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BUSINESS SERVICES

FORMER GOVT. contract admins.
traitor offers consultation services
to Govt, prime and sub-contrac.
tors. r. A. WEATHERINGTON
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FURs-Finest natural dark ranch
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To Speed Traffic Justice

Inc growing congestion In Traffic
Court, resulting in frustrating delays in
trials, provides ample evidence of the
need for an improved system of handling
these cases. A committee of the District
Bar Association which has been studying
the situation has proposed separate
branch of the Municipal Court to deal
solely with traffic offenders. The idea
of special branch to handle such cases
exclusively has been opposed by the
Municipal Court judges in the past.
However, they have indicated their
qualified approval of at least parts of
the bar committees plan - so some
speeding up Of traffic cases is in
sight. That is good news to harassed
customers" of the court.
Under the committees plan, there
would be not only separate traffic
branch, but two full-time judges, one
assigned to jury trials and the other
to trials by the judge. The judges would
sit at night or on Saturdays as necessary.
And the traffic cases of 16 and 17-year-
Olds would be transferred to this court
from the Juvenile Court. It is reported
purpose" in a separate court, would
ask-in the event it should be set up
that it be manned by two new judges.
The judges have said they would con-
slider an experiment with Saturday
sessions but they oppose night sessions
as being too costly. They would not
object to transfer of juvenile traffic
cases to the adult court.
Any reorganization of the court
would have to be approved by Congress,
and the Commissioners support would be
a necessary first step to legislation.
However, both the Commissioners Traf-
fic Advisory Board and the Traffic Co
ordinating Advisory Committee have
Endorsed major provisions of the bar
plan. So the prospects are bright for
congressional approval of some reorgan-
ization of the boggeddown machinery
Of traffic justice.
Evening star., 1961-12-20

the like. Chief Fauver told The Star he
has no authority now to do anything
but monitor indecent phone calls.
However, commemorative Attorney
william Hassan said that he has called
on State police to tap wires in major
felonies in the past and that he will
continue to do so.
We cannot understand why the
County Board authorizes the intercept
ton of telephone messages in obscenity
cases but balks at permitting police,
under adequate supervision and control,
to listen in on or make recordings in
other serious crime investigations. To
give extortioniSts, kidnapers, drug
peddlers or other criminals free rein on
the telephone while Arlington police
stand by does not make sense.
Evening star., 1961-12-20
Insanity Verdicts

A recent habeas corpus
hearing in District Court
seems to point out the need
for better communication be-
tween pyschiatry and the law.
A defendant who at most
faced a short sentence for a
miSdemeanor found herself in
jeopardy of long incarcera-
tion in a mental hospital as
the result of a not guilty by
reason of insanity verdict.
The newspapers state that
the person was diagnosed as
an anxiety neurotic. The pSy-
chiatrist quite correctly
stated that this was a men,
tai illness.
The lay public seems to
cling to the concept that one
is either normal (if anyone
can define that term) or
mentally sick and, therefore,
insane. This concept cannot
be found il. the literature of
accepted psychiatry. Tradi-
tionally in Britain and
America patients have been
committed only if they suf-
fered from a psychosis, which
is a serious mental illness.
NeuroSiS, on the other hand,
for the most part is a minor
mental illness. I do not think
that any accepted psychia-
triSt will challenge the state
ment that most of us suffer
from a neurosis at some
time in our lives. The fact
that five million prescrip-
tions were written for tran
quilizers in 1860 would tend
to prove that the problem
of neuroSiS is widespread.
The common cold is a minor
physical illness yet we do not
hoSpitaliZe the victim in a
contagious disease hospital
by law as we do the victims
of a serious physical disease.
There are over 200 accept
ed forms of mental illness.
Some are no more serious
than the common cold. They
may need minor therapy but
to place them in a mental
hospital is barbaric.
The utilization of psychi-
atric knowledge by the courts
would be enhanced if the
term mental illness could be
defined in an exact manner.
The writer would suggest
that only the psychosis be
considered for the defense of
not guilty by virtue of a
mental illness. The. psychi-
atric witness could be asked:
If this person were not &C
cused of a crime would he
certify a civil commitment in
a sanity hearing?
If the present trend of ac-
cepting minor mental illness
as grounds for mental hos
pital care continues, the
Evening star., 1961-12-20
Let the Police Listen In

Recent complaints to Arlington
authorities about obscene telephone calls
to number of women has led to the
discovery by the County Board that it's
year-old authorization for police use of
monitoring devices on such calls has
been ignored d-apparently through a
misunderstanding The mixup finally has
been Strengthened out, so that police
now will use recording devices in an
effort to trap and convict the perpetra-
tors of the indecencies. Arlington police
still are abstaining from tapping the
wires of other vicious criminals, however
"a situation that needs correction
promptly.
AS defined by Arlington officials,
monitoring differs from wiretapping in
that recording device is used to
monitor phone conversations only on
the request of person complaining
about offensive or threatening phone
calls Wiretapping in the more general
sense is interpreted as being the use of
recording device or an electronic
listening-in gadget without the knowl-
edge of either party to the conversation.
A citizens advisory committee last year
recommended that the police be per-
mitted to employ both kinds of caves
dropping, provided-in the case of wire
tapping-that court order similar to
a search warrant were first obtained.
The County Board on December 3
of last year approved the monitoring
plan but rejected the overlapping pro-
posal. Through some oversight that has
not been fully explained, however, the
boards order never was relayed by the
County Manager to the Police Depart
ment. So the unknown purveyors of
verbal filth by phone had been in no
danger of detection until December II
Of this year, when the board called on
County Manager Lundberg and Police
Chief Fauver for an explanation. Chief
Fauver produced what he said was the
only written order he had ever received
on the subject from the County Manager
and it instructed him to cease all tapping
of wires. Mr. Lundberg then said he had
thought the police understood that the
subsequent County Board directive
superseded the stop order.
There still seems to be some confu,-
sion in Arlington as to whether wires
may be tapped in special cases involv-
ing serious crimes, such as extortion
kidnapping, narcotics racketeering and
Evening star., 1961-12-20
Fantasy

BY the year 1000 History was moving
IN reverse with accelerating speed
Archaeology had displaced all other
sciences. The worlds preoccupation
with the evils of colonialiSm made it
vitality important to determine where
Man came from and which one got
where first
Nehru's quick conquest of Goa was
short-lived. While there was evidence
that Portugal had colonized the area in
1910, the people of India were unable to
prove that they themselves were the
original inhabitants of Goa or that they
had not stolen it from somebody else
So Goa was placed under mandate of
the United Nations Committee for the
Identity of Prehistoric Man pending
discovery of his rightful heirs
Manhattan had been returned to
the Dutch by vote of the u N-the
United States abstaining in Difference
to State Department policy that our
prestige as a Nation depended on our
ability to make everybody outside the
country love us. But the Dutch were
able to hold Manhattan only until
descendants of the original Indians from
whom it had been bought could be
located. The sale had been pronounced
fraudulent colonialiSm Mexicos claim
to large part of Southwestern United
States, including Texas, had been
recognized. But with Spain already
turned back to the Moors, Mexico had
to surrender everything, including Mex
leo, to descendants of the Aztecs and
Pueblo Indians Alaska was back in the
hands of the Eskimos Tribes from
certain South Sea islands had regained
Hawaii. Continental United States was
fast changing hands, as one Indian
tribe after another emerged from reser-
vations to argue successfully their
sovereign rights
Everything was becoming quite
confused. A few hardy expatriates of
the former United States finally decided
to revolt and start a new country,
dedicated to the preservation and ex-
pansion of its own interests. This was
startling and altogether novel idea,
however, and whether it ever worked
out is not known at the present writing.
Evening star., 1961-12-20
Salute From Troops

1t was a great pleasure to
have reporter Jerry O'Leary
and photographer Gus Chinn
visit us. We thank them for
the accurate picture-story of
our activities and feelings
portrayed so well in your De-
cember 7 edition.
The Star by its feature
rendered an invaluable serv-
ice to our immediate FAM
lies as well as our neigh
bors, and the general public,
by reassuring them that our
sacrifices are not in vain
and, that our time is being
we'll spent.
Maurice Lanham, David G.
Ross, James N. TOler, James
A. SEEMING, Spa Edward T.
Stevenson.
10th Engineer Co., Fort
George G. Meade, Md.
Evening star., 1961-12-20
Rocky Reservoir

In a recent December 49,
Star news article regarding
the proposed River Bend
dam project on the Potomac
River, Mrs. Caroline Free
land unfairly described the
Washington Suburban Sani-
tary Commissions Rocky
Gorge dam and reservoir on
the Patuxent River.
She said, in effect, that the
dam has caused "terraced
mud flats" which remind her
of rice paddles in an unde-
veloped country"
This is not true. The Rocky
Gorge reservoir, with its
rugged stone and forested
shoreline, is one of the most
beautiful lakes in this Ma
tion. Thousands of fishing
enthusiasts and picknickers
enjoy the natural scenery
provided by this important
raw water impoundment IA
cility each year.
I was raised near Ashton,
Md, where my family owns
considerable wooded acreage
adjacent to the Patuxent
River. During my childhood,
the river frequently flooded
and ravaged large areas with
water damage and silt. My
family still owns this land,
and we have experienced no
serious floods since the COM
missions two reservoirs at
Rocky Gorge and Triadelphia
were built.
It is true that the level Of
the Rocky Gorge reservoir
has been temporarily lowered
by about Is feet this fall to
permit painting of the Tain
tor gates on the dam. This
drop in the water level has
exposed considerable shore
line, which normally would
be under water. AS all of us
know, trees, and grass and
wild flowers do not grow well
under water.
I am sure Mrs. Freeland
must have made her observa-
tionS during this recent Pc
riod of temporary low water.
AS an avid fisherman and
a lifelong friend of the Pa
tuxent River, I can accurately
state that Rocky Gorge is one
of the few lakes where a per-
son can go fishing, not catch
a single fish. and still enjoy
the days outing because of
the beautiful natural scenery
and clear water, which is
available in abundance at the
reservoir.
Arthur p. Brigham,
Public Information Officer,
Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission
Evening star., 1961-12-20

portion of our economic
resources through govern
mental means to other less
fortunate peoples, a proper
program could be devised to
implement the decision. 1t
would be a program whereby
the American people sets the
policy and the Government
merely acts as an agent that
deals with the governmental
agents of other peoples but
does not intervene in their
internal economic and polit-
ical institutions. The policy
could be set by making
American aid available to
other governments when they
meet a set of pre-estab-
lished rules and conditions
e.g., that a Government to
be eligible must not take
part in military aggression,
must not engage in subver-
sive propaganda against
other governments, and must
limit it's military defense
budget to a set percentage of
it's tax revenues. Beyond en-
forcing such uniform condi-
tions for grants and loans,
our Government would be
forbidden to intervene in or
to influence the conduct Of
internal affairs in the bene-
fitted nations.
Such a program, even when
supplemented by manifold
private educational, economic
and cultural activities, could
not guarantee to eliminate
overnight all sore spots, all
misery and ignorance in all
parts of the world, But at
least it would spare us the
spectacle of our Government
working in parallel fashion
with the Soviet government
to create in many parts of
the world a hell paved with
good intentions.
BENJAMIN Ginzburg.
Evening star., 1961-12-20
To What Extent Should Uncle Sam Reshope the World?

Chester Bowles' recent
statement that the United
States must become ian ac-
tive participant in revolu-
tionary change around the
world" because 1--WE are basic
ally a revolutionary people"
brings out the disastrous con-
fusion of principles which has
plagued American foreign
policy since World War II
and has reached a tragic cli-
max in Americas participa-
ton in the u. MS military
aggression against Katanga.
Mr.. Bowles apparently
wants the Government of the
United States, not its people
in their private individual ca
pacities, to promote the revo-
lutionary social and eco
nomic changes all over the
world by foreign economic
aid programs, diplomatic
and propaganda pressure and
other means. But if our Gov
ernment becomes involved in
the internal political and
economic affairs of other
nations, it follows that mill
tary intervention will occa-
sionally have to be used to
supplement economic and
diplomatic pressure in the
great cause of reforming
other nations for their own
good.
The men of '76 established
a Government of limited
functions in both domestic
and international spheres.
Its main functions have been
to maintain domestic order
and tranquility and protect
the Nation against armed
attack from abroad.
But the power to deter
mine moral policy over and
above the requirements of
physical order and safety mas
been reserved by the people
Evening star., 1961-12-20
SQUIRRELS in Need

The acorn crop has failed
this year and many squirrels
will die of starvation unless
fed by kindly people. 1t is
best to put out hard-shelled
nuts for them, for if peanuts
are used the greedy blue jays
take every one before the
squirrels have a chance to
eat them. Not only will the
squirrels eat nuts, they en-
joy stale cake, and bread,
especially If it is spread with
peanut butter. And although
it may sound strange, they
love chocolate. Not that I
am recommending chocolate
as a steady dietD I once had
a tame squirrel that loved to
lick up chocolate syrup!
Kathleen FunkhOuSer.
Evening star., 1961-12-20
A BOOK FOR TODAY
A Historian Remembers the Alamo
By DONALD MINTZ

But his vision is broad too.
The Alamo might we'll have
been just another battle, yet
it captured the imagination
of the country. Part of the
explanation, Mr.. Lord feels,
lies in the significance of the
word liberty at the time. "It
was no idle catch phrase
then. It had yet to lose its
shine through misuse and
overuse.
Romantic literature Of all
things, played a role.
Throughout the world men
were fighting for liberty and
Scott clothed such deeds
with a special kind of glory
the romance and pagean-
try of medieval times. Car
ried away by the vogue for
his rich, rolling prose, the
press saw the Greeks, the
Poles, and now the Texans,
as more than brave men
fighting for liberty they
were also 'chivalrous' and
'knightly.'"
THE INTRODUCTORY
material covering the history
of the colonization of Texas
is lucid without apparent
over-simplification, through
one must dig and puzzle a
bit over the town of Bexar.
1t turns out to be San An
tonic whose full name was
San Antonio de Bexar.
Once the Alamo has fallen
and its defenders killed, Mr..
Lord begins to rush. The
treatment of the balance Of
the war and Texas ultimate
victory Is rather sketchy. One
would like to know more
about the weird campaign in
which Santa Anna, pursuing
the retreating forces under
Sam Houston, overlook them
without either side knowing
it. AS a result Houston was
quite literally retreating for
wards while Santa Anna ad-
vanced backwards. and the
Texan, all unawares, cut off
his sometime pursuer.
The book ends with a sec
tion on Riddles of the Ala
mo" in which Mr.. Lord takes
up a number of small points
outside the context of
the narrative. Did William
Travis, the commander of the
garrison, wear a uniform?
Where was Jim Bowie killed?
Did David Crockett sur
render? Travis wore home
made Texas jeans. No one
knows for sure where Bowie
died. Crockett may just pos
Sibly have surrendered but it
is more likely that he died
fighting.
Walter Lord is an escapee
from Madison avenue who
has gone straight. It Is his
tory's gain.
Evening star., 1961-12-20

to themselves. AS Jefferson
put it, "the rights of con.
science we never submitted,
we could not submit-we are
answerable for them to our
God"
During the panicky years
which followed the emer-
gence of Communist Russia
as a combined military and
theological threat, the Ameri-
can people so lost their con-
Stitutional bearings that they
allowed the Government to
take on in foreign affairs the
character of a totalitarian
state which uses the peoples
resources to promote an
theological or moral-political
millennium all over the world
by economic coercion, by
propaganda and on occasions
by military force.
The founding fathers were
not indifferent to the moral
reform of humanity. But they
felt - on the basis of en-
lightened religion-that mo-
ral-political reform is best
left to the free and decen-
tralized activity Of private
initiative and discussion; in
such activity, as a result
both of the dialectical clash
of opposing views and Of the
willingness of individuals to
live by and sacrifice for the
truth as their conscience sees
it, the divine inspiration of
wisdom is far more success
fully wooed than by the
clumsy mechanical actions
of policemen and bureaucrats.
It is high time that we
returned to the founding
fathers guidelines. If the
American people should come
to believe, as a large section
already does, that it would
promote the moral welfare
of humanity to channel a
Evening star., 1961-12-20
A TIME TO STAND. BY
Walter Lord. (Harper &
Brothers; $4.95.)


Walter Lord. (Harper &
Brothers; $4.95.)
In the history Of every ma
ton there are moments of
symbolic significance that
seize the public mind. It is
around these moments that
myths are spun.
The siege of the Alamo by
Mexican troops in 1886 dur
ing Texas war for inde-
pendence was such a time,
and it is has concerned his
torianS ever since. There is
a two-fold fascination about
such an event. The historian
feels the desire to separate
the facts from the myth,
and the need to understand
the effect of the myth on
the Nations behavior.
These are the questions
that concern Walter Lord in
"A Time to Stand" They lead
to more specific and detailed
questions. Who were the men
in the Alamo and what man.
ner of men were they? It is
likely that they had been Or
dered to destroy and abandon
the fort some time before the
siege began. Why did they
disobey? What were they
fighting for?
Some Texans were fighting
for independence from the
beginning. Others, perhaps at
first a majority, had more
limited goals. When Mexico
had opened the territory to
American colonization, there
had been promises of self
government enshrined in the
Mexican Constitution of 1924.
This constitution had been
jettisoned by Mexican Presi-
dent Santa Anna. Texas
initially demanded it's resto-
ration, but sentiment then
changed to a demand for
complete independence.
MIR. LORD is interested in
every intimate detail about
the siege itself: "The Mexi-
can fire tapered off sharply
in the late afternoon, and at
S pm. the Texans puzzled
over the sight of several COL
umns of troops filing out of
town. AS the heavy firing
stopped, the defenders
emerged from shelter, began
cooking supper on an open
fire in front of the church
Zone of the main structures
within the AlamO Mrs. Dick
inSon persuaded a grimy Jim
Bonham to have a cup of
tea"
This is not embroidery but
documented fact. Mr.. Lord is
a dedicated historian and he
has hunted seemingly trivial
sources because he knows
that trivia are the life of his
tory.