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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-04
Overhead Costs

Congress has neglected nothing in
its eagernesS to authorize free-flowing
medical research grants by the National
Institutes of Health. There consequently
is degree Of irony in the tight rein
which 1t has exercised over additional
allowances to colleges and universities
to defray the indirect" costs Of housing
and administering these research
projects. Il
Once again the House Appropria-
tons Committee has directed that these
overhead payments may not exceed IS
per cent Of the direct grant, a reStric-
ton in which there may have been
merit in the past. AS the magnitude of
medical research has grown by leaps
and bounds, however, the burden of this
ancillary support apparently has begun
to pinch universities with increasing
severity. Extensive congressional teSti-
mony on the subject by educators this
year suggests at least that additional
consideration should be given to a
revision of the rule.
It is generally agreed that the Is
per cent allowance covers only about
half Of the actual indirect costs which
must be borne by universities in con-
nection with NH grants. AS recently
as five years ago, this meant that the
University Of Pennsylvania, for example,
absorbed costs Of about $184,000 in con-
nection with NH grants. So swiftly has
the reSearch-grant program pyramided,
however, that the amount to be absorbed
this year has grown to $89O,OOO. Ac-
cording to the American Council on
Education, similar experiences across
the country are pressing the financial
capacity of many schools to a break
ing point. Nor is there uniformity in
Federal practice on this question. Some
agencies, the Defense Department in
cluded, allow 100 per cent of calculated
indirect costs. The National Science
Foundation allows 20 per cent of its
grants. The NH figure was raised from
to IS per cent in 1855.
It is perfectly true, as Appropriations
Subcommittee Chairman Fogarty argues.
that universities continue aggressively
to seek NH grants despite the burden
OF indirect costs. For without such Gov
eminent grants universities would be
hard-pressed to maintain adequate pro-
grams Of research and teaching, if in
deed they could do so at all. But it also
is true that if current levels of medical
research sponsored by the Government
were to wane the public interest as well
as the universities would suffer, espe-
cially the private institutions which
lack State assistance.
According to Mr.. Fogarty, the
House Appropriations Committee is
particularly disturbed at the lack of
uniformity in handling indirect costs
and very possibly will develop by next
year some overall formula for the en-
tire Government" This would be the
proper place to begin, providing the
formula yields adequate allowances for
overhead and indirect costs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-04
Our DRIFTING Debt

Even If the national debt
were one cent rather than
the $500 billion which it now
approximateS, it would need
to be paid. The long-haired
theory that debt is a good
thing Is nonsense. It is con-
cealed graft by which the
new welfare state hands out
dividends in the form Of in
terest to bond-holders who
thus are. living on the in
dustry of other citizens. Pay
as-you-go is the best policy.
who goes a-borrowing, goes
a-sorrowing" is a time-tested
Ben Franklin gem!
The President should be
required by law to include in
his annual budget an item
not merely for payment of
the interest on the national
debt, but an item consisting
of several billion dollars, more
or less, for reduction of the
principal of the national debt.
This provision could be en-
acted into law as an amend
ment to the pending bill
(there is always a bill pend
ing)-to increase the debt
limit.
Senator Byrd's office has
assured me that the Senator
will certainly present my
views to the finance COM
mittee."
Richard L. Feldman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-04
Trade Expansion Act

David Lawrence takes q
somewhat distorted view of
the effect of H.R. 5000, stat
ing that section 404 of the
Trade Expansion Act makes
all determinations by the
President or by any admini-
stering agency final and con-
elusive and not subject to
review by any court. This is
the language of the act,
but, Mr.. Lawrence notwith-
standing, this proposed act
Of Congress does not affect
the constitutional require
ment Of due process Of law.
Mr.. Lawrence is incorrect
when he says, There is no
way an injured citizen can
petition a Federal court for
the redress of any wrong
done him by the Government
in a tariff or foreign trade
transaction" Perhaps Mr..
Lawrence is not aware of the
power of judicial review of
the Supreme Court over
Congress which. was first an
nounced in 1903 in Marbury
v. Madison. Perhaps Mr.. Law
renee is not aware that the
Constitution is the supreme
law of the land and cannot
be changed by an act Of
Congress.
Should any citizen be denied
a hearing under H.R. 5000
by the Tariff Commission or
any other administrative
agency. or his right to pres
ent evidence, or, in any man
ner, be denied his right of
due process, he has a clear
path to the Supreme Court.
On the other hand, the
extent to which the courts
should go in reviewing deter
limitations Of fact has been
a highly controversial issue.
This seems to be the issue to
which section 404 of H.R.
5000 is directed. Surely, even
Mr.. Lawrence would not sug-
gest that the Supreme Court
sit as tariff negotiators and
attempts to ascertain II the
U. S. is the dominant sup
plier," or If increased imports
resulting from a trade agree
ment concession are causing
significant idling Of the
productive facilities Of a
firm, or whether the imports
of like or directly COMPETE
tive articles have increased
as a result Of a tariff change,
as well as the myriad other
matters in the bill.
Section 404 Of the pro-
posed act is designed to i'm
plement an administrative
procedure to carry out the
complex provisions Of tariff
negotiations, a procedure for
which the Federal courts are
obviously not equipped.
J. Gordon Forester, jr.
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A BOOK FOR TODAY:
Legendary Figure of Old Frontier
By DONALD MINTZ

GREAT WESTERNER, The
Story Of Kit Carson. BY
Bernice Blackwelder. End
90 sheet map by Clare Ford.
Illus, 373 PIP. (The Caxton
Printers; So
Among the Western heroes
who brawl through American
history and myth, there are
many who were in fact more
colorful than heroic. Kit
Carson is not among these,
for he was a man Of genuine
stature and nearly incredible
accomplishment.
He served as guide on three
of Fremont's expeditions to
the West. Then, in 1846 he
found himself arbitrarily
Joined to the forces of the
then Col. Stephen Kearny.
AS a result he was involved
in the absurd yet tragic Cali
fornia campaign in the Mexi
can War, the subsequent
squabbles about who cap
tnred the territory and ulti-
mately Fremont's court mar
tial.
Then he turned rancher.
But in 1854, he became an
Indian agent-apparently a
good one. Finally there was
service in the Civil War and
the Indian campaigns in the
New Mexico area. Carson
died in 1868 at the age of SO.
He dictated his autobiog-
raphy shortly before his
death. In addition there are
a number of books about him
including a biography that
appeared in 1855.
Now in Great Westerner"
Bernice Blackwelder has
gone over the ground again,
apparently with the inten-
ton of producing a readable
and popular but solidly docu-
mented book of moderate
length.
She has not succeeded. It
requires more than good in
tentions to convey the ex-
element Of border warfare
and a sense of the hardships
of the frontier.
THIS SORT of thing will
not do: Kit had another
hair's-breadth escape while
running to help Cotton Mans
field, who was pinned under
when his horse fell. Seeing
half a dozen Indians start
ing for his scalp, Cotton cried
out: Tell Old Gabe that Old
Cotton's gone Kit, shout
ing for the others to sur
round the helpless man,
jumped from his horse in
time to save him. Four war
riors were shot from their
mounts as the trappers con-
verged around Mansfield.
Doc Newell swung down from
his saddle to fitch another
top-knot but the touch of his
knife :" But why go on?
But beyond this, the whole
story is seen through a haze
of often impenetrable con-
fusion. Characters come and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-04
Stroys' Best Friends

The agencies working for
animal welfare are greatly
disappointed by the decision
of the Commissioners not to
proclaim BE Kind to Animals
Week." May 6 through IL.
This proclamation has been
issued for some 20-odd years
by the District and for SO
years nationally. 1t is valu-
able publicity for the local
agencies.
The Commissioners may
not be familiar with the work
done by the Washington
Animal Rescue League and
the Tail Waggers Club for
the large animal population
and their owners of the Dis
trict. The Washington AMI
NAL Rescue League is open
seven days a week, day and
night, for reception of stray
and injured animals. The
Pound is open five days a
week. The League came to
the assistance of the Pound
when the Pound did not have
a humane lethal chamber,
and for 10 months humanely
destroyed its unwanted dogs.
The league is able to identify
lost dogs by tag numbers
when the Pound is closed over
the week end. The Tail Wag-
gers has a 24-hour informa-
ton service for lost dogs of
its members. 1t operates a
non-profit animal clinic,
which by its work holds in
check canine epidemics. Also,
it is Of great assistance to
the Health Department in
vaccinating for rabies dogs
whose owners neglect to take
them to the District station.
1t has an intensive humane
education organization which
includes records of films
shown to the District schools
and the Recreation Depart
ment.
AS I am a director of the
Tail Waggers Club, and hon.
orary vice president of the
Washington Animal Rescue
League, as well as a member
of the District ALLEGATION
Board, I am familiar with the
problems facing these
agencies.
Mrs. Frank Allen West,
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TX for Hackers

TaxlcabS are public utili-
ties like bus lines and rail-
roads. Their regulation
should be uniform. Time
tables should be painted on
each indicating the hours
they are required to be on the
streets and drivers should
not be allowed to be off duty
during these hours. The
practice Of taxicabs disap-
pearing during rough
weather or unusual traffic
congestion should be dis
continued. Public needs are
greater at these times.
Tips should not be ex-
pected except for unusual
service such as assisting in
valids home and carrying
suitcases to the door. Who
would think of tipping the
driver Of a bus or the con-
ductor Of a railroad train?
Tipping is not American.
The Upper is actuated by a
feeling Of superiority over
the tippee which puts the
latter in a degraded position.
Gotten the Upper is actuated
to tip by cowardice alone).
Zoning is unfair both to
the driver and the passenger
and should be replaced by
frequently inspected taxi
meters. Some drivers de-
mand another zone fare if
they merely cross the street
which divides the zones.
Drivers on the other hand
have reason to resent the dis
lance involved in Zone /,
which extends from Twenty
second street NV. to several
blocks beyond the Capitol.
The average driver is in
telligent, honest, well in
formed and law abiding, but
most Of us need supervision.
James A. Cannon, ST., MD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-04
Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. What insect pests does
the rose-breasted grosbeak
attack? E. L.
A. AS it's nickname "po-
tato-bug bird" suggests, this
member of the finch family
consumes great quantities of
the Colorado potato beetle
Qarvae and adult. In addi-
ton, it has been found to at
tack cucumber beetles, many
scale insects, locusts, canker-
worms, tent caterpillars, vari-
Gus moths, plum curculio,
army worm, and chinch bug.
The rose-breast is credited
with attacking some of the
worst enemies Of agriculture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-04
SocidIized Medicine

TnoSe who favor the Social
Security approach to medical
care for the aged should re-
view carefully the catastrophe
ic decline in the quality of
medicine there since Eng
land adopted socialized medi-
cine.
BY every acceptable criteria
adequacy of hospital and
other medical facilities, num-
Der of new doctors remaining
in England, research results
the quality of England's
medicine has declined rapidly.
The Kennedy Administra-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-04
WATCHING THE WORLD
Major Defeat for the Rebel OAS
By CROSBY S. NOYE.
Foreien Correspondent Of The Star

back to his residence at
Lamartine and promptly
notified military authorities
at Orleansville.
The reaction Of the army
was prompt and savage.
Fighter aircraft launched
rocket attacks on three posts.
Helicopter infantry Swarmed
to the assault. Within hours
the posts were once again in
government hands. The VII
layers willingly returned their
weapons. And GAS COM
mandos, abandoning their
equipment, had fled to the
hills. hotly pursued. Subse-
quently. 38 of the group were
arrested, including seven Off
GERS who had deserted from
the French army.
Calls 1t a Lost Cause =
The reaction of Bachaga
Boualam to these events was
interesting.
81 can't say that I would
have been sorry If it had
succeeded" he admitted TO
reporters, "but I saw right
away that the affair had
failed. You don't take up lost
causes, especially at my age"
The more people in Algeria
who begin to feel this way
the quicker the cause Of the
GAS will be lost, once and for
all. Gardes, himself, an avid
student Of the theory Of sub
versive warfare, would be, the
first to admit that fact. e.
From the beginning, the
tactics of the GAS in Algeria
have been based on the prin-
ciples laid down by the great
est of modern revolutionary
generals, China's Mao Use
tung. and followed by every
successful subversive move
ment since then from Wet
Nam to Algeria, itself.
To succeed, the revolution
airy army must first root it
self firmly among the peo-
pie. BY persuasion or terror
or a combination of the two.
it must win the mass Of the
population to its cause. IN
til it can do this, it cannot
succeed. Once 1t has done 1t,
no opposing military force
can really defeat it.
THE revolutionary army"
wrote Mao, must be in the
population like a fish in
water"
This was in reality the real
significance of the operation
launched by the GAS at Benz
Boudouane last week and the
real significance Of its fail
ure. Until the GAS succeeds
in establishing itself outside
the confines of the major
cities, it will remain a move
ment of a small minority Of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in it's
destructive potential but i'm
potent in deciding the des-
tiny of the country. Today
far from being like a fish in
water, the GAS is pretty well
confined to the murky pud-
dies Of Algiers and Gran
puddles which in time are
certain to dry up. 40
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go apparently serenely con-
fident that they will be
recognized by all. RI.
The essential political
background is indicated fit
fully and without feeling for
the distinction between the
crucial and the trivial. 1T
is almost as if small chunks
Of assorted encyclopedia
articles had been pushed into
the narrative at random.
The Treaty Of Guadalupe
Hidalgo is mentioned but not
identified as the agreement
that ended the Mexican War.
There is no serious treatment
of the Indian policy the re-
suits of which occupied Gar
son for so many years offhis
life. The political boundaries
Of the western territories are
never indicated, and there
is no discussion of the COM
pick background Of the Civil
War in the Southwest except
for the Gadsden Purchase and
the motives behind it. ~
THE RECOMMENDATION
is capricious and seemingly
undiscriminating. Footnotes
follow trivia while relatively
important material stands
free and unencumbered.
Mrs. Blackwelder gives no
indication that she is aware
of the necessity Of arranging
sources according to a heir
archy of Importance and re-
liability.
Carson's manner of speech
varies according to the
source OF the quotation. One
moment he speaks genuine
TV Western, the next the
orotund cadences Of the mid
die of the 18th century.
Mrs. Blackwelder has had
a varied career. For a time
she taught singing at Cen
trail College in Fayette, Mis-
souri,. Then she was an &C
tive musician in Chicago. She
spent several years with the
CHA, and now she devotes
full time to historical re-
search and travel"
But it seems that nowhere
along the line has she &C
quired either the ability to
organize a book or a con-
ception of historical method.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-04
Implied Consent

May I thank you for the
fine editorial Curb on
Drunken Driving" which ap-
peared in The Star Of April 1?
Your support contributes to
greater public understanding
of the need for the implied
consent" bill proposed for the
District of Columbia and is
greatly appreciated.
Not only does the proposed
law provide an effective de-
terrent to drunken driving,
as you state, but it also as
sures more equitable DISPOSE
ton Of cases involving driv-
ing under the influence"
and protects the innocent
against unjust charges and
convictions.
Apparently, your editorial
was based on the news item
headed 'Drunk-Driving Law
Supported" which appeared
in The Star of March %.
There appeared in this article
a misapprehension as to the
significance Of implied con-
sent. The article stated that,
under this measure, a per-
son who holds a District
drivers license would be con-
sidered as having given his
consent" to a chemical test
for alcohol. If requested to
do so by police. Your edi-
torial Of April l similarly in
dicated that the idea of the
implied consent bill is to lob
tain from the holder Of a
drivers permit an advance
agreement to submit" to a
test.
Actually. however, the pro-
posed bill, which is similar
to the ones adopted in New
York and nine other States,
makes no mention Of lad
vance" agreement nor is the
consent associated in any
way with the obtaining or
holding of a drivers license.
What the law means is
simply this:
Any person who drives his
car in the District is thereby
deemed to have given his con-
sent to submit to a chemical
test if arrested by a police
officer who has reasonable
grounds to believe that the
driver had been driving while
in an intoxicated condition.
By exercising the privilege
Of driving in the District, no
matter in what State he is
licensed to drive, the motorist
has by implication given his
consent to the test. The i'm
plication lies in the act Of
driving in the State which
has such a law.
I wonder how many Dis
trict drivers realize that, If
they should drive in New
York State today, they are
deemed to have given their
consent to submit to q chem
ical test If arrested for driv-
ing under the influence? The
same is true in all 10 States
which now have this law.
II they fail to live up to
this agreement. they are not
compelled to take the test,
but have the alternative of
losing the privilege to drive
within that State.
The proposed bill permits
the highly desirable use by
law enforcement agencies of
a reliable, scientific alcohol
detection procedure. It as
sists in the protection of the
innocent. Its greatest value,
however, may be its indirect
effect of keeping persons
from driving while under the
influence of alcohol.
Let us never forget that
there were 1882 drinking
drivers involved in accidents
in the District last year, as
compared with 1888 in 1855.
And "a per cent of the drivers
involved in fatal traffic acct
dents in the District in 1861
had been drinking.
Anthony D. Ellison,
Chief. Office of Traffic
Safety Education.
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ton is engaged in an i'm
menSe and divisive political
scheme to force medical care
for the aged through Con-
gress when it should be work.
ing to unite the country
against the Communist men
ace.
The Kerr-Mills bill provides
good medical care for the
needy. We should give this
bill an opportunity to be fully
supplemented in all the States.
If the Kennedy program to
socialize medical care for the
aged is adopted. the quality
of medical care in this coun-
try will markedly deteriorate.
C., T. HeIlmuth.
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PARIS.

PARIS.
"The GAS strikes where it
, wants." read signs scrawled
on the walls Of Algiers. But
in the last few days the ter
rorist Secret Army Organiza-
ton has discovered that this
is not true. And in finding it
out it has suffered its worst
defeat since the failure of
the generals putsch" Of
last April.
The defeat took place near
Orleansville in q mountain
Gus region half way between
the trouble centers Of Al
giers and Oran. Early last
Thursday morning, GAS
commands suddenly seized
three small army posts sur
rounding the village of Benz
Boudouane, capturing garri-
sons Of French army troops
and Moslem harkis, together
with their arms.
The spot for the operation
had been carefully chosen.
The population Of the coun-
tryside between Oran and
Algiers Is generally supposed
the most favorable to the
GAS. The local ruler, Ba-
chaga Boualam, vice pres
ident Of the French National
Assembly, Is q stanch de-
fender Of the cause of French
Algeria.
The object Of the operation
was to implant first a firm
bastion Of subversion in the
Algerian belt. If it had sue
ceeded 1t would have formed
an axis Of GAS influence
linking the country's two
major cities and possibly pro-
viding the first department
Of the Republic of French
Algeria" proclaimed on vari-
Gus occasions by rebel French
Gen. Raoul Salan.
The men for the operation
had been carefully chosen
also. The 100-man GAS group
was under the leadership of
excel. Jean Gardes, brilliant
tactician, once chief Of the
army's psychological war
fare branch in Algeria and
now one Of the top GAS
leaders.
Sudden Disaster
At first. all went according
to plan. The GAS group in
seven vehicles reached their
detectives without challenge
from Bachaga Boualam's
private army Of 5000 men.
Posts were captured without
a shot being fired. Arms
seized from the garrison were
quickly distributed among the
villagers. together with ap-
peals for all hands to rally
to the cause of the GAS.
At this point, however, the
whole thing fell flat. The
soldiers, both French and
Moslem, refused categorically
with a single exception to
play ball. The villagers were
unreceptive to the GAS argyll
ments. Worst of all, Bachaga
Boualam, after a hectic inter-
view with GardeS, hurried
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used If
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSa-
ton. Those not used lDiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-08

named head of the mathematics
end physics department. at
Georgetown.
Mr.. Arbuckle was also in
charge of Grorgetown's step
up" officer training program.
After the war, he taught at
Gonzaga High School, Catholic
University and the Capital
Radio Engineering Institute
here.
Several years later, Mr.. Ar
buckle took a teaching post at
the University of Maryland,
remaining there until failing
health forced him to retire in
1854.
During World War I, Mr.. Ar
buckle was one of America S
first Army aviators. He flew
many missions in Europe and
was decorated in several cam
paigns.
Mr.. Arbuckle was a member
of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Besides his son, Mr.. Arbuckle
leaves a daughter, Mrs. Mar
garet Withers of 9127 Kirkdale
road, Bethesda, Md, and three
grandchildren
Services will be at Q pm.
tomorrow at Gawler's Funeral
Home, Wisconsin avenue and
Harrison street NV. Burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery.