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Evening star., 1962-08-12
Irresistible Impulse

There is legal doctrine which
holds that man is not responsible for
what he says or does if he is subject
to an irresistible impulse, and we think
this must have some application to the
Supreme Courts Mr.. Justice Douglas.
We do not mean to imply that
Justice Douglas is in need of psychiatric
care. His first-rate mind is in good
working order. But we are at loss to
understand why, in the course of show
ing slides of his trip to Outer Mongolia
to group Of high school youngsters, he
felt compelled to make a speech on
what's wrong with our policy toward
Red China and how Presidents Truman
and Eisenhower messed things up when
they were in the White House. This
compulsive urge to sound off, which has
asserted itself on many prior occasions,
must have some connection with an ir-
reSistible impulse. It is failing which
is shared by most Of us, but a men,
ber of the Supreme Court is generally
thought to be bit apart from the
common herd. The justices generally
manage to refrain from volunteering
their views on any and every political
subject, and we think the Supreme
Court might be held in somewhat
higher public esteem if Justice Douglas
could do likewise.
Evening star., 1962-08-12
Unite, Men,!

AS the House debate demonstrated,
there are many ways to approach the
dangerously barbed issue of guarantee
ing women equal pay for performing
work equal to that of men. Safest Of
all, no doubt, is not to approach it at
all, but the towards way is not for our
House of Representatives The members
did dare to stand up and be counted,
although it is noteworthy that none
requested roll call on which they
would have been recorded individually.
For ourselves, we are content not
to sit in Judgment on the basic philos-
ophy involved. If women are not equal
to men in some things, they are more
than equal in others-a rough para
phrase of roundly applauded reminder
offered the House by Representative
Katherine st. George of New York.
Still, there is some reason to Won
der whether the women were really
wise to raise this issue at all. Where
would the women stand, for example, If
men (husband-type) launched cru
sade for equal work for equal pay? Could
the men then sleep late, Socialize in the
grocery store, lunch leisurely and play
bridge-while demanding. an equal al
lowance from friend wife? Statistics
keep saying that women are taking
over more and more of the wealth, at
least in America. Perhaps, in fact, they
should take over more and more OF the
work. How about it, men?
Evening star., 1962-08-12
Home, Sweet Home

Judging from decree just pub
lished in Pravda, which is the mouth
piece Of the Soviet Communist Party,
the Kremlin now has decided to outlaw
the construction of one-family homes
in the USSR. The decree applies pri-
marily to the country'S urban commu-
mites, but it also indicates that pre-
fabricated apartment houses are to be
built, wherever possible, in agricultural
areas.
The peasants are to be discouraged,
in other words, from living in their
own private little huts; instead, If the
hierarchy in Moscow has its way, they
will eventually be herded and jammed
tight into "high-riSe" rabbit warrens on
the outskirts of collectivized farms.
Thus they will live more or less in the
same manner as factory workers in the
cities, which is to say that they live
under Strikingly backward housing con-
ditions in a land whose party-line
propagandiStS never cease to sing the
praises of the Soviet Unions progress
iveneSs" in every field of endeavor under
the sun, including the development Of
missiles and vehicles for human travel
in space.
There is something rather appall-
ing and almost unbelievable about all
this. One might expect to come across
the idea in work Of fiction (not really
too fictionaD like George Orwell's chill
ing 1884" But here we have it en-
bodied, quite clearly and specifically, in
an official Soviet ukase: The people
who live in the cities of the USSR, to-
gether with as many Russian farmers as
possible, are not to be allowed to have
their own individual homes, no matter
how small, humble, inexpensive or
ramshackle those homes might be. In
stead, henceforth, the only approved
type Of dwelling will be an excruciat-
ingly small bit of per-family living space
in poorly built, monstrously designed
and terribly mismanaged apartment
houses, which are put to shame by those
of the West.
What needs to be kept in mind in
connection with all this is that Soviet
built apartment houses whether they
stand in Moscow or places like East
Berlin-are incredibly bad, looked at
from any angle. Indeed, Pravda itself
has inveighed against them as things
that have been so poorly constructed,
so atrociouSly miSmanaged, so abused
by the tenants, that 18 million cubic
meters of living space have been lost
to the USSR in the past three years.
Politically, economically and So
cially this is something that speaks for
itself. Beyond that, architecturally and
in terms of metropolitan grace, char
acter and beauty, it is difficult to think
of anything that could be more wanda
listic than the Kremlin'S decree against
privately owned one-family homes. 1t
carries Communist theology to an ex-
treme that burleSqueS itself.
Evening star., 1962-08-12
100 Years Ago

Lie quar- eQlCOr, w. u.
Wallach, took advantage of
what appeared to be a lull in
the Civil War at this time a
century ago and made his
first trip in II months to see
how things were going on his
farm in Culpeper County,
Va. Instead Of an anticipated
peaceful visit to the old
homestead, he ran smack
into a full-scale battle. He
was obliged to hustle back
to Washington to write a
lengthy account of what took
place when a strong Con-
federate force led by Gen
erals "Stonewall" Jackson, A.
P. Hill and r. S. Ewell,
clashed with an equally for
midable Federal army di-
rected by Generals N. P.
Banks. John Pope and Irwin
Mcdowell. The battle was
fought on August 9, 1862. at
Cedar Mountain (also known
as Slaughter's Noun tain),
about seven miles southwest
Of Culpeper Courthouse,
near what is now U. S. High
way Is. The Confederacy was
in process Of taking the Of
fensive in Virginia when the
battle occurred. Gen. McClel-
Ian had been ordered to with
draw his army from the
James River and move back
in the direction of Washing
ton. Gen. Lee hoped to get a
crack at Pope's army before
it could be Joined by McClel-
Ian. Lee was proceeding to
Gordonsville with 10000 men
when jackson, with $4,000
troops, attacked at Cedar
Mountain, and came off the
victor. although Union and
Confederate losses did not
vary greatly. The Union dead
was tabulated at 314, with
LAS wounded and another
$40 missing. The Confed-
crates had 229 killed and
Loaf wounded. This papers
report on Monday, August II,
1862 delayed because there
was no Sunday edition. de-
scribed a great artillery duel,
with Jackson's artillerists
placing their field guns
strategically to catch the
enemy in a devastating
crossfire. The Federals fl
nally broke this up with
desperate cavalry charges
and used their own field guns
to play havoc with Confed-
crate infantry. There was
something Of a dress parade
atmosphere as fresh Union
troops, stepping along smart
ly to the music Of bands, did
Evening star., 1962-08-12
It's Academic

For the time being, at least, the
Russian reaction to our latest nuclear
test ban proposals should muffle the
political debate over this matter which
had been building up in the United
States For the Soviet representative
at Geneva prepared his speech rejecting
the proposals without even waiting for
their formal presentation. In such
climate, it is useless to talk about test
bans. The issue becomes strictly aca-
demic.
1t remains possible, however, that
this may not be the last Soviet word on
the question. The time still may come
when the Kremlin will want to talk
seriously about a test ban, and in such
event the hazards of partisan debate
in the United States will come alive
again.
Our latest proposals, which have
been so Summarily rejected, called for
fewer control posts to detect illegal nu-
clear explosions and a reduction in the
number of on-Site inspections Of suspi-
ciouS events in the Soviet Union. This
brought forth separate but similar
attacks on the Kennedy administration
by Senator Dirksen and Governor Rock
efeller-an unusual combination, to say
the least.
Their criticisms moved along two
lines. One was that the Presidents new
proposals, if adopted, would endanger
the security of the United States. We
douht that this Is true and we accent
the assurances which have been given
by the administration that the new
proposals are based on "cold, hard,
scientific facts" and entail mo lessen
ing of security" In our judgment, how
ever, there is substantial validity to the
second line of criticism. 1t is, in sub
stance, that the Kennedy administra-
tion, by offering concession after
concession, is weakening it's bargaining
position and encouraging the Russians
to hold out for the whole loaf of their
own demands.
The evidence, we think, amply sup
ports this contention, and the time has
come to call halt. We do not think
the Kremlin has any intention at this
time of agreeing to a test ban which
includes adequate inspection, and with
out this it is unthinkable that the
United States would accept test-ban
agreement What the future may bring
we do not pretend to know. But surely
the time has come to stop inviting the
sort of rebuff which this country re-
ceived on Thursday from Mr.. Zorin.
Evening star., 1962-08-12
Security No Joke

The Sunday Stars 'front.'
page mockery by David
Braaten Of the Defense De-
partment's mailer" on Sc
curity which accompanied
many pay envelopes recently
strikes me as detrimental to
one basic facet of the coun-
try's defense interests.
Security of classified mat
ter Is certainly necessary.
The human foible of wanting
to bask in notoriety arising
from disclosure Of something
interesting or importan n t
tends to thwart security. So
does carelesSness. And, thou
sands of people are reSpon-
sible for protection Of CLASH
fled information.
Is not continual, grass
roots" security education
necessary? Could not the
Defense Department be COM
mended for reminding people
Of their responsibilities in a
far reaching noteworthy.
and relatively inexpensive
manner, or at least be ig-
nored, rather than being
made fun Of?
ID, J. Nagel,
Evening star., 1962-08-12
Convention Coveruqe

A number of news releases
have appeared in The Star
concerning the World Con-
ference Of Seventh-Day Ad-
ventists, held recently IN San
Francisco. In several Of these
stories the impression was
given that the conference
was marked by race agita-
ton. AS a matter of fact, the
meeting was one Of the most
successful in the history Of
the church. The delegates
without exception rendered
unusual reports Of progress
and expressed their united
determination to accomplish
even larger exploits for God
during the next quadren-
mum. Not once was there as
much as a hint Of conflict or
controversy on the floor OF
the session.
I feel constrained to make
this statement lest the pub
lie receive a distorted picture
of the conference. I was in
San Francisco covering the
meeting at the very time that
the newspapers were giving
headlines to problems in
volving the race question;
but had it not been for the
accounts that I read in the
papers, I would have been
unaware of the agitation.
This was the experience Of
almost all of the nearly 30.-
600 Adventists who attended
all, or part, Of the To-day
meeting. Most of us could
hardly believe that we were
attending the same confer
ence that was being reported
in the newspapers. Hun
dreds of residents Of the
Washington, D. c., area who
were in San Francisco as
delegates will testify to the
accuracy of this statement.
Whatever conflict there
might have been evidently
was fought in newspaper
headlines rather than in the
conference.
Kenneth II. Wood, Jr.,
Associate Editor,
Review and Herald.
Evening star., 1962-08-12
Grand Old Lady

Today is the second birthday of
one of the most striking Of our man
made heavenly bodies-Echo, the pas
sive communications satellite that has
become an enhancing star watched
daily by great numbers Of people around
the globe.
One hundred feet in diameter, and
roughly equivalent in height to 10
story building, this great celestial bal
loon is made of almost goSsamer stuff.
The stuff is aluminium coated mylar,
a plastic that is less than half as thick
as the cellophane around pack of Gig
arettes. Yet, as pointed out in a special
anniversary statement by the Goddard
Space Flight Center, Echo, though bat
tered bit, still is sturdily flying around
the earth in an orbit of 1,175 miles
apogee and 704 miles perigee.
Indeed, in the Centers almost Tyr
ical words, this grand old lady of
space" could still be used for some types
of scientific studies. However, she is
not quite as reliable as she was in
her younger days when she took part
in about $50 important experiments.
After all, as the Center has put it,
"Why should she be? She's been buf
feted about by micrometeorites, ener-
getic particles and solar winds. AS
OF $50 am. (EDT) this morning-two
years to the minute of her launch from
Cape Canaveral-she's orbited the earth
5000 times and Travelled distance of
277,257, ,677.67 miles. Is it any Won
der that she's little misshapen and
wrinkled?"
The Center's statement, issued in
behalf of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, makes another
good point-namely, that "the grand
old lady" has done much more than
contribute significantly to spatial ex-
perimentation She has become some
thing else besides. Literally millions of
people all over the world have watched
her arc through the dusk or pre-dawn
sky like fast-moving bright star. She
is the visible symbol of Americas space
science effort, the satellite you can see
Evening star., 1962-08-12

fringe benefits nor the 1875
per cent increase in tax-free
quarters allowance recently
passed by Congress.
The public is misled be-
cause it is almost impossible
to get a military man to
talk about his real income as
distinguished from his base
pay. Take only one example.
What would a civilian have
to pay for a medical insur-
ance plan covering the whole
family without any time or
dollar limit-if he could get
1t at all?
Every occupation has its
penalties and Illustrations.
But the penalties and fruS-
trations of a military career
do not lie in the realm Of
economic hardship. Mr.. Nc
Namara deserves no censure
for being aware Of this fact.
Reserve Officer.
Evening star., 1962-08-12

ing with pity at the throngs
with no passion Of dedica-
ton in their faces, feeding
the machines as ifeleSs as
their aspirations in Las We
gas, I thought of the lines Of
Studdert Kennedy. who gave
himself to others, at whose
grave Surmounted by q great
white cross, I tarried long on
a visit to England. Hear him,
though dead. speaking
Some men die By ShrdpHel,
Some come dotDn In flames,
But many perish inch BY inch
Who play at little games.
The only remedy for gam
bling on low and useless
levels is to lift that impulse
of risk to high levels Of vision
and achievement. One who
for many years Of glorious
service has watched his fell
lows said-"The root sin Of
gambling is that ynen should
take their God-given instinct
of adventure out Of which
great enterprises should come
and waste it on petty issues.
demoralize themselves and
society by the perversion Of
a power meant to mold the
world and lift little men to
greatness" One Of the trag-
edies of present-day America,
in the time Of its greatest
peril, Is that so many mil
lions are putting a legitimate
instinct into the hands of
the devil, rather than where
it belongs-in the hands of
God! Unless they had gam
bled for high stakes those we
call with honor our founding
fathers might have been igno-
miniously hanged as traitors
to the crown. There are oIni-
nous trends today, In the
Government they set going
with their risky sacrifice,
which suggest that q revolu-
ton Is degenerating into q
refuge, and instead Of being
an arsenal Of freedom there
are those who think Of 1t as
an asylum Of safety first"
Characters. creeds, and ca
reers are determined largely
by the things on which men
are willing to bet their
lives"
AS profound and reverent
q thing as we have In litera-
ture regarding gambling was
said by that same war chap
plain, Kennedy, we have al
ready quoted. He looked at
those low minded gamblers
throwing their dice to see
who would win the seamless
robe of that Strange Man
upon the cross, and then gaz-
ing at mans best Man hang
ing there on two crossed
beams Of wood he exclaimed
He Dds a gambler. too. my
Christ,
He took his life and thTetD It
for q tDorld redeemed:
And ERE that DesterinO sun
tDett dotDn
Cropning the day Nth
crimson croDn
He kneD that he had iDon.
Evening star., 1962-08-12

a face right" and gave
three cheers and a tiger"
as they passed Gen. Pope and
pushed forward with eager
ness for the fray" Gen,
Banks came in for high
praise for the manner in
which he and his men con-
Quoted themselves. mot a
man of his corps showed the
white feather, nor did a man
even straggle to the rear to a
distance of more than half a
mile, where stood a provost
guard, bayonetS in hand, to
check any disposed to sulk
off the field. Seven hun
dred and fifty of our
wounded reached Culpeper
Courthouse by a m b u lance.
Every church and other suit
able building in the village.
including private houses, was
filled with them. The citi-
zens, male and female (those
of secession proclivities even
throwing them aside for the
time being) were very gen.
orally vying with each other
in rendering them every &C
commodation and assistance
in their power, notwithstand-
ing the fact that they had
been for the previous two
weeks most sadly abused by
struggling and uncomfortable
Union soldiers and camp fol-
lowers. :" Wounded Union
and Confederate troops lay
side by side in some of Cul-
peper's improvised hospitals.
One soldier in blue called to
the man in gray next to him:
Johnny, where were you
shot?" Lost my leg" re-
piled the Southerner. 'Ah,"
said the Union trooper,
you're in a devil of a fix for
dancing. I've only lost my
arm" I'm sorry for you,
Yank. You'll never be able
to put your arms around
your swe heart again.
There was a pause. and the
Southerner asked: What are
you doing down here any
way-fighting us?" For the
old flag" well, take your
darned old flag and go home.
We don't want It,"
Evening star., 1962-08-12
Military Income

Some articles carried in The
Star recently give the i'm
preston that Defense Secre-
tary Robert McNamara's
concern for the American
taxpayer is unjust to service
men. The Secretary doubt
less knows what the report
ers did not dig deep enough
to find out-that from the
noncommissioned ranks right
on up, military people take
home more pay than civil
servants of comparable rank.
The Secretary, for example,
takes home only $17,174 an
nually compared to $20,823
for a four-star general. These
figures from the Air Force
Times Of December 9, 1861,
do not include the generals
Evening star., 1962-08-12
The Plays the Thing

Every spring hundreds Of
thousands Of high school stu
dents visit our National Cap
ital. and the number Of
honky-tonks. strip-te a s e
joints and booze emporiums
have multiplied like rabbits
in the downtown area where
they are domiciled.
1t is hoped that the Rock
efeller or other philanthropic
foundation will endow a
group Of Elizabethan players
in order that the immortal
plays Of Shakespeare and his
contemporaries can be pre-
Sented at low cost to high
school students when they
visit Washington.
A replica Of the Globe
Theater should be constructed
with the aid Of modern
architectural ideas to pro-
vide for using a canvas cover
in the event Of rain to roll
over and shelter the audi
ence. Your humble scribe
attended about a dozen
Shakespearean performances
at Antioch College, where
outdoor performances were
given, rain or shine.
In view of the fact that
the 400th anniversary of
the birth Of the gentle
Bard Of Avon will be cele-
brated during 1864, the
local Shakespearean Festival
group should make prepara-
tions to present "a Midsum-
mer Nights Dream" with
the fairy scenes performed
by the Washington School
Of Ballet with the adorable
music Of Mendelssohn.
A. Ueland.
Evening star., 1962-08-12
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Betting Your Life
By DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

Betting is not q sign Of
moral delinquency. There is
nothing the matter with
gambling if your bets are
high enough. To take
chances is a fundamental
instinct Of humanity. As a
very wise friend has put it
you can never destroy the
gambling instinct in man
without destroying the soul
of man, for the element OF
risk is a part of the original
greatness Of our being"
God has set man down in
q world of uncertainty with
the future hid. He must take
risks to live. AS the Bible
puts it he must live by faith.
and faith is never certainty.
Man plows his fields and
plants the seeds by faith; he
chooses his life mate by
faith; he enters his chosen
profession or vocation by
faith. If he has savings he
invests the money he has
earned by faith.
In the famous faith chap
ter in the Epistle to the
Hebrews it says of that i'm
mortal group that they did
what they did by faith. 1t
is plain that what is being
put down as the one thing
characterizing each individ-
ual in that long list, includ-
ing Abraham and Moses. is
they were gamblers. They
were doing what Donald
Hankey was expressing so
vividly in a phrase which
was coined in the first World
War - religion is betting
your life there is a Godl"
One may sing about the
blessed assurance of the faith
as q great congregation lifts
the inspiring hymn, Faith of
Our Fathers" but every wor-
shipper who stands to con-
fess the faith in the affir-
nation of the historic creed,
"I believe in God the Father
Almighty" is a gambler, bet
ting his very life on God.
Such a one is saying in a
world in which are both vi
pers and violets, and where
it is not easy to really be-
lieve in God, Though the
wrong is oft so strong, God
is the Ruler yet"
Every one who really be-
longs in the extended edi-
ton of that faith chapter
joins hands across the long
centuries with Job who, in
spite Of his vanished treas
ure and his stricken body,
cries out from his bed of
ashes Though He slay me,
yet will / trust Him"
Now one of the chief OBJ
jectives Of genuine religion
is to see to it that this
mighty passion Of faith is
harnessed to the right things
is tied to worthy causes.
Like all other good impulses
gambling can be q perverted
virtue. That is why 1t Is
necessary to have legal re-
straints regulating all sorts
Of gambling games and de-
vices to protect foolish peo-
pie against themselves. The
cost of the slot or dice throw
ing machines runs up into
the billions. The money put
down on this type Of gam
bling counters is more than
the total national outlay for
education, medical care. and
churches put together.
Those who endeavor to
hitch the wild horses of self
ish gambling to the chariot
Of good causes are acting on
the Soviet theory that the
ends justify the means. Gaz-
Evening star., 1962-08-12

for yourself and marve1 every time you
see her."
All hands who have had a part
in Echo's great success deserve to be
congratulated again as she begins her
third year of orbital flight in the high