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people.
Take late last winter, for
instance. when he found him.
self playing at Pebble Beach
in the Bing Crosby tournament,
and sheltered with a cluster of
the circuit-playing pros.
Walter Burkemo. who may
be my best friend most of the
time, talked me into it." George
recalls ruefuIly. Il told him my
game was a ruin but he said
we'd go up two days early and
that he'd straighten me out.
We'll. I went, found myself
put up in a Pebble Beach home
with Burkemo, the two Heberts,
and John Barnum. Burkemo
took charge of me on the first
tee the day of our first practice
round. My trouble, he told me,
was the way I held my head
when taking my stance. I tried
to change. got worse.
Next, Jay Hebert came to
me and said to pay no atten-
ton to Burkemo; that it was
my grip that was all wrong, a
matter of hands. not head.
1T was Barnum's turn next.
After assuring me that neither
Of the others knew what he was
talking about. he diagnosed my
trouble as being in my stance.
At this point, all l could con-
clude was that I had neither
the hands nor feet to play golf,
with Burkemo throwing in the
head.
Nevertheless, I staggered
through the round, being ter
rible from tee to green but still
being able to putt a little Bit.
The next day, they took up my
putting, leaving me with alb
solutely nothing in the way of
a golf game"
AFTER EFFECTS: This sort
of thing repeated often enough,
and supplemented by other
dismal experiences, can never
totally discourage the golf ad-
dict. 1t can leave him with a
steadily growing impression
that too many of his fellow
players are golf hustlers, how
ever. Even such a clean, out
going but not outgiving chap
as Peter Lind Hayes.
He never loses" George la
ments, at least not to me.
Last time I was at Las Vegas,
he was there too. He'd call me
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-11

early in the morning after I'd
had about four hours sleep and
talk me into playing. Finally,
I got sick Of it and put do
not disturb warning on the
switchboard.
We'll. Peter disturbed me
Just the same and when I pro-
tested to the operator, I found
he was using his charm on her.
Why she reproved me, it was
Peter Lind Hayes and I knew
anyone would be glad to talk
to him, any time
Il finally did think of a
scheme to get rid of him, how
ever. The next night, or morn
ing, before going to bed, I put
the amount of my daily loSings
into an envelope, gave it to a
bellhop, and told him to take
it up to Mr.. Hayes and warn
him not to call me again."
UNLONESOME GEORGE:
The leading man in Shady
Grove Music Fairs "Bye-Bye,
Birdie" has a hard time stick
ing to the subject Of show
business even after he's been
steered around to it.
Somebody mentioned his
quick disappearing musical
Let 1t Ride" and, for a few
seconds, George seemed about
to go into that. Then:
"a funny thing happened
during the Philadelphia try
outs" he said. Il was walking
along Market Street looking for
a place to get a cup of coffee.
All I could find was a firehouse
across from the theater but,
figuring firemen knew every
thing, I went in and asked
where I could get a cup of
coffee.
Right here" the man at the
coffee pot told me. That's not
only where I got my daily cof-
fee during the rest of the stay,
but it is also the place where
Alice and I were given one of
the most highly spiced meals
either of us has ever eaten.
Firemen have always been
among my best friends"
ON ACTING: For one brief
spot at Paul Young's. George
did get on his vocation. Look
ing straight at his drama desk
occupant co-diners. he burst
out: II was once afraid of
drama critics."
THAT was when I made that |
movie for Paramount and was
asked to go out on its promo
ton. 1 said I would and then
it suddenly occurred to me
that. up to then, I had met
only columnists and televiSion
critics. I was fearful that
drama critics, the ones I'd
meet, would ask me about act
ing.
They never did and I'm
glad because I just don't know
anything about acting"
Maybe not, but drama critics
have found few chaps who can
put on an equivalent luncheon
performance without ever real
ly getting into the subject both
are most interested in. Next to
life, that is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-11
Films of More Than Routine Merit

BLACK TIGHTS"Zid Jeanmaire, MORA Shearer and Cyd
Charlse in q delightful ballet diversion.
photographed home African
safar1, with some exciting wild animal chases.
JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG"-Naz war criminals 20 IN
trial In dramatic courtroom film by Stanley Kramer
LONELY ARE THE BRAVE"-Kirk Douglas the last Of
the rugged ndividualists at with the new west.
THE ROAD TO HONG KONG"-BOb Hope Bling Crosby
on another aunt, with Dorothy Lamour Of course
SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH"-SOrdid Tennessee williams
drama well-acted by Geraldine Page Paul Newman.
THE VIkINGS"-Krk Douglas watches fjords 20 by
In a movie spectacle size Morse adventure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-11

IL am, 1870, 4, $50. Q and
IL pm.
PlayhOuse-"AdviSe and Con-
sent; IL. 2::30 5, 7:30, 10 pm
PlaZa-"Two and Two Make
Six; 11:45 am, ITO, 2:40
4:l0, sos, 8 and $50 pm.
Town - THAT Touch Of
Mink; 1905, 2:05, 4:05, sos
sos. 1905 pm. and 1905 am
Trans-Lux - Advise anC
Consent; 1880 am, z, 4:30,
and $50 pm.
UptOwn-"West Side Story,
2 and $3.50 pm.
Warner - lei Cid; 2, 5:1I
and $3.50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-20
Beauty and BULGARIA.

The Associated Press has reported
a fascinating fact from Sofia, the capt.
tai Of Bulgaria, which is deep behind
the Iron Curtain. The fact is simply
this: That the city's policemen, in
keeping with directives from the ruling
Communist Party, energetically see to
1t that sloppy dreSsers are reprimanded
and told to spruce up. Farmers who
come to town in dirty or shabby clothes.
for example, are ordered to go back
home until they can return in neater
attire. And young lady, If her stock
ings look a bit untidy, is likely to be
approached by an officer who will say
this: Pardon, comrade. Your seams
need Strengthening" Whereupon he will
direct her to take corrective action in
the privacy Of some nearby doorway,
away from the stream of passing pc
deStrian traffic. This is totalitarianism
at work at what might be called the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. attractive
level, and it seems to us to have a GER
tain amount Of merit in it for Amer
ica-especially as 1t might be applied
to bobby sox, toreador pants and kin
dred atrocities that do mayhem to the
female figure, and to the eye of the
diStraught male beholder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-20
Playing Russio's Game

The budding signs that Britain Is
pulling away from the United States
on the nuclear test ban issue seem to
have come to full flower in Lord Homes
speech at Geneva.
The Foreign Secretary told his
audience that Britain is ready to accept
an absolute minimum" of control ma
chinery If Russia will only agree to
test ban treaty Lord Home did not
say what would constitute an absolute
minimum. But he did say that the
British, although recognizing that
Russia has gained military knowledge
and advantage" from last falls tests,
are prepared to let the Soviets keep
that advantage If tests can be ended
forever under treaty providing ian
adequate minimum system" Of vertical
ton.
We hope that our own Government
will mot allow itself to be pulled along.
For whatever may be the precise mean
ing pf Lord Homes words, it seems clear
enough that Britain, in exchange for
a piece Of paper called a treaty, is
prepared to settle for little or nothing
in the way of genuine inspection and
control to guard against cheating. And
to do this would be to play the Russian
game on Russia's home field under
Russian rules.
The Soviet test series last fall
abruptly ended a three-year mora
forum" on testing. The Russians, how
ever, had been secretly preparing during
the moratorium to conduct their tests,
and under the conditions set out by
Lord Home they could very easily do
so again.
Mr.. Kennedy has said that another
such venture in cheating might well
give the Kremlin superiority in nuclear
arms, and we do not see how any
responsible government could even con-
slider taking such gamble with the
life OF a nation. Certainly, on the
whole, long, discreditable Soviet record,
we cannot possibly trust" the Russians.
And since they cannot be trusted we
should proceed with next months
scheduled test series unless In the
meantime the Soviet Union has signed
a treaty incorporating inspection pro-
visions which we believe to be adequate.
II this means break with the British,
that will be too bad. But it will be
better than selling ourselves down the
river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-20
StickIer for Facts

Letter-writer James Daw-
son asserts that the engage
ment March 8, 1852 between
the Monitor and Merrimac
was not the first sea combat
between armored vessels. If
Mr.. Dawson Is correct, then
the following sources - re-
garded as authoritative up to
now - are wrong: Encyclo-
pedia Britannica, Encyclope-
dia Americana, Boatner's
Civil War Dictionary. Pam
plet No. IL issued by the Fort
Monroe Easement Museum,
Encyclopedias Of American
History, George Fort Millions
Conflict" v. C. Jones' "Civil
War at Sea-" Richard Vests
"Mr. Lincoln's Navy" to name
those sources within easy
reacn.
1t is true that John Erics-
son invented the screw pro-
pellor. He also devised the
revolving gun-turret Of his
semi-submersible, Monitor"
another innovation in war
ships.
AS for the Monitor-Mer-
rimac "ushering in the ma
chine age Of navies," steam
driven navy vessels had been
riding the high seas long be-
fore the Civil War began.
w. Stepp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-20
In the Spirit of 7774

The citizens of Annapolis are up in
arms again-and with good reason Back
in 1774 they burned the brig Peggy
Stewart and her cargo of tea in protest
Of the highland of British King.
Now they are modifying against what
they consider the highhanded threat of
the United States Navy to destroy the
historic house from which Captain
Anthony Stewart watched the burning
Of his ship in the Severn River nearly
two centuries ago.
The Peggy Stewart, named for
Captain Stewards daughter, went down
in flames in the Annapolis version of the
Boston Tea Party. The rebellious colo
nistS Of Anne Arundel County were Just
as incenSed over taxation without rep
reSentation" as their Massachusetts
counterparts. The dumping of the tea in
Boston Harbor had occurred only the
year before. Ever since the Severn River
incident the home Of the briggs skipper
has been revered and preserved as the
Peggy Stewart House."
Unfortunately, however, the old
house is adjacent to the Naval Academy,
which is cramped for space. A commits
sion headed by retired Admiral Ben
Moreel recently recommended the ex-
panSion of the academy grounds into an
area which includes not only the Peggy
Stewart House but several other pre-
Revolutionary buildings. While the COM
mission suggested that every reasonable
effort be made to preserve the historic
aspect of the area, no definite plans for
saving the structures have been pre-
Sented. And city officials and repre-
sentativeS of Historic Annapolis, Inc,
group dedicated to preserving the Mary
land capitals historic buildings, cannot
see how the Peggy Stewart House or
other properties can be saved in view of
the construction program, calling for
modern academy buildings in the &C
quired area.
A series of conferences is being held
between Navy officials and Annapolis
councilmen and citizens. We hope
satisfactory settlement of the contro-
versy can be reached. For the Peggy
Stewart House and similar buildings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-20
Argentine Setback

Argentina's provincial and congress
Sional elections have made clear that
Juan Peron-despite the utterly corrupt
character Of his dictatorship, which the
military overthrow in 1955-still is a
power to be reckoned with in Buenos
Aires> Indeed, on the strength of their
showing in Sundays vote, his followers
have already begun to clamor for his
recall" from exile In Madrid.
UNDERSTANDABLE enough, all this has
come as shock to President Frondizi
and his ruling Intransigent Radical
Party. They have lost their working
majority in the 192-member House of
Deputies, holding on to only about rs
seats, as against 43 for the Peronists.
The latter with the help Of the Com
muniSts and pro-Castro elements appar-
emily have also won the governorships
Of 10 provinces. And they have done so
on the basis Of platform assailing Mr..
Frondizi for an austerity program de-
signed to put Argentina's economic
house in order and opposing any role for
Argentina as a prime participant in the
hemisphere Alliance for Progress being
financed by the United States.
In this situation, Mr.. Frondizi,
under pressure from the Argentine
military command, has invoked certain
constitutional provisions that have the
effect Of multiplying the elections and
thus keeping the Peronists out of office.
Such action, however, no matter how
legal 1t may be, runs counter to popu-
lar sentiment and can precipitate
serious disorders Nor does it alter
the fact that. the pro-Peron showing
constitutes sharp setback not only for
MIR. Frondizi and his party, but also for
our Governments plans in connection
with the Alliance for Progress pro-
gram in which Argentina is supposed to
have a special position as q nation bet
ter equipped than most of its sister
republics to make speedy advances with
self-help, self-reform and dollar aid
from our country.
Accordingly, even though the Pc
ronistS may legally be denied office,
the outlook for democracy in Argentina
is less than bright at the moment.
Small wonder that the Communists, the
CaStroites and Juan Peron himself are
jubilant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-20
Tests Opposed

William s. Whites column
on March z questioned the
justification and even the
patriotism Of those who dis
agree with President Ken
nedy's decision to resume at
mospheric nuclear tests.
We who disagree with the
decision cannot see that the
arguments against such test
ing were rendered any less
convincing by the fact that
the President decided to re-
sumo testing. It still ap-
pears to US that the United
States would be in q strong
er moral and political posi-
ton in the world If it de-
cided not to endanger the
health Of its own and the
worlds people, not to endan-
ger unborn generations and
not to fly in the face of the
United Nations resolution
calling upon all nations to
refrain from testing. If the
United States aspires to
moral and political leadership
in the world, it seems fatal
to consider the Pacific as
Americas private preserve
for experiments which sub
ject millions Of people who
have not consented to Con-
tamination without represen-
tation."
We also believe that there
are more cogent practical
arguments against testing
than for it. Resumption of
testing will certainly start a
new spiral in the nuclear
arms race. The USSR has
assured the world that it will
feel justified in further test
ing If we resume testing and
the President himself has
said that their next series"
may give the USSR nuclear
superiority, which he assures
us they do not now have.
Moreover, a continuing nu-
clear arms race makes in
evitable an enlarging number
of nations with nuclear weap-
ons, greater tensions, and a
greater danger of nuclear war
by accident, If not by design.
AS long as there is any
hope of preventing test re-
sumption by our country, we
therefore believe it is our
patriotic duty to continue to
bring these arguments to
public attention. We would
remind Mr.. White that the
principal difference between
democracy and totalitarian-
ism is that it is the right
and duty of conscientious
citizens Of a democracy to
question what they believe to
be dangerous and unwise de-
cisions Of their government!
Dorothy Hutchinson,
President, United States Sec
ton, Women's Internation-
al League for Peace and
Freedom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-20
Trade Propaganda
In her column on Mar

In her column on March
Is, 1862, Sylvia Porter adj
dresses herself to the lack Of
awareness Of most Ameri-
cans Of what the pending
Trade Expansion Act is all
about. And she is so right
mostly.
After relating the proposals
for sweeping tariff cuts and
for Government assistance to
injured industries and work.
ers, Miss Porter says the bill
would: Modify the clauses
in the present law which in
recent years have allowed
hundreds Of tariff increases"
She has to be talking about
the escape clause.
If so knowledgeable an an
alyst as Miss Porter can be
taken in like this by the Gov
eminent propaganda, pity
the poor public.
I will allow that there have
been over a hundred applica-
tions for relief. But relief
has been allowed only four
teen timeS-not hundreds.
Edwin G. Martin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-20
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Druqs to Combat Radiation Tested
By THOMAS r. HENRY

would be practical to keep
men and women in iceboxes
for a time in anticipation of
a bomb raid. There must be
something better, the Army
scientists believe.
Even before the first
interplanetary space vehicle
has left the earth, Cornell
University scientists are
working on devices that will
enable contact to be main
tanned with space shops that
have suffered radio failure.
The research is sponsored
by the Air Force and the
Army Signal Corps.
Space radar, reaching far
beyond the range of existing
radar will be needed for
tracking space vehicles that
have lost contact with the
earth. The Cornell scientists,
under the direction Of DR.. C.
Conrad Dalman, are study
in the properties Of micro
wave electron tubes that can
be used in long range sets
to track interplanetary We
hicles. In radar sets these
tubes with their powerful
electron beams are used to
generate electromagnetic
waves that are reflected by
objects in their path so that
the location of these objects
can be indicated on a radar
screen.
Seeks Longer Radar Range
The effective range Of ra-
dar is limited by the length
of the beam and the dis
lance over which it can be
controlled. The Cornell re-
searchers seek primarily to-
lengthen this distance.
In existing oscillators the
noise within the oscillatorS
themselves browns out weak
signals. Long-range space ra-
dar sets, using more power
full electron beams to generate
microwave radiation to To-
cate distant objects and more
sensitive oscillators to re
ceive and record the reflected
beams, may be able to track
interplanetary vehicles that
will be far beyond the range
Of present radar installations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-20

So the Russians cannot
grow enough food for their
people. We have mountains
of surplus food we cannot
eat or give away and, some
say, two million surplus far
mers. In this town of big plan
ners, 1t is amazing this So
luton has not been proposed:
Let us for two years send two
million of our farmers to
Russia to raise more food
there. and import two million
inefficient Russian farmers
to raise less food here and,
being hungry, help us eat up
the stored surplus. The So
Wet Government must agree
to follow our procedure of
offering to pay our visiting
farmers to grow less food in
order that they will bust their
britches to grow more. food.
In two years our surplus
should be manageable and the
Russians driven to ( storing
surplus grain in their missile
pits.
Then these four million ex-.
perienced international agri-
cultural experts might be sent
to China to teach the Chinese
how to grow SURPRISES. A
program Of this size might be
beyond the capabilities of
our foreign aid, technical as
sistance, cultural exchange,
peace corps and people-to-
people people, and might re-
quire a new agency. perhaps
JARGEACT (Joint American
Russian Greater East Asia
Co-Prosperity Team.
Within 10 years the world
might be too fat to fight.
j. Sam Mewhinney- ir-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-20
LBJ on SPACE

Vice President Johnson, in his ad-
dress here at the dinner honoring the
late Robert H. Goddard, has drawn a
glowing picture of how the peaceful
exploration and exploitation of space
promise to enrich our country, and also
the world at large, in many wondrouS
wayS-and to degree that can scarcely
be exaggerated.
Thus, speaking from his authorita-
tive position as chairman Of the Nation
al Space Council, Mr. johnson has fatty
predicted that Spatial research and
development will open up a bright new
age that will have tremendous impact,
and Salutary one, on our entire econ
omy and way of life. Further, implicitly
and optimistically assuming that a nu-
clear cataclysm will not intervene, he
has expressed the strong conviction that
our non-military operations in the high
heavens-especially If the Russians CO.
operate in them, as urged by the Presi-
dent in his letter to Premier Khrushchev
are bound to benefit the whole of
mankind in such fields as communica-
tionS, meteorology, navigation, mapping
and medicine.
In this connection, although sound
ing at times like fleSh-and-blo YER
sion of Buck Rogers (Mr Johnson has
forecast things like human travel to
Mars and the establishment Of an Amer
lean colony on the moon within the next
Is years., he has given voice to some
persuasive down-to-earth expectations
He has little doubt, for example, that
within the coming decade, as a result of
revolutionary advances in miniaturized
Spatial equipment, automobile engines
may be no bigger than coffee can, and
the average American may be walking
around with wrist-watch radio or a
pocket television set.
These latter gadgets, of course, could
be dubious blessing at best. Neverthe-
less the prospect outlined by Mr.. john
son is undeniably promising. Indeed, In
terms Of the vast amount Of money be-
ing spent on space operations, 1t is
promising enough to justify his cheerful
estimate that "our space OUTLAWS will
yield So return for every 81 invested"
In any case, regardless Of its material
rewards, we cannot run away from this
venture without letting the Russians
take over the heavens, and the earth as
well, by default.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-20
More Than q MYTH

Your editorial, More Than
A Myth" contains certain
statements that the Demo-
cratic socialists will love.
The opinion that a policy Of
victory over communism will
not serve as a cornerstone
for strengthening the Re-
publican Party is tragic in
deed! The Democrats won't
adopt this policy so the Re-
publicanS must, or America
is lost. If one opposes the
idea Of victory over commu-
nism, the question arises,
What does he support in
this field?" The Commu-
nists have made it quite clear
in all their party documents
that they are out to win and
that only a complete defeat
will stop them. AS a matter
Of fact. defeat does not enter
into their consideration at
any time. Read their pro-
nouncements Of party doc
trine and see for yourself.
The statement that Senator
Goldwater's policy Of VIC
tory" Is only a crowd-stirring
slogan, or at best vague and
unpleasant is unfortunate. If
one listens to speeches and
reads newspapers solely, these
policies will, Of course, be
vague. Read Senator Gold
waters book and you will see
a complete outline of his
policies.
It is high time that we
dispel the socialist view that
only Birchites or Minute
men or some sort Of fanatics
oppose communism. I am not
plagued with any Of the
aforementioned views. I
know the difference between
the Democratic Party's So
cialistS and the Communists
and I oppose communism.
1t is time that anti-commu-
nism became an open part Of
our national foreign policy.
Gerry Small, Jr.