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Evening star., 1961-02-10
FORE AND AFT
Boats Up to 80 Feet Long
To Be Seen ot Home Show
FORE AND AFT

Washington's closest ap-
proach to q full-scale motor
boat show opens . week from
today In the National Guard
Armory.
Again the Washington AS
sociation Of Marine Dealers
has joined with the Metro
politan Home Builders in max
ing boats . goodly portion Of
the outdoor picture in the 1861
Home and Outdoor Living
Show.
Boats Of all types from
cruisers to outboards and re-
lated products or services from
Ielectronic equipment to financ-
ing and insurance will be in the
exhibition which will continue
through February 26. -
queen" Of the show will be
o S0-foot Chris-C Craft Cavalier
with dual power. shown by
William ]. Little, Inc. The
same company also will show
Chris Crafts 1851 version Of its
25.foot Custom Cavalier.
Owens Has Teak Decks
Rivaling the 30-foot Chris
Craft will be O 27-foot Owens
Flagship express cruiser and q
27-foot Trojan cruiser. The
Owens win be exhibited by the
M. j. Styron Co. and features
all-teak decks and q walk
around hand rail. The Trojan
will be shown by Patuxent Ma
rine which also Is displaying o
24-foot Bellcraft Jersey sea
skiff and Q 25-foot Chris Craft
Cavalier.
Styron's display also will in
clude Q 25-foot Owens seaskiff
that this year has o stainless
steel galley with recessed stove
which folds away when not In
use so that the first mate has
the entire galley surface as
work space.
Another interesting cruiser
will be o 26-foot Albright four
sleeper In fiberglaS. It Is
powered by Q 188-horsepower
Evening star., 1961-02-10

Gray and will be shown by
Maryland Marine Center.
The outboard exhibits will
be many and varied but one
of the most novel will be an
1S-foot Laurel catamaran in
fiberglaS powered by q Is
horsepower Scott. The twin
hulls give the boat 70 square
feet Of cockpit space. Exhibitor
Is Bugress Electric and Hard
ware Co.
Novel Craft Included
Some Of the novel craft
seen at the National Motor
Boat Show in New York also
will be on display. These will
include the Sea Skinner. q
51a-foot boat said to be the
smallest powered craft afloat.
Operators lie on their tum-
mics In the stern and trail
legs and feet. They grasp q
handle on each side which
controls the power and steer
with body English" and by
using o foot as rudder.
The makers insist the boat
Is safe even for q child be-
cause all working parts are
concealed and it will stop If
the handles are released. Flo
tation chambers filled with
plastic foam are said to make
the craft unsuitable.
There are three models
ranging in price from 1895 to
$685.. The smallest is battery
operated while the others have
8 or 22-horsepower gasoline
power.
The miniature Whirlwind
tug boat that drew q lot Of
attention at the New York
show also will be seen. It is be-
ing exhibited by Patuxent Ma
rine and sells for 1895.
Tug for Small Fry
The little tug, built specially
for small fry, has q 13-foot
steel hull pilot house. cabin
and cockpit aft. Painted black,
Evening star., 1961-02-10

place you want to finish, make
a loop Of Q separate piece Of
thread, lay the thread on your
wind with the loop down and
wind over 1t. When the wind
is completed, snip the thread
and put the end through the
loop. A quick pull will give you
a fine whip finish.
Next, SINCE any protruding
ends and coat each winding
literally with color preserva-
tive. Allow each coat to dry
and apply second and third
coats. If you don't, the var
nish will darken the blues,
green's or reds that you are
using.
Final step Is to varnish the
rod, except for the cork grips,
OF course. Put on several coats
and allow to dry thoroughly
between each coat.
Build Surf Rod
We've had several inquiries
about building fiberglas surf
rods Of the type that cost from
$50 or $40 up in the stores.
Glass blanks are available in
this area selling for about S14
to SIT according to the manu-
facturer. These are IL feet long
and q glass calcutta may be
made simply by adding two
CHAMPIONS for the reel, selling
at IS cents each, guides at
$3.75 for q spinning set or reg
ulation surf guides at rs cents
to 81 each and q wrapping of
Evening star., 1961-02-10

mail-order houses but you'll
find parts of all types from
fiberglas blanks to winding
thread at nearby sports shops
The proprietors, too, will be
glad to offer their counsel.
Some will say it's cheaper TO
buy than to build your new
rod. That may be true to q
degree. Granted that you have
bought good materials, the diff
ference in q fine rod will be its
finish. If you put a lot of time
and effort into turning out a
well-finished rod, then it will
be worth as much or more
than any factory-built rod.
Besides, you've had the pleas
ure Of creating something.
Buy Good Blank
Let's say you want to build
q spinning rod. You start with
the blank. Fiberylas blanks
come IN two basic types. solid
glass and hollow glass. buy
the best hollow glass blank you
can find. It will be worth the
extra pennies.
Your blank may be in one
or two pieces. With ferrules in
stalled, the two-piece blank
will sell for about 81. Youn
also need guides. at $3.50 q set,
o reel seat at $3.50 and about
20 cork rings out of which to
fashion the grip. They cost 6
cents each, so that's $1.20.
Then there should be q
winding check costing two
bits, nylon winding silk at IS
or 20 cents 9 spool, a small
bottle of color preservative at
Is cents, epoxy cement at IS
cents or so q tube and q small
bottle Of rod varnish at prob
ably Is cents. Only other need
would be some Sandpaper and
perhaps an aluminium case to
protect the rod after it Is
completed.
You begin by sanding the
blank lightly to remove any
imperfections. Then start put
ting on cork rings, gluing them
evenly from the butt up. About
eight will be needed before you
are ready to install the reel
seat.
Next, measure the reel seat
and add the cork rings-about
seven-that will 60 under it,
gluing as you 60. Sand down
these rings so that the reel
seat slips snugly over them
and then glue the seat in place
with epoxy cement. Finally, in
stall the five or six cork rings
that will be needed for the fore
grip and then sand all the
rings to obtain the exact con-
tour you desire.
In winding on the guides, it
makes a fine effect to put on
an underwrap, which simply
means measuring exactly
where you want the guides,
then putting on 6. wind that
covers the total distance Of the
top and bottom winds plus the
guide. In this way, the rod has
> winding underneath each
guide.
E When you wind q guide,
start high on the shank and
wind tightly, inspecting it
carefully as you 60 along. Start
by winding over the end, then
cut off the excess with q razor
blade.
About six wraps form the
Evening star., 1961-02-10
Hos Light Touch

The speedboat. Miss Super
test III, is more than 80 feet
long and weighs three tons. But
at full speed, only about one
and one-half square feet Of the
boat is In contact with the
water.
Evening star., 1961-02-10
SATISFIES THAT ITCH
Building Fishing Rod
Fine Winter Project
BY CHARLES COVELL
Outdoor Editor

What, you're itching to go fishing and springs
still far away? One thing you can do to chase the
mdwinter blues is to get to work on your tackle. Do
you need another rod? How about building your own
First off, the project calls for no great skill nor
deXterity with tools Kits are available from certain
Evening star., 1961-02-10
BOATS and MARINE

CHRIS CRAFT-V-s. 2Os 1s5-h.p. enc
gines. S975 plus trade. Factory dis.
tributor: LITTLE. SOB Maine ave. s.w.
Ma. S-5940.
WANT approx, 28x1s" RI. propellerS
32x2s" r H. for sale. WALT BOWLEs,
co. o-OSOO lOo
22.FT. OWENS INBOARD CRUISES
'57: perfect inside and out. 81. 400,
will finance. RE 6-2600.
26' ALBRIGHT FIBERGLAs CRUISERS
"4-sleeper," 19S-h.p. GRAY engine,
S6.695, 5-yr. financing. MARYLAND
Evening star., 1961-12-27
White Elephant

White elephants always are embar-
RAISING to those responsible for them,
and no amount of explanation now by
District highway officials will alter
the fact that the Connecticut avenue
streetcar underpasS of Dupont Circle,
with the demise of streetcars, stands
as monument to their own fallibility.
But is fallibility, after all, such a
sin? To hear some critics of the High
way Department, one would think
that Connecticut avenue was ripped
up dozen or so years ago in the full
knowledge Of future events. And all
this is being used, quite unfairly, of
course, to imply that nothing highway
officials say about traffic needs of the
future has any merit.
Rather, it seems to us, the lesson
Of the underpass is that there are
no pat answers to the transportation
problem in growing urban areas, but
that expensive new facilities-freeways
included-should provide for as many
different forms of transportation as
possible. In the meantime, Highway
Director Aitken thinks the underpass
might be adapted to buses without
too great an expense. We hope so,
for this at least would put the white
elephant on Connecticut avenue to
limited labor.
Evening star., 1961-12-27
And More Holidays Ahead

It is a sad commentary on our
holiday driving habits that this years
season Of peace and good will has
ended in violent death on the high
ways for more than 500 men, women
and children. Not since 1855 "black
Christmas" death toll of 609 had traf-
fic fatalities exceeded the 500 mark
for three-day period.
Traffic authorities blamed this
years heavy toll on bad driving con-
ditions, added to the usual prevalence
of carelessnesS and outright reckless
ness. And the year-end traffic-accident
story is not yet completed. Another
three-day holiday week end Is coming
up. We wonder how many more Ameri-
cans will suddenly be converted into
traffic statistics as the New Year
daWns.
Evening star., 1961-12-27
IReb' the Hero

Thank you for your front
page item on the little cocker,
"Reb," who was the hero in
the pet hospital fire.
I live across the street from
the Ross Veterinary Home
and Hospital, and have be-
come acquainted with "Reb"
on my way to work in the
morning, while he is waiting
for his friends at the hos
pital to let him in.
"Reb" is a well-mannered
friendly little dog, who OBJ
viously likes humans-even
those who kick at him in the
morning or try to send him
away.
My reason for writing is
the hope that some of the
ones who dislike animals
especially the ones who kick
at animals-will make a res
olution for the coming year
to believe that a dog is
mans best friend" and be
kind to animals.
The personnel Of the Ross
Veterinary Hospital are to
be commended for their care
of their charges.
Irene p. O'COnnOr.
Evening star., 1961-12-27
A BOOK FOR TODAY
How the Wireless Started in Britain
By DONALD MINTZ

post office sought q sharp
limitation on the number
and power of entertainment
broadcasters. The chosen in
strument was a broadcasting
combine composed of manu-
facturers of radio equipment.
This was the British Broad
casting Co. which began Of
ficial operations in Novem-
ber, 1922, and was the pre-
decesSor Of the present Brit
ish Broadcasting Corp, which
began functions on January
/, 1927.
If the initial concern Of
the Government was the pos
sibility Of transmission chaos,
the concern over program
content soon equalled and
then exceeded it. The old
BIC had a curious charter
which left it partly independ-
ent and partly a more or
less acknowledged tool Of the
Establishment" The fasci-
mating intricacies Of this
pragmatic compromise are
exhaustively explored by Mr..
Briggs.
BUT THE OLD BBC was
also partly a tool Of its first
general manager, j. C. w.
Reith. the man after whom
the famous Reith Lectures Of
the modern BIC are named.
Lord Reith remained with
the BIC until the late 1930s
and the extent to which he
impressed his own views and
personality on it Is remark
able. The calm Ito us some
times stuffy) tone, the utter
reliability Of the news serv-
ice, the celebrated cultural
talks which however, are q
small part Of the BBC-these
are to a remarkable extent,
Lord Reith's doing,
These and many other
matters, some Of them, like
the BBCs conduct during the
general strike Of 1926 Of
great Importance and inter-
est. are discussed In copious
and apparently highly reli-
able detail in "The Birth Of
BroadcaSting."
Over the whole story, how
ever, hovers the personality
OF the general manager of the
commercial company who ad-
vocated and presided over its
conversion to a public corpo-
ration because "in view of
the magnitude of the public
obligations involved, q COM
mercial institution Of any
sort. and however slight, ap-
pears invidious. :"
Evening star., 1961-12-27
The Non-Diyine Mr.. K.

With becoming but perhaps some
what uncharacteristic modesty, Nikita
KhruShchev now has proclaimed to
his countrymen that neither he nor
the Soviet Communist Party is infal-
lible. Indeed, he has even gone so far as
to suggest that he and other men,
bers of the party's hierarchy are ca
pable Of making serious mistakes, and
he has exhorted knowledgeable Rus
slams to speak out against such errors
as vigorously and as sharply as pos
sible, without the slightest hesitation
Or diffidence.
This is a far cry from the days
Of the deified Josef Stain, whose name
and remains have in recent weeks
been denigrated almost to the point
Of complete degradation. During the
old Generalissimo's time, of course,
everybody, including Mr.. Khrushchev,
faWned upon him, and grovelled in
his presence, as If he were veritable
god, flawless, all-knowing, all-wise, all
good and all-powerful beyond human
compare. Russians who took a less
tdolatrous view of the man, and who
dared to criticize him and his works
within the hearing of the secret police,
were swiftly and quite mercilessly
punished, thousands and thousands of
them being liquidated in series of
blood purges that sickened and hor-
rified the outside world.
Hence, by way of contrast, Pre-
mier Khrushchev's open admission that
he is something less than a god, and
that he is prepared to accept criti-
Cism rs mere mortal with feet of
clay, must add up to rather sensa-
tional conversation piece in certain
circles Cf the USSR We venture to pre-
dict, however, that the on-conformists
Evening star., 1961-12-27
Dam Site Protested

Arthur Brigham is quite
right in his statement that
the drawdown Of approx
mately Is feet at the Rocky
Gorge Dam is at present only
a temporary condition.
However, should a dam
(such as the one proposed by
the Army Corps of Engineers)
be built at River Bend on the
Potomac River, a drawdown
of Is to 20 feet during the
autumn months will be a nor
NAL and annual one. Thus,
the mud flats which would
not be an unusual sight for
that time of the year. More
over, since River Bend Dam
would have q shoreline of
more than a hundred miles,
we would have that many
miles Of mud flats when the
Evening star., 1961-12-27

over there, the deviationists, the peo-
pie who regard the Kremlin's rule as
a sham and a curse, will remain silent,
or at least couch their criticism in
the gentleSt kind Of words. To that
extent, If Mr.. K really wants to have
brickbats tossed at him, he will have
to depend on our side of the Iron Curtain
to keep on throwing them. Almost need
less to say, the barrage is likely to con-
tinue heavy for long time to come
and with good reason.
Evening star., 1961-12-27
Tempting Tshombe

1Here mas Deen some doubt, en-
couraged by statements from unidenti-
fled United Nations "spokeSmen" and by
Congolese Premier Adoula, that Noise
TShombe really intends to 60 through
with his agreement to end the secession
OF katanga province The import of this
has been that he signed the agreement
IN bad faith and that he will find some
pretext for wriggling out of it.
Maybe so-although Mr. Tshombe
today is scheduled to send a Katanga
parliamentary delegation to Leopoldville
to participate in the drafting Of the new
Congo constitution called for in the
Adoula-TShombe agreement. But what
is one to think of the U. N. and its
Intentions?
Last Saturday, at a most critical
stage Of the supposed U, NJ effort to end
Its war in Katanga and bring that prov
ince back into the Congo, it was an
nounced that 1000 troops from the
CongoleSe army will be added to the
u. N. military force What could be
better calculated to encourage Mr..
TShombe, If he wants to welsh on his
agreement, and to stiffen Katangese
resistance to the U. N. effort to end the
provinces secession? What earthly sense
does it make, especially at this time, for
the U. N. to be importing enemy" troops
into Katanga-troopS whose military
performance heretofore has been notable
tor butchery, pillage and rape?
When the announcement first came
1t was wrapped in ambiguity. No U. N.
spokesman would say why long-stand-
Ing policy against using Congolese troops
as part Of the U. N. force had been
changed. No one would say where these
troops would be stationed Our own
Government, which has not favored use
OF Congolese troops on the ground that it
would smack too much Of intervention
in civil war, remained silent-while
presumably our planes were flying In
the Adoula soldiers.
Three days later some enlightenment
came. 90-man advance unit of the
CongoleSe troops, 1t was announced, is
joining the U. N. army at Kamina Base
in Katanga, and the others, presum-
ably, will be flown in later. To be sure,
1t was stated that the Congolese will not
be used to attack Katanga. But as the
Associated Press reported in a dispatch
which certainly is not an exaggeration,
"their presence is likely to increase Mr..
Tshombe's fear that one day the U. N
may assist the Central Congolese army
to reoccupy Katanga by force"
1t may be that the U. N. authorities
think they have crushed Mr.. Tshombes
ability to resist, and that they can
do as they please. If the Katanga leader
now tries to back out of his agreement,
however, and If the fighting should be
resumed, this incredible decision to use
Congolese troops may very well be
interpreted as evidence that the U. N.
planned it that way.
Evening star., 1961-12-27
Commend Mansfield

The city and The Star
can well be proud Of your
Dick Mansfield's contribution
in and around the Washing
ton area. The manner which
he weaves safety truths into
his humorous chalk talks Is
to be commended. The young
people thoroughly enjoy his
visits. And I know that much
in the way of education is ac-
complished because it is evi-
dent that they are receiving
the necessary information to
form good safety habits. I
know that I, with my teach
ers, deeply appreciate what
he is doing. 1t aids us in our
endeavors.
So seldom we express the
thoughts that we possess. I
do want to say thank you for
what Inspector Mansfield is
doing for us in safety, and
especially this trip to our
school where he went out Of
his way in order that our
young people might have a
Christmas program.
John II. Ward.
Principal, BeltSville Seventh
Day Adventist School.
We were tremendously i'm
pressed through our 5-year-
old son with the kind Of pro-
gram which Richard Mans
field presents.
Two days ago he presented
a program at the Jack & Jill
School. My son, who neither
reads nor writes, came home
and related in detail five diff
ferent stories which Mr..
Mansfield had presented. He
did not just say, HE told us
about a car hitting a boy on
a bike" He told the full story
OF each of these instances.
Now. I would suppose my boy
Is an average five-year old
and he came home with a
clear conception of what he
should and should not do. 1t
would be wonderful If every
youngster this age could
benefit from this program.
This Is Just wishful think
ing but can you imagine how
quickly our children could
learn to count. add and sub
tract if teachers employed
the same kind of presenta-
tion? He has the ability to
communicate which is rare
Thank you SO much for
sending him to my sons
school.
Mrs. Elmer E. Hecker.
editors Note: While In
spector Richard Mansfield
(ret.O is unable to reach
every youngster Of this age"
through his talks on traffic
safety to school children, The
Star Is glad that he is able to
reach many thousands of
them each year and he leaves
with them lessons that they
seem to learn.)
Evening star., 1961-12-27
WATCHING THE WORLD
By CROSBY S. MOVES
Fantasy and Fact on Berlin Talks
FOREIGN Correspondent Of The Stor

highly discouraging results Of
the probe conducted last fall
on Russian Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko failed to
convince top administration
leaders Of the futility-to say
nothing Of the danger-of
their quest.
In their eyes, any negoti-
alton. even If 1t failed, was
better than no negotiation
at all. Indeed, 1t had some
how become an objective
which. as a primary respon-
sibility to their people, they
felt honor-bound to pursue.
1t would certainly be pre-
mature to say that the great
debate is now over. Negotia-
tion on Berlin is still the Of
ficial policy in Foggy Bot
tom and Whitehall. The
leaders of both countries dis
cussed the chances at Ber-
muda. Ambassador Level
lyn Thompson in Moscow has
his instructions.
Resistance Indicated
1t would not be wrong, on
the other hand, to say that
the point of the exercise has
to a large extent vanished.
1t has taken quite a lot Of
effort on the part Of the
Russians. Mr.. Gromyko did
his best last September. Since
then Mr.. Khrushchev and,
more recently, Ambassador
Mikhail Menshikov have
gone out of their way to
make it clear that the par
tisans of negotiation were
embarked on the widest Of
goose chases. Since the Ber-
muda meeting between Presi-
dent Kennedy and British
Prime Minister Macmillan,
the official Russian press
has assured optimistS that
Mr.. Thompson. when he
launches his new probe. will
encounter the most unyield-
ing resistance.
Far from being anxious for
negotiations, Mr.. Khrushchev
now seems in a mood to sit
tight and let the situation
in Berlin develop-as he ap-
parently believes it is devel-
oping-in his favor. Far
from being willing to reaf-
firm the rights Of Western
allies in the city as a min
imum basis for negotiation.
Mr.. Menshikov has now
coldly informed us that on
these conditions, There will
not even be a basis for ne
gotiations."
1t is not brilliant policy
to risk the wrecking of an
alliance in order to try to
do something which cannot
in fact be done at all. The
argument over negotiations
on Berlin has all along been
based on presumptions which
are now being revealed as
the purest fantasy.
Evening star., 1961-12-27
Men of Free Will

A~S AAAC 4eoAkLDIC1 It,
marked about the Harvard
applied d psychology expert
ments (on December Is, '6D =,
I must commend his defense
of free will ("All theory is
against it, but all experience
is for it," said Samuel john
SOM and comment on the ex-
periments.
The Harvard psychologists
are approximately so years
behind the times. Lenin
locked Pavlov up in a Krem-
lin apartment years ago and
required him to write how re-
flex-conditioning, previously
applied only to animals,
might be applied to human
beings. Pavlov's resulting tome
became a guide to indoctri-
mating unsuspecting masses
to the Communist way of
thinking. Where the theory
falls down is that while ami
mails must react as trained,
humans, once aware of the
tricks, can (and many do)
choose not to react in the an
ticipated way.
The fallacy inherent in the
whole theory that we have no
free will is shown in the
story Of the early New Eng
land Calvinist who, starting
out to chop wood, was asked
by his wife: why do you
take your gun with your"
There may be hostile In
dians in the woods" he an
S'Wered.
S'But don't you believe that
you are helpless to defy fate
when your time has Gomez"
she persisted.
YES" he said calmly, but
perhaps today I'll meet an
Indian whose time has come"
Ruth Smock.