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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-21
Norwood Issue

In other States, when a
board acts in a coming ca
pacity, it is a judicial or
quasi judicial function as OPP
posed to a legislative one.
This should be the practice
in Northern Virginia so as to
regard 1t improper for any,
one to attempt to influence
members Of the board when
they are acting in this
capacity.
You quoted Claiborne
Leigh, member of the Fair
fax Board of Supervisors and
representing the district en-
bracing Norwood, as say
ing when questioned as to
when he reached the decision
to vote in favor of rezoning,
Il really didn't make up my
mind until sometime during
the day when the case was
going on" Mrs. Anne Will
kins, another member of the
board, was quoted as saying,
About 10 days before the
hearing he (Mr. Leigh ap-
preached me and asked if I
would vote for rezoning
(Merrywood)," and volun-
teered his vote TO her on
some future issues, If she
agreed to do this.
Thus, there are two ques-
lions that come to mind.
What is the truth and was
the 12-hour coming hearing
to any avail?
HarriettA Anderson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-21
Children at Work

There are no Men at Work signs
posted outside the quarters of the
House and Senate appropriation COM
mitteeS today. For the members of
these key congressional groups are too
buSily engaged in childish Squabble.
A. When the Senate makes changes in
appropriation bills passed by the House
the differences must be ironed out in a
Joint conference of representatives of
the two committees. This has worked
satisfactorily for 1870 years, but this year
1t has broken down.
S5Why? First, there was fight over
where the meetings would be held. In
the past the confereeS met in committee
rooms on the Senate side of the Capitol,
With Senator presiding. This year the
House baked. Finally a compromise
was worked out specifying that the
conferences would be held in the old
Supreme Court chamber. This is on the
Senate side, but in the House view "it's
not Senate territory"
: This happy solution broke down,
However, when the House still insisted
that House member preside at half
l.
Of the conference sessions. The Senate
was willing to accept this if the House
would permit half of the appropriation
bills to originate in the Senate. The
House, Of course, refused, and there the
matter stands. Meanwhile, a score of
Federal agencies are running out of
funds for this fiscal year, and the Secret
Service has already notified its people
that they can't be paid until something
gives on Capitol Hill
This is diSgraceful spectacle, and
there's no other term for it. From time
to time congressional leaders have COM
planned that Congress has been unfairly
criticized and ridiculed Sometimes they
have been right. But what can they
expect when feuds like this one are
tolerated?
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Part of the Cost

1t is. highly gratifying that the
House Public Works Committee has
approved a bill to make Federal funds
available to help pay the costs of re-
locating families displaced by Federal
aid highways. AS far as the District of
Columbia is concerned, the action is
especially timely.
, For while the Commissioners have
decided, and properly so, that provisions
for adequate relocation assistance must
be developed If the city highway pro-
gram is to proceed, the District would
be sorely pressed to finance such as
Sistance independently of highway rev.
enueS. Under the new House bill, the
Bureau of Public Roads would consider
relocation expenses, within specified
limits, to be legitimate part Of the
total costs of Federal-aid highway prof.
ectS. Thus in the case of interstate
highways such as the Districts inner
loop freeway system, for example, up to
90 per cent of the costs of relocation
would be covered by the customary
Federal-aid grants.
tlH The House bill leaves the decision
VA PdJA1AS AC4ONoOAOAl SIdIlCo W GllC III
diyidual States. 1t is unlikely, however,
that many would not want to make
the payments. AS President Kennedy has
pointed out in urging the legislation,
the social upheaval created by urban
freewayS can be no less diSruptive than
that resulting from urban redevelop-
Inent, and it makes no sense that public
assistance should be given one group
Of diSplacees and denied the other Ac-
cordingly, the Public Works Committee
bill follows the urban renewal formula
in permitting relocation payments of
up to $500 to displaced families and
UP to $4,000 to displaced businesses
Moreover, before future Federal-aid
highways are approved, the bill would
require that the Secretary of Commerce
be satisfied that adequate relocation
programs exist. We hope that Chairman
Buckley of New York, who deserves the
Hons share of the credit for the indorSe-
rnent of these provisions by his commit
tee, will press for early House approval,
and that similar action will be taken in
the Senate.
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lance in any future Arctic
warfare.
United States Bureau Of
Standards scientists have
opened a new window into
the invisible world. They are
looking through a window
only a sixteenth of an inch
in diameter into an ultra
microscopic world never be-
fore seen by man. 1t is a
world of titanic presSures and
microscopic cataclysms which
look like multicolored show
ers, whirlpools and explo-
Sions.
The window is a minute
diamond. The substances Drs.
Alvin van Valkenburg and
Charles E. Weir are watch
ing are squeezed between
flattened faces of two dia-
mondS and the processes are
observed with a microscope
looking through one Of the
diamonds.
In some cases the pressure
exceeds a million pounds per
square inch. The visual OBJ
Servations now made posi-
BILE show matter reacting to
extreme stresses.
Potassium nitrate, when
viewed in the cell with polar
lied light resembles a stained
glass window with many ir-
regular, brightly colored
areas. AS pressure is in
creased the colored areas,
which actually are crystals Of
the m terial. grow and
change shape rapidly. At
about $4,000 pounds pressure
per square inch there is an
abrupt transition in which
these crystals look like a field
of thousands of brightly col
cred marbles.
Spectacular Show
Teflon, a material used in
many cooking utensils, puts
on an equally spectacular
show. At a pressure Just
slig htly in excess Of IS
pounds per square inch it
breaks down into a myriad of
tiny colored whirlpools. AS
pressure is increased on
thalium bromide its color
changes from light yellow to
orange, to deep red. At ap-
proximately l million pounds
pressure it becomes complete
ly Opaque.
Inc TRANSITIONS winch ma
terials undergo at high pres
sure shed light on the forces
interacting on the constitu-
ent atoms. Because most Of
the transitions take place at
specific preSsureS, much Of
the bureaus work is directed
to using these fixed points
for the construction of a
pressure SCALE" just as fixed
points-the freezing point of
water, for example-form the
basis of the temperature
scale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-21

mean nuclear war. But would
it? Red China, together with
Russia, its satellites and
Cuba, are starving. Food, to
these peoples. is certainly
more important than a Com
munist theology little under
stood by them. Is it not
possible. then, that a few
Shiploads of our Govern
ment-owned surplus food
landed on mainland China
by Chang would prove more
effective than all the nu-
clear warheads he could
carry? Is it not also pos
Sible that with such guam
titles Of food he could attract
away from Mao Tse-tung
the troops that now make
Communist mastery of China
possible? He should, Of
course, have t he necessary
munitions, ships and money
also.
Does McGill really believe
we can stand off commu-
nism indefinitely when mil
lions of children in the
satellite countries, including
Cuba, are being condition
ed to communism every day
we hesitate? Or does he hope
that spineless catering to
Communist plans may, as
Schlesinger says of indus
try's resistance to radical de-
mocracy, destroy the posi-
bility of a peaceful transi-
ton to socialism?
If one recalls the war
criminal trials following
World War II, it is not diff
ficult to un d ers ian d the
aversion of many American
officials to any policy re-
motely leading to possible
hot war with Communist
aggresSors even though the
alternative is enslavement of
Americans. This, perhaps
more than fear of nuclear
war, may explain the reluc-
lance of our Government to
even consider any policy en-
failing the slightest risk of
hot war. Nevertheless we
cannot afford to overlook
our one powerful ally-hun-
ger-nor should we, by any
humanitarian act. seek to
neutralize that ally as we
have so many others.
We are losing the cold
war, not only in Europe and
Asia but in the United
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-21
The w Affair

The inStallment Of THE
U-2 Affair" which appeared
in your June Is issue under
the heading President Gives
the Plain Truth" was par
ticularly interesting. I have
read elsewhere that this book
is largely fiction and I am
inclined to believe that this
installment proves the allie
CATION, for it is hard to i'm
agine that even Mr.. Eisen-
hover could have been so
naive that when he ordered
the U-2 flight in question he
had no thought of it hav-
ing any possible bearing upon
the summit meeting or on my
coming trip to Moscow"
However, we should have
learned one thing from this
whole unfortunate affair. 1t
would have been far better
had Mr.. Eisenhower Cor any
other Politician known only
the results obtained and
nothing about hon. they were
obtained. Then the President
could have said truthfully
that he didn't know anything
about the flights, could have
fired a few people to clear
the air. and made no para
lying promises regarding the
future.
OF course, having been
brought up in the military
school where the command
ing officer is always consid-
cred directly responsible for
everything that happens, Mr..
Eisenhower fastened to take
the blame and plunge the
whole country into an in
famous position which could
easily have been avoided. But
the foregoing military prac-
tice is certainly a dangerous
weakness when applied to the
international and diplomatic
world. in which it seems to
me to be highly important
that a country's leader
should never be put into a
position of personal blame in
matters of this kind. Every
body knows that intelligence
collecting requires skuldug-
gerry but we don't expect the
President to be part Of it.
Sometimes I wonder If we
are ever going to grow up.
Alan r. McCracken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-21
THE POLITICAL MILL
Clouds Breaking for Nixon
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Republicans In California
are not claiming certain vic
tory for former Vice President
Richard NJ. Nixon in his race
against Democratic Gov. Pat
Brown-but they are saying
the clouds are finally break
ing. After weeks of discour-
aging reports - and some
events-G. o. P. leaders are
getting together. They be-
lieve that the rank-and-file
voters of the party, too, are
uniting in an effort to throw
Brown out of office and put
Nixon in.
Among the encouraging
factors - encouraging for
Nixon-is the announcement
of Joseph c. Shell that he will
support the former Vice Pres
ident for election. Shell, lead
er Of the Republican con-
servatives. opposed Nixon in
the recent primary. He polled
almost IS per cent of the
vote. For two weeks Shell
declined to indorse Nixon,
saying that he wished agree
ment from Nixon to cam
paign for a 5000 million cut
in the State budget and to
give the conservatives one
third Of CALIFORNIA; delega-
ton to the 1864 Republican
National Convention. But fl
nally. after a long conference
with Nixon, at which he said
no demands were made and
no promises given, Shell
Tuesday declared he would
vote for Nixon.
Reports from California are
that the conservative Repub-
licanS will follow their lead
er. although Shell has said
they must make up their own
minds. Incidentally, the three
Republican congressional
nominees who are members
of the controversial, conserv-
alive, anti Communist John
Birch Society also have an
nounced they will vote for
Nixon.
These signs that the Repub-
licans are uniting under the
Nixon banner to fight Browns
re = election are not the
only encouraging portents for
the California G. o. P. Gov.
Brown has been under at
tack because of his handling
Of State finances. In the
primary which renominated
him, his proposed 1910 million
bond issue for school and
college construction was de-
feated by a very substantial
vote.
May Try Again
Brown, it appears, h a d
based his So-called balanced
budget on the suppoSition he
would be able to use much of
this bond issue money to
make the balance come out
right. Now he has been forced
to call a special session of
the Legislature to remedy the
damage. The Republicans say
the mere fact he has had to
issue the call demonstrates
Browns responsibility when
it comes to State finances.
Browns alternatives are to
increase taxes to meet the
needs of the schools and col
leges or to ask the Legisla-
ture to place the bond issue
a second time on the ballot
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States and even in the mar
row confines Of Wall Street
where, as early as last No
vember, according to Star
Colum mist Constantine
Brown, alarmed Swiss bank
erS and other Europeans
started selling American Sc
curities in alarm over the
Utopian ideas of the admin
istration. Americans followed
suit following the abortive
attempt to raise steel prices.
To an increasing segment
of Americans described by
McGill as the extreme polit-
ical right" the freedom and
dignity of the individual are
more valuable than freedom
from war. These are being
threatened externally by Rus
STA and China and their
satellites, including Cuba,
and internally by the advo-
Gates of "no-win" and "co-
existence" These policies
dictated the withdrawal of
air support from the Cuban
invaders and withheld all
support from the East Ber-
liners and the HungarianS
when they fought heavily
armed Russian troops with
sticks and stones while
awaiting American aid that
never arrived.
How sure can we ever be
that the people of the Iron
Curtain countries are not
willing to fight for their
freedom and dignity unless
we give them the chance?
Our storage facilities are
bullying with Government
owned SURPRISES of food and
military equipment. If
Chang has even a modest
chance of successfully in
vading Red China and over
throwing the Reds, let us by
all means give him the food,
equipment and money he
needs to make the attempt.
We gave Tito planes and
trained his pilots and we gave
Sukarno ships with which to
invade Dutch territory. Un-
like these two, Chang is anti
Communist and merits our
support; therefore, let's give
him the wherewithal before
our domestic Utopians have
spent it all on a cold war
which they have no inten-
ton of winning.
, Charles w. Carter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-21
New Creation Theory

The current Interpretation
Of the worlds beginnings be-
ing suggested to the Church
of England-the one that
substitutes Gods creation of
light, energy and matter"
for the story of Adam and
Eve-is logically going to lead
its author to a curious, if not
atheistic, conclusion.
The sequence goes like
this:
Matter is indestructible.
That is. it goes on forever,
which is a definition of eter-
nifty. But whatever goes on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-21
New Era for the Zoo

a# Congressional approval Of appropri-
atoms totaling SAL million for improve
nent of the National Geological Park
presageS bright new era for this long
neglected institution. The animals at
last are getting break, thanks to trans
fer of budgeting responsibilities from
the District Government to the Smith
sonian Institution and the Interior De-
partment.
In the past the Zoo had to compete
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-21
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used If
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used t0iH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-21
ViSTAS IN SCIENCE
Weird Reactions to Cold Noted
By THOMAS R. HENRY

There is a cold psychosis."
1t is manifested by bizarre
behavior that may first APP
pear weeks. or even months,
after a body has been sub
jected to extreme chilling.
This mental condition is
reported by Drs. v. P. Boga-
chenko and A. v. Kvasenko
Of the Soviet Military Medi-
cine Institute. A translation
of the report has just been
published by the Unite d
States Department of Com
merce.
They cite some typical
cases, such as that of a SOL
der who fell off a truck
while drunk and lay in the
snow several hours. He re-
covered fully from the physi-
cal effects in about a month.
About two weeks later. how
ever. the psychic symptoms
were first observed when his
memory seemed to fail COM
pletely and he became IA
tigued with the slightest eff
fort. He could not remember
the name or age of his own
son and could not recall the
simplest mathematical for
mulaS in which he had been
drilled. The condition lasted
for nearly a year.
Three Stages Observed
The Russian psychiatrists
classify three stages in the
psychiatric syndrome.
The first stage is marked
by a stuporouS state, likely to
be broken by excitement of
a chaotic character" This
lasts only a few days.
The second stage is marked
by the almost complete loss
of memory and sharp ex-
hauStion of the nervous sys-
tenn. At the same time there
seems to be an increased sub
jective sense of well-being,
together with great untidi-
ness. This seems to indicate
some organic infection of the
nervous system.
The third stage is marked
by increased nervous exhaus-
ton and complacency with a
marked decrease of judgment
of ones own behavior. This
is followed in a few weeks by
complete recovery.
Several cases of this cold
pSychoSis, never before noted
in medical literature, have
been observed recently, says
the report, and all seem to
differ markedly from other
known forms of mental ILL
ness.
Colds appear to have a di-
rect, specific effect on brain
cells which appears only aft
er the immediate bodily eff
fects have been overcome. 1t
will be, the psychiatrists be-
lieve, Of considerable impor-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-21
/ am Is wears OF age

1 am 10 years OF age.
On Saturday, June Is, 1
wanted to go to a matinee at
one of our neighborhood the
aters in the Silver Spring
area. After checking The Le-
gion Of Decency list pub
lished in the Catholic Stand
ard I found I could not see
any Of the movies advertised
for that Saturday afternoon.
I wonder how many par
ents knew what type shows
their children were watch
ing.
Mary e. Hughes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-21

to be voted at the general
election in November. It is
reported he probably will fol-
low the second course. F--
Their increased taxes in an
election year would not be
popular. But there is no as
surance really that the voters
would go along with the bond
issue if it is placed on the
ballot.
The Republicans are en-
couraged, too. because Of the
stable vote which was cast
for three "unknowns" for the
gubernatorial nomination by
the Democrats. votes that
demonstrated real opposition
to Brown. The Democrats
expressed great satisfaction
because of the conservative
moderate split in the Re-
publican Party as shown by
Shells primary vote. But
with the, rapprochement
among the Republicans well
under way, the Democrats are
no longer so sure.
There is a political formula
frequently used in California
that for a Republican to
win in a Statewide contest
he must receive 80 per cent Of
the G. o. P. vote and 20 per
cent of the Democratic vote.
1t is not so certain as it for
merly seemed that Nixon can
not pull this off.
8 New House Seats
California, fast becoming
the most populous State in
the Union, faces many huge
problems Of its own. There
seems to be doubt in many
minds that Gov. Brown is as
capable as he should be.
The Brown-Nixon race may
have considerable effect on
some of the congressional dis
trict races. The State will
elect eight additional Repre-
sentatives next fall, as q re-
suit of the national House
reapportionment under the
1860 census. The Democratic
Legislature did a real job of
gerrymandering in laying out
the districts.
In one of the new districts,
the 29th in the western part
of Los Angeles, the Republic
cans have nominated H. L.
(Jack) Richardson, a mem
Der of the John Birch So
ciety, and the Democrats,
George Brown, an arden t
Americans for Democratic
Action man and supporter of
the "pickets a ainst the
bombs" This will bring a
real test between the conserv-
atives and radicals, and be-
tween dedicated anti-Com-
munists and those who go
lightly against the Reds.
Primary figures show that
Brown, in some areas Of the
State, ran behind other Dem
ocratic candidates. So all
does not now appear beer
and skittles" for the Brown
candidacy, as it did in the
recent past.
And should there be a real
setback to the national econ
omy in the next few months.
the Governor would suffer. A
lot Of mail is coming out Of
California, blaming President
Kennedy for the stock
market slump.
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forever could have gone on
forever in the past (the full
definition of eternity.
If it has existed forever, it
wasn't created. No creation,
no need of a Creator.
The story Of Adam and
Eve was much safer. Besides,
1t was fun trying to figure
out which Of Gains sisters he
married.
James Heermance.
Kodiak mirror., 1962-10-19
Sandi Bowls 300 Game At College

Sandi Marconi, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vic Marconi of Kodiak, bowled a perfect 300 game at the Fairlane Bowl in Fairbanks on Oct. 5, it was stated in the Polar Bear, official University of Alaska stu dent newspaper.
 For her perfect game she will receive trophy in the alleys wall of fame.
 She is quoted as saying that she bowled the 300 game because of bet The friends she was bowling with would not let her in a pot game so she stepped over to the next lane and bowled her 257 game. These same friends bet her that she could not bowl 300 game.
Kodiak mirror., 1962-10-19

racks; Helen Sampson and Susan Pehrson, contact.
 The Kodiak Island Navy Wives Club extends an invitation to all enlisted Navy wives to attend the meetings which are held on the second Monday of every month at the Chapel Annex. Information about membership may be obtained by calling Donna Heikes 486-5408 or Willow Lawrence at 436-553O.
Kodiak mirror., 1962-10-19
Urgently Needed At Once "A Cub Scout Den Mother

Wanted! A Cub Scout Den Mother!
 Troop 23O of the Boy Scouts of America, Cub division, is about to start up again, but there's a hitch. The troop desperately needs Den Mother before they can get the organization underway.
 Any volunteers for this extreme ly worthy cause are asked to con- tact Zip Zediker at 6-2688; Al Wentz at 6-5514 or Mel Vega G. 2671 days or 6-2842 evenings.
 You'll be glad you did.
Kodiak mirror., 1962-10-19
Welfare Rep. Here For The Weekend

Mrs. Margaret Hafemeister, Dis trict Representative of the Alaska Division of Welfare, will arrive in Kodiak during the weekend to con fer with the Kodiak agent for the division, Mrs. Eugenia Strigga. She will be at the Kodiak Hotel and anyone wishing to see her may call the hotel for an appointment.