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Persistence Paid Off

The Condettt kidnap-murder case
has provided the Federal Bureau of In
veStigation with further proof that its
policy OF tireleSS, persistent inquiry, in
cooperation with local authorities, pays
off in the end The FBI is known to
have checked on more than 1000 pos
sible suspects following the finding last
November of the slain and violated body
of Seven-year- old Mike Condetti in a
woods near Ardmore, Maryland. 1t was
a long, tedious investigation that in
volved scrutiny of police and court rec
ords here and elsewhere for criminals
known to be sex offenders. Gradually
the list was narrowed to a few persons,
among whom stood out the name of
former Mt. Rainier resident with long
criminal record, including a short prison
term for moleSting young boy This
man was Joseph H. Alvey, alias "Whiskey
joe" The FBI has charged him with
kidnapping under the Lindbergh Law,
which authorizes the death penalty If
the victim is harmed.
"Whiskey Joe" had been arrested
at least twelve times for variety of
offenseS, ranging from assault to house
breaking, before being sent to Lorton
Reformatory in 1949 on the sex charge.
He served five years of three-to-nine-
year sentence. Alvey became prime
suspect in the Condetti case when the
FBI learned that he had disappeared
from this area shortly after the murder
Of the Condetti boy Then began sys-
to -
Jurisdictions assisted, eliminating in the
arrest last Saturday. Alvey is presumed
TO be innocent until trial jury is con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-09
Durable Chancellor

On at least two grounds the re-
election of Dr. Konrad Adenauer to a
fourth consecutive term as Chancellor
of the West German Republic should
meet with warm approval here. One is
that this durable and determined cham
pion of freedom in the postwar world
will retain, for the near future, his
influential voice in the councils of
Western leadership. The other is that
nearly two months of uncertainty about
the shape of a post-election government
in Bona period in which policy
making there and policy consultations
elsewhere have been at a virtual stand
Still-are close to an end.
With this acknowledged, however,
1t is obvious that time of change has
come in West German politics and that
DR.. Adenauer'S new term in office will
be first of all a chapter of transition.
He has, in fact, as a part of the high
price he was willing to pay for his own
continuance as Chancellor, already
promised that he will step down from
this office before the normal four-year
term expires. Forced into the necessity
of bargaining when his Christian Demo-
cratic Union lost its Bundestag majority
in the September elections, Dr. Adenauer
has made other significant concessions
in the course of reaching an agreement
that the new government will be formed
in coalition with the Free Democratic
Party. The resignation" of one of his
most trusted lieutenants, Foreign Min
lister Heinrich Won Brentano, was one of
these concessions, and it is still not clear
how much further voice in at least the
economic aspects of foreign policy he
has sagreed to allow his new Free
Democratic partners.
On the political stage as such, the
full impact of the September voting and
the subsequent inter party negotiations
may be a long time unfolding. Through
its protracted period as West Germany'S
dominant party, the CDU itself has
developed factions and secondary leaders
who have become restless and some
times reSentful under the stern AIDE
nauer authority. In the light of his
pledge to withdraw, the temptation to
The Free Democrats, too, may consider
that their bill for continuing CO.
operation should involve continuing
payments.
For the Western alliance as whole,
DR.. AdenauerS visit to Washington later
this month should be both helpful and
informative. During and since the Ger
man election campaign, questions have
arisen in both Bonn and Washington
about precise policy positions on Berlin,
on East VS.. West Germany and on
possible East-WeSt summit converse
tionS. 1t was difficult, if not impossible,
to clear these up as long as uncertainty
prevailed about who was to head the
next Bonn government or under what
political conditions. President Kennedy
and Chancellor Adenauer should be able
to get to the heart of this matter when
they meet here. 1t is essential that they
do so, and it is good that the opportunity
is near
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-09
Picture the Troubles!

We can think of nothing more apt
to stir the wrath of already wrathful
and harried motorists than the Dis
trict'S scheme for requiring color photo
graphs on their driving permits. Who
ever thought up this unrealistic idea
ought to be assigned the job of hauling
in drivers who are allergic to having
their pictures taken by anybody but
their favorite portrait cameramen. And
he should be forced to face the irate
women who, we suspect, will contend
that the official photo must be someone
elSe'S
The plan is utterly unrealiStic and
impracticable, we believe, for other rea-
sons, too. For example, scores if not
hundreds of the 100000 or so permit
holders whose licenses come up for re-
newal every three years are sure to be
out of the city or out of the country
when notified to appear to be photo
graphed. These, it is stated, will be re-
lieved of the picture requirement until
they return, their permits meanwhile
being reissued as usual. This will result
in two kinds of District drivers per-
mitS-those with pictures and those
without.
We can picture too many troubles
and too little advantage to the picture
plan to warrant its adoption-even if
the estimated cost of sos, 900 or more
is not counted. We hope the Commits
SionerS will reconsider this ridiculous
proposal If they refuse to do so, we trust
that Congress will reject 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-09
Matter of Honor

Honor is a positive value.
Not Just I'm not as bad as
you are"
In the realm Of being, you
are either with life or
against it. If the United
States can admit its mistakes
in going against life by turn
ing the forces of nature
against her people in devel-
oping atomic weapons and
using them against the Japa-
nese, we can regain our ma
tional honor and then be free
to deal with the Russians as
best we can.
Phyllis w. Grady.
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Dogs Life

1 am surprised that the
magnificent demonstration of
the Canine Corps in connec-
ton with the Tooth anniver-
sary of the Metropolitan po-
lice which took place on No
vember 4, 1861 was given such
a small notice in your Sun
day edition of November 5.
To think that only about
two years ago the K-9 Corps
did not exist. Now there are
about 40 trained dogs and
their handlers-all top notch
officers-on duty. Their rec
ord, so often mentioned in
your paper, speaks for it
self.
I think this demonstration
deserved a more prominent
place in your esteemed paper.
w. A. WydenbOOk -LOe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-09
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Mystery of the FIuorescent Sea
By THOMAS R. HENRY

Sea water contains sub
stances of unknown nature
which emit a bright blue
fluorescence in sunlight or
moonlight. They are believed
to be derived from the de-
composition or metabolism of
ocean animals or plants.
They may have an important
part in the ways of life of
many sea animals.
This is reported by
Herman Friedrich of the In
stitute for Sea Research of
Bremerhaven, Germany, in a
report just published by the
American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
Some Fish Shun Light
1t is known that many sea
organisms are damaged by
exposure to light of all sorts
and this damage can be in
creased markedly in the pres
ence of fluorescence. Thus
several species of fish, for ex-
ample, remain sheltered dur
ing the day when strong SUM-
light penetrates the water
and emerge to feed only in
the dark.
Many instances are
known" DR.. Friedrich says,
"of animals damaged not only
by ultraviolet but by visi-
BILE light. A strong interfer-
ence with respiration of some
creatures has been observed
under strong Illumination.
There has been recorded a
decrease of about one-half
from the normal in one CO.
pepod. Plants also are known
to be damaged by strong
light. Most diatoms micro
Scopic sea plants occur at
depths of several meters be-
low the surface. Many ami
mails, especially in litoral
habitatS, prefer the dark or
are active only at night and
remain hidden during the
day.
Probably strong light af-
fects endocrine systems.
Damage resulting from expo
sure can be increased
markedly in the presence of
fluorescelIt substances. Visi-
BILE rays of these substances
may be harmful to both ami
mails and humans. 1t has
been reported, for instance.
that eggs, sperm and larvae
of one sea urchin are not in
jured by exposure to light in
pure sea water, but soon die
when exposed to light with
eosin, a fluorescent material,
at the same time"
A deep, narrow valley cuts
across the floor of the North
Atlantic
While its existence has
been known for some years,
the first detailed description
has just been reported to the
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I am surprised at the
readiness with which some
people and organizations in
our community are willing
to brand themselves publicly
as champions of the peddler
of written obscenity. Where
have been their protests over
the arrests of fences, pimps,
and pushers? Certainly such
unsavory statesmen and their
customers consider that their
business and private inter
ests respectively are in
fringed by the law. In these
cases, however. the moral
standards held by the ma
jority in our society uphold
laws which operate to the
detriment of the interests
and desires of this minority.
May the people of Mont
gomery County, therefore,
provide their States At
torney, Leonard Hardy, with
abundant evidence that such
literature as "Tropic of Can
Ger" does not conform to the
moral standards of their
community, and let those
who desire its sale and pur-
chase be counted as the
minority, aligned with the
fences, pimps, pusherS and
their customers whose views
on other moral issues are
counter to those of the ma
jority in our community.
Anthony DrummOnd.
A letter from Virginia
Scholtzhauer says:
The forces for illegal CEN
SorShip which are present in
every community have re-
ceived offici a. encourage
ment. The staff of our fine
public library Montgomery
County has been Inundated
and rendered over-cautious.
We may never know the full
extent of damage to our in
tellectual freedom"
Involvement in unpleasant
controversy. such as this
"Tropic of Cancer" ban,
could encourage the director
of county public libraries to
avoid any such future I'M
pleasantnesS by imposing his
own form of censorship. But
the big question is, would it?
There are many Federal
and county employees, so the
rumor goes, that don't hest
tate to enforce their given
powers contrary to their be-
lief in what is right, just so
long as they may continue to
feed their children and pay
the rent. They claim their
family obligations are worth
more than a small right of
the people.
Government employees are
not Spineless creatures who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-09
Sdndburq-Eisenhower

heJGeIS lIOIil your readers
attempting to defend former
President Eisenhower from
Poet Sandburg's charge of be-
ing ungrammatical indicate
that many good people still
believe that Mr.. Eisenhower
and other high public Off
Gals personally write the
speeches which they labor
iously wade through in front
of a microphonel Lament
ably, in the eyes of those
who know otherwise, most of
these officials are quite will
ing to accept credit for the
finely phrased views and SEN
timents which their ghost
writers prepare for them.
The TV comics have long
since been forced to &C
knowledge Though not suf-
ficently) their Indebtedness
to their writer's. for without
their prepared gags, most of
them would be about as funny
as a fence post. Few, how
ever, have been as fortnight
in the matter as was the.
late Babe Ruth. When asked
if he actually wrote the auto
biography bearing his name
(which incidentally, 1 believe
was the work of the versa
tile Bob Considine) he re-
piled Write it? I haven't
even read it,"
Forthrightness in politics
is as rare a jewel as consist
ency, yet would it not be
refreshing to hear Mr.. Eisen-
hover. Nixon, Stevenson,
johnson, or any other high
official, begin an address by
pointing to the manuscript
in front of him and saying:
Good friends, I have here a
dissertation on the subject
of. 1t represents con-
siderable research and care
full composition on the part
of my very capable staff. I
shall try and read it, as I
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will sell out their neighbors
for the going price of a job.
There are other jobs as well
as many people to stand by
them. Not only this, it seems
to me that in this present
world situation, where free
dom means so much, no in
diyidual would be more con-
cerned with protecting the
American freedoms as Gov
eminent employees, Federal
or State.
John Nachtman.
When a group wants to
censor something, any excuse
will do. One group suppresses
"McGuffey's Readers" for be-
ing. "sectarian." Another
group suppresses Operation
Abolition" for being "inaccu-
rate" A third group sup
presses "Tropic of Cancer"
for being obscene" My
stand is that when something
Is controversial, each adult
must be allowed to make his
own decision concerning it
rather than be told what to
think, an insult that implies
he can not think.
However, it will be inter
esting to see how many anti
censorship people, who so
vocally defend the circula-
ton of '"Tropic of Cancer" in
Montgomery County, will as
vocally also defend the show
ing of Operation Abolition"
in the county November 7
under sponsorship of Whea-
ton Chamber of Commerce.
1t seems that more of us tend
to be like Milton, who was in
favor of freedom of speech
for everyone except the Ro-
man Catholics with whom he
happened to disagree, than
like Voltaire, whose attitude
was that although 1 dis
agree with him, I will defend
to the death his right to
speak" Ruth SmOck.
One can feel glad that he
lives in the free" State Of
Maryland and an "enlight-
ened" county such as Mont
gomery. Adults in this
county are intellectual and
read many enlightening
books to expand their outlook
on the complex world we live
in.
We are indeed lucky that
we can have officials such
as County Manager Butcher
and Attorney Hardy. Their
knowledge of which books
contain literary merit and
which ones do not is indeed
gratifying. Now, because of
their great literary back
ground, they are going to
censor books which we
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have been coached, to bring
out the more important parts
as clearly as possible. I hope
you will bear with me for the
views expressed herein repre-
sent the current stand of my
party on this important ques-
ton. I am pleased to have
the privilege of reading it
to you"
Ed Burke.
y
Tell Sandburg to go comb
his hair the cobwebs are
showing.
David Lawrence and Ike
amt got no hair for cobwebs
to clutter up-lLousy Eng
lish, but the truthD
A. c. Nagel.
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THE POLITICAL MILL
Kennedy's Political Stock Goes Up
By GOULD LINCOLN

some good gains in the up
state municipal elections.
ousting Democratic mayors in
Buffalo and Syracuse, for ex-
ample. The final count
showed that Republicans had
displaced 10 Democratic
mayors and the Democrats
had won in eight cities which
had Republican mayors.
Stature Increased
MIR. Wagner now becomes
the foremost Democratic
leader in New York. Already
he is being spoken of as the
likely opponent of Gov
Rockefeller for Governor next
year. He certainly will have
much to say about the party's
fnal selection of a guberna-
torial candidate, whether he
runs himself or not. Not a
little will depend on the rec
ord which he makes in New
York City in the first year
OF his third term, however. If
he does not make a better
showing than in his second
term, he will not have a Chi
naman's chance against Gov.
Rockefeller - and he might
not in any event.
II Mr.. Wagner does not
run for Governor. the DEM
ocrats may have a tough
time finding any one able to
challenge Gov. Rockefeller.
Representative Sam Stratton
a Democratic Congressman
from Schenectady, has been
Endorsed for the nomination
by several upstate Democratic
organizations. But Democrat
&c candidates for Governor
usually have come from the
big city. Perhaps the Ken
nedyS can find a new and at
present not discernible candi-
date-for they are strongly
interested in defeating the
Governor of New York next
year.
Mr.. Wagner, it has been
repeatedly said, prefers to
run for the Senate-and so
follow in his fathers foot
steps-rather than run for
Governor. He might find it
the better part of valor.
The Democrats in New
York have many wounds to
heal. Democratic state Chair
man Michael Prendergast re-
fused to support Mr.. Wagner
and turned to Mr.. Gerosa.
Carmine G. DeSapio is being
superseded as Tammany
leader, and Mr.. Wagner
promised to get rid of other
Democratic borough leaders
in the city, all of whom de-
clined to support him for re-
nomination. Indeed, the sit
uation has many troubles for
the Democrats.
But Tuesdays main cleo
tions-and also that con-
gressional election in San
Antonio on Saturday-Went
President Kennedy'S way,
and he will benefit politically.
He had the courage and po-
litical acumen to campaign in
New Jersey, where he had lit
tie to lose and much to gain.
He did not go to Texas, but
Vice President johnson did,
with effect. No Republican
had been elected in that dis
trict since the late Harry M.
Wurzback, first chosen in
1920-and for several sue
ceeding Congresses.
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More Views on Censorship and Obscenity

should not read, such as
"Tropic of Cancer" and see
that the book stores and Ii
braries do not have them.
Intelligent adults of this
enlightened county are not
as lucky as the "unenlight-
ened" District of Columbia
which does not have self
made censors. They do not
have 'censors who impose
their arbitrary banning on
freedom of the press!
Joseph NJ. JEFFERSON.
-
In a recent letter to The
Star, it was stated that the
American Association of
University Women is deeply
concerned over the precedent
established and the lack of
judicial procedure in the re-
cent banning of the novel
'Tropic of Cancer by Henry
Miller"
The letter goes on to defend
the sale of this book and de-
cries the so called public hu-
initiation of our public library
staff and to say that we may
never know the full extent of
damage to our intellectual
freedom. I wonder if this
letter expresses the opinion
of anything like the majority
membership of this organi-
cation? I sincerely hope it
does not.
1t is getting a little tire
some to read that the
"sophisticates and intellectu-
ais" of Chevy Chase should
be entitled to read any filth
that a perverted mind may
write on paper. Again, as is
so often the case, the bleed
ing hearts call for freedom
without realizing the obliga-
lions and duties that go with
freedom. They cry censor
ship because of the suppress
sion of literary garbage.
This country is a free coun-
try and we are proud of it.
but we are not free to do
or publish things which can
be and are harmful to other
Americans. To claim that a
person can be sophisticated
and intellectual enough to be
entitled to read this type of
matter is pretty aSinine.
Robert c. Gilmore.
Among the bitter contro-
versy over censorship of
"lewd" books, I wonder if the
most important and funda-
mental question is perhaps
overlooked: Why do the chill
dren land adults. too who
read obscene" books for their
isolated passages have such
a craving for these intimate
and detailed descriptions?
Gary Aiken.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
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Soviet Academy of Sciences
following explorations of the
Russian oceanographic ex-
ploring ship Lomonosov.
The substance of the re-
port is an abstract from the
United States Department of
Commerce translation service.
The valley, cutting through
the mid-Atlantic ridge along
essentially the 50th parallel
which runs from Newfound-
land to Northern Ireland,
says the report, lis V-Shaped
and resembles a narrow can
yon. Its sides have a slope
of 10 to II degrees.
1T averages Is to 20 miles
wide. The floor is uneven and
with very prominent rises.
The floor has a depth of
about 10000 feet. 1t is sit,
uated at almost the same
level as the foot of the North
Atlantic Ridge.
Valley of Earthquakes
The evidence indicates
that this rift valley is still
in a stage of development.
Most of the epicenters of
North Atlantic earthquakes
are associated with the val
ley and it evidently is the
site of active faults. The al
most complete absence of de-
posts on its floor is evidence
that it is of recent origin"
The LomonoSov now is
completing the first stage of
Investigations in the North
Atlantic concentrating on
the open sea where Soviet
fishing vessels carry out most
of their operations. Prom
lnent among the investiga-
tons have been that of the
bottom relief of the Green
land Sea which has resulted
in discovery of several previ-
ously unknown bottom fea-
lures. Some of these, accord
ing to the report, throw
much new light on the ex-
change of waters between the
North Atlantic and Arctic
Oceans.
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Question: Was there ever
a United States political
group called CoodieS?-N. A.
Answer: The Goodies"
was a nickname applied to
a faction of the Federalist
Party in New York that
favored the War of 1912. The
name was derived from the
fictitious name "Abimelech
COody." first used in a satire
against the leader Of the
faction, Gulian C. Verplanck.
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WINGED of his guilt. The only thing proved
up to this point is that anybody
wanted" by the FBI is very apt to be
found.