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Evening star., 1962-09-08
Swimming Upstoqe

You have to hand 1t to the House of
Representatives Whatever the members
have done for the country at large,
they've certainly been chipping away
at that legend Of Senate exclusiveness.
First, they made 1t clear they aren't
about to play second fiddle anymore in
across the Capitol conferences on
money bills. And now look. While the
reputedly snobbish Senators are splash
ing around in a dinky 20-by-20 SWIM
ming pool, the "lower" house crowd
will be doing their butterfly kicks in
spacious 20-by-60-foot natatorium.
This leaked out the other day when
Representative O'Konski of Wisconsin
was Illuminating against frills of the
Third House Office Building which, he
said, also will contain massage tables,
.masSeurs, volley ball courts and tennis
courts. Besides that, the fortresS-like
structure, with all It's auxiliary features,
will cost about 500 million-this COM
pared with the miSerly $25 million or so
spent for the supposedly palatial new
Senate building. And thereu be sub
way, too, at least as long and as much
fun to ride in as the Senate's.
Well, President Kennedy wisely has
urged more physical fitness for us all.
We didn't rail at the Senate's swimming
pool, and all we can say is that If the
Congressman can find the energy to
swim and whack at tennis balls, let
them have their fun.
Evening star., 1962-09-08
Research Animals

We are grateful for the
valuable help The Star has
given to animal protective
legislation in the past and we
appeal to you now to urge
that hearings be scheduled
on pending legislation for the
humane treatment Of expert
mental animals. Bills have
been pending for over two
years, and the matter is ur-
gent, for every year more
millions of animals enter lab
oratories, more hundreds Of
millions of dollars of tax
funds are spent on their use,
but there is no means of pre-
venting their abuse or waste.
These bills would in no way
interfere with responsible,
humanely conducted research.
They are not anti-vivisection
bills; in fact, they are
strongly opposed by anti
vivisection societies.
H. r. 1887 was introduced
by Representative Martha
Griffiths and is pending be-
fore the House Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Com
merce. S. 3088 was introduced
by Senator Joseph Clark and
Senator Maurine Neuberger
and is pending before the
Senate Committee on Labor
and Public Welfare.
We earnestly hope Con-
gress will help these animals
that cannot help themselves.
Madeleine Bemelmans,
President, Society for Animal
Protective Legislation.
Evening star., 1962-09-08

Old Fox, Clark Griffith, founder and
longtime president of the old Senators.
Would Mr.. Murphy offer Cal i'm
munity from service for Just this one
time, please, Mr.. Griffith's attorney
asked? After all, Calvin's new club had
paid $4,000 to have the marble pile
moved from the old stadium to the new.
Nope, retorted non-sentimental Gabe-
cross the District line and he's a dead
duck. All of which proves once more
that you can't win 'em all-especially
in the Murphy VS.. Griffith series.
Evening star., 1962-09-08
Wrong Address

The calmneSS and good-humored
detachment attributed by one biogra-
pher to Gunapala Piyasena Malalase-
kera, chief of Ceylon's delegation to
the United Nations, must be under
some strain. For Dr. Malalasekera's
undiplomatic diplomatic correspond
ence" is showing.
AS candidate for President Of the
next General Assembly, DR.. Malalase-
kera has been outwardly circumspect
in his friendliness toward all cliques in
the cliquish U. N. in recent months and
has, in fact, solicited support for his
candidacy on the basis of this display
of objectivity. Part of his solicitation
was by mail = intended to influence
eight other U. N. member governments
through the channel of their embas-
sizes in Ottawa, where DR.. MalalaSekera
also is accredited as the Ceylonese Am
bassador to Canada.
Unhappily, for him at least, the
wrong correspondence was put in the
right envelopes, or vice versa, with the
result that his (startled) diplomatic
colleagues in Ottawa received copies of
a confidential report to his government,
headed by Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike,
whose own "objectivity' is markedly
anti-Western. The report reads about
the same for DR.. Malalasekera, includ-
ing the following observations: ~ That
U. S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson had
made TRADE against the U. S. S. r.
which impressed no one and merely in
tensified the cold war;" (2) that "the
military overlordS of the Pentagon" had
over-ridden the Kennedy administra-
ton on its policy position toward the
KaShmir dispute, (3) that Austria, Fin
land and Sweden are only "so-called
neutrals," and az that failure of Latin
American states to subscribe wholly to
United States positions in the U. N. is
"a commentary on the power of the
much-vaunted Alliance for Progress"
We hope that Dr. Malalasekera,
Just for show, will try to remain good
humored about the whole business. We
hope, also, that the u N. will find some
one else to be President of the next
General Assembly.
Evening star., 1962-09-08
Gene Thompson.
Home Rule Charter

Much misinformation is
currently being circulated in
Prince Georges County to the
effect that the proposed home
rule charter could not have
any effect on coming prac-
tices and procedures. The as
Sertion is simply untrue, and
the correct facts, however
technical, should be fully ex-
planned, so that the public
will not be misled in the de-
bate over home rule charter.
In 1859. the Maryland Gen.
eral Assembly authorized all
charter counties ito enact
local laws for the protection
and promotion of public safe
ty. health, morals, and well
fare, relating to coming and
planning" (Ch. 614, Acts of
the Assembly. 1880. 1t. also
stipulated that insofar as
the provisions Of this subsec-
ton may be inconsistent with,
or contrary to" the existing
law governing coming in
Montgom mery and Prince
Georges Counties, the 1859
Act should have no force and
effect. This Act was passed
pursuant to the Home Rule
Charter Amendment to the
State Constitution, whic h
empowers charter counties to
enact local legislation on all
matters expressly confided to
their competence by the Leg
islature, subject only to the
restrictions in the Constitu-
tion or in public general laws.
1t therefore follows that
Montgomery and Prin C e
Georges Counties, should the
latter become a charter coun-
ty, could enact local laws re-
lating to Zoning not inconsis-
tent with, or contrary to. the
bi-county Park and Planning
Commission Act. AS the
Maryland Court of Appeals
pointed out in Heubeck v.
Baltimore, a conflict exists
only when an ordinance pro-
hibits something permitted by
the legislature. or permits
something prohibited by the
legislature.
Charter adherents in
Prince Georges County are
both legally correct and pol
itically sound when they
advocate a home rule charter
containing procedural re- =
quirements which are conSis-
tent with. and supplementary
to, the Park and Planning
Commission Act. They are
wise to lock these safeguards
into the charter. where they
will be beyond the reach Of
harried office holders who
are subjected to the pressures
Of spectators.
The most fundamental
Evening star., 1962-09-08

change that a properly
drafted charter can make in
this area is to revamp the
board which finally passes on
Zoning map amendments.
The new county council can
be enlarged and made more
representative of various
points Of view than the five
man commission. The coun-
Gil can contain members
elected from local districts
who are more familiar with
local problems than are COM
miSsioners elected at large
from the entire county.
In addition, a county char
ter can forbid off-the-rec-
ord communications in zon-
ing cases, require evening
zoning hearings, minimize
political interference by re-
quiring decisions to be ac-
companied by findings Of
fact supported by the testi-
mony in the record.
The question is now moot
as to whether these reforms
can be effected without
adopting a charter. A year
has elapsed since these re-
forms were first recon-
m ended by the Prince
Georges County Civic Fed
Grafton, and, to date. nothing
in fact has been done to i'm
plement them. Meanwhile,
the crippling Of our coming
ordinance continues unab-
ated through wholesale zon-
ing map amendments.
There is no public need in
Prince Georges County of
greater Importance than
sound planning and consis-
tent coming. This need can
and must be met by an ef-
fective home rule charter.
Walter H. MalOney, Jr.,
Candidate for Charter Board.
y y
The defenders Of 10th CEN
tury government in Prince
Georges County have uttered
one last gasp Of defiance at
the voters. After 1877 ad-
mittedly valid charter petit
ton signatures were turned
over to the election super
visors to have the question
placed on the ballot at the
general election, the election
supervisors began clutching
at straws to find some way
to keep it off, and have beer
hauled into court for failure
to do their duty.
The job of election super.
visorS is to see that the will
of the people is expressed ir
an orderly fashion. not tt
search out ways and mean.
Of keeping the people from
expressing themselves at ar
election. When, as in Prince
Georges County. the election
supervisors violate the law tx
stymie the public. they de-
serve to be impeached and re-
moved from office.
Stuart BOwyer.
Evening star., 1962-09-08
Safer Football

I am writing regarding the
article by DR.. Allan j. Ryan
entitled Lets Stop Football
Tragedies" which appeared
in This Week" magazine. =
Nothing was mentioned re-
garding the most recent rul-
ing Of the National Alliance
Football Rules Committee
which makes mandatory for
the 1962-1963 ason the
wearing by each football
player an intra-oral with
in the MOUTH mouth and
tooth protector which in
cludes an occlusal (protect-
ing and separating the Bit
ing surfaces) and a labial
protecting the lips) portion.
This ruling applies to all
schools under the control of
the National Federation of
State High School Athletic
Associations. National AsSo-
Citations of intercollegiate
Athletics, and Junior College
Athletic Associations.
Surveys have shown con-
clusively that face guards
prevent only about so per
cent Of mouth and teeth in
juries, and that this other
so per cent could be elimi-
mated by the wearing Of a
properly constructed, with
in the mouth, mouth and
tooth guard.
The D. C. Dental Society
solicited volunteers from its
members to construct custom
mouth guards for members Of
the Coolidge High School
football team here for the
1961-1962 season. There were
no tooth or mouth injuries
reported.
A survey by Kansas State
University in 1860. covering
10 colleges and universities,
showed that among approx
mately 1884 football players,
there we're $50 teeth lost,
broken or chipped. and that
ITO Of the 586 dental injuries
required bridgework. In ad-
dition, the 10 schools spent
a total of $26,079 for dental
treatment.
The D. C. Dental Society
and the American Dental As
sociation are actively en-
gagged in cooperating to see
that this mouth-guard pro-
gram is a success and that
it is expanded to include all
football players in all schools.
Albert X. Leon, DDS,
President, District Of Co.
lumbia Dental Society.
Evening star., 1962-09-08

other planets. From these the
relative abundance of various
elements can be determined
and compared with the abun-
dance on earth. This now
only can be deduced from
indirect observations.
A weather radar on wheels
designed to track storms as
far as 400 miles away for
combat troops has been de-
veloped by the Army's Signal
Research and Development
Laboratory.
This is the first unit Of
its kind specifically designed
to be mobile. 1t is housed
in a standard Army trailer,
and features a power-erected
antenna mount that rises
through the vans roof. It
can be put into operation in
less than an hour.
Non-mobile weather radars
are used widely by the mill
tary as a basic forecasting
tool. The new unit has more
than twice the detection ca
pabilities of earlier models
and can be moved rapidly
from one strategic location to
another.
Could Warn of FalI0ut
It surveys a 600,0 ,0O0-square-
mile area for oncoming bad
weather and provides a dis
play that enables weathermen
to watch the progress of a
storm. 1t can predict within
minutes when a storm will
strike any point in this vast
area. The set also has a
proven capability to detect
and track clouds resulting
from nuclear explosions. It
could be extremely valuable
in warning about potential
high fallout zones.
This radar electronically
disSects a storm, showing it's
shape, indicating the density
Of precipitation at different
points, and tracking the
movement of the whole storm
system. The long range
search antenna can scan
horizontally and vertically.
At command of the operator
it can concentrate on a small
sector to trace the move
mentS of a particular storm
area or cloud.
The set now is undergoing
operational tests. 1t has been
used successfully to track
hurricane and bad weather
systems passing through the
Northeastern part Of the
United States.
Evening star., 1962-09-08
Morality and A-Bomb

1t is an encouraging sign
of the times that more and
more concern is becoming
evident in the matter of the
morality of nuclear warfare.
The review of 'Nuclear
Weapons, A Catholic Re-
sponse," that appeared in
The Star, August "a, demon
strates my point.
Encouraging, too. is the
quality Of the review by Dom
aid Mintz. The average read
er would come away after
reading the review with a fair
notion of the content Of the
book and perhaps with some
incentive to explore the sub
ject further. The reviewer
betrayed one prejudice not
uncommon in a country
where Prof. Arthur Schles-
niger, jr., has said anti-Ca-
tholicism is even more deep
seated than race prejudice.
He expresses surprise that
there is such a thing as a
particularly Catholic re-
sponse' to the existence of
nuclear weapons" And he
assumes that one Of the con-
tributors to the book is gra-
tuitously offending to nom
Catholics when she uses
Catholic" and christian"
INTERCHANGEABLE in her essay
entitled War and Murder"
I refer Mr.. Mintz and his
readers to a distinguished
Protestant theologian DR..
John c. Bennett. In the fore
word Of his recent book "Nu-
clear Weapons and the Con-
flict Of Conscience" DR.. Ben
nett writes: THE Roman
Catholic Church has been the
chief guardian of the theory
Of the Just war which in
wolves moral limits in regard
to the methods used in war
fare. The tradition Of the
Just war belongs to Chris
tendon as a whole. It's chief
author was st. Augustine who
is owned as Church Father
by both Catholics and Prot
estants. Yet, the most precise
thinking about the casuistry
Of the conduct of war has
been done by Catholics"
Ebert r. SissOn.
Evening star., 1962-09-08
Peace Corps Twist


One Of the most inspiring
news articles I have read
recently was the one which
announced that Peace Corps
trainees for assignments in
Colombia would be posted in
Spanish Harlem. as a part
Of their training, where
they will encounter some Of
the same problems which
exist in some cities in CO.
lombia."
The thought occurred to
me that this plan would also
have tremendous benefit in
reverse. If problems exist
in this country that also
exist in those countries where
the Peace Corps is trying to
help, let's train them there
and use them here in the
good old United States of
America.
Why, the possibilities are
almost limitless. We could
train corpsmen in Algeria for
assignments in our racial
problem" areas Of the South.
We could station corpsmen
in the Argentine pampas for
future assignments in Texas
to prevent the natives" from
becoming future Billie Sol
Esteses. We could send train
ees to Saskatchewan or Eng
land to drink in the glorious
folly Of socialized medicine
so they might teach Ameri-
cans how to accept welfar-
ism.
The thought of 1t all is
so inspirational that I may
even apply for membership
myself. Let's see. maybe I
could train in one Of the
Socialist countries so that I
might understand how a gov
ernment can give up on its
people and just give from its
peoples pocketbookS. Because
there's a problem that GER
tainly has similarity here.
Onward and upward, oh
mighty Peace Corpsl At last
! have found a reason for
existence.
Evening star., 1962-09-08

his programs had lost ground
with the people back home.
In this century, only in
1884 has a political party in
control of the White House
made gains in Congress in
an off-year. or non-presi-
dental election year. Presi-
dent Roosevelt was in the
White House. 1t was the
first congressional election
after his victory on a New
Deal" platform. If Mr.. Ken
nedy could duplicate this
feat. it would be a fine
feather in his hat-if he wore
one.
No Trends Apparent
No real political trends are
observable so far. But the
Republicans are hopeful.
They think the Presidents
handling Of the Cuban sit
uation, or lack of handling,
has lost his administration
ground. The stock market
decline, coupled with the
presidential spanking Of the
big steel companies, has shat
tered support which the
President has had in the
past. And the failure Of the
present Democratic Congress
to follow the Presidents lead
on some important measures,
the Republicans believe, is
due to uncertainty on the
part of the voters.
The Republican Party has
a. tremendous stake in the
coming elections-even
greater than that Of the
Democratic Party. 1t must
go forward. If it cannot in
crea Sc its congressional
strength, II it cannot regain
important governorships,
where it is at its lowest ebb
since the early days of the
Franklin D. Roosevelt admin
istration, the fate Of the
party may be in doubt.
Like the Democrats, the
@. o. P. has its own interne-
cine strife. 1t has cropped out
in New York and California.
The conservative and liberal
wings Of the party have been
at each others throats-
more willing, it appears, to
commit political suicide than
to. fight the common Demo-
cratic foe. The ultra-con-
servatives in New York have
declared their intention of
defeating both Gov. Rookie
feller and Senator Javits in
the coming election and have
set up a conservative party to
place candidates for those
offices in the field.
Out in California, the con-
servative Republicans bat
tied hard against the nomi-
nation of the more liberal
former Vice President, Rich
ard M. Nixon. Their candi-
date, the Republican leader
of the State Assembly, Joe
Shell, rolled up a very con-
siderable vote in the primary
election for the gubernatorial
nomination. He has since
declared his support of Mr..
Nixon, but he did not do It
gracefully. How many votes
the conservative party candi-
dates will rally against Gov.
Rockefeller and Senator
Javits is a question, and also
how far they will go in de-
nouncing the Rockefeller ad-
ministration in the remaining
weeks of the campaign
remains to be seen.
Evening star., 1962-09-08
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Earth Once Mass of Dirty Ice'?
By THOMAS r. HENRI

The earth probably was
made out of big chunks Of
dirty ice."
This thesis is advanced by
DR.. William A. Fowler Of
California Institute Of Tech
nology, in a report to the
American Association for the
Advancement of Science. The
conclusion follows considera-
ton of the present abundance
of elements in this planet
and, so far as can be deduced,
other bodies in the solar
system.
First was the primeval gas
hydrogen, lightest and sim
plest Of the elements, from
condensation Of which the
sun was formed about 4,500,-
100000 years ago-relatively
late in the 10000, ,000, 900 year
existence of the parent
galaxy. In the process of
condensation heavier ele-
ments resulted from combi-
nations and transmutations
of hydrogen atoms.
Then some Of the primitive
material was shot out from
the solar body into surround
ing space. This, DR.. Fowler
calculates, would have been
chiefly the hydrogen-oxygen
combination, water, which
Immediately would have be-
come ice in the intense cold
Of space. Within the ice
chunks, however. were i'm
bedded grains Of the heavier
ele ents, including the
metals, now found on earth.
Heavier Elements Retained
Some Of these big ice
chunks, he calculates, came
together to form the planets.
at is thus estimated" says
the report, that the ice con-
stituted about 35 per cent by
mass of the planetesimals
and the density Of these
bodies was about two grams
per cubic centimeter."
In the amalgamation Of
these bodies to form the
earth, the report says, it
can be deduced that much of
the light hydrogen would
have been lost while the
oxygen and heavier elements
were retained. The original
bodies, he calculates, must
have been at least a meter in
radius. The solid matter of
the earth results from the
grain imbedded in the ice.
Notification of his thesis,
DR.. Fowler says. can be ex-
pected as the present space
exploration program proceeds
with the prospect Of getting
samples from the surface Of
Evening star., 1962-09-08
KremIin and Congo

With monumental mixture Of
effrontery, hypocrisy; cynicism and
mendacity, the Kremlin has imperiously
rejected the United Nations plan to
reunite secesSionist Katanga with the
rest Of the divided Congo The plan
which has been put forward by Acting
Secretary General U Thant in behalf
of the U. Mas the full backing of
Belgium, Britain, the United States and
numerous other countries anxious to
establish federal form of government
under which the Congolese peoples
would work together in peace to achieve
political, social and economic stability.
Further, in addition to being heart
lily indorsed by Premier Adoula and his
central government in Leopoldville, this
plan has been welcomed with enthusi-
asm" by President Tshombe and his
Katanganese cabinet in EliSabethville.
Mr.. Tshombe and his colleagues have
agreed to it Gin principle" as something
that promises to lead to a peaceful and
acceptable settlement which we hope
will permit the establishment of viable
Congo"-a federation of states capable
Of acting effectively together in the
field of foreign policy and in the pro-
motion of their common domestic
progress.
However, although the chief OPP
posing Congolese factions have thus
reached meeting of minds on the plan,
and although many countries have al
ready strongly supported it, and al
though 1t has been drafted by the u. N
Secretariat under Mr. Thant's guidance,
the men Of the Kremlin have seen fit
to attack it as If it were an act Of black
villainy. Thus, in a note to Mr.. Thant,
they have in effect accused him Of plot
ting with the Western "colonialists" to
prevent the Congo's reunification and to
strengthen Mr.. TShombe's position
against that Of Mr.. Adoula in order to
protect "the interests of the interna-
tional monopolies."
Accordingly, quite in keeping with
this typical upside-down Soviet version
of the realities, the Kremlin-which
refuses to contribute a single ruble to
support the U. MS peace-keeping oper-
ations in the Congo-has demanded
that Mr.. Thant, instead Of carrying out
his reunification plan, should use what
ever force may be necessary to bring
about "the immediate arrest, detention
and expulsion" not only of all foreign
military and political advisers in Ka-
tanga, but also Of the Tshombe regime
itself. Moreover, Moscow's note insists
that this action should be completed
within months time, "after which the
United Nations troops should be with
drawn from the Republic of the Con-
go"-to leave it to chaos.
This demand (why not apply 1t. to
Russian "technicians" in Cubap) adds
up to sheer propagandistic balderdaSh,
as Khrushchev and company undoubt-
edly well know. Still, it is a sobering
sort Of thing when viewed as a measure
Of the utterly unprincipled, amoral ma
ture Of Communist diplomacy-a di-
plomacy deliberately calculated to
maintain and intensity international
tension rather than abate it. Clearly,
in the Congo as well as in places like
Berlin, the Soviet dictatorship-for rea-
sons best known to itself-is interested
only in keeping nerves on edge and the
not ahOil