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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-27
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
'BioIoqicoI Armor' for Our Troops
By THOMAS r. HENRY

by changing a mans
body chemistry" says the
Army's report, "his skin be-
comes an effective repellant
for mosquitoes, flies, ticks.
fleas and other insects. Pills
are under study which
would provide immunity from
sunburn. Others someday
may provide a measure or
protection against nuclear
radiation"
"All of these ideas have
the built-in, self-protection
concept. All have the posi-
bility of being controlled
through medical knowledge.
They have great promise for
very large savings in army
logistics. They do not re-
quire additional weight for
soldiers to carry into COM
bat. They do not require ad-
ditional space in ships or
aircraft. They are part
of the soldier himself, wher-
ever he goes"
Middle Ear Protected
Another example cited is
automatic protection of the
sensitive cells of the middle
ear from too much sound
energy. Normally as high in
tensity sound enters the ear
the muscles which control
the little bones of the inner
ear contract in such a way
as to dampen the eardrum. AS
a consequence sound waves
coming in are attenuated and
the amount of sound to the
sensitive calls of the middle
ear is reduced. This is the
so-called acoustical reflex.
Says the report: "a device to
activate this reflex just be-
fore the soldiers gun goes
off now is under study at the
medical research laboratory.
AS the trigger is pulled an
electronic timing device sets
off a click in the ear of the
gunner. This click causes the
ear muscles to contract.
About 200 milliseconds later.
when the gun goes off, the
ear is protected from the
sound of the explosion"
"Idiophylaxis," the report
points out, now is in its
earliest infancy and literally
hundreds of treatments may
be devised to protect SOL
diers against natural hazards
which will place the Ameri-
can soldier on an equal foot
ing with any enemy soldier
anywhere.
The biological armor,"
however, must be developed
step by step as new require
ments become evident. 1t nat
urally will be a slow pro-
cess to which all departments
of the Army will be expected
to contribute. both with re-
ports of conditions and con-
tributing research.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-27
Great War Refouqht

Two recent letters which
deplored the wording of an
appeal by a German-Ameri-
can committee working for
the reelection of Senator
Dirksen are seemingly the
products of a blind hatred
for all Germans and not just
Nazis. While soothing at the
notion of Allied rapacity in
World War II they look right
past the shameful record Of
what actually happened.
Did the Soviet Union en-
ter the war against Nazi
Germany and Fascist Italy
for any reason other than
to destroy its principal foes
and carve a Communist en-
pire in Europe?
Why did Britain enter the
war? Was it for democracy
or the British Empire? Here
is the comment given in
1910 by the then American
Ambassador to the U mite d
Kingdom, Joseph P. Kenne-
dy, as to Britain's motives:
1T isn't that she's fighting
for democracy. That's the
bunk. She's fighting for self
preservation, just as we will
If it comes to U.s."
It is to be noted that the
United States, Britain and
the Gaullist French forces
felt no moral" objections to
entering into an unholy ALI
ance with Stain and inter-
national com nun i S m. At
least when occupying a coun-
try the Nazis never pretended
to believe in democratic prin-
ciples, but the cynical be-
trayals at Yalta and Pots
dam by Roosevelt, Churchill,
Truman and Attlee belong to
a special brand of infamy.
The forcible explosions by the
USSR of millions of Ger
mans from the Oder-Neisse
territories and the Sudeten-
land put the lie to the Allies
pious words.
The end result of WWII
was to make the world safe
for communism. The people
of Eastern Europe have been
enslaved by the USSR be-
cause the Allies Welshed on
their promises. The recent
book by a British historian,
Prof. A. j. P. Taylor, entitled
THE Origins of the Second
World War" gives some new
insight into the responsible
ty incurred by both sides Tor
bringing on the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-27

The Army is developing
biological armor" for its
soldiers.
It consists Of building up
In each individual of physi-
cal protection against the
stresses of war anywhere on
earth where there is any
likelihood of fig ting
again st heat and cold,
strange foods, all strange en-
vironmentS.
They call it "idiophylaxis."
It is a job of the Walter
Reed Institute of Research,
a part of the Army Medical
Service. 1t is likened in an
Army report, to the metal
armor worn by knights OF
old-only it is for protection
against invisible weapons OF
nature, of which an enemy
might take advantage and
the consequences of which
might be far worse than
those of guns and bullets.
One of MANY examples is
cited, now under study by
environmental research unit
stationed at Natick, Mass. 1t
deals with acclimatization to
heat and cold. Says the Army
report: 1.-TWO groups of SOL
diers were flown to Panama
and the differences under
field conditions due to the
hot climate were determined.
One group had been exposed
to high temperatures over a
period of several weeks. The
other group had been sub
jected only to normal train
ing procedures prior to over
seas movement.
Performances Compared
I'm practically every re-
spect the acclimatiZed group
performed more effectively
than the control group. In
the non-acclimatized men
there were casualties due to
heat and humidity while in
the heat-acclimatized men
there were none. In a weight
moving task heat acclima-
tized men moved thousands
of pounds more an hour and
moved with greater speed in
the last than in the first half
hour. The non-acclimatlzed
deteriorated steadily in their
performance.
Similar studies have been
conducted in both laboratory
and field for acclimatizing
men to cold temperatures
and a procedure for adapt
;,,cr +I,o eoy,oo mon ciY11lI1ta-
neously to both heat and
cold has been demonstrated
successfully"
Several other lines of Lido
phylaxis" now are under in
tensive study, says the
Army's report. One posi-
bility is for insect repellants
which are harmless to man
and can be swallowed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-27
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used will be
returned only Dhen accom-
panied BY self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-27
School 'Spendthrifts'

The issues of the Mont
gomery County Board of Ed
ucation election are, funda-
mentally, two in number: Cd
Extravaganza and waste in
administration and construc-
ton, and (2) the best theory
or philosophy of education to
be applied. The lines between
the candidates are clearly
drawn, and the forces ar
rayed should likewise be
clearly identified.
One of the promoters Of
the incumbent educationiSts
and free spenders on the
school board is the group
Truth on the Schools"
(TOTS). This group hides be-
hind the double petticoats of
"nonpolitical" and profess
sions of truth" (Which is,
at best, relative). Voters of
Montgomery County would
prefer facts from these apollo
gists for the wild wastrels
and pragmatic progressives
now in control. Let TOTS"
openly enter the arena of the
election battle, throw off
their papier mache armor of
alleged nonalignment, and
let the public see what they
stand for - and by all means
whom!
These laborers in lavish
ness have a pathological an
tagonism for those who would
manage other peoples money
with frugality. Quite obvious
ly speaking for the incum-
bents, they raise the Shrill
and illogical cry of anti
education" and deign to in
woke the diaphanous spectre
of Communist educational
superiority until they took
over. But TOTS and indivi-
dual personalities should not
be issues in this election,
whereas finances and educa-
tional philosophy are the bases
for a choice. If the truth
about TOTS" is really desired
see the Maryland News OF
October II, 1862.
In an attempt at "one-up-
manship," we refer the in
cumbents and their protago-
nists to Arthur S. Trace, jr.s,
book What Ivan Knows
That Johnnie Doesn't" Ac-
cording to one reviewer:
Johnny (from Montgom-
cry County, perhapsO, poor
soul, by the time he reaches
the fourth grade, may have
a vocabulary background OF
1900 words. This is due to
a highly successful program
by vocabulary control ex-
perts' who look on the Eng
lish language as if it were an
impoverished language, and
as if our children were men
tally defective Phonics is re-
garded as a pedagogic mu-
scum piece, so Johnny be-
gins his reading by the whole
word method. Johnny
reads about puppies. Dummies,
mommies, and daddieS .
DR.. Trace makes the jolting
observation that Soviet STU
dents seventh grade) learn
more English literature from
their English language texts
than our elementary school
students third grade) learn
from theirs'!"
In a county where teach
ers find it necessary to take
courses in methodology rath-
er than course substance to
increase their merit pay, in
a county where one school
administrator, evidently, had
the duty to check to see if
all building lights were off,
in a county where $40 million
is spent on a school budget, we
must sit back and reflect that
educational quality need not
bear a cross of increased
spending and extravaganza.
David Lewis, DDS, LIB.
Chairman. Montgomery
County Chapter, Ameri-
cans for Constitutional
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-27

seek only to delay and to
temporize in talks with Unit
ed Nations Secretary General
U Thant and representatives
of the United States so that
work may continue on mis-
sile sites in Cuba where the
missiles themselves may al
ready be stored swift action
by United States military
forces to destroy these sites
is the only answer. The soon
er Soviet Premier Khru-
shchev and Cuba's Castro are
made to understand this the
better. The time is running
out.
President K enne dy has
seized the initiative. The
Communists label his action
aggression. Too long the
Communists have been al
lowed to take the initiative;
to threaten us and the rest
of the free world with de-
struction. And for too long
people in this country and
other nations of the free
world, who believe that only
by needing these threats can
we have peace, have been
given their way. In all these
years, the Communists have
wormed their way ahead in
many areas of the world.
They continue to do so, gain
ing their ends merely by
threatening war. President
Kennedy's present ultima
tum, for that is what it is,
has been a rude jolt to Messrs.
Khrushchev ct al. All the
Russians boasting is getting
him nowhere at present. Am
basSador Zorin has stuck to
the Khrushchev line that
they do not need nuclear
bases in Cubaj that they
have the missiles in their
own country with which they
can destroy us. And sticking
to that line, he has not an
Swered Mr.. Stevenson's ques-
ton.
The Weakened View
The weakened are saying
already that it is a mistake
for President Kennedy not to
agree fully to the U Thant
request that we sit down with
Soviet Russia and chew the
fat for two or three weeks
a "cooling-off period" it is
called. They add that we will
lose the sympathy and sup
port of a majority of the
members of the United Ma
tons unless we follow that
course to which Mr.. Khru-
shchev has given his assent.
If there is one good reason
why we should not, it is the
fact that Mr.. KhruShchev
has quickly and without hest
tation accepted it.
The Russian premier post
poned putting a pistol to our
heads in West Berlin until
after our elections November
Cor until after the buildup
in Cuba could be effected or
both. Now he has a pistol
aimed at his own head. He
is not going to have. IT'LL
He'll freezes over" to make
his decision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-27

which Mr.. Shea says will vastly
strengthen the operations" of the entire
department. We hope he is right. The
proof of that pudding, however, is yet
to come, and Senator Byrd, in final
warning, has told those welfare officials
still in their jobs that the performance
of the program will have to measure
up by next year-or else.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-30
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM

POGO
THE FLINTSToNES
By WILLIAM MORRIS

The language Of Space is as
new as space exploration itself
and large areas remain I'M
charted by the men who record
language changes, the diction-
airy editors. So I have enlisted
the aid Of Herbert Kondo, Sen
ior Science Editor of the Gro
lier Encyclopedia, to check out
with me a few terms we all
have heard but remain insure
Of.
"Countdown" is familiar to
all. Of course. But did you know
that the first countdown &C.
CURED not on q launching pad
but In q movie studioq It was
the spur of the moment
invention of Fritz Lang who,
in the late 1920S, was directing
an early science-fiction film
involving space travel, the Lady
in the Moon. Seeking some way
to gain more suspense than the
customary "One two three
CO." Lang hit on the idea of
reversing the order of count
ing. So the countdown was
born.
Actual space scientists, how
ever, are responsible for COIN
ing "count-up." This is the
measure Of time elapsed after
lift off from the launching
pad.
A word which, unhappily. has
often been seen in accounts Of
our space efforts is abort"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-30
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-30

term docking" has acquired a
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two devices which having pur-
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to form a new combination
The whole performance is
called the rendezvous maneu-
YER"
Tomorrow we will take an
other look at the changes and
additions the new world OF
Space is bringing to our Ian
guage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-30

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deviates from its course, posi-
bly, endangering life or prop
erty.
The comparatively peaceful
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PLENTY OF FREE PARKING
, 1962-11-29
PRESS RELEASE
Petition
by St. John Protective League

D." Ny Nv OS4AAA
WHEREAS the establishment of
a National Park on ST. John in
1856 was opposed by a majority
of st. John citizens, our fears were
allayed and our protests stilled by
the recorded promises of the Secre
tary of the Interior, and many
other high government officials,
that condemnation would never
be used for the acquisition of land
blouse Report No. 1774, 84th Con-
gress, End SESSION.; which prom
ises were made more binding by
the specific exclusion of condem-
nation from the Act of Congress
establishing the Park, and the
stipulation of the Legislature of
the Virgin Islands, in approving
of this establishment, that pro-
vision be made to protect and
maintain the vested interests of
the residents of st. john" which
promises have now been broken
without a show of cause or a hint
of shame and
WHEREAS the Park has
brought few benefits and many
injuries to st. John: giving en-
ployment to only II of our citi-
zens, all in mental capacities; TAX
ing out of use land once devoted
to agriculture and animal-husban
dry; removing forever from the
possibility of use our only heri-
tage, the. land that our children,
and our children's children, might
use for homes and, in doing so,
depriving our artisans of their
livelihood; taking half of our is
land from the public taxrolls so
that already our per capita taxa
ton is the highest in the Virgin
Islands; putting us in the position
of a colony, exploited for the ben
eft of distant masters and subject
to the whim of bureaucrats who
know nothing of our way of life;
and forcing us to live in constant
fear of eviction from our homes
and exile to an alien world among
people who practise racial dis
elimination and
WHEREAS in other National
Parks the unjust eviction of resi-
, 1962-11-29
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1862

dents is assumed to be compensat-
de by the benefits to the majority
of their fellow citizens, this is
clearly not true of st. John: on an
island this small, with its own Gull
ture, its tradition of proud indie
pendence and a local patriotism
of which the more fluid popu1a-
ton Of the us. has little under
standing, we uncompromisingH
maintain that our natural right to
determine the fate Of the land
that is our birthright, and our
children's birthright, is greater
than any theoretical right poss-
essed by our felloW-citizens over
a thousand miles away. Those
rights of the individual that are
at the heart of all tolerable govern
ment must not be scrificed for the
dubious benefits of the few US.
citizens who can afford so long
a journey and
WHEREAS under the treaty
between the United States and the
Kingdom of Denmark, under
which these islands came under
American rule, certain rights and
privileges enjoyed under the Dan
ish crown were safeguarded and
are still in force, placing these is
lands in a special status: in the
matter of eminent domain Danish
law makes it clear that condem-
nation of private property must be
primarily for the benefit of the
local community in which the land
is needed. We maintain that the
appropriation of most of st. John
by the Park is uot only injuri0ds
to us but of little benefit to the
Virgin Islands as a whole and
WHEREAS, in the interests of
brevity, we limit our reasons to
the major ones above, there are
many other facets to the matter
and a detailed bill of particulars
will soon be available for all inter
ested parties
NOW, THEREFORE, we, the
Executive Committee of the ST.
John Protective League, having
been duly authorized by the full
membership of the League, and
because we have no voice in the
election of the Congress, whose
laws we are governed by, nor il.
Continued on Page a
, 1962-11-29
GOVERNMENT OF
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF H UNITED STATES
Christiansted, St. Croix
Department Of Property and Procurement
CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed bids, in quadruplicate, will be received at
the Department of Property & Procurement, Division OF
REQUIREMENT, Chrlstlansted, st. Croix, US. Virgin Is
lands until HOO A. M. December IL. 1862.
GROCERIES SHELVING UNITS.
The Government reserves the right to reject any
or all bids, to waive any informality in bids, and unless
otherwise specified by the Government or by the bidder,
TO accept any item in the bid.
Copies of Invitation to bid may be obtained 1Jm
the Division of Procurement, Christiansted, St. Croix,
US. Virgin Islands.
MARI LEWIS
Commissioners of Property & Procurement
Per:
ALPHONSO ROMNEY
District Supervisor
%, %, 80
, 1962-11-29
NOTICE OF SALE

l Automobile Ford Custom VS., 4-door Seadan,
1857 Model, Vicorp. Property No. 145.
Pickup Truck, Ford, capacity ~ ton, six cylin-
lers, Vicorp. Property No. 1872
Pickup Truck, WHY'S, Model ATS, AVID, four cylin-
lers, oneton capacity, Vicorp. Property No. 136.
These vehicles could be seen at Bethlehem Factory
area by contracting Mr.. Ross or Ovensen during regular
working hours.
This sale closes December 7. 1862.
Evening star., 1962-11-27
THE PASSING SHOW
De Vega and Library
Light Culture Week
By JAY CARMODY
Drama Critic Of The Star

1t is fitting that the Library Of Congress should start
wsshngons big culture with ideally chosen play.
This is 350-year-old hit absorbing classic Lope de
Vegas THE Knight of Omedo vivaciousy directed by Spans
Jose Tamayo and played perfect pitch by American
uany The language course English meanngfu melodic
Evening star., 1962-11-27
Ryan Still Shuns
Those Reviews
/. By SHEILAH GRAHAM

Talking of news folk and
such, Jane Fonda is the hot
test candidate for the vitriolic
news-hen role in MGM's ver-
sion of THE Prize" the Irving
Wallace best seller. But just
how many parts can this tai
ented daughter of Henry Fonda
accept?
Richard Harris, who "slaugh-
tered" Marion BrandO after
working with him in "Mutiny
on the Bounty" in so many
press interviews-he gave me a
sizler-is happier about life in
general, and in particular with
the stork. who has promised tc
deliver a third child to the
Harris home. He didn't see his
second child until the crawling
stage because of his long stay
on the Bounty"