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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15
Honest Hacker

I feel grateful for the OPP
portunity to write in behalf
Of Washington taxi drivers
and to pass on the following
inform alton on Milton
Bailey, a Capitol Cab driver.
On July 10, 1861, while rid
ing in Capitol Cab No. 826,
operated by Mr.. Bailey, $500
dropped from my pocket to
the floor of his cab. Upon
my arrival home. I discov-
cred the money was missing.
I Immediately called the taxi
office and reported the pos
sibility of where the money
could be found. A call went
out to all radio cabs with
reference to the lost money,
Immediately Mr.. Bailey ans
wered the call and rushed to
the office with the money.
This display Of unquestion-
able integrity is most COM
mendable and it is hoped
that this recognition of a
worthwhile deed will serve as
an inspiration to others who
so dedicate their lives. as
does Mr.. Bailey. to public
service in honesty, sincerity
and high regards for the in
dividual rights of others.
Mrs. Johnnie M. EdmOndS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15
Memorial to FDR

Many people have criticized
the proposed Franklin D.
Roosevelt Memorial. and
asked, instead, to substitute
a living memorial" such as
a park.
1t seems, to me that these
critics miss the fundamen-
tai aspect of the memorial. Its
purpose is to make the citizen
Of today and tomorrow re-
member Franklin Roosevelt
and the ideas he stood for. A
living memorial" by its very
usefulness, defeats this pur-
pose. A park is pleasant for
playing but it will not me-
morialize FDR, and no mere
name will make it do so.
To my mind, the most i'm
pressive - and therefore sue
cessful - memorial in Wash
ington is the Lincoln Me-
mortal, not only because of
the statue and setting, but
because of the words and
ideas written on the inside
walls. I recently revisited it,
after a few years away. and
again I was transported back
to the Civil War and to the
problems that faced us then
and face us even now.
The Washington Monu-
ment on the other hand, is
just a pile Of stone, with no
way for this observer to re-
member the Revolution or
George Washington.
I think that the proposed
Roosevelt Memorial might
well enable us to remember
the deeds and ideals of
Franklin Roosevelt, and that
we and our children will be
inspired to face our world
with the courage and imagi-
nation that he brought to
his.
David z. Robinson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15
Our Highway Problem

The Federal Government
is programming a network
of national highways esti-
mated to cost $50-odd bill
lion and. without much
doubt, such programming will
be done with the maximum
amount and kind of wasteful
extravaganza, bur e aucratic
dawdling and rationalized in
eptnesS cuStomarily expert
enced in all other creative
areas that have been marked
off for Government monop-
oily.
Monopoly, in whatever de-
gree, is a precise contradic-
ton in terms and inevitably
produces a stultified hand of
hesitant initiative and pal
sled creativenesS, but, when
the coercive hand Of Govern
ment enters a creative field
-~such as highway design
and building-it becomes a
dead hand.
The alternatives of owner
ship are but two: private or
Government. Because high
way building has for so long
been pre-empted by the va
rious layers of Government
monopoly, it would appear
unlikely that a solution to
the quite acute highway prob
lem will ever be solved by the
Federal Governments inva-
riable response to its self
created problem: bureau
cratic planning and massive
spending through higher
taxes.
Private initiative has
through the years amply
demonstrated its ability to
produce solutions to near
fantastic problems in such
fields as medicine, communi-
cation, transportation, etc.;
it is hard to believe that, for
example, the comparatively
simple problem Of adequately
designed and maintained ma
tional and interurban high
ways could not easily have
been solved exactly in step
with the development and
use Of the motor vehicle by
private highway companies
with the Government
functioning in its one, proper
and correct role of policeman.
AS one of the steps toward
solving the highway prob
lem, an opportunity would
seem to exist for croSS-coun-
try and interurban railroads
themselves deep in a Gov
ernment-created illness and,
apparently, just now before
receiving the usual giant
sized dose of taxpayer funds
to be permitted to erect We
hicular toll highways over
their tracks wherever they
think they can profitably do
SO. The benefits to all con-
cerned would seem to be
clear.
Donald Webb,
Virginia Beach, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15
Poor's Berlin Show

The details Of just who was
guilty of just what impropri-
ETY. are not important; such
crassly irresponsible indis-
erection in so delicate a con-
text as Berlin simply cannot
be tolerated.
Neither does it suffice to
find q couple of whipping
boys. 1t seems to me that
Jack Paar should be either
heaved over the wall or
brought home and kept out
Of sight.
We already have an excess
Of Ugly Americans" abroad.
r. H. McCracken
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15

for the day When they may
be required to risk their lives.
No wonder our foreign
friends ask whether we have
"two foreign policies" One
as expressed by the Presi-
dents firm words and backed
by the people-and the ether
lied by a few men in Con-
gress and certain invisible
men in the administration"
And when Americans stand
up on their hind legs and
start demanding answers to
some Of these questions per-
haps we'll start winning this
war.
Lila d. SOnnemann.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15
THE PASSING SCENE
'NeutroIs' Should See the Eqht
BY WILLIAM S. WHIT

For all its great dangers
the Berlin crisis may be pro-
ducing one good and whole
some by-product.
The worlds neutrals have
at last been told by Presi-
dent Kennedy, in adequate
politeneSS but also in ade-
quate firmneSs, that the
United States is fed up to
the eyes with the kind of
"neutralism" which is ready
to denounce US on all &C.
casions and the Soviet
Union on no occasion at all.
This is the word partic-
ularly to those nations
which, are neutral" in
favor of the Soviet Union,
Yugoslavia, Indonesia and
the like.
And the message has not
stopped with this. Poland, to
which heavy assistance has
been given in both the Eisen-
hover and Kennedy admin
istrations, had been told that
its latest request is in a
pigeonhole marked 'indef-
mite" The aid request Of
Tito of Yugoslavia likewise
is going to get indefinitely
lost here. While we won't try
to use aid as a club, we also
won't go on extending aid
without any regard to the
attitude of recipients.
Ignore Soviet Sins
This chill in Washington
has been caused by a num-
Der Of factors, not least the
recent meeting of mon
aligned" nations in Yugo-
slavia. The "non-aligned''
managed to look the other
way at all Russian sins. They
looked the other way at
Nikita Khrushchev's break
ing Of the armistice on nu-
clear testing, which has now
thrown up nine new blasts to
contaminate the air.
They looked the other way
at Mr.. Khrushchev'S brutal
closing Of the escape matches
to freedom by sealing the
East West Berlin border
They wound UP by solemnly
dispatching neutralist lead
ers to go calling on Mr..
KhruShchev and Mr.. Ken
nedy with what amounted to
appeals to the burglar, Mr..
Khrushchev, to take it a bit
easier and to the victim,
Mr.. Kennedy, to cease his
unseemly struggles in self
defense lest there be a war
in which the neutralistS
might get hurt.
GA foreign diplomat who
Is far from naive told this
correspondent. Eyes, people
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Something to Be Done About Weather
By THOMAS R. HENRI

uncovered, but this is only
the beginning.
Almost beyond imagina-
ton are the cosmic forces
that make weather"
This is stressed In q re-
port on possible man-made
weather modification just is
used by the National Science
Foundation. Weather Bureau
scientists, says the report,
estimate that in any one year
the energy equivalent of 2
billion nuclear bombs Is
brought by winds across lat
itude 20, about the area of
Baltimore and Washington.
They estimate that the en-
ergy in the winds at any in
slant over the entire world
Is equivalent to about 7 mil
lion nuclear bombs.
The storm that hit New
York City early last Febru-
airy dropped about 40 million
tons Of snow. 1t would have
required the heat equivalent
Of 100 nuclear bombs to have
melted all Of it.
Enormous Forces
It Is against such enor-
nous forces that mans as
yet feeble efforts to modify
weather now are pitted. Pos
Sible means are in sight but
it constantly is clear that
science must proceed with
extreme caution. One wrong
step well might lead to much
worse weather for some parts
Of the world.
The most significant step
to date, according to the re-
port Of DR.. Alan T. Water
man, director of the founda-
ton. is the successful
launching of the meteorolog-
ical satellite Tiros I by the
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration. It's
major purpose has been the
photographing in continuous
sequence Of segments of the
earth's surface from far
above the clouds.
1T has made possible for
the first time" says the re-
port. photographs showing
clearly and in broad detail
the patterns Of such large
scale phenomena as cyclones
and anti-cyclones. The most
impressive feature has been
the discovery of we'll devel-
oped cyclones covering large
areas, such as the whole of
the Southwest United States,
on occasions when surface
observations gave no linking
Of the presence of such
storms. The Importance was
evident when it appeared
chat storms discovered in
this way later descended to
the earth's surface"
Observations from future
satellites Of this sort, it is
stressed, at least should
make possible longer-range
and more accurate forecasts
and perhaps provide valuable
clues on ways in which
weather may be changed in
the face Of the enormous
forces involved.
For example" says the
report, advance knowledge
of the development of major
weather patterns may make
it possible to locate the birth
of a storm at a stage where
man may be able to influ-
ence its growth"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15

1.-THE neutral leaders, can get
that cynical; but how on
earth can they do it with
out at least grinning?O
This correspondent, who
had never been convinced Of
the total sanctity of the
neutrals, was among those
who thought we were lucky
to get off at the YugoSlav
meeting as well as we did,
considering who was there
and that 1t was held on
Communist territory.
For taking into account
the incredible mentality Of
the neutralists to date, the
mere fact that they did not
declare outright that we and
not Mr.. Khrushchev were to
blame for his barbed wire
wall in Berlin was actually a
small net gain. Even this
highly relative restraint ex-
posed the fact that while
they would never admit it,
they were at last aware Of
who was really disturbing
the worlds peace.
The President, at all
events, was by no means
pleased, as he has just shown
here 10 his neutralist visitors,
President Sukarno Of Indo-
nesia and President Keita Of
Mali. He was nice to them,
as the saying goes, but they
left here knowing he has
reached his sticking point.
He had gone to great length
to get along with the neutrals.
A most happy day has now
arrived: Hereafter, it is their
job to get along with him,
for a change.
A Promise to Fight
Their bottom purpose here
was to try to talk him into
not doing anything to annoy
Mr.. KhruShchev. And his
official reply, at the end, is
q as interesting as what was
said privately in the mean
time. For the first substantive
sentence of that reply was
its heart: IT have made it
clear that the position Of the
West and of the West Ber-
liners will be defended"
Then was added the long
known fact that the United
States always stands ready
for honorable negotiation
without appeasement-if Mr..
KhruShchev really wants
that kind of negotiation. At
minimum, the neutralistS
had hoped that a presidential
promise to negotiate" would
dominate and flavor the con-
ference. What dominated it,
instead, was a promise to
fight, if fight we must.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15

Science at long last has
started, under the auspices of
the National Academy Of
Science, which Is probably
the worlds outstanding sci
entific organization, the
titanic job Of regulating and
changing weather.
Within the last few years
clues have accumulated as
to how this may be done. at
least on limited scales. 1t
involves rain. temperature
hail, lightning and a few
other factors. Soon, perhaps,
the only answer to a down.
pour will not be just 'let it
rain" But admittedly the
difficulties in the way are
enormous.
National Center Set Up
A milestone has been the
establishment, under aus
pieces of the Academy and
the National Science Founda-
ton, of the National Center
for Atmospheric Research
with headquarters on Table
Mountain near Boulder, Colo.
This will be administered by
a corporation of IA Ameri-
can universities, according to
a foundation report just
issued. A director, DR.. Walter
Orr Roberts, well known
meteorologist, has been APP
pointed.
THE mission of the
Center" says the report, will
be to explore the atmospheric
envelope in which man
lives" Its scientific program
will be concerned primarily
in an attempt to obtain a
more profound understand
ing of the atmosphere. 1t is
believed that such funda-
mental investigation is es-
sential for devising new and
improved means of predicting
and controlling weather.
The establishment, accord
ing to the report. will be an
intellectual center bringing
together an international
group of experts in many
fields which touch upon
weather-chemists, physicists,
astronomers, meteorologists
and experts in high-speed
computer analysis.
Herein Is the hope" says
the report. that the cross
breeding of scientific ideas
will open up new avenues to
knowledge. The Center will
provide a bold, imaginative
approach to the vast prob
lens Of the atmosphere.
1T will be a research CEN
ter for global scale programs
that cannot be attacked by
individual university groups.
1t will stimulate planning of
joint research operations. 1t
will synchronize and co-ordi-
nate research operations
which may be of worldwide
nature. 1t will arrange for
necessary b balloon flights
rocket launchings and other
complex operations.
with high-speed electron-
ic computers scientists now
can simulate the broad cir
culation features of the at
mosphere. The major wealth
er patterns of these labora-
tory models can be changed
at will to study effects of
weather modification on glo-
bal scale general calculations.
Promising leads have been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDrtteTS' cUrTect
names and addresses. AH let
tiers are subject to cOndenSd-
ton. Those not used tOfH be
returned only iDhen accom-
painted By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
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Letters
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CONTINUED from Page A.
of the United States, which
shall consist of a Senate and a
House of Representatives"
AS we understand it, this adj
ninistration proposes to make
legislation passed by Congress
more flexible" For example,
the Executive Branch, not Con-
gress, could then raise or lower
specified income tax rates
within limits. Or the produc-
ton quotas and selling prices
for farm commodities. He
would also be given a free
hand in allocating what he
considered to be the proper
share to each farm. Or hand
out whatever penalty he saw
fit to those who dared to rebel.
Another proposal, that the
Chief Executive be given the
power to "veto" individual
items in an appropriation bill,
suggests the same sort of yen
to grab off the responsibilities
which the people have elected
their Congressman to fulfill.
Surely it is bad enough when
Congress interferes unneces-
sarily in so many areas of our
personal lives. But at least
their policy must be subjected
to public scrutiny. To take leg
islation after it is so subjected
to public examination and
make it flexible" as to permit
great bureaucratic power to
be welded right down to the
local level-and much of it
able to wear a cynical dollar
sign-would be unthinkable.
And surely run the danger of
inviting corruption.
We do not believe Congress
has a right to abdicate such re-
sponsibility-an we sincerely
hope no Maryland Congress
man will consider it. With all
due respect to our Congress,
we've already gone too far
along such paths. We think
particularly of the billions of
dollars of tax-money which is
regularly allowed to slip quiet
ly out the back door with alb
solutely no way for the aver
age voter to know where it
went--or for what purpose.
Lila ID. Sonnemann
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berships, Mrs. Wilson Jordan
and Mrs. Martin Poole. This rec
ignition is given for service rem
dered to the Society. Each re-
ceived a pin, a certificate and a
New Testament. The Society
sent SIS for each membership to
help to meet extra mission goals
for the denomination.
Carol Norris, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. John H. Norris, OBJ
served her eighth birthday July
9Th.
Kristin Westfall, daughter of
DR.. and Mrs. Benton B. West
fall, left Friday, July Z, for the
ultimate destination of North
ampton, Me-, with stops enroute
to Connecticut and Boston. She
VIII participate in a Six-Week
session of field work in geology
under the auspices of Boston
University. The course is one
which is highly recommended
for her geology major studies
at Allegheny College, Meadville,
Pa.
Monday, July 10, Mr.. and Mrs.
John H. Norris and daughter,
Carol, left for Deland, Fla,
where they will visit Mrs. Nor
ris' parents, Mr. and Mrs. r. E.
Sewer. They also plan to visit
Mrs. Norris sister, Mrs. Ruth
Warehime, and three children
in Orlando.
-
At a highly successful Vaca-
ton Church School at barnes
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town Church, held the week of
June 26, the following staff was
in charge: Mrs. James Jett, di-
rector; Junior high, Mrs. Daniel
c. Manson and Mrs. Everett
Johnson; 5th, 9th grade boys,
Mrs. Paul Culbertson and Mrs.
Rudy Cregger; 5th, 9Th grade
girls, Mrs. Howard Cissel and
Miss Toni Wilmington; 18th
grade, Mrs. John w. Kitterman;
Bird grade, Mrs. Clark Boyer;
End grade, Miss Sandra Gary;
assistant to three previously
named teachers, Mrs. Dan How
ard; list grade, Mrs. Robert
Chapman; kindergarten, Mrs.
Maurice Ward; pre-school, Mrs.
Jet and Mrs. Gene Bogley.
Serving refreshments at the fl
nal session was Mrs. Howard
Roberts, Mrs. Charles Roberts,
jr., and Mrs. Richard Bowles.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-07-11

Product. The cost of develop
ment assistance is not more
than we are able to pay -
whereas the cost of meeting re-
curing crises may be.
The League of Women
Voters of Montgomery County
believe that the new AID.
program deserves the under
standing and support of the
American people. Please let
your Representative know
your feelings on this most
urgent matter either by letter
or phone call. Letters to the
editor are also an effective
way for expressing your views.
Secretary Rusk has said,
"The American people are will
ing to do what has to be done
49," and that a. +. the stakes
in foreign aid involve every
family and every home in the
United States" AS citizens in
free society we have the
privilege of influencing the
course of history in a positive
and affirmative way.
Mrs. c. M. Derryberry
President
League of Women Voters
OF Montgomery County
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-07-11

many areas of the world. How.
ever, the recurring crises of
these past several months has
caused the American people
and the government to take a
fresh look at our programs.
Now, long-needed changes in
financing, organization and op-
Grafton are proposed in the
new Act for International De-
velopment (A.I.D.) which will
benefit both the United States
and aid-receiving countries.
The AID. program has new
emphasis and redirection. Spe-
cial attention and high prior
ity will be given those ma
tons willing to help them
selves, Each country receiv-
ing aid will be required to
establish realistic goals of So
cial, economic and political re-
form. The new approach also
requires the many assistance
agencies now being admins
tered by separate agencies be
consolidated under the roof of
a single agency within the
State Department.
The most important innova.
tion in the program is the in
tegrated approach to aid in
terms of our country and the
recipient countries through
long-range financing. Under
this plan, in addition to 900
million dollars for 1861, need
ed funds would be borrowed
from the Treasury at the rate
of 1.6 billion dollars each year
for a period of five years. This
way recipient countries can
plan ahead and be assured of
continuing funds to finish a
given project. Contrary to op-
ponents of the measure, Con-
gress would not lose control of
the "purse-strings." 1t can set
a limit on amount of funds for
each year, can require a full
report from the agency annu-
ally and can cancel the funds
should it see fit to do so.
1t is also well to remember
that 80 per cent of the foreign
aid funds will be spent here in
the United States and that an
appropriation of 2.9 billion dol.
lars represents less than one
per cent Of our Gross National
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Germantown

of their older daughter, Peggy,
to William Haffley, July 9, at
Darnestown Presbyterian
Church.
Patricia Lambert accompan-
led Mrs. Betty McCraw of Rock
vile to Arcola, Va, recently
where they spent two days Wis.
iting friends.
The Vacation Church School
at Neelsville Church closed last
Friday morning with an open
house at which time the crafts
and handiwork of the pupils
were on display. Daily attend
ance at the sessions averaged
81, not including the staff, and
81 pupils had perfect attend
ance. Mrs. William w. Smith,
director, reports that the staff
feels pleased and satisfied with
the accomplishments and the re-
Spouse.
Trinity Methodist Church has
completed one week of its two
week Vacation Church School.
Acting director Mrs. Robert Nc
Mullen reports that the attend
ance, starting at so, reached a
high of 81. The school is run
ming in high gear and will con-
tinue each morning until July
ID. Closing exercises will be at
8 pm. July ID.
Cub Scout Pack 1895 will not
meet during July and August.
However, Dens l and 3 and the
Webelows have joined together
and will meet every other week
during the two summer months.
Tuesday, July 10, they are
scheduled to meet at the home
of Mr.. Chester Grimes.
T'hes WSCS of Trinity Meth
odist Church met Wednesday
afternoon, July 5. at the church,
with Mrs. Louis Monard as
hostess. Worship was conducted
by Mrs. Harry Unglesbee. and
Mrs. Edward Wallach presented
the program. At the previous
meeting in, June two members
were honored by special mem
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Eoreiqn Aid

For the past Ia years the
United States has been en-,
gagged in promoting the prin.
ciples of economic aid to the
newly emerging countries. De.
spite the occasional justifiable
criticism of mismanagement,
ineptness and waste, there has
been positive progress in
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Willard w. Wiley, jr., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard w. Wiley,
ST., spent last week at Happy
Valley Camp, Port Deposit,
Nd, as a junior-high represen.
tative of the Neelsville Presby-
terrain Church, the camp owned
and operated by the Presbyte.
rian Synod of the Chesapeake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Hitter.
man and daughter, Ellen, are
spending a few weeks at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Fred Kitterrnan in Cedar
Grove. Mr.. Kitterman is in for.
eign service of our government
and has been in Karachi, Pakis.
tan. He and his family are on
home leave for a month or two
in order to attend the wedding