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Evening star., 1962-03-01
To Rescue an Industry

The public members Of the presi-
Dental commission which has been
studying the archaic" and costly work
rules prevailing in the railroad industry
have advanced sound point Of view.
1t is, in brief, that "an adequate pro-
gram to realize in railroading the bene-
fits of advancing technology in the
public interest :. must include both
reasonable opportunity for manage
ment to achieve change and for workers
to enjoy reasonable protection against
too sudden change. Progress plus pro-
lection must be our choice" In other
words, management must have the right
to manage-Subject to reasonable con-
Germ in this area for the welfare of the
induStry'S workers.
To great and burdensome degree,
the complex Of work rules built up over
the past half-century, some of them
imposing operating requirements that
are as eut-dated as the wood burning
locomotive, has blocked management
from the economic utilization of this
advancing technology. Instead, it has
forced upon the industry needless cost
estimated at $500 million annually to
freeze work claSsifications and pay
formulas having little or no relation to
safe and efficient operation of modern
railroad equipment.
The commission group, describing
its study as "the most extensive and in
tenSive exploration Of railroad labor
management relations in the history of
the Nation" has confirmed and cited
enough OF these absurdities-a require
ment for 20 crew changes between
Chicago and California with an average
work-Shift of three hours and % min
uteS, or OF brakemen doing no work for
pay between one State border and an
other-to prove the need for a change
If the rails are to survive as profit
making operation in private enterprise.
And with repeated emphasis on pro-
posals for protecting affected employees,
it has recommended thorough mod
ernization Of the rules for working the
trains.
The commission recommendations
are not binding, but 1t was the hope
when the group was set up in late 1860
that its findings would provide the
basis for labor management agreement
through negotiation. This hope certainly
has not been frightened by labor's initial
reaction. It's members on the panel did
not join the public representatives in
drafting the report. Some have de-
nounced it in bitter terms and already
are talking Of strike votes against any
effort to implement it. For those, OBJ
SeSsed with this rule-or-ruin attitude,
there is substance for thought in the
commissions reminder that "the back
washes Of civilization are Strewn with
the debris of peoples who stood stolidly
against change"
Evening star., 1962-03-01
'No-Win Policy

Your recent "No-Win"
Policy editorial, which laud-
ed President Kennedy's an
swer to charges that his ad-
ministration is pursuing a
"no-win" policy, misses the
boat as does the Presidents
answer to the charges.
Mr.. Kennedy distorts this
criticism by implying that it
comes from warmongers who
would like to see this Nation
tackle the Reds with nuclear
warfare. This is absurd.
For more than 20 years we
have vacillated, hesitated,
arbitrated, negotiated, re-
assessed, about-faced, turned
the other cheek, bent over
backwards, and done every
thing we could not to in
timidate our avowed enemies.
We don't even like our mill
tary leaders to speak un-
kindly of them.
We have been repeatedly
out-maneuvered, duped, and
defeated on the diplomatic
front; we have been beaten to
the propaganda punch time
after time; we have been
skillfully put behind ideolog-
ical eight balls all around
the globe; we have reacted
indecisively and fearfully to
brush fires stirred up by
Moscow and Peiping; we
have been suckered into
pouring billions into the
hands Of so-called neutrals
whose double standards tend
to further Communist SUBJ
version and aggression; we
have aided the Reds by al
lowing world opinion" to
disrupt our relations with
many Of our tried. and
proven friends; we have
failed to stop the enemy
from establishing a regime
just 80 miles from our
shores; we have allowed the
Reds and their fellow travel
ers to engage in numerous
Subversive activities within
our national borders.
All this-and much more
is hardly the result of any
winning policy" Of ours.
Americans do not want to
trigger a nuclear war to
change the picture. They are
reacting to q national frus-
tration which has been pro-
duced by U. s. policies Of the
past Is years which have
merely tended to ward off
communism instead Of beat
ing it.
Mr.. Kennedy has the op-
portunity-the duty-to tell
all men in all places, friend
and foe, that we have a
greater determination to
preserve and promote free
dom than the Communists
have to eradicate it from the
face Of the earth. With such
a declaration Of our inten-
tions and a vigorous and in
telligent attack all along the
cold war 'front.'" no Amer
ican should have cause to
criticize this or any future
administration of pursuing
a "no-win" policy.
Robert S. Reiss.
Evening star., 1962-03-01

earth'S surface. Outer space
can become. If controlled by
the Communists, q tremen-
dous and deadly vantage
point for attack on the
United States. The other
reason is that the United
States cannot ignore the need
of carrying on scientific re-
search in this day and age
which has already been
called the space age.
A third reason lies in the
need for peaceful co-opera-
ton with the Soviet govern
ment for peaceful uses Of
space. and the scientific dis
coveries which may be made,
and are already being made,
there. Space could be wrong
ly used so as to bring about
the complete destruction of
the inhabited world - the
world we have on this earth.
Some Need Convincing
There are some who take
the position that we can
limit our expenditures to the
development Of interconti-
mental and intermediate
range missiles - q field in
which Russia is now ahead
of us. though the gap has
been materially shortened.
Already. 1t is reported, we are
on the verge of missiles with
a thrust three times that
which sent Col. Glenn and
his capsule hurtling into
space. This, If effected, would
place us ahead in thrust
power Of anything the Rus
slams have yet shown. Those
who take this position believe
that we can successfully op-
pose any aggressive attempt
by the Communists to take us
over If we have such missiles.
But even If we have the
same strength missiles, or
even those with greater
thrust and accuracy, there Is
still the danger that II we
abandon space and our ex-
periments there, the Commu-
nists eventually could have
a position from which to
blackmail us into surrender,
even if an unknown space
weapon were not actually
used to blast us out of exist
ence.
The administration, having
used Col. Glenn to blast off
its drive to obtain from Con-
gress the money needed for
its space program, apparent
ly has put its foot down on
proposals that the astronaut
be sent on a good will tour
about the world-an exhibit
of our choicest product-an
American. So far as is known
he, with his special knowl-
edge and ability, is to be
used still further in the ac-.
complishment Of the space
program. 1t is entirely prob
able. however, that Col.
Glenn will be permitted to
accept invitations to appear
in other parts Of the coun-
try, in the interests of the
space program.
1t remains to be seem
whether the 40-year-old as
tronaut's personal charm i
and he has this effective
way of meeting and dealing
with people, will eventually
strengthen the embryonic de-
mand for him to enter
politics.
Evening star., 1962-03-01

and our State Department.
2. Boycott purchases Of
products originating in these
countries. 8. Refuse to travel
as tourists in these countries.
Concerning travel to our
confused good neighbor"
Mexico, most recent reports
indicate the feeling there is
so anti-American that tour
ist boycotting is automatic.
Tourism is Mexico's num-
ber one income producer.
Let us hope as this income
drops off they'll no longer
be so anxious to yell Yankee
go home!"
M. r. Reed.
Evening star., 1962-03-01

l oppose city status Tor
Fairfax County as being pre-
mature. The county is three
fourths rural-300 square
miles rural and 100 square
miles urban.
Also, city government is
more expensive with creation
Of more departments and loss
Of State highway funds. The
labor cost for county opera
ton Of roads will, in all
likelihood, cost much more
since the county wage scale
Is higher and prisoner labor
will probably not be used. AS
a city Fairfax will lose serv-
ices of State police and re-
ceive less State funds for IL
brarieS.
Another undesirable char
acteriStic of city government
for Fairfax County is a re-
quired uniform tax rate
which eliminates sanitary
districts now enjoyed by the
county. Sanitary districts en-
able residents to receive addi-
tional services such as trash
collection, street lights and
Sewerage-not possible for
the whole country-by pay
ing a special tax levy. A uni
form tax rate will be unjust
to those living in rural areas.
There is no necessity for
the General Assembly to
grant Fairfax County a city
charter at this time. Fairfax
County has no pending an
nexation cases. Falls Church
and Alexandria cannot insti-
tute annexation proceedings
for at least 5 more years.
The simple and most demo-
cratic answer to annexation
problems is let the people
affected decide the question
In a referendum.
Mary Curtis
Evening star., 1962-03-01
'Sycophont' McGM

1t is difficult to believe
that columnist Ralph McGill
has so grotesque an imagina-
tion as to conceive of Amer
ica's hard-right-wing as SIM
liar in design and motive to
Hitler's Nazi party. He cites
one example of how they are
similar. namely in their de-
sire for a stated national pol
icy of victory over their en-
emies, but he ignores the
thousands of examples of
how emphatically dissimilar
they are.
I believe McGill favors a
strong labor movement. So
did Marx, Stain and Lenin.
Does that make the name
McGill synonymous with
Bolshevik? Does it m an
that McGill favors an up
rising of labor to claim its
rightful share of the ma
tional wealth?
We would assume not, and
we would also assume that
McGill has INDUCED again in
his favorite pastime of as
sociating the right-wing he
so despises with a most helm
Gus vision from the past. In
other words, he employs the
discredited and childishly i'm
mature tactic of guilt by as
sociation.
Mr.. McGill uses the phrase,
"Pecksniffian sycophants
and promoters" to charac-
terize the adherents of a
victory" policy. I think he
has finally hit upon the
phrase which is most descrip-
tive of his own history. He
has promoted and flattered
the liberals of the North with
such Pecksniffian odiousness
that he has been able to
make a career of it. That
is, he exploits the problems
of his State and section to
make a name for himself ma
tionally as "the enlightened
Southerner."
The enlightened Southern
er is the one who sees COL
umnist McGill as the Peck
sniffian sycophant that he is.
Jerry C. Davis.
Evening star., 1962-03-01
Political Medicine

Once again, the major emphasis in
the Presidents message on medical
care is on health insurance for the
aged. But there are as many other items
In it as one would expect to find in
family medicine cabinet. Some are good,
some are not. Still others are hard to
classify as the announcement
that 1t is imperative" that we help full
fill, the health needs and expectations
Of less developed nations, or that new
institute should be created to Stimulate
imaginative research into the health
problems Of the whole person through
out his entire life span -"
We do not know why the President
wrapped up so many things in one pack
age, but We suspect the strategy was to
put so much into it that there would be
something there for everybody. And if
this is the case. it justifies the criticism
that this message is political medicine"
As in the past, however, the main
battle will swirl around the insurance
program for the aged. And the decisive
test presumably will come in the House
Ways and Means Committee, where, at
the moment, majority is opposed to
the plan.
President Kennedy wants to finance
his program by an increase of one
quarter Of one per cent in the Social
Security tax on both employees and en-
ployers, and by raising the taxable
earnings base from $4,000 to $500
year. One-quarter of one per cent may
not sound like much Of an increase. But
it will draw off, in total tax take, more
than $1,000,000,000 a year. Even so we
think it very doubtful that this will
cover the costs of the additional benefits
over the long pull
Furthermore, the Social Security
tax is a tax on gross income-up to
$4,000 should this plan be approved.
And the one-quarter Of one per cent in
crease means that the tax on this in
come will be three and seven-eighths
per cent by January /. This is roughly
equal to, or more than, the Federal in
come tax paid by many workers not too
far In the past. But this will be just the
beginning. Influential political groups
are already complaining that the bene-
tits proposed by the President are not
generous enough. They want to up the
ante. And why not? If it is logical to
pay hospital costs through Social
Security, why not medical costs, dental
costs, and anything else that can be
classed as a necessity? Open this Social
Security tax door as the President pro-
poses, and 1t will not be closed for
long time to come.
For the time being, however, it is
better to stick with what he recon-
mended in this weeks message to Con-
gress. Mr.. Kennedy didn't trouble him
self with cost figures. But the estimate
is that his total package will cost around
$2,000,000,000 year We are far from
convinced that Congress should vote
for any such additional levy on the al
ready heavily taxed dollar.
Evening star., 1962-03-01
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Plastic Man to Break SPACE Trail
By THOMAS r. HENRY

preceding the aStronaut
into remote space for any
extended period will be the
"plastinaut."
1t is a man sized figure
whose plastic flesh absorbs
all sorts of radiation in a
manner similar to that of
human tissue. Thus the eff
fects of extended exposure on
humans can be, determined
without exposing men them
selves to the risks involved.
Effects Of space radiation
on the plastic man will be
measured by small ionization
chambers inserted in areas of
the brain, chest, abdomen,
arms and legs. Composition
OF each Of these organs is
very similar. at least, to that
in a human being.
In another phase Of the
Air Force program a shock
tester" and associated in
Struments for use in bio
astronautics has been in
stalled at the Aeromedical
Field Laboratory at Holloman
Air Base, N. Mex. It measures
the effects of impacts both
on live animals and on in
animate objects.
Studies Moon Landings
This unit can be used to
produce controlled shocks up
to 200 times gravity. It will
be used for experiments in
underwater deceleration and
for studies of the Likelihood
of survival of human sub
jects landing on the surface
of the moon.
All sorts of landing situa-
tions which can be duplicated
in the laboratory will be in
vestigated and some of the
experiments already are well
under way.
Automatically operating
machines for translating
Russian and Chinese into
English now are being devel-
oped by the United States
Air Force.
Greatest progress has been
made to date with the Rus
sian machine which can
translate documents printed
in that language into English
at a rate of about 100000
words a day. 1t is expected,
however, that this can be in
creased to a million words.
Built into this machine is a
500,000-word Russian English
dictionary. The translator is
capable of searching this die
tionary at a rate of about
$4,000 words a second.
The machine to translate
Chinese into English still is
only in the development
stage. Here the language diff
Evening star., 1962-03-01
THE POLITICAL MILL
Col. Glenn and the Lunar Party
BY GOULD LINCOLN

From time immemorial it
has been the custom of
Americans to make or try
to make their heroes can
didates for high Government
office, beginning with George
Washington. Already there
are signs such attempts will
be made in the case Of our
latest hero, Lieut.. Col. John
H. Glenn, jr., whose courage,
GOODNESS and ability played
great parts in the success of
Americas first manned-orbit
of the earth. Whether he
can at any time be persuad-
ed to enter the political or
bit is another question. And
whether he is a Democrat or
a Republican is still unan-
swered. But one party he
certainly belongs to = the
Lunar Party" which includes
President Kennedy and Vice
President johnson, James E.
Webb, National Aeronautics
and Space Administration
head, and many others.
Col. Glenn has appeared
before both the House and
Senate Space Committees in
support of the administra-
tion's bill authorizing the ex-
penditure of $3.7 billion dur
ing fiscal year 1868, part Of
a $40 billion program de-
signed to place astronauts on
the moon within the next
eight or 10 years and bring
them back.
Controversial Program
This $40 billion program
has been a controversial af-
fair-with some members of
Congress strongly opposed.
There is still some opposition,
despite Col. Glenn's success
full expedition into space;
there still are members who
have to be convinced that
the expenditure of such a
huge sum is worth while, and
that even should the project
be successful, it would pay
off. Col. Glenn and Admin
istrator Webb opened the
House Committee hearings on
the administrations bill at a
moment in which the enthu-
siasm for the Glenn success
full mission was at it's height,
and undoubtedly they won
support. The bill before the
committee is an authoriza-
ton which, if passed by Con-
gress, must still be backed
up by an actual appropria-
ton in another measure. The
sum for fiscal 1868 is part
of the Presidents balanced
budget and has his strong
support. Some of the Con-
gressmen feel that the ap-
preparation of this huge sum
could help defeat a balanced
budget-and they want to be
very certain that this big ex-
penditure and others to fol-
low it to the tune of $40 bill
lion are in the interests Of
the country and not a USE
less burden on the taxpayers.
There are, however, two
compelling reasons for the
space program. One lies in
the fact that the United
States cannot afford to leave
outer space to Soviet Russia
and the Communist bloc any
more than it can afford to
sit back and allow the Com
munists to take over the free
world nations and the neu-
tralist nations - all on the
Evening star., 1962-03-01
Investors Beware

As attorney for the trustee
In bankruptcy, and formerly
for the equity receiver and the
receiver in bankruptcy of
American Diversified Securi-
ties, Inc, the stockbroker-
dealer which went through
financial collapse. receiver
ship, and now is being ad-
minjStered in bankruptcy, I
wish to compliment Miss
Miriam Gutenberg on the ex-
tremely fine articles which
appeared recently in your
newspaper relating to the
need for legislation controll-
ing securities-broker-dealer
operations in the District of
Columbia.
I had an opportunity to go
over extensively with Miss
Gutenberg numerous facets of
the operation of American
Diversified Securities, Inc,
and the losses confronting it's
customers and creditors, and
I know what an extremely
involved and complicated set
of factual circumstances
Miss Gutenberg had to digest
in order to prepare an article
which forcefully brought the
main issue to the attention Of
the public without ramifying
into less consequential as
poets.
Samuel NJ. Greenbaum.
I would like to compliment
The Star and particularly
Miriam Gutenberg. for the
exceptionally fine public
service she has performed in
her recent series Of articles
on the stock market and the
practices Of some brokers. I
think she has probably gone
further in helping to pro-
tect the public in the Metro
politan Area of Washington
than perhaps even the SEC
itself.
Both Miss Gutenberg and
The Star should be enthu-
siastically congratulated on
this noteworthy type of re-
porting.
Frank Ridge.
Evening star., 1962-03-01
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used IL
letters carry Driters' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condensd-
tion. Those not used iDiH be
returned only iDhen accom-
panied by self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1962-03-01
Politicians Line

The remarks of Ted Ken,
nedy as reported in February
26 Star seem to be typical
hot air Of a politician seek
ing unsophis S ticated Irish
votes. Like most professional
Irishmen, he doesn't even get
his history right. Gen. Light
horse Harry Lee said of the
Pennsylvania line, "It should
be called the line of Ireland"
But then, Ted isn't running
for office in Pennsylvania.
John ]. Downing.
Evening star., 1962-03-01
Menon's Reelection

Not Unexpectedly, India's general
elections have resulted in a sweeping
victory for Prime Minister Nehru and
his Congress Party. They have resulted,
too, in another parliamentary term for
v. X. KriShna Menon, the country's
Evening star., 1962-01-14
TODAY'S SCHEDULES
STAGE
STAGE
SCREEN

ARENA-"The Madwoman of Chalot"; 7:30 pm.
NATIONAL-"The Best Man; pm
Evening star., 1962-01-14
BROADWAY
ALegend inthe Making

motion pictures which are
considered screen classics.
THE Farmers Daughter"
fourth show in the series, will
be seen tonight, 10 to IL
o'clock, NBC-TV (WRC-4 .
The stars include Peter Law
ford, Lee Remick, whose part
in the movie version won an
Oscar for Loretta Young, and
Charles Bickford, who will
play the role he created in
the movie.
Twelve years ago, as the
producer of the first live
dramatic series on television,
"Television Playhouse" Coe
produced the plays of such
then unknowns as P a d d y
Chayefsky, N. Richard Nash,
Sumner Locke Elliot and Tad
Mosel. Mr.. Mosels Broad
way play, "All the Way
Home" produced by Coe, won
last seasons Pulitzer prize,
and the New York Drama
Critics award. Chayefsky's
current Broadway success,
Gideon" starring Fredric
March, was also produced by
Coe.
Three directors, whose ca
reers began on television un-
der Goes sponsorship, are
now three of the most sue
cessful directors in the NOV
les and the theater, Delbert
Mann in Hollywood, and on
Broadway, Arthur Penn, still
working with Coe, and j. Vim
cent Donehue.
Goes first Broadway VEN
Evening star., 1962-01-14
Three New Plays Open,
But Who Needs Them?

forth in a town of 10000
with the notion of starting
a serving -all-faiths clinic.
He gave up on a similar
project in the South of
France.
But in the unnamed Amer
lean city he gets going again.
However, when the sum of
more than a million dollars
necessary for the establish
ment of his clinic is within
sight he walks out on the
proceedings. He doesn't like
the idea of sacrificing princi-
pie for success In the new
field, and he becomes awed
by the sheer tmmensity of
his dream.
Claude Dauphin brings
quiet intensity to the part
of the eminent doctor, who
cracks up just before the
final curtain. Nancy Kelly,
in a distressingly irksome
performance, is unable to
overcome the monotony that
the author wrote into the
role of the doctors trnIlhled
wife.
I went along with Joseph
Kramm in the case of 1.-THE
Shrike" but such support is
withdrawn in seeing of
Giants, Sons of Giants"
Ernest Kinoy also fails
with his first play for Broad
way, Something About a
Soldier" based on the novel
by Mark Harris. Kinoy Of
fers the fable of a Jewish
boy with an intellectual
curiosity, an 18- year : old
prodigy who can cope with
the higher laws of physics,
but who hates bloodshed. He
loves just about everybody
and is unable to adjust him
self to the slaughter of hu-
man beings. There is a lot
of humanity in Something
About a Soldier" but it's too
ambling and too sketchy to
qualify as a satisfactory
play.