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Evening star., 1961-03-22
Polite PoIiticion Needed

Once upon time, Kentucky'S
Republican Senator Thruston Morton
attributed his success in politics to
practicing philosophy of never taking
violently partisan attitude for the
sake of being partisan" Whether for
this reason or some other, Mr.. Morton
has been consistently successful in
politics elected three times to the
House Of Representatives and once to the
Senate, bipartisanly popular during an
interim period as Assistant Secretary
Of State in charge Of congressional re-
lationS, and most recently in the dual
capacity of Senator and National Chair
man of the Republican Party.
In the latter role, Mr.. Morton's job
was not cut-and-dried one to begin
with-for the division between liberal
and conservative Republicans has been
long existent and often deep. Within
practical boundaries, Mr.. Morton bridged
this division Neutrality-suspicious. the
G. O. P. convention nominated Vice
President Nixon as the party's presi-
Dental candidate and during the cam
paign that followed. The November re-
SultS-a narrow presidential defeat and
gain in congressional SeatS-repre-
Sented no disgrace to the party and
certainly no reflection upon Mr.. Morton'S
stewardship. Throughout, his attitude"
riled neither factions within his party
nor the opposition party itself.
Since November, Senator Morton
has stayed on as party chairman-by
preference Of all G. o. P. factions. He
has said now that he would like to leave
this post by June /, in order to con-
centrate on his own campaign for re-
election to the Senate in 1862. For
Republicans, the choice of successor
remains a delicate one Of bridging not
only the liberal VS.. conservative philoso-
phies within the party but the poten-
TALLY more diSputatious divisions among
New York's Governor Rockefeller, Mr..
Nixon and Senator Goldwater Of Arizona,
each commanding following and each
possible presidential nominee in 1864.
Currently, several candidates are
being tioned-foremoSt among them
Representative william E. Miller Of up
state New York, who was House Republi-
can Campaign Committee chairman last
year, and Ray Bliss, State Chairman in
Ohio. Each Of these has good creden-
tials-SuccesS in their particular endeav-
ors in 1860 and (reportedly) accept
ability to all party factions today. Who
ever is the choice will face his first trial,
Of course, in the 1862 congressional elec-
tions. After that will come the supreme
test Of how well the G. o. P. has bridged
its factionalism and chosen its leader
ship.
Evening star., 1961-03-22
Civil Honor Roll

Ten civil servants who have
distinguished themselves by generally
unpublicized but important contribu-
ttons to the Government have received
well-merited recognition for their work.
In, honoring the group of career civil
service employees, the National Civil
Service League has honored also the
thousands Of other dedicated careeriStS
--men and women-who help to keep
the Federal machinery in operation.
The honor roll for 1861 (the awards
are made annually is composed Of the
following outstanding employees: Manuel
F. Cohen, director of the Division Of
Corporation Finance, Securities and
Exchange Commission; Max Golden,
general counsel Of the Air Force; Clara
B. Gonzales, reservation principal,
Bureau Of Indian Affairs; Fay w. Hunter,
regional director of the Department
of Health, Education and Welfare; John
D. Jernegan, Ambassador to Iraq;
Sherman Kent, assistant director, Cen
tral Intelligence Agency; Robert M.
Macy, chief of the International Division,
Bureau Of the Budget; Ralph s. Roberts,
management officer, State Department;
Ralph G. II. Stu, Research and Engineer
ing Division, Army Quartermaster Gen.
erals ONCE: and Harry Wexler, director
of the once OF Meteorological Research,
Weather Bureau.
The recipients Of the awards were
Evening star., 1961-03-22
At Least Keep Pace

Along with MarylandS inequitable
representation in Congress and In the
Legislature, 1t Is fitting that Delegate
Blair Lee III also has centered attention
on his States system of unit voting in
primaries. For this, in its own way, Is
every bit as iniquitous. .a
Under the unit rule, party nominees
for Maryland'S four top State offices
win all the unit votes in a county or
in Baltimore If they obtain q popular
vote margin of only one. AS in the case
Of the national electoral college, it Is
highly possible therefore that q candi-
date can win popular majority and
lose the primary situation which has
occurred in Maryland on three occasions
in the last 10 years. Equally unjust is
the heavy advantage in voting strength
which the unit rule gives the residents
of low-populated rural counties, for the
unit votes to which they are entitled are
related to the unfair preponderance Of
seats which these areas enjoy in the
Legislature.
Significantly, only Georgia among
the other States retains such system.
In Georgia, the unit rule openly is
acknowledged to be the means by which
rural areas maintain their control over
urban areas in gubernatorial and legis-
lative contests.
Yet even Georgia, as Mr.. Lee has
pointed out, has agreed to restudy its
system. Under the circumstances, a
similar study by the Maryland Legis-
lative Council Of the Lee bill, which
would replace the unit rule with a
popular-vote system, is the very least
that should be done. Or, as Mr.. Lee
phrased It,: at occurs to me that Mary
land although not vanguard Of lib
eralism-should at least keep pace with
Georgia"
Evening star., 1961-03-22
Modern Moses

! hereby submit q set Of
Ten Commandments which,
If adopted by our Govern
ment, might slow up its head
long dash down the path of
socialism (blood-kin to COM
munism). -
% Stop further Federal
intervention in the fields Of
prices and wages. (2) Grad
ually eliminate all Federal
subsidies, except those neces-
sary to national defense. (3)
Get the Federal Government
out Of competition with pri-
vate enterprise. a. Limit
Federal expenditures to
Federal income In time Of
peace. (5) Start regular pay
ments on the national debt.
go Return agriculture to q
supply -ano-oemand market.
CD Abolish compulsory un-
ionism and bring unions un-
der the antitrust laws ap-
plicable to industry. go Give
back to the States the powers
granted them under the Con-
stitution. 90 Restore to Con-
greSs the legislative powers
usurped by the Supreme
Court. (l0) And above all in
still faith In the people that
they can take care Of them
selves without aid Of Federal
handouts from the cradle to
the grave.
..Fs Carter Davis.
VV1nN7aAafaTs Va
Evening star., 1961-03-22

With reference to your
news item concerning the re-
grettable incident at the
Statler Hotel on the occasion
Of the Iranian New Year cele-
bration. I should like to in
form you that ] was included
among those charged with
disorderly conduct solely be-
cause Of an error on the part
Of the police. I am not affili-
ated with any organization
or party whatsoever.
The real facts in the case
are as follows: 7 was greatly
displeased by the miSbehavior
Of Q few Of the people present
and was sent to call the DO
lice. In the resultant confu-
sion I was. myself. taken into
custody.
Inc Embassy OF Iran will
verify this statement.
GhOlam Reza Djavadi
Editors Note: The EN-
bassy does verify that MIR.
Djavadi, q member Of the
orchestra retained to play at
the party, was an innocent
bystander in the violence
which developed.)
Evening star., 1961-03-22
Monumental Errors

I agree heartily with the
sentiments expressed by Milo
Christensen regarding the
encroachment Of memorials
proposed for Teddy and
Franklin d. Roosevelt. or for
other famous personages who
have passed on, on space al
lotted to Fairgrounds for the
youngsters - who are alivel
They are "for the birds" all
right -- that bird-cage for
Teddy and the totem poles
for franklin!
If you ask lne-I think both
of those proposed atrocities
could certainly be classified
as monumental errorsl
al HendIey.
Evening star., 1961-03-22
Aid to Education

Parents who send their
children to parochial schools
pay taxes which help support
public schools, ard, being as
how they are not receiving
any benefit to their children
from the money they pay in
taxes, it should be refunded
to them in proportion to what
it costs them to put their
children through the paro-
chial schools-if the proposed
legislation .oInits parochial
schools from the Federal aid
to education plan.
However, it would be far
better for the Federal Gov
ernment to include parochial
schools in the aid to educa-
tion legiSlation, thereby
avoiding charges of diScrim-
ination against religion. This
would be paradoxical and
ironic, with q man. as Pres
ident whose religion would be
the principal one which
might suffer such discrim-
ination.
Young men and women
from psrochial schools as
well as public schools have
served America all over the
world. A number of them
have died in the service Of
their Nation and some are
buried overseas. Schools
which turn out patriots such
as these deserve the Crati-
tude Of the Nation, and to
omit some while helping 9TH
ers in the proposed aid to ed
ucation legislation would not
.only be the rankeSt sort of
injustice but the meaneSt
type Of ingratitude.
Let us hope that our legis-
lators think of such things
when they are debating the
issues, and let us hope that
they pass a bill which in
cludes all the schools, and
that the President overcomes
his misgivings and signs 1t
into law. Robert "A. Mullen
Evening star., 1961-03-22
THE PASSING scene
Time for Belief in Americonisr,
By RALPH McGILL

A lady in Memphis, Tenn,
has been granted q divorce
from her husband after she
testified that, among other
things, he spent $500 ON ca
Diagrams denouncing Nikita
Khrushchev and Fidel Castro.
but used only candles and a
kerosene lamp and heater to
light and heat their home for
her and three children.
There perhaps is a moral in
this.
There are o great many
persons and 0 number Of or
ganizations in this country
who keep up such q clamor
and outcry against what they,
in anger. fear or prejudice,
cali communism, that they
dim the light and fervor Of
AmericaniSm.
No less an expert than j.
Edgar Hoover of the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation has
warned against those who
make reckless, unsuStained
charges without justification.
They make his job more diff
ficult.
Hate Groups
There are hate groups
which label as q Communist
any person who speaks out
against racial injustice. A
person who declares he or
she accepts the Supreme
Court school decision as law is
certain to be harassed with
attacks from some hate or
fringe group which charges
communism. Ministers angrily
are condemned for the same
position.
Is this good for Ameri-
canisHn?
The men on the United
States Supreme Court, whose
loyalty to their country, its
Constitution and its Bill Of
Rights is one Of the hearten-
ing things in our lives, have
for years been subjected to
abuse Is dupes Of comrnu-
nism.
There are still other or
ganizations which send out
literature which charges that
the Jews Of the world are
behind q Communist corr
spiFacy. An out-and-out Nazi
organization has just been
incorporated In Virginia
which believes in Hitler and
calls Jews Communists.
Are these things good for
AmericanisTn?
The late Senator Robert
A. Taft was publicly accused,
by q real estate official, of
being communistic for sup
porting public housing legis-
lation. Is it good American
ism to defend slums?
Evening star., 1961-03-22
Orders, Sub!

The story in The Star Of
March Is about the training
and care Of the artillery
horses for the and battle Of
Manassas is very interesting.
However. I request that you
convey to the trainer through
your column that General
Order No. 2 Of December 20,
1854, is not being fully COM
piled with. This order was
issued by my great grand
father, Mai. Gen. Henry J.
Hunt, Chief Artillery, Army
Of the Potomac. From the
looks Of the barn In The
Star picture, it would appear
that today's horses are living
in luxury. The order, In part,
follows:
ARTILLERY
HEADQUARTERS, ARMY
OF THE POTOMAC"
"1-In all cases where pro-
lection has not been already
secured to battery horses, q
windshelter, or preferably o
shed stable will be prepared.
The stable may be made Of
picketting, strongly secured
by posts sunk in the ground,
open to the south, and COW
cred by a log roof-the logs
split, followed out and laid
as in tiling. This makes q
dry roof-doeS not require
much more labor than a cor
duroy flooring, the necessity
for which it obviates, leaving
the horses a good dry ground
flooring. II the necessary
tools can be procured. q week
would suffice to stable q
battery where wood is con-
venient. Brush roofs are very
injurious in the winter sea-
son, and should not be per-
i1itted.
"2-The horses should be
rough-shod for winter. They
should be exercised daily,
and harnessed at least twice
a week. Horses living in the
open air and exercised daily
require but little grooming
Evening star., 1961-03-22

Everybody differs from
everybody else in suscepti-
bility to disease. =
This phenomenon has
been reported through the
National Academy of
Sciences by DR.. Roger J.
Williams of the University
Of Texas. It Is far more, he
stresses, than merely ac-
quired immunity by the in.
dividual. 49,.
He cites numerous ex-
ampleS. When, for example,
pellagra-producing diets are
eaten In o community, only
certain individuals are ef-
fected. When polished rice Is
the basic food for all only
q few individuals get acute
beriberi. Only certain indi-
vidualS have specific ten
denotes to acquire gout,
arthritiS, diabetes or coro-
nary diseases.
Immunities Exist
Innate immunity also
appears to exist. DR.. Will
liams says, with respect to
leukemia, mammary cancer
and stomach cancer. In re-
cent years 1t has become
reasonably certain that
heavy smoking Is o potent
factor in production Of lung
cancers. According to the
best evidence. however. only
about one heavy smoker in
10 actually suffers from this
type Of cancer. Am ong
women the incidence Is es-
timated to he somewhat
lower. It is becoming in
Creasingly evident that some
substantial proportio:l of
the population Ia relatively
immune. It seems most
likely that only vulnerable
individuals suffer from lung
cancer and that these are
most likely to suffer VIXEN
heavy smoking allows can
cer-producing agents to
function.
81 am fully convinced that
similar resistances and sus-
capabilities exist in mental
disease. II this has q bio
chemical basis, then it is
reasonable to conclude that
genetically induced metabo-
lie tendencies play an i'm
pOrtant part In determining
who win be afflicted with
mental disease, as well as
the type Of impairment.
ignoring the innate sus-
capabilities which exist in
every population has been,
in my opinion. o serious
block to progress In control
Of many non-infectiouS dis
ses-including mental dis
ease, alcoholism, addictions of
other kinds, and q host Of dis
orders in the mental realm
which are not regarded as
frank mental disease. II the
vulnerable individuals could
be spotted in advance the
disorders might be prevented
with comparative ease"
&& q q
Taste differs widely with
individuals. What is sweet to
one man may be more or
less sour or bitter to another,
and there is no way of being
sure that sugar is sweet or
pickles sour, to cows, pigs or
birds. Chemical composition
Of food seems to have little
significance so far as taste
is concerned.
This conclusion 10 based
In nearly 5000 tests with
Evening star., 1961-03-22
MouIs Developers

Az SAV1AUuS CO1UI you PIC
ture "Quiet In the Heart Of
the City" on the projected
Tenth Street Mall in South
west. It is noteworthy that this
$5.5-million worth Of serenity
has attracted IS adults and
three children to stand
around in the blazing sun
with mo- Grass commercialiSm
to cool them off with O dime
coke. OF course, MIR. Zecken-
DORIS hotel nearby will sell
them one for q quarter, prob
ably, II they are wearing coat
and tie.
These New York Develop
ers and Philadelphia archi-
tects certainly understand
the character Of Washing
tonians. On long summer
evenings and on Sundays, the
Federal Triangle Is crowded
with people looking for Sc
renity and dignity and great
simplicity. Also Union Sta
tion Plaza and Mount Olivet
Cemetery. Now these people
will have another place to be
serene in, and even though
the plans took five years, the
whole complex can be built
in two years. How can we
wait?
The Fine Arts Commission
has found q bug in the Tenth
Street Mall plan--a 2O-foot
hump to carry the mall over
the railroad. This might
act as q windbreak for PEE
destrians In the winter, 30 It
would be well worth 20 times
the cost Of the mall to put
the railroad underground.
Peter GIickert.
Evening star., 1961-03-22

to keep them in health. One
grooming a day, about noon.
with the brush only to remove
dirt, is sufficient in the win
ter months. Their legs, heels,
and paSterns should be kept
free from dirt. The hair and
dandruff should not be re-
moved: nature supplies them
for the protection of the
horse.
"3-TroughS or boxes must
be provided for feeding the
horses in camp. Horses should
not be fed from nosebags,
when a proper vessel can be
provided. The great waste
and destruction Of nosebags
is a source Of complaint. They
are furnished only for the
march, or when active move
mentS are going on.
"4Advantage will be
taken Of the winter encamp-
ment. to overhaul and put in
thorough repair, all the
harness and equipments;
making UP so far as possible,
complete sets Of good har-
ness from sound parts Of that
which Is much worn or unfit
for further service, 90 that
the unsound parts may be
condemned and replaced.
There should be no delay in
entering up on this work. The
batteries must be in complete
condition for the field, as far
as its material Is concerned,
before the spring campaign
opens. ...
Major General Hunt: BY
Command Of Brevet JOHN
CRAIG. Assistant Adjutant
General" j. Conway Hunt.
Evening star., 1961-03-22
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Individual Reaction to Diseases
By THOMAS R. HENRY

various individuals and spe-
cies reported at o recent
symposium held under the
auspices Of the National
Science Foundation. In de-
scribing human tastes, ac-
cording to the report Of Drs.
Bruce p. Halpern and Morley
r. Kare, just published by
the American Association for
the Advancement of Science,
words "Sour" and ''bitter''
sometimes were used inter-
changeably In d escrtbtdg
taste sensations.
Reaction Unpredictable
"1n studying species dif-
ferences in taste preference" !"
says the report, " It is neces-
sary to be free of pre-con.-
cieved ideas as to what
chemical entities win be
selected or rejected by each
species. On the basis of
several thousand trials with
calves, pigs, chickens and
other animals, it is obvious
that man cannot use his
own taste reactions to pre-
dict the taste reaction Of an
animal. The dozen taste buds
In the fowl and the Is, 600
in the ruminant could not be
correlated with distinctibls
taste behaviors of these
species" -
Apparent reactions Of the
animals were checked
against measurement Of the.
electrical activity Of the taste
areas of the brain where the
sensations are determined.
The work made possible more
precise localization Of these
areas.
Evening star., 1961-03-22
D. c. Suffrage.
And now slltlden

And now - suddenly -- our
big moment!
After years of appeals,
speeches, articles, news items
Congress has passed the
proposed 23rd amendment
giving votes for President and
Vice President to the long
disenfranchised citizens Of
our National Capital. And it
is being ratified with heart
warming rapidity by the
States-to rectify an injustice
existing since 1900.
But it hasn't been as easy
as 1t sounds. There has been
misunderstanding and certain
apprehension in some Of the
States in the thought that the
District is seeking Statehood,
or home rule, or something
not apparent in the wording
Of the amendment. So there
had to be established q clear
ing house in Washington; an
office where people could 60
to ask questions or write for
information and Qualification:
an office where appeals could
be sent to Governors, and
State Legislatures in session
to ratify the amendment so
that it could become the law
Of the land.
A committee was formed by
prominent Washingtonians =
with an office at 1918 Con-
necticut avenue. The "Citi-
Zens for Presidential Vote for
the District Of Columbia
with r. Elwood Davis as
chairman-sent messages to
the States that what we were
seeking through this amend
ment was the opportunity to
vote for President and Vice.
President Of our country
and nothing more - and
nothing less. There Is q staff
Of three employees, and there
are approximately ESQ volun-
teers; they have done q won
derful Job. But money iS
needed for the nominal galar.
les. rent. publications, print
ing, postage, and long-dis-
tance telephone calls.
It is estimated that about
100000 voters will benefit
from the passage Of this
amendment. Surely there are
enough Of these who appreci-
ate the opportunity to vote
not only for themselves, but
for their children and grand
children in years to come
who will want to have O part
in this great opportunity. The
moment is here-the time Is
now. Send in your dollars
tens, twenties. hundreds-as
much as you can. But do 1t
right away.
In a "Call for Help" printed
in The Star Of February 2S,
MIR. Davis says-''Please send
contributions now to Presi-
Dental Vote for Washington
Box 50, Ben Franklin Station,
Washington, D. c."
win you?
Elizabeth N. HempstOns
Evening star., 1961-03-22

There are Americans who
believe the Negroes in Amert.
ca. particularly those in the
South, are happy and content
with discrimination. At
tempts by Negroes to bring
an end to injustice are there
fore condemned as Commu-
ntst-inspired. That the Com
munistS have been trying for
40 years to make inroads in
Negro communities is true.
That the Communists always
attach, or seek to attach,
themselves to every moVe-
ment which might benefit
them Is q part of q long rec
ord. But the facts are avail
able. Communism has made
less penetration among
Negroes, on Q percentage
basis, than among white per-
sons. J. Edgar Hoover, in his
book, Masters Of Deceit"
pays tribute to the NAACP
for having carried on . con-
tinuing fight to prevent Com
munist infiltration.
There are doctors who are
sure that Communists are
behind the proposed legis-
lation to aid old people.
Even fluoridation is de-
nounced by some as Q Com
muniSt plan to poison Amer
ica's water supply. =.
The story runs on and on.
A sincerely distressed father
has written in to say that
his teen-aged daughter, when
refused permission to go to
o dance, lost her temper and
shouted, you must be o
Communist"
Unaware of Reds Nature
Most of those who make
prepoSterouSe and unSuStained
charges do not know what
communism is or how 1t op-
crates. The danger of it is
ever present and must be
exposed. But those who.
with unsupported scatter
gun charges, are making
the Americans fear one an
other are doing communism
a service. A helpful book for
those who want to inform
themselves is what We
Must Know About Commu-
nisrn" by Harry and Bonaro
Overstreet.
Now is O time for belief IN
our country and its institu-
tions, q time to do all we can
to make 1t strong and great.
That is the sureSt defense
against communism. We
will be sick nationally II we
permit Nazis, Communists, or
hate groups to divide US.
Evening star., 1961-03-22
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used If
letters carry 1UTtters' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condensG-
tion. Those not used SOiu be
returned only iDheH accom-
panied by self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1961-03-22

cited for exhibiting "the highest
characteristics Of career Government
service: competence, efficiency, charac-
ter and continuity of service" We Join
in paying tribute to this group Of good
and faithful public servants.