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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-03
A Strategy of Attack

Genuine unity within either of our
two major political parties is an ideal
seldom, If ever, attained. Differing re-
gional interests and differing individual
views are part and parcel of programs
and organization-affecting platforms,
campaign techniqueS and candidates.
The Republicans, striving to devise
formula for gaining seats in Congress
and in State capitolS, are plagued as
much If not more than their opposite
Democrats by these diversitieS But, as
the minority party, 1t seems the more
important that they draw some guide
lines within which sort Of unity can
prevail, so they may present their most
attractive bid to the great host of basil
cally uncommitted voters. In effect,
this was the purpose of last week ends
gathering of party leaders at the Gettys-
burg farm of former President EiSen-
hover, with its emphasis on broadening
the base of active G. o. P. support.
Organizationally, the effort is to
be made through the joint workings of
an All-Republican Conference-com-
posed of party leaders from Congress,
oGdIC dIlu 1OCdI SONcIIlIIlcIlGS anu 1TOul
private life-and National Republican
Citizens Committee, co-ordinating the
Embarrassing and campaign direction at
the working levels Significantly, it was
General Eisenhower the party's last
big winner-and National Chairman
William E. Miller who took the lead in
urging this broader mobilization of
party energy, and it was the former
President who appealed for setting aside
the often misleading designations of
liberal and conservative in favor of con-
centration on progress and respon-
sibility"
A rally at Gettysburg and the crea-
ton of new organizations are not
enough, of course, to guarantee any
Republican victories. The critical reac-
ton of Senator Goldwater, for example,
provides evidence that party unity is
not so simply attained. Even so, it is
obvious that Republican prospects for
meaningful gains in November depend
in large measure upon the kind of
broadened base, both of effort and OF
appeal, that General Eisenhower and
Chairman Miller stressed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-03
Limited Withdrawal

In announcing that 1000 United
States Marines are being Withdrawn
from Thailand, the Defense Department
explained that President Kennedy has
ordered the action because of general
lessening of tension" along the Laotian
border The move may also be tied in
with the fact that the 14-nation Geneva
Conference on Laos has resumed negoti-
atoms to work out definitive East
West agreement to guarantee the peace
of that country and the independence
and neutrality of its fledgling coalition
regime.
It is noteworthy, however, that the
withdrawal is being carried out on
cautious, gradual basis After its COM
pletion, there will still remain in Thai
land about 1000 of the 5000 American
fighting membranes, Army and Air
Force-Sent there in midMay at the
urgent request of the Royal Thai govern
ment. That request was made because
the Communists had flagrantly violated
the cease-fire in Laos, and there were
fears at the time that their guerrilla
forces might cross the border and attack
the That's But now, some six weeks
later, the rival pro-Western, pro-
Communist and neutralist Laotian fac
lions are collaborating in accord with
the settlement establishing their coali
ton, and there is no present evidence
of a threat to Thailand's peace and
territorial integrity.
Thus the partial pull-out of Marines
makes sense, and presumably all Ameri-
can forces will leave when, as and if
firm guarantees are put into force
against the danger that the Communists
will stage sudden coup in Laos and
strike from there against the That's. 1t
may be assumed, in any event, that the
bulk of our troops in Thailand will stay
there until there is reasonable ground
for confidence that their withdrawal
will not tempt the Reds to attack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-03
Weather Eye in the Sky

Now that another hurricane season
has overwhelmingly without fan
fare-residents of the storm SCARED
shore areas will welcome the presence
of an orbiting hurricane hunter in the
sky-Tiros-5. This electronic weather
eye, launched at Cape Canaveral, al
ready is sending to earth photographs
of cloud formations for study by mete-
biologists.
The Weather Bureau generally re-
CARDS the middle of June as the start
of the season for the big blows which
sometimes threaten or strike the At
lantic and Gulf coasts. The two worst"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-03
Local Smoq Problem

In your editorial, Local
Smog Problem" it is recon-
mended that Fairfax County,
Virginia, emulate the District
of Columbia in combating air
pollution. You state that po-
lice, during a period of Is
months here have ticketed
more then 400 cars, trucks,
and buses for discharging ex-
ceSsive amounts of fumes.
You omitted to say what the
air samples disclose in the
District, and is it not hard to
believe that in the wake of
a D. c. Transit bus the find
ings would indicate pure air?
I try to close my car window
when one of our buses ap-
proaches, and, if walking, turn
away so I am not forced to
inhale the odoriferous dis
charge.
If it is proved that the fuel
used by a bus company is
inferior and a cause of i'll
health, should not something
be done about that? I know
of blood diseases developing
in the last few months. and
are we sure that traffic air
pollution may not be the
cause? Let us not set our
selves up as an example to
other communities until we
have put our own house in
order"
Mamie Chase.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-03

sioners for a hearing. Nor
did the following organiza-
tions stand "helplesSly by"
when the bill was in the
hearing stage:
American University P ark
Citizens Association, Glover
Park Citizens Association,
GEORGETOWN Citizens Asso-
citation, The Federation Of
of Citizens Associations,
Spring valley esley
Heights Citizens Association,
Capitol Hill Southeast Citi-
zens Association, Northwest
Committee for TranSporta-
ton Planning, Audubon Ma
turalist Society, wilderness
Society, Nature Conservancy
and the District Affairs Sub
committee, Democratic Ma
tional Committee.
The only organization that
sent a representative to testi-
fly for a road through the
park was the American Auto
mobile Association.
Senator Mansfield helped
us when "City Hall" failed
us.
Robert l.. Robinson,
President, Foxhall Commu-
nifty Citizens Association.
In your editorial "Mr.
Mansfield's Park" you imply
that the citizens of Wash
ington would prefer to have
Glover-Archbold Park des-
ecrated by a strip Of con-
crete such as has already &C.
Cured in Anacostia Park.
What study, survey or other
source can you cite that Mr..
D. c. Citizen favors the oblit-
Grafton of our fine parks
and even worse, the destruc-
ton of hundreds of homes in
various sections of our city.
I think you would find
that Mr.. D. C. Citizen would
oppose the building of the
many freeways within the
District if it was left up to
him for several reasons:
/. He does not need them
the suburbanites will be the
principal users.
2. They are uneconomic as
opposed to some method OF
rapid transit.
3. Even though they are
paid 80 percent by Federal
funds, they are to be entirely
maintained by District funds
and we also pay Federal
taxes, so where is the free
gift?
1t seems to me that you
owe Senator Mansfield ar
. apology.
You further state thai
. such a freeway will eventu'
ally be built because in tim,
[ the interests of many viii
{ outweigh the interests o
r the present Majority Lead
: err" This is the reason VI
E need our own elected Com
Y missioners, for the many
: you cite If true, are not D. c
e residents but suburbanites.
= Robert F. BOice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-03
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Reds 'Broin-Woshinq' AnoIyzed
By THOMAS R. HENRY

Nov there may be a sort
Of irreversibility in human
learning. There may be a
kind of irreversibility in hui
man learning that takes
place under extreme stress. I
do not mean flam boyant
forms of torture but the
kinds Of chronic stress in
which a person goes month
after month, hanging onto
life by his fingertips, isolated
from his fellows, and the
rest. 1t may well be that I'M
der these circumstances
learning, or change, sticks.
We do not know of any sys-
tematic difference between
those who are liable to strong
effects from brain-washing
and those who are not"
Sonar" navigation by
sound wave echoes, probably
has had its greatest develop
ment in the natural abilities
of two bats, rather than in
any man-made devices.
Both the rather common
brown bat of the Northern
States and the fishing bat
fly blind with great precision
and are able to detect and
catch very tiny insects while
in flight. Their extraordinary
abilities now are being
studied closely by Navy ex-
perts in the hope that their
sensitivities may be at least
partially duplicated. Most of
the research is being carried
out at Massachusetts, Insti-
tute Of Technology.
DR.. Carl F. j. Overhage,
director of the Lincoln lab
oratory there reports to the
Navy:
Results of Studies
From recent studies to
determine how a bat can &C
curately avoid wires only
about a millimeter in diane
ter with sound pulses more
than a foot in length, it now
appears that the bat may
employ a relatively sophisti-
Gated system of pulse COM
preston, a subject of consid-
cradle interest in modern
radar.
Finally in investigating
the bats remarkable resist
ance to noise tanning, a
carefully designed experiment
shows that the bat approx
mates the counter-counter
measure capability of an
ideal receiver. Add to these
behavioral capacities the fact
that the bat automatically
adjusts its pulse repetition
rate. pulse length and fire.
quency meditation pattern to
search or attack modes and
to the closing range on a
target, and 1t is evident why
the bats performance de-
served scrutiny"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-03
Modified Mediocre

A spokesman for the American Medl-
cal Association says the administrations
modified medical care bill is collection
of hastily improvised changes made
in an effort to attract votes in Congress-
We suppose this is true. Nevertheless,
it seems to us to be an improvement on
the original King-AnderSon bill.
The principal notifications would:
Q) set up Government subsidy to pro-
vide coverage for most older people not
covered by Social Security; (2) permit
Blue Cross or similar groups to serve,
for a fee, as kind of Intermediary be-
tween the Government and hospitals
and nursing homes, thus removing the
Government from administration OF the
program; (3) set up a separate trust
fund for the medical care program in
stead of Jumping the proceeds from the
medical care tax increase with other
Social Security accounts, and az stip-
ulate that accreditation of hospitals
furnishing services under the program
would be determined by the American
Hospital Association and the American
Medical Association. Benefits would be
the same as those called for under the
administration bill.
A major objection which remains
is that the program still Is tied to and
would be financed through an increased
Social Security tax. The ANA objects
to this in principle and, with some
force, asks how the administration JUS
titles its insiStence on a $2-billion in
crease in payroll taxes at the very time
it is preparing to recommend in Janu-
airy, If not sooner, reduction In income
taxes. Our principal concern is that
this relatively modest medical care pro-
gram and relatively small tax increase
will prove to be but foot in the door,
an opening wedge for an ever-expanding
and increasingly expensive program as
political presSures mount. Logically,
what is the distinction between paying
hospital or nursing home costs, and
other heavy medical expenses which
often burden the aged?
There is a good chance that this
modified bill will pass in the Senate,
although its prospects in the House,
where it would have to clear the Rules
Committee, are far from bright at this
session. Sooner or later, however, some
such legislation, we think, will be en-
acted. And we hope the process of en-
actment will not be attended by any
strike" of doctors, such as that which
was threatened briefly in New Jersey and
another which has brought a grave
crisis to the Canadian province of SaS-
katchewan. The Canadian program Is
far more comprehensive than the bill
pending in Congress, including even
reduction in fees paid to doctors. Still,
we suspect that spokesman for the
striking Canadian doctors is sadly mis-
taken when he says that the government
of the province will have to accept
complete responsibility for any disas
trous consequences" which may result
from the strike. If needless death and
suffering should be among the con-
sequences, the people Of Saskatchewan
will not agree with the spokesman, and
that will go double for the people of the
United States should there be any COM
parable strike here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-03
Fairfax PLANNING

Your editorial OF June %,
entitled advice to Fairfax
County" implies that Fair
fax County is taking too
hasty and i'll advised" action
on coming cases in the vicinity
of Chantilly Airport.
Our coming actions to date
could hardly be called hasty
since they have been based
upon a master plan prepared
for the area over a two-year
period. The plan was the
result of consultation with
the FAA and the FILA in an
effort to determine what the
problems would be and where
the problems would be To-
Gated.
1t has been our desire con-
sistently to make the most
of what Congressman Harris,
Democrat of Arkansas, of the
House Commerce Committee
calls our unique opportu-
nifty" to avoid by coming as
many as possible Of the prob
lens which exist around the
Nations older airports.
Our master plan for the
area restricts to open uses
the 81 mile area off the ends
Of the runways in a fan
shaped pattern developed by
the FILA. In addition, the
entire periphery of the air
port is restricted in accord
ance with FAA and FILA rec
concentrations. We have
proposed some industrial uses
within this area. There are
residential clusters off to the
side in close proximity to the
highway network so as to be
convenient for airport en-
ployes.
The FAA now, after sew
eral years of close co-opera-
ton during the preparation
of the plan, seeks to back up
the residential development
even further. The FILA, we
are informed, at the same
time has cut down its re-
Stricted area and will finance
housing within much of the
area we restrict. The FAA
representatives were unable,
at a recent hearing, to give
any factual justification for
further restricting the area
We know, as we knew q
year ago, that there will be
some Objectionable noises fol
many miles around the air.
port. The FAA information
indicates, however, that they
will not be more objection
able outside our restricted
area than is the traffic noise
on Connecticut avenue.
The fact is that $3.50 acre!
Of Fairfax County are re.
Stricted in accordance with {
carefully prepared plan which
is designed to keep residen'
tial development and places
Of public assembly out of thu
approach zones. This acre
age is many times larger thar
any restricted area at an.
other existing airport as ia
as I have been able to deter
mine. The restriction of thi
area, I can assure you, wa
not done hastily and no
without careful consideration
and advice from informe,
sources.
Anne wilkins,
Member, Fairfax Board o
County Supervisors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-03

Senator Ralph w. Yarbor-
ough, a liberal but no rela-
tive of Don, declined to sign
a memorandum circulated
among the Texas delegation
in Congress declaring sup
port for Mr.. Connally. But
the Senator explained later
he intended to support the
whole Democratic ticket. He
apparently did not like sin
Cling out one of the Demo-
cratic candidates.
Switched to G. o. p.
Jack Cox is an attractive.
4O-year-old Texas oil man,
vice president Of the Pico
Drilling Company. This Is
by no means his first politi-
cal foray. He served as a
Democrat for three terms In
the State legislature, elected
in 1916, 1948 and 1850. In
1852 he ran for Congress,
again as a Democrat, but
lost the nomination to Rep
resentative Omar Burleson
by a very narrow margin. In
1860, Mr.. Cox ran against
Price Daniel, the incumbent
governor, and received ~
per cent Of the vote.
1t was last year that Mr..
Cox determined to become q
member of of the Republican
Party. He says he did so be-
cause he is strongly opposed
to the programs of the Ma
tional Democratic Party and
that the only effective way
to fight it is through the
Republican Party. Also. he
believes strongly that there
should be a two-party Sys-
tenn working in Texas. At
present there are two Re
publican members of the
State legislature-and Texas
has one Republican Repre-
sentative in Congress and
one Senator. Further, in the
last three presidential cleo
tions, Texas voted twice for
Dwight D. Eisenhower and
narrowly defeated the Nixon
Lodge ticket by approx
mately 10000 votes in 1860.
Senator Towers victory
over Mr.. Blakley was narrow
by 10000 votes. 1t will be
something of a political mir
acle if Mr.. Cox can repeat
such a Republican victory
next November, but miracles
do happen. No one seems to
be able to say definitely how
many Republican votes there
are in the State. There were
10000 votes cast in the Re-
publican primary which
nominated Mr.. Cox this year
and something less than a
million votes cast in the
Democratic runoff primary
Senator Tower in 1860 was
: a Republican candidate for
the Senate against Lyndon
johnson. (Mr. johnson was
on the ticket for both Sena-
tor and Vice President) and
received about 100000 votes
to 100000 for Mr.. johnson
This. of course, was in q ma
"tional election year.
What happens in thi,
Texas gubernatorial race
could have far-reaching ef'
fects in both State and ma,
tional politics, particularly
if Mr.. Cox should win.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-03

Communist techniques Of
brain washing" are de-
scribed in a report just is
sued through the National
Science Foundation.
They depend according
to a report of DR.. Jerome
S. Bruner of Harvard Uni
versity, very heavily on
making a prisoner highly de-
pendent on somebody else"
After isolating him from his
fellows and keeping him for
a time in a homogeneous en-
vironment an interrogation
enters the situation and
represents the only point Of
contact between the prisoner
and the world of human be-
ings. This interrogation be-
friends him and then there
is injected into the situation
a constant threat of loss of
dependency on this interro-.
gator. 1t is as if the whole
world centered on this one
last relationship with hu-
man beings. Under these cir
cumStances, one would judge
from studies which have been
made, there develops a ire
mendous amount of identifiz
cation with the interrogation
and a willingness on the part
of the prisoner to adopt
forms of belief that will
maintain this contact.
Experiment With Animals
What has surprised us
more than anything else is
the extent to which the ef-
fects continue over longer
periods of time and well aft
er the return Of a person to
p his own country: The re-
Sponses of br ain-waShing
seem somehow like a crash
program for survival on the
part of the prisoner"
Some light on this, DR.,
Bruner says, has been OBJ
tanned from experiments with
. animals. -. -....--.
zone of the things we
know about sub-human or:
ganisms," he reports, "is that
there are critical peri o d
during their life when they
can be trained to have re-
sponses which are unchange-
able. If you take a young
pup and isolate him from
any contact with human be.
ings or with other dogs you
will find that you can pro-
duce something that can best
be called a sort of irreversi'
BILE stupidity. A dog of thi!
kind taken into "a norma
environment will show a stu.
pidity that you will never
find in a normally reared
dog. For example, if you pre-,
sent him with a candle HI
will come up and investigate
it. put his nose into it. anC
then put his nose back Il
investigate as many as {
dozen times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-03
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry ipriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenS1-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-03
THE POLITICAL MILL
COP. Bid for Governor in Texas
By GOULD LINCOLN

Can Jack Cox, the Repub-
lican candidate for governor
of Texas, pull another John
Tower? Senator Tower. a
Democrat, turned Republican
and an ultra conservative,
defeated the then incumbent
Senator william. A. Blakly,
a most conservative DEM
ocrat, in the 1861 special cleo
ton to fill the Senate seat
formerly held by Vice Presi-
dent Lyndon Johnson. Mr..
Blakly had been appointed
to the Senate and held office
until the special election. He
led a field Of 70 Democrats
for his party's senatorial
nomination. ',
Jack Cox is confident he
can win over his Democratic
opponent, former Secretary
of the Navy John B. Connal-
ly, IT,, who resigned from the
Kennedy cabinet to make
the race. Mr.. Connally is a
personal and political friend
of Vice President Johnson.
He won the nomination in a
runoff primary ele tion
against a young Houston
lawyer, Don Marlborough, who
ran as a liberal and accused
Mr.. Connally Of not support
ing some Of the Kennedy
domestic programs. This
charge has been minimized
by Connally supporters.
On his way to last week
ends Gettysburg Republican
conference, Mr.. Cox was in
Washington briefly. He said
that reports coming to him
from various parts Of his
State were extremely favor
able to his gubernatorial can
didacy. His problem is the
same as that which con-
fronted Senator Tower-he
has to poll a lot of DEM
ocratic votes to win. Mr.. Cox
says that he expects to draw
from both conservative and
liberal factions Of the Dem
ocratic party. He himself is
. an ultra conservative. Mr..
Connally, Cox supporters say,
is trying to keep a foot in
both the conservative and
liberal camps. They add this
will please neither the liberals
nor the conservative DEM
ocratS.
Liberals for Cox
Mr.. Connally and his sup
porters insist he will defeat
Mr.. Cox. They admit, how
ever, that some Of the Var
borough campaign worker!
are now working for the de-
feat of Mr.. Connally. A liberia
party newspaper in the State
has come out urging liberal,
to vote for Mr.. Cox. The
reason back of this "libera
for Cox" movement is a de.
sire, the Connally people say
and the Cox people recognize
to see the present control o.
the Democratic Party IL
Texas smashed so that liberia
Democrats can take over. TIT
Connally people contend tina
this is scarcely a laudable O
ethical program by liberal
who profess themselves pol
itically clean. .a,,
-. Don Marlborough, however
has declared his intention o
supporting Mr.. ,Connally
Jackson advocate., 1962-11-10

vention were Attorney Belford
v. Lawson, Washington, D. c.,
who delivered principal address
at the awards dinner, Luther
L. Brooks, real estate man who
is nationally known for his con-
tributions to the betterment Of
Negro housing in the greater
Miami area, and Moss H. Ken
dirk, Washington PRfirm owner,
whose client The Coca Cola
Company, Atlanta, Ca, is an
affiliated member Of MIA and
a longtime supporter of the
association. Sidney Aronovitz,
Miami City Commissioner, well
coined the group to South Flori-
da.
Other highlights Of the con-
vention included the selection of
"Miss MIA" and the awarding
of achievement trophies to
members Of the association. The
Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta,
Ga, supports the miss MIA"
contest through the donation of
trophies, while P. Ballantine &
Son, Newark, N. j., donates the
achievement awards. Miss Rosa
Chandler, Miami, won title as
"Miss MIA" with Miss Ann
Stevenson, Nassau, Bahamas,
and Miss Roberta Driscoll,
Washington, D. c., being named
runners-up. Receptions were
Jackson advocate., 1962-11-10

relations firm and is active in
real estate in Warrington, d.
C. The award will 60 annually
to q person deemed to have
made outstanding contributions
to the hotel and motel field.
Guest speakers for the con-