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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-09
Railroad Compromise

Compromises generally leave every
body a little unhappy, and this is the
case in the wage settlement agreed to
by the railroad industry and eleven
unions representing 100000 non-oper-
ating workers. In brief, the termS-rec-
commended by presidential emergency
board functioning under the Railroad
Labor Act-provide 10.28-cent hourly
average wage increase applicable in
stages over 15-month period extend
ing from last February to next May /.
AS such, they represent a compro-
mise between the carriers original pro-
poSals for wage reductions-in some
work categorieS, at least and union
demands for 25-cent hourly increase.
The attitude of both management and
labor probably was summed up best
by the chief union negotiator, who said,
"the carriers feel it's too much and we
feel it's too little, but we have reached
an agreement and that's It," No doubt
both sides can produce evidence to sup
port their views.
Secretary Of Labor Goldberg has
made some comments in approving the
settlement. He has pointed out that
averting strike was in the public in
terest and he repeatedly had warned
the unions that there should be no
strike. BY his estimate, the accepted
wage increase amounts to 81 per cent
annually-wen within "the guide lines
for non-inflationary wage behavior"
which the administration has backed.
He points out, too, that the rails will
benefit from the pending removal of
the 10 per cent travel tax and from
the new depreciation schedules promised
by the Treasury Department.
Meanwhile, another presidential
panel has recommended relief to the
carriers from the Misunderstanding"
costs involved in the archaic work rules
cherished by the operating trainmen.
This is tough one. But the Kennedy
administration should bring all Of It's
influence to bear in behalf of an equit-.
able solution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-09
legislative Museum

Senate Majority Leader Mike Mans
field has logic on his side in his move
to set up commission to protect and
preserve the paintings, sculpture and
other works of art at the Capitol. Con-
ceding the value of such group for the
White House, as organized by Mrs. Ken
nedy, Mr.. Mansfield argues that there
are equally rare and historic art objects
in the halls of Congress needing expert
supervision.
In fact, the Capitol itself is a mu-
scum OF sort. It's architecture dates
back to the early days of the Nation
and its exterior is embelliShed with
stAtuary of merit. Inside are murals and
ether paintings of note, as we'll as
statues, some old and some relatively
recent, of widely varying artistic i'm
portance. The whole constitutes an ar
ray Of works deserving the special at
tention of such commission as Mr.
Mansfield has proposed in a Senate
resolution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-09
To Save Land and Money

Congress and the Maryland General
Assembly have authorized the purchase
Of undeveloped land in Prince Georges
County near the Potomac River as part
Of a park system planned for the shore
area from the new woodrow Wilson
bridge to Fort Washington. A section
Of the land for the park already has
been acquired under the fifty-fifty
matching agreement between the Fed
eral Government and the county. Now
the National Capital Planning Commits
sion is urging the Prince Georges Com
miSSioners to put up half of $1-million
fund needed to save the land from
threatened development. And more than
the land would be saved, according to
the NCPC. Money would be saved by
immediate purchase, as property values
in the area are rising rapidly.
By joint action Of Federal and
Maryland authorities, much Of the land
adjacent to the approaches of the new
bridge has been reserved for park use.
Sought now are tracts at Harmony Hall,
near Fort Foote and at the entrance to
Fort Washington, across from Mount
Vernon. Originally these shore areas
were to have been used for the extension
through Prince Georges County of the
George Washington Memorial Highway,
but Congress has blocked this part of
the parkway project. The land there
fore can be used only for park and rec
reation purposes, unless, as the NCPC
still hopes, Congress in the future should
lift the ban on the parkway move
that would permit completion of me-
mortal project long ago approved under
the Capper- Cramton Act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-09
Cigarettes and Cancer

In view of the mounting evidence
from a number of competent sources
as to the hazards to health Of cigarette
smoking, the Governments decision to
sponsor an objective, comprehensive
study OF the problem was long overdue.
The launching Of such an inquiry is a
proper Federal function in defense of
the public health and welfare-what-
ever the economic effects of the findings
might be.
AS Surgeon General Luther L. Terry
has pointed out, the United States
Public Health Service has co-operated
in number Of researches to determine
the relationship between smoking and
such scourges as cancer and heart
trouble. Most of the studies, both in this
country and abroad, have supported
the belief of many medical authorities
that tobacco, especially in the form of
cigarettes, is a factor contributing to
the increase in recent years Of both
diseases. The tobacco industry, how
ever, has maintained that the evidence
was far from conclusive.
To settle the issue, the Public Health
Service will ask special advisory COM
mittee to examine all available. evidence
on the subject, evaluate it and report
its findings and recommendations to
the Surgeon General. The committee,
yet to be named, will be composed of
experts selected by public and private
agencies, including professional organ
izations and the tobacco industry. The
industry itself has said it welcomes the
impartial investigation. A somewhat
similar inquiry by royal commission
in Great Britain recently caused the
British government to consider steps
to warn the public against the dangers
of smoking. There is urgent need in
this country, too, for an authoritative
study that will carry weight with those
who have been confused by claims and
counter-claims. 1t may well be that
the health of present and future gener-
atoms is at stake
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-09
u. S.-Soviet Relations

In q recent letter, C. C.
Nikifornoff deplores the fact
that our Soviet-American re-
lations and people-to-people
contacts are handicapped by
the language barrier and the
necessity of using interpret
ers for "our heart-to-heart
contacts"
People Of like faith, like
ideals, etc. have a common
bond of fellowship and I'M
derstanding no matter what
language they speak. A free
dom-loving American and a
dedicated Soviet Russian
could never speak "heart-to-
heart" interpreter or no in
terpreter.
Mr.. Nikifornoff says, 1.-THE
tide Is in. Are we prepared
to handle it intelligently2"
Not until we come to the full
realization that we are en-
gagged in an theological war
fare. a battle of truth against
error. good versus evil, God
against Satan; and that the
boastful, cunning words ema-
mating from Soviet Russia are
uttered for one purpose only
to enSlave all mankind in
the jaws of communism
through master deception.
Kathryn T. Bowsher.
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Khrushchev's Bio Lie

Now that the Kremlin has decreed
that they must pay great deal more
for meat and butter, the people of the
Soviet Union are being subjected to the
technique Of the Big Lie with an inten-
Sity comparable to that of Stains time.
Naturally enough, these people are
discontented, for the sharp new price
increases constitute a painful cut in
their living standards, which have never
been high. But Moscow'S propaganda
machine is taking care of that; it has
been put into high gear to persuade the
masses that the United States is largely
responsible for the fact that they must
tighten their belts and spend a whole
lot more for the privilege of eating
less in their Marxist-Leninist paradise
Thus, via radio, television and news
papers, the Kremlin's propagandists
have embarked upon an apparently all
out effort to sell the following idea,
as outlined by Nikita KhruShchev him
self: 1t would have been unnecessary
to increase the price of meat and butter
If the Soviet government switched to
agriculture some Of its vast expenditures
on weapons and heavy industry, but
such a switch could not possibly have
been made without endangering the
existence of the USSR and all it's people
And why? Well, because the United
States-that villainouS seat of capital
istic imperialism" lis rafting its saberS,
carrying on a mad" arms race and
planning to unleash a surprise nuclear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-09
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Signs of the Times

I do not often answer
newspaper articles or editor
ials; however, I can't resist
commenting on the editorial
within the past week, entitled
signs of the Times" in
which you refer to the Ma
tional Park Service as being
obviously nuts" The edi-
torial refers to the picture
of a litter-bug statue and
traffic signs.
First, let me say that moth
ing would please me more
than to remove all the vari-
Gus signs that you refer to in
the editorial. including the
statue Of a vulgar" litter
bug. Believe me, we would
do this, and I am sure the
Highway Department would
remove their signs, If we
didn't have the responsible
ity for the safety of the pub
lie. AS to the litter-bug, it
is a gimmick to try to i'm
press upon the people, in a
catchy way, not to throw
their garbage and trash all
over public property. A ma
tional organization has put
them out and asked us to
try them to see If they would
help.
I might point out that we
spend $475,000 annually for
the removal of garbage, or
you can call it litter If you
will, that people leave all over
the parks. The photograph of
the Washington Monument
grounds after a big celebra-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-09

I cannot understand why
there should be so much OPP
parochial schools and other
position to Federal aid for
private education and
church related institutions,
especially if such schools
meet the requirements and
qualifications of the County
and States in which they
exist.
I send my children to a
parochial school, but since
there is no kindergarten, I
naturally send those of age
across the street to the pub
lie school for kindergarten.
I figure the high education
taxes I am paying in Mont
gomery County entitle me to
that much. With the first
four children, I signed Fed
eral aid questionnaires, CIV
ing an allotment to that
school as the father is en-
ployed by the United States
Government. But when I
registered my son for kinder
garten this spring I refused
to sign the QUESTIONABLE and
will refuse to sign with the
others in line to go, until
such time as I am given a
QUESTIONABLE for all my chill
dren. The principle of equal
ity is certainly being violated.
Public Laws 874 and 815,
which put this form of Fed
eral aid into effect, are IL
years old and it would only
take a small revision to in
clude the word parochial or
private school. These laws
apply to a family which lives
on Federal property andIor
parents employed on Federal
property.
I realize that I send my
children to parochial school
by my own free choice, that
free public education is avail
able, but these dear friends
who remind me Of this fact
and are opposed to Federal
aid do not stop to think what
would happen If parochial
schools and others were to
close and all these children
were sent to the public
schools. just where would the
additional buildings come
from, the qualified teachers,
or necessary supplies. 1t
could only come through the
raising of their individual
taxes. Perhaps then they
would change their tunes. No
one can fully realize the i'm
pact such action would cause,
and perhaps it will come to
be before we can get our
point across. The public
schools, particularly in Mont
gomery County, are in pretty
good shape, and the class
rooms are only one half the
size of those in parochial
schools, yet even with the
large classes, I feel my chill
dren are still getting a supe-
rior education and training
to be good American citizens
Betty Moose.
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ton illustrates the point.
Maybe in your opinion this
looks better than the picture
of the litter-bug.
What I am trying to say
is that this gimmick might
catch on, just like Smoky
Bear did in helping us in
fire protection in the forest
areas of the country. Appar-
emily in your Judgment it
does not. You may be right,
but 1t is worth a trial.
Perhaps you have some
better suggestions? Mayb e
you have a constructive sug-
gestion for both the litter
bug and the traffic signs. !
say this because I agree that
part, abject need notwith-
standing.
Thomas G. Morgansen.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-09

nations has not yet been
eliminated.
This has been announced
through the Office of Naval
Research. The work is being
carried out by entomologists
Of the Naval Medical Field
Research Laboratory with
Marines stationed at Camp
Lejeune, N. c.
The object is to find an
ointment or drug of some
kind which will cause ticks
to remove themselves from a
mans body. This would be
Of enormous benefit to all
the military services.
A particularly annoying
pest is the so-called lone star
tick because it has a long
snout which the tick works
into a victims skin until
much Of the head is embed
ded. The tick itself can be
pulled off easily enough but
the head may be left in the
skin to cause intense itching
and sometimes local infec-
ton. 1t presents a substan-
tial problem for maneuver-
ing troops who may have to
go a long time without an
opportunity to undress for a
tick hunt.
Female More Tenacious
In the laboratory ticks were
allowed to feed on the shaved
ears Of rabbits. After they
had been given "a hours to
get themselves well embedded
the infested ears were
drenched with the particular
chemical being tested. Then
a preliminary "tick puller"
was applied to measure the
strength of the bugs hold.
The snout of the female
turned out to be considera-
bly, longer than that of the
male and she was considera-
bly, harder to remove. In all
81 materials were tested. As
measured by the tick puller,
some of them reduced by so
per cent or more the force
required for removal.
Kerosene and camphorated
phenol were the most effec-
tive agents. In Is per cent
of the cases with these two
agents the ticks backed out
voluntarily. An ideal prepa-
ration would be one that
could be rubbed on and cause
the tick to remove itself and
die. Such a chemical was not
found in the preliminary ex-
periments but it is hoped that
continuing tests eventually
will turn up a formula that
can be packaged for Marine
use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-09

VIII the nomination Of 30
year-old Ted" Kennedy, the
Presidents youngest brother,
for a seat in the United States
Senate be an asset or q la
bility to the Democrats in
Massachusetts, and nation
ally? Kennedy's victory shows,
however, his family domi-
mates the Democratic Party
in the State.
By winning the indorse-
ment Of the Democratic pre-
primary State convention in
Springfield last night, young
Kennedy moved q long step
toward the senatorial nomin-
alton in the September Is
primary election. Indeed,
the Endorsement viii be tan
tamount to nomination unless
State Attorney General Ed
ward Mccormack decides to
stay in the primary and renew
the bitter struggle between
the two which eliminated in
the convention vote.
Mr.. Mccormack, nephew
Of Speaker John w. McCor-
mack, who is next in line for
President in the event of the
death Of both the President
and Vice President and who
holds a powerful position in
the Democratic Party of Mas
sachusetts, has said he will
challenge Ted Kennedy in
the primary.
II he does, a long. hard
campaign In the next three
months viii be waged. Out
OF which there may emerge
a real chance for the Re-
publican senatorial candi-
date-expected to be either
George Lodge, son Of former
Ambassador and Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge, or Rep
preventative Laurence Curtis
who has had 10 years in the
national House of Represent
atives, and has been a mem
Der of both houses of the
State Legislature and State
treasurer.
The White House a Factor
Edward M. Kennedy would
not have been considered by
the Massachusetts, Demo-
Gratis for their senatorial
nomination had he not have
been President Kennedy's
brother. He Is young and in
experienced - he graduated
from law school three years
ago and his only real Job,
other than aiding in the Pres
tdent's campaigns for election,
has been a dollar-a-year ap-
pointment as assistant district
attorney, which he held for
about a year and resigned in
March.
MIR. Mccormack, in his
pre- = convention campaign,
pointed all this out. In ad-
dition, he charged that pres
sure from Washington had
been Strenuously exerted on
the convention delegates and
on their selection in the in
terest Of young Kennedy.
The President said several
times, however, that his
brother was on his own in
this race for the senatorial
nomination. What will be the
attitude of the President, and
Of his brother Robert, the
Attorney General, in the pri-
mary campaign, Is another
matter. Both may consider
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the signs are terrible and we
would take them down in a
minute if we didn't have the
responsibility for public
safety. In other words, your
editorial is not very con-
structive. We may be nuts"
but if you have any better
suggestions as to how to keep
the parks clean, or how to
control traffic and protect
life and property, I think you
ought to tell us "nutty"
people how to do it, rather
than Just to criticize with no
constructive suggestionsl
Conrad L. With,
Director, National Park
Service.
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VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Shrimp Population Really ExpIodes
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

Super-mother is the super
abundant, but essentially in
visible, sand shrimp of At
lantic beaches. One female
may produce as many as 5000
offspring at a time.
This is reported by DR..
Kent s. Price, jr., of the
University Of Delaware.
1.-THE sand shrimp" says
the report, "Spawns from
early spring to late fall. Fee
males cement newly laid eggs
to the hair on their abdomens
and carry them until they
hatch. The number of eggs
carried by each female de-
ponds on her size. A female
/ inch long can attach about
400 eggs to her abdomen
while a big 3-inch female
may carry up to 5000 eggs.
Matching time varies with
the temperature of the water.
If it Is warmer than 20 de-
grees Fahrenheit the eggs
can hatch within a week or
two. If it is below 40 degrees
Fahrenheit the incubation
period will be months rather
than O few weeks.
Mature In One Year
1.-THE eggs hatch into free
swimming larvae less than
a twelfth of an inch long.
They soon pass through a
series Of molts which trans
forms them into miniature
replicas Of their parents.
Noting continues as the
shrimps grow and they in
crease in length at nearly an
inch per year. At the end of
one year they are sexually
mature"
The color of the shrimp
is that of the muddy brown
sand in which it burrows I'M
til only its stalked eyes and
antennae protrude above the
surface. It is of considerable
food value but there is no
method of economic harvest
ing.
THE little invertebrate, "
says DR.. Price, "is both scav-
enger and predator, eating
the flesh of dead animals
larger than itself and captur-
ing many types of smaller
creatures such as crustacea,
clam worms and small mol
lusks. It has been observed
feeding on dead blue crabs. ;"
At the same time, says the
report, it constitutes itself
the chief food of sting rays
and skates.
II q
A stick puller" is being de-
veloped for the United States
Marines. 1t is at least a
partial success although the
need for regular body exam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-09
Feeding the Dragon

The letter captioned Feed
ing Red China" by Edward P.
Taptich, seemed to this read
er one of the best-balanced
and most judicious consider
atoms Of the pros and cons
of this controversial matter.
Many, I am sure, will agree
that in the theological strug-
gle, food also is a strategic
weapon. Certainly the Pei
ping regime has been treat
ing it as such.
Not without significance is
the fact that Mao Tse-tung
has yet to request a portion
of our SURPRISES. Some ex-
plain this away by contend
ing any such appeal would
constitute an admission of
his own failures and short
comings. Could there not be
a more concrete reason to
account for his silence?
For quite a considerable
time now Chinese food, de-
spite the immediate need for
it on home soil, has been
shipped in considerable guam
titles to Hong Kong. There
it can be purchased by rela-
tives and friends of those un-
fortunate enough still to be
residing in China. To send
back these packages, a duty
must be paid before the
transaction can be completed.
Were American foodstuffs
to be made available, it is
obvious that shipments-and
duties on provisions pur-
chasable at Hong Kong would
decline. Materialistic concerns
being of greater moment to
Mao Tse-tung than the well
fare of his fellow citizens, 1t
becomes easier to account for
the continued silence on his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-09
THE POLITICAL MILL
Asset or Liability to Party?
BY GOULD LINCOLN

that by winning the tndorse-
ment Of the State convention
Ted Kennedy has freed their
hands.
Edward Mccormack, 80
years old. a former member
of the Boston City Council
and serving a second term as
attorney general of the State,
said repeatedly during the
pre-primary convention cam
paign that he would enter
the primary If he was con-
WINGED that pressure had been
exerted from Washington to
win support Of delegates and
the convention Endorsement
Of the Presidents youngest
brother.
He charges that post
masterShips in Massachusetts,
more than half a hundred
had been used to influence
delegates to vote for Ted
Kennedy and that a former
assistant postmaster general,
William c. Hartigan, had
gone to Boston to confer with
unnamed persons in the
State, presumably to boost the
Kennedy candidacy. Mr..
Hartigan denied this fatty,
saying he had gone there to
confer about a new annex to
the South Boston postoffice
building.
The Dynasty" Issue
The election Of young
Kennedy to the Senate, Mr..
Mccormack said before the
convention vote, would be
a chief issue in the 1864
presidential election against
President Kennedy. He was
referring to. the fact that
the three Kennedy brothers
would be in top political
offices-giving credence to
the so-called Kennedy "dy-
nasty" charge.
The same charge will, of
course, be made in the cam
paign for the senatorial cleo
ton in November, where it
might be really effective with
the voters Of Massachusetts,,
some of whom already con-
slider that the Kennedys are
too grasping for political
power.
A defeat for the youngest
Kennedy in his contest with
Edward Mccormack for the
senatorial nomination might
be pictured as a setback for
President Kennedy in his own
home State. It happens that
the Senate seat for which Ted
Kennedy is fighting is the
same seat once occupied by
the President, himself. 1t has
been filled, since the Presi-
dent resigned, by Senator
BENJAMIN A. Smith II, APP
pointed by Mr.. Kennedy. Mr..
Smith is a close friend Of the
President. To some it will
appear he has just been keep
ing the Senate seat warm
until another Kennedy could
occupy 1t.
Young Kenne dy COM
planned before the vote of
the convention that being a
brother Of the President in
such a contest is a mixed
blessing. 1t is probably q
blessing that his opponent
would have been glad to
possess, for It is impossible
for the bloom of such a re-
lationship to be rubbed out.
1t Is there and has its effect.