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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-10
African Diplomats

The State Department is said to be
somewhat encouraged by the results of
quiet survey of the problem of finding
accommodations along Route 40 in
Maryland for African diplomats. The
problem arises, of course, from the I'M
Willingness of restaurant operators,
some 10 in number, to open their estab-
lishments to the Africans. In several
instances, service has been refused
This has not only offended the individ-
uals involved, but probably has damaged
the foreign estimate of the United
States
This situation has been under study
for some six weeks by team composed
of men representing the State of Mary
land, the State Department and the
Labor Department. After interviewing
most of the restaurant owners, the
teams basic conclusion is that only a
very few are adamantly opposed to
Indignation. But the owners do fear the
competitive effect. Each operator is
afraid of losing his white patronage if
he alone should open the doors of his
establishment to the Africans. Conse-
quently, an effort is being made to
persuade all or most Of them to lower
the bars at the same time, and if this
effort is successful, the problem, as far
as the diplomats are concerned, will
be solved.
What would remain unsolved would
be the paradoxical situation in which
African diplomats could be served along
Route 40 while American Negroes could
not. Perhaps this is not matter which
directly concerns the State Department,
but it is nonetheleSS problem And
the only possible solution may lie with
the State of Maryland.
Governor Tawes told a press con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-10

could ensue if the "neutrals"
found themselves caught be-
tween Mao and Khrushchev
in the U. Mn the impress
Sive World ORGANIZATION!
Some who really see the
U. N. as an instrument Of
One World" are urging that
Red China be admitted. But
what kind of a world do they
want? AS it is now, hope
we won't see a day in the
U. N. when we have to deal
with two Big Power" Com
munist dictators at the same
time!
Our delegates at the U.N.
should use the veto TO keep
Red China out.
Nancy r. Johnson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-10
How 1t Is Done

The man awaits pickup in
a seated position. The air.
craft, equipped with a yoke
or wide fork, approaches the
line hanging just below the
balloon at a speed of about
$50 miles an hour. An auto
matte device in the crotch of
the yoke secures the line to
the aircraft and the balloon
breaks away.
The man is lifted vertical
ly in the air, slowly at first
and then more rapidly as he
progresses, in a parabolic ira
jectory during acceleration of
the speed of the aircraft. The
crew operating the rescue
equipment on board the air
craft hooks a section of the
line and secures it to a pow
cred winch inside. The man
then is reeled in through the
hatch.
The accelerative stress on
the man. according to a Navy
report, is approximately a
third that experienced in a
parachute jump. The entire
operation requires about sew
en- minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-10

Q. How did comma once
cost our Government a large
sum of money?11B. S.
A. This has happened at
least twice. In the Tariff Act
of June 6, 1872. the duty
free list was intended to in
clude fruit plants, tropical
and semitropical, for the pur-
pose of cultivation" The
clerk who copied the bill for
publication put the comma
after the word fruit. making
the phrase fruit, plants
tropical and semitropical."
Before this error was cor
rected, about 81 million in
duties was lost by free i'm
portation of oranges, lemons.
bananas. etc. The other err
ror, which cost about IL mil
lion in taxes before it was
corrected. resulted from the
commission of a comma in the
oleomargarine act passed in
1886.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-10

ference last week that he favors "in
principle" public accommodations law,
but he reserved judgment on the details
of such law. Just what this may mean
we do not profess to know. But if the
Governor has in mind legislation which
would open restaurants throughout the
State to all races he should derive en-
enlargement from the experience in
Washington, where the deSegregation
of restaurants has been proceeding
smoothly over a period of several years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-10
Ought to Be a Law

In a recent news item, I
noted that the West German
parliament passed a law that
prohibits use of all deter
gents and washing compost
lions not capable of biologi-
cal degradation or decom-
position in water publication
plants, in natural waters,
and Tor in the soil"
This is the type of law we
need in this country to help
prevent pollution of our riv-
ers and streams. and we need
it now, to become effective in
one year and allow present
stocks of detergents to be-
come exhausted.
J. E. NJ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-10
Laos and Freedom

In keeping with nearly everybody'S
expectations, all factions concerned
have at last agreed to accept Prince
Souvanna Phouma as Premier of the
new coalition government proposed for
Laos. But the news, which hardly
warrants unreStrained celebration, must
be greeted with mixed feelings and a
et'S-hope-for-th e-beSt frame Of mind.
True, the agreement (now that the
rainy season is coming to an end in
that part of the world) may be welcomed
as something that promises to head off
a renewal of the fratricidal strife that
has tormented the little kingdom ever
since the Communist Pathet Lao
rebels unleaShed their campaign to take
over the country and make it part Of
the Sino-Soviet empire. Certainly, to
that extent at least, Prince Souvanna'S
elevation to the premierShip-aS a
"neutraliSt' ought to have a mod
Grating influence on the potentially
highly explosive situation existing not
only in his own country but throughout
Southeast Asia.
However, despite these consider
ationS, the fact remains that the 60
year-old Prince, who is said to be a
completely charming man-with love
for places like Paris and Washington
rather than Moscow and Peiping-
adhereS to policy of "neutraliSm" that
seems altogether one sided, no matter
how unwittingly, in favor Of the Com
munist drive to win mastery Of the
entire globe. Strong and disturbing
evidence of this can be found in the
fact that he maintains close and
friendly relations with his pro-Red step
brother, Prince Souphanouvong, who is
very much a part of the Pathet Lao
conspiracy.
Quite obviously, in view of this
background, there is ample reason to
wonder whether Prince Souvanna will
be able to hold the line against a Com
muniSt engulfment of Laos. He is
charged with the task of organizing a
coalition cabinet made up of three
mutually exclusive political groupings
pro-Western, prof. Communist and "neu-
traliSt," which is term so loose as to
be almost beyond definition. In any
case, it seems clear enough that such
a coalition might easily become a troika
monstroSity-a three-horse team" of
the type favored by the Kremlin to
promote built-in chaos.
STILL regardless of ali this, maybe
the free world should be hopeful about
Laos. The signs. however, are not
propitiouS, and WeSterners must think
about such neighboring countries as
South Wet Nam, which will be in line for
theological Subversion and conquest If
the Laotion people fall. Here is a
threat that is not really distant, and
it explains why our Government is
seriously contemplating the idea Of dis
patching troops to support the free Wet
namese and prevent the communication
of the whole of Southeast Asia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-10
THE PASSING SCENE
The UseIessness of Second Siqht
By RALPH McGILL

. Almost every cocktail
party, large or small, has it's
sad-faced mourners who de-
plore the fact that Gen.
Eisenhower and the Truman
administration accepted the
Berlin situation as described
in the Generals book Cru
SADIE in Europe" Gen. Essen
hover wrote that it should
prove a helpful laboratory
for allied cooperation.
Breasts are beaten over the
failure to specify the right
to corridors to Berlin and a
pledge of a unified Germany.
How could they have been
so stupid?
Let's play the game even
further.
Let us mourn that Keren-
sky and the White Russians
didn't make it. Whose fault
was that? Let us make the
corners of cocktail rooms
echo to the soft sound of
splashing tears as we weep
over failure of allied policy
to reform Car Nicholas and
to remove the Czarina from
the evil influence of the
monk Rasputin. so that Rus
STA would not have collapsed
into the hands of Lenin and
Trotsky. What stupid errors.
But, stay, let us not mourn
such recent things.
Why not go back and
stand, like Niobe all tears.
lamenting the fact that the
allies did not have the good
sense to support, and for a
time guide, the Weimar Re
public in Germany, instead
of loading it with debts and
guilt and making it impos-
Sible for it to survive its
enemies. Whose fault was
that?
But, this is no place to
stop.
Slaughter of Demonstrators
Let us lift our martins on
high and sigh so deeply that
breastbones rattle because,
alas, in January, 1905, the
Car left Petrograd, and the
army and the palace guard
politicians took over. When
the peaceful demonstrators
came-200,000 of them, car
rying icons and singing God
Save the Czar"-they brought
also a petition asking for an
eight-hour day and a mini
mum wage of one ruble so
cents per day.
The soldiers either pan
licked or were ordered to fire.
They opened at a distance Of
20 yards. They killed some
500 and wounded several
thousand. Let us weep over
that day, because, from that
time on, all things led down
hill to the Russian collapse
in the First World War, and
the takeover by the Com
muniSt minority. whose
fault was that?
Bring us another round,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-10
Launches Bondwogon

The recently announced
candidacy of Richard M.
Nixon for Governor of Cali
fornia has raised the issue
Of the Republican candidates
for President Of the United
States.
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller
of New York is undoubt-
eddy head and shoulders
above anyone to be con-
Sidered. He has governed the
big State of New York ex-
cellently. His education,
training and government
know-how are Just what the
people seek in their Presi-
dent.
We sincerely hope that
Nelson Rockefeller runs for
President.
Donald II. Dalton,
1860 Chairman, Draft Rookie
Teller for President Club,
Washington Area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-10
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used il
letters carry UriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used wiH be
returned only When accom- =
panied BY self = addressed
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-10

In this rescue operation a
specially designed packet is
dropped to the stranded man.
This packet contains a har-
ness which is put on in the
same way as a pair of over
alls. A 500-foot braided nylon
line is attached to the har-
ness and a balloon envelope
at the end of the line. A bot
tie Of helium also in the pack
ct is used by the man to in
flate the balloon. When ready
for the pickup the man re-
leases the balloon which lifts
the line to a height of 500
feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-10
Analyses fancy


In his letter referring to
the bred Scott decision.
George Parker does a grave
injustice to Chief Justice
fancy. inferring that it was
that jurist's own sentiment
that, at that time. Negroes
have no rights which the
white man is bound to re-
spect."
THAI Tas surely not the
personal feeling of the Chief
Justice. He merely felt OBJ
ligated to interpret the Con-
stitution in the light Of the
historic facts. as he stated
in this paragraph of that
famous decision: They tthe
Negroes had for more than
a century before (the Con-
stitution) been regarded as
beings of an inferior order d.
and so far inferior that they
had no rights which the white
man was bound to respect"
fancy himself freed his
slaves, and in other decisions
encouraged the crusade for
their emancipation. But. like
Lincoln who repeated often
that slavery could not be
legally abolished, Chief JUS
tice fancy chung to a strict
adherence to the existing
Constitution.
Mr.. Parker regards as the
law of the land"-and rightly
so-the Supreme Court de-
cision on desegregation. The
bred Scott decision was sim
ilarly considered the law Of
the, land" by a majority of
Americans. both South and
North. But Abraham Lincoln
and the abolitionists felt that.
the Supreme Court to the con-
trary, it was morally right to
defy the bred Scott decision.
Thus, in every generation,
there has been defiance Of
judicial dicta.
J. ]. Perling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-10
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
MuIti-Mission Satellites at Work
By THOMAS R. HENRY

Three Navy satellites,
launched into space together
with a single rocket and each
with a different purpose, now
are circling the earth.
First is one in a series in
the Nays program to devel-
op an all-weather. worldwide
navigational system based on
signals from such man-made
moons. This one is described
as a considerable improve
ment on any launched before
1t has an improved memory
system. including an absolute
time system. 1t will transmit
orbital data continuously.
A properly equipped ship at
sea. according to the Office
of Naval Research report, will
be able to compute its own
position from this data and
its own velocity as revealed
in the apparent change in the
pitch of the signals. This
change in pitch, known as
the Doppler effect, is used
commonly in radio telescope
observations.
Measures Suns X-Rays
Second is one of a series of
Naval Research Laboratory
satellites designed to measure
the intensity of X-ray ennis
sions from the sun. Solar
storms produce changes in
the earth's ionosphere. which
in turn cause considerable
disturbance to long-range ra-
dio communications. The dis
turbances are accompanied
by large, rapid increases in
solar X-ray intensity.
The third Navy satellite was
designed by DR.. James Van
Allen of Iowa State Universe
ty as part of a research pro-
gram he is directing under
the Office of Naval Research.
This deals with measuring
the intensity of coSmic radi-
diation and investigating the
northern and southern lights.
DR.. Van Allen, who diScov-
cred the belts of intense "a
diation surround the earth
that now bear his name, has
developed a theory that auro-
raj displays are caused when
charged particles. trapped in
the outer radiation belt. are
dumped into the upper at
mosphere in Arctic regions.
Indications are that the out
er belt has a horn that eX-
tends deep into the atmos-
phere forming a leak"
through which trapped par
ticles enter the atmosphere.
especially during magnetic
storms.
Data from the satellite will
provide more information for
use in studies of auroral phe-
nomena on radio propagation
in the polar regions, and the
connection between solar
flares and both auroral dis
plays and radio blackoutS.
The Navy has developed a
new system for rapid reScues
from the sea or remote land
areas by means of long range
fixed wing aircraft.
This system now is in the
final evaluation stage before
acceptance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-10

waiter, so that we may damn
the failures Of the past and
sharpen the always keen vi
sion of second sight.
We wish now to denounce
those Russians, Americans,
Englishmen, Frenchmen, jap
aneSe, Greeks and others who
sold" the Cars corrupt
ministers such shoddy war
goods, much of it undeliv-
cred, that, of the Is million
men called up, many went
into the winter fighting with
out adequate clothing, boots
and equipment.
Thousands, indeed, in 1914
carried pixies, since there we're
not enough rifles. Even Won
Hindenburg. a ruthless man,
was appalled, by the slaughter
and estimated it at perhaps
eight million. I'VE have no
idea" he said. "All we know
is that we often had to clear
away great mounds of their
dead to get a clear field of
fire against fresh assaulting
waves"
The COnspiratOrs' Entry
Let us damn the Germans,
too, for allowing Lenin and
his conSpirators to cross Ger
many, Sweden and Finland
in a sealed railway car to the
Finland station at Leningrad.
Fetch us double martins,
waiter, for our sorrow now is
grievouS and hard to bear. 1t
was the Russian revolution
which brusquely showed the
United States into world poll
tics after the First World
War. 1t was this revolution
which profoundly affected
the politics of all countries in
the 1920s.
Why didn't somebody do
something about Hitler?
The Communists in Ger
many made him possible in
the 1905. Without assur-
ances from Stain, Hitler
would not have plunged the
world into war in 1899. The
collapse of Chang Kai-shek,
Korea. the cold war. the pres
ent crisis in Europe and Asia
all these stem from the
revolution of l916-l7.
Bring us another round =.
let us blame the past. And if
President Kennedy tries to do
something about settling the
problem, not merely of Ber-
lin but of Central Europe,
decreeing zones free from nu-
clear weapons, let us de-
nounce him as an appeaser
of com unism. We who
mourn at cocktail DartieS
blessed with second sight.
have never made an error. 1t
is the stupid people of the
past who have caused all our
trouble. History may desig-
nate our own parroting and
platitudes as an error Of the
last half of the goth century.
but by then we, too, will be
they of the past.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-10
Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKINS SERVICE

A reader can get an answer. by
mail, to any question of fact by
writing The star Information Blu
reau. 635 street N w. Washington
4. D. c Please inCloSe return post
age or addressed, stamped
envelope.
Evening star., 1961-06-07
SHE'S A SCOUT
36MiIIionth
Visitor Sees
Monument

As is fellow Girl Scouts from
Pine Bluff, Ark, shrieked, Ber-
nice Smith, IA, today was reg
iStered as the 36th millionth
visitor to the Washington
Monument.
Her first words as E T.
Scoyen, associate director of
the National Park Service, bore
down on her with the news
was strictly female: "Oh, my
hair WOULD be a mess today" "
But there was no sympathy
from her bubbling companions.
This makes me sick, +"
groaned one scout. when we
were travelling up here Bernice
got the only boy on the train.
And at the dance last night,
she got the best-looking boy"
I'm not going to speak to
her from now on" announced
another. Next time let's leave
her home"
Bernice took it all in stride.
She marched up to the front of
the monument where she re-
ceived parchment copies of the
Constitution and the Declara-
tion of independence from Park
Superintendent T. Sutton Jett.
Then she braced herself and
fearlessly walked back to join
her troop for an elevator Tide
to the top.
"Oh Bernice," the girls
screamed. Can we touch you?"
Evening star., 1961-06-07

actions and habits in an effort
to improve parking and transit
problems.
Most of the questions dealt
with how long it took to get
to work, what mode of trans
portation was used specifically
this morning, and what it
would take to get you to use
public transportation instead
of your private auto.
For example, there was this
question:
"If you can use a bus OF
streetcar but do not use them
check one or more of the fol-
lowing (if applicable:
/. 1t takes more than SO min
utes each way.
2. Bus schedule requires me
to leave home too early or toe
late to get to work on time.
3. Would have to pay two
fares each way.
4. Lack of shelter at board
ing points.
S. Excessive wait at boarding
points.
6. Unable to get a seat.
7. Boarding point too far
from home"
The forms were distributed
to Federal employees in agen.
Evening star., 1961-06-07

cies with 100 or more workers.
(This eliminated distribution
to the new National Capital
Transportation Agency which
is cooperating with the Gen
eral Services Administration in
conducting the survey.)
Some 10000 Federal work.
ers received the forms. Another
10000 went to workers in sev-
eral downtown office buildings
and department stores to get an
idea of what getting to work is
like for the non-Government
employe.
Purpose of the questioning is
to get more specific data to be
used in discussing proposals
with transit companies, for
service improvements and with
traffic officials.
1t will take the Census Bu-
reau a few weeks to process
the answers on today's ques-
tionnaires. The data should be
ready sometime next month.
But for one Federal employe
who commutes from the sub
urbs by motor scooter-the
question form was no trouble
at all. "It took me about three
minutes to fill out" he said.
Evening star., 1961-06-07

tional and is building Dulles
international said today that
nothing specific has been done
toward a contract for the hotel
but a spokesman pointed out
that additional space will be-
come available when the mill
tary moves out of National.
He pointed out that such a
facility would provide a new
means of revenue to offset the
cost of operating the airport.
1t would also enable the air.
port to provide necessary i'm
provements in its inflight COM
missary facilities with result
ant added revenues.
The letter to Mr.. Rayburn
said the Budget Bureau "has
advised that there would be
no objection to the submission
of this draft bill to Congress. u
Evening star., 1961-06-07

the lecture" DR.. Sparks said.
George Clutes, dean of Stu
dent Activities, said it is pos
sible for someone to sit in un-
noticed on large lecture Ses-
sions.
II can't recall the name OF
John Sharp from any of our
meetings and he wasn't on the
roster" said Roger Bethke,
president of the Civil War Club.
To support his masquerade,
Mr.. Sharp had postal cards
with his school grades sent to
his home. School officials said
he must have forged the cards
to look like those professors
mail students at the end of
each semester as a courtesy.
Official grades come from the
registrars office on a standard
school form.
Joe Jesuele, manager Of the
Student Union coffee shop
Evening star., 1961-06-07

priod the Government can sign
with a conceSSionaire.
In a letter to Speaker Ray
burn, Federal Aviation Admin
istrator N. E. Halaby said "the
need for first-class hotel IA
cilities and services at the
Washington National Airport is
becoming increasingly evident.
Several private investors,
well known and established in
the hotel industry, are ex-
tremcly interested in providing
this type of facility. These
concerns have all made long
trm proposals for the construc-
ton of a So million to SIS mil
lion hotel.
"They have proposed a lease
period of from 35 to so years
for the purpose of borrowing
long-term capital" The FAA'S
Bureau of National Capital
Airports, which operates Ma
Evening star., 1961-06-07
DEATH RINGS DOWN THE CURTAIN
Student Fooled All in His Own ReoI-Lfe Play

body had a 9-millimeter auto
matte in the left hand and
there was a wound in the left
temple.
District Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald today issued a GER
tificate of suicide in the death.
Mr.. Sharp's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carlton D. Sharp, can Of
fer no explanation, nor can a
neighbor and close friend, Will
liam L. Hoff, director of the
Student Union at the univer-
sity.
"He rode to school with me
three days a week, even in the
rain or snow storms when other
students would stay home," Mr..
Hoff recalled.
Rushes to "Class"
John would buy a cup of
coffee and a newspaper in the
Union, then rush off to a 9
O'Clock class" he added.
II never had the slightest
reason to doubt he was a
student.
1--WE talked about sports, DR..
Sparks Civil War course he
was taking, and some trouble
he was having with a French
class. He used to sit in on some
of our Civil War Club meet
ings."
Shown a photograph of Mr..
Sharp, DR.. Sparks said the face
looked familiar but he could
not be certain he'd seen the
man at lectures.
There were 100 students in
the class and over 200 Seats"
DR.. Sparks explained.
"An assistant takes a roll
from a chart showing seats
assigned stu dents. Anyone
could sit in an unassigned seat
and not be bothered.
But he does look very much
like a student who talked to
! me after class one day about