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Evening star., 1962-01-26
Model Hospital

lit is not surprising that the Gov
ernInent will include Alexandria's new,
electronic-era hospital in a study of
the desirability and effectiveness of
satellite" disqualification facilities for
urban areas. The idea, as exemplified
in the juSt-dedicated outlying branch
ofsthe old Alexandria Hospital, which
will remain in the downtown section
ofsthe city, is to apply in the hos
pital field the decentralization plan
now in vogue with department, drug
and other stores. The imposing $3.7-
million branch on Seminary road is
model institution in every respect,
worthy of study by hospital authorities
everywhere.
Vice President Johnson, partici-
pating with Health, Education and We'll
fare Secretary Ribicoff at dedication
ceremonies last Sunday, told of the
plan to study the satellite hospital"
proposal, with view to meeting hos
pital needs of rapidly growing urban
communities. It was in response to
the urgency of providing additional
facilities In the Alexandria area that
the Federal Government, through the
Hili-Burton Hospital Act, joined with
the community in $3.50 financing
partnership for the institution. The old
hospital, founded in 1872 as the "Alex-
andria Infirmary," and several times
enlarged, had outgrown its space in the
congeSted district-with no room there
for further expansion. The new hos
pital will add 100 beds to the old
hospitals 100 beds. -....
The new hospital is regarded as a
prototype of tomorrow's hospitals, in
that it has every modern convenience
for patients, doctors and nurses 1t is
air-conditioned throughout and each
room is equipped not only with con-
ventional televiSion but with closed
circuit TV facilities through which pa
tients when necessary may hear and
see doctors, nurses or visitors in other
parts of the building. And patients
may communicate directly with nurses
in emergencies. Furthermore, walkie-
talkie radio system enables doctors to
receive calls from the hospital staff at
all times and wherever they may hap
pen to be in the building There is
much more in the way of scientific
aids to better disqualification.
Under the agreement with the
Government, $1.1 million of total Of
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Political Trop

The Republicans have been rather
neatly BOBBY trapped by the President
in the clash over creation of Depart
ment for Urban Affairs.
Five Republicans and four Southern
Democrats joined forces to kill bill
which would have given Cabinet status
to such department. A few hours later,
at his news conference, the President
said ne was somewhat aStonished" at
the Republican leadership for opposing
the bill. Then, apparently in all inno-
cence, he said he had the impression
that the Republicans shared our con-
Germ" for more effective management
of problems affecting that two thirds
of our population who live in Cities
This jab was followed by hook
when reporter, again apparently in all
innocence, asked whether the President
intended to appoint Robert C. Weaver,
Negro, to- the new Cabinet post II 1t
shauld be established. Mr.. Kennedy, of
course, answered that he would appoint
MEs Weaver. Furthermore, he declared,
since the Rules Committee had killed
hesbill,, he will send to Congress a re-
organization plan creating the new de-
partment. This would become effective
within 60 days unless rejected by the
HoHse or the Senate on a roll call vote
&Thus, the Republicans find them
selves in a tight spot. If they combine
with Southern Democrats to defeat the
reorganization plan they will be accused
not only Of neglecting the welfare of
city dweHers, but also of frustrating Mr.
Keanedy's desire to give Cabinet status
tors Negro. And If they let the plan be-
come effective, the Democrats will be in
position to claim the credit both for
doing something for the city people
and also for Mr.. Weaver.
ss1n this fashion, the political trap
has been expertly set. Mr.. Kennedy, as
farsas Department of Urban Affairs is
concerned, is in a l1eads-I-win, tails
yoa-lose position. And the Democrats
arg hugely enjoying it. What remains
tosbe ascertained, however, is the ulti-
mate price of this partisan triumph
1t may prove expensive for the Presi-
dent in terms of Republican support for
other and more vital projects, such as
his tariff program
Evening star., 1962-01-26
EIection-Yeur Itch

One OF the fascinating and often
Salutary phenomena Of election years
is the sudden urge which swells in
the breasts of politicians to right
long-neglected wrongs. Thus Governor
TaweS, for example, has unveiled a far
more ambitious and worthy set of
be established for the 30-day session
of the Maryland General Assembly
which opens February 7.
Among the highlights of his per-
Sonal priority list, and gratifyingly so,
are State reapportionment, civil rights
"a Statewide banning of racial dis
elimination in places Of public accom-
modation), and the development of
some plan to adequately insure ac-
counts in savings and loan associations
No more pressing business than
reapportionment could come before the
Legislature. A donnybrook on this
issue, however, already is a certainty,
not only involving the pros and cons
of the basic question, but involving
those who will argue that the Gov
ernor is not going far enough in
supporting a measure that falls short
of allocating Legislature seats on a
strict basis of population. Their plea
Of course is for an ideal solution. But
is seems to us that the additional
representation for urban areas in the
measure Mr.. Tawes supports should
not be lightly brushed aside. In ad-
dition, he has Sweetened the pot
considerably with an interesting and
significant new feature-a provision
calling for the automatic revision of
seats in the House of Delegates on the
basis Of population changes.
Virtually all of the several points
which Governor Tawes outlines in his
legislative program are stepped in con-
troyersy, however, so much so that
any or all of them may fail of enact
ment. On the other hand, the Cover
nor is politically vulnerable on most
Of these subjects, and it is essential
to his prospects for reelection that
he make q strong drive in their behalf.
In such an atmosphere, the people
may at least hope to harvest some ben
eficial results.
Evening star., 1962-01-26
A BOOK FOR TODAY
ARewording Trek With a ZooIogist
By DONALD MINTZ

more than a jolly, rowing ad-
>venturer.
He finds an Indian skull
on the sand dunes of Pata-
gonia. II sat down with the
skull on my knee and, smoked
another cigarette while I
contemplated it. I wondered
what sort of a man this van
ished Indian had been. I
could imagine him, squatting
on the shore, carefully and
cleverly chipping mi n ute
flakes off a piece of stone to
make one of the lovely arrow
heads that now squeaked
and chuckled in my pocket.
I could imagine him, with his
fine brown face and dark
eyes, his hair hanging to his
shoulders, his rich brown.
guanaco-skin cloak pulled
tight about him as he sat
very straight on a wild, I'M
Shod horse. I gazed into the
empty eye sockets Of the skull
and wished fervently that I
could have met the man who
had produced anything as
beautiful as those arrow
heads"
THIS SYMPATHY informs
the meticulous descriptions of
animals and their behavior:
"The young bull had dug
himself the fur seal equiva-
lent of a honeymoon cottage
in the shingle near the base
of the cliff from which I was
filming. This cottage con-
sisted Of a large, deep hole
scraped out with his FORE
flippers, so that the top layer
of sun-heated shingle was
scraped off, and the cool
damp shingle, beneath was
exposed. He lay in this hole
with his wife in a very typical
attitude, his great head rest
ing on her back as she lay
asleep at right angles to him.
They had lain like this, al
most unmoving, for the whole
morning. Now. at midday
with the fierce sun directly
overhead. they began to get
restless"
Vivid as the word painting
is, words alone are not enough
to enable one actually to Wis
ualize the various creatures
in the cast. Ralph Thompson'S
illustrations are more than
mere decoration; they are es-
Sential. And they are mar
velous.
Books deliberately made
light are rarely more than
that. But the lightness of
"The whispering Land" ex-
presses a great joyfuliiess and
never obscures an equally
great and touching tender
ness. II i
Evening star., 1962-01-26

called clinical psychologist
a role which very often has
been fictionalized and glori-
fled out of proportion. How
ever, there are many other
types of psychologists - for
example, research psycholo-
giSts, experimental psycholo-
gistS and industrial psycholo-
gists-who may never see a
mentally disturbed person,
much less work with one.
Furthermore, it must also be
realized that a masters de-
gree or doctorate in psy-
chology Is an academic de-
gree and not a professional
degree such as an MD. The
basic academic training, even
of the clinical psychologist
consists mainly of courses in
areas of research, experiment
tation. and statistics, IN .addt-
ton to such general uriiyer-
sity requirements as foreign
languages. Unlike the psychi-
ARTIST who IS q medical doc
tor, the psych hologiSt receives
very little, if any, formal
training in the diagnosis and
treatment of mental condi-
tions. His main-if not only
opportunity for learning
this is in a medical setting
such as a State hospital un-
der the guidance and super
vision of q. qualified medical
doctor.
It Is absolutely necessary.
therefore, that the qualifica-
tionS of a psychologist be
judged and based on what
training and experience he
has had under medical super
vision, rather than on wheth-
er or not he possesses an
academic degree.
Sanford A. Berman,
Psychologist.
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Loyal Republican

AS a student and a men,
ber Of several Young Repub-
lican groups I resent the ac-
tions of a small band of
students" at Harvard in
purporting to speak for ere
sponsible" members Of the
party. I refer to Mary Nc
Grory's article of January
% in which she writes of
Advance" a left-wing mag
azine which in its recent is
sues has lashed out against
the Republican Leaders Hal
leck and Dirksen.
Advance" was launched
last year with a $500 check
from David Rockefeller, and
it's editor was the national
chairman of the Inflated
Students for Rockefeller in
1860. The magazine has been
supported by the far left in
and out of the Republican
Party. Further, advance"
has been disowned by a spe-
cial resolution of the Har-
ward Young Republican Club
which called on these dissi-
dents to stop their carping
against fellow Republicans.
The vast majority of
Young Republicans do not
agree with the ill-founded
charges against Congress-
man Halleck and Senator
Dirksen. They see in them,
as did President Eisenhower.
skillful leaders who are de-
serving of respect and sup
port. When the Advance"
crowd attempted at the YR
national convention last year
to take over the college YR
groups they failed as they
did in trying 2 to put over
their platform ideas. r-
If all those Harvard pro-
fessors are really in Wash
ington, I think 1t is high
time some Of them went back
to Cambridge to keep an eye
on the trouble they have
started. Robert E. Baumann.
Member, Board Of Directors.
Young Americans for Free
dom.
Evening star., 1962-01-26

The Sunday Star Of jan
uary 81 states that the D. C..
Transit System is offering to
throw its streetcars overheard
to provide homes for Mary
lands fish. This mockery
comes with poor grace from a
company that has made the
bulk of it's aggregate prof
its from streetcar operations;
whose records indicate that
it's bus operations were in
the red until 1860; whose bus
operations are publicly sub
sidized by tax and rate-base
incentives legally contingent
on conversion to buses; whose
key executives, despite their
expressed desire to keep the
Streetcars", never asked Con-
grss to let them do so; and
that has sold modern street.
cars for use in rapid-transit
revenue operations and dem
onstrations elsewhere.
In. November, 1860, Mar
shal Tito cut a ribbon to
launch rapid transit service,
by erstwhile Dots streetcars
operating on a private right
of-way, in Serajevo, Yugo-
slavia. These former Wash
ington cars replaced one-time
London double-decker buses.
On other Serajevo lines, ex-
Dots cars replaced older
streetcars.
In November, 1861, on a
research and development
electric railroad in Erie,
Penna., the General Electric
Co. unveiled "Tomorrow"-a
Pee streetcar purchased from
D. C. Transit after years of
service on the Mount Pleas
ant carline. General Elec-
trio has equipped this car as
an electronically automated
rapid transit car, and is dem
onstrating it for transporta-
tion executives. A speed-dis-
tance regulator analyses data,
makes decisions, and issues
instructions to the controls
for propulsion and braking.
G. E. contends that at least
SO United States cities could
support rapid transit using
Pee streetcars of the Wash
ington type.
Far from being a white ell
ephant, the modern streetcar
is a highly productive vehicle
when employed in a tech
nically appropriate and polit-
ically hospitable setting. The
DUPONT Circle subway need
not be a white elephant
either. 1t could be extended
to Union Station and Capt.
tol Hill, and be served by the
automated streetcars, operat-
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Riders Lament Passing of TroIIeys

with streetcarS and buses con-
Germs depreciation costs. A
streetcar will last approXi-
mately 40 years (take for ex-
ample CTC's 700 series cars
Mo. 766 is still used for rail
fan excursions and is still
in good running order) while
a bus will last approximately
20 (if lucky. If you, as a
transit rider, take a bus home
from work, do you usually get
some old, broken down hunk
of junk? (Here, take as an
example the old 5000 series
buses, or the 4200s.) # you
are a daily streetcar rider,
you might get a 1900 series
car-the best cars Washing
ton ever had.
On January 2 D. C. Transit
started loading the best cars
onto tractor trailerS and
hauled them away to their
Bladensburg junk yards. They
replaced them with'the 1100s,
1200S and high 1400s which
had originally been put in
dead storage after the Mount
Pleasant and Eleventh street
lines had been converted. An
other example Of what Mr..
Chalk could have done with
Washington's streetcars is
such: Has the average Wash
ingtonian ever taken a ride
on No. 1912, the Silver Sight
seer, the only air-conditioned
Streetcar in the world? Mr..
Chalk wanted to fix up all
our PEGS like 1912. Natu-
rally, the Commissioners
would not let him do it.
Progress?
Another factor they say is
in favor of the bus is mo-
bility. When a streetcar tieup
occurs, they naturally cannot
pass each other. Buses they
say are better. I have yet to
see one bus pass another and
keep it's distance. The opera
tors are afraid to get
out Of their tracks.
When 766 pulls into the
Navy Yard car house on
January %, it will bring an
era to an end. Many area
people will not be happy to
see the streetcars pass, pos
sibily some will. What will
happen to our fine cars?
Some for sale at 5000 each,
minus trucks. What a waste
of the transit riders money.
He paid high fares for the
Streetcars in the 1940s, now
in 1862, he may face a soc
fare for the kind Of transit
service he does not desire.
- John r. Hickman.
Evening star., 1962-01-26

BY Gerald Durrell, with
illustrations by Ralph
Thompson. 235 pages. (The
Viking Press; $3.50
Gerald Durrell is a zoolo-
gist, animal collector and the
proprietor of a private zoo on
the island Of Jersey in the
English Channel. He is also
a brother of Lawrence Dur
rell, which may explain why
he is as at home among
words as among his animals,
"The Whispering Land" is
the record Of a trip to Argen-
tina which included an expe-
dition to Patagonia in the
south to film life in penguin
and seal colonies, and a jour-
ney to the Jujuy area in the
tropical northwest to collect
assorted fauna for the Jersey
venture.
The descriptions of animals
and their behavior are pre-
else, gay, and sometimes riot
ously anthropomorphic. The
anecdotes about people are
just as gay, for Mr.. Durrell
seems to have enjoyed the
aid and friendship of the
finest collection of originals
in Argentina.
WHEN MIR. DURRELL
started back to Buenos Aires
from the northwest on an &C.
centric old railroad, some Of
these friends took it into their
heads to drive alongside the
train on a road paralleling
the tracks shouting insults
and abuse at us, shaking
their fists and accusing Luna
and myself of a rich variety
of crimes. The other passen-
gers were at first puzzled,
and then, when they realized
the joke, they joined in heart
lily, even suggesting a few
choice insults we could shout
back. At each of the nu-
. merous little stations we had
to stop at, the idiots in the
car would drive on ahead and
be there on the platform to
present me with a huge bou-
quet of whiting flowers, after
which I would make a long
and impassioned speech in
modern Greek out of the
train window. ="
The book, then, is a be-
guiling bit of fluff, a delight
full companion for a few hours
of a gray winters day. But
it is also more than that.
For underneath the light
heartedness there is a goodly
measure of subtlety and sem
sitivity making itself felt even
in the moments of widest
slapstick. Mr.. Durrell is much
Evening star., 1962-01-26

ing singly and in trains, OF
tomorrow. Abandoned surface
private rights-of-way could
be used again. If we wait
until the year 1000 before we
have comprehensive rapid
transit, the Nations Capital
will have long since been
transferred to another city.
Hilliard III. Goodman,
Executive Vice President,
Citizen Transit Improvement
Association.
= + + 4
The completion Of D. c.
Transit's conversion from
streetcar to bus marks a de
cline in transit service in the
Nations Capital. Upon the
final conversion on January
%, 1862, it will bring an end
of streetcar service which has
faithfully served the city for
80 years.
The big stew about the
conversion is that D. C.
Transit does not want to go
through another winter and
have troubles again. The rea-
sons for these troubles have
never really been let out of
the bag. Take for example the
winter of 1960-1961. Street.
cars lined up on Fourteenth
street NV. for days at a
time. Reason-no track work
had been done on the system
in over two years. With no
track work what could transit
riders expect?
When the streetcars were
under the ownership of the
Capital Transit Co., Difficult
ties in snoWstorms were rare.
Under D. C. Transit they
seem to be quite common. The
snow = sweepers were always
sent out in time, but with no
decent track work in two
years, what real accomplish
ments of them were expected?
When the Cabin John and
Branchville lines were con-
= verted, Washington lost
a good amount of private
right-of-way for future devel-
opment of rapid transit.
About 1858 the Citizens
Transit Improvement Asso-
citation distributed a leaflet
on the inter-county belt line
Naturally with the attitude
of the D. c. Commissioners
the idea was abandoned at
once. ;Streetcars do not have
a place in rapid transit, ac-
cording to them. I suggest
they take a close look at Bos-
tons MTA or Cleveland's
Shaker Heights Rapid Transit
Systems.
Another important fact
Evening star., 1962-01-26
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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Evening star., 1962-01-26
Bad Start for, the African PorIey
By CROSBY s. NO

it publicly at the moment
when Algerian independence
is apparently close at hand
was to doom the conference
to certain failure. II an in
vitation had been issued
quietly along with the 9TH
ers, none of the Z former
French territories would have
raised a serious protest. 1t
was only after the argument
came out in the open that
these states were forced to
take sides in the matter.
AS the crowning irony, the
.AlgerianS themselves an
nounced over two weeks ago
that even If invited they
would not attend the Lagos
meeting. At this critical stage
OF their negotiations with the
French, no top government
leader could be spared from
his post. Whatever the legal
or political arguments the
Nigerian government may
have had on its side, they
hardly would seem to justify
the wrecking of hopes for the
conference in order to prove
its point.
Likely Consequences
Since it has happened,
however, some consequences
are not hard to foresee. The
first of these are new diff
cultieS for Nigeria,s own
moderate leadership. Already
the government Of Sir Abu-
bakar Tafawa Balewa Is m-
der considerable pressure
from younger and more I'M
patient elements within the
country. Failure of the con-
ference is certain to increase
criticism of the regime that
has been considered by West
ern standards one of the
soundest in all Africa. There
is even some speculation that
the net result may be to move
Nigeria - along with others
in the Monrovia group
closer to the Casablanca line.
The second inevitable con-
sequence, in the opinion of
old African hands, is the up
surge of anti-French feeling
in Africa. AS long as the Al
gerian problem lasts, the
French are the obvious whip
ping boys in virtually any
inter-African dispute. In this
case the reaction is unjus-
titled, since the government
Of President de Gaulle un-
doubtedly would have pre-
ferred to see the argument
over Algerian attendance
quietly settled. But justified
or not. charges of French
pressure" on their, former
African colonies have been a
major theme of the argument
here. = .'+ ~ "a
- Far more important, how
ever, is the blow which the
failure of the Lagos confer
ence will strike at the ideal of
African unity, itself Far from
having produced any recon-
ciliation, the Lagos meeting
has. if any thing, increased
a feeling of bitterness be-.
tween the two camps and
hardened the theological split
that divides them. In Lagos
today, angry editorials de-
nounce the traitors" north
of the Sahara. And the, spirit
of brotherhood and co-opera-
ton which was supposed to
be born here seems further
away than ever. ~.
Evening star., 1962-01-26

$1.S5 million has been raised by priv
ate subscription to the hospital build
ing fund. That leaves 100000 yet to
be collected to fulfill Alexandria's OBJ
legation. With public realization of the
great value. of this new community
health asset, the fund should be fully
subscribed without difficulty. j