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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-20
Ladies Get Action

The undersigned residents
of BroXburn drive. Bethesda,
Md. wish to thank the alert
staff of The Evening Star for
their accurate and complete
reporting of our traffic prob
lem.
May we also use your paper
to express our public appre-
citation to the Bethesda Po-
lice Department for their CO.
operation in helping to curb
speeding on our streets? We
know that Montgomery
County is growing at a pace
which makes it impossible
for county officials to keep
up with increasing demand
on their services. However,
once the Police Department
realized the seriousness of our
traffic problem. they took
prompt steps - six speeders
were ticketed in one morn
ing. We hope not many more
mornings like that will be
necessary.
Thank you. Lieutenant Mil
Ter. and many thanks to your
men.
Marjorie V. Sapir, Frances
r. Riecken, Hilda J. Weiss
man, Eunice B. Bradham.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-20
u. S. Policy on Congo

l commend nator
Thomas j. Dodd for his pro-
test concerning the arbitrary
action Of the State Depart
ment in canceling the visa
Of Michel Struelens, director
of the Katanga Information
Service in New York City.
I urge the Senator to go
one step further, however. and
call for a complete investiga-
ton OF the United States
Congo policy. When Katanga.
which has consistently acted
TO protect the lives and prop
erty interests of her citizens.
is caStigated by this govern
ment, and this country gives
credence to known Red-ori-
ented policies of the Congo
central government, some
thing is wrong.
Further, when we attempt
to silence the speech Of a
man who has complied with
all requirements of this coun-
try's laws, can we call our &C
tons consistent with United
States goals of free speech
and anti-Communist policies?
Robert Strassberg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-20
Answers to Questions
By THE HASKINS SERVICE

@. What became of the
Eastland, the ship that cap
sized in the Chicago River in
1915?-W. P. 4
A. She was purchased for
use of the Illinois Naval Mi
litia and in 1917 was pur-
chased by the Navy, converted
to a gunboat and named the
USS Wilmette. AS the train
ing gunboat USS Wilmette
IX-29 (eX-SS Eastland) she
was in 1916 declared surplus
and sold for scrap by the
United States Maritime Com
mission. The Eastland was
built in 1903 for fast freight
and passenger service on the
Great Lakes. She capsized on
July "a, 1915, in the CHICAGO
River; 812 of the ~'0re than
1000 persc IL
drowned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-20
Political Heresy


Maryland'S Governor Tawes has
committed an act of political heresy
that may lose him lot of teachers
votes if he runs for second term-but
it is a sort of hereSy which nevertheless
may win him favor with many other
voters. The outSpoken Governor told
a convention of teachers that he was
not there to solicit their political sup
port but to impress upon them the i'm
portance of Subordinating self-intereSt
to the interest of the public at large.
He thereupon made it plain that he
would continue to resist demands of
teacher organizations for Statewide
pay increases, rather than the Gov
errors plan for aid to counties de-
string to grant pay hikes above State
minimumS.
Governor Tawes told the Maryland
State Teachers Association that "a chief
executive of any State has an obligation
to promote the general welfare of all
citizens, not merely to bow subsequently
to the wishes of high-pressure lobbyists
who represent organizations promoting
only their interests" And in an if-that-
be-hereSy-make- the-most it flourish,
he said he knew that many teachers
would prefer to see him choose the
pasture rather than politics."
However, as he also has done with
other groups, Governor TaweS left I'M
answered the question of whether he
would seek another term in the guber-
Material chair. II may diSappoint you,"
he said, but then, again, may not"
In any event, the Governor apparently
is reconciled to getting along without
benefit of what undoubtedly is power
full political group at Annapolis-the
so-called teachers lobby What effect
this may have on the gubernatorial
race in Maryland, provided Mr. Tawes
decides to run, will be topic for lively
debate among politicians and the
electorate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-20
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Important Medical Achievements
By THOMAS R. HENRY

one of the female hormones
improves the condition to
some extent.
The naturally occurring
hormone ACTH has been
syntheSized for the first time.
1t is produced naturally by
the pituitary gland and its
production stimulates the
outer shell of the adrenal
gland to release cortiSone in
arthritic patients. The syn
thetic product is the largest
protein-like molecule ever
produced Synthetically and is
made by putting together %
amino acids. This may pave
the way for synthesis of even
more complex substances.
Intense Diabetes Study
The first large scale study
of the natural history of di-
abeteS has been launched and
will continue for 10 years.
Pills for treatment of this
disease, replacing inSulin in
jectionS. have lately been in
troduced. The drugs, how
ever. do no good for many
thousands of victims of the
disease. The way they lower
high levels of blood sugar
in others is not fully under
stood. The research project
launched at the institute al
ready has shed considerable
light on possible causes of
diabetes, other than the in
ability of the pancreaS to
produce enough insulin.
Staff members of the in
stitute have gone far toward
clearing up the complex
problem of heredity, espe-
cially with the synthesis by
DR.. Arthur Kornberg of de-
soxyribonucleic acid. which
directs the development of
the body's organs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-20
Book Purqe

1t is indeed disheartening
to read of Montgomery
County'S filthy book purge"
October IS. 1861 1t seems
that our States Attorney.
Leonard T. Hardy. is going
to decide what Montgomery
County adults may read. 1t
is sad to learn that anyone
can stop other adults from
reading whav they wish.
A State has the right and
the obligation to protect mi
nors from certain bad influ-
ences. but in this instance a
novel. "Tropic of Cancer" by
Henry Miller. was being sold
to adults only.
The Justice Department
and the Post office are not
banning this book. Why is
Attorney Hardy attempting
this? Censorship and sup
preston are against the prin-
ciple which our country
stands for. Censorship is
morally wrong and it creates
more problems than it ever
will prevent.
Every adult should be free
TO read what he wishes. A
selfmade censor should have
no right TO decide what an
adult may read, but if so.
our basic freedoms will be
in danger,
Joseph NJ. JEFFERSON.
The seizure by States At
torney Hardy and Montgom-
cry County Police Of Henry
Miller'S book at a Wheaton
drugstore. was an awkward
attempt to safeguard county
morals. The book is a gen.
uine piece Of literature, which
the Justice Department has
allowed to be distributed in
this country. Instead OF quiet
ly asking for a Superior Court
judgment on the sale of this
book in the county. the mat
ter was turned over to police,
who arrested several employees
OF the store.
The whole issue has de-
generated into petty sensa-
tionaliSm which tries to
equate Mr.. Miller's book with
a stag party-type novel. Now
every morbid curiosity seeker
will rush into the District to
buy a copy of this most
filthy and depraved book
This action has placed both
the States Attorney and the
county police in a bad light
for the storm trooper-type
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-20
Opinion of Eisenhower

1t is disappointing to many
good Republicans and Demo-
Gratis to hear one of our ex-
Presidents criticize President
Kennedy, using such poor
taste at this crucial time in
our lives. One feels that a
dedicated ex-President would
20 to President Kennedy pri-
vately and offer constructive
criticism if he really felt his
statements were true. He isn't
doing our country any good
making these wild charges.
The American public ex-
poets more dignity from an
eX-President than. MIR. Essen
hover is displaying.
Ethel Poole
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-20

EAFb1O
Things are a little uncer-
tain in Paris these days.
Ray Charles is singing at
the Palais deS Sports out on
the edge of town and the
kids have tickets to go to-
night. But whether they will
or not is another question.
The answer depends largely
on the Paris police and the
plans of certain gentlemen
who live in Tunis.
For the last few days Palais
DIES Sports has been requisi-
toned as the receiving center
for most of the 1900 Algeri-
ans arrested here in the
course of mass demonstra-
tions and riots organized by
the Algerian nationalist front.
Tonight, according to word
circulating in Paris, new
demonstrations are planned.
And. Ray Charles or no Ray
Charles, the PalaiS DIES Sports
may be anything but a CEN
ter of entertainment.
So far as the average res
ident is concerned. these
periodic disturbances amount
to no more than a passing
inconvenience. Riots of one
sort or another are not par
ticularly uncommon IN the
city. In the last few years
they have been staged by
Communists. Gaullists, Re-
publicans. anti-Republicans,
FaScists and Moslems. The
police have handled them
all with impartial severity
bordering, in the opinion of
some critics. on brutality.
Until now the law-abiding
citizen, unless he happens by
accident to get caught in the
middle of the excitement,
has not been greatly dis
turbed.
But today it is different.
Today the violence in the
streets of Paris is uglier and
more dangerous than any,
thing that has happened
since the war. In the con-
text in which it occurs and
for purposes proclaimed. it
could lead without much ad-
ditional dramatics straight
to a catastrophe. And it is
significant that today the re-
action of the preSS-includ-
ing the most pro-govern-
ment sector-is one of pes
simism bordering on despair.
Drift Toward Violence
What is happening here in
Paris is quite simply the pre-
dictable reaction to what has
been happening in Algiers
and Constantine, and espe-
cially in Oran during the last
two weeks. What it amounts
to is a drift toward senselesS
violence by both sides in the
bitter Algerian dispute. And
a kind of infectious insan-
ity which threatens to destroy
all of President de Gaulle's
efforts to find a rational So
luton to the problem.
In Algeria. anarchy is rap
idly becoming the order Of
the day. Each morning the
grisly pattern Of hysteria and
mob rule becomes more clear
ly defined. Each day there
are rumorS Of asSasSinations
of Europeans. leading to in
discriminate lynching of a
varying number of Moslems
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-20

Ten years ago the National
Institute of ArthritiS and
Metabolic Diseases was set
up by the United States Pub
lie Health Service at Bethesda.
During the decade its own sci
entiStS and some working I'M
der its direction in various
colleges have made some of
the most significant contribu-
tons to recent medical his
tory. The institute proudly
lists some of them in its
birthday announcement:
Prednisone. the first syn
thetic anti-arthritic of the
cortisone family, was intro
duced into medicine by DR..
Joseph j. Bunim, clinical di-
rector of the institute. 1t has
important advantages over
the naturally occurring corti-
some and hydrocortisone be-
cause Of a reduced tendency
to cause retention of fluid
when given in conventional
doses.
New Painkiller
DR.. E. l.. May and DR.. Ma
than B. Eddy have developed
a new painkiller. phenazo-
cine. which is five to ten
times more powerful than
morphine. 1t relieves pain
when optimal doses of NOR
phine will not and has fewer
and milder side effects. 1t is
derived from coal tar. Al
though it is a narcotic it ap-
pears to be less adjective
than morphine and morphine
compounds. Physical depend
ence develops more slowly
and is less intense. 1t is be-
lieved to represent a signifi-
cant step towards complete
separation of pain relieving
properties and addiction po-
tential of analgeSic drugs. 1t
also frees this country of de-
pendence on foreign opium
markets.
The cause of galactosemia,
a rare but often fatal dis
order in which children can
not tolerate any form of milk
in their diet, was discovered
by DR.. Herman Kalckar. He
found that these children
lacked a single engine in
the blood needed to convert
the milk sugar galactoSe into
glucose, the kind of sugar
used by the body for energy.
This inherited engine def
cheney results in an accumu-
lation of a toxin in the blood
which results in a character
istic pattern of mental re-
tardation, blindness. enlarged
liver and spleen, and early
death.
The disease now can be di-
agnosed Immediately after
birth. The children will grow
and develop normally on a
milk-free diet. Injections of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-20

effective solution, and there is no doubt
that this proposal will generate the
heaviest controversy in the discussion
of alternatives. The trouble is that
conflicting claims over the last several
years have made this issue nearly as
cloudy AS the waters of the Potomac
itself. If the study ordered by the State
sets forth the facts in an objective
manner, great amount of good will
have been accomplished
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-20
u. S. Image Is Weird to Latin Americans

George Sherman is render
ing a great service to Amer
lean readers by his Star arti-
cles on Latin America.
He is telling us a number
of unpleasant things that
should have been known 80
years ago. The same things
that are causing a great dis
turbance in American life
have been doing that since
the beginning of the century
in our relations with the La
tin peoples - race, religion
and money. AS you know.
when the Spaniards colonized
the Southern continent the
missionaries preached the
strange gospel" that all men
came from the same origin.
from father Adam. AS broth
ers, the SpaniardS saw no
problem in intermarriage.
Under Spain there was and
there is only one religion;
rightly or wrongly they judge
that one religion is more
polite than zoe. AS to money.
the socialistic storm had not
yet struck Europe; the Latin
American knew his place and
had little chance of disturb
ing the applicant. Things have
changed, more so in Latin
America than they have in
the United States. AS a re-
suit the Latin American
thinks the United States a
backward country" in the
fields of sociology, the arts,
and culture. In the field of
the arts they have always
thought the United States
backward, IL is IN the fleld
of sociology that the new
opinion has grown. They con-
cede that in mechanics and
science the United States is
far ahead. but Latins do not
give science the primacy in
the history Of culture.
North Americans go to Co.
lombia, let us say. and es-
tablish a hospital which they
cal. the American" hospital
or even worse the "Protes-
tant" hospital; North Ameri-
cans establish an American"
school for American children:
they establish an American"
club for their people. They
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-20

do not learn Spanish: their
condescension, superiority and
arms'-length is not notice
able to Americans, of course,
but it burns up the other
crowd. When a North Amer
lean Tor an EngliShman) is
going to have a child. their
women are shipped to the
United States or England so
that they may have their
ancestors citizenship and
may avoid being Argentines,
Venezuelans. Peruvians, etc.
1t is not strange that Latin
Americans have reacted. Jose
E. Rodo. who probably never
visited the United States.
wrote his Ariel" a book of
highly intellectual anti
American propaganda, al
most 100 years ago. Rodo's
thesis was that Americans. in
fact all Anglo-Saxons, were
a crowd of vulgar money
makers and mechanics. The
Mexican War. the Spanish
American War. the Panama
/ Canal. the Marines in Guate-
mala, Santo Domingo, Cuba.
etc, all these things famed
the anti-American feelings.
The days of CASTELAR,, the
greatest orator in the Span
lsh language and the great
est admirer of the United
States, were over. In his
place we had Jose M. Peman
finding Eugene O'Neill's plays
the most vulgar and dis
graceful in modern literature,
and Henrique Oscar writing
about Tennessee Williams
plays: 1T is sad to think that
Williams represents a coun-
try that is Christian. whose
style OF life they want to con-
vince us should be defended
against communism. Posi-
lively this rotted world does
*not seem worthy of defend
ing. 1t needs to be reformed
or extinguished so that some
thing may survive to preserve
mans intrinsic dignity"
These are hard words
about Americas premier
playwright, but they ought to
be known in the United
States; and l daresay many
Americans, sick and tired of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-20

vulgarity and incest in the
arts and culture here, would
say that Mr.. Oscar is voicing
the best thought of the de-
cent people of the United
States. When I was in Latin
America I warned my friends
and students that there are
two United States - the
United States of the COM
munication media. full OF
violence and vulgarity, and
the United States as it is
lived by the American people
of the villages and towns of
this country.
This country finds itself
today in the position of
Spain during the 10th CEN
tury. Then everybody envied
and hated Spain. During the
10Th century everybody en-
WED and hated England. Only
the Roman escaped envy and
hatred as conquerors because
outside of law and war the
Roman knew he was inferior
to their subjects. and they
exercised an extraordinary
tolerance and good sense
found nowhere else in his
tory. We must bear with
patience the envy and hatred
which are part and parcel of
the human mind; it is not
that we are worse than the
Roman. the Spaniard or the
EngliShman: nor that the
Arab, the Latin American,
the Negro, the Chinese is
better or worse than Others.
The problem is one for
which a universal principle
is required, which we do not
appear to have. But we do
find it in the brotherhood of
man and the fatherhood of
God, to which we all lend
lip-service and only lip-serv-
ice. But let me say here that
of all nations of this earth
none is closer to the posi-
bility of uniting the human
race in high ideals of hu-
mainly and peace than the
United States. The founda-
lions of this country are
right; it is only the super
structure that needs a little
remodeling.
Joseph I. Puente
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-20

tactics of buying a copy,
skimming through counting
four-letter words, then max
ing arrests. The States At
torney has a right as an in
dividual to think or say that
"Tropic of Cancer" is a vile
book. However, Mr.. Kardy's
opinions as a literary critic
are of no valid Importance
The attempt by police and
the States Attorney to pass
judgment on Mr.. Miller's
writings is. irrational, ir-
responsible, and a violation
Of the spirit of fairminded-
ness that should prevail
among our higher civil serv-
ants.
agree that "Tropic of
Cancer" is only for adult
minds. capable of under
standing and handling the
material presented. Judge
Woolsey in his decision on
Ulysses" in 1893. stated that
a person with average appe-
tites could handle the book
This should sum up the is
sue on "Tropic of Cancer. /"
Words by themselves are
not innately filthy: the filth
is supplied by the reader
through the mental pictures
he has in his mind. If the
mind is twisted, so will the
pictures be.
Charles NJ. Chamberlin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-20
WATCHING THE WORLD
French, AIgerions Near Disaster
BY CROSBY S. NOYE
Foreign Correspondent Of The Stor

at the hands OF young Euro
pean thugs. In Oran, eSpe-
cially. the police seem to be
progressively losing control
of the situation. Hostility be-
tween the population and the
army has reached the point
where no authority will risk
bringing troops into the city.
Even the clandestine secret
army organization" seems at
this stage to exert very little
discipline or restraint.
What threatens in, Algeria
today is nothing less than a
wholesale massacre between
two communities which will
make what happened in the
Congo look like child's play.
What started as organized
land more or less orderly
local opposition to the poll
cies of Gen. de Gaulle has
degenerated into unbridled
mass violence. The irony is
that those who kill today in
the name of French Algeria
are destroying the last chance
of reconciliation between the
two communities on which
any French future in Algeria
depends. And at the same time
they are stamping out the
last sparks of sympathy for
their cause that may have
existed in m tropolitan
France.
100000 in Paris Area
1t is against this back
ground that the current out
break of rioting in Paris
shows up so frighteningly.
There are in all some 100000
Algerians in the Paris area,
all of them more or less sub
jected to pressures and dis
ciplines of the rebel leaders
in TuniS. That these leaders
should have chosen this
particular moment to pro-
woke an open clash with the
authority of the state is a
fact which defies any rational
explanation.
Apparently their purpose
has been to increase pressure
on Gen. de Gaulle's govern
ment for a rapid settlement
at almost any price. BY
making as much trouble as
possible on the streets of
Paris, they have hoped to
deepen the disgust of the
French and increase their i'm
patience to be rid Of the Al
serian problem, once and for
ali.
The result. however, has
been almost exactly the OPP
poSite. For the first time in
the last few days the people
of Paris have felt some of
the same fears and uncer-
tainties as their fellow coun-
trymen in Algeria. And for
the first time, violence and
bloodshed $50 far mercifully
limited seem a logical re-
Spouse to the threat.
In this situation. the
chances of any reasonable
solution are extremely small.
From both sides the pressures
have reached the point where
negotiations between Gen. de
Gaulle and the Algerian
leaders are all but impossible.
Unless the reaction sets in
quickly and the drift toward
desperate extremes is halted,
the outlook will be very grim,
indeed,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-20
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used If
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used mill be
returned only Dhen accom-
panied by sell addressed,
stamped envelopes.
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MONDAY ~
E~aninn. Cont
Evening, Cont.


Drama. "The Legacy" Vanessa Brown.
q PETE AND GLADYS.
Comedy peaceful in the Country" Cara
Williams, Harry Morgan. tRepeatJ
$50 q TALES OF WELLS FARGO.
Western. THAT Washburn Girl" Tom
Washburn lack Ncholson) marries a
former outlaws daughter and is ae-
cused of a $780, 900 robbery tRepeat)
@ DIVORCE COURT.
Trial / Hour A husband claims his
wife spends too much time flying
q SURFSIDE SIX.
Adventure. / Hour. "Bride and Seek"
A young heress Linda Hauser) hires
Dave Thorne tLee Patterson to find her
missing husband tRepeat)
q BRINGING UP BUDDY.
Comedy. "Couple Next Door," Buddy
frank AIetter) gets in trouble with his
girl friend and the husband of his next
door neighbor leslie PARRISH.
900 q WHISPERING SMITH.
Drama. "Three for One" Two men who
identify themselves as deputies take
prisoner from Smith and Romack tAudie
Murphy and Guy MITCHELL.
DANNY IHUWAS ShUW.
Comedy. "The Four Angels" Rusty (Rusty
Hamer) becomes the manager for an
act. tRepeatJ
$50 q CONCENTRATION.
Game. Color. Hugh Downs. m. C.
q BOLD JOURNEY.
Adventure. "GoId of the Incas"
q ADVENTURES IN PARADISE.
Adventure. I Hour "Hangman's Island"
Adam and Clay Gardner Mckay and
James HoIden) are held prisoners on an
uncharted island inhabited by descend
ants Of an 18th century convict ship
tRepeat)
a ANN SOTHERN SHOW.
Comedy Season Premiere. Katy miss
10 The Sunday Stor ~ Mosozine.