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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
Afraid of the Lioht

On more than few occasions in
the past, Premier Khrushchev has made
clear that the peaceful coexistence"
he seeks applies only to the avoidance
OF nuclear war between the free West
and the Soviet empire. AS for the
theological struggle, however, he has
repeatedly emphasized that the Red
totalitarians are determined to wage it
without let-up, using propaganda, du-
plicity, SubverSion and guerrilla tactics
as key weapons in a relentless effort
to win the So-called battle for mems
minds and thus achieve mastery of the
entire globe.
So there is nothing really surprising
or baSically new in what Mikhail A. Sus-
Low has had to say on this subject in
his recent address to Moscow educa-
tional group. On the contrary, speak
Ing as high-ranking theoretician of
the Soviet Communist Party, he seems
merely to have echoed Mr.. Khru-
shchev's views and embroidered upon
them in rather long-winded party-line
Jargon. Thus, while affirming that a
shooting war can and should be avoided,
he has declared that there can be no
peaceful coexistence" with the West in
the field Of theology. Indeed, all good
Red totalitarians must regard as 'im-
possible and unthinkable" even a tenn
porary Cancellation or compromise with
the Vests political philosophy, for such
a development would amount to ideo-
, logical disarmament for Communists"
Accordingly, like Mr.. K, Mr.. Suslov
(who is said to have Stalinist leanings)
has called for ceaseless "resolute
struggle" against the Western way of
life, and particularly against "Ameri-
can imperialism - the main stronghold
of international reaction"
Quite obviously the Kremlin deems
it imperative to carry on such struggle
with all sorts of truth-suppressing de-
vices lest the influence of the free
worlds open society and its guarantees
Of individual liberty be felt by the Rus
sian masses in a way that could fatally
undermine communism. Mr.. Suslov is
right in that sense: The oppressive So
Wet system cannot tolerate any spread
of the Vests philosophy in the USSR
without endangering itself. This is
commentary enough on the nature of
that SyStem-a system so afraid of let
ting the light in that it must build
things like the Iron Curtain and the
Berlin Wall to keep its subjects in the
dark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
Control Void

& Legislation pending in the Virginia
General Assembly would fill a void in
the jurisdiction of the new Metropolitan
Area Transit Authority. A Senate
passed bill sponsored by Arlington Sen
ator Fenwick proposes extension of the
agency'S regulatory powers to that part
OF the Dulles International Airport
lying in Loudoun County. Such an ex-
tension will be needed when public
transportation facilities are provided
for the new terminal
The compact under which the Dis
trict, Maryland and Virginia agreed to
create Joint regulatory agency for the
Metropolitan Area did not include Lou
doun County within it's Jurisdiction.
Yet a substantial part of the airport
lies in that county-the remainder in
Fairfax County, which is subject to the
agency'S control. To restrict the transit
agency to the Fairfax portion of the
airport and it's satellite areas does not
make sense. The pact should be
amended-and this, incidentally, will
require additional legislation not only
by Virginia but by Maryland and by
Congress. With the airport due to open
in the near future, there is no time to
lose in adopting the necessary amend
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
Algerian Breathing Spell

The unpredictable General de Gaulle
mas made his tensely awaited speech
on the Algerian question, but the prob
lem which has been bleeding France
Tor seven years remains essentially
unchanged.
1t had been thought that General
de Gaulle might announce a peace set
tlement with the Algerian nationalist
leaders. And it had been feared that
this, should it come to pass, would touch
OH final upSurge Of violent opposition
with consequences which no one could
pretend to foresee.
Instead, the French President said
nothing really new. He declared that
I'VE are approaching our objective" but
he has been approaching" it now for
long time, and the decisive test lies not
on the approaches but at the point
where the objective is reached. Any
one Of several reasons may account for
the de Gaulle decision to mark time
a little longer. It is possible the FIN
leaders in TuniS had sent word they
would not accept his terms. Delay may
have been part of some obscure plan
for further psychological preparation of
the European settlers in Algeria. Or,
and this would be most ominous Of all,
General de Gaulle still may not be sure
on which side lies the loyalty Of the
French army.
.. In any event the fateful issue re-
mains unreSolved. And no one should
underestimate it. For the time cannot
be far off when decisive move must
be made in Algeria. And when that
time comes it will be necessary to face
the grave danger Of an upheaval which
could bring down General de Gaulle,
plunge France into chaos and undermine
the whole structure of the Western
defense alliance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
Naming the Censors

Defense Secretary Mcnamara has
made a fortnight statement of his rea-
sons for being unwilling to name the
individual censorS who blue-penciled
particular speeches of military officers
speeches now under study by Senator
StenniS and his subcommittee.
Mr.. Mcnamara has told the sub
committee that the responsibility for
censorship of speeches in the Defense
Department is his, that to identify the
individual cenSorS would be contrary to
sound principles of management in an
Executive department and, finally, that
it is his "firm conviction" that his
refusal to identify them will in no way
inhibit the subcommittee investigation.
In this instance, we think there is
much to be said for Mr. McNamara's
stand. 1t is true that witnesses have
told the subcommittee they did not know
why some speech deletions were made.
Still, If an actual censor were to be
brought before the Stennis group we do
not believe anything more could be
shown than that he made an error of
judgment. And if errors of Judgment
were made, the responsibility, in the end,
must rest with Mr.. Mcnamara, as the
head of the department.
What may Re true in this instance,
however, might lot be true in others.
Congressional investigating committees
could be seriously hampered in their
proper function if witness, even
department head, were free to withhold
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
NH Makes OUTSTANDING Findinqs
By THOMAS r. HENRY

of the acute respiratory in
fections in children, from
afebrile infections to such
conditions as Group and
pneumonia.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
hormone (ACTH, a protein
hormone containing % ami
no acids, was synthesized
from the natural amino
acids. This is the largest
protein molecule yet syn
theSized.
Scientists studying cpl
lepSy were handicapped by
their inability to reproduce
it IN any laboratory animal
until it was found that, after
a simple surgical operation
In which alumina cream is
applied to a very small area
OF the brain surface, the ex-
perimental animal for some
months becomes an 'epilep-
tic having typical epileptic
attacks.
Plasma Substitute
1T has been shown that
forced oral. Cor intravenous)
administration of large
quantities of a solution of
one teaspoon of table salt
and one-half teaspoon of
baking soda in a quart of
water can serve in cases of
burn shock as an emergency
substitute for plasma. In an
other study it has been
shown that, of individuals
treated with balanced salt
solution and individuals
treated with whole blood.
more of the former survive.
"A living virus, the 'tobac-
co mosaic virus has been
taken apart, into its skeleton
OF ribonucleic acid and the
latter's protein envelope. and
reconstructed. The ribonu-
cleic acid is the primary
source of the infectious ac-
tivity of the virus. These
findings will lead to a bet
ter understanding of the
pathogenicity of viruSeS.
Two specific tests, each
based on the bentonite floc-
culation procedure, now per-
init diagnosis, in a few min
utes, of rheumatoid arthritis
and lupus erythematoSus."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
Foreign Trade and American Economy

IN a recent letter to The
Star, o. R. Strackbein makes
statements regarding the
American economy and it's
ability to compete which do
not accurately describe the
American economy I have
known as a business execu-
tive and Government official,
and I hope they do not de-
scribe the American economy
in which my grandchildren
will live.
We who have consistently
advocated a vigorous trade
expansion program have
heard these predictions of
gloom and doom before. They
are always enunciated in the
context of new situations in
International economic rela-
lions, but they have always
been based on arguments
lacking a full appreciation
OF the strengths and weak
nesSes of the American econ
omy and of the policy alter
natives from which a trade
policy in the national inter-
est must be chosen. They
have lacked a sense of per-
spective, with the result that
the policies they advocate
have Jagged far behind the
steadily advancing points of
no return" in this Nations
domestic and international
position.
If the dynamic growth of
economic regionalism in West
ern Europe poses new chal-
lenges for United States COM
petitivenesS, then the only
alternative we have is to
face up to it and move ahead
with it-or else we and our
closest economic, political,
and military partners will
move apart, to the peril of
the whole community of free
nations.
Mr.. Strackbein offers no
help whatsoever in our eff
fort to design a construc-
tive and responsible ap-
proach to the trade issue. He
rather exhortS your readers
to turn away from the only
choice we have and to run
in the opposite direction. He
repeats the spine-tingling vo-
cabIlary of American pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
Age of a Scroll

1t is always a pleasure to
see space given in the daily
newspaper to a description of
ancient peoples, their Gus
toms and traditions. The Sa-
maritans, about whom George
w. Cornell, Associated Press
religious editor, wrote recent
ly, have a fascinating history,
and it is well that a feature
story about the small rem
nant which is left, appeared
in The Star.
I should like, however, to
clarity one important allega-
ton made in the article. This
was the assertion of the Sa-
maritans that they possess
a scroll which dates back g.
627 years. 1t would have been
well if Mr.. Cornell illustrated
the other side of the story
which is equally important.
Prominent scholars such as
the late Moses Caster, and
TIE President Of the State of
Israel, Isaac Ben-Zevi, have
made very careful and docu-
mented studies of the Samar-
itan people and their lit
erature, and have had an
opportunity to see the "Abis-
hua" scroll, as the one in
question is called. They
maintain that on the basis
OF the appearance, as well as
other important considera-
tions, that while it may be
considered very old, dating
back to the first century
(about 1900 years ago., it
cannot be much older. They
claim, however, that the
scroll may be an exact copy
Of a much older one, trac-
ing back to about 400 BIC.
(about 1900 years ago., which
is believed to have been the
period when the Samaritans
and the main body of Jews
broke away from each other.
The scroll of the Samari-
tanS would still be of great
Importance and value to the
British Museum. It should be
pointed out, however, that if
the scroll were subjected to
a careful examination and
study, it's almost exact age
could be determined. This
might very well negate the
claim of the Samaritans to
be the poSsessors of a scroll
OF the Pentateuch and a ira
dition dating back to 10 years
after the death of Moses, in
opposition to the MaSsoretic
text. Martin S. Halpern.
Rabbi of Share Tefila Con-
gregation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
Farmers 'MoIiunedT

Ralph McGill says the
farmer is subsidized to a
point near scandal" Just
who is being subsidized?
Technically, a subsidy ex-
lists when the Government
aids an industry or group by
making cash payments, by
providing a service at less
than cost, or by granting
special privileges. Yet even
by this definition, farmers
are maligned far out of pro-
portion to the assistance they
actually receive.
About 20% Of all Govern
ment spending is for subsi-
dies. Agriculture gets about
11R% of that total. Air
lines, as well as shipping
interests, the petroleum in
dustry, the housing industry,
veterans, and many others
get subsidies. Subsidies
helped build our railroads,
canals, merchant fleet and
airlines. Direct subsidy pay
ments to air carriers, and
Post Office payment for air
mail service will total more
than $165 million this year.
Federal aid to airports will
add to that total.
Island and coastal ship
ping services receive govern
ment funds for construction
OF ships, research and adj
ministrative expenses. Work
on harbors and channels gets
more millions.
Reconversion and tax
amortization ben efits to
business amounted to $43.3
billion, from 1916 to 1856,
or about eight times as
much as subsidies to agri-
culture. Public power, funds
to veterans, benefits for labor
and expenditures for public
assistance are forms of sub
sidy payments.
The greatest and most en-
during subsidy in this coun-
try is the tariff. It operates
unseen, and the public pays
1T through prices rather than
through taxes.
1t is difficult to find a seq
ment Of the economy that
does not receive some form
OF subsidies. Agriculture diff
ferS in its basic nature from
other industries that place
the farmer at a disadvan-
tage. These differences con-
sist OF the large number of
farmers; ease Of entry into
farming; no control over
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06

tectlonlsm dating back to a
period long before he ar
rived on the scene.
He predicts "cataclysmic
results" and 1.-THE collapse
and demise of the American
system" if exposure to for
eign competition is to be
maintained or increased. He
attempts to make a great
deal of the exposure" prob
LEM, but fails to point out
that exposure to change has
always been an essential part
OF our economic growth.
Mr.. Strackbein is fearful
of the growing mass-produc-
thin systems in countries
from which we import, but he
displays no appreciation of
what the growth of a mass
market abroad means in
growing export opportuni-
ties for American goods. Such
mass markets become in
creasingly sophisticated mar
kets responsive to American
designs and tastes. BY cut
ting our own tariffs, we do
increase the exposure of the
American economy to grow
ing import competition; but
by obtaining reciprocal con-
ceSsions abroad we enhance
our own export opportunities.
We benefit from both. Ex-
posure to growing imports
will not result in serious dis
location for most American
producers and workers.
Whether or not serious dis
location results - and none
has taken place thus far to
a more than marginal extent
is a function of the ability
Of the affected parties to
make successful adjustments
to new situations. The Fed
eral Government should con-
Germ itself with such prob
lens without compromising
the policy needed to meet the
needs of the nation as a
whole.
Mr.. Strackbein shows con-
Germ about the need to pro-
vide and uphold domestic
purchasing power Ito clear
away the goods produced by
industry and to avoid their
accumulation in back-break-
ing inventories" I believe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
Consolation Debate

Now that DR.. Albert T.
Mollegen, the Northern Vir-
ginia "Nazi-fighter" and
civil libertarian has been
cancelled at Clemson COL
lege, and George Lincoln
Rockwell, the Northern vir-
GINA Communist fighter"
and civil-agitator has been
cancelled at Bucknell Uni
versity, why don't the two
get together and hold a con-
ISOLATION debate?
Perhaps together they
could show that free speech
is still mostly something
talked about in text books,
and that the rest of us are
still very dependent on what
the censors allow us to hear.
Karl Rogers Allen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06

prices: and the fact that
farmers are dealing with Or
ganized groups which can
set prices.
Most Of the money in agri-
culture is spent in wheat,
corn, etc., bought by the
Government for storage.
The money for this does not
go to the farmer but to the
people who own the storage
bins and have contracts with
the Government. Only 90 of
the total money spent for
agriculture goes to the farm
er.
Mrs. Smith w. AlInutt.
Hi-Land Farms
Highland, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06

it can be clearly document
ed that his policy of trade
restriction, which means a
policy of import contraction
and export contraction,
would result in lower pro-
ductivity, lower purchasing
power, and burdensome in
ventories for the American
economy.
The intent of the proposed
trade policy is certainly not
what Mr.. Strackbein implies
it might be, namely, Ito con-
front labor with a formid-
able foreign challenge so
that wages in this country
may be held down by threat
of foreign competition" This
is what he would like the
American working man to
believe. The purpose of the
proposed trade policy Is a
positive one-to protect the
economic opportunities Of
American workers and the
prospects for higher wages,
as well as to protect the
economic opportunities and
prospects for increased earn
ings for American business.
He says 1--WE cannot hope to
confront the Russian eco
nomic menace with a broken
back" He is right in that
obvious conclusion, but I
suggest that a restrictive
trade policy reducing our
productivity, our export
earnings, and the strength of
our strongest industries, will
most surely weaken our abil-
ity to stop the Russian men,
ace, and more Importantly, I
think, the immediate impact
on us, Of the Com m on
Market.
Strength to meet these
competitive challenges can
come only from a fighting
American industry, deter
mined to rely to the very limit
on its own resourcefulness
and ingenuity, on it's superior
labor and management, and
not on the weakening crutch
Of Government protection.
WisIiam L. Bait, ST.
Philadelphia.
Editors Note: Mr.. Bait
was vice chairman of the War
Production Board.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
THE POLITICAL MILL
Romney as q Potential Candidate
By GOULD LINCOLN

thought in mind and that is
to improve things in Michi-
gan, both politically and eco
nomically. While he is think
ing strongly of running for
Governor, he is not thinking
at all of 1854. 1t happens the
gubernatorial term he is seek
ing ends with 1864. So he
does not have to tell any
one his future plans and as
pirations-as he might be
forced to do If he were run
ming for a four-year term.
Mr.. Romney, while he was
critical Of the present sim
age" Of the Republican Party
and showed himself some
what bipartisan, neverthe-
less aligned himself firmly
with a number of funda-
mental principles and poll
cies Of the G. o. P. He said
he was strongly in favor of
civil rights and strongly OPP
posed to racial segregation;
that he was opposed to the
Capitalization Of Govern
ment in Washington; that he
believed in States RESPONSE
bilities" and in local self
government. He also goes
along with sound Govern
ment financing.
Religious Factor
Should Mr.. Romney be-
come Michigan's Governor,
and then a Republican NOM
inee for President, he might
face opposition Gas did Pres
ident Kennedy because of
his church affiliation. He is
a member of the Church of
Latter-Day Saints-the Nor
mon Church. He is pres
ident of the church in Mich
igan-equivalent to being a
bishop. When he was a young
man he was a Mormon mis-
sionary, a duty required Of
young Mormons.
Nearly go years ago, the
first Mormon elected to high
office in the United States
Government-the late Sen
ator Reed Smoot represented
himself to take the seat
in the Senate to which
his States Legislature had
elected him. At that time
there was in the country
great criticism of the Nor
mon Church because it had
sanctioned plural wives. Al
though both the State and
the church had outlawed po-
lygamy in 1890, in 1903 when
Senator Smoot came to
Washington strong feeling
continued to exist.
Senator Smoot was allowed
to take the oath of office.
Then the Senate Committee
on Privileges and Elections
started an investigation that
lasted for more than two
years, and finally brought in
a resolution declaring him
not entitled to his seat, al
though he successfully proved
he had never had more than
one wife and had been OPP
posed to polygamy. 1t was not
until early 1907 that the Sen
ate finally voted down the
committee resolution and
made Senator Shoots seat
ing official. Since then there
have been many Mormon
Governors of Utah and mem
beers of Congress and the
church has spread into many
States. And the Mormons
have been recognized as fine
people. At the time of Sen
ator Shoots seating it had
been urged that as a Nor
mon, his first allegiance would
be to his church, and to the
decisions of the president of
the church-just as it was
urged in 1923 and again in
1860 that a Catholic Pres
ident'S first allegiance would
be to his church and the
Pope. Today, we have a Cath
olic in the White House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06

The National Institutes of
Health, research arm of the
United States Public Health
Service, has made enormous
contributions to medicine in
the past decade.
The Bethesda organization
has been responsible, either
directly or through its re-
search grants, for about q
third Of all medical research
in this country. In 10 years
the scope and variety of this
has been multiplied manifold
everywhere.
Many of the NH findings
have been outstanding. They
are responsible both for pro-
longation of the average hu-
man lifetime and for much
relief from suffering. Some
nave opened vast new ave-
nues for future research.
The Government has as
sumed a major responsibility
for the health of its citizens.
All this is shown in a re-
port to the American Associ-
alton for the Advancement of
Science by Drs. Dale r. Lind
say and Ernest M. Allen of
the NH staff. The report
lists some of the more no.
table results:
Cortisone Synthetic
"Prednisone. a synthetic
relative of the steroid corti-
some, was found to be as eff
fective as cortisone or hydro
cortisone, or more so, for
treating rheumatoid arthritis,
and to cause less edema or
none at all.
1.-THE folio acid antagonist
methotrexate has been found
to have pronounced benefic-
ial effects in cases of chorio-
carcinoma, a variety of can
Ger.
1T has been shown that
dental carries can be both in
fictitious and transmisSible.
The organism is a strepto-
coccus. A different study has
shown that fluoride Il part
per million) in drinking wa
ter has a dramatic preven-
tive action in children.
1.-THE hemadsorption vir-
uses, members of the para
influenza group, we're isolat-
ed and shown to cause many
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
Commentator

Thank you for the accu-
rate reporting of the science
m a t h e m a tics project at
Walker-Jones School, Jan
uary 81, 1862. You conveyed
the intention of the science
department to contribute to
the total program at Walker
Jones School Of parents,
teachers and children alike.
Sylvia X. Shugrue
Science Co-ordinator,
District Public Schools
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Another Johnny Come-LoteIy!
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