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Evening star., 1962-01-06
Little Giant to Leave

Official Washington will be miss
ing one Of its best friends and favorite
diplomats In the near future when
General Carlos P. Romulo relinquisheS
his post as Philippine Ambassador to
the United States. 1t is safe to be-
lieve, however, that his return to
Manila to become President of the
University of the Philippines will not
mean that he is leaving the American
scene permanently. He has left before,
and returned. No doubt he will do so
again-in one or another of his many
roles as educator, journalist author,
politician, diplomat, soldier or just as
an always welcome guest
There is nothing small about
"Rommy," except his Size-a subject
on which he has told one of his own
most delightful stories. The story in
wolves a wartime incident when Brig
adler General Romulo, U. S. Army,
was serving on the staff of General
Macarthur. The two returned to the
Philippines together when the Japa-
nese were being driven out. A news
paper dispatch said that General Mac
Arthur waded ashore in waist-high
water, with General Romulo following.
An editor friend in the States queried
as follows: CHECK on Romulo. If Mac
Arthur waded ashore in water waist
high and Romulo followed him, Rom
ulo must have drowned"
In mind and heart, General Rom
ulo has been one of the big men of
his time. His pride in his own country
and his own people has been fierce
and dignified. His friendship for Amer
lea has been passionate, and perhaps
at its best when he has treated us
to understanding criticism. His cour-
age, whether during the "hot war" as
a soldier or during the cold war"
as perSiStently outspoken enemy Of
communism and it's dangers, has
never been questioned. In all of the
manifestations of his versatility, his
performance has been of the highest
order. None of this is news to those
who have known him. All will join
in wishing him good luck"
Evening star., 1962-01-06
Proud AIumnus

The Star Of December q
contained a news item about
the annual reunion of the
Central High School Alumni
Association. 1t stated:
"A later Central High
School was located at Thir-
teenth and Clifton streets
NV, from 1916 to 1850,
when the name was changed
to the present Cardozo High
School,"
In 1850 Central High
School was closed and re-
moved as a school in the
D. c. school system. BY rul-
ing of the school board, Gen.
trail High completely went
out of existence. The won-
derful building formerly oc-
cupied by Central was turned
over to another school called
Cardozo, which had no con-
nection in any way with the
old school.
Old Central may be dead
as far as being a live, active
school is concerned, but the
spirit of this grand old school
is very much alive as ex-
hibited by the annual meet
ings of the alumni associa-
ton. G. Raymond Pruett, '22.
Evening star., 1962-01-06
Matter of Taste

Beauty, as General Lew Wallace
noted some years ago, is altogether in
the eye OF the beholder. And considering
the disputatious nature of architects,
1t is hardly startling that the District
Highway Departments new advisory
panel on esthetics has found some fault
with the E street expressway design
prepared by Architect Chloethiel Smith.
According to Highway Director
Aitken, his architect advisers favor a
less elaborate design for the sunken
freeway, one they believe would improve
on the eSthetic goals of the Smith plan,
at less cost. This obviously and under
Standably nettles Mrs Smith, whose
plan, disclosed some weeks ago, won
praiSe-aS pioneering effort to mini
mize the diSruptive impacts of urban
freeWays even from the highway
hating members of the Fine Arts
Commission.
The attractiveneSS of the Smith
design, it seems to us, is unmistakable.
But is there any harm, all the same, in
taking second look? The fact, of
course, is that the whole subject of
eStheticS in urban freeways is virgin
territory, and the more architectural
ideas and approaches there are for con-
sideration, the better. 1t seems strange,
therefore, to hear the formation of the
advisory panel ridiculed Nor is it likely,
as has been suggested, that its mem
bers-a former president of the Ameri-
can Institute of Architects, former
president of the American Society of
Landscape Architects, and the present
head Of the Catholic University School
of Architecture merely rubber
stamp the pre-conceived ideas Of the
highway department.
Only yesterday, it seems, city high
way officials were being slapped around
for ignoring eSthetic values in con-
nection with the freeway program. The
creation of the advisory group is at least
an honest effort to temper engineering
decisions with considerations of beauty
and architectural grace.
Evening star., 1962-01-06
True Postal Deficit

Your timely and excellent
editorial The True Postal
Deficit" is in the best in
= terests of the public and
serves to highlight the ap-
palling lack of public knowl-
edge of these matters.
In the past few months
John @. Citizen has been
bombarded from all sides
Qargely by members of the
Federal executive) with the
need for eliminating the vast
postal deficit, ascribing much
OF it to inadequate charges
for third class, or "junk"
mail. 1t would appear that
the junk mail witch hunt is
with us.
But as the postmaster of a
large northern city said re-
Gently, =. actually there
is much to be said in favor
OF So-called junk mail. :"
The postmaster noted that
business mail pays over
5000 million each year to
the Post Office, and spends
nearly So billion to bring
services. products and char
liable drives to the public's
attention. This sum, indeed,
is an important part of our
gross national product.
Conceding that third class
mail does contribute to the
postal deficit, he points out,
however, that it does pay
1915 Of its way, while End
class mail, for example (mag-
azines, etc., pays only 26%
of its way. The postmaster
concludes that despite
objections to third class mail,
it plays an important and le-
gitimate part in the total
scheme of things. =" Re
freshing air indeed, from an
official of the Post Office
Department itself!
OF course, the whole mat
ter of deficit appears rather
ludicrous in light of all other
Federal activity. One won-
ders, for example, what
course the testimony would
take in an appropriations
hearing on a deficit" in, say,
the Defense Department or
the Department of Labor!
Both are largely service Or
ganizations, but so is the
Post Office! Is the fact that
the Post office takes in
money directly while per-
forming its service, while the
Labor Department does not,
a sufficient and proper rea-
son to ascribe a deficit" only
to the former if its income is
exceeded by its outgo? We
think not, because operating
funds for all other Federal
agencies are provided in the
public interest by the general
tax revenue. If the Post Of
flee needs operating funds
greater than amounts COL
lected directly from postal
Evening star., 1962-01-06
Responsibility for Upkeep of Rental Property

that a tenant who by his cwn
wrong doing does damage to
the premises can thereafter
collect from landlord whom
he has failed to inform about
the dangerous condition, If,
as and when the tenant in
jures himself.
If ever there was a situa-
ton of a taking Of property
without due process of law,
the present decision of the
Court of Appeals is Just such
an instance. Even assuming
that a landlord was fully
responsible to make the re-
pair. either because the
premises were delivered to the
tenant in i'll repair or because
the premises got into such
condition entirely without
the fault of the tenant, it
would seem that certainly
with respect to the condition
of these premises the tenant
should be under a duty to
inform the landlord that the
premises are IN need of repair
and thus give the landlord an
opportunity to correct this
condition before holding him
liable 1t seems to me that
the court has gone entirely
too far in imposing such a
grave responsibility en- the
landlord and it would seem
that the landlords should
band together in the interest
Of justice and get Congress to
pass a law which would
vitiate such an erroneous
and vicious decision.
Sidney J. Grown,
President, First National
Realty Corporation.
Evening star., 1962-01-06
Vexing Problem

One Of your readers pro-
poses sterilization as a means
of halting illegitimate births
at st. Elizabeths Hospital.
Sterilization of inmates cer-
tainly would prevent their
reproducing. However, it is
not a very good solution to
the problem.
Compulsory sterilization is
such a drastic measure that
proper regard for personal
liberty dictates that it be
used very sparingly. The in
fluence of heredity in many
types of mental illness is un-
known; persons with these
disorders may or may not
beget children prone to SIM
liar disorders. And even if
the heredity patterns were
more clearly drawn, prob
lens of selection arise. DR..
A. G. Steinberg noted: I'VE
don't know yet the kind of
man we want or need for
the healthy survival of the
species - and by healthy I
mean mental and sociologi-
cal health"
1t is we'll to put our
best legal minds to work on
the project of developing pro-
tective enabling legislation"
Our best legal minds, by
definition, are aware of the
medical facts and will not
advocate mass sterilization
in derogation of precious per-
sonal liberty.
Jack H. Olender.
Evening star., 1962-01-06
Kettle ACCOUNTING

We want to take this op-
portunity to thank the peo-
pie of the National Capital
area for their splendid gen.
erosity this Christmas. They
dropped $53,547 into our Sal
vation Army kettles.
Since almost all of these
funds come in the form of
small donations, it means
that a great many persons
living in the Washington area
played an active part in max
ing Christmas a day of hap
pineSs for the less fortunate.
Because of the concern and
support of the public, the
Salvation Army was able to
provide toys for $500 chill
dren; Christmas food orders
to 4.100 families; we visited
and left gifts with 3,740 shut
ins in hospitals, jails and
homes for the sick and in
firm; 918 aged couples and
individuals received a check
so that they could have a
good Christmas dinner and
over 1000 children in the
area received new shoes and
clothing.
This is the kind of Christ
mas happiness our friends
bought with the money they
dropped into the kettles.
We also express apprecia-
tion to your newspaper and
the television and radio me-
dia. BY making our needs
known to the public you
helped immeasurably.
Major Ernest w. HOlz.
Divisional Commander, the
Salvation ARMY
Evening star., 1962-01-06
Back in the Fold

The 81 nation Organization of
American States has done a good DAVIS
work IN voting unanimously (except for
Cuoas noisy and ugly abStention) to
put an end to its diplomatic and
economic sanctions against the Domini-
can Republic. These punitive measures,
decided upon II months ago as a result
OF the late GeneralisSimo Truiillo's
alleged plot to kill President Betancourt
OF venezuela, have been dubious from
the start, and they have grown in
creasingly debatable ever since the
ola dlctator'S assassination last spring.
80 the GAS has righted things as they
should be righted, and none too soon,
IN deciding to bring this sorely tried
little country back into the hemispheric
fold.
Further than that, in a more
spectre sense, our own Government has
acted wisely in indicating that it will
lose no time in re-eStabliShing diplo-
matte relations with the new regime
In the capital city of Santo Domingo
formerly Ciudad Trujillo) and that it
Will extend all appropriate economic
aid to the country within the framework
OF the American Alliance for
Progress. This is matter of immense
Importance down there. In the words
OF President Balaguer, who is heading
the republics interim government, 81
believe that the help we are going to
receive and the very fact the sanctions
have been lifted, with It's enormous
moral effect, will contribute to estab-
fishing climate of tranquility"
Tranquility, of course, is what the
Dominican Republic now needs most of
all. Given that, then it will have
better-than-even chance to carry out
the social, political and economic re-
forms that are absolutely essential to
its efforts to become a genuine, self
sustaining free nation Needless to say,
F1del CaStro's neighboring Communist
dictatorship constitutes an ever-present
menace to such efforts, but if the
United States and the OAS as a whole
firmly support the Santo Domingo
regime, that regime and the over
Whelming majority of the people it
represents will have good reason to look
to the future with confidence
Evening star., 1962-01-06
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Improved Method of Measuring Time
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

Time now can be measured
in trillionths of conds.
Within a few years it may
be. measured in quadril-
lionthS Of seconds.
This has just been reported
by United States Bureau of
Standards scientists. The
prospects are due to new in
strumentS now under devel-
opment.
For 10000. years men have
kept time by the stars and
planets.
-Four thousand years be-
fore the birth OF Christ,
Egyptians knew that the year
was 365 days long by watch
ing the movement of the dog
star, Sirius. Great observa-
tories have been set up all
over the world and finer OBJ
serving instruments perfect
ed to follow movements Of
the celestial bodies. The
stars have been used to meas
ure seconds and centuries.
New System Predicted
Within a decade, however,
astronomical tt m e keeping
may be given up altogether.
The measurements are rela-
lively crude-always bound
to be uncertain by a few
ten billionthS of a second.
For some current scientific
work, at least, this is almost
intolerable. 1t is now pos
sible to keep time far more
accurately by the vibrations
OF atoms. This is predicted
by DR.. John M. Richardson
of the Boulder Laboratories
OF the Bureau of Standards.
Our modern technology
demands higher precision"
DR.. Richardson reports.
When a satellite, for exam
pie, is moving at orbital
speed an error of a small
tracking station can create
a noticeable error in the
measured position. The same
problem applies to missiles.
A more precise measurement
of time will also contribute
to our basic knowledge by
leading to a better under
standing of planetary mo-
tionS and by making some of
the predicted consequences
of the theory of relativity ac-
cessible to new experimental
tests.
Atomic machines have
been developed by various
laboratories which agree 10 a
few parts in ten billion. This
has been accomplished in
spite of the problems of max
ing comparisons to this pre-
cision when the machines are
separated by thousands of
miles"
Two Bureau of Standards
machines, DR.. Richardson
Evening star., 1962-01-06
More Punch for the Army

With no letup of cold war crises in
sight, President Kennedy has taken a
prudent step in ordering a buildup of
Army strength and firepower on
permanent basis. For it is an unhappy
fact that, while hopes of easing tensions
have not been abandoned, the threats
OF brushfire wars, or worse, continue
to disturb an already unstable peace.
BY increasing the Army from IA to 16
divisions we will be in a better position
to cope with outbreaks of conventional
warfare that might menace our security
and that of our allies.
The decision to put the Army's
buildup on permanent basis is good
news to activated National Guardsmen
and ReServiSts, many of whom are
combat veterans who have evidenced
resentment at being called away from
jobs and homes, to meet an emergency
which was not clear to them. With
the creation of new armored division
and of an additional infantry division,
the Pentagon has announced plans for
release later this year of the Guardsmen
and ReServiStS. The new divisions will
be made up of regular cadres, reinforced
by drafted men who must be trained
and equipped.
The Souped-up Army will have the
added mobility and striking power
which Army higherups long have sought
on the theory that the Communists
may use conventional warfare in future
aggreSsions, rather than risk the re-
taltatory dangers of nuclear warfare.
General Maxwell Taylor's Illustration"
in seeking to obtain authority under the
Eisenhower administration for a larger,
more mobile and more powerful Army
led to his request for retirement.
Apparently General Taylor, recalled to
duty as presidential military adviser,
has convinced President Kennedy of the
Soundness Of his position.
The larger ground forces will add
many millions to the defense budget
during the years of crisis which seem
to face the United States and the
WeSt-with no diminution in expendi-
lures for the even coStlier means of
waging nuclear warfare. And as mill
tary budgets rise, the prospects for
carrying out of some of the budget
burdening domestic reforms and bene-
fits proposed by the New Frontier are
Evening star., 1962-01-06

which are not under the ex-
elusive control and dominion
of the tenant should be
maintained by the landlord.
But even as to public parts
of premises, it should be the
duty of the tenant to inform
the landlord Of any defect.
If it becomes necessary for
the landlord to supplement
his payroll cost with watch
men it must necessarily be
reflected in the rent.
Certainly if the tenant has
received the premises in good
order and has agreed to
maintain the premises in
proper repair he should not
be heard to complain that he
hurt himself because he failed
to take care of the premises.
The Court of Appeals, how
ever, went even further than
this. 1t implied that even
though the tenant might
have caused the damage he
could keep this information
from the landlord because he
might be made to pay for it,
yet if he fell he could then
claim against the landlord
for his injuries. Such a re-
suit is utterly ridiculous.
Although the law places an
obligation upon the landlord
to repair the tenants prem
iseS, this is an obligation
which might require the land
lord to respond criminally for
his failure to do so. but as
between the tenant and, the
landlord, which involves a
civil relationship, they can
agree to anything they please
and it is not fitting for the
Court Of Appeals to decide
Evening star., 1962-01-06

The recent decision by the
United States Court of Ap-
peals awarding damages to a
woman who broke her arm
when she fell in her own
home because of some defect
in the floor without notice to
either the agent or the owner
of the property, has made a
travesty of the law in the
District of Columbia.
Most tenants, If you want
to go into their homes, stand
on their constitutional right
and keep you off with the
old adage "A mans home is
his castle" 1t seems to me.
as the owner Of hundreds of
properties and one who has
dealt with thousands upon
thousands of tenants over
many. many years, that a
tenant who will not report
to the landlord that a defect
of some kind exists in the
premises should mot be per-
mitted to take advantage of
his own wrongdoing.
In most cases premises are
delivered to tenants in apple
pie order. My company, First
National Realty Corp, re-
quires the tenant to acknowl-
edge that he has received the
premises in good condition
and that he will keep the
premises in proper repair.
The time has come when a
tenant must be fully cogni-
zant Of his own responsibility
to maintain the premises in
good con dition providing
these premises are delivered
to him in such condition.
Obviously. any public portion
Of premises or parts thereof
Evening star., 1962-01-06
THE POLITICAL MILL
Van Zondt Favored by G. o. P.
By GOULD LINCOLN

Republicans in Pennsyl-
vania believe the G. o. P. is
On the march, with excellent
prospects for victories in the
congressional and guberna-
torial elections this year.
Their immediate task is the
selection Of candidates for
Governor and United States
Senator. AS of today, it ap-
pears one of those nomina-
tions will go to Represent
ative. James E. Van Zandt
of Altoona. Indeed. Mr.. Van
Zandt. who is completing
nearly % years service in
the House. has told the party
leaders he is available. He
has been making a compre-
hensive survey of political
conditions in all parts Of the
State. He saw service in the
Navy during World War I
and World War II, has been
three times commander-in-
chief Of the Veterans of For
eign Wars and is a member OF
the American Legion. At
present he is a high-ranking
member of the House Armed
Services Committee, and he
has long taken a keen interest
in veterans legislation.
G. o. P. Encouraged
The Pennsylvania Repub-
licans have been encouraged
by results of the 1861 elec-
tions in their State. In the
only Statewide election, for
a place on the Supreme
Court, Henry x. O'Brien, Re-
publican, defeated his DEM
ocratic opponent, Ann AL
perm, who had been attorney
general and had resigned to
accept appointment to the
Supreme Court to fill a va
cancy and was serving in
that office at the time of
the election last November.
The Democrats, in this elec-
ton. carried Philadelphia by
only 0,000-although in the
1860 presidential election the
city gave President Kennedy
a majority of $4,000 votes
over former Vice President
Nixon.
1t was the Philadelphia
vote which made it possible
for Mr.. Kennedy to win the
States electoral votes. Also
in the votes cast for city
controller and district at
torney, the Democratic ma
jorities were cut to $4,000
and $4,000. G. o. P. leaders
feel there has been a reversal
of political sentiment in the
last year in Philadelphia;
that the reform glamor which
came with the election of a
Democratic mayor and dis
trict attorney several years
ago has worn off; and that
scandals which came to light
in the city Government dur
ing the last year have been
responsible in part for this
change.
While the Republicans have
pretty we'll settled on Mr..
Van Zandt for their candi-
date for one of the two major
offices, they still are casting
about for a candidate for
the other. Former President
Eisenhower many months ago
declined to permit his name
to be put forward for a SEN
atorial nomination. And Rep
reSentative William w.
Evening star., 1962-01-06

Scranton, an attractive
young Congressman with q
good war record and a record
OF service in the State De-
partment, regarded as an up
and coming political figure,
also declined to be consid-
cred for the senatorial or
gubernatorial nomination. He
made his announcement at
Thanksgiving time that he
intended to stand for re-
election to the House.
On the Democratic side Of
the fence, Gov. David L.
Lawrence is ineligible for re-
election under the State Con-
Stitution. Senator Joseph S.
Clark Of Philadelphia is seek
ing denomination and un-
doubtedly will have it. He won
over former Senator James
Duff. Republican, in 1856,
by $4,000 votes although Mr..
Eisenhower was carrying the
State by some 100000 votes
over Adlai Stevenson on the
same day. Senator Clark was
elected mayor of Philadelphia
in 1851, when the Democrats,
aided by many independents
and Republicans, kicked the
diScredited G. o. P. city gov
ernment out of office. He
is strong with organized la
Dor, and is a foremost ad-
vocate of liberal legislation
in Congress. However, it Ii
reported he has lost the Re-
publican strength he had be-
fore he became Senator.
DilwOrth Is Candidate
Mayor Richardson DilWorth
of Philadelphia, who was
elected district attorney at
the time the reform move
ment swept the Republicans
out and later won the may
orality contest, when Mr..
Clark went to the Senate, Is
a candidate for Governor. He
has still to win the guber-
material nomination, how
ever, He and Representative
William j. Green, boss of the
Philadelphia Democratic or
ganization, have not been
friendly. Also, although Mr..
Dilworth was not personally
involved in the scandals
turned up, some of his ap-
pointees were.
And further, 1t. Gov. Davis
also is aspiring to the nom
ination for Governor and is
thought by some to have the
inside track. What the Dem
ocratic county leaders will
decide remains to be seen.
Should Mr.. Dilworth not be
their selection and enter
a primary fight against Mr..
Davis, the result might be
to split the Democrats badly.
In Pennsylvania the Leg
islature must still reappor-
ton its congressional dis
trictS, or face Statewide
election of all congressman,
since under the 1860 census
the State loses three dis
tricts. The State Senate is
evenly split, with Is Dem
ocrats and Is Republicans,
and the Democrats control
the House by a round dozen
members. The G. o. P. there
fore will have much to say
about the reapportionment If
it is INDEPENDENTLY as it
takes a tWo-thirds vote. The
matter could be settled this
month.