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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-01
Tragedy in Arizona

However one views the moral as
poets, 1t is impossible not to share the
anguish of the Arizona man and wife
who have vowed-by legal means If
poSSible-to avoid the risk of bringing
into the world deformed child.
What befell Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
L. Finkbine could have caused equal
CONSERVATION in almost any American
home. Mrs. Finkbine, while pregnant,
happened to take a tranquilizer pur-
chased in Europe and containing
thalidomide. The final story has not
been told, but this drug, taken under
similar conditions, has deformed and
will deform thousands of babies in
Europe, Australia and Canada.
Acting as good citizens should, the
FinkbineS obtained medical and legal
advice. The upshot was a suit In Ari-
iona Superior Court seeking an abortion
on the only legal grounds the
mothers life was endangered. Ruling
that no legal controversy existed, Judge
Yale McFate dismissed the suit.
For the Finkbines, their crisis was
not ameliorated by the support of a
panel Of doctors, indications that State
and county officials we're sympathetic,
and the courts granting of 10 days to
file an amended suit. Time was running
out, said the thwarted couples doctors,
when an abortion might be easily per-
formed. Time was causing the Fink
bineS to become Judge and jury Of their
own fate. Still intent on acting within
the law-Some law, some place-they
said they were leaving Arizona to have
the operation elsewhere.
AS they made their deciSion-pos-
sibly influenced by the first suspected
thalidomide death in New York-effortS
were being pushed to erect safeguards
against measures which, had 1t not been
for the alertnesS of one Food and Drug
Administration employe, might have
released the drug to many American
women.
When the drug was introduced in
the United States, more than 1900
physicians, including 10 in the District
and others in Maryland and Virginia,
were sent packages "for inveStigational
use only" Under existing law, this is
the first step in testing new drugs on
humans under controlled conditions All
these packages since have been recalled.
Some FDA officials believe safe
guards would be strengthened If drug
companies were compelled to submit
results Of animal tests to FDA before
human tests begin. This and every
other practical measure should be care
fully considered to guard against the
widespread potential tragedy that this
country may have narrowly missed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-01
CeyIon MisIed

Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the
very leftist and sometimes fearful Prime
Minister of Ceylon, apparently has re-
piled in hard, Unconditional language to
our country's polite but firm reminder
that her government has yet to offer
proper compensation for the American
properties it has seized in connection
with its so-called naturalization pro-
gram. These properties include service
stations, storage tanks, pumping equip
ment and other facilities owned by the
California Texas Oil Corporation. They
have been confiscated, it would seem, In
way deliberately calculated to trans
fer them to the Soviet Union in support
of the latters efforts to make it impos-
sible for companies like Caltex to COM
pete on fair terms.
The most shocking thing about all
this is that Mrs. Bandaranaike's regime
seems completely contemptuous Of the
idea that it should pay for the American
properties it has seized. Thus, the Cey-
loneSe Prime Minister, in response to
United States Ambassador Frances E.
Willis-who has delicately warned that
our country's economic aid to Ceylon
may be cut off If adequate compensa-
ton is not orthcoming-has virtually
told our Government to go fly kite.
One may assume that Mrs. Bandara-
make regards this as line of propa-
ganda that will appeal to her country
men. Well, perhaps 1t does. But her
demagoguery, if accurately reported,
ought to be repaid with complete
cutoff Of our relatively lavish assistance
to her miSled land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-01
World University?

Former President Eisenhower, in his
speech to the international gathering of
teaching groups at Stockholm, has made
an interesting and rather striking pro-
poSal. The proposal is simply this: That
there should be established, with the
help of the United Nations, world uni
versity to promote peace and under
standing among all the governments
and peoples Of the globe.
In Mr.. Eisenhower's words, ION the
campus Of such a college would be
gathered an international faculty of
scholars whose concern would be objec-
tive truth, purged Of national and re-
gional bias, hatred and prejudices. . E.
Such world institution would be dedi-
Gated to the education of young people
-. It's students, numbering possibly
two or three thousand, could learn
say, in two-year course-about the
things that separate nations and tend to
prevent them from living peacefully
and securely together. :. The student
body would, Of course, be representative
Of all nations that might desire to par
ticipate, and all nations would be well
come provided i. {. i. that each would agree
that only truth and objectivity have
any place in the school curriculum. :"
Alas, there's the rubI "Only truth
and obiectivity." In a world as con-
tentious as ourS-a world divided not
only between the Communist East and
the free West, but also between sectors
within each region, and between this
and that group within each sector, and
between one professor and another
everywhere on both sides Of the Iron
Curtain-who is to decide what is OBJ
jectively true and truly objective in the,
university proposed by Mr.. Eisenhower?
Who can answer the question? In
these Super-charged theological times,
anyone who would try must expect to
engage in an argument Of the most
intense and most wearying kind. Still,
the former Presidents idea Is basically
sound, and perhaps the best qualifica-
ton for admission to his projected
campus would be acceptance Of John
Keats dictum:
Beauty is truth, truth beduty,'-thdt Is all
Ye knoU on earth. and all ye need to knotD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-01
COPE Fears AMPAC

The AFL-C1O Committee on Politi-
cal Action has sent out an s o S that
deserves attention, of certain kind.
The committee, we'll known and
hereinafter referred to as COPE, has
discovered, or thinks it has, that "a
powerful new ultra-conservative politi-
cal alliance" may be forming between
"big business" and the American Medi-
cal Association. COPE is disturbed, and
UNDERSTANDABLE so, that rather newly
formed (copy-cat) organization known
as the American Medical Political Action
Committee pronounced AMPAC) will
be the vehicle" for this alliance. COPE
says that AMPAC already is making
Significant Roadway" and that in the
near future it may even distribute its
own version Of COPIES How to Win"
handbook to folks active in political
campaigns and to candidates it sup
ports.
COPE is disturbed, too, at the likeli-
hood that "big business money will seek
and find it (AMPAC)" because "the
green stuff has an automatic way of
travelling from big business Golfers into
organizations which beaver (sic) for
businesses conservative political ends"
Freely translated, all of this means,
presumably, that COPE may soon be
faced with political rival of its own
kinda well-financed outfit that knows
where 1t stands and is prepared to do
something about it. The fact that 1t
stands on the opposite side of the street
from COPE has, thus far at least,
alarmed only COPE. There is evidence,
in fact complaints, from those whom
COPE has not liked that labor's political
arm has been quite successful. On that
basis, imitation is not only a sincere,
but a real smart, form of flattery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-01
Rights and Wronos

Senator Robert Byrd is
to be congratulated on his
statement that: There is too
much concern with the right
Of criminals and too little for
the rights and welfare of the
victims"
The lawmakers and courts
Of the District Of Columbia,
bending over backwards to
see that criminals get a fair
deal, have succeeded in CIV
ing decent, law-abiding citi-
zenS a raw deal. The latter,
by virtue Of their citizenship,
have the right to life, lib
erty, and the pursuit Of hap
pinesS." They have the right
to carry on their business
without the constant fear Of
their places Of business being
held up and robbed and of
receiving bodily harm at the
hands Of these lawless per-
sons whose rights are so
carefully safeguarded by the
lawmaking bodies and the
courts. The women have the
right to go about their daily
duties as homemakers in
their homes and neighbour
hoods without the constant
fear of criminal attack by
the same lawless persons
whose rights are so carefully
protected. Religious freedom
is one Of our fundamental
rights. But do we have that
right when one can't go into
a church to pray without the
fear Of being attacked?
It would seem that the
ruling class" in the District
Is composed of the criminal
element because they are the
ones with whose rights the
governing bodies seem most
deeply concerned-and these
outlaws know they have the
upper hand. The decent
citizenry of the District, both
white and colored, is fast ap-
preaching the point where it
will not put up with being
deprived Of its rights. It
would be a sad state Of af-
fairs if the situation reached
the point where the law
abiding citizens said: 1--WE
have had enough. If the
proper authorities will not
protect our rights, we will
take care Of the situation
ourselves" Believe me, this
is not the American way Of
doing things. But If the au-
thorities continue to further
tie the hands of the police
and prevent them from
cleaning up this situation,
what, may I ask, are we
to do?
%. Joan E. Gibson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-01
India and Our Aid

Addressing a Calcutta rally of his
Congress Party Prime Minister Nehru
Of India has had some good and timely
things to say about how he and his
government feel toward the West, in
GLIDING especially the United States. He
has made clear, among other things,
that he deeply regrets the criticism
directed against the fact that he has
been giving serious consideration-on
the advice of Defense Minister KhriShna
Mennonite the idea of purchasing MIG
jet fighter planes from the Soviet Union.
And he has gone on to assert that even
If there is such purchase (the matter
is still undecided), it will not imply
even "the slightest intention" on midas
part to veer from "neutralism" toward
a closer relationship with the Kremlin.
Moreover, as if in answer to the
large and ever-growing numbers of
Americans who have recently been ex-
pressing sharp dissatisfaction with the
Indian attitude as expressed by Mr..
Krtshna Menon-a man who has grown
increasingly unpopular, and even sus-
pect, among us-Mr. Nehru has been at
pains to declare that his government
and his people harbor no i'll will toward
anyone. He has indicated that this ap-
plies particularly to the United States,
and he has made special point of
emphasizing that India is grateful for
the vast amount Of aid 1t has been
receiving from us, and also for our Of
fetal efforts to persuade other Western
nations to extend similar help on a
comparable scale.
Regardless of what one may think
of the personality and the pro-Soviet
international antics of Mr.. Khrishna
Menon, there is solid ground for believ-
ing that Prime Minister Nehru is al
together sincere in what he has said
about all this. His words on the subject
are therefore welcome and gratifying.
Congress has just enacted foreign-aid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-01
WATCHING THE WORLD
Britoin's Common Market Pinch
BY CROSBY S. NOYEs
Forsisn Correspondent Of The Stor

up By the British government
had to be strapped and If the
talks were delayed until fall
or even until next year.
And yet. in these particular
negotiations the factor OF
timing may be far more criti-
cal than it appears. Unless
this particular tide is taken
at the flood it may never be
taken at all. In fact, the tide
already may be on the turn.
And the possible delay OF
even a few weeks could spell
the difference between the
success or failure of Britain'S
bid to join Europe.
Political Traitors in Britain
One limiting factor Of ma
jor Importance is the political
situation in Britain. In itself
the noisy opposition in Par.
lament to the governments
handling Of the Brussels ne
gotiations is no real threat.
There is no doubt, however,
that in the long run Prime
Minister Macmillan and the
Conservatives are In serious
trouble with the electorate,
with the Com mon Market
looming as a major issue Of
the coming elections.
Mr.. Macmillan quite GER
tainly hopes to win the cleo
ton on the basis Of Britain's
successful entry into the
Common Market on reason
able terms. If the terms are
impossible, and If the negoti-
ations end in failure, he may
also hope to win election on
q platform of defending the
interests Of the Common
wealth and traditional Brit
iSh policies. Anything in be-
tween these two alternatives,
however. would be disastrous
to the Conservative cause.
And a clearcut decision at
the earliest possible moment
is essential.
On the European side as
well. things are not likely to
stand still while the experts
in Brussels go on haggling.
Within the next month, a
powerful new push toward
the political organization of
the six-nation Common
Market group seems inevi-
table. Whatever form this
new kind Of association may
take, 1t is certain to compli-
cate the question Of Britain's
membership.
All Of which suggests that
time is not on the side Of
the negotiators. To be sure,
if everything is not whipped
into shape this week the
world will probably not come
to an end. But the problems
which seem difficult now Ger
tainly will get no easier as
time goes by. And the dead
line for success or failure
cannot be indefinitely post
poned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-01
Wondering Why.
Blasting the Zoo

The blasting Of a tunnel
under the office Of National
Zoo Director Theodore Reed
as a part of the new $3,OOO,-
900 Rock Greek roadway
project may have q singular
benefit overlooked in the
Sunday Star article Of July
20. I refer to the possibility
that the Zoo director may be
Jared sufficiently from his
desk-bound tasks to walk
among his animal exhibits
and note the perplexed visi-
tors. Indiana visitors, for ex-
ample, have become quite
adept back home in distin-
gushing between John Birch
and Charlie Halleck types Of
elephants, but are totally un-
prepared to separate African
from Asiatic species since
both the elephants and Dr.
rector Reed remain non
communicative. The ele-
plants and many other ami
mails remain unidentified as
to species and country of
origin. The archaic physical
plant can be overlooked in
many instances, but for a
National Zoo to be filled with
anonymous animals Is dis
graceful.
John c. Callahan.
w. Lafayette. Indiana.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-01
Senate Spectacle

In your editorial OF July 20,
entitled Senate Spectacle"
you say that the group Of
Senators, including myself,
who are fighting against the
passage Of the giveaway
space communications satel-
lite bill, ARE making q spec
tacle Of themselves, not to
mention the Senate. TIL cir
position is an extraordinary
one"
On the contrary, we believe
that the position Of those who
cannot or will not under
stand the implications Of this
sorry spectacle" Of q bill is
an extraordinary one. We
maintain that our position is
in the tradition Of those
elected representatives Of the
people who have at crucial
moments in history delayed
haSty action by the majority
until they have been brought
to their senses.
For months now our group
has been warning the Presi-
dent and other members Of
Congress that this bill will
hand over millions Of dollars
of taxpayers money to q sin
gle private corporation. We
do not say that the Presi-
dent and other members Of
Congress ARE seeking to be-
tray the public interest,"" or
that they are incompetent"
Those are your words. We
realize that the President is
busy with many other serious
problems Of policy and that
i'll this case he is guilty Of an
oversight. AS for other mem
bers Of Congress, they can
not be expected to know the
ms and outs Of each Of the
hundreds Of bills that come
before them every session.
That is exactly the reason
why we are exercising our
right under the Senate rules,
a right which you do not deny
us, to bring before the peo-
pie Of the Nation the facts Of
the gigantic giveaway pro-
posed in this bill. Our dra-
matte discussion has resulted
in articles in newspapers all
over the country. and we are
now confident that millions
of people will convince the
White House and their
elected representatives to re-
pudiate this sorry spectacle"
Of a bill. Estes Kefauver,
Senator from Tennessee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-01

which is a fertile ground for
communism.
T. z.
Lima, Peru
Just a few words from a
Peruvian mother, who has
lived in your great country
for long periods, to thank
you heartily for your article
about the anti Communist
military government estab-
lished in Peru, which, as you
know, has the full support
of all true democratic people
of my country.
Everything is at peace, all
industries, ETC., are working
normally, we have a free
press and something mir
aculous has happened, to the
great content of housewives:
Prices Of all commodities
have come down; the poor
people can eat more meat.
No doubt the military gov
eminent is q blessing for us
housewives and for all our
country.
I don't want to make any
comments with regard to the
very hard measures adopted
by the U.S.A. against our
country; we never expected
such unjust measures.
We know very well we have
true friends in the U.S.A.,
but we also require all the
support and good will Of the
American press, whose duty
is to inform our American
friends Of the exact stu
alton in our country, as you
have valiantly and truthfully
done.
Thanks, ANY, many
thanks.
Maria f, de Vasuuez.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-01
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
How Russio's News Ticker Ticks
By DONALD MINTZ

less the area Is tied in with
the East-West conflict"
What TASS puts out in its
World Service is an entirely
different matter. Mr.. Krug-
lax prints a few dreary speci-
mems and devotes an in
teresting chapter to q rigor-
GUS analysis Of the World
Service.
Mr.. Kruglak's standard Of
comparison is the New York
Times. It Is not surprising
to find that during the Pc
riod studied TASS functioned
primarily as a propaganda
agency rather than as what
we would recognize as a
news service. 1t is q bit dis
tressing to note that q few
important stories that TASS
not surprisingly chose to
handle for their propaganda
content went entirely unmen-
toned in the Times. One
wonders why they were not
fit to print, and one guesses
that 1t was largely because
they made some Of our allies
appear rather less demo-
cratic than we might like.
WHAT HAPPENS to the
news that goes into Tass
headquarters in Moscow but
comes out either distorted
beyond recognition or never
comes out at all? Apparently
it is used as background ma
terial by high level officials.
If this is so, they are better
informed than we might
imagine. It is an encouraging
possibility.
Mr.. Kruglak is Of the opin-
ion that the lurid past not
outstanding. TASS is no
longer being used as a spy
cover, one of the reasons per-
haps being that it was not
a particularly good one. 1T
is my belief :" he writes,
that TASS has
ceased to be so used in the
past decade"
He also feels that the
tendency Of TASS and So
Wet journalism in general is
towards more rapid and &C
curate gathering Of the news,
a function that leaves lit
tie time for outside activi-
ties in the area Of espionage"
Mr.. Kruglak has also
thought about the future Of
the TASS distribution serv-
ice. 1T Is my view that TASS
will become less blatant in
its propaganda approach
and may very well eliminate
this aspect Of its service
insofar as this is possible un-
der the Soviet system"
"The Two Faces Of TASS"
Is a scholarly and moderate
work Of very considerable
general interest. Mr.. Krug-
lax is optimistic enough to
hope that in the right cli-
mate Of opinion, the two
faces Of TASS"-news gath
ering and espionage-might
become one. Whether this
possibility is ever realized or
not, Mr.. Kruglak has written
a fascinating and highly in
formative book about a very
obvious and yet little studied
agency Of the Soviet govern
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-01

authorization bill that promises a con-
tinuance Of large-scale assistance to his
country. Independent, democratic India,
whose progress versus totalitarian Red
China Is Of vast Importance to the free
world, certainly needs such assistance,
and Mr.. Nehru's latest remarks elo-
quently underScore that point. The con-
gressional appropriating committees,
we assume, will take suitable notice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-01
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-01

PARIS.
1t may seem rather badly
ttmed-when most people
are on their vacations and
thinking about much pleas
anter things-but the fact
remains that the shape of
Europe and the whole West
ern community may well be
settled In the coming week.
The negotiations going on
IN Brussels over Britain's
entry into the European
Common Market have been
too technical to catch the
imagination Of the average
person. What is clear enough,
however, is that the bargain
ing, which was always ex-
pected to be difficult, is
turning out to be even
rougher than expected. And
that the timetable set by the
British government for an
agreement in principle" on
the major points Of Britain's
membership has already been
seriously delayed,
AS things stand now,
agreement has been reached
on two Of the six or seven
major economic hurdles that
stand in the way Of British
entry into the European
group. In each case, this was
achieved very largely at the
expense Of the British team
which was forced, in the face
Of solid opposition from the
six continental members, to
abandon its original de-
mands.
More recently, the talks
have reached what British
negotiators themselves de-
scribe as q deadlock" over
the question Of Britain's food
imports from Canada, Aus
tralta and New Zealand.
Once again there seems to be
little give in the common
front Of the six. and the Brit
ish. in the face of growing
home front criticism Of their
surrender" in Brussels, show
signs Of digging in their
heels.
Time Getting Short
Meanwhile, time is running
out. The original schedule
called for the essential nego-
tiations to be completed by
the end Of July-in time for
the British government to
present q comprehensive plan
to the meeting Of Common
wealth ministers In London
on September 10. In any case
the current talks can hardly
be prolonged beyond the
coming week since the nego-
tiators-like ordinary mortals
are anxious to get away on
their own vacations, too.
Diplomatic timetables, Of
course. are normally rather
flexible. Other things being
equal. 1t would be no great
tragedy If the tidy plan set
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-01
One Way to Serve

In a certain speech deliv-
cred not many months ago
the question was put to us
What can I do for my
country?"
1t wouldn't be a bad idea
for the one who delivered
that speech to set the ex-
ample by turning back to the
Treasury his pay check. Ger
tainly he wouldn't miss it.
It would help reduce our ma
tional debt, or feed many
hungry mouths abroad under
our give-away program, or
even help pay the salaries of
so many Secret Servicemen
who accompany him on his
every weekend vacations.
Shades of Eisenhower.
Who remembers when he was
so severely criticized for a
couple hours golf IS minutes
distant from the White
House?