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Evening star., 1962-04-26
Dubious Conflict

Our SympathieS are with R. Donald
Kinney, the deputy director of the Dis
trict Department of Licenses and In
Spection, on the matter of whether he
should give up his part-time outside
Job as a director of Washington build
ing and loan firm.
Mr. Kinney received specific per-
mission from previous District Com
miSSionerS a couple of years ago to
accept the outside affiliation. His posi-
ton now is that he will yield it if the
present Commissioners ask him to do
so, and only under those circumstances.
His situation, which has arisen as
part of a new District Building scrutiny
of outside employment of city officials,
does not seem to us to warrant any great
degree of concern by the Commissioners
Mr.. Kinney says the firm with which he
is associated does not apply for licenses
or permits from the District, and he
repeatedly receives only about $700 a
year for his ServiceS-a modest sum,
which hardly could demand an undue
amount of time from his regular job.
Thus far the Commissioners have
remained silent on the question. And
this has created situation which is
unfair to Mr.. Kinney in view of the
fact that his discussions on the subject
with the Commissioners have been
widely publicized. If the Commissioners
feel there is an improper conflict, they
should state their reasons and ask Mr..
Kinney to sever the outside connection.
If not, they should make this equally
as clear.
Evening star., 1962-04-26
Mr.. Summers of Texas

Hatton w. Summers, who died last
week in Dallas at the age of 81, personi-
fled the favorite American story of
progress from a childhood of humble
background to maturity of nationwide
distinction. AS a youth, he did not finish
high school. AS man, he served for "a
years in Congress, was chairman of the
House Judiciary Committee from 1888
until his voluntary retirement in 1947,
and earned the description by one of his
biographerS of being "the finest Con-
stitutional lawyer in Congress-"
Rather frail in personal appearance,
he was far from frail in heart or mind
with reference to his convictions on
government or justice. His diStaste for
the growing concentration of power in
the hands of the Federal Government,
at the expense of the States and of in
Evening star., 1962-04-26
u. S. SteeI's Profits

United States Steel'S announce
ment of improved earnings in the first
three months of 1862 and the company'S
declaration of its regular 75-cent quar-
terly dividend are encouraging develop
mentS, but they do not mean that Big
Steel has found its way out of the
fiscal woods.
Net earnings were reported at S55.8
million, return of ST per cent on sales
Of 1918 million and equal to 81 cents per
common share. In the first quarter Of
1861, the comparable figures were prof
its Of $32 million, return of As per cent
on sales of S709 million, equal to At
cents per share If the comparison
seems cheering, and it does within rea-
son, this reaction must be qualified by
Big Steel'S reminder that 1861 first quar-
ter income was the lowest for any nom
strike affected three months in the past
decade. Further grounds for qualifica-
ton rest in the fact that some portion
of the early 1862 buying must be attrib-
uted to fears of steel consumers that
production would be interrupted by a
strike when the current contracts expire
on June 80. Although these fears now
have been eliminated, reduced steel de-
mand is expected in the second and per-
hapS third quarters until excess stocks
are used up.
Meanwhile, there remains problem
that corporation officials have empha-
sized and that Government has at least
recognized, namely, the need for sub
stantial expenditures for modernization
Of production facilities. BY company
calculations, the first quarter earnings
cover only the dividend declaration and
a pro rata share of the years debt re-
payment-leaving no margin for rein
veStment in the business. In domestic
steel'S competition with foreign indus
try, as we'll as with producers of accept
able substitute materials at home, there
is danger in failure, or inability, to keep
plants at the most modern and efficient
levels. The need of investment capital
for this purpose was cited by U. S. Steel
in its recent Short-lived plan to raise
prices. A substitute source has not yet
been found, or at least revealed.
In this connection, the pending
Treasury Department revision of depre-
citation allowances may offer the great
est promise. 1t would be helpful to in
dustry plans, and to business confidence
in general, if this revision could be
worked out and made public soon.
Evening star., 1962-04-26
A Bit Indignant

Highway high priests are
once again beating the drums
for an accelerated freeway
program. Their earnest apol-
ogias sicken, like the odor
of temple incense. America
bids fair to become a tree
less prairie swept by one
universal tornado. The tor
nado is Progress" and it's
acolytes are those who trum-
pet the sociological program
ming of Americas vehicular
traffic makers.
The scheming is not ordi-
nary and the manner of exc
cution is as subtle as it has
been successful. On every
side charlatans arise. telling
the people they can have
their cake and eat it too.
These creatures speak of
balanced transportation"
while they methodically de-
stroy every facility that rivals
the internal combustion We
hicle. Meanwhile, the traffic
makers grow fat, feasting on
the wasted patrimony of the
people.
The waste-makerS do not
have a hostile press. When
they brazenly engineered the
end of streetcars in Wash
ington. a solemn hush en-
sued. as if we stood in the
cathedral close of profit.
Mark A. Lillis.
Evening star., 1962-04-26
Arqentine Menace

Argentina continues on It's uncer-
tain and potentially explosive course.
Provisional President Jose Maria Guido,
in keeping with somewhat vague con-
stitutional law, and under virtually ire
SiStible pressure from the military, has
nullified the recent provincial elections.
He also has voided as illegal the parlia-
mentary seats won by the PeronistS in
those elections.
However, realistic and effective
though it may be at the moment, this
action does not really put an end to
the Argentine political crisis. Certain
hard facts remain to be reckoned with.
The most important of these is that
former Dictator Juan Peron-ouSted by
the armed forces in 1855 and now in
Spanish exile-Still is potent political
personality. At any rate, the "ShirtleSS
oneS," who make up approximately
third of the country'S million voters,
apparently are as strongly on his side
as ever, despite his shocking record Of
personal corruption and governmental
miSmanagement Of a kind that may
rightly be described as criminal.
Needless to say, these "ShirtleSS
oneS"-the unthinking, the underprivil-
eyed, the uneducated, the Semi-literate
who have had a hard time of it in all
sorts of wayS-have no particular inter-
est in true democracy. They favor,
instead, the dictatorial demagogue who
promises to improve their lot quickly
and on a spectacular scale, even though
such an improvement cannot possibly
be carried out, in the way that has been
depicted by Juan Peron, without wreck
ing the economy and freedom Of the
people Of Argentina. That is why the
country's military leaders. who in the
past have actually been better friends
of democracy than some civilian politi-
clans, have acted as they have, toppling
the Frondizi government and then
forcing stop-gap President Guido to in
validate the March elections.
To be sure, from the viewpoint of
the doctrinaire liberal" who believes
that democracy" should be allowed to
assert itself even to the point of foster
ing chaos and destroying liberty-as in
BolShevik Russia and Hitler'S Germany
the measures taken by Mr.. Guido in
Argentina may seem to be very repre-
hensible. Perhaps they are, theoretic-
ally. Perhaps it is bad thing when
that countryS military puts pressure
on the President to void an election
giving an uncomfortable degree of pow
er to the PeronistS, who unqueStionably
are dictatorial and undemocratic to
dangerous degree. But why let such
people acquire strength of sort that
would be no good for Argentina?
AS the question suggests, there is
lot to be said for Mr.. Guidos positive
response to the demands placed before
him by Argentina's military command
ers. The country'S democratic element
the relatively conservative parties
far outweigh the Peronist minority, but
they are bitterly divided among them
selves on narrow factional grounds. If
it were not for this, the Peronist re-
surgence would be inconSequential in
stead of being what it is-a menace not
only to Argentina but to the entire
hemisphere Alliance for Progress.
Evening star., 1962-04-26
Hot and Bothered

Because I must now ride
buses, I have had more colds
this year than ever before.
Reason: The weather re-
quires me to wear an over
coat, but the bus operators
keep to light jackets. Con-
sequently, they repeatedly
blow up the heat to keep
coatlessly comfortable. Th e
result is that the bus be-
comes sitting Especially in
the rear and most passengers
are overheated when they
leave.
Yours for lower bus tenn
peratures and tempers.
Over-DOne
Evening star., 1962-04-26
'Cosmonout Comma

LII JOul IeCSIlG culIOI ldl,
"CoSmonaut Coming" it
seems to me you have as
Sumed a great deal in saying
that Major Titov can be
sure that Washington looks
forward to his visit" Just
why Washington-and I as
sumo you mean all the people
living in the Washington
area and not just official
Washington-should welcome
a Communist, one who is an
enemy Of freedom and a con-
spirator pledged to our de-
Struction is not clear to me.
Since your editorialist does
not make this point appar-
rent, I presume he is not
overcome with lucidity in
this matter, either.
The folly of such a state
ment is immeasurable and
could be credited only to one
who wholly miSunderstands
communism and the Com
munist conspiracy. But to
follow this statement with
the profoundly infantile OBJ
servation that somehow or
other, like Yuri Gagarin, his
fellow Soviet cosmonaut,
and like John Glenn and all
our other Mercury astro-
nauts, he seems to be removed
personally from the cold war"
puts the entire issue COM
pletely beyond comprehen-
sion. BY what strange mental
gymnastics does your writer
arrive at this fantastic con-
clusion?
Yuri and Gherman-if I
may be permitted this famil-
iarity-are perhaps the two
most effective weapons the
Kremlin has for propaganda
ing and deceiving those Of us
in the free world as to the
doubtful claims of Soviet
achievements in the explora-
ton of outer space and for
bringing fear to the hearts
of the pacifists and appeasers
because Of the power and
might these two Commun-
lists represent.
And just why should John
Glenn and his fellow Mer-
curry astronauts not be a part
of the cold war? Are not all
Americans without exception
a part Of this struggle for
survival? Surely, Glenn and
the others are aligned on the
side of freedom with other
Americans fighting to pre-
serve the integrity of this
Nation from the assaults of
Evening star., 1962-04-26
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Brains Checkrein on Appetjte
BY THOMAS r. HENRY
Existence of a "had-enough

Existence of a "had-enough
center" in the base Of the
brain has been confirmed by
the Atomic Energy Commits
sion.
Its function is to limit ap-
petite within reasonable linn
its. Once the tiny nucleus
of brain cells has been de-
stroyed by radiation mice
will never stop eating night
or day until they weigh as
much as 10 times normal
animals. From a normal
weight of 20 to 80 grains
they go up to as much as
200 grams.
The experiments, the COM
mission reports, were carried
out at the medical research
center of the commissions S
Brookhaven National Labo-
ratory.
The control center is To-
Gated in the so-called hy-
pothalamus, a part of the
brain base. 1t matches and
controls an appetite center
in the same general area.
Although the experiments
were with mice, there is lit
tie doubt that the same gen.
eral picture applies to the
human brain.
Hunger Center Controlled
Past work." says a COM
mission report just issued,
suggests that the hypotha-
lamic portion of the brain
guides the body in match
ing food intake with eXpen-
diture of energy by an in
terplay between a hunger
center, that somehow can
create a desire for a strik-
ing increase in food intake,
with a safety center that
exerts an inhibitory influ-
ence via nerve fibers running
laterally to the appetite CEN
ter. Presumably this safety
center inhibits by indirectly
increasing the blood level of
sugar and the intracellular
entry of sugar."
Evening star., 1962-04-26
On Freedom

This business of freedom
is a many-sided privilege.
Freedom means to me that I
have a right to discriminate.
I may invite to my home
those whom I choose to invite
and exclude those whom I
do not fancy.
1t is my right to live in a
community and together
with others of like education
al, racial, economic and So
cial background to exclude
those not acceptable to us.
For people with no interest
in this community to bring
political or other pressure to
bear that would cause us,
against our will. to accept
others not of our own choos-
ing is an infringement on our
freedoms.
When other people. by rea-
son of political expediency.
or other reasons, are able to
force you into situations re-
pugnant to you, your ability
to discriminate is lost and
your freedom with it.
We are guilty of catering
to mediocrity today. The
dole grows larger every year.
Each year more Of the efforts
of industrious, responsible
people are siphoned off to
further encourage the indi-
gent to increase their num-
bers.
1t takes a time for our sub
marginal group to equal the
numbers in India or China,
but we are building up to it
fast and when we have ar
rived, there is no more free
dom. Let me assure you that
in the guise of freedom you
can kill it.
william M. Werber.
Evening star., 1962-04-26
Faults in Welfare
I wish to Comment {

WISH 10 comment on
Grace BaSsett's article.
Byrd Supports Shea in
Freeloading Probe" which
appeared in The Star April
IL. In it Senator Byrd is
quoted as saying, 1T seems
to me that the fault for this
shocking percentage of in
eligible recipients lies not
with welfare regulations but
with persons in the welfare
department whose RESPONSE
bllity it Is to see that the
regulations are followed"
How the Senator can arrive
at this conclusion is hard to
understand. Because the de-
partment is not given enough
money to hire adequate staff,
a Public Assistance social
worker will carry a caScload
of from l80 to 200 families.
How frequently can a worker
visit each family, and what
kind of true social work can
she perform under such a
load?
1t is shocking to note that
Senator Byrd is looking for
a scapegoat within the de-
partment, having abSolved
Mr.. Shea, and to find Mr..
Shea apparently willing to
accept this shift of respon-
sibility to other high welfare
officials" instead of support
ing his overworked. dedicated
staff, and accepting the full
responsibility for the action
of his department.
The Senator finds nothing
wrong with the welfare regu-
lationS regulations that
make no provision for giving
relief to families where the
head Of the family wants to
work but cannot find a job;
regulations which induce un-
employed but employable
fathers to desert their chill
dren in order to have them
receive welfare aid; regula-
tions that cut off aid in those
cases where a man is declared
responsible for children
whom he has not fathered:
regulations that make Public
Assistance a policing agency
rather than a welfare agency.
Shame. Senator Byrd!
Mrs. j. ]. Senturia.
Evening star., 1962-04-26
'One ARMY

On April 9 you printed a
letter reflecting upon the Ma
tion's military reservists and
upon the Reserve Officers
Association, which for some
years has been spokesman
for this component of our
armed forces.
The person who wrote this
letter obviously has no un-
derstanding of our military
forces. During World War II,
we had the greatest military
force in the history of the
world. 1t was composed Of
civilians, with a small sprin-
king Of professional military
men. 1t was a powerful-and
successful - force because,
among many reasons, it had
the citizens will to win for
our country.
Already trained Reserve
officers at the outset of the
war outnumbered regular
officers by about IS to l. Gen.
Marshall said the 10000
Army Reserve Officers, form
ing with $4,000 Regular Off
GERS the leadership of our
Army, made a substantive and
vital contribution to victory.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur paid
repeated tribute to the Re-
serves.
Today, in our active duty
forces poised as a deterrent
in the cold war, the majority
Of the officers are reservistS.
What today is the spirit of
our armed forces is summed
up in the long established
"One Army" concept, en-
bracing both Reserves and
Regulars, which applies like
wise to the other services.
Your military leaders repeat
edly tell you that the Re-
serves are an indispensable
component.
Reservists continued their
part-time training and their
dedication for many reasons.
We enjoy the comradeship
which comes with military
service, and we share in mod
est incentives" which Con-
gress in its wisdom has pro-
vided. But the basis for the
service is that the Nation
needs them.
Dorothy Jean Gleason,
1t. Comdr., USCGR: presi-
dent, District of Columbia
Dept, Reserve Officers AS
sociation Of the United
States,
Evening star., 1962-04-26
Pressure on Laos

According to the latest
news reports our present ad-
ministration is making cruel
its policy to force the Lao
tian government to share its
control of Laos with the
Communists. 1t has withheld
funds to Laos for over 4
months to make Laos accede
to this demand. Now it is
threatening to withhold mill
tary aid and supplies, such
as arms and ammunition and
equipment, unless the Com
munists are given some key
positions in the government
Of Laos!
1t should be brought to the
attention Of all Americans
that from 1854 to 1858 our
representatives in Laos were
busy cajoling Laotians to
come out publicly and
strongly against communism.
This they were loath to do,
because. as they said, they
are small and weak and all
the Communists have to do
to get into their country is
walk across an imaginary
line, whereas we, the most
powerful nation on earth, are
ten thousand miles away.
Toward 1858 the United
States threatened to cut off
funds and aid unless the
Laotian Government refused
to recognize Prince Soupho-
nouvong and his Pathet Lao
Communists.
We have built up the Lao
tian Army from 10000 to
10000 men-at our expense
in order that they would
be able to defend Laos
against communism. Now
we ask Laos to become "neu-
trar" again - to cooperate
with the same Souphonou-
wong and to give important
positions in the Laotian gov
ernment to Communists!
We should know from ex-
perience many times proven
in Hungary. in Poland, in
Bulgaria, in Czechoslovakia
and, above all, in China the
results of forcing peoples to
accept neutral" govern
ments loaded with Commu-
niSts. In effect. depressing
as it is to have to admit it,
our American Government is
playing the Communist game
at the expense of millions of
helpless people-among them
the kindly, inoffensive, for
merly happy Laotians who
have gotten into this pickle
because Of us.
ClarksOn ]. Beall.
Evening star., 1962-04-26
Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

Q. Is there a reference to
automobiles in the Bible?
K. D.
A. Some people think that
"chariots" in Nahum "a re-
fers to automobiles. The King
James Version of this verse
is: THE chariots shall rage
in the streets, they shall justle
one against another in the
broad ways: they shall seem
like torches. they shall run
like the lightnings."
Evening star., 1962-04-26
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used il
letters carry DriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used will be
returned only When accom-
panied BY self = addressed,
stamped enpelopeS.
Evening star., 1962-04-26
THE POLITICAL MILL
Curtis VS.. Youth and Biq Names
By GOULD LINCOLN

macks. His contention is that
a Big Name is not the all
important qualification for
Senator of the United States.
The Lodge political dy-
nasty" goes back a bit be-
yond that of the Kennedys.
to 1886 when the great
grandfather of the present
senatorial candidate. Henry
Cabot Lodge, was elected a
Representative, to become a
Senator in 1893 and remain
in that office until his death
in 1924. The second Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge was
elected in 1886 when he was
only "a.
The Kennedy political dy-
nasty is more recent, going
back only to 1894, when Jo-
seph P. Kennedy, father Of
President Kennedy and of
Attorney General Kennedy,
was appointed by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt as a
member of the Securities and
Exchange Commission. He
was named Ambassador to
the Court of st. James's in
1897.
The Mccormack political
dynasty is still in the bud
stage-the Speaker first en-
tered Congress in 1928. The
younger Mccormack has
shown himself a good vote
getter. In 1860, when Presi-
dent Kennedy carried Mas
sachusettS over Nixon by
5l0,424 votes, Mr.. McCor-
mack defeated his Republi-
can opponent by 432,312
votes. This column on April
10 mistakenly reported that
Mccormack had polled a
greater margin of victory
than did the President.
Stepped Aside
Mr.. Curtis had planned to
run for Governor in 1852,
but stepped aside for the
then Representative Chris
tian Herter Qater Governor
and Secretary of State.) Mr..
Curtis ran for the House seat
of Mr.. Herter and won, and
was four times reelected.
This congressional district,
now eliminated in congress
slonal reapportionment, in
cluded seven wards in Bos-
ton, as well as Brookline and
Newton. In 1858, Mr.. Curtis
carried the district by 5000
votes, and in 1860, a presi-
Dental year, by $4,000.
His first test against Mr..
Lodge will come in the pre-
primary Republican State
Convention in Worcester
June 16. 1t may be the last
test, too, for Republicans
have a history of abiding by
the Endorsements of candi-
dates given by such conven-
tions. Mr.. Lodge has been
given the edge over Mr.. Cur
tis by nearly all observers
Just as Mr. Kennedy has
over Mr.. Mccormack in the
Democratic State Convention
scheduled for June 7, 8 and 9
in Springfield. More recent
reports have shown both Mr..
Curtis and Mr.. Mccormack
moving up.
There is speculation, too,
on the Republican side on
what would happen should
Mr.. Herter place Mr.. Curtis
name before the State con-
Ventlon as is expected in
some quarters. 1t might have
a decisive effect.
But for months before the
candidates. were announced.
there was wide speculation
that history would repeat
itself: that it would be an
other case of Lodge VS.. Ken
nedy for the Senate seat
which President Kennedy
wrested from George Lodges
father in 1852, when many
Taft Republicans declined to
vote for Senator Lodge, who
had been Eisenhower's cam
paign manager.
incidentally, President Ken
nedy was only 35 years old
when he was elected Senator
but he had previously been
three times elected a member
of the House.
Evening star., 1962-04-26

The studies are significant,
says the report, because of
increasing evidence that fat
ness is a major predisposing
cause of such diseases as
arteriosclerosis and hyper
tension. 1t also apparently is
related to diabetes.
The sugar theory of ap-
petite regulation, according
to the report, rests on the
assumption that nerve cells
in the safety center have a
special affinity for sugar.
Hence radioactive sugar in
the diet will accumulate in
the center and soon bring
about its destruction. This is
confirmed in the mouse ex-
periments.
Radiation Studies
1t was found by radioactive
ity studies of brain slices
that this activity became
concentrated in a certain
small area of the hypothala-
mus. This finding apparently
supports the identification of
the safety center.
"The techniques," the re-
port says. permit identifying
single cells that concentrate
the radioactive sugar mixture
in amounts we'll under a
thousandth Of a gram. This
may assist in locating other
functional and anatomical
brain centers."
Evening star., 1962-04-26

the Communists - from
Khrushchev. Castro. Mao
TSe-tung; yes, from Titov
and Gagarin and all the
others who would destroy us.
F. w. Barnes.