man"
from two Greek words mean
ing man" and wisdom:
hence, human wisdom. The
name anthroposophy is ap-
piled to q spiritualistic and
mystical doctrine, derived
mainly from the social phi
losophy OF an Austrian, Ru-
dolf Steiner (1861-1925).
Evening star., 1961-12-18
ConqrutuIotions

To the Montgomery Coun-
ty jurist who read the book
and then rendered his "Tro-
pic" decision: congratula-
tions!
To the publishers (who
must have read the book
for their honesty in quoting
a LIFE review on the title
page "unbridled obscenity":
congratulations!
To the former president Of
the Montgomery County
Library Board for reading the
Evening star., 1961-12-18

cations of what the world
thinks.
Wallace Ryland
Editors Note: Viewpoints
expressed by contributing
writer's are not necessarily
those Of The Starr
4 4
It would seem from the
news that this country is
on the wrong side in the bat
tie of the U. N. versus Ka-
tanga troops. I hate to think
that my tax money is going
to help kill people. and prob
ably assist the Russians to
communize part of Africa.
They don't need our help.
Perhaps our President
should take advice from the
British and the Belgians.
They have had far more ex-
perience than his advisers
in the State Department.
Marjorie Webber
Today. for the first time in
our history, we are forced by
our own act to take our place
beside the aggressor nations:
Germany, when she marched
through neutral Belgium;
Japan, making her sneak at
tack against Pearl Harbor:
the Soviet Union, seizing help
less nations and making them
her captives. Let us now take
the place among nations
which history will accord us
because of a similar act.
The American people do
not accept unification of the
Congo as a plausible excuse
for attacking Katanga. Fur
thermore, the statement that
we are valiantly defending
the Congo against commu-
nism by attacking a pro-
Western nation just doesn't
hold up. The Katanga seemed
to be the most stable and
peaceable nation Of the
Congo.
Why has America aligned
itself with the Soviet posi-
tion against Katanga, prob
ably beating the Soviets to
the attack by only a few
weeks or even days? The
leading African Communists
in the Congo have been loudly
calling for action against
Katanga.
It Is high time to disband
the United Nations. return to
our old friends, England,
France, Belgium, etc., If they
will still recognize us, and
stop pulling the Soviet Unions
chestnuts out of the fire. The
abandonment of this latest
noble experiment" of ours is
long overdue.
Elsie S. King
4 4 4 4
In dealing with the African
crisis, is the United States
dealing with reality, or has
it. In fact, succumbed to fan
tasy2 Surely nothing could be
more fantastic than our cur
rent thick medicines in the
Congo, which no amount OF
State Department rational
ization can justify.
The riches of Katanga are
a choice morsel. In the hands
of pro-Western Noise Tsh-
ombe they can be used tc
make the Communists sit ur
and beg. Thrown to a quarre'
ing pack of naive and semi
civilized tribesmen they car
only be snatched away ir
the scramble, most probably
by the Reds.
What is behind States un-
hinged policies? Its personnel
pref ei'ominantly aging vision
Evening star., 1961-12-18
Of Dark Deeds on the Dark Continent

How can the Kennedy ad-
ministration. no matter how
much 1t respects the wishes
of the U. NJ. refuse to support
an immediate cease-fire in
the Congo? What possible
good can come of jet planes
strafing helpless women and
children? Only destruction
and bitterness can come from
this useless bloodshed.
II the U. N. and the Ken
nedy administration wish to
help build the Congo into q
free, strong nation, they must
Immediately stop this most
shameful use Of force. They
must use the conference table
to show the world that they
are men Of good will; not
butchers Of defenselesS hu-
man beings.
Harold S. HarwoOd, jr.
y \ 4
It is President Kennedy
who is, in the last analysis,
responsible for the United
States entry into the Katan-
ga war on the side of the
United Nations. 1t is prob
able also that that he is re-
Sponsible for the war itself
as it is extremely doubtful
that there would be any sus-
tanned attack upon Katanga
If the United States were not
a party to it. Anyhow, it
was Mr.. Kennedy who ap-
pointed Adlai Stevenson as
our Ambassador to the U. N.
and Stevenson doubtless car
ries out the policies dictated
by the administration.
In the future it may we'll
be the verdict of history that
John F. Kennedy is as re-
sponsible for what is happen
ing in Katanga as Catherine
de Medici was for the massa-
ere Of Saint Bartholomew
and Oliver Cromwell for that
at Drogheda and at Dundee.
ClarksOn ]. Beall.
Il \ Il \
Is our shameful and tragic
stand on Katanga an indica-
ton that Mr.. Kennedy has,
at last, permitted Mr.. Ste
venson more voice in the
formulation Of our policy?
Barbara Keibler.
4 4 4 =
Is there some way the low
ly citizen can get a direct line
to world opinion?
I had been reading with
much appreciation The Stars
editorials on the U. N. ag-
greSsion in Katanga and the
confusing (at besD position
of United States officialdom
thereon. I had noted that
letters from your readers
largely reflected similar con-
Germ as yours. and had just
about concluded that my own
view-that our great Nation
has been misled into COM
plicity against its own basic
principles-was shared by the
majority of persons who've
done much thinking in the
matter.
But then, in The Sunday
Star, I Learned" from con-
tributing Writer William
Frye that world opinion i;
squarely against Katanga.
If you can't provide us poor
"uninformed" readers with
advance access to world -opin-
ion, could you perhaps pro-
vide your contributing writ
ers with a free subscription
to The Star. Then they
could perhaps CLEAN some.
thing of American opinion
to enter into their prognosti.
Evening star., 1961-12-18
PARIS

PARIS
In light of the recent NATO
meeting, President Kennedy
and British Prime Minister
Macmillan should suffer from
no lack of conversational fod-
der when they meet in Ber-
muda later this week.
II anything, they may find
too many urgent things to
discuss. Last-minute prepara-
tionS for the meeting suggest
that several matters of imme-
diate interest to the two
leaders may dominate the
tWo-day talks.
Among these is the question
of nuclear testing and the
tentative decision of the Ken
nedy administration - widely
reported in Europe-to resume
atmospheric tests at an early
date. The inclusion of British
nuclear experts in the party
accompanying the Prime Min
lister indicates that this may
be one major topic of conver-
Sation.
Another most certainly will
be the timing and nature Of
the new probe" which the
British and the Americans,
with the approval of most of
their NATO allies, have un-
dertaken to inflict on the
Russians on the subject Of
Berlin.
French Not Displeased
On this score, it may be
noted in passing that the
French are by no means dis
pleased with the results of the
ministerial meeting of the
alliance. They feel that the
United States is now substan-
TALLY closer to their own po-
Sition in the belief that recent
Russian statements offer little
hope that a satisfactory basis
for negotiations will be re-
vealed in the course of any
new probe.
Besides these subjects of
primary Importance it is not
hard to think of other pres
sing matters that could
engage the attention of the
two leaders. The problem OF
the Congo, on which British
and American policy have
been sharply divided-the
state Of the alliance itself
after the hot disputes here ir
Paris last week-the questions
of trade involved in Britain's
bid for membership in the
European Common Market
all these highly practica
and urgent matters may take
up the brief time that the
President and Prime Minister
have to devote to each other
II so, however, it would bt
a pity. In one sense thu
Bermuda meeting marks {
turning point of the creates
Importance in British-Ameri.
can relations. And one coulc
hope that leisure enough
would be found in Bermud.
to discuss some of thu
broader and more long-rang,
implications of the new re.
lationship.
The turning point, quit,
simply, is the end of one
special sort of partnership
and the beginning of another
It has not. of course, beer
Evening star., 1961-12-18

al ACO WIN OOuhC0 0P OAAC ava
demic platitudes of 80 years
ago like so many indiscrim-
mate sponges. Allowed to Eek
press themselves" at State,
they play God on a global
basis, mixing heaven-knows-
what noxious messes with
their Little Dandy Interna-
tional Do-It-Yourself Bio
Chemistry Sets.
Now these same experts"
how often must one be
wrong to qualify as an Eek
pert?"-are patiently trying
to explain to us how they in
tend to contrive yet another
moronic blunder.
Long live the embattled
Noise Tshombe! Where do I
pick up my bow and poisoned
arrow?
Eleanor NJ. Smith.
1t does seem strange that
Soviet U. N. Ambassador
Valerian A. Zorin has not
protested against the U. N.
military action in Katanga.
Not a peep out of any Of the
Soviets or Soviet satellites in
the U. N. Also not a word
from Mr.. KhruShchev or
Pravda.
What are we trying to help
the United Nations to ac-
complish? Is it to remove
the anti-CommuniSt Tshombe
government, and make room
for Communist Gizenga to
move in?
Naturally, Mr.. Zorin and
his cohorts can relax until
we and the United Nations
finish off our friends in the
Congo.
What a state of affairs!
Herman M. Young
I was glad to read in your
editorial column recently a
note of criticism Of the
strange U. N. policy in the
Congo. I for one have alb
horred the idea of armed
force all along as a means Of
re-uniting the Congo. I have
seen next to nothing in news
dispatches to justify such a
course. Even the critics of
Katanga have been compli-
menting this "rebel" province
in their efforts to criticize.
From news dispatches I
gather that there has been
far less disorder in Katanga
than elsewhere in the Congo;
there is apparently a much
better spirit of inter-racial
cooperation as only in Ka-
tanga is the value Of white
counsel utilized in leadership
circles. The critics call this
mercenary interference.
I feel the U. N. is serving
the interests of communism
in the Congo and the United
States is either stupidity or
treacherously betraying the
cause of freedom in lending
support to u. N. operations
there. If our Government
really wants to, defend the
cause of liberty, why does it
assume an attitude of paraly-
tic helpleSsness regarding
Cuba? If we are ever to re-
deem the disgraceful mani
festations of cowardice and
: treason history has recorded
against us in China, Korea,
Hungary and all of central
Europe, we had better stop
watching the Communist
stop-and-go signals before
deciding when, how, and
where to take action.
Charles H. Britain,
Evening star., 1961-10-09

blood running down my leg.
Then I could see it through my
suit.
When I came in at the end
Of the inning (third inning), I
told Ralph Manager Ralph
Houk) I couldn't run, and he
said he wanted me to bat and
If I got a hit. he would take me
out for a pinch runner"
Mickey watched two called
balls go by, fouled off the next
one. then rifled the fourth
pitch on a low line to left GEN.
ter. Unable to run. he was
forced to stop at first. The hit
sent Roger Maris. who had
walked, to third. from where he
scored the first run Of the game
when Elston Howard grounded
into a double play.
DR.. Sydney Gaynor, the Yam
KEGS team physician, explained
that Mickey's powerful swing in
the second inning stretched the
granulation tissues surrounding
the wound and forced the bleed
ing.
Evening star., 1961-10-09
Atlanta 10 Get
Martins Team

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Oct.
g CAP).-The Charleston n
Martins baseball club Of the
international League will be
moved to Atlanta, Ga. the
Charleston Gazette said today.
Sports Editor A. l.. Hardman
quoted owner Bill Macdonald
that details have been COM
pleted. Macdonald blamed the
Charleston weather more than
anything else. I'VE Just couldn't
justify staying there another
season the way the weather is
in Charleston" he said. And
besides, Atlanta has made us
such a fine proposition that we
simply can't turn it down.
I'VE cannot exist on an
average Of from 1000 to 5000
people per game as we realized
in Charleston"
Macdonald, Of Miami, Fla,
said the club ran $160.000 in
the red last season. Some of it
was lost while the Martins we're
based at San Juan, P. R., where
the club opened the season.
Rain and fog here forced
several postponements during
the season.
Evening star., 1961-10-09
Skeet Tourney
Won by Deyoe

George Deyoe of Washington
mopped up in the annual two
day National Capital Open
skeet shoot xhich ended yes
terday at the National Capital
Gun Club near Rockville.
Deyoe won the all-around
championship with 387 targets
broken out OF 400. after winning
the l2-gauge. 20-gauge and
.4l0-gauge competitions, then
captured the senior champion
ship with a perfect 100 hits.
Sub-Senior champion was
James Karrick with 98, women's
champion Page Kable with SO
and junior champion Mike
Nicholson, 95.
Evening star., 1961-10-09
Grandmother Needs
z Strokes for Ace

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Oct. 9
(AP) Mrs. M. E. Ellinger Of
Hagerstown. a IS j. year old
grandmother. hefted her club
on the No. IL hole and teed off
yesterday. but she missed and
the ball dribbled only a few
feet.
Her golfing companions said
they wouldn't count the shot
Evening star., 1961-10-09
Wabash Player
Still Critically III

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 8 (AP)
Gene Blackburn, co-captain
Of the Wabash College football
team, remained unconscious
and in critical condition last
night.
The 2lyear-old quarterback
fell unconscious after being
blocked during the second pc
riod Of his teams losing game
with Butler Saturday.
A spokesman at Robert Long
Hospital said he "is seriously
Ill and not responding to treat
ment." The hospital said he
suffered a conclusion nut no
apparent spine damage and
no paralysis.
Evening star., 1961-10-09
HOLE AS BIG AS BASEBALL
Blood and Pain Put
Mantle on SideIin@es les

CINCINNATI. Oct. 9 (AP).-
Il could see the blood coming
through the uniform and I
knew I had to quit. I just
couldn't play anymore. 1t hurt
like the devil"
Mickey Mantle was explain
ing grimly why he left in the
fourth inning of yesterdays
World Series game.
1T felt bad all day." the
SWITCH hitting star said. II
guess / shouldn't have played
at all. but I kept thinking it
might get better. I figured it
might be like a charlie horse.
and if I did some running it
might get better. But 1t got
worse instead"
Mantle missed the last week
Of the regular season and the
first two games of the series
following surgery for removal
Of an abscess on the right hip.
He spent several days in a
hospital.
Hole Big as Baseball
Il thought they would Just
lance it," he said. Instead they
cut hole so big you could put
a baseball in. The wound is still
open. No stitches were taken.
It's still bleeding.
II was told it's nothing to
worry about" he said. TITS not
matter of life and death.
Under normal conditions it
would heal in two or three
weeks once it had drained.
TITS a shame" he moaned
You play all year, you play
even when you don't feel good
just to get into the World Sc
ries. and then you can't play
in it.
II was so eager to play. A
World Series is not like a reg
lar season game. It's something
every player looks forward to
I don't get nervous in any other
game, but in a World Series
Ibecome all keyed up. It seems
so much more important.
Even just sitting on the
bench today got me nervous.
was sitting there all frightened
up. I WINGED with every pitch
1t was worse than playing"
Mantle aggravated the injury
In his first time at bat. Facing
lefthander Jim O'Toole in the
second inning, Mickey swung
hard and slapped q ground bal
to third. He started to run ant
pulled up suddenly, hobblinl
the rest Of the way to first.
Saw Blood Through Suit
The pain grew worse. BY thu
end of the third inning Mickey
knew he had had it.
II was hurting" Mantle said
AT first I could only feel the
Evening star., 1961-10-09
Spills Shorten
Vistu Rucino

| Drayton Tylee Of Alexandra
won the l0-lap third heat, the
l2-lap semifinal and l6-lap fea
ture-beating out Robert Har-
kins each time-to dominate
yesterdays motorcycle program
at Vista Raceway.
The main event was cut from
20 laps because Of five success
sive spills on the first turn OF
the second lap, by Lawrence
Payne. Harvey Bigelow. Willie
Meyer. Bobby King and Frank
Coocucherro. in that order.
None was injured seriously.
Evening star., 1961-10-09
Innes Ireland
Wins Race at
Watkins Glen

WATKINS GLEN, N. Y,
Oct. 9 (AP).-Innes Ireland, a
Scottish farmer. took the lead
on the 57th lap of the 230-mile
Grand Prix of the United
States and stayed in front the
rest Of the way to beat Cali
fornian Dan Gurney by So Sec
onds here yesterday.
Tony Brooks Of Britain was
third, while the two favorites.
Stirling Moss of Britain and
Australia's Jack Brabham, had
to drop out because Of me-
chanical troubles.
ireland, driving a Lotus. was
timed in 2 hours, 13 minutes
and 45.8 seconds for the 100
laps around the 2.3-mile course.
His average was 103.22 miles
per hour.
The crowd of $4,000 watched
Gurney finish in 2:13.5l. while
Brooks beat out Bruce Nc
Laren Of New Zealand. Brooks
had a 2:14:34.8 time and Nc
Laren 2:14:43.8.
Phil Hill, another Califor-
nian, who has already won the
world title. did not compete.
Ireland took the lead after
Moss and Brabham, both early
leaders, dropped out. Moss,
driving a Lotus, led at the
halfway mark when a water
leak forced him to the pits.
The only other Americans to
finish in the top 10 were Roger
Penske. who was eighth. and
Hap Sharp. who finished 10th.
The top 10 finishers:
I; InSes Ireland. Scotland, Lotus,
.. Dan Gurney, United States, Pors-
che, 2:l3:5I.0.
?; Tony Brooks. Britain. BRM,
4. Bruce McClaren, New Zealand,
Cooper, 2:l4:43.S.
5. Graham Hill, Britain, BRM, (9e
lapsl, 2:14:224.
,oss g. JO BONNER; Sweden, Porschs,
z. Jim Clark, Scotland, Lotus C96
laps), 2:13:50.2.
3. ROGER Penske. United States,
Cooper 100 lapsl, 2:14 .35.1.
lapsD. 2:l4:35.3.
10. Hap Sharp, United States,
Cooper, 81 laps), 2:14:43.s.