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Evening star., 1961-10-26
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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Evening star., 1961-10-26
Good Reporting

1t is a pleasure to con-
gratulate you on the excel
lent front page story by
Miriam Gutenberg on tn e
Supreme Court hearing on
the Sit-in strikes. The article
was excellent; especially good
were the reported remarks of
the Justices. These are par
ticularly revealing of the
thinking of the Justices and
it is a keen reporter who
picks such matters up for
readers.
Donald II. Dalton,
Public Relations Chair
man, Administrative
Law Section, Bar As
sociation Of the Dis
tIict of Columbia.
Evening star., 1961-10-26

thing. The huge college and
university stadiumS were
built to accommodate the
huge crowds that come to see
about a half dozen football
games a year. Few, if any, of
these stadiums can be used
for other paying functions.
and it is justifiable to pass
on the costs to the football
fans. There are a number
of universities that would be
happy to de-emphasize foot
ball but cannot because Of
the big white elephant"
stadiums on their hands.
The fact that it cost more
than 81 to park at Griffith
Stadium has nothing to do
with it either. The parking
problem was one Of the rea-
sons a new stadium was built
and Griffith Stadium was
abandoned.
Mr.. Bergman says that
parking may have been free
at the Armory before but
there wasn't enough of it;
that show managers COM
planned that motorists were
turning around and going
home: that that won't hap
pen with the new lots. He's
right. The motorists won't
turn around and 60 home.
They won't even come, and
Mr.. Bergman knows it. That
is exactly why he is toying
with the idea of dropping
baseball parking at District
Stadium to rs cents.
I still think the one dollar
parking fee at the Stadium
is not exorbitant. All of the
phony reasons for trying to
justify it. however, make me
wonder if this might not be
one more case where funds
are being raised by soaking
the motoriSt.
Samuel Shapiro.
Evening star., 1961-10-26

Senator Humphrey COM
planned recently about the
waste and confusion caused
by the lack of liaiSon in elec-
tronicS research and develop
ment. Our recent visit to Har-
ward Medical School shows
that the same situation ex-
lists in the field Of research
animal care which handles a
minimum of 81 million ami
mails a year.
Two years ago. inspired by
an article in The Star, peo-
pie across the country asked
Congress to provide inside
outside runs for the beagleS
that had to survive for 6 and
Z years in small cages in a
sub-basement while being
used by the Food and Drug
Administration. CongreSsion-
al action was prompt.
Through the efforts Of
WARDS two local medical
schools already have t h is
type of housing. 1t was built
with matching funds from
the National Institutes of
Health which gives its own
animals this kind of care at
Bethesda. This is the ap-
proved way to house long
term dogs at accredited vet
erinary establishments.
Still there is no such hous-
ing at Harvard, which re-
ceived the largest grants in
the country from NH for
building health facilities,
$5.474,712 from 1857 to 1861.
Their long-term dogs are
boarded in basement quar-
terS called the Farm" The
only time they are out is
when someone from a re-
search department walks
them on a lead, a most ex-
pensive system considering
price of labor on a seven
day-a-week. overtime basis.
In the Farm" constructed
in 1906. are cats, monkeys,
sheep. rats. rabbits. etc. From
under one door the black and
white paw of cat emerged.
1t had escaped from its cage
and was reaching for the
only ray of light which came
from a crack under the door.
Dogs from the pound are
kept in a reconditioned barn
until they are used up. This
has been divided into pens
holding several dogs each.
Two men care for $50 ami
mails. These pens are cleaned
once a week and the odor is
kept down by bedding on the
floor, which, of course,
spreads disease and dirt.
Harvard also received the
second largest grant from
NH for research projects and
training in 1861, $9,336,179.
What must be the conditions
for these animals in less for
tunate institutions? We have
failed to evolve a Co-ordi-
mated means to bring to this
animal industry the stand
ards and system it requires.
This lack of liaiSon is not
only waSteful and confusing
but needlessly cruel an d
serves no scientific purpose
Mrs. PeytOn Hawes Dunn,
Secretary, WARDS.
Welfare of Animals
Used for Research in
Drugs and Surgery.
Evening star., 1961-10-26

It's about time the So
called neutralist countries
wake up to the facts Of in
ternational life - and the
character of the RusSian-led
drive for world communism.
These neutralistS seemingly
are either blind to the reck-
less brutality of the Russian
Soviet government, headed
by Prime Minister Nikita
Khrushchev-or are terror
lied. The Soviet has clearly
attempted, with its atomic
tests over recent weeks, cul-
minating with the explosion
of a big bomb, to spread
fear throughout the world in
order to gain its ends.
The explosion of the bomb.
it appears, has shaken some
of these neutralistS, even
India's Prime Minister Nehru,
although his representatives
at the U. N. continue to play
into the hands of the Rus
slams. In fact, most Of the
world outside the Communist
block has been angered by
the Russian reckleSsneSS. Mr..
Nehru is quoted as having
expressed his deep concern
over Russia'S latest action.
The Russian governments
action might have disturbed
even the Russian people, but
it has been carefully con-
cealed from them and from
other peoples behind the Iron
Curtain.
Leaders in many nations
have voiced their disgust with
the Soviet explosion of this
bomb. which can have no
scientific value, but was in
tended to bla ckmail the
Western world into bowing
to the Soviet will in the Ber-
lin issues. and to the aggres-
sive tactics of the Commu-
nists in other countries, not
ably Laos, South Wet Nam,
Latin America and Africa
Many of these countries are
far removed from the scene
of the Russian atomic tests
and may feel relatively safe
from the poisonous effects OF
the fallout from these ex-
ploSionS. Indeed. Russia s
idea apparently has been that
the peoples of the North At
lantic Treaty Organization
would be enough alarmed tt
help pave the way for a Rus
sian peace - which mean,
peace only on the terms oi
the Communists.
Anger in Z. s.
Here in the United States
instead of fear, the peopl,
and their leaders have reac'
ed with anger and a deter,
mination that if Russia con
tinueS its tactics, drastic step
must be taken against tht
Soviet. Senator Mike Mans,
field. Democratic leader o
the Senate, was one Of thu
first to speak out strongly
about RuSsia'S bomb tests, de,
claring them a form Of dan
gerous aggression. The Ken
Evening star., 1961-10-26
Inner Loop Views

To turn into a query the
paraphraSe used by the
executive director of the Ma
tional Capital Planning Com
mission when he recently
stated that "only God should
kill a tree" l should like
to ask the engineer mem
bers Of the commission and
its staff II they sense any
inconsistency in wishing to
carry through the Inner
Loop? Is not the planning
commission also charged with
extending the availability Of
two commodities in short
supply-good houses in good
neighborhoods?
Adequate housing, espe-
cially in the income range
currently available for most
of the Districts whites.
is hard to come by now. While
the National Housing Act of
1861 provides many new tools
for the conservation and re-
habilitation Of that which
is extant, as we'll as the
construction Of new middle
income shelter. it will be
some while before the sup
ply and demand will near
equilibrium. Good neighbor-
hoods. and all that they
mean in the total welfare of
the entire citizenry of the
District. have a growth rate
comparable. perhaps. to that
Of trees. Good design is a
highly desirable component
of houses and their environs:
it is but one Of many.
Granted that the automo-
bile is here to stay, surely
a Nation which can engi-
neer lethal bombs and space
vehicles should be able to
create solutions for handling
machines which routinely
carry people. without de-
stroying what is even more
vital to life-shelter. If the
Comprehensive Plan of 1850
is to be the major deter
minant in the decision, may
I submit that the Federal
Government had no real
housing legislation until l949
and even then few thinkers
recognized the full signifi-
canoe of good neighborhoods
in the maintenance Of social
health: conversely. the
housekeeping costs to gov
ernment of families living in
substandard housing and
poor neighborhoods.
Ruth Dene Neufeld
Your editorial Of October
% claims that Mrs. Smiths
design will make the E Street
Expressway beautiful and &C
ceptable. This is far more
than Mrs. Smith claims. 1t
Is one thing to design foun-
tains. plazas. ETC.. quite
another thing to cough up
the money to pay for them
and still another to get
through the swarms of au-
tomobiles to enjoy these
amenities.
Your claim that the parts
of the Inner Loop now un-
der construction are the most
prominent and complex por-
tions shows your ignorance
of the details Of the Inner
Loop. Interchange "C", a
three or four level. Los An
geles-style series Of twisting
ramps. to be wedged between
the Navy Yard and the Ma
rine Barracks. is by far the
biggest monster in the loop
and it will take all the foun-
tains of Rome to try to hide
it. Such a Identification"
will cost more than three
coins, believe me. 1t remains
to be seen whether the Bu-
reau of Public Roads will
foot 80 per cent of the cost
of such Identification" or
whether the same interests
which prevented Congress
from providing for reloca-
tion of people from the right
of-way of the interstate Sys-
tenn will attack such ameni-
ties also as unwarranted
drains on the interstate high
way fund.
Evening star., 1961-10-26

@. Do most animals walk
the same way? j. Y.
A. Most four-footed man.
mails use a diagonal form of
walking, that is. the right
front leg and left hind leg
operate together, and the left
front leg and the right hind
leg. Camels, brown bears, gi-
raffes and some other ami
mails pace, using the two legs
on each side simultaneously.
Pacing is the first gait of
colts.
O. Are any pensions still
being paid to descendants of
veterans of the War of 1872?
y. D.
A. No. The last beneficiary
to receive a pension based on
service rendered in the War
of 1912 was Mrs. Esther Ann
Hill Morgan, daughter of
Pvt. John Hill of the New
York Militia, who was grant,
ed a special $40 monthly PEN
sion by Congress in 1927. She
Evening star., 1961-10-26
Questions and Answers
By THE HASKINS SERVICE

reader get by mail to question Of fact
stamped
Evening star., 1961-10-26
Research Animal Care

Richard ]. Marquardt
Evening star., 1961-02-27

on the economic situation in April, now
only few weeks hence.
For its part, not surprisingly, the
labor organizations executive council
favors not only quicker action but steps
that would place a larger tax burden
OH business corporations, dividend re-
cipients and individuals in the upper
brackets on income taxes. Presumably,
the council does not consider this to be
either tinkering or unSound.
Tax revision, of course, is not a SIM
pie chore, nor is 1t one on which there is
likely to be general agreement as to the
best and most effective approach. AS
far as So-called temporary measures
are concerned, the record clearly shows
that changes, either up or down, are
apt to remain long time. For this rea-
son, If no other, Congress should make
haste slowly. But as long as the Amer
ican economy depends upon the healthy
and profitable operation Of its private
enterprise system, and the jobs Of mil
lions are likewise affected, any idea Of
precluding the business segment from
the benefits Of proper tax reform is un-
warranted and self-defeating.
Evening star., 1961-02-27
Harry 7. thompson

1t was the nature of his Job as SUI
perintendent of National Capitol Parks
that seemed forever to be thrusting
Harry Thompson into local controver-
sizes, and also the nature of the man not
to stop fighting for what he felt was
right. Yet Mr. Thompson did not relish
controversy; his convictions as to what
was necessary to preserve and develop
parks left him no choice At times, we
sharply opposed his positions, particu-
iarly his campaign for the so-called
Freedom Wall" project, and his long
fight against the Theodore Roosevelt
Bridge. More than for controversies,
however, Mr.. Thompson will be remem-
bered for the contributions he made
pver long period of service to the love-
by and extensive park system in Wash
sngton, for his initiation of such projects
as the Great Falls Park in Virginia, the
Children's Nature Center and improve
ments in Rock Creek Park. These are
the things he was proudest of, and
rightfuhy so.
Evening star., 1961-02-27
Talking Out of Turn

There Is considerable difference
between being Governor of Michigan
and being the Assistant Secretary Of
State for African Affairs. G. Mennen
Williams is learning this the hard way.
While on his African tour, presum-
ably to study at first hand the problems
there, Mr.. Williams identified the Ken
nedy administration with the African
nationalist slogan: africa for Africans"
When this kicked up Squabble, he
claimed he had said or had meant to say
that this included all AfricanS-blac
white and Asians. He should have stop
ped there, but he didn't. He went on to
say that America wants for the Afri-
cans what the Africans want for them
selves" The trouble with this is that the
things the Africans want for themselves,
especially the white and the black Afri-
cans, are utterly irreconcilable. America
cannot possibly want both white su-
premacy and dominant African ma
tionalism at one and the same time, .
In another rhetorical foray, Mr.. Will
liamS warned against creating in Brit
ish Africa vacuum into which "an-
other kind of tyranny Communist
tyranny can enter" OF course, he
meant we'll But the words were hardly
out of his mouth before he had to say
that he was withdrawing the phrase
that he hadn't meant to suggest that
the British were tyrannical.
We have no doubt that the reaction
to all of this in London and elsewhere is
a minor tempest which soon will blow it
self out. Nevertheless, it teaches two les
sons. One is that the American Assistant
Secretary of State for African Affairs
should guard against the careless word.
The other is that domestic political serv-
ice, however faithfully rendered in a
presidential campaign, does not neces-
sarily qualify man for top-flight dip
1omatic service in one of the worlds
most explosive and sensitive areas.
Evening star., 1961-02-27
On Dealing With Castro

In recent weeks, Prime Minister FL
del Castro has given voice to a number
OF windy statements suggesting the pos
sibility OF resorting to negotiations for
settlement of the differences existing
between his government and ours. But
now our State Department, speaking
through its press officer, Lincoln White,
has plainly and commercially indicated
that such a osSibility-including a re-
sumption Of diplomatic relations will
remain remote in the extreme as long
as the bearded young dictator refuses to
let the Cuban people vote freely for po-
litical candidates Of their own choice
Thus, in the policy statement read
by Mr.. White, our Government, empha-
sizing its opposition to the sinister oper-
ationS of international communism in
Latin America, has made two points un-
mistakably clear: Q) while the United
States has great sympathy with the an
nounced aims of the Cuban revolution
to provide better life for the people,
our concern is with the capture of that
revolution by external influences for the
purpose Of imposing on Cuba an anti
democratic ideology alien to this hem
isphere, and exporting that theology by
subverSion to other American republics"
And (2) Our view is that the best way
for the Castro regime to demonstrate
that 1t is interested in the independence
OF the Cuban nation and the welfare of
its people is to establish freedom, with
full guarantees, so that the Cuban peo-
pie may freely choose their own destiny.
And we are confident that when the Gu
ban people are given the freedom of
choice, they will choose freedom and not
a foreign ideology."
Well said. Unhappily, however, the
pro-CommuniSt Havana tyranny, which
has long since put an end to democratic
legislative processes, which has wiped
out the last vestiges of free press, and
which is now in the process OF destroy
ing Cuba's once-independent judiciary,
is not likely to permit the people of the
country to vote as they please, demo-
cratically without let or hindrance. In
stead, having followed the pattern Of
Red totalitarianism in everything they
have done thus far, Fidel Castro and
his co-conspirators can be counted upon
to emulate their mentors in Peiping and
Moscow when and II they ever get around
to staging national election" Clearly,
these are men whose character and ideo-
logical bent are such as to discourage
any idea that our Government can en-
gage In fruitful talks with them.
Evening star., 1961-02-27
FoNocious Tax View

The AFL-CIO is crying "wolf" In its
complaint against administration plans
for "tinkering" with the tax structure
in a way which 1t thinks would provide
a windfall for business while adding to
everybody elSe'S burden. Actually, Presi
dent Kennedy has not proposed tax
tinkering Of any sort and it is wholly
unrealistic, politically If not otherwise,
to believe that when he makes sub
stantive tax recommendations they will
he weighted, as the labor organization
processes to fear, toward special un-
necessary benefits for business at the
expense Of other members Of the tax
paying public"
In his campaign, Mr.. Kennedy re-
ferred to the generally recognized need
for constructive overhaul and up
dating of the entire Federal tax system.
Included in slich revision, he expressed
qualified approval of re-casting of
depreciation allowances as potentially
an important Stimulant to capital Inc
vestment and, as consequent effect,
to expansion Of employment. Neither
before nor since taking office has he
proposed rushing into any such program
on tinkering or otherwise hasty basis
With comparable caution, he has said
in a recent news conference that he
feels his administration should acquire
greater experience and broader per-
spective on the state of the economy
before advocating crash program Of
individual tax relief as an anti-recession
move. In this connection, he said, and
1t was a sound decision, that another
administration judgment would be made
Evening star., 1961-02-27
Buy Now!

The tightly-urbanized sections of
Montgomery and Prince Georges County
(and 1t Is too bad the same cannot be
said for nearby Virginia) are enriched
today by spacious and lovely parks as
the result Of one thing: Over the years,
the residents Of these counties have
paid special taxes to buy the park areas
sufficiently in advance of residential
development TO- acquire them at reason
able prices. Now, in order to extend
this program, the staff of the Mary
land-National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission proposes modest in
crease in the park tax which merits
broad support.
The time to act is now. More than
10000 new residents a year are settling
in the bi-county region; by 1880, its
population will double. simultaneously,
land prices for potential parks are in
creasing as much as 10 per cent year.
To act while there is time, the Maryland
commission proposes to spend $285
million on additional park areas, roughly
half Of 1t within the next five years. In
the program are more than 100 park sites,
involving some 19,600 acres, ranging
from small recreation centers to huge
regional parks. Some will be purchased
under long-term option plans in order
to take advantage Of 1861 values.
In Montgomery County the increase
amounts to one cent per $100 of assessed
value Of real property. For the owner
of $4,000 house (Which is assessed for
tax purposes roughly at 100000, the
addition means no more than a dollar
a year. The penny increase proposed
In Prince Georges County would be
lowered to half-cent, in effect, by the
concurrent reduction Of flood control
tax imposed In that county by the COM
mission.
Meanwhile, the fate Of the park pro-
gram as whole also rests on action by
two legislatures. In Annapolis, the
General Assembly must increase the
present statutory park-tax limit before
the governing bodies Of Montgomery
and Prince Georges can act. In Wash
ington, the Congress will be asked to
extend the terms Of the Capper- Cram
ton Act, under which Maryland and the
Federal Government comparatively have
financing the development of Maryland's
stream valley parks during the last 80
years. Both pieces of legislation should
be enacted quickly.
Evening star., 1961-02-27
In Appreciation

The National Lutheran
Council wishes to extend its
sincere appreciation to you
for making it possible for Mr..
Names to attend our 43rd
annual meeting held recently
in Detroit. I believe that the
actions Of the council were
particularly significant in the
field Of church-sta relation
ships this year, and we ap-
preciate the thoughtful and
responsible treatment given
to these and other stories
by Mr.. Names.
We believe that it is i'm
portant in our democracy
for many points Of view to
be given public expression,
and the fact that you desig-
mated one Of your valuable
staff members to cover our
deliberations is a contribu-
ton not only to the religious
community. but to the Ameri-
can public as q whole.
Phillip A. Johnson.
Evening star., 1961-02-27
Plight of Indians

I received in my mail re-
Gently a letter which gave me
added evidence that the skirts
Of our so-called spotless de-
mocracy are far from uE-
soiled.
Many Of us. indeed practi-
cally all Of us, are acquainted
with the injustice done to
Southern Negroes. But most
of us have forgotten about
10. the poor Indian"
The letter was from the
Rev. Emmett Hoffman, di-
rector Of a pitiful little In
dian school. called st. Labre
Indian School. Ashland,
Montana. It gives the sad
picture Of a group Of Chey-
enne Indians, now eking out
a scant existence in semi
arid wastelands. The school,
planned for so children, now
houses 1853. These children
come from families suffering
from hunger and disease,
particula rly tuberculosis.
There is a trade school con-
nected with the regular
school.
We have come to look upon
Indians as extras, or actors
in excitement-packed TV per-
formances. We forget that
remnants Of the once-proud
race that owned the United
States are still living, pushed
aside in reservations. appar-
emily cut off from the stream
Of American life and progress.
It is their right to enjoy our
culture and our plenty.
Could not there be an ef-
fort to take some of these
early Americans into our
schools and colleges to be-
come part Of what we call
the American IN democracy?
Must they be cut off from our
civilization in crowded res
ervations? What is our In
dian commission doing?
True, the Indians were q
cruel race, as the settlers first
knew them. But they were
then savages, and they saw
their land being threatened
by a foreign race. At any
rate, the present-day Indians
of the reservations are only
descendants of original tribes.
They seem a quiet people
now, and not to be feared.
Some of their young folks
could be taken into our
schools and colleges by a reg
ular grant for scholarships,
and so relieve their poverty
and isolation.
We can afford to be gen.
Evening star., 1961-02-27
Fairfax Deseqreq0tion

The action Of the Fairfax
County School Board in
unanimously deciding to
make its own pupil assign
ments and to desegregate var
sity sports, announced on the
day of birthday celebration
of its most famous citizen,
does credit to the Nation
and the principles upon
which 1t was founded.
Much credit must be given
to the Fairfax County Senior
and Junior Councils on
Human Relations for their
part in encouraging and sup
porting the action Of the
school board.
1t is hoped that other Vir-
ginia school boards will take
similar steps and save ex-
pensive and time-conSuming
court action.
E. B. Henderson,
Chairman, Press and Public
ity. Virginia State, NAACP.