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Evening star., 1962-12-01
Kennedy Spurs Diplomacy
On Latin American Front

Central American States have
gone farthest toward integra-
tion in Latin America. They
have formed a Common Mar
ket, have a common Develop
ment Bank, and are about to
establish a common High Court
of Justice.
The five countries are Guate-
mala, Honduras, Ell Salvador,
Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
Their Presidents will be joined
by the President of Panama
when President Kennedy be-
comes the first North American
Chief Executive to visit Central
America.
The Honduran President is
the first Latin American head
of state to be in Washington
since the Cuban missile crisis,
and the Kennedy administra-
ton has gone out of its way to
emphasize the new note of
unity in the hemisphere.
Besides his kind public words
about Central American sup
port during the crisis, President
Kennedy met privately with
DR.. Villeda Morales for over
an hour at the White House.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk
gave a dinner in his honor at
the State Department last
night.
Cites Rotten Fruit"
Speaking at Blair House be-
tween engagements, the Hon.
duran leader told reporters that
he and Mr.. Kennedy had had a
meeting of the minds" on all
problems-including Cuba.
He compared the Castro
regime to a rotten fruit about
ready to fall off the tree. But
throughout his visit - which
ends today-he has been suit.
ably vague about how or wher
this fall is to happen.
He told a formal meeting o.
the Council Of the Organization
of American States that lit Il
necessary to do more and Il
do 1t quickly" He added tina
Honduras would support an!
collective action agreed on Il
ransom" Cuba from the Sovie'
Union.
Later at his news conference
DR.. Villeda Morales elaborated
He said Honduras had Offered
Caribbean bases for collective
action voted by the OAS Council
on october % in support Of thI
arms quarantine against Sovie
offensive missiles.
He said 1t was up TO tn,
, democratic peoples of the hemi
sphere to aid the Cubans from
, the outside in fighting the op
pressive totalitarian state. II,
said he did not consider sucl
help intervention since tn,
Communist regime has de-
Evening star., 1962-12-01
ny GLOKUE SHEftNIAri
oUar stan uIIIer

FreSluenC henIIeuy'S Personal
uIpIUmaCy IN LaIIn America Is
s4uICIng IlILO nlgn gear now
lnaC the tire apparently mas
gone out of the Cuban crisis.
Yesterday he accepted an in
vitation to meet with PreSi-
dents of the Central American
Republics in San Jose, Costa
Rica, in February or March.
Next week he is scheduled to
meet with two prominent ex-
presidents of Latin America
Alberto Lleras Camargo of Co.
lombia and Juscelino Kubit-
schek of Brazil-about the Al
lance for Progress.
The two men have been
named to a special hemisphere
committee to investigate ways
Of overhauling the sputtering
machinery of the inter-Ameri-
con system.
Then on December 10. Mr.
V"nnedv is to welcome Chilean
~""sident AlesSandri Rodriguez
- Washington on an official
'''e'' Ch''o is one of tho so-
"~""S ohio nnwers" IN T.atin
A-.o~ina which hove heen rnnet
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Brazil Trip Long Delayed
In April or May the Presi-
dent is expected to make his
ong-delayed visit to Brazil
This trip was postponed fol
the second time in October
because of the Cuban crisis
and President Joao Goulart has
been urging an early re-
scheduling next year.
All this renewed activity ir
Latin America is evidence oi
President Kennedy'S determi.
nation to maintain the mo-
mentum he gained in hemi,
spheric affairs from firm
action over Cuba.
His acceptance Of the invi'
tation to meet with the Centra
American Presidents is a cast
in point. The invitation wal
issued long ago, and in hopes
Of a positive answer, the Pres
idents postponed the origina
meeting from December Il
January-and now to Februar!
or March.
One Of those Presidents
Honduran President Ramor
Villeda Morales, who is here OF
a two-day visit-said yesterda!
that the little summit" woulC
concentrate on defense Of tn
Caribbean and economic int
grafton Of Central America.
He noted that the five mem
bers Of the Organization o
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Evening star., 1962-11-11
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-03
Restoring Confidence

Among the several tributes paid
to Senator Byrd Of West Virginia by the
Public Welfare Advisory Council the
other day was the comment that his eff
forts have inspired more confidence"
in District relief programs.
Perhaps this conclusion is prema-
ture. For the recent disclosures of
cheating and other widespread abuses
of welfare rules have served to con-
firm suspicious which have existed for
a long while. And we imagine that there
still is considerable doubt in the public
mind-just as there is in the minds of
public officials-about where changes
should and should not be made in the
welfare picture.
The important thing, however, is
that as a result of the intensive in
vestigations and reviews now under way
there is a chance to establish the well
fare program on footing which would
inspire a greater degree of community
respect and confidence. This is a goal
worth striving for. Senator Byrd is
primarily responsible for this effort be-
ing made, and it is good to see the rec
ignition Of his contribution by a citizen
group as well informed in the field as
the Welfare Advisory Council.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-03

ever, is its assumption that local juris-
dictions in Maryland and Virginia will
provide the wherewithal not only for
their local recreational Fairgrounds and
parks, but for those which are wholly of
a national character, as part of the
setting of the Federal City. This is role
which local areas of course will not fill,
nor should they be expected to. There
Is no reasonable way In which the pro-
posed 1,l86-acre shoreline park across
from Mount Vernon can be rationalized
as local responsibility. AS Congress
agreed in its legislation last year, this
stretch of shoreline would become a
marvellous addition to the National
Capital park system. It possesses his
torical and archaeological Importance as
the site OF an early Indian village de-
Scribed by Captain John Smith. And
most important, it would preserve a view
OF great beauty from Mount Vernon
which, unless Congress acts, most GER
tainly will give way to bulldozers in the
not-too-distant future.
Among other Park Service funds de-
leted by the House were those to begin
the development Of a park system in the
new Southwest redevelopment area, to
renovate portions of the C. & o. Canal
which are not involved in the contro-
VerSy over a River Bend Dam, and to
conduct much-needed study aimed at
finding new legal means of preserving
open spaces in the fast-growing Wash
ington region. These all are desirable
requests, which deserve the consideration
of careful review by the Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-03
Blind Spot on Parks

The House is to be commended for
approving a $28-million request of the
National Park Service to begin con-
struction of the long-proposed automo-
bile bypass of the Zoo. This worthwhile
project, which so often has been frus-
trated in the past, would serve the dual
purposes of eliminating excessive and
unwanted traffic from the Zoo, and pro-
viding an all-weather traffic route of
growing Importance to the Northwest
from downtown Washington.
But unfortunately, as a result of
the blind spot which the House APP
propriations Committee seems to have
on the subject of Washington area
parks, the Park Service budget suffered
losses which more than offset it's gains.
Especially disappointing was the re-
fuSal of funds to preserve a large park
area on the scenic Maryland shore of
the Potomac opposite Mount Vernon.
This action flew unaccountably in the
face Of a specific authorization voted by
Congress after extensive hearings were
held last year. In explaining the rejec-
ton, the Appropriations Committee re-
ferred to ats policy that future acquisi-
ton Of park lands in the Washington
area should generally be the response
hility of the local Jurisdictions, which
enjoy some of the highest per capita in
comes in the country"
The fallacy in this policy" how
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-03
u. NJ. Bonds

Several Senators are ex-
aiming with the suspicious
eye Of a jaundiced pawn
broker the Administrators
request for authority to lend
the United Nations 500 mil
lion for Is years at two per
cent interest. The amount is
one-fifth Of one percent, or
1/500th Of the annual cost
Of the Defense Department.
Meanwhile, the polls in
dictate an overwhelming IS
per cent or more Of the
American people support the
existence and purpose Of the
United Nations. With the
people so far ahead of their
Senate in this regard, is it
too late to consider making
these bonds available for
purchase by individual citi-
zens? With wide publicity for
one week, with a wide range
Of denominations of bonds to
choose from, and with the
distribution system used by
the Treasury and Post Office
Departments on U. s. Saw
ings Bonds, I'd bet the U. N.
bond issue would be over
subscribed the first day. Civ
en- the opportunity, several
million Americans might pre-
fer investing in the U. N. to
investing in a space commu-
nications network, or a de-
tense industry, or a fallout
shelter.
J. Sam Mewhinney, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-03
Gentleman of Distinction

Had John Lord O'Brian not been
an attorney, Of course, he would not
have been appearing before the bench
OF the Supreme Court yesterday to
move the admission of a young COL
league. And the Chief Justice would
not have had the opportunity, which
he used so felicitously, to note Mr.
OBrian's own fiftieth anniversary of
admission to practice before the Su-
preme Court, or to speak for the court
in graceful commentator of Mr..
O'Brian's distinguished legal career.
Yet an unusually large number of Mr..
O'Brian's friends and admirers, in this
city, in this country, and in other parts
of the world, while respecting Mr..
OBrian as a lawyer, love him as
mana delightfully."- civilized gentleman
whose wisdom, wit and personal code
OF conduct endear him to those who
have the good fortune to know him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-03

from Dallas to Washington, a
total distance of 1874 road
miles. 1t was run in the
amazing time of five days,
thus averaging approximately
270 miles a day.
Computer on Wheels
The equipme emit, the
ground elevation meter"
consists of a four-wheeled
vehicle equipped with a fifth
wheel for measuring dis
tances and an electric pendu-
lum for measuring slopes.
The distance and slope in
formation are automatically
fed to an electronic computer
which integrates the infor-
nation to provide ground ele-
vations.
The vehicle is designed to
operate in all types of wealth.
er and requires only one
trained operator. It will OPP
crate at speeds up to 40
miles an hour and will de-
termine ground elevations /
foot times the square root Of
the distance Travelled in miles.
Hitherto, according to an
engineer report, 10 to Is miles
of leveling in a day has been
considered excellent for a
skilled surveyor in ideal
country. This may now be
exceeded by almost l00-fold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-03
Mr.. K to Mr.. K

Mr. Khrushchev has been quick to
snatch up an ill-advised Kennedy re-
mark and to use it as a propaganda
stick with which to belabor the
President.
In an interview which appeared a
few days ago, Mr.. Kennedy said that
"of course in some circumstances we
must be prepared to use the nuclear
weapon at the start, come what may
a clear attack on Western Europe for
example" In the context of the inter-
view with Stewart AlSop of The Satur-
day Evening Post, or even on the basis
Of the single sentence when taken out
of context, Mr.. Kennedy'S meaning
would not be misconstrued in this coun-
try No one would think that he was
talking about launching a preventive
nuclear war.
The Russians, however, have chosen
70 construe it otherwise. An article
prominently displayed in Pravda, be-
lieved to have the blessing of Mr..
KhruShchev, accuses Mr.. Kennedy of
reversing this country's policy and
claiming for the United States the right
TO strike the first atomic blow, to be-
come the initiator of a war of agrees
sion" Enlarging on this theme, Pravda
went on to say: I'VE cannot understand
what perverted logic pushed the Ameri-
can President to risky and provocative
statement on the POSSIBILITY Of preven-
tive nuclear attack on the Soviet Union"
OF course, this distorts and mis-
represents what the President actually
said. Nevertheless, the fact remains that
Mr.. Khrushchev, in his own country ana
probably in other parts Of the world,
undoubtedly will win this propaganda
clash. The explanation seldom if ever
catches up with the accusation.
Mr.. Kennedy has gone in rather ex-
tensively for private interviews with
friendly writer's, and he has every right
to do this. When;it comes to discussions
Of nuclear weapons and where and when
We might use them, however, this latest
unhappy experience suggests that care
fully prepared formal statements might
better serve our national interests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-03
Hong Kong Embargo

l was appalled, to read Of
Secretary Hodges action
recently in virtually clamp
ing an embargo on textile
imports from Hong Kong.
Consider the plight of these
unfortunate workers, many
Of whom are refugees from
the hell Of Red China, and
unlike Europeans. are denied
asylum in the West. They
subsist as best they can by
means Of traditional and
ancient handskills. Now, to
mollify a small segment Of
our industry we cavalierly
condemn thousands of these
people to slow starvation. In
addition to the immortality of
this action it is colossal
stupidity in cold war tactics.
The contrast between mil
lions Of tons Of grain for
midas sacred cows and mon
keys, a costly high. dam in
Ghana for the uneconomic
production Of aluminium, the
obsequiousness with which
we ply Nasser and Tito with
aid in the hopes of one kind
word on the one hand, and
on the other our callous "let
them eat cake" attitude to-
wards the wretches who, hav-
ing risked all to repudiate
communism, could and would
be our stanchest friends defies
rational explanation. In this
action the shrill cacophony
Of bedlam is heard reverber-
ating through the halls of
Commerce. Diogenes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-03
Plight of Pensioners

Representative Je s MS
support Of legislation to in
crease the annuities Of Fed
eral workers and his indorse-
ment Of legislation to exempt
civil service retirement an
nuitieS from Federal income
tax are appreciated by retir-
eeS.
I receive a pension I could
get by on except for the high
income tax I have to pay and,
Of course, any unexpected
expenses. In order to pay the
tax I am forced to forgo an
nual physical examinations,
eye examinations and dental
work until such time as 7 see
my way clear to pay for same.
It seems hard that ones
health has to be neglected
after giving so many years In
order to receive q liyahle PEN
sion. In my case there's no
other income.
GLADYS A. Davis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-03

@. How could the wood of
the recently raised Swedish
warship Vasa, sunk in 1928,
escape worms or rot?-S. N.
A. Shipworms cannot live
In the relatively fresh water
Of the Baltic Sea or in the
brackish harbor water of
Stockholm. The Vasa, built of
hard black oak, settled
through a thick layer of mud
onto the firm clay bottom of
of the harbor floor. The mud
acted as a preventative to the
wood. The ships iron bolts
rusted out, and their inch
wide holes had to be plugged
with wood before the Vasa
could be raised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-03
Mr.. Ks Sound and Fury

On March 16, N. Khru-
shchev announced the Soviet
achievement of a global range
intercontinental balHstic mis-
sile. He went on to assert
that Rockets can now fly to
the United States territory
from quite a different direc-
ton than that on which these
early warning facilities are
installed. Given the
global rocket, the warning
system in general has lost
its Importance" The U. S.
news media land presumably
foreign as well) proceeded to
carry "Global Rocket" head
lines the following day. The
U. S. response ranged from a
feeble experts not surprised"
to official statements that
our early warning systems are
evolving to cover this new
threat.
No one seems to notice
that Khrushchev is once
more being allowed to eat
his propaganda cake and
have it too. In his speech,
K. cynically stated that the
~. S. brass wanted to pro-
tect themselves by some bar
rier from a retaliatory blow
by the Soviet Union" In
point Of fact, in the absence
of an effective missile de-
tense, the global range rock
ct is purely a "first strike"
weapon. The sole value Of the
global range feature lies in
a surprise attack upon an
unsuspecting nation. AS a
retaliatory weapon, it is in
ferior to the ordinary ICBM
because it takes longer to get
to its target, costs more, and
has less destructive capability
than an ordinary ICBM. In
essence, K. is shouting from
the housetops that the Soviet
Union has invested it's talents
and resources in the devel-
opment Of a weapon whose
sole military application is
in starting aggressive nuclear
warfare. In the cold war
propaganda battle it would
seem desirable to point this
out.
ID. A. Cole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-03
MILDLY in Politics

Although I'm a Republican,
Mary McGrory's cynical
cracks about Nixon didn't
bother me nearly so much as
her mockery of the Repub-
lican ladies to whom he was
speaking. Miss McGrory is
apparently attempting to por-
tray all G. o. P. women as
doddering old dowagers with
plenty to spend on spring
finery.
Both parties have their
share of the wealthy, the
poor and the in-between. BY
no means are party lines
drawn on a scale comparable
to income. It is quite pos
sible today for a woman of
moderate means to acquire
a fur stole, what with in
stallment-buying and special
sales. I have seen college
girls and working girls who
proudly sport furs bought
with their own hard-earned
money. We should be CRATE
full that this can happen in
our country. Moreover, who
would deny any woman the
Joy Of wearing q pretty,
frivolous lowered hat?
These women probably
have given much to their
country. Each one has no
doubt given q husband or q
son to the service Of free
dom, and maybe even now
has q son or son-in-law
called to active duty. They
are the women who gave
blood, cultivated victory gar
dens and had to buy rationed
food. They went through q
great many lean years before
they we're able to afford
mink stoles. They have ed
ucated their children and
paid thousands Of dollars in
Federal taxes. Now they are
periodically giving Of them
selves in the cause Of freedom
and democracy by becoming
active in politics. And do not
forget that they are the ones
who ring doorbells, stuff
envelopes and watch the
polls. Let's not make fun of
them because they like to
hear a politician speak and
wear lowered hats.
Maybe Miss McGrory
would feel better If she went
out and bought herself a new
hat-one with pink roses.
Carol ID. Bauman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-03
Beyond Call of Duty
I would like to voice m,

! would ike TO voice my
opinion in regard to the al
ready underpaid teachers
who stay after hours on their
own time to coach and help
children who participate on
the schools athletic teams.
Both of my sons go to Sur
rattsville Junior High School
and for the past three weeks
the school has been having
"tryouts" for any boys who
are interested in getting on
the schools baseball team.
All these activities occur after
school hours when everyone
else has gone home. After
tryout I go to the school and
pick up my boys as the school
buses have already gone. I
get a telephone call usually
around z pm. When I ask
them If their coach (teacher)
is still there when I pick
them up, they say Eyes"
Surely these men who stay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-03
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Computer Fractures q Fraction

Pi - that is the ratio of
the circumference Of a cir
Gle to its diameter - equals
3.14159 :.
That is good enough for
high school boys, most engi-
neers, most professors of
mathematics. The value, it is
recognized, never can be de-
termined with complete pre-
cision.
Two Navy mathematicians,
DR.. j. w. Wrench, jr., and
Daniel Shanks Of the David
Taylor Model Basin, have
Just gone to the trouble of
calculating this value to 100,-
900 decimal places. Nobody
ever will use the new value, Of
course. The work was carried
out with a new type COM
puter to test its speed and
reliability. The calculations
were done twice, using diff
ferent formulas, and came
out in perfect agreement.
Gigantic Task
The 100000 decimal compu-
tation is printed on 2 large
sheets of paper. It required
several billion mathematical
operations which took the
computer eight hours. A man
working with a desk COM
puter would have required
about 10000 years for the
same result.
The previous record was
only 16,167 decimal places,
obtained with a computing
machine in Paris in 1859.
Before the present compu-
tation DR.. Wrench used his
spare time for more than
three years to carry out Pi
to 1,158 decimal places with
the help of a desk computer.
y = =
A new milestone in sur
veying and mapping research
has been reached by Army
engineers at Fort Belvior,
Va.
This is a new-type level
ing instrument. Developed at
Belvior, contract for it's pro-
duction was given a Texas
firm. The contractor, when
delivering the equipment, ran
along the ground what was
undoubtedly the longest and
fastest single line Of levels
ever run between two beach,
marks. It was continuous
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-03
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSa-
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returned only tphen accom-
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