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Evening star., 1962-12-25
Clash in Ranks of Women Strikers for Peace

Of natural genius Of our
country-we retain our in
dividuality as citizens, but as
a people VIC are cooperative
in our decisions. after thor
ough debate, for the COM
mon good. This is not to say
that Russia could do things
our way, or that any other
country in the world can, but
we do do them that way and
it's a good way to do them.
No American has indicated
as clearly as Mr.. Khrushchev
himself that at least in the
past the Communists have
wished to, or felt that they
could in some way alter the
political system of the United
States. My own feeling is
that we have finally set Mr..
Khrushchev straight on this
matter and that he now un-
derstands the futility of try
ing to disturb the mighty
foundation upon which this
country is built. I think that
future relations with Russia
will evolve toward a slowly
developing accord which will
ultimately achieve the status
of friendship and alliance. I
do not think all of the dit
ficulties in the cold war
have been RuSsia's fault and
I think a good deal of hay
was made by just plain war
interests who profited from
the cold war and felt they
would have profited from a
hot one. And I feel that the
Women's Strike for Peace has
played an enormous part in
altering this state Of af-
fairs. and in bringing about
a better outlook for our re-
lations with Russia.
When / carried a placard
before the White House pro-
testing nuclear tests in no
sense felt / was picketing the
White House or the Presi-
dent. We were simply telling
him how we felt. Our plac-
cards said Support Presi-
dent Kennedy" in his pro-
posals for peace. ! myself
agreed with the way he
handled the Cuban situation
and said so; and still l am
a peace worker.
For the efforts OF Mrs. VIII
son In behalf OF peace / have
had only the highest regard.
The universal appeal she has
made is indeed universal. as
is the cause Of peace itself
II Fascists and Nazis can
convert themselves TO Join
In the struggle. more power
TO Mrs. Wilson, but that is
exactly what they would have
10 undergo -- a conversion.
They could not work In the
organization as Fascists and
Nazis, and 1t is not presumed
here that Mrs. Wilson thinks
they can. As understand II
she implied that II they could
or would come over TO our
side, all the better for every
body.
One final word as 10 the
hearings. I would like 10
congratulate Congressman
Evening star., 1962-12-25

ally disturbed seven-year old
girl living in Southeast was
missing her weekly appoint
ments at the Child Guild
ance Clinic in Georgetown
because her father could not
get time off enough to take
her that far. CA mother is
not in the picture) At the
request of the clinic in
Georgetown, a volun t e e r
member of this association
goes and gets her at school
every Wednesday, drives her
to the clinic, waits, and
drives her home. This takes
about four hours. This par
ticular little girl is lucky.
What about the literally
hundreds of children in
Southeast who need psyche
logical attention?
Everything in the report
could be discussed in rela-
ton to our city. The above
two matters are Just exam
pies.
Thank you for affording
our citizens an opportunity
to learn more about the COM
plex subject of mental ILL
ness.
III COlman b. Stein
President,
D. c. Association for
Mental Health, Inc.
Evening star., 1962-12-25

Doyle of California. On ev-
cry occasion that I saw him
in action he was civilized,
and polite in every aspect of
the conduct of the proceed
ingS.
And one final word for
Women's Strike for Peace. I
believe that the reason for its
origin was the need for a
counter-offensive to war and
war talk and war hysteria,
and I believe that 1t pro-
vided an amazingly good one.
1t did a remarkable job. 1t
could not have done this job
without working just exactly
as it did-by assuming that
anyone who joined in the
struggle to bring the idea
of peace instead Of hostility
to the surface of the Ameri-
can mind was sincere. If
there are people in the Or
ganization who were mott
vated by more selfish con-
siderations, or considerations
which did not have Ameri-
cas- and the whole worlds
best interests at heart, I
never met them.
What we did encounter on
all sides from ministers to
people who passed by us in
the street. to friends, to Of
flee workers. to politicians
was an active and fear
full hostility TO any talk of
peace. Insofar as any Of the
witnesses testified TO this
fact, I would agree with
them.
Marion +. Sitter.
We join with our friends
around the world In the fer
vent wish that the New
Year will bring the long
hoped for moratorium in the
nuclear arms race. This in
turn will give all Of us a
sense OF freedom from fear
OF increased atmospheric poi
soning. with its insidious eff
feet on the health Of chill
dren In all lands.
We pledge our continuing
support Of all honest efforts
10 end the suicidal arms
race. aiming TO redirect the
great resources both human
and financial now engaged in
this effort, toward the great
er fulfillment Of mans basic
needs.
We promise ourselves, and
you, a New Year resolution
TO do our utmost TO main
tain closer communications
with our friends around the
world; and urge you TO do
the same with us.
And finally. we agree 10 in
tensify our efforts 10 con-
vince our Government OF the
need for greater research in
promoting peace. This would
be one step toward the solu-
ton OF the great problems
confronting all humanity.
With co-ordinated effort on
the part OF all like-minded
women, we look forward 10
a better New Year.
Dagmar Wilson.
Evening star., 1962-12-25
Mental Health Series

The community should be
grateful to The Star for
carrying the enlightening
series Mental Health Re-
port" So much of what was
said applies to Washington.
The D. c. Mental Health
Association can attest to
people can slip back if they
cannot find jobs" OF Al
calls for help from citizens
with problems received in our
office in November, 13 were
for help in locating a job.
Daily, more and more former
patients come into our office
with the same story: mo one
will hire me when they find
out / was at st. Elizabeth's."
1t is not true that no one will,
for we have helped to place a
number, but our message has
not reached the ears OF
enough employers to make
an impact equal to the need.
Right now we have IL peo-
pie ranging from key-punch
operators to a sociologist
who are job hunting.
Another statement in the
report applies to D. c. That
is, there are few clinics for
children" The Star has sup
ported our efforts to get the
approximately $4,000 for a
badly needed Family Child
Clinic in Southeast. The over
all need has been docu-
mented so often l shall not
repeat 1t. However. as an ex-
ample of the individual hard
ship caused, one emotion
Evening star., 1962-12-25
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Scientific Research Pays Dividends
By THOMAS R. HENRY

resulting in q strain which
produced three to five times
as much vitality needed pen
icillin as the highest-yielding
strains then known.
Studies in the field Of low
expansion quartz glass which
later proved basic to the evo-
luton Of Pyrex, and which
also supplied the United
States with 81 per cent Of its
requirements for optical glass
in World War II.
Discovery of the basic
chemical and physical prin-
ciples involved in the set
ting" Of Portland cement,
with consequent improvement
Of cement, leading to its cur
rent widespread use.
Development Of fundamen-
tai scientific understanding
of processes involved in the
production of refractories,
leading to major improve
ments Of friedrich and other
heat-resistant ceramics re-
quired by industry.
Research on effective
methods Of determining the
age Of rocks, of great prac-
tical Importance to mining
and oil prospecting as well
as geological research.
But the developers Of hy-
brid corn were primarily con-
cerned with rather abstruse
plant genetics. They did not
have in mind increase Of the
corn crop. The same Is true
OF all the other cases cited.
Philosophy and Purpose
Says DR.. Haskins: when
the Institution first was es-
tablished the decision was
made that flexibility and ef-
fectiveness in the kind Of
research to which the Insti-
tuition is dedicated can best
be achieved through a series
OF small unit laboratories,
each mobile and relatively in
dependent. each able TO seize
the initiative in new and APP
propriate fields as they ap-
pear. Some Of the most mod
ern thinking and experiment.
ing, in this country and
abroad has returned TO pre-
cisely this pattern as one Of
the most effective In explor-
ing the dynamic frontiers OF
scientific knowledge.
"The philosophy and pur-
pose which inaugurated the
institution have remained
unchanged through all the
years. This type OF research
may begin without specific or
consciously conceived objec-
tives Of any kind. II was .
uncommitted research that
led 10 the discoveries about
the atom that led 10 the
Manhattan Project and that
today underlie the space pro-
gram. Fundamental research
OF this type provides the new
knowledge upon which large
practical projects may
feed"
Evening star., 1962-12-25
Grateful to White

I wish to express my graft
tude to William S. White for
his article urging a pay raise
for the armed forces. There
are many service families in
the Washington area and
elsewhere which manage to
survive only because the wife
works, or because the service
man holds a part-time job.
The increased quarters al
lowance which becomes ef-
fective in January, while
helpful, is really only a token
raise to the family man who
draws $96.90 for quarters and
finds his bill for rent and
utilities running to as much
as $160 per month. (The new
increased allowance jumps
from $96.90 to $114O Why
has the Defense Department
never considered a station
allowance" for the servicemen
who live in areas like the Dis
trict? I suggest that this is
worthy of consideration
along with all the other as
poets of military pay for two
reasons: Cd The service man
is expected to pay his bills
promptly, like any other good
citizen; 90 the cost Of liv-
ing in the District and GER
tain other urban areas Is
much higher than 1t is in
the smaller towns. The serv-
ice man living in the Wash
ington area needs an extra
allowance just as badly as
the man who is serving his
country in Paris. France or
any other world capital.
James C. Read.
Evening star., 1962-12-25
A Christmas GREETING
I SALUTE YOU:

SALUTE YOU:
There is nothing can otpe vou
Uhtch you haze not; but there Is much,
that, 1Ohhe I cannot gtve you, you can
take -.
No heaUen can come to US unless
our hearts find rest In 1t today. Take
HeaUen =.
No peace lies in the future Which
Is not hidden In the present =. . Take
Peace -.
The gloom of the 1Uorld is but
ShadoO; behind it, get withtn our reach
is joy. Take JOY -.
There Is radiance in the darkness,
could Ue but See-and to see 1oe hare
only to look. / beSeech you to look.
Take Radiance -.
Life is so tuH of meaning and pur-
pose, so full of beauty-beneath its co.,
ertng-that you 10ill find earth but cloaks
your hedUen. Courage then to claim it,
that is all! But courage you haze, and
the knowledge that toe are pilgrims
together, 1Oending through unknown
country home.
And so, at this Christmas time, /
greet you-lUtth profound esteem and
NTH the prayer that for you no1O and
forever, the day breaks, and the Shadows
flee aDay.
FRA GIOVANNI, AID. 1913
Evening star., 1962-12-25
THE POLITICAL MILL
Kennedy's Bag of Gifts for Nation
BY GOULD LINCOLN

What does Santa Claus
have in store for the Ameri-
can people2
In the days Of the great
depression, when millions s
were out of work and out of
food and shelter, President
Franklin d. Roosevelt
launched this country on a
new course never before tried
during peacetime. A course of
huge expenditures by the
Federal Government for all
kinds of relief measures, in
cluding direct relief for those
without means, made work,
long-range public works pro-
grams. Companion pieces
were big deficits, in spite of
tax increases and greatly ex-
panded and centralized gov
ernment in Washington.
Many Of the measures were
necessary. Mr.. Roosevelt was
elected and reelected. The
slogan went out: Nobody
shoots Santa Claus"
During Mr.. Roosevelt's
third term in office, the
United States was engulfed in
World War II. The days of
unemployment passed and
tremendous industrial expan-
sion occurred - mostly for
production of war goods -
and our surplus foods we're
needed again. The deficits
and taxes increased greatly.
All were vital to national
survival.
Today the American people
are confronted with a cold
war demanding huge expend-
itures for nuclear weapons
and other arms and for
standing armed forces of all
descriptions. But today the
American people have great
er numbers of employed,
higher wages, higher income,
greater productivity than
ever before in peacetime. The
tax burden remains tremen-
dously heavy, the deficits run
into the billions of dollars
and there are still far too
many unemployed, more than
5 per cent of the possible work
force.
Experiment Planned
The problems, therefore,
which confront President
Kennedy differ greatly from
those which Mr.. Roosevelt
faced in 1888 and the follow
ing years. Mr.. Kennedy, how
ever, is moving along lines
adopted by the late President
great Government spend
ing, increased centralization
of government in Washington
and deficit spending - in an
effort to get America moving.
He is, however, about to try
an experiment a tax de-
crease as a stimulant to
greater employment, greater
business, greater production
and consumption. All this,
with a continuing need of
big spending for national de-
fense and financial aid to
our allies and underdeveloped
countries.
If President Kennedy is to
be considered Santa Claus, he
Evening star., 1962-12-25

As a lady who ruined a
good red hat in the rain
while walking in front OF the
White House in the Wom-
ems Strike for Peace, and
also as one who has ex-
pressed displeasure with the
House Un-American Activi-
ties Committe, / would like
to comment on the hearings
recently conducted by that
committee on Capitol Hill.
I briefly attended two ses-
sions and expressed dismay
at the discourteous manner
of the witnesses who were
giving performances" which
were both arrogant and inept.
When I said that I thought
they should be more polite l
was told sharply that I
should have been there earl
ier." With a good deal Of
feminine verve and indigna-
ton 1 was informed that the
committee had first tres
passed the rules Of courtesy,
interrupted witnesses, and
acted In so high-handed a
manner that the only re-
sponse the women could
rightfully give was the re-
sponse they were giving.
Well, be that as 1t may,
I still disagree with the way
the women l saw acted and
with what they said. ! have
participated in the Wom-
ems Strike for Peace only
here in Washington and ]
have never in my experience
once encountered anything
like the atmosphere that pre-
vailed on the Hill. Cen
tility was the hallmark Of all
our efforts here. as was in
telligence. 1t was a most ad-
mirably conducted effort TO
divert the fierce energies
and emotions which were be-
ing generated around nuclear
warheads and testing. Mrs.
Dagmar Wilson was the most
impressive among a goodly
number OF refined and intel
ligent, sincerely concerned
American women.
/ think II was a foolish
maneuver. II that Is what II
was, 10 take refuge. II that
is what II was. behind the
Fifth Amendment. II they
are now or ever have been
Communists they should say
so. II is not true TO say that
1T is irrelevant" II II Is all
right for Communists 10
work with us for peace, which
IL is, then II is all right for
them TO say that they are
Communists. II their motiya-
ton In working for peace is
TO overthrow the Govern
ment OF the United States
or 10 establish a Communist
party In the United States.
! am not in sympathy with
their aims because the aims
OF the Communist party are
not as advanced as our own
In terms OF individual free
dom and responsibility. They
seek 10 achieve through force
and intimidation q collective
effort which TO us is the kind
Evening star., 1962-12-25

has many things in his bag
for many Americans. He has
already produced some Of
them, for which the people
should be grateful. He has
brought them successfully
through a crisis by his firm
handling of the Cuban stu
alton. By his action he
caused the leading Commu-
mist figure In the world, So
Wet Premier Khrushchev, to
back away from a nuclear
war.
Further, he has been able
to bring about an agreement
with Britain's Prime Minis
ter Macmillan in regard to
nuclear weapons for Britain
and for use Of NATO, which
Is expected to have far
greater unity of free world
military defense against the
Communist threat.
In addition, during his
first two years in the White
House. the country has on
the whole improved economi-
cally, though there are still
sore spots. The country, too,
has made great strides In
space investigation and ex-
perience.
Presents Still Undelivered
What Mr.. Kennedy has in
his bag, still to be delivered,
is tax reduction, Federal aid
to education, medical care
for the aged and increases IN
pay for Congress, for the
higher Federal officials and
for the military. Military pay
has been standing still while
the compensation of other
governmental servants and
the pay in industry have
mounted.
His great problem eventu-
ally will be the payment for
all these benefits. With up
wards of $500 billion as the
national debt and q Federal
Budget which, it has been
rumored, will reach 500 bill
lion - the greatest In peace
time history - all on top Of
a projected tax cut, there will
have to be great faith in q
Kennedy Santa Claus.
Furthermore, President
Kennedy cannot operate as
Santa Claus without the sup
port Of a majority of the 535
reindeer on Capitol Hill who
make up the 88th Congress.
If they do not approve the
legislative programs which he
sends them, he will be handi-
capped. And many of the
more conservative members
Of the House and Senate al
ready are baking. -l
He wants, first of all, re-
organization of the proce-
dures Of Congress. That will
bring a major battle. And op-
position to tax cuts without
cuts in government spending
is growing. Foreign aid, medi-
care and Federal aid to edu-
cation, as proposed by the
President, may run into hard
Shedding. ts.s.. SO
But the American people
are, as always, inclined to
give Santa Claus a break.
Evening star., 1962-12-25
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry t0TiterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condenSa-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped enUelopeS.
Evening star., 1962-12-25

Scientific research is pay
ing enormous dividends. The
expenditure in this country
today is about SIS billion
about SO billion appropriated
by the Federal Government
and the rest by State govern
ments, industry and private
ly endowed research organ
izations. In 20 years the total
has climbed from about So
billion.
Even in industry today
such research seldom has an
easily recognized practical
objective. 1t is all aimed at a
better understanding of ma
ture. But folks no longer are
likely to ask: What use is it?
The dividends come often
from quite incidental find
ings.
Take, for example, pro-
jected flights to the moon
within the next decade or so.
Practical results, aside from
increase in national prestige,
perhaps will be quite negligi-
BILE, so far as the general
population is concerned. To
the average man 1t makes
little difference whether the
surface Of the satellite is glass
or sand. Regardless, the full
orb will be just as beautiful
on an autumn night.
Incidental Findings Likely
But there are many prob
lens to be solved before any
such flight is possible. Prob
ably quite incidental findings
In the solution of these prob
lens will be of inestimable
value. They might be In me-
chanical engineering. They
might be in gynecology or
obstetrics.
All this is stressed in the
annual report OF the Carnegie
Institution Of Washington
Just issued by DR.. Caryl p.
Haskins. Institution president.
For nearly so years the Car
negie scientists have worked
on many impractical prob
lens. This has been in accord
with the intent OF Andrew
Carnegie ITO provide a new
kind OF institution for Amer
ica-the first TO be devoted
wholly and completely 10 the
idea Of research scholarship
over wide fronts OF science in
It's broadest. most unfettered,
most uncommitted aspect"
But, as listed by DR.. Has
kins. here are Just a few of
the incidental results:
The discovery OF the ge-
netic principles underlying
the development Of hybrid
corn. providing "the foun-
tainhead for an agricultural
innovation which by 1862 was
estimated TO have brought an
economic gain for the United
States OF almost $40 billion"
Production by x-rays Of a
series OF mutations OF PEN
icillium during World War II,
Evening star., 1962-12-25
How's Your Status Symbol?

For a national leadership that
seems strangely fascinated with all
printed matter about self-diagnosis and
self-treatment Of small or large all
ments, real or fancied, the American
Medical Association has produced po-
tential best seller. 1t is a do-it-yourself
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-06-22
BY FIR. JAMES CALVIN

On his Ordination day in New York City in June
OF 1886 Father John Neumann's one prayer was,
Lord, make me a holy priest" He wanted to became a
saint, for holiness, he believed, was the one way to
become an efficient instrument of grace for his flock.
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confrereS in the American
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was the chief liaison man be-
tween the American Church
and the Holy See. Many were
the trips he made to Rome
to smooth out rough spots, to
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of st. Peter than many an
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THIS BOOK is easy and
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Summary: an excellent in
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