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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-10-13
SENATE PRODUCED RESULTS

u. S. Senate Majority Leader Mans
field, often referred to as the "third
most important person" in the u. S.
government, told his audience that
the Senate passed, or has had passed
through committee, every piece of
Kennedy's program except two which,
because they deal with tax measures,
have to be initiated in the House."
During this longest session in 10
years." he and two of his Montana
colleagues-Metcalf and Olsen-had
worked closely together in support
of the Presidents program and on
projects which will bring new wealth
and new jobs to Montana. As for
Metcalf, he said 81 couldn't have a
finer colleague or better partner in
the Senate. Arnold Olsen, he contin-
ued, lis a worthy successor to Lee".
Among major projects for the
Treasure State, he listed the 500
million Yellowtail Dam, Clark Can
yon Dam, Helena Valley project, a
soil and water research laboratory
for Sidney, and an initial So million
for Libby Dam. The
after, he said, is currently held up
because of the Canadian family |
'quabble" which has delayed ratifi-
,ation of the USA-Canadian Columbia
River treaty.
Evening star., 1961-12-10
l20-PIECE SETS OF
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FLATWARE FOR: II
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Evening star., 1961-12-10

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they have delightful black or white toe rose pottern on
the troys accented with bross finished legs seIfstong
rack with hondIe mokes handy serving eo Troys neos-
ure big 2lx16" for greet convenience!
Evening star., 1961-10-11
JAM-UP IN COUNCIL CHAMBER
' RiIed Residents Rop
Detouring Motorists

terSection of Grail and Brox-
burn drives.
His plan was rejected, how
ever. by Public Works Director
Joseph c. Kordella, who said it
would only serve to channel
traffic into other residential
streets.
Advocating no change in the
area traffic pattern, he never
theless offered a compromise
solution-turning the Subdivi-
sion's three access routes from
River road into one-way streets
in the morning an afternoon.
He identified the streets as
Glenriddle, Nevis and Ben
Avon roads.
Unlike other one-way streets,
he said. these would not be
geared to accommodate traffic
but to block it.
In the morning when most
traffic through the neighbor-
hood is Southbound, he said, he
would make those streets
northbound and vice versa in
the afternoon.
He reluctantly promised Mr..
Neumann to submit the plan to
the council if residents of the
three streets approve.
Homeowners of Wilson lane,
however. objected strenuouSly
to either plan.
Evening star., 1961-10-11
BY JOHN BARRON
Star Staff Writer

sTwenty-four prominent Ar
lington residents have banded
together to finance an unusual
private campaign in behalf Of
a $6.5 million bond issue.
Quietly organized by County
Board member Ernest Wilt, the
bipartisan group is spending
more than $l,500 to prepare
and mail a brochure to every
registered voter before the No
Vember 7 referendum.
Some of the citizens also
intend to appear before civic
associations in an effort to per-
Suade the public that the librar-
les, streets, sidewalks, school
addition, sewers and other i'm
provementS the bonds will fl
nance are essential to the COM
munity.
Their almost spontaneous &C
tion reflects concern felt in
Arlington ever since May Of
last year when voters unex-
pectedly refused to approve a
SIS million bond issue.
The present effort to obtain
new borrowing authority has
encountered opposition from
some people who ordinarily en-
Enthusiastically support bond is
sues. They charge, and the
school board denies, that the
proposed addition to the all
Evening star., 1961-10-11

A three-way dispute over
one-way streets in the Ban
nockburn area led to a traffic
jam" in the Montgomery Coun-
ty Council chamber yesterday
and set the council to looking
for a fourth way out.
Two groups of aroused house
holders and officials of the
County Public Works Depart
ment jam m ed the council
chamber in an attempt to set
tie a problem common to all
suburbia: rush-hour traffic
through residential streets.
Their problem, residents of
Broxburn drive declare. is that
rush-hour motorists have been
speeding through their neigh
borhood to avoid tie-ups at the
nearby intersection of River
road and Wilson lane in Beth
eSda.
Mothers of the area-fearing
injury to their children-took
matters into their own hands
last week and erected home
made signs warning drivers to
slow down.
Yesterday, seeking a perma-
nent solution to the problem,
their lawyer, John Neumann,
asked the council to halt this
traffic by blocking off the in
Evening star., 1961-10-11
"a Prominent Citizens
Join to Promote Bonds

Negro Drew-Kemper School is
intended to perpetuate racial
segregation.
Mr.. Wilt, who has spent
much of the past week recruit
ing supporters from all political
factions and obtaining contrib
utions of up to 500 from them,
said of the citizen undertaking:
II just feel that the bonds
are vital to the county and I
think that we have an obliga-
ton to try to inform our fellow
citizens about the worthwhile
projects they will make pos
Sible.
I'VE feel that a brochure OBJ
jectively explaining why we
need them will reach many
voters who may not attend
PTA or other civic meetings"
In addition to Mr.. Wilt, those
who had joined the private
campaign included: Herbert L.
Brown, Morris Cafritz, Preston
Caruthers, Martin Cohen, j.
Fuller Groom. Jules Gudalia,
Mrs. Mary Cook Hackman,
Kingsley Higgins. Ashton Jones,
Barnard Joy. David Kenney,
Lutrelle Parker, Thomas w.
Phillips, Thomas Richards, Leo
Urbanske and William Watt.
Also. Lee Bean, James Ber-
key. Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund D.
Campbell. Mrs. Frances Freed,
Edward Strothers and Mrs.
Elizabeth Weihe.
Evening star., 1961-05-31
Setting Stage for Action

Piece by piece, there is increasing
evidence that thoughtful and broadly
based policy of greater United States
interest and action toward South Amer
lea is in process of development.
President Kennedy himself set this
force in motion with his proposal that
an alliance for progress" be established
within the inter-American community,
and his subsequent reminder on Pan
American Day that the time had come
to translate words of mutual economic
and social concern into concrete and
urgent" action. For this purpose he
asked that a meeting Of Latin American
finance ministers be assembled this
summer to set up the machinery for
co-ordinated planning and, most i'm
portantly, the setting of goals that are
practical and realistic rather than
fanciful Such a meeting is now
scheduled in Montevideo on July Is.
In another move which should be
helpful in giving direction to this CO.
operative effort, Mr.. Kennedy now has
asked Adlai Stevenson to make a
working trip, starting within few days,
to the capitals of the southern con-
tinent. He has chosen well in this case.
In the years since his last run for the
presidency, Mr.. Stevenson has given
much of his attention to the field Of
foreign affairs and with the greatest
emphasis on the problems of inter-
American relations. Little more than
year ago he travelled for nine weeks
over the same area he will be covering
again, and the reception and reaction
to his consultations with Latin American
leaders were warmly favorable. On this
occasion he will go not only with the
knowledge on both sides of the confer
ence tables that the President is
pressing for meaningful action, but with
similar knowledge that the Congress is
in a mood to support this new effort.
Only recently it approved presidential
request that 5000 million be provided
specifically for Latin American aid.
There is in all this some promise
that perhaps an excessive preoccupation
with Castro and Cuba will be sub
ordinated to the more challenging and
potentially constructive program of
helping those who are able and willing
to help themselves In the southern half
of the hemisphere.
Evening star., 1961-05-31

mistic prophet, the Prime Minister has
had this to say: THE future will bring
peace and cooperation between Israel
and her Arab neighbors. I believe
that the relationships of cooperation
between the Arab states and Israel will
lead to Towering of the Middle East
and bring back to our area the status
which it occupied in ancient times"
Further, referring to the world as a
whole, he has predicted that all man
kind, if it acts together as common
sense and common necessity dictate in
the atomic age, will elevate itself to
magnificent heights of spiritual and
material accomplishment" never before
attained in the long and often tor
mented history of the human race.
In an era when all too many voices,
speaking in basso profundo, warn us
necessarily of universal doom and offer
nothing but the counsel of despair, it
is refreshing to hear the affirmative,
hope-filled views of a man like Mr..
Ben-Gurion. He has been a very
welcome visitor among us.
Evening star., 1961-05-31
Tronsportotion's Big Wheels Grinding Down Public?

Of persons. In order to guar
antee the exclusive monopoly
Of surface streets for internal
combustion vehicles, these
enemies Of public transit
speak hypocritically of bal
anced transportation Sys-
TENS"
With rabbit ears alert to
the siren call of profit, the
D. C. Transit system has
abruptly wheeled about in its
flight to Progress" and now
favors bus conversion be-
cause the Public Utilities
Commission in its unique ca
pacity as august defender Of
the inarticulate multitude has
held out to the franchise
holder the tempting prospect
of doubling its profits only
If it agrees to dump its pay
load upon the public main
tanned highways and fill the
air with cancerous fumes.
Wisecrack references by the
enemies of public transit to
the end of the trolley-car
era and the mystic advent
of the millennium cannot
hide the rock-strewn reality
of our rapid return to stage
coach days. Yet there is a
difference. The pungent odor
of the horses helped the
flowers to grow, but the
stencil from today's lumber
ing buses kill the trees and
enfeebles man for profit, not
flowers.
Mark A. LiIIis.
Evening star., 1961-05-31
Voice of Hope

!. Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion,
In sort of postlude to his formal
Canadian visit, has made good use of
his brief unofficial trip to our country.
He has done so by having talk with
President Kennedy and by outlining to
the American people his hopes for the
future Of Israel, the Middle East and
the world at large.
These hopes have been set forth in
an eloquent address delivered in Phila-
delphia at gathering of Jewish leaders
celebrating the 10th anniversary of the
Israel Bond Organization. Mr.. Ben
Gurion's words are worth quoting.
While declaring that his country, mill
tarily speaking, must show greater
vigilance than ever before" lest any
neighboring state make the miscalcu-
lation of attacking us" he has described
present hostile feelings in the region
as being merely temporary" and he
has spoken affirmatively, and almost
glowingly, of the long-range outlook
for relations between his land and all
others in that part of the world.
Thus, playing the role Of an opti-
Evening star., 1961-05-31
No 9th District

Just as they promised, the intrepid
ladies of the Maryland League of
Women Voters have rounded up enough
petitioners to set aside Maryland'S
grossly unfair new congressional re-
be submitted late today in Annapolis,
just under the deadline wire And
assuming that a sufficient number of
them are validated, and that the
Legislature in the meantime does not
pass another law, the effect will be that
Maryland'S new eighth congressman
will be elected at large in November
Of 1862, when a referendum also will be
held on the redistricting act itself.
From the start we have had mixed
feelings about the referendum campaign.
On the one hand it is too bad that
Prince Georges County voters, who
nearly had gained congressman Of
their very own, should lose him before
they had him. But regardless of this
consequence it is impossible not to
deplore the fundamental inequity Of
the law, which would leave two dis
trictS-the Sixth (including Montgomery
County, and the Second-with more
than twice the population of certain
rural counties.
Whether the urban counties would
reap any advantage over rural areas in
an at-large election of the new Repre-
sentative cannot be said now. Too
much depends on who the candidates
are, and on handful of other factors.
But this, in any event, was not major
concern Of the ladies Of the League.
Their point has been that this partic-
ular law was so bad 1t should be set
aside. And 1t is their stated intention
to proceed with further petitions If the
Legislature-either at an emergency
meeting or in subsequent regular Ses-
Sions-Should pass another inequitable
rediStricting law which Is not based
essentially on congressional districts
reasonably related to actual population.
There are signs that soon, perhaps
by tonight, Governor Tawes will make
clear his intentions as to an emergency
session, which will be required if refer
endum petitions also are filed to prevent
the worthwhile new law regulating
Maryland savings and loan associations
from becoming effective this week.
AS far as the congressional district
issue is concerned, we believe the Gov
ernor should follow the suggestion Of
Montgomery Democratic leaders and
promptly appoint q blue-ribbon COM
mission to propose a fair redistricting
bill for the 1882 session Of the Legis-
lature.
Evening star., 1961-05-31
Justly Honored

I have noted with great
pleasure in The Star that
the National tuberculosis As
sociation has awarded a Ger
tificate of recognition to
Samuel A. Freas Of Wash
ington, who has given so un-
selfishly Of his time and
money to bring a little cheer
to the Ill, and often neglected
by family, patients at Glen
Dale Sanitorium. It would
be a wonderful thing If only
six other WashingtonianS
could do the same at Christ
mas, Easter and Thanksgiv-
ing what he does all year.
It is a pity it took 20 years
for those in charge at Glen
Dale to take note of the deeds
Of this kind and generous
llaH' Mrs. A. L. Kell.
Evening star., 1961-05-31

The enemies Of Washing
tons downtown revitalization
speak only of traffic. They
ignore mention Of the move
ment of persons. They are en-
emies Of rehabilitation be-
cause they have consistently
sided with interests whose
prosperity depends upon the
ruin of a compact central
city. A live central city can
not exist unless a full human
life is made possible for
many people within its limits.
The multiple activities of
labor, commerce. and recrea-
ton must be set free from
the slavish drudgery Of con-
crete thruways, fumes, and
the traffic treadmill.
For 20 years and more the
official studies have pointed
to vehicular traffic conges-
ton as the curse of Washing
ton, and yet for 20 years We
hicular traffic has mush-
roomed while public transit
patronage has plummeted.
Valuable urban space ne
cessary to the life of District
residents is methodically
withdrawn for the convent
ence of suburban automo-
bilists. No street is too shady;
no tree is too old; no house
is too venerable. The despoil-
ers come and go with i'm
punity because, as Scripture
tells us, "The hireling hath
no love for his sheep"
The enemies Of a living
Evening star., 1961-05-31

central city Of Washington
are also enemies Of an ef-
fective public transit system
for the District. Their en-
thusiastic sell-out of the city
to the incessant demands Of
internal combustion vehicles
explains the constant antag-
onism toward any transit op-
Grafton capable of moving
persons more economically
than multi billion dollar
highway systems. Like the sly
vendor in Aladdin's tale, they
offer us new lamps for old.
continually pressing for the
destruction Of existing rail
facilities in exchange for
"pie-in-the-sky" promises for
the year 1000.
The removal Of streetcars
from Wisconsin avenue re-
duced the potential capacity
of that thoroughfare to move
persons to less than one
quarter Of what 1t had been
with the electric cars, and
yet the highway director cid
not blush to preen his feath-
ers in public because vehicu-
lar, i: e., internal combus-
ton, traffic had increased by
SIS per cent. The virulent
opposition of the professional
waste makers" to the more
economical rail transit tips
their hand. Whether the
street be two or ten lanes
wide, they speak only Of traf-
fic flow. not the movement
Evening star., 1961-05-31
Khrushchev's Boasts

Your May % editorial
Soviet Carrot Song" says
that nothing is to be gained
by Understanding the in
dustrial progress in a state
where government has such
power to impose a forced
draft on power expansion"
as the Soviet Union. You
seem to have been impressed
by Nikita KhruShchev's
boasts at the opening Of a
British trade fair in Moscow
to the point that you treat
mere promises as If they
were on the verge Of fulfill
ment. There probably will be
some improvement in con-
sumner living standards in
Russia, but let's have some
perspective on it.
A Rand Corporation study
by Mrs. Janet G. Chapman
finds that the average Soviet
standard Of living in recent
years has been about a third
that of the United States and
only a little better than that
enioyed in the United States
in 1890. Expressed in 1854
dollars. the annual gross
real wage in 1858 Of q non
farm Soviet employe was
$3.50. The corresponding
United States figures are
$4,138 for 1858 and 1854
for 1890.
1t is estimated that about
40 per cent Of the Soviet
population still is engaged in
agriculture and production
still is insufficient to meet
the nations food needs.
Whether Russia can dupli-
cate what the United States
has done in the last Is years
in agriculture remains to be
seen. So far, however. her
efforts in that direction
have not met with much sue
cess, although indications are
that another effort, more am
bilious than the others, Is
planned.
You quote Khrushchev:
I'VE consider our heavy in
dustry as built" taking
seriously his suggestion that
the time is at hand for a
greater flow Of goods for the
Soviet man in the street.
Have you forgotten that he
was also making promises to
the consumer for some years
past? Early in 1859 Khru-
shchev told Walter Lippmann
that the people of the under
developed countries - and
Russia. to the consumer at
least, must be considered one
of them-"will be convinced
by their stomachS," conced-
ing that the real battle is
not in outer space but in
inner space.
II Karl Marx were alive
today he would be dis
gusted with Khrushchev's
boasts. AS far back as 1848,
he and Engels wrote in the
Communist Manifesto: THE
bourgeoisie, during its rule
of scarcely 100 years, has
created more massive and
more colossal productive
forces than have all preced-
ing generations together"
Have you nothing better for
Evening star., 1961-05-31
Concealed Weapons

1t is too bad that your VIII
liam Duke in his story on the
sale of pistols mentions only
police and criminals, for it
leaves the unfortunate i'm
preston that these are the
only elements with an inter-
est in concealable weapons.
Despite the famous dictum
Of Franklin D. Roosevelt that
"every one knows that no.
body hunts with q pistol"
every year thousands Of
sportsmen do Just that. I
have q 20 automatic which
I like to carry in a shoulder
holster while hunting or fish
ing. It is much less bungle-
some than when carried on
the belt. and is especially
handy when climbing a tree
after a coon. The gun is also
well protected in this position,
especially If worn under q
coat. After 20 years Of use,
mine looks almost new. 1t is
unfortunate that many juris-
dictions prohibit having a
gun concealed in this way.
The recreational use Of
firearms may be regarded by
many as o matter to merit
little consideration compared
to their possible use by crimi-
mails. There is another mat
ter though, Of much more
serious import. This is the
role which pistols may play
in the defense Of our coun-
try. We all realize the posi-
bility that there may be an
invasion Of the United States.
We recognize that in the
holocaust there is a fair
chance that our military will
be destroyed. In that event,
how are we to save our coun-
try? Guerrilla warfare and
civil diSobedience are the two
weapons against which an
invader Is most nearly help
less. Concealable weapons are
essential for this purpose.
That Is why the first thing
an invader does is to disarm
the populace. That is why
those Of us who love our
country don't want to have
our guns registered nor their
owners fingerprinted. That's
why the guarantee was writ
ten into the Constitution.
I wonder how many of the
$500 handguns purchased
each month during 1860 in
Montgomery County, have
gone into bomb shelters?
Theodore d. Perrine.
Evening star., 1961-05-31
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Army Tests Plastic Foam Shelters
By THOMAS r. HENRY

ship essentially stationary in
rough water has been de-
veloped in research sponsor
ed by the Army's Corps Of
Engineers.
Designed primarily for
Engineer Corps construc-
tions in harbors and close
offShore, the system is ex-
pected to prove of special
value for the National
Academy's project Moho",
drilling a hole through the
earth's crust under the sea
to the underlying mantle.
Integrated Controls
It has been appreciated
from the first that any sub
stantial movement Of the
ship while actual drilling Is
in progress will snap the
drilling pipe which extends
down through two miles Of
sea water before it starts
drilling through the bottom
deposits. Many forces affect
the movement Of a ship, in
cluding winds, current. and
the rotation of the drill pipe
itself. The combination of
these forces could exert q
pressure Of 10000 pounds
acting at an angle Of 70 de-
grees off the bow Of the
current Moho ship. Cuss I.
The result Of the Army
research carried out in CO.
operation with a commercial
firm is an integrated con-
troll console which allows
the operator to coordinate
the efforts of four diesel
engines to counteract these
forces and keep the ship
over the drill hole.
The consoles operator,
according to an Engineer
Corps report, utilizes a Joy
stick and a wheel. Moving
the joy stick from the YER
tical in any direction Will
result in ship motion in
that direction. Rotation of
the wheel will result in ro-
tation Of the ship. Both
controls can be operated
simultaneously.
To achieve changes in
ship position or heading, or
to resist wind or tidal forces.
the engines are unbalanced
to provide proper reacting
thrusts. From their idling
speed, when no movement is
needed, the engines accel-
crate as either JOY stick or
wheel is moved. The more
control needed, the greater
the engine speed required.
For special maneuvers some
of the engines can be oper-
ated automatically while
others are operated man
ually.