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Evening star., 1962-05-17
G. O. p. Day, Too

The bitter combat among the Demo-
Gratis so thoroughly monopolized the
Maryland primary that one tends to
forget that Tuesday was big day for
the Republicans, too. In actual fact, Of
course, the meaningful fight still lies
ahead.
Nevertheless, with such isolated
exceptions as the hard-fought struggle
for the senatorial nomination between
67-year -old Edward T. Miller of Easton
and James P. Gleason of Montgomery
County, the Republican primary was
remarkable for its serenity. There never
was doubt that Frank Small, jr., would
run away with the gubernatorial nom
nation. In the same situation, incum-
bent Representative Matthias cam
paigned extensively through the sixth
congressional district with an eye more
to November than to May Is. In the
fall he will be matched once again
Evening star., 1962-05-17
New Buildings for Old

One of the more attractive aspects
of the 10-year, $420-million Federal
building program just approved by the
Is its impact on the unsightly tempos
now scattered around the city in parks
and other reservations. 1t is a basic
part of the new proposal Of the Public
Building Service that the tempos must
go-all of them, some dating back to
World War l.
In addition to the 10 Government
office structures already being built or
authorized, the plan calls for a dozen
new buildings to be erected by 1872
Officials say that these new offices
would permit the abandonment Of II
million square feet Of space in out
moded and temporary buildings. The
NCPC said that this would mean the
final removal from the landscape Of all
remaining tempos.
The whole program is conditional,
Of course, in that Congress must approve
it and then must provide the appropria-
tions, year by year, to carry it into effect
An annual appropriation Of $50 million
would be asked in each of the next
seven years Whether the Government
will be willing to spend such sums on
Federal construction here in the years
Immediately ahead is for future deter
mination.
The building program is a target
worth shooting at, however. We hope
Congress will give 1t careful consider
alton, now and In the future.
Evening star., 1962-05-17
Mukino Ends Meet

It is reported that a high
ly paid Government en-,
ploye can not get along on
his $4,000 per year salary
(poor fellow and had to ac-
cept outside assistance.
What about many of us
retired civil employees who
receive Government pensions
Of 500 per month more or
less? How do we get along?
Could we get a $1,000 assist
from anyone under any con-
dition?
The President has ex-
pressed concern about SAL
aries paid to already highly
paid help but he has not mem
toned the low-bracket re-
tired civil service employees,
so far as I know. OF course
we do not count.
F. r, Gale,
Evening star., 1962-05-17
This House Is Your House.

Last year a group of United States
Senators and Representatives went to
Mexico to attend the first meeting of
the Mexico-U United States Interparlia-
mentary Group, an organization dedi-
ing and closer teamwork with respect
to problems of mutual concern to both
countries. Progress toward these COM
mendable objectives was reported by
those who took pant In the sessions.
Now delegation of Senators and Dep
utieS from the Congress Of the Republic
of Mexico has come to Washington for
another meeting of the joint group.
And, appropriately, Senator Mike Mans
has welcomed the visitors by repeating
phrase which greeted our own legis-
lators in Mexico: "Esta casa es su casa"
This house is your house"
Senator Mansfield, in paying his
respects to the Mexican legislators in
speech on the floor, stressed the value
of such discussions among neighbors.
I'VE were able," he said, Ito meet as
reasonable legislators and to face hon.
estly, cordially and understandingly our
differences. . . The differences fall
into a more accurate perspective in
face-to- face, frank conversation among
friends. We see them as minor cross
currents in great sea Of unified COM
mon interest" When legislative leaders
of the two nations can sit around table
and engage in such good-neighborly
parleys, there is no need for concern
about our ability to settle differences
and Misunderstanding without threats
or force.
Evening star., 1962-05-17

than referring to a needle in
a haystack. Our own 'look
for a needle in a haystack"
calls to mind a thing directly
opposite to that intended by
the Russian reference to the
cobbler's awl.
Needless to point out the
harm caused by Khrush-
chev's I'VE shall bury you,"
meaning merely I'VE shall
outlast YOU"
Interpreters are mot the
only ones to be blamed. The
problem Of an adequate
translation is very difficult
especially because so very few
people know how to speak
through the translator. This
Is an art in itself. Most peo-
pie use much too long and
very poorly organized SEN
tences without intervals for
the translator to do his job.
Every one who has heard or
read the transcripts of an
swers of our past or present
Presidents at their press con-
ferences would understand
the puzzles to he handled by
the tranSlators. A transla-
tor is supposed to render into
another language whatever is
said by the speaker without
any omissions, additions, or
his own interpretations Of
what he hears. He may ask
the speaker to repeat a
phrase but is not supposed to
ask for explanation of any
thing he is unable to make
sense Of. theoretically, a
translator is not q party to q
conversation even though on
photographs he is usually
facing the camera right in
the center Of a picture be-
tween the profiles of the two
heart-to-hearterS. I was told
during one Of my own mis-
sions that Mr.. Gromyko no
ticed a trace of a smile on the
face of his translator render
ing some of his quips and that
it was just too bad for the
latter-it was his last day on
the job!
The tide is in. Are we pre-
pared to handle It intelli-
gently? C. c. Nikiforoff.
Evening star., 1962-05-17
ConqrotuIotes Police

Your news story on the
miniscule rise in the rate Of
crime g per cent? in the past
year in Washington calls for
hearty congratulations to
Chief Murray and the Met
ropolitan Police Department.
That the complex city which
is ours. undergoing as 1t is
the horrible pangs Of reloca-
ton and social ferment, can
compare favoraAy with most
large American cities-and
almost all to the south Of us
- Is indeed reaSsuring.
Rather than harassing our
loyal and efficient police, as
have some of our more ire
sponsible citizens, let US set
about alleviating those social
sore spots which still erupt in
violent crime.
Let US begin the task by
bringing into the mainstream
Of our social and economic
life those Of our citizens not
Caucasians. among whom
there issStill a disproportion-
ately high rate Of violent
crime. Now without hope for
a decent job or home in an
improving neighbonhood. how
can we expect this segment Of
our population to fully sup
port an alien form Of law and
order? Let US not be compla-
cent that things are not
worse. Let us, rather, make
sure that things will be bet
ter.
Gordon Graham,
Evening star., 1962-05-17
America First!

This caption may seem a bit on the
chauvinistic side, but it has It's place
In today's world. And we are glad to
read that President Kennedy intends to
keep the interests of the United States
as the top item on his priority list, even
though some of our allies may be un-
happy about it.
General de Gaulle has made a state
ment which can be interpreted in vari-
Gus ways. At the minimum, however, he
Is charting a course for France which
puts primary emphasis on his ambitions
for France, not on what may be best
for the United States. And this GER
tainly is his right. The word from Bonn
Is that the West Germans, Chancellor
Adenauer presumably included, will toll
crate nothing which smacks Of recog-
nitlon of a fact of life-the fact that
East Germany exists. The British, as
we read the dispatches, think we are
not doing enough to propitiate the man
who presides over the Kremlin. And
so 1t goes.
In this situation Mr.. Kennedys
quiet declaration of independence, If
it may be called that, should be well
coined by all American hands. The
President, of course, is not suggesting
that we scrap the Western alliance and
let every Western nation find its own
salvation. But he is saying, and we
think he is entirely right, that the
United States is not going to sell itself
short because this ally or that ally may
not like one policy or another that this
country wants to test out.
The trouble with alliances is that it
Is difficult, perhaps impossible, to hold
the allies together. Mr.. Kennedy wants
to try. But when the chips go down his
primary obligation runs to the people
Of the United States. And II the cur
rent news reports mean that this is what
he intends to keep uppermost in mind,
we have no doubt that he Is both right
and will have the overwhelming support
of the people of this country.
Evening star., 1962-05-17
u. S. Policies

II one is to be considered
a Communist because he sup
ports governmental policies
that are advocated by Com
munists. as some contend
should be the case, then 1t
would appear as though there
are a lot Of Communists in
this country-yeS, even in
high governmental positions.
There follow Q few Of the
governmental policies advo-
Gated by Communist candi-
dates for office In the United
States in 1910:
IF private industry won't
give jobs it must be the duty
Of government to provide
jobs to every American on
useful projects, at union pay
rates. :"
Legislation must be passed
which will take care Of the
needs of our people at all
times. Old age pensions, un-
employment compensation.
WPA, wages and hours law
and other social measures
must be passed. -"
Divert the billions that
are being spent on war prep
arations to housing, health,
hospitals and unemployment
relief. :"
Guarantee the right. Of
citizenship to the Southern
people who are being dis
franchised by the poll tax.
The poll tax must be abol-
ishedI Defend the true demo-
cratic principles as enunci-
ated by Thomas Jefferson. :"
J. J. Sperry.
IlAAA.AAAt~ W.
Evening star., 1962-05-17
Sets Record Stroioht

This Is to set the record
straight on the professional
activities of the physicians
who called on President Ken
nedy on March 81 to support
his social security health in
surance plan for older people.
You reprinted an article on
your May 1 editorial page by
DR.. j. Spencer Dryden, presi-
dent Of the Medical Society Of
the District of Columbia,
which said that Of the doctors
identified by name, none
were engaged in the private
practice of medicine. and he
assumed that the same was
true Of the other members of
the group.
DR.. Dryden's assumption is
wrong. AS listed in the di-
rectory of the American
Medical Association, of the %
physicians who called at the
White House, is are actively
engaged in full-time medical
practices in full-time pri-
vate specially practice and 8
on the full-time staff of hos
pitfalls. Six are full-time
members of medical school
faculties, one Is engaged in
administrative medicine, and
five are listed as being in
non-Federal public health and
full-time preventive medicine.
In addition to the % physi-
clans who were able to come
to Washington were IL others
who signed the statement
supporting the Presidents
health care program but who
were unable to come that day.
In the total group there are
two Nobel laureates, two who
have received Albert Lasker
awards. one recipient of the
Theobald Smith award from
the American Association for
the Advancement of Science,
one winner Of the American
Academy Of Occupational
Medicine award and one who
received the Eleanor Roose-
welt Achievement award and
the Elizabeth Blackwell cita-
ton.
DR.. Dryden also stated that
the ANA speaks for the over
whelming majority Of physi-
clans on this issue. Since no
polls have been taken among
doctors, this Is also only an
assumption. And the response
we have been receiving in
dicates that there Is a great
deal Of support among doc
Evening star., 1962-05-17
Language Barrier Called Factor in Cold War

Your May 8 editorial "Titov
and the Tide" hits the nail
on the head Of an urgent
problem faced by the people
entangled in the cold war.
Referring to the hope for an
improvement In Soviet
American relations, you men,
ton that in addition to the
things which command the
scene there are other things
In this picture, SIN aller
things. but not necessarily
less meaningful" and point
out one of these smaller
things-the people-to-people
contacts. Whether it is con-
ceivable that the future Of
Soviet = American relations
will be found In the area Of
cumulative small improve
ments" as people get to know
better other people, it is GER
tainly worthwhile to put the
basically sound idea to trial.
You begin with the state
ment that "A Judgment as to
the state Of the world de-
pends to no small extent not
only on what one looks at,
but also on what one Sees"
Quite right. indeed, but it
seems to me that here a very
small but nonetheleSs i'm
portant technical detail Is
missing. AS regards the peo-
ple-to-people contacts, 1t is
not so important to see or
hear what the other fellow
shows or says as to under
stand correctly what he has
in his mind. Surely. words
cannot be dismissed too
lightly but their real value
depends on a mutual under
standing of the underlying
ideas for expression of which
they are uttered and in this
area a great deal is left to
be desired.
We and Russians are living
in two different worlds even
though confined to the same
and not particularly large
planet. We might entertain
basically different ideas but
refer to them under the same
terms. For example. we both
like very much to speak of
freedom and the lack Of it
Evening star., 1962-05-17

on the other side Of the
fence, not 'realizing that we
are speaking Of different
things. Rightly or wrongly,
we in America come danger
ously close to nearly equating
freedom with free private
enterprise. whereas Russians
are fond Of their concept of
freedom based on principles
of a universal teamwork.
This, however, is not the
point in this particular issue.
The point to be stressed in
connection with the idea of
the people-to-people contacts
Is not nearly so glaring as
that Of the clashes in funda-
mental concepts. What I
have in mind is that we and
the Russians speak different
languages. and, as a rule, are
obliged to employ interpreters
for our heart-to-heart con-
tacts-a procedure pregnant
with the danger that many.
fine points of what we say or
what is being said to us will
be lost in the process. In
other words. our people-to-
people contacts are handi-
capped by Intermediates. 1t
might be q very small thing
In itself. but, usually. it tends
to dim the colors and dull
the effects Of the heart-to-
heart conversation.
A few examples may illus
trate the point. It was re-
ported that. answering Col.
Glenn's request for some in
formation on any failures
Russia may have had in her
space experiments, Major
Titov said with some heat
that Russia had never lost a
cosmonaut. Should such be
the case then 1t would have
been futile to attempt to
conceal it, because lone cam
not hide even q needle in Q
haystack". Now, Russians
are prone to their folk prov
erbs no less than we are to
idioms. It is a fairly safe bet
that Major Titov used one Of
the most popular parallels
"shila v meshke ne utaish",
meaning you cannot hide an
awl In q burlap bag" rather
Evening star., 1962-05-17
THE POLITICAL MILL
Three Pimories Give G. or Hope
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Gubernatorial candidates
we're nominated Tuesday ip
three States-Maryland, Ne
braska and Pennsylvania -
in which Republicans are
seeking to GUST Democrats.
While votes in primary elec-
tions are sometimes utterly
deceiving. the results in
Pennsylvania and Nebras-
ka have encouraged G. o. P.
leaders to believe they have
excellent chances for victory
in those States next Novem-
Der. The Maryland primary
vote, If it holds any sugges-
ton Of victory for the Re-
publicans, does so merely be-
cause Of the big split among
the Democrats. Incumbent
Gov. Tawes, winner of the
Democratic gubernatorial
nomination, received only 43
or A per cent Of the total
vote cast, while his two op-
ponents, George P. Mahoney
and David Hume, polled to-
gether some $1,000 more votes
than he did. Maryland is
overwhelmingly Democratic
in registration Of voters, and
the total vote cast in the
G. o. P. primary makes the
Democratic Party in the
State appear q Goliath as
compared to a 10-year-old
boy. However, strange things
have happened in the past
for example, Maryland has
two Republican United States
Senators today and q Repub-
lican served as Governor for
eight Of the last IL years.
G. o. p. Hopes
The G. o. P. in Maryland
is centering its hopes on two
former Republican members
Of the House-Frank Small
for Governor and Edward T.
Miller for Senator. both in
dorsed by the Executive Com
mittee of the Republican
State Committee. Mr.. Small
won easily over his opposi-
ton, but Mr.. Miller was hard
pressed by q young newcomer
to Maryland politics, James
P. Gleason of Silver Spring,
who campaiEned on the
theme the G. o. p. needs
young blood. Whether the
bitter fight in the Democratic
Party and its resultant
wounds can be sufficiently
patched up, and whether the
savings and loan COM
panies scandals can be suf-
ficiently CLOSED over will tell
the story in the general elec-
ton.
Most observers are taking
the view that Gov. Tawes and
the Democratic candidate for
Senator. Representative DAN
iel B. Brewster. are sure to
win in November. Republi-
can leaders are saying. how
ever, that the campaign has
not yet begun. that Repub-
lican fire has not yet been
unleashed, and that the con-
test in the Democratic Party
itself has provided them with
more and heavier ammuni-
ton. They could be right.
Many q Republican heart
beats under q Democratic
registration in Maryland.
1t is in Pennsylvania and
Nebraska that Republican
hopes are really high. VIII
liam w. Scranton, a one
term Congressman, is the
g. o. P.'s nominee for Gov
ernor against the forme r
Evening star., 1962-05-17
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Animals Have Mony Human Traits
By THOMAS R. HENRY

Indications have been found
that first signs Of delinquency
appear at quite early ages.
indicating something funda-.
mental in the makeup Of the
individuals impelling them In
this direction.
Human beings" says the
report, "are by no means as
sembly line products. Some
youngsters are apt pupils
when it comes to learning the
arts Of delinquency and
crime. Others have stronger
leaning toward conformity
and good citizenship"
A sudden upsurge Of In
dian warfare has forced en-
gineers of the Inter-Ameri-
can Geodetic Survey to aban-
don, at least for the time
being. efforts to survey the
slopes Of snow-covered Cato
paxi in Ecuador, worlds
highest volcano which reaches
an altitude of more than
$4,000 feet.
Surveyor Captured
The surveyors were from
the Institute Geographico
Militar which iS cooperating
with the survey and the
United States Army Map
Service in charting the
Western Hemisphere.
The surveyors had moved In
on the Cotopaxi slopes to OBJ
serve supplemental mapping
stations placed there last fall.
The first incident took place
early in March when one Of
the surveyors was taken pris-
oner by the mountain In
dians and held for one day.
From that time on problems
have become more and
more acute. with Indians
wre cking monuments and
markers, stoning vehicles and
attacking field parties with
clubs and stones left by many
eruptions of the great vol
cano.
Somebody apparently con-
, vinced the Indians, hitherto
friendly, that once the land
was surveyed it would be
divided and distributed
among the population. In the
same area an Ecuadorian
census-taker was burned to
death by Indians a few
months ago when he at
tempted to count the live
stock.
1t was decided to suspend
all mapping and altitude fix
ing work until Q better un-
derstanding could be reached.
Evening star., 1962-05-17

mayor Of Philadelphia, Rich
ardson Dilworth, the choice
Of the Democrats. Mr.. Scran-
ton. A years old. was NOM
mated with the backing of
the Republican organization
and its various factions. He
had. too. the blessing of for
mer President Eisenhower, a
citizen of the Keystone State,
and of Senator Hugh Scott.
whose election in 1858 broke
the Democratic ice which has
been forming for several
years over Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Scranton has been 0
successful businessman and
a pilot (captain) in the Army
Air Force during four years
Of the Second World War. He
is reputed to be a million
aire. His family gave its
name to Scranton, Pa. In
his first race for public Of
flee in 1860 he captured q
congressional district which
for years had voted Demo-
cratic. Like Mr.. Dilworth,
his Democratic opponent, he
is a graduate of Yale - but
some Is years later. In the
primary, Mr.. Scranton made
an excellent showing-better
than Mr.. Dilworth. The lat
ter had two little-known op-
ponents for the nomination,
but they polled upwards of
225, 900 which seems to mean
hostility to the former Phil
adelphia mayor among DEM
ocrats.
Philadelphia has been the
big Democratic stronghold In
recent years. but Mr.. Scran-
ton managed to get more
than $4,000 votes there to
$4,000 plus for Mr.. Dilworth.
Notwithstanding the former
mayors troubles with Repre-
sentative William j. Green,
Democratic boss of the city,
he entered the primary with
the backing Of the State Or
ganization. including Mr..
Green. Earlier. Mr. Green
had said that Mr.. Dilworth
couldn't win for Governor.
SeatOn In Nebraska
Another Eisenhower
backed Republican Fred A.
Seaton-won nomination for
Governor in Nebraska. And
Mr.. Seaton, too, rolled UP an
impressive vote in the pri-
mary. He will be matched
against Democratic Gov.
Frank Morrison, seeking a
second term in that usually
Republican State. Mr.. Sea-
ton was Secretary Of the In
terror in the Eisenhower ad-
ministration and has fire.
quently been mentioned as
a possibility for either q pres
idential or, vice-presidential
nomination. Unless all signs
fail, the @. o. P. should make
a comeback in Nebraska.
In Maryland. the Demo-
Gratis are trying to gain a
United States Senate seat,
and in Pennsylvania, the Re-
publicans are seeking the seat
now occupied by Senator Jo-
seph s. Clark. Philadelphia
Democrat. The G.. o. p. nom
mated Representative James
E. Van Zandt, who Is COM
pleting his goth year in the
House. Both Mr., Van zandt
and Senator Clark ran in the
primaries without opposition.
The Scranton Van zandt
team could spe1l defeat for
the Democrats.
Evening star., 1962-05-17

some cnlCkeIlS are pOTl
"drunks." Others are born
total abstainers. This is true
even when they are inbred
so that they supposedly have
almost precisely the same
hereditary makeup.
Experiments demonstrating
this have Just been reported
to the National Academy Of
Sciences by DR.. Roger j.
williams and his associates
Of the University Of Texas.
These experiments were de-
signed to show that, regard
less Of heredity, there remain
very wide differences between
animals Of all species, includ-
ing humans.
Z Baby chicks from inbred
strains" says the report,
differ from each other
about ten-fold in their sus-
ceptibility to iftoxication by
alcohol. Their liking for
alcohol also varies greatly.
Some, given access to syn
thetic beer. about four per
cent alcohol, will remain
intoxicated most Of the time.
Most will not drink enough
to be affected. Some will
leave 1t alone entirely. In
some chicks a little alcohol
impairs appetite seriously. In
others it has little effect.
Human implications
young inbred rats vary
greatly from rat to rat in
their food choices. If given a
cafeteria selection Of meat,
carrots, salt, butter. sugar
and fortified yeast some will
eat seven times as much
butter as others. Some will
eat II times as much sugar
and some As times as much
fortified yeast. If similar rats
are given access to exercise
wheels one may travel $50
feet q day on the average
while another may travel two
miles each day"
The differences found in
rats and chickens have
considerable implications for
human behavior. says the re-
port. For one thing, people.
like rats, do not eat and
drink similarly If given q
choice. They also do not
exercise alike. If this was
understood, it would be pos
sible to help people acquire
better eating and exercise
. habits.
The implication extends
especially into the field OF
delinquency and criminal
tendencies, 1t is maintained.