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Evening star., 1961-05-07
Are Moscow
And Pekinq
Splitting Up?
DRAGON IN THE KRENTLIN

DRAGON IN THE KRENlIN.
. BY Marvin Kalb (Dutton;
$450
Marvin Kalb, now CHS
correspondent in Moscow. has
polled the worlds experts on
one of the most intriguing
questions Of our age: How big
a split, if any, is there be-
tween Moscow and Peking?
On a foundation-spo
global trip that would be
coveted by any reporter. Mr..
Kalb visited London, Paris,
Munich. Vienna, Warsaw,
New Delhi, Bangkok, Jakar-
ia, Singapore, Hong Kong,
Taipei and Tokyo. He picked
the brains of all the so-called
experts. scholars, legislators.
refugees. newsmen. He found
no consensus among them
but arrived at one Of his
own:
China is growing alarm
ingly fast to the point it will
dwarf both the Soviet Union
and the United States, eco
nomically and militarily.
Americas best hope Is that
China and the Soviet Union
fight rather than China and
the United States. Unlikely as
1t is that this hope can be
realized, better we start
promoting the Sino-Soviet
Split-now.
When Red China gets the
nuclear weapon both Russia
and the United States will be
in mortal danger. CMr. Kalb
expects this in two years,
but he had apparently for
gotten that one swallow does
not make a summer, or one
A-bomb an arsenal) China
can then be expected to move
first to ouSt the United States
from Asia. II the Soviet Union
does not fully support Peking
in the war that follows. the
Sino-Soviet alliance would
be finished. Mr.. Kalb be-
lieves. The more likely out
come would be q two-front
war for the e United States,
fighting Red China to the
West in Asia and Russia to
East in Europe.
Mortal Challenge
The challenge is mortal"
the author concludes. His
remedy: Adopt a highly flex-
ible foreign policy to exploit
divisive pressures between
Moscow and Peking. We
should be willing to admit
Red China. to the United Ma
tions, even though Peking
should refuse. We should try
to recognize Outer Mongolia
and offer her aid, because
Outer Mongolia is a bone Of
contention between Moscow
and Peking ripe for exploita-
ton.
We should try to make
friends with Communist
China despite her rebuff. We
should prepare our people
for the bitter, desperate
struggle that we surely face
with China-whether China
remains allied to Russia or
not"
And the most interesting
recommendations OF all: We
should lay the groundwork
now for a Soviet-American
alliance against China.
One question, Mr.. Kalb:
Can't we make the Russians
and Chinese understand that
we have enough nuclear
strength to crush them both,
either together or singly?.
There is no doubt we have
the power. Russia is unlikely
to try to rescue China at the
price Of her own skin, if
China starts a big war. And
even after Mao gets some
massive nuclear power, he is
unlikely to force himself and
the 600 million Chinese back
to the days Of war.lordism
by drawing a nuclear attack
on the Red hierarchy in
Peking.
Unless. that is, either Rus
sia or China or both get the
idea we would not use our
nuclear power.
EARL H. VOSS.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Other Books in Brief
PAPERBAcKs
THE ILIAD. Translated fir,

THE ILIAD. Translated from
Homer by Aston Hurd
Chase and William G.
Perry, jr. (Grosset and
Dunlap, Inc. $1.95). The
excellent Universal Library
Series adds a reprint OF a
translation of the niad.
The plan has been to put
Homer's classic into simple,
straightforward English
for modern readers more
concerned with the ideas
in the Iliad than in trying
to recapture its archaic
style. A very successful ef-
fort and perhaps the best
modern" version avail
able.
PLAYS IN
DIGEST FORM. BY ].
walker McSpadden.
CThomas Y. Crowell, Inc:
$l.25.J A paperback revised
edition of a book which
contains synopses of all
Shakespeare'S plays, an
index to characters and a
description of Shake
speare's stage. It first ap-
peared in 1923 and seems
to be designed, for college
students although it is a
handy reference work for
anyone.
Evening star., 1961-05-07

$3.50. The text, by Crosby
Newell Bonsall, is almost as
good as the photographs. Mrs.
Bonsall is author in her own
right of an ingenious plug
for National Library Week in
TELL ME SOME MORE
(Harpers: S195).
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Law Professor,
Blind, 10 Run
With Stephens

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va,
April 8 (AP).-Law Professor
T. Munford Boyd took leave Of
absence from the University of
Virginia today and announced
Immediately that he would run
for attorney general on the
Stephens ticket.
The 61-year-old professor,
blind since childhood, rounds
out the ticket of Lit. Gov. A. E.
S. Stephens for Governor and
State Senator Armistead L.
Boothe for lieutenant governor.
They will face a full-three
man slate backed by the con-
servative Democratic organ
ization, plus a Toner" running
for attorney general in the
Democratic primary July IL.
The Stephens ticket will be
matched against the slate of
Attorney General A. s. Har-
rison, jr., for Governor, State
Senator Mills E. Goodwin, jr.,
for lieutenant governor, and
State Senator Robert Y. But
ton for attorney general.
Besides the two full tickets,
in the race for attorney general
is Eugene c. Adkins of Arling-
ton, q political newcomer not
aligned with any ticket.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Maryland Sets
Transport Study

BALTIMORE, April 8 (AP).
"A transportation study of the
Baltimore metropolitan area is
about to begin, the Maryland
State Roads Commission an
nounced today.
The commission said the 28-
month survey would be han
died by Wilbur Smith & Asso-
ciateS, a traffic engineering
firm, for $s18,00O.
The area under study in
cludes the City Of Baltimore
and parts of Anne Arundel
Baltimore and Howard Coun-
ties.
The Federal Bureau Of Pub.
lie Roads will pay 78 per cent
Of the cost of the study. The
rest will be shared by the State
Roads Commission and the
| subdivisions involved.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Alexandra Annexation Goal
Is 34-MiIe Area of Fdirfox
BY JOHN NEARY
Star Staff Writer

Alexandria has its annexa-
ton guns zeroed-in on a "a
suuare-miIe Fairfax County
target that would triple the
city's area and nearly double
its population.
The area has been tentatively
selected by city officials from
a 70-square-mile sector OF
Fairfax County examined by
consultants the city hired to
study the feasibility Of an
neXation.
The proposed move would
cost present city residents a
realty tax increase of from 10
to IL cents per 500 of assessed
value for the first year, to
cover the cost of annexation.
After the first year, the in
crease would be cut to 6 cents.
This would mean residents,
now paying $3.15 per 500 OF
assessed value-36 per cent OF
the fair market value of the
property-w ould be paying
about 1925 the first year, $500
afterward.
Cut for Fairfax Residents
In Fairfax, however, residents
who now pay $3.75 per $100 Of
assessed value (40 per cent of
fair market value) would enjoy
a 50-cent reduction the first
year, a 55-cent reduction after
ward.
Proponents point out that
the reduction is even greater
for Fairfax residents, who now
pay extra for trash collection,
to sanitary districts, and for
other services.
The sickle-shaped area rims
the city's western and southern
perimeters, contains about 8
per cent of the county's land,
and is occupied by nearly a
quarter of its population, or
1928 persons.
1t includes several shopping
centers, some of the county's
finest residential areas and
tracts for industrial develop
ment, such as the Shirley and
Cifcumferential highway sec
tors.
Benefit to County
Alexandria's consulta n t S
maintain the move actually
would benefit the county by
lifting from it a heavy burden
of bonded indebtedness.
Alexandria officials, who in
February were shown the
lengthy, complex study for the
first time, will meet again this
week to discuss the annexation
move further.
Top officials, anxious to
start an annexation suit be-
fore the State legislature re-
conveneS next year, say the
city must make a final deci-
sion by July /, to give attor-
neys time to draft necessary
papers.
The city today covers a lit
tie more than Is square miles,
and has a population of 81, ,023.
Leading proponents Of annex
alton, like Alexandria Mayor
Leroy S. Bendheim, maintains
the city has nearly exhausted
it's growth potential and must
expand to escape becoming a
dead city"
Boost City to Third Place
The proposed annexation
outlined on the map would
boost Alexandria into third
place among the States cities
in terms of population, trailing
Norfolk (305.872), and Rich
mond (219,958).
While city heads may change
the boundaries somewhat be-
fore giving final approval, the
area now fixed contains q
schools worth about $12 mil
lion, along with Is miles OF
Evening star., 1961-04-09
College to Install
EIectronic Room

HARRISONBURG. Va, April
8 (SpeciaD. - An electronic
classroom for instruction in
French, German and Spanish
will be installed at Bridgewater
College by the opening date Of
the 1861 summer session.
The announcement was made
recently by Raymond N. Andes,
head of the foreign language
department at the college. The
electronic classroom will be
equipped with a console, "a
Semiprivate booths and four
private booths.
From the consoles, lessons in
foreign languages will be trans
mitted to, the semiprivate
booths. The private booths
will be used for individual and
special instruction, and are
equipped with dual track tape
recorders. The cost Of the
equipment is $6,500.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Plants Surveyed
For Capabilities

ANNAPOLIS. April 8 (AP).-
An inventory Of manufactur-
ing capabilities is currently
under way among Maryland
manufacturers in Cumberland,
Hagerstown and Cambridge.
Harry A. Boswell. jr., chair
man Of the economic develop
ment commission, said the sur
vey was undertaken at the sug-
gestion of several Federal pro-
curement agencies.
Mr.. Boswell said the infor-
nation will enable the COM
mission to encourage Federal
purchasing in these areas. He
said similar surveys are being
contemplated for Baltimore
and several other communities.
The questionnaires seek an
inventory of plant equipment
and all facets Of the manu-
facturer's present operation
The survey also asks about
products currently manufac-
tured and the plants present
percentage of capacity opera.
Ition.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
COOKE TO SEEK
77th HOUSE TERM

MATHEWS, Va, April {
(AP).-Delegate John Warren
Cooke Of Mathews said today
he will seek an 18th term in
the General Assembly, and ap-
parently left the door wide
open for the Speakers race.
Mr.. Cooke said he hoped to
shortly arrive at a proper de-
cision" on whether he would
seek the speakership.
He is currently majority
floor leader of the House, and
in recent assembly sessions has
been fairly closely aligned, with
moderate factions while still
remaining a staunch member
Of the conservative Byrd fac
ton.
There apparently is growing
support for Mr.. Cooke to chal-
lenge E. Blackburn Moore OF
Berryville. Speaker Of the
House since 1952-longest ten
ure in Virginia history. He was
Offered the backing of a AZ
Evening star., 1961-04-09
VIRGINIA BRIEFS
Federal Aid
To Fuirfux
Need Cited

The Fairfax Board Of Coun-
ty Supervisors was told yeSter-
day that unless Congress pro-
vides some $3.3 million in
school aid, the county will have
to launch a short-term borrow
ing program.
In a two-and-a-half hour
session with the School Board,
Assistant Supt. Robert Walker
said the $29.9 million school
budget had been put together
with the expectation that Fed
eral aid would continue.
I'VE should insist that the
aid be extended" he said, "but
if it is not there is a possibility
we will have to go into short
term borrowing"
Supervisors began a line-by-
line scrutiny of the school
budget. Another session will be
set later.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Park Authority
Hits Expresswuy
Along Pimmit Run

Opposition to a proposed ex-
preSsway in the valley along
Pimmit Run in northern Fair
fax County has been voiced by
the County Park Authority.
The expressway would con-
meet Dulles International Air
port freeway with a proposed
bridge across the Potomac
River at Arizona avenue.
In a resolution sent to the
Fairfax County Planning Com
mission, the Park Authority
said:
Convincing evidence has not
been presented to establish that
this expressway is needed, and
if it should prove to be, no in
formation has been made
available regarding the feasi-
bility of several apparent alter
native routes that would avoid
the undesirable effects of the
present proposal nor the rea-
sons they have not been con-
sidered acceptable"
Evening star., 1961-04-09

primary roads and 100 miles
of secondary roads.
These, along with other pub
lie improvements such as sew
ers, would have to be paid for
by the city if annexation were
approved by a special three
Judge State court. The city
would compensate Fairfax for
its equity in the facilities and
assume all outstanding bonds
and debt service costs.
The consultants, Wiley &
Wilson, who prepared the study
at a cost to date Of about $780,
900, estimated the annexation
of all five areas shown on the
map would cost nearly $19 mil
lion.
Under Alexandria's appraisal
formula, the area holds real es-
tate carrying an assessed value
of more than $40 million.
The total area would yield,
from all sources, about 50 mil
lion yearly under the city's cur
rent tax rates.
Officials emphasize the an
Evening star., 1961-04-09

member block Of moderate
lawmakers about 10 days ago.
Mr.. Moore has announced
for a new term and said he
will try for an unprecedented
sixth term as Speaker.
difficult decision. I would dis
like intensely to oppose my old
friend Blackie Moore. We have
worked together a long time in
the operation Of the House. It
has beer a close and pleasant
association"
"On the other hand it is hard
to ignore the urging of friends
throughout Virginia, and my
own constituents, who are daily
calling on me to become a
candidate for speaker.
IT have never, in my public
career, been confronted with a
problem Of this magnitude. I
hope I can shortly arrive at a
proper decision"
Evening star., 1961-04-09
PUG. to Hold Heorino
On Bus Issue 7 omorrow

A consultant's report to the
District Public Utilities Com
mission yesterday recommended
that the D. C.. Transit System
be allowed to convert its re-
manning streetcar lines to bus
operation "aS quickly as is
practicable"
The report said "all factors
indicate that the public inter-
est will be best served by
prompt conversion" of the four
remaining lines.
Tomorrow in the District
Building the P. q. C. will open
public hearings on the question.
D. c. Transit has asked to be
permitted to convert but Con-
greSS has decreed that before
any further conversion can
take place, the National CapitaA
Transportation Agency should
be given the chance to deter
mine If the streetcarS and
tracks may be needed for a fu-
ture mass transit system.
N. Y. Expert Hired
In preparation for the hear
ing, the P. U. c. hired Edward
A. Roberts, a transportation
engineer of Flushing, N. Y, to
make an independent study.
His recommendation urging
conversion is that the street.
cars be "held intact tempo
rarily" until the new transpor-
tation agency can study
whether the cars or compo-
nents can be adapted for rapid
rail transit.
These were Mr.. Roberts find
ings:
Basically there is no sub
stantial possibility" that the
rapid transit system would use
present tracks or power equip
ment.
Conversion will mean passen-
gers on the remaining street.
car lines-Mount Pleasant,
Fourteenth street, U street and
Eleventh street-will make
their journeys more quickly and
more conveniently by bus" II
will probably mean $50 new air
conditioned buses would be
added to the D. c. Transit fleet.
Future fares will be less for
the riding public by permitting
a 100 per cent bus operation
than might be the case should
partial streetcar operations be
continued. Operating costs
make it uneconomical' to run
the comparatively few street
cars.
Traffic movement will be
aided generally by removal OF
streetcars from the middle
lanes of important thorough
fares. Some 267 loading plat
forms would be removed.
After consideration Of all
Evening star., 1961-04-09

nexation area boundaries are
not positively fixed, and that
one sector may not be sought.
In general, the consultants
found that the five areas COM
prise a unit compact enough
for urban development. City Of
ficials say they singled out five
areas from the 70-Square-mile
area studied by the consultants
because they are the most
contiguous" and because the
whole area would "just be too
much"
Mayor Bendheim points to
AleXandria's 1852 annexation
of about Z square miles as proof
Of the city's ability to make
annexation pay off( both for
annexed residents and the rest
of the city.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Cancer Seminar

A public seminar, "The
Truth About Cancer" will be
held at $3.50 pm, april 20, at
the Montgomery County jew
ish Community Center. Seven
area physicians will serve on a
discussion panel. The seminar
is being sponsored by the
Montgomery County Chapter,
American Cancer Society.
Evening star., 1961-04-09

the facts" Mr.. Roberts report
stated, "our conclusion is that
there Is no substantial pos
Sibility that any transit de-
velopment program will include
the future use Of rail cars op-
Grating over any portion of the
tracks. (of the remaining
lines)."
He noted that many street.
car passengers may oppose the
switch to buses because the
streetcar provides a smoother
ride.
However" his report said
"the almost universal opinion
in the transit industry is that
greater speed is the most i'm.
portant goal Of transit service
in the future if public trans.
portation is to compete effec.
lively with private automobile
transportation"
Buses, Mr.. Roberts declared
provide opportunity for a faster
ride and this should "out-
weigh whatever minor advan-
tage the streetcar may have il
physical comfort"
The study showed that busel
operated faster than streetcar'
along those routes converted II
early 1860. Buses ran 9.44 mile
an hour compared to 8.77 mile
an hour for streetcars. Thii
resulted in a saving In opera
tors wages as well as speediel
service, the report said.
Clarke's Backing
Backing quick conversion tt
buses is District Engineer Com.
missioner Frederick j. Clarke
When stalled streetcars tied ur
traffic during last winters Sc.
we're snow storms. Gen. Clarke
urged that 1t need not happen
again II buses were allowed tc
replace them.
The transit company has
contended that large sums o1
money will have to be spent
in the face Of its need fol
additional revenue-on repair.
ing and maintaining the tracks
still in use. It wants to aban.
don the tracks by next January
Tearing up the tracks wa.
not mentioned in the consul.
tant's report.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
RustIing Charged

WYTHEVILLE, Va, April 9
(AP).-A case of cattle rus
ting has resulted in grand
larceny charges against 49,
year-old Joseph Dawson, ot
Speedwell, Wythe County. He
is accused of stealing three
yearlings last week from 8
farm owned by Mrs. j. W
Summerman.
Milford chronicle., 1961-07-28
John Ryan Loves
His Harness Horse

John Ryan. a former Delaware
State Patrolman. takes issues with
pet fanciers over which animal is
mans best friend"
For Ryan. it's a six-year-old har-
ness horse named Estella's Gold
which is seeing action at Ocean
Downs Raceway in Ocean City,
Maryland through August 3.
For most race horse owners. the
relationship with their chargers is
strictly business. but not with Mr..
Ryan. Estella's Gold cost Mr.. Ryan
$50. Last year he rejected an offer
of $4,000 for him without hesita-
ton.
II just couldn't sell him" the
Millsboro, Delaware. horseman
said. He's part of the family. !"
He added, i've often thought
might make a good days pay by
selling him TO someone and then
buying him back at a reduced pr
ice when the new owner discover
ed that he's nothing but a worth
less. homesick plug without me.
Estella's Gold is a one-man
horse and he expects John Ryan
to be a one-horse man. l can't
drive or even walk another horse
without him kicking up a storm
in his STALL" Ryan says. I'm
afraid he'll hurt himself. so / just
have to stay away from other
horses"
Mr. Ryan had to hire someone
to train a half-brother of Est
elias Gold, Kathleen's Boy, the
other entry from his Blue and
Gold Stables campaigning at Ocean
Downs, because of Estella's Colds
jealousy.
Every morning at six o'clock
sharp, Estella's Gold begins whick-
ering for his broadcast until he
awakens Mr.. Ryan who sleeps ten
feet away in a coy tack room.
He acts more like a lap dog than
valuable race horse. He nuZzles
his master for attention and rests
his head on his shoulder as the
veteran trainer rubs him down
after a workout
The son of Bonnie's Junior and
Betty Mckenny of the Dalbey
Farm in Georgetown. Delaware.
the fast-stepping PAGER was taken
from the pasture as a young colt
and broken and trained personally
W Mr.. Ryan. The success If this
training program is illustrated by
the fact that in all of his seventy
odd races. Estella's Gold has never
broken his gait.
Mrs. Ryan-Estella F., who is
carried on the books as owner.
provided the inspiration for the
name, Estella's Gold
The well-mannered bay gelding
has steadily trimmed seconds off
his time for the mile pace. Last
year. as a five-year-old, his best
recorded time was 2:04 2-5 and
he banked $10.120 in earnings.
Knowledgeable people around Oc-
can Downs say that Estella's Gold
is a horse to watch.
Even if he doesn't win a single
race, il won't affect the warm rap
port between the man and the
horse.
Milford chronicle., 1961-07-28

Try this simple test to deter
mine the presence of mites: Hold
sheet of white paper beneath OF
branch. Lightly tap the branch
Mites that drop on the paper
scurry fast to get off. They appear
as tiny specks that move.
FrOst-Hit Trees need Help
Late frosts damaged leaves OF
trees in an erratic pattern from
Central Atlantic States deep into
New England. In Delaware, FIR
osts nipped first leaves as they
were emerging from buds. Now
these leaves are wrinkled and
cupped. giving naples, oaks, beech,
dogwood and sweetgum a withered
and tattered appearance.
Farther north, reports Don Can't
well of the Bartlett Tree Expert
Co.. the worst damage was done
by the May 81 frost Hardest hit
were oak. spruce, yew and crab
apple growing in low pockets. I'm
like frost-nipped trees southwark,
these trees may put forth new
crop of leaves.
Nevertheless. frost-hurt trees be-
come weakened. They should be
regenerated by feeding or invig-
Grafton injection of liquid food
into the soil around the roots.)
Dutch elm disease is breaking
out over wide areas this year, but
the 1891 t0ll of elmS NAV he less
than in recent years.
Don Cantwell, district manager
of the Bartlett Tree Expert Co.,
gives this reason for the encour-
aging sign:
ION private places and in towns
and villages where tree care is
practiced and a Dutch elm dis
ease prevention program carried
out, the incidence of infection is
Milford chronicle., 1961-07-28
TREE TALK
Mites Giving Eeyergreens, Syca

Mites Giving Eeyergreens, Syca-
more. Oaks A Sick Look
Needles of hemlock, arborvitae
and spruce become notified and
chlorotic. Often tree owners be-
come concerned when it's too late
for remedial measures.
Mites are attacking now, says
Don Cantwell, district manager of
the Bartlett Tree Expert Co, and
may have been for a month or
longer. Mites are spiderlike pests
that feed on the epidermis of the
needles and leaves infested. They
frequently attack leaves of oak,
sycamore and linden. When hot
weather arrives leaves become dr.
led and the trees have a bronzy,
dusty look
Weather this year has been fav-
orable for mite build-up. Often the
presence of mites goes unnoticed
until damage shows up. BY then
nothing can restore the lost green.
There are many species of mites.
The spruce mite attacks a wide
variety of evergreens. The two
spotted. southern red and oak mite
are just as serious. Glover mites
invade homes. They are more an
noying than harmful. Squirting
them with an aerosol bomb in
doors will give control.
But spraying with a miticide
such as lelthane is necessary to
control mites in trees and shrubs.
Spray as soon as possible. and re-
peat the application three weeks
to a month later. Mites multiply
fast. They are present now in all
stages adults. nymphs Immature
form and eggs (tiny spheres on
bark and needless.