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Evening star., 1961-01-11

hibiting civil service employees from
actively campaigning for or against
candidates for positions in the Federal
Government. There is no sense, how
ever, in extending the prohibition to
such purely local bodies as county or
school board or town council. And the
ban is especially unfair when it exempts
political activities by or for independent
candidates or causes. In Arlington, for
example, the Arlingtonians for a Better
County (ABC) has become a political
party in fact, II not in name; yet its
campaigns are specifically excluded
from the Hatch Act ban on political
campaigning.
We believe that all restrictions on
campaigning by Federal employees for
local Offices should be removed. Other
wise, in the nearby communities now
overwhelmingly inhabited by Federal
workers, the right of self government
will continue to be vested in a privi-
legged few who are non Federal en-
ployes or who are members of splinter
political parties calling themselves
Independent groups.
Evening star., 1961-01-11
Crazy, Mixed-Up Spies

II IL is true, as asserted by former
Cuban Embassy aide, that Fidel Castro
has network of 1000 spies in the
United States, they must be living in a
dream world of their own. How else can
one explain the fantastic Intelligence"
which the Castro agents have been
sending to Cuba about an Imminent
invasion" Of Cuba by this country? It is
hard to believe that anything but
marlhuana could produce the sort of
Way-out-there reports which have
turned Havana into an armed camp,
set to repel the Yanqui invaders by land,
sea or air. And If 1000 of these crazy,
mixed-up cloak-and-dagger boys are
seeing similar things simultaneously, no
wonder Castro's whiskers are standing
on end.
Evening star., 1961-01-11

This, ! believe, would be
not a little plan, but a great
one.
Thomas Williams, ALA.
&H -
II S. million of the tax.
payers money has to be spent
for an F. D. r. memorial, why
not. q home for old people
who find themselves destitute?
Many Of the men and women
whose sons. and daughters
also, lost their lives in the
recent wars. and for this
reason are without much
money. could have a comfort
able old age.
For years I've been trying
to stir up interest in such a
home, but no, anyone who
has money wants 1t used for
things that seem to me to be
highly useless. A memorial
to themselves.
Hospitals are inadequate
to care for "just old people"
because they cannot get
enough money to care for Ill
people.
Why not a Roosevelt Home
for the Aged?
Mary Edna Noyes Whiteford
Here we are again stubbing
our collective toes on stone
walls and marble slabs dedic-
ated to men named Roose.
welt.
If a practical memorial
airport is good enough for
John Foster Dulles, the
traveller and diplomat and
very brave man. why not
name something as practical
for others? Something to
help the handicapped or q
rehabilitation project or even
a terrific safety campaign
over the. United States to
prevent some Of this Grip
pling from car accidents.
That sounds more like Frank
lin D. Roosevelt.
ID. G.
Evening star., 1961-01-11
VISTAS~ IN, SCIENCE
Body Contains Biological Clocks
By THOMAS R. HENRY

The human body and brain
are full Of "clocks"-mech-
anisms Of some sort that
keep time with fair accuracy
quite independent of external
conditions and events.
Perhaps every organ has a
"clock" Of its own. Their ex-
istence is not recognized
under normal conditions but
they become apparent in
physical, mental and emo
tional symptoms in various
kinds Of illness.
This concept of biological
clocks is reported by DR.. Curt
P. Richter of Johns Hopkins
University. one of the coun-
try's foremost psychiatrists,
in a report to the National
Academy Of Sciences.
1T is true" he says, that
normal human beings give
little indication of possessing
biological clocks-other than
the 24-hour clocks of men
and women. But that many
, other times mechanisms are
present becomes unmistak-
ably clear under certain alb
normal conditions.
Cites Some Cases
For example, evidence for
the existence of a clock that
measures time in units of IL
hours is presented in the
temperature chart of a 49,
year-old girl. Peaks of 1912
to 1858 were reached twice
every "a hours. With ascend
ing temperatures she was in
creasingly i'll. Once the peak
had passed she felt a re-
markable relief from symp-
toms. Blood and other
studies failed to explain the
fever.
"A clock that measured
time in units Of "a hours
may be seen in the tempera-
ture chart of an 1S-year-old
girl. She suffered from a
food allergy. Body tempera-
ture fluctuated at 24-hour
intervals not only far above
but far below the normal
level. During periods of
fever the patient experienced
cramping in the mid-abdo-
men. At other times she was
free of discomfort.
Evidence for the exist
ence OF a clock that meas
ured time in units of 4s
hours is presented in the
daily records of body tenn
perature and pulse rate of an
8-year-old boy. Since the age
of 4 months this boy has
shown attacks of fever and
severe pain in the head and
chin every 48 hours and last
ing three to five hours. Be-
tween attacks the patient
played and was free of all
disturbances.
Existence of a clock that
measured time in still longer
units was manifested in a
43-year-old man by periodic
swelling Of the right knee
every nine days. In each at
Evening star., 1961-01-11
CITY Upon q HW


ture, has spoken with considerable
solemnity and eloquence about the
high and lonely office" that will soon
be his-and about one of the basic
standards he and his administration
will strive to follow in building a new
government on a new and perilous
frontier"
The standard has been summed up
in the words addressed by John
Winthrop, first Governor Of the Mas
sachusetts Bay Colony, to his shipmates
aboard the America-bound Arabella
331 years ago. The words are these:
"We must always consider that we shall
be as city upon hill-the eyes Of all
people upon u.s." And Mr.. Kennedy, in
quoting this, has gone on to add:
To-day the eyes of all people are
truly upon us, and our Government, in
every branch, at every level, national,
State and local, must be as city upon
a hill-constructed and inhabited by
men aware Of their grave trust and their
great responsibilities And when at
some future date the high court Of
history sits in judgment on each one
Of us -. our success or failure, in what
ever office we may hold, will be meas
ured by the answers to four questions"
that bear directly on the character Of
the incoming administration.
AS MIR. Kennedy has stated them,
these questions may be summarized as
follows: Will he and his associates in
the executive branch be truly men of
courage" standing up firmly against
evil at home and abroad? And will they
be men of judgment with enough wis
dom and candor to recognize and admit
their own mistakes? And will they be
men of integrity adhering so firmly to
principle that neither financial gain
nor political ambition will divert them
from the fulfllment Of their duties?
And will they be, finally, men Of de-
dication devoted solely to serving the
public good and the national interest?"
It will be for history to supply the
answers some years from now Mean
while, speaking for himself and his
administrations the President
elect has pledged that courage, judg-
.ment, integrity and dedication will be
the qualities which, with Gods help,
this son Of Massachusetts, hopes will
characterize our Governments conduct
in the four stormy years that lie ahead"
The world at large, of course, will
measure Mr.. Kennedy and his "city
upon a hill" primarily in terms Of what
I. they do or fail to do in such fields
as domestic economics and interna-
tional politics. Nevertheless the abstract
virtues he has cited are of great i'm
portance, and II his administration
abides by them, 1t should be a good
administration indeed.
Evening star., 1961-01-11
Fair Treatment for All

The legislation proposed by Senator's
Byrd of Virginia and Beall of Maryland
would correct Hatch Act inequity that
absurdly restricts participation by
Federal employees in local self-govern-
ment. And it is restriction which dis
eliminates against members of old-line
political parties, while permitting So
called splinter factions to engage freely
In elections for governmental Offices in
nearby Maryland and Virginia.
There is sense, of course, in pro-
Evening star., 1961-01-11

to mention wonderful trans
portation facilities. Yet, our
statesmen stupidity aggravate
the unwholesome economic
situation here, and in many
other similar biighted areas
OF this country, by turning
over handsome Government
contracts to foreign interests.
I quote from a news article
in The Star, on December II,
1860:
Paris, Dec. II (AP).-
Thomas S. Gates, jr.. United
States Secretary Of Defense,
signed an agreement today
with four West European
countries to produce several
hundred single-seater Jet
Starfighters in Europe be-
tween 1861 and 1865. The
agreement was made with the
defense ministers of West
Germany, Belgium, Italy and
the Netherlands. It was signed
in the Office of the East
German delegation to the
ministerial meeting of the
North Atlantic Alliance. Pro-
duction is to start next year"
This damper on the Ameri-
can economy in areas like
Washington County land a
drain on the gold reserve at
Fort Knox is probably justi-
fed on the specious political
reasoning that we must keep
our "allies" happy, otherwise
they will revert to commu-
nism. That is but an excuse
to support private American
capital abroad - European
labor is cheaper and the prof
its are higher. The ostensible
gain of diverting communism
In Europe is lost by the
counter condition created at
home.
Arthur E. Neuman.
Evening star., 1961-01-11
Americas Economic Policy

Without a doubt. the article
which appeared in the Christ
mas issue of The Star, Hard
hit Hagerstown Finds Little
Yule JOY" written by Paul
Hope. was most poignant and
apropos, and touched (as it
did mine) the hearts of your
readers. The response to this
magnificent news reporting
can only be-"Something
should be done about this de-
plorable economic situation" +"
1t seems a shame that the
most industrial country in
the world. Good Ole U. S.
A." must waste its manpower,
its industrial work force of
highly skilled and capable
men like Mr.. Youngblood, the
same workers who carried
America through the only too
recent wars.
Mr.. Hopes question ,
Whats the answer to WASH
ington County's economic
problem?" brought to mind
the current incongruous and
utterly lack of common sense
thinking Of the present ad-
ministration. The answer to
this question is only too ap-
parent by simply reading the
news reported by The Star
and making common sense
analysis.
The answer Is not in giving
relief by way of distribution
Of surplus Government food
or increased unemployment
compensation checks, but
merely to correct the here
tofore poor economic policies
being followed by the leaders
OF our country. Washington
County has an overabundant
labor force consisting of high
ly trained skilled aircraft
workers; 1t has Fairchild
plants now going to waste, not
Evening star., 1961-01-11
WATCHING THE WORLD
.s2sG By CROSBY S. MOVES
Youth Corps Plan Not Promising
Foreign Correspondent Of The stsr

elor of Arts is likely to con-
tribute to what DR.. Millikan
calls the clearly vital' needs
of recipient countries. Or
how warmly he will be re-
ceived-even after several
months of indoctrination. It
is a sad fact that the schemes
which sound fine in the Cow
Palace or even in the cloiS-
tered calm of NIT have @
way of falling apart in the
uncongenial climate of Asia
or Africa.
Needs Are Obvious -
The most limited acquain-
tance with the underde-
veloped countries will quickly
convince any visitor of the
number of clearly vital needs,
ranging from investment
capital to towels for hotel
bathrooms. We are sure that
technical assistance programs
play an enormous role in
many places and that quail
fled technicians of all kinds
find plenty of work to do. One
hears plenty of suggestions,
too, about how the American
aid program could be i'm
proved. But somehow the
idea of a flock of volunteers
bursting with youthful en-
ergy and pioneering spirit is
rarely suggested as the logical
remedy.
Perhaps the most unfor-
tunate feature of the youth
plan, however, is that 1t has
been presented as a sort of
countermeasure to Commu-
mist propaganda activities in
Asia and Africa. It is true,
of course, that both Russians
and Chinese made a habit Of
sending technicians to these
areas who are also trained
propagandists and that their
efforts to insinuate them
selves into political and eco
nomic life of countries have
had some success.
1t is also true, however, that
most of the underdeveloped
countries are also strongly
neutralist with their natu-
raj prejudices and suspicious
aimed toward the West.
From the beginning, their
main criticisms of the Ameri-
can aid programs have been
the real or imagined political
strings attached to draw them
into the Western power bloc.
Even the smallest implica-
ton that the youth peace
corps might be allied to such
a purpose would destroy any
usefulness that it might
otherwise have.
Altogether. it is hardly sur
prising that DR.. Millikan's
main recommendation seems
to have been to go slowly and
carefully in translating Mr..
Kennedy's campaign pledge
into a concrete program. AS
he admits: I'VE simply do
not know a great deal about
how to make a program Of
this kind a success" And q
program of this kind that
turns out to be a flop would
be considerably worse than
no program at ALL.
Evening star., 1961-01-11

Jefferson Memorials. The
$4,000 awarded to the win
ming design has been a
costly experiment. Expert
ments that fail to work out
are discarded, regardless of
cost. Let's start over again.
This is written in full
realization that there Prob
ably was never a memorial
erected to a critic.
Mark Shoemaker,
Associate Professor,
University Of Maryland.
When we plan monuments
for our great men. why must
they be little plans? WASH
ington now possesses three
sarcophagi: An Egyptian
Washington Monument, a
Greek Lincoln Memorial, and
a Roman Jefferson Memorial.
We are now confronted by
q plan for a Celtic Roosevelt
Memorial to overshadow Po-
tomac Park. Another ceme-
terry monument! Is WASH
ington to become q sort Of
burying ground?
I feel that our great men
would wish to be remembered
for their hearts, which were
not OF stone. They would
wish, not to be buried, but
to live on with their country's
progress.
Therefore, I propose, as the
kind Of Roosevelt Memorial
which I think Franklin De-
lano Roosevelt would have
desired. that the Potomac
River Basin be proclaimed as
Roosevelt National Park. That
all Of the desirable scenic
and recreational areas, and
all Of the historical sites be
developed as part of the me-
mortal. And that the Poto-
mac River Basin be cleaned
OF all pollution so that the
water may be safe for all
types Of recreation, including
swimming.
Evening star., 1961-01-11

tack the knee remained
swollen three to five days.
During the remainder of the
cycle there was no evidence
of abnormality. Other pa
tients state that at the start
OF an attack they have the
sensation of water literally
rushing into the knees.
Other Examples
Evidence for the existence
IN one individual of two in
dependent clocks that meas
ured time in units of nearly
seven days is shown in the
record of a 47-year-old man,
also with intermittent water
on the knee. In many in
stances the swelling in one
knee was at a maximum
while it was at a minimum
in the other. Thus maximum
peaks came on Tuesdays and
Wednesdays in the left knee
and Fridays and Saturdays
in the right"
DR.. Richter cites the case
OF an apparent "clock"
which measured time in
units of II to 10 days, mani
fest in a woman with the
blood disease, agranulocyto-
sis. The number of poly
morphonuclear cells in her
blood f1uctuated between
1000 and 0 in this interval.
Lip and cheek ulcers ap-
peared during each cycle
just before these defenders
OF the body against infection
reached the zero level.
Equally striking. says DR..
Richter. are the clocks"
that manifest their presence
through mental and emo
tional symptoms. He cites,
for example, one that meas
ured time in units of q
hours. During each day, up
to 8 pm. she was bed-rid-
den, unable to walk or feed
herself because of a marked
rigidity and tremors in her
legs and arms. Her hand
writing was undecipherable,
her speech unclear. Quite
sharply, near nine each eve
ming, came a sudden change
In her whole personality.
Rigidity and tremors disap-
peared. She was able to walk
and take care of herself in
every way. Her speech and
handwriting became per-
fectly clear.
Evening star., 1961-01-11
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKINS SERVICE

@. Is Pluto still considered
a planet?-A. F.
A. Pluto is still listed and
referred to as a planet, but
some astronomers doubt that
1t is one. 1t may at one
time have been a satellite
OF Neptune. An excellent
article on this subject, "The
Solar System Beyond Nep-
tune" appeared in the April,
1859, issue Of Scientific
American, This is available
for reference at many pub
lie libraries.
Evening star., 1961-01-11

PARIS.-We don't mean to
sound like the Ugly American,
but somehow of all proposals
which President-elect Ken
nedy has come up with in
foreign policy line we would
vote his Youth Peace Corps
as the plan least likely to
succeed.
The name itself is enough
to send cold shivers down the
back Of anyone who has
ever been exposed to the
Communist variety of prop
aganda. AS the most abused
word in the whole dreary
dialogue Of the cold war, the
peace" label tied to almost
any international project
these days produces an auto
matte and violent reaction
everywhere. Even before it
starts the project is tagged
as something suspicious and
probably sinister, whose real
purposes have nothing to do
with peace.
There are also, in this case,
oyertOnes of the adman'S
gimmick. The youth peace
corpsman may have little
in common with junior G.
men or the Mickey Mouse
space patrol. But the image
Of eager youngsters sending
in their boxtops before sally
ing forth to pioneer new
fields on the worlds under
developed frontiers" is al
most as irresistible as it is
disquieting.
We know, Of course, that
this isn't what Mr.. Kennedy
has In mind. In his original
announcement of the plan in
October and later at the Cow
Palace in San Francisco, he
emphasized the high qualifi-
cations that would. be re-
quired of members OF his
peace corps. They would be
vigorously selected by exami-
nations, he said, and then
trained in languages, skills
and customs they would need
in countries where they would
serve.
Other Qualifications
Since then DR.. Max Mill
kan of the Massachusetts, In
stitute Of Technology has
added a number of other sug-
gestions, including those that
corpsmen should be at least
2l years old. should hold at
least a Bachelors degree and
should receive several months
Of specialized training before
being shipped overseas. Mr..
Kennedy's first idea-that
volunteers for the peace corps
might be exempted from mill
tary service-has apparently
been dropped.
Even with these reserva-
tions, however. there would
seem to be plenty of room for
skepticism about the project.
We have nothing against
youths as such, having been
one once ourself, and it may
be that since our day they
are turning out a new kind
OF college graduate. Still, one
Is moved to wonder what even
Q talented 21-year-old Bach
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-09-23
Social Security Number
Is Important in MARYLAND

A ENTHUSIASTICALLY a So.
cial Security numbers more
important to the Maryland De.
partment of Employment Secur-
ity than a name.
All Maryland employers are
urged to make sure that Social
Security numbers of all em.
ployees are correctly reported
when the next quarterly wage
reports and tax payments are
due October 81. Correct Social
Security numbers on the quar-
terly report will reduce costs
both for the employer and the
Department and avoid the cor
respondence involved in making
corrections. An incorrect mum.
ber win delay a claimants un-
employment insurance benefit,
working a hardship in many
cases.
All of the Departments more
than $4,000 records of individ-
ual Marylanders who are in
sured by 5000 employers
against involuntary unemploy-
ment are kept by the numbers.
A persons Social Security
number provides the answer to
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-09-23
SENrrNEL's STATISTICS

have met four times with last
years 1877 Blair victory the
widest margin.
Both teams finished 80 last
season in a tie for second place
in the last year of the Bi.Coun.
ty League.
With the return of Quarter.
back Steve Nelson to the WI
lineup and judging by past per-
formances by Blair, the air
should be full of football this
afternoon. Blair threw IA times
in defeating Roosevelt, 21-0, last
week and WI took to the air is
times in defeat against Richard
Montgomery.
1t was obvious early last Sat-
urday that Walter Johnson's Of
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-09-23
New Phone
Directory Out

Delivery of more than one
million of the Washington
areas 1961-62 alphabetical tele.
phone directory began this
week, with delivery expected to
be completed by October Z.
Featuring an ARTISTS draw.
ing of the Washington Monu-
ment on its cover, the new di-
rectory includes about 5000
more listings than the 1960-61
book, Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone officials said. The
Maryland and Virginia editions
now include about 1000 pages.
Included in the information
pages of the new volume are
four pages listing area codes
for towns and cities throughout
the United States and Canada
that can be dialed direct by GUS
toners using Direct Distance
Dialing service.
The list Of frequently called
agencies which appear at the
top of certain pages in the Gov
ernment listing section, and
which was introduced in the
1859 directory, has been revised
to reflect current calling trends.
With the growth of Album
ber Calling, the 1852 direc-
tory contains several thousand
seven-digit numbers assigned to
new customers and for other
persons who have moved with
in recent months. The new num-
bering system is being intro
duced on a gradual basis
throughout the Bell System to
meet the demands of a grow
ing communications network.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-09-23
County Residents
Receive Awards

Four Montgomery County
residents were among seven
staff members of the National
Institute of Neurological Dis
eases and Blindness who recent
ly received awards for superior
work performance. The Instit-
ute is one of the seven Nation
al Institutes of Health of the
Public Health Service.
Leo L. Caravaggio, 5S02 Still.
well rd., Rockville, received sos
for his successful modification
and development of new tech
niques for geological examina-
ton of the lens epithelium and
corneal endothelium.
Mrs. Eleanor M. Collins, 10501
Montrose ave-. Bethesda, re.
ceived SITS for her extensive
knowledge, skill, and work per.
formance, which for the past
Az years has exceeded the re-
quirements outlined in her job
description"
A check for SIS was present
ed to Mrs. Constance r. Jones,
lila Trey rd., Rockville, for
talent and aptness in the
methodic and systematic type
of work of the Neuroradiologi.
cal Section"
At the same ceremony, VIII
liam T. King, 4534 Rosedale ave-,
Bethesda, received $50 for his
suggestion for the improvement
|of communications between the
Administrative Office and the
persons responsible for prepar-
alton of travel orders and
vouchers.