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Evening star., 1962-09-06

looms required more than 300
cubic feet.
The new balloon was de-
veloped at the Signal Corps
laboratories at Fort Mon
mouth, N. j.
Combat area soldiers in
the future may be fed much
better and cheaper with foods
preserved by radiation. This
is the objective of Army
Quartermaster experiments
now in progress.
Adoption of such rations
instead of the present B and
G rations would result in
savings equivalent to 100000
tons Of fuel per year per two
million men. according to a
Quartermaster report. Sew
eral obstacles, however, still
are in the way.
RadiOactivity Hurdle
Previous research" saws
the report, "has shown that
food can be processed by
gamma radiation without
producing measurable radio
activity in the foods Them
selves. To be approved by
the Food and Drug Admin
lStration irradiated foods
must not show radioactiyity
that is distinguishable from
the background.
About two years will be
required to obtain a mobili-
zation base composed of a
l5-month reserve supply of
rations with irradiated meat
comprising so per cent of the
meat components, it is esti-
mated. This time includes an
estimated nine to twelve
months to establish radia-
ton facilities and IL months
required to process the ra-
tions.
Beef and pork are pro-
cessed in this way for at least
rs months. Bacon and ham
have been stored about one
year and chicken for one
and a half years with good
acceptability."
Evening star., 1962-09-06
Digit DioIinq

David Braaten deserves
credit for his interpretive ar
ticle showing the emptiness
Of AT&T's evocations con-
corning the change to all
number dialing.
In a reincarnation Of Rube
Goldberg, AT&T has con-
cocted a series Of clever de-
vices to support its an
nounced change, devices
which though interesting are
totally irrelevant.
AT&T has not dared re-
lease involved studies made
during World War II con-
corning types Of systems most
easily remembered by SOL
diers. Nor has AT&T told
the American public they will
be standing almost alone in
"all-number dialing."
France, for instance, eff
fectuates a policy of three
letters, two digits followed by
a dash and an additional
two digits. A caller phonet-
ically presents the number to
the operator as, for example,
ENG. fifty four, sixty two"
The French find this sys-
tenn easier to remember, cas-
Ter to understand, and,
frankly, more interesting, yet
we are presented with a sys-
tenn disregarding sociological
study and previous practice,
on the supposition that seven
unrelated numbers, phoneti-
cally presented. for example
9-3-2-4-6-7-5, are somehow
easy" to comprehend.
AT&T says there are in
sufficient digit combinations
under the present system of
dialing the first two letters
of a word. This may be true.
But it does not follow that
a logical conclusion leads
from an a priori assumption,
which will then be presented
to the American people as a
fait accompli without any
serious public study.
The use of three letters,
for example, Chiefly, DU-
Pont, Capitol would more
than accommodate increased
phone company needs and at
the same time accommodate
the desires of a large seq
ment of the American public,
which after all has little
choice in changing to another
phone company which will
more ideally 2ronulgate the
policies desired.
David L. Levy.
Evening star., 1962-09-06
Roulette in Combodio?

Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia is
playing something like a game of
Russian Chinese roulette in his invita-
ton to the big Communist powers to
give his country military aid and to
join in international guarantees of Cam
bodia'S neutrality. One of the guns
they send down there might not only
be loaded, it might be aimed right at
the princely palace in Pnom PENN.
There is no disposition here to dis
Evening star., 1962-09-06
Wages and Dividends

In a full page ad in your
ne wspaper. some railroad
unions tried to prove that the
U. s. railroads are prosper
Gus. instead of faltering as
any informed person knows.
They put together all the
dividends which a few rail-
ways have paid for 20 years,
added them to the original
cost Of the stock, and thus
pretended to show that there
were big profits.
That method is as phony
as to say that every union
member who has earned
$4,000 a year for the last 90
years is a rich man, because
he now possesses $4,000 in
wealth.
G. r.. x,
Evening star., 1962-09-06
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDrfters' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condensd-
ton. Those not used iDiI be
returned only Dhen accom- =
panied by self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1962-09-06
Redesigns Our Living

Two August u editorials
struck a universal note over
and above their specific sub
JectS Of "Overprivileged VAN
dals" and unhappy electric
ians. Both delinquency and
irresponsible labor can be
traced to the decline in this
country of authority.
Like every other expert
ment in republican govern
ment (none has lasted more
than 200 years. we began
with rule by the capable and
ended up with misrule by the
culpable. The basic reason
for this is always the false
assumption that the human
animal longs for unfettered
freedom and is intelligent
enough to guide its own des-
tiny. Anyone who knows mob
psychology knows that most
people need and want to be
told what to do, and that
people feel most secure with
rigid class lines that con-
fine them painlessly to the
place in which they belong
according to birth, breeding
and habits Of mind.
An ominous feeling that
something is wrong" per-
vades America today. The
bevy Of round-table discus
sions. Presidents committees,
and nosy, intense social
workers with foundation
grants all miss the simple but
fundamental fact that Amer
leans hate authority. One of
the weakest and most un-
natural aspects Of popular
government and egalitarian-
ism is that it lacks the awe
inspiring color and stabiliz-
ing hauteur Of a monarchy.
The average person needs
something to look up to; he
lacks the strength, the
imagination, the nobility of
spirit or the moxie poten-
tlal to be an end in himself.
The Founding Fathers tried
to invest certain areas of
American life with authority
while still assuring liberty.
In our determined erosion of
their good hard sense we
have turned democracy into
anarchy and are now plagued
with blue-collar megalomania
and a hot-rodding Praetor-
ian Guard of pimply, parasi-
tic, destructive brats. Au-
thority is essentially SYM
bolic = there are certain
steps that would restore the
symbols Of authority that
we need and which we were
meant to have:
Cd Repeal the 18th
Amendment. A return to the
the indirect election of Sena-
tors by the State legislatures
would restore to the Senate
the air of austerity originally
intended for it, would render
that body an anchor against
popular passions, and, in the
words Of Madison, the Senate
would become an institution
"b ending stability with
liberty"
(2) Repeal the 10Th
Amendment. Taking the vote
away from women would
reduce Juvenile crime by
patching up the male ego,
thus rec sta Bills hin g the
father as the head of the
house. Also, civic-minded
women would have to stay
home and mind their chill
dren instead of other peoples
business. In addition, since
women are puSh-overs for
crackpot reformers who like
to amend perfectly good con-
StitutionS in the first place,
damsel disenfranchisement
would strengthen the checks
and balances philosophy.
CD Start a Madison Aven-
ue push to get teen-age boys
back into knickers again.
Could you drum up nerve
enough to slug a cop, order a
beer. talk back to a Judge
or elope with your girl friend
while wearing knickers?
"a Instead of crying the
blues about the inhumane
aspects of capital punish
ment, let's have one we'll
advertised public hanging.
ETnwn~n~ xy:
Evening star., 1962-09-06
Tip for Compers

In an effort to alert resi-
dents to the fire hazard dur
ing this dry period, one sug-
geStion was made to "douse'
outdoor cooking fires after
use. Let me caution that
charcoal, If wet or damp, pre-
sentS a potential hazard of
spontaneous combustion, and
should not be dumped or
stored where it could later
start and spread a fire.
Dampened embers might best
be placed in a fireproof con-
tainer, or buried. A complete
Evening star., 1962-09-06

smothering Of embers would
probably be far safer than
letting them be dampened.
Here's to a pleasant end
ing to an unusual summer
let's not forget the lovely
cool spells while lamenting
the drought.
Mrs. ]. F. CroweII.
Evening star., 1962-09-06
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
New Weather Balloon for ARTILLERY
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

Army Signal Corps engi-
neers have developed a new
kind of weather balloon
which scars aloft nearly
twice as fast as conventional
types. It is intended to en-
able artillerymen to get
more accurate weather data
much quicker.
The new balloon is made
OF an expandable synthetic
material and employs an
eight-foot-long, non-inflated
skirt" with a narrow bot
tom to reduce sharply the
drag induced by the spheri-
cal shape of the main part
Of the balloon.
This balloon rises at an
average rate of more than
100 feet a minute to an al
titude Of nearly Is miles. The
inflated body of the balloon
is seven feet in diameter at
the time of launching but
has expanded to about "a
feet by the time the high
point is reached. Through
electronic sensing devices
suspended beneath, data is
transmitted to a ground
tracker on temperature, pres
sure and humidity. The
tracker also obtains data for
computation of wind speeds
and direction aloft by follow
ing the course of the bal
loon with a radio direction
finder.
Several Advantages
Standard balloons ascend
at a rate Of about 1000 feet
a minute but intensive re-
search aimed at faster ascent
has been brought about by
the necessity of getting at
mospheric information more
rapidly for computing the
trajectory of missiles and
conventional artillery shells,
and for predicting atomic
fallout.
The new balloons fast as
cent gives it several advant-
ages over Slower types. For
one thing, it has much less
drift, which results in great
er accuracy in prediction of
wind speeds and directions.
Also the information is
gathered more directly over
the operational site.
It uses only ITS cubic feet
Of hydrogen gas. Early bal
Evening star., 1962-09-06

Today they are electing
delegates to the New York
Democratic State Convention
which opens September II in
Syracuse - and yesterday
United States District Attor-
ney Robert Morris Morgen-
thau resigned his office and
announced his candidacy for
the Democratic nomination
for Governor. Mr.. Morgen-
thau has been keeping quiet
about his political plans be-
cause Of the Hatch Act-un-
til his resignation from Fed
eral office. But his support
ers have been active. The
Morgenthau ball started roll
ing when William Luddy,
Democratic leader in West
chester County. announced
his support Of Mr.. Morgen-
thau. The Luddy Endorsement
was quickly followed by that
Of Dan O'Connell, veteran
party leader in Albany Coun-
ty. other county leaders have
fallen in step.
Today 1t looks like a push
over for Mr.. Morgenthau, a
big-name candidate. He is
the son Of Henry Morgen-
thau, jr., Secretary Of the
Treasury In the Franklin D.
Roosevelt cabinet, grandson
Of Henry Morgenthau, ST.,
Ambassador to Turkey in the
Woodrow Wilson administra-
ton, and great-nephew Of
the former Governor and
Senator. Herbert H. Lehman.
Another great-uncle was Irv-
ing Lehman, chief Judge Of
the State Court Of Appeals.
Best Democratic Bet
Mr.. Morgenthau, indeed.
looks the best bet for the
Democrats in a race with
GOV. Rockefeller, Republican,
since Mayor Bob Wagner Of
New York has taken himself
firmly out of the running.
There are three other candi-
dates, who strongly object to
the 11th-hour candidacy of
Mr.. Morgenthau. They are
District Attorney Frank D.
O'Connor Of Queens County,
Representative muel S.
Stratton Of Schenectady, and
Howard J. Samuels, Canadai-
qua industrialist, all of whom
have been campaigning for
some time. Indeed, there
may be real ructions in the
coming State convention over
this gubernatorial nomina-
ton. But the big guns ap-
pear to be in the Morgenthau
corner.
The story goes that a Nor
genthau drive was started
almost Immediately after
Mayor Wagner returned to
this country a few weeks ago
and went down to Washing
ton and saw President Ken
nedy and the Attorney Gen.
eral. Robert F. Kennedy. Mr..
w Wagner returned TO New
York saying that he was
neutral" and had not and
would not indorse any candi-
date. He still takes that posi-
ton. Obviously the Demo-
cratic boss Of New York
wants to avoid having a
charge Of "boSsism" hurled
at him and the candidate
nominated for Governor, a
charge which the Republi-
cans have already made. Mr..
Wagner, himself, ran for re-
nomination last year on an
anti-boss platform, having
broken seriously with the
then Tammany leader, Car
mine G. DeSapio.
The big question for Mr..
Morgenthau and the Demo-
cratic Party-if Mr.. Morgen-
thau is to head the party
Evening star., 1962-09-06
THE POLITICAL MILL
Morgenthou Moves Into N. Y. Race
By GOULD LINCOLN

ticket this falls whether
he can become sufficiently
well known and liked by the
voters to win against Gov.
Rockefeller in November. A
second question is whether
he viii have the solid back
ing Of the Democrats who
have been rowing am ong
themselves bitterly. He will
have, Of course, the backing
Of former Senator Lehman,
who. along with Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt. headed the Re-
form Movement which sue
Gee ded in renominating
Mayor Wagner and routing
Mr.. DeSapio and other So
called regular party" lead
ers at the primary. And pre-
sumably he will have the
Endorsement Of the Liberal
Party Of New York, whose
aid has been so necessary in
many Of the State elections
to Democratic victory.
One Of the matters brought
up against a Morgenthau
nomination by opponents is
that he is receiving indrse-
ments from county chairmen
who do not know him per-
sonally, some of whom had
never met him before an
nouncing for him. All Of this
helps give color to the rumors
that the Morgenthau band
wagon really stems from City
Hall-with Mr.. Wagner's full
acquiescence.
New York has a very large
Jewish vote and 1t can be ef-
fective. Mr.. Morgenthau is a
scion of a distinguished
Jewish family. His great
uncle, former Senator Leh-
man, was the Empire States
first Jewish Governor, taking
over after Gov. Franklin d.
Roosevelt entered the White
House. Both major political
parties have studded their
tickets in recent years with
Jewish candidates. GOV.
Rockefeller will have as his
running mate this year Sena-
tor Jacob K. Javits, also q
Jew.
Good Record Of Service
Although Mr.. Morgenthau
has never before run for
elective office. he has a good
record Of public service and
accomplishment. particularly
since he took over the office
Of United States District At
torney in New York. He is a
graduate of Amherst and of
the Yale Law School and be-
fore his appointment as dis
trict attorney he was a men,
Der Of an important law firm.
He Is 43 years old. A naval
officer during the Second
World War, Mr.. Morgenthau
served in both the European
and Pacific theaters of the
war, and served with distinc-
ton and courage.
How much Mr.. Morgen-
thau knows Of the State
problems and needs may be
disclosed during the brief
campaign before the noni-
nations for Governor are
made. He already has been
challenged to debate State
issues by District Attorney
O'Connor. And certainly If
he is nominated to run
against Mr.. Rockefeller, these
issues will be paramount.
Gov. Rockefeller, too, had
never run for elective office
when he won the governor
ship in 1858. And his previ-
Gus public service had been
in Federal office. The charge
against him, too, was that he
was not familiar with State
problems and administra-
ton. Yet he has made an out
standing Governor and he is
running now on that record.
Evening star., 1962-09-06
Answers to Questions
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. What poem contains
the words, Cannon to the
right Of them. cannon to left
Of them"2-A. u.
A. Tennyson's THE Charge
of the Light Brigade"
Evening star., 1962-09-06
HdYond Incident

Mrs. J. F. CrowelI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-01

Springfield-Annandale New
Corners Club Of Welcome Wa
gon, Charterhouse. Spring
field, Va. at 1915 pm.
NickeIIi will present her
custom designed collection at
the Woodmont Country Club
for the Bethesda Temple
Bethel at 1890 pm. Dresses
co-ordinated with paintings
by European and local artists
will be Spotighted both from
the custom group and the
ready-to-wear department of
the fashion shop. Harriet
Baird will do the commentary
for the Models Guild Show
Vincent & Vincent hairstyles.
Madame Camille Chautemps
will have her spring collec-
ton Of hats exhibited at the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-01
IT'S A DATE

department showing at Lans-
burgh's Washington store
from 1890 am. to 2:30 pm.
today and on April 4.
Bellies of Silver Spring
opens a new sporjswear and
separates department, the
Caribbean Room, featuring
modeStly priced sportswear
that's a bit differenh" In
formal modelling every Satur-
day.
Joy Hops of the Models
Guild discusses poise. charm
and. the regal grace neces-
sary for a princess for the
so Cherry Blossom Princesses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-01

at the Washington Hotel at
2 pm. One princess will un-
dergo a 80 minute fashion
transformation and 10 Ro
Belts will design a fall gown
on the spot. Vincent & VIM
cents new hair style, the
butterfly bouffant," will be
introduced.
Jelleffs presents informal
modelling during luncheon at
the Presidential Dining Room
of the Mayflower Hotel at
pm.
TUESDAY
Jelleff's, luncheon fashion
show, sponsored by the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-01

Arts Club Of Washington,
20l7 Eye street, NV. from
8 am. to 8 pm.
Everyday but Sunday and
Monday, Evelyn Barton
Brown presents fashions in
formally modelled at the
Presidential Room of the
Mayflower Hotel during
luncheon.
Hecht's will present the
showing at 10 am. for the
Atlantic Coast Independent
Distributors Association an
nual convention.
WEDNESDAY
st. Francis Xavier SOIdality,
will have a fashion show
featuring Greta Stevens
clothes. that are Color Cued
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-01
TOMORROW
Season of the bride

Season of the bride with
participating merchants
showing the prospective bride
the newest fashions in flow
ers, fashions. furniture, ca
tering. and jewelry in display
form, at the 8 pm. event at
the P. j. Nee Furniture
Store on Rockville pike,
north of Bethesda. Gretchen
Cole bridal fashions will star.
Mrs. Pat Guinan, editor Of
Brides and Home Magazine"
will be an honored guest.
SarOng Spandex bras and
girdles will star in the corset
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-01
BRIDGE CLASSES

Fred L. Karpin, author of Psychological Strategy
in Contract Bridge "The Play of the Cards" and
also "The Point Count System" will conduct lin
person. classes for beginners and intermediate
and SITS. NV.
Featuring instruction and practice in playing,
classes open to men and women, will meet once
week n~day or evening sessions for weeks.
Glasses are now forming.
Reservations, Details: ME- S-21OO, Ext. 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-01

to Spring" Vincent q Vim
cent hairstyles. A Models
Guild Show.
Evening star., 1962-09-26
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. z. EDGAR

TRAINING: Beardsley
Ruml, creator Of the pay-as-
you-go tax plan. a b horred
physical activity. On one oc-
casion, when Ruml was in his
customary horizontal posi-
ton, a friend said to him i'm
patiently:
"How did you ever manage
to become so sedentary?"
"I started when I was q
young man." explained Ruml.
"and I never broke train
ing"
EAGER: After q success
full career in the theater.
playwright Owen Davis went
to Hollywood to write for the
movies. He was q flop at
writing boy-wins-girl stories.
When his contract expired,
he returned to New York,
disillusioned.
what happened to you out
there?" q friend asked him.
"I would write a script and
then try to improve on it,"
explained Davis. THAT was
my undoing. 1 couldn't learn
to leave bad enough alone"
Evening star., 1962-09-26

camel is the one who goes
eight days without walking.
Mabel-Anyway, I feel sorry
for the kid.
Alice-You cookingf Mabel
Just q little soup for the
kids. They come home for
lunch. Alce-No cooking for
me until tonight. I'm going
to spend the afternoon read
ing. Mabel-You got a good
book?
Alice-Rollo read it. Iheard
him laughing one night so
I'm going to tackle it. Mabel
Lolita? Alice = No. It's
called How to Lip the Trite
Fantastic. Mabel - How to
what the what? Alice-How
to Tripe the Frip Trantastic.
I probably have it wrong.
Anyway, I'll lend it to you.
Mabel-Don't bother. Want
to go to the movies tonight?
Alice-Not me. I have to
paint the kitchen tonight.
Mabel-What's the matter
9 with Rollo? Alice-You kid
ding? He can't paint and
drink at the same time. I
warned him, I said: One Of
these days, Rollo. you're go
ing to get the TVS
Mabel-What did he say?
Alice-Oh, funny. funny. He
said: Back in the kennel,
you Mabel-Mine's a riot
too. A regular Red Skelton
around the house. Alice-I'm
going to do my laughing
when the cops provoke Rol-
los license. Mabel - They
never tell you what it's going
to be like before the wedding.
Alice-Never.
Mabel-If they take my
Petes license, he'll have to go
to work on a we'll boiled ICY
Gle. Ha ha. Alicia what?
Mabel - Sorry. I meant q
Evening star., 1962-09-26
Tips of SIongue
Mark This Cab

Not my Rollo. But the
noise woke the whole neigh
borhood. Such language.
Mabel-How about the ball?
Alice - Who cares? 1t was
like hunting for q needle in
a hayride. He finally gave up
and went to bed. Mabel -
Still OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
else? 1t turned out to be my
fault.
Mabel-He must have had
a nice head in the morning.
Alice - Him? Drinking
doesn't do anything to him
except make him dopier. Be-
lieve it or not. he was up at
the crack of dawn looking
for that ball. Mabel - Did
he find it? Alice - For $22,
he'd seal off the neighbor-
hood. 1t was in McCarthy's
alley across the street.
Mabel-What else is new?
Alice - What could be new?
Get UP. Get the children off.
Clean the pigsty. Make
breakfast for his royal high
ness. Do the shopping. Wait
for the kids to come home
from school. What can be
new? The last time some
thing new happened in this
dump, the oil burner broke
down. SO tell me, what's new
with you?
Mabel - Night before last,
I went to Luna's coming out
debris. It wasn't worth 1t,
really. Just beer and pretzels.
Alice - What was she wear
ing? Mabel - One Of those
long orange organdy things.
It had a sweetheart neck -
remember the sweetheart
neck? Alice-She must have
looked a sight. Mabel-The
kid would have looked all
right, but what can you do
with q child who weighed
130 when she was 10?
Alice-Rollo wouldn't let me
go because he's not speaking
to her father. Mabel-Your
guy has 9 memory like q
camel. Alice-That's funny.
An elephant you mean. A
Evening star., 1962-09-26

well-soiled micycle. After the
kids go back, I'm going to
have q little snoo for myself.
Alice NO sleep7 Mabel
When Pete's got q load on.
it's like sleeping in a blender.
Alice-Ha ha. Wen. you
know what they say about
insomnia. It's just mind over
mattress.
Mabel-Toodleoo.
Alice-Abyssynia
King Features Syndicate. me.
Evening star., 1962-09-26
JIM BISHOP

Mabel - Hello. It's me
again. Alice-I know. Mabel
My husband says I monot-
onize the telephone. Alice
They're all alike. Always
complaining. Mabel told
him the difference between
us is I'm a totalitarian -
never touch q drop. Alice -
Rollo went bowling Tuesday.
He got up to the top Of the
stoop at 2 am. and he and
the ball went to the bottom.
Mabel-was he hurt? Alice
Evening star., 1962-09-26
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Evening star., 1962-09-26

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