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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
Democratic Judqes

The complaint of the
American Bar Association,
that President Kennedy is
appointing Democrats to the
bench is amusing. If they
complained of the incompe-
tency of the lawyers ap-
pointed, they might have a
point but they admit that
the overwhelming majority of
lawyers appointed is compe-
tent.
This Nation has a two
party system. Lawyers cam
paign as Republicans or Dem
ocrats. They know when they
favor a party that they can
expect appointment only if
their party wins. It is ar
rogance to ask a Democratic
President to appoint those
who worked against his elec-
ton. A party would stay in
power 10 minutes If it ap-
pointed lawyers who cam
paigned for the opposition.
Deputy Attorney General
Byron White almost apollo
gized for the fact that nearly
all of the lawyers appointed
to the bench are Democrats.
I think that he should apollo
gize that all the lawyers ap-
pointed to the bench have
not been Democrats.
E. Lewis Terrell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
Crusodes for Capitol

1t is frightening to think
that this community may
let its largest theatre die
without any organized effort
to save it. With the disap-
pearance of the Capitol The
atre will go Washington's
only chance to enjoy full
blown opera and ballet.
Meanwhile, we, characters
tically, sit around waiting for
the rest of the United States
to build us a glass house on
the Potomac for the storage
of culture" No one seems to
have realized that the phi
lanthropists of the country
would be boobs indeed to
create such a warehouse for
the occasional enjoyment of
us low-brows when we, Of
the cities of America, prob
ably deserve it least.
What's wrong with the
Capitol Theatre and what
can be done about it? OF
course, we owe the visits of
the Metropolitan Opera, ETC.,
to the fact that the decline
in movie attendance has
made it possible to discon-
tinue pictures in the middle
of the week when a worth
while live performance is
available. Maybe there should
be more of this. Maybe the
National Press Club should
lease the theatre to Loew's
for the week-ends and to
some other outfit like Super
Attractions, which rescued
Carter Barron Theatre from
oblivion, for the middle Of
the week. Or maybe the K-B
Theatres could take over the
place on the week ends for
overflow crowds from its
neighborhood first-run the
aires.
This is the time to do
something. We can't wait for
the District Commissioners to
act, as Patrick Hayes sug-
gested; their rejection of the
gift of the Keith's Theatre
and continued whiting of
the Observation-Disclosures
budget shows their lack OF
interest in such matters. We
can't wait until the Widnall
Bill is passed. The initiative
will probably have to come
from the Jewish community
of Washington, which is the
nutrient medium for most
American culture, but I am
sure they will have the sup
port of many of the rest Of
us. Peter Glickert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
BIown-up Wiretao Issue

In view of the -hysteria which
seems to have developed among some
antiWiretap groups in Arlington, the
County Board UNDERSTANDABLE has de-
cided to ask citizens committee to
study and report on the use of wiretap-
ping by county police and to advise the
board on future policy in this controver-
sial field. This committee, yet to be
named, should be allowed to form it's
opinions on factS-in an atmosphere
free from political motivations and
emotional exaggerations of the sort
which have attended recent board meet
ings.
If an objective study by the civic
group convinces the County Board that
the crime situation in Arlington does
not justify continuance of the limited
overlapping program it has authorized,
then of course, the overlapping author
ity may be rescinded or modified. We
hope, however, that the board will not
be intimidated by POLITICAL attacks
from Republican or other partisan
quarters or by the headline-hu
tactics of persons waving copies of
George Orwell's 1884" fantasy Certain
ly nothing could be more absurd than to
suggest that the Arlington County police
are bent on adopting the big Brother
is watching you" police-state technique
Meanwhile, it would be helpful to
Arlington as we'll as to many other
Jurisdictions weighing the pros and cons
of the wiretap issue if Congress would
approve Attorney General Kennedy's
proposal for legalizing overlapping at
Federal and local levels-under strict
limitations and controls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27

of residents in CrestWood is
undertaking the formation
of a new organization, truly
representative of the neigh
borhood, loyal to the socio-
political principles enshrined
in our American heritage,
and inspired by the peren-
NAL wisdom which is the
gift to the world offered gen.
Grafton after generation by
our Judeo-Christian civiliza-
ton. We believe that through
our new organization, Crest
wood will again have that
voice of responsible citizen
ship and good neighborliness
which will merit her mean
ingful participation in the
affairs of the greater Wash
ington community.
Joan Ellen Duval, MA;
Margaret S. Duval; Ber-
nard Stevens Duval, Md,
Phi. l..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
School Aid Views

Lester L. Kimble suggests
in a letter that the Govern
ment purchase Catholic school
buildings Ito relieve Cardinal
Spellman from his uneasy
position CHS change of at
titude with regard to Federal
aid to religious schools, to
relieve Catholic parents from
the burden of supporting pa
rochial schools, and to per-
nit schools receiving Federal
and State funds to be con-
trolled by the people who pay
for their support"
With the tremendous
changes and increased costs
in the educational field since
1949, I believe the Cardinals
change in attitude is under
standable. Mr.. Kimble's So
luton and the reasons given
for it are common practices
in totalitarian states and are
referred to as Seizure of pri-
vate property" "loss of civil
rights" and "brainwashing"
respectively.
I'M. Schafer.
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A letter from James A.
Miller caStigates President
Kennedy for refusing to
break his campaign pledge
to uphold the Constitution
as the Supreme Court has
interpreted 1t in the matter
of Federal aid to parochial
schools.
1t is possible that Mr..
Kennedy really did intend to
keep his word and that he
had no jeSuitical reserva-
tons when he gave it. Also
Mr.. Kennedy may honestly
believe in separation of
church and state not only
as a Constitutional princi-
pie but also as sound public
policy for q country with as
many churches as this one.
C. Stanley Lowell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
Prods City Heads

OF recent months a prime
example of passing the
buck" and evading the moral
issue of establishing a COM
plete policy of Indignation IN
the District of Columbia has
become apparent.
Last October, Harry Peter
son, District Librarian. wrote
the D. c. Commissioners ask
ing them to establish or de-
fine city policy regarding
the use of public buildings by
segregated groups. Approx
mately four months later,
Mr.. Peterson has not had the
courtesy of a reply, nor have
the District Commissioners
set forth a determination OF
policy.
Is the question so diff
cult that it is beyond the
Commissioners scope or abil-
ity to determine? Or, is this
an example of the lack of
sincere interest on the part
of "city politicians" to the
general welfare of the Dis
trict of Columbia?
The Federal Government
and courts have established
the legality of Indignation and
certain civil rights-and in
general are promoting such
throughout the country. Why
should the D. c. Commits
Sioners thus indorse segrega-
ton in the Nations Capital
by refusing to face the issue
and openly affording segre-
gated groups the use of free
public facilities to further
their private programs?
Eugene M. Baker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
Historic Corner

Your editorial writing is so
years behind the times. I re-
fer to your editorial Of Feb
ruary 10, entitled Historic
Corner" in which you state
that the first corner stone
of the District Of Columbia
is incorporated in the sea-
wall of the old Jones Point
lighthouse.
In Volume IS Of the "Rec-
ords of the Columbia Histori-
cal Society" there is an arti-
Gle entitled 1.-THE Recovery OF
the Southern Corner Stone OF
the District" by Fred E.
Woodward. This article states
that in 1912 the corner stone
was found to be part of the
seawall in front of the light
house. It had been covered
in 1861 when the seawall was
built. In 1912 a recess was cut
in the seawall and the corner
stone was again brought to
light.
About three weeks ago I
visited Jones Point and was
able to locate the corner
stone amid this overgrown
and sadly neglected area. The
waters of the Potomac now
lap at the base of this his
toric stone, and it is high
time that steps be taken to
insure that this landmark
will not go the way OF SO
many others in recent years.
I firmly believe this should
be done, even though I would
be adversely affected by the
closing of the rifle range at
Jones Point.
Roger s. Cohen, Jr.
Editors Note: The edlto-
rial, like Mr.. Cohen's letter
cited the long neglect of the
cornerstone and urged It's
restoration. And The Stal
was editorializing along this
line more than so years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Fish Study May Change Sub Design
By THOMAS K. HENRY

Puerto Rico's phosphorescent
bay.
When disturbed at night It
suddenly becomes a sea of
light. The wake of even q
small cupboard motor in the
dark produces enough blueish
luminosity for one to read a
newspaper on deck. The light
is produced by literally bill
lions of minute organisms in
the water.
Hitherto thought of only as
a curiosity, this phenomenon
may be made to play a
notable part in national de-
Tense if the responsible Or
ganisms can be cultivated,
bred to live in various eli
mates, and distributed
around the Nations sea-
shores. The phosphorescence
would be a certain defense
against any nighttime sneak
naval attack.
This was explained at q
recent House committee hear
ing on naval research ap-
preparations by DR.. John J.
A. Mclaughlin of the Haskins
Laboratories, New York. Ac-
tive experimentation on this
possibility now is underway,
he said. Other sea coast
microorganisms also are
subjects of quite intensive
study. This is the case, DR..
Mclaughlin said, with the
bloom" that occurs period
ically in Long Island Sound,
Another is the coral reefs of
the Pacific, a seeming mira
Gle Of nature.
Algae in Tissues
"All the invertebrate ami
mails of the coral reefs have
algae in their tissues" he
said. These algae force these
animals to orient towards the
sun. 1t is analogous to a
tree telling us which way to
turn. Beautiful sea anemones
with long tentacles are loaded
with these algae. We have
been able by certain tech
niques to extract the algae
cells, study their nutrition
and physiology and to de-
termine the relationship be-
tween plant and animal.
Zone of the things which
bothers me is how the ami
NAL knows the algae is there.
How does it know enough to
turn to the sun? If you
bleach the animals by put
ting them in the dark and
cutting off photosynthesis
they don't care where the sun
is. But if you permit them
to grow the algae back again
the animals will again orient
to the SUM-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
Prudent Policy

AS expected, President Kennedy has
politely but firmly rejected Nikita
Khrushchev's renewed call for heads
of-government conference to open the
18-nation disarmament talks scheduled
to begin in Geneva on March H. At the
same time, in way that deserves three
cheers, he has plainly indicated that the
Soviet Preniers summitry propaganda
which seems designed in part to put our
country on the defensive in relation to
a resumption of atmospheric nuclear
tests-will not deter him from ordering
such tests if he deems them essential
to American safety.
The Presidents words on that score
constitute perhaps the most significant
part of his latest message to Mr..
Khrushchev. AS the message has put it,
"It is strange for the Soviet Union,
which first broke the truce on nuclear
testing now to characterize any resump-
ton of testing by the United States as
an aggressive act" That understates the
case on a grand scale. Actually, the
Kremlin's holier- than-thou comment on
the issue adds up to gall and hypocrisy
of the first magnitude After all, to quote
Mr.. Kennedy again, it was the resump-
ton of Russian testing, on the most
massive and ominous scale, that put
the issue "back into the context of the
arms race and consequently forced the
United States to prepare to take such
steps as may be necessary to insure its
own security. Any such steps could not
be characterized now as aggressive
acts They would be a matter of prudent
policy in the absence of the effectively
controlled nuclear test agreement that
we have so earnestly sought"
All this strongly suggests that our
country, in spite of Mr.. Khrushchev'S eff
forts to inhibit it with flashy lightning
in-the-sky summit maneuvers may soon
be setting off atomic-hydrogen detona-
lions to guard against the grave danger
of losing the nuclear race by default. AS
for summitry itself, however, the Presi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
Civic Strife

Your coVerage OF Cne FeD-
ruary 20 Crestwood Citizens
Association meeting Cat
which it was voted 20 to 81
to oppose desegregating the
all-white Federation of Citi-
zens Associations) is graft
flying.
To one not familiar with
the operations of the Crest
wood association, it's most
recent manifestation of po-
litical n aivete, intellectual
phthisis, and moral wicked
ness, it might appear that
the situation in Crestwood is
hopelessly intolerable. In
the interests of CrestWood,
we are writing in an effort
to prevent our fellow citi-
zens from uttering that SEEM
ingly reasonable judgment.
Incredible as it may seem,
the fact that 81 persons vot-
ed against the nationally in
defensible motion which al
lied the Crestwood associa-
ton with the forces of dark
ness and oppression is a re-
markable sign of vitality in
the Crestwood area.
We anticipated the retro
gressive position which the
association assumed and had
prepared our letter of resig-
nation, which we submitted
at the end of the meeting.
We did not anticipate the
relative strength of the mi
nority. Nor did we antici-
pate the support that our
designations would evoke.
Consequently, we have OBJ
jectively verifiable grounds
for hope that CreStwood, an
Incompatible "in-town devel-
opment," will become revita-
lized.
The constitutive and oper-
alive principles of the Crest
wood association are unac-
ceptible to thinking-Ameri-
cans who are true to the
principles of our Judeo-
Christian civilization. The I'M
ruly manner in which the as
ISOLATION conducts" its meet
ingS leads us to believe tina
reform from within Is hope
less. Consequently, a grouT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27

Navy Investigators have de-
termined how a fish swims.
It constitutes a more efficient
propulsion system in water
than any yet duplicated by
man.
A basic finding is that,
quite contrary to popular
ideas, fish do not swim by
Tapping their tails and using
their fins as paddles. They
do about as well without
tail or fins as with them.
Also, the researchers have
found, some swimming speeds
attained are far out of pro-
portion to the available mus
Gle power. In studies Of
salmon swimming up the
Columbia River, for example,
it was found that the total
energy requirements for the
journey far exceed the
amount produced by the food
taken in and the fat lost en-
route.
Major investigations under
a Navy contract are reported
by DR.. T. Yao-tsu-wu, asso-
ciate professor of applied me-
chanics at California Insti-
tute of Technology. The work,
it is believed, may provide
some good hints for boat
especially submarine - con-
struction.
Fins Like AilerOns
The fins do not produce
propulsion, DR.. WI has
found. They serve only to
control and stabilize side and
vertical motion, much as
ailerons serve the same
purpose in airplanes. Instead
the main propulsion comes
from the fish's body. Wig
Cling motion produces a pres
sure difference across the two
sides of the animal. Forward
thrust is achieved when the
body is angled so that the
side Of greater pressure
pushes the fish forward.
Energy must be expended,
Of course, in keeping up the
wiggling motion. A part of
this energy goes into useful
work while the rest is spent
in creating eddies in the
water.
A mathematical analysis
has been made of the fish
motions which, it is hoped,
will help the Navy in design
ing boats. Fish, after all,
have been swimming much
longer than man has been
making boats and probably
have learned a great deal
through trial and error.
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Among natures miracles Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used If
letters carry 1Driters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSG-
ton. Those not used iDill be
returned only ,Dhen accom-
panied by SELF addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
THE POLITICAL MILL
Glenn Feat Thrust Into Politics
By GOULD LINCOLN

United Nations a resolution
calling for a committee to ex-
plore the possibilities Of Joint
United Nations actions on
outer space.
1t has been Vice President
Johnson's deep belief that
outer space could be a path
way to world peace. In his
opinion, the UniteG States
now has a rare opportunity
to seize the initiative. Presi-
dent Kennedy has already re-
piled to Mr.. Khrushchev that
he welcomed the idea Of CO.
operation in the development
of space science and travel in
the cause of peace.
For many reasons, therefore.
it was very fitting that the
Vice President should have
been selected to ride with Col.
Glenn on his trip to the Cap
itol from the White House
yesterday. And it was with
fitting pride in Col. Glenn
and his accomplishments that
the Vice President presided
jointly with Speaker John
Mccormack over the meeting
of Congress which listened to
the aStronaut tell of his ex-
periences in space, and hon
ored him. Col. Glenn's fervent
wish that man may go for
ward into more and more
knowledge of outer space and
that such knowledge may aid
toward a peaceful world runs
parallel to that expressed four
years ago by Mr.. johnson.
Bailey Remark
Mr.. Bailey's effort to make
political capital out of the
Glenn flight was couched in
these words: This week our
country celebrated an inspir-
ing achievement, the three
orbits around the earth of
Astronaut John Glenn. This
magnificent flight symbolized
what can be done by an ad-
ministration (the Kennedy
administration with the
imagination, energy and
know-how to set big goals
and to reach them. It showed
what America can do when
urgency and determination
replace apathy and indecision
in the Executive Branch (pre-
sided over by former Presi-
dent Eisenhower of our Gov
eminent"
Senator Hickenlooper of
Iowa, chairman of the Re-
publican Policy Committee of
!. the Senate, countered with a
statement that the Kennedy
administration simply carried
out the program of the Eisen-
hover administration - thu
Mercury program started
three years ago. Senator Hick.
enlooper said that mo re-
sponsible" Democrat will seek
to make political capital out
of the result. He commented
further that during the Tru.
man administration less thar
81 million was spent on in.
termediate range and inter.
continental ballistic missiles
that starting in 1853 thu
Eisenhower administration
built the program for devel'
opment of heavy thrust mis-
, siles, and from 1858 through
1861, the Eisenhower admin
, istration planned, spent ant
: appropriated $14 billion TO
the intercontinental and in
/ termediate - range missile
) alone. This program, he sait
, make possible the heroic fea
, of Col. Glenn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27

To many Americans the
attempt by Democratic Ma
tional Chairman John M.
Bailey to play partisan party
politics with the earth-orbit-
ing flight of Col. John H.
Glenn, jr., claiming all the
credit for the Kennedy ad-
ministration, came with a
sickening thud. 1t came at a
time when the whole Nation,
Republicans and Democrats
alike, were rejoicing in the
success of this remarkable
achievement and in the fact
that the United States had
demonstrated once again the
courage of its citizens and
the worth of its scientists.
Chairman Bailey was deliver
ing a pep talk to Democrats
in Hartford, Conn.,, in his
own home State. And he
seemed to be trying to use
the Glenn space flight to
cover up his disappointment
over the knockout blow last
week to President Kennedy's
Urban Affairs Department
proposal in the Congress.
The language used by Mr..
Bailey was far different from
that of Vice President Lyn-
don johnson, who as Demo-
cratic leader Of the Senate and
as chairman of the Senate
Committee on Aeronautical
and Space Sciences. said in
January, 1858: why do we
now stand in q posture of rela-
tive weakness? (Soviet Rus
slams had demonstrated their
capacity to launch a half-tor
satellite into space) When
such a question is asked
as it should be asked, there
is an ever-preSent danger
that we shall frame our an
swers in terms of credit and
blame. To do this now could
well be fatal. There is little
question that wrong decisions
have been made. These errors
are not divided along any
partisan lines. AS Prime Min.
lister Churchill told the House
of Commons on June 10
1910: If we open a quarre
between the past and the
present. we shall find that w
have lost the future.
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Speaks as American

Mr.. johnson was speaking,
not as a Democrat but as an
American, at a time this Ma
ton was faced with a major
problem-that of regaining
lost ground in the field of
missile and space develop
ment. The record shows that
Mr.. johnson has been a lead
er for years in the drive to
promote the development of
space science and of missiles
capable of putting men into
space.
1t is Of interest to recall
that Vice President johnson,
as long ago as January 1858,
was urging that I'VE make
provision for inviting to-
gether the scientists of other
nations to work in concert
on projects to extend the
frontiers of man and to find
solutions of the troubles of
this earth" This is similar to
the recent proposal made by
Premier Khrushchev in his
letter to President Kennedy
congratulating COL. Glenn
on his orbital flight. And in
November Of 1858 it was
Senator johnson who was
chosen to present to the
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