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Evening star., 1962-04-06
For Monkind's Good

AcClng through the Public Health
Service, the United States now has
signed with Communist-run Poland an
unprecedented agreement in the field
OF medical research. 1t is unprecedented
because 1t constitutes the first such
American accord with a country behind
the Iron Curtain. Beyond that, wholly
apart from its political uniqueneSs, it is
mighty promising as venture that can
help to promote international co-opera-
ton of type that could benefit the
physical well-being of peoples every
where, regardless of the nature of their
governments.
The agreement - which has the
CongreSs-approved backing of some So
million in counterpart" funds polish
money made available to our country
through the sale over there of American
1arm SurpluSeS) - will be carried out
Jointly through the next several years,
perhaps decade or more. During that
time, PolandS scientists will work with
ours on no fewer than ten different
projects. These will have to do, for
example, with the brains functional or
ganization, malforming prenatal phe-
nomena, and stomach cancer-a Scourge
that apparently afflicts the Poles with
a greater degree of incidence than is
known among any other people.
According to present calculations.
most OF the research involved in these
projects will be conducted in Poland by
Polish scientists whose work is we'll
known to our National Institutes of
Health. 1t is work that has the thor
oughgoing respect of our own top re-
SearcherS in the same field, and since it
Will be carried on as joint effort-with
Americans and Poles collaborating on an
exchange basis in the laboratories of
both countries-there is ample reason
TO feel that the enterprise will be fruit
tul. Indeed, it may we'll serve as model
for a much wider and more ambitious
sort OF international cooperation for
the advancement of mankind's health.
The idea for such cooperation is not
new, OF course. AS matter of fact one
OF the most earnest appeals for it can
be found in the Eisenhower 1858 State
of-the-Union message to Congress-
message calling, among other things,
Tor all-out Soviet American efforts to
deal with major killers like cancer and
heart disease. The agreement with
Poland has the same objective view.
Perhaps one day, sooner or later, a
comparable accord will be put to work
on much grander scale, as it ought to
oe' Tor the good of all humanity.
Evening star., 1962-04-06
Federal Paw

A letter in The Star makes
a strong plea for President
Kennedy'S proposal to Con-
gress to raise, by ridiculously
high amounts. the salaries of
highly qualified technical
and administrative person.
mel" on the grounds that such
personnel are steadily being
lured away from Uncle Sans
service by more lucrative pay
offered by private industry.
This is the same tired, old
bosh advanced for so long by
the. members of the Society
for Personnel Administration;
they never fail to link the
technical and administra-
tive" groups in the Federal
civil service, for the obvious
reason that, while the general
public-and Congress-might
find it palatable to grant en-
gineers and scientists sub
stantial raises, they could
conceivably doubt the "valu-
able contributions" made to
the public service by per
sonnel" men and admins
traitors"
An interesting study to be
made in Government employ
ment statistics would be one
to determine just how many
personnel specialists" in
Grades II and above have
actually quit Federal ranks
for more lucrative positions
in private enterprise. My own
guess is that mighty few of
these worthless have been en-
ticed away from Uncle's pay
roll. The plain fact is that
they have sold Mr.. Kennedy
a bill Of goods. The taxpay-
Evening star., 1962-04-06
Gen. Walkers Case

After two days of testimony by
former Major General Edwin A. Walker.
we are inclined to agree with Senator
Symington that it is too bad in some
ways that the hearing was held.
1t is too bad because of the adverse
effect which General Walkers own teSti-
mony will have on his own standing.
General Walker believes that Secretary
OF State Dean RuSk is aligned with an
unidentified control apparatus" re-
SponSible for soft line on commu-
niSm." He thinks the United States has a
"no-Win" foreign policy dictated by
conspiracy of public officials, and that
our armed forces have been "paralyzed"
by this policy. He thinks that he him
self is "Scapegoat" and victim of IAN
unwritten policy of collaboration and
collusion with the international Com
muniSt conspiracy"
There is much more of the same
throughout the pages of General
walkers testimony, but none of it helps
his case. For all of these extravagant
charges are Singularly lacking in proof,
and the ineScapable conclusion is that
the conspiracies exist, not in fact, but
in General Walkers overweight ina
gination.
1t is too bad to have to say this of
man with his distinguished military
record. But 1t is better to have the pic
ture brought into the open, through
General Walkers own words, than to
leave any basis for belief that he has
been gagged or denied opportunity to
air his charges. At least the American
people now are in a position to Judge
for themselves, and we have no doubt
what the judgment of most of them
will be.
Evening star., 1962-04-06
Leftist' Line

Ihere has been q lot of
loose talk to the effect that
the real threat to America
comes not from the left"
but from the so-called "radi-
cal right" However, there is
now substantial evidence TO
prove that the opposite of
this clichc is true.
A new book. entitled THE
Liberal Papers," has been
published under sponsorship
of the Liberal Project - a
group of House Democrats
set up in 1859 for the inten-
ton of influencing Demo-
cratic Party policy. This pom
derous tome of leftist wisdom
deals in matters of foreign
policy. These are some of its
more ominous proposals:
America should recognize Red
China and sponsor its mem
berShip in the U. NJ; West
Germany should be disarmed
and Communist East Ger
many should be recognized:
us. missile bases in Europe
should be shut down; Moscow
should listen in on our aerial
warning DEW Line system:
the United States should
make unilateral acts of dis
armament: Taiwan should be
placed under U. N. admins
tration, be neutralized and
demilitarized, and should
hold a plebiscite on whether
it wishes to become part of
mainland China, and SO on.
1t staggers the imagination
to consider what would hap
pen If these ideas were ever
accepted by the Administra-
tion.
Craig Howell.
Evening star., 1962-04-06
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
Operation Tidal Wave Refouoht
BY DONALD MINTZ

authors Of "Ploesti" yields a
figure Of 310 killed, about
one in five Of the approxi-
mately 1920 men who at
tanned the target area"
The initial estimate of the
damage was excessive. The
chief production engineer
reported that lit would be
only a matter of days before
she could give full ship
ment quotas of OIL"
Three weeks after Tidal
Wave" say the authors.
Washington target analysts
held a convention to reach
agreement on the damage in
flicted on Ploesti. They con-
cluded that the most impor-
tant effect was to eliminate
the cushion between produc-
ton and capacity It was
tantamount to admitting that
the unprecedented effort and
sacrifice had not taken any
oil away from Hitler"
Nevertheless, Messrs. Stew
art and Dugan consider the
raid to have been "a pro-
nounced moral victory for the
Allies" one that had impor-
tant effects all over Europe.
IN SEEKING to recon-
struct this great battle, they
have spared no effort. They
have interviewed 164 Ameri-
can fliers and consulted %
unpublished personal nara
tives and diaries Of U. s.
Tidal Wave men," Many men
wrote chronicles of the raid
at the authors request. AS
many axis participants were
interviewed as could be To-
Gated and the Air Force de-
classified all documents rel
ative to the raid.
The result of all the work
is a thoroughly remarkable
book. The amount of detail
about the preparation of the
raid, what went on in the
planes and on the ground.
the poSt-raid lives of the men
who crashed and were taken
prisoner and so on-is simply
stupendous. But it Is organ
lied with such skill that one
never loses the thread, and
described with such vividness
that one never feels that it is
excessive.
Evening star., 1962-04-06

In practice. the District Of
Columbia government would
submit, by February / of the
current year, to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury through
the General Services Admin
iStration a request for pay
ment. The request would in
clude the data used in apply
ing the formula. General
S erv C e S Administration
would be responsible for ex-
aiming the District govern
ment's request in order to
assure compliance with the
law in the formulas appli-
cation.
This examination would
include a review of the as
sessed value placed on real
and personal property by the
District, and verification
from Civil Service Commits
sion and U. S. Employment
Service data of the number
of Federal and other en-
ployes working in the Dis
trict.
After General Services Ad-
ministration and the District
government agreed on the
total figure as computed by
the formula, such request
would be forwarded to the
Director Of the Budget Bu-
reau for approval. Thereaft-
er the General Services Ad-
mlnistrator would forward
such request to the Secretary
of the Treasury who would
order payment made to the
District government before
September ! of the budget
year.
Such a formula-any for
mula-would assure the Dis
trict Of a fixed income from
the Federal Government and
thereby lift an annual task
OF determining the Federal
payment from a busy Con-
greSs whose energies could be
directed to other matters of
regional, national and inter-
national Importance.
Just as Congress would re-.
tain the constitutionally
served power of passing
amending legislation to those
laws or municipal ordinances
enacted by any local gov
erning body here, so too
would the Congress still be
in a position to alter by leg
islation any Federal payment
formula should such be found
in practice to be excessive or
or insufficient
Again, I believe in consid-
Grafton of this Federal pay
ment formula, proper weight
must be given to this Capital
City'S unique status-unlike
any major American city. As
an example:
l. The tax-exempt status
OF the Federal Government,
the city's major industry, de-
priveS it of major sources of
Evening star., 1962-04-06

PLOESTI. The Great Ground =
Air Battle Of 1 August 1943.
BY James Dugan and Car
roll Stewart. Illus. with
64pp. of photographs, dia-
grams and an end-paper
zap, 408pp. (Random
House; $6.95.)
On August /, 1943, 178
B-24 bombers attacked the
huge oil refineries at Ploesti,
Romania, an installation that
supplied a substantial part of
the Axis petroleum needs.
ITO reach the target city the
B-24s would have to fly a
round trip of at least 1890
miles, most of it over enemy
territory. It would be the
longest mission of the war,
save for Halpro ian earlier
attack on the same city,"
It was a fantastic under
taking and to many it seemed
that the danger outweighed
the possible benefits. But
Gen. Marshall felt that even
a fairly successful attack on
the refinerieS would Stagger
the enemy He held the Tidal
Wave (the name of the oper-
atom was the most impor-
tant action that could be
taken to aid the Soviet and
the coming invasion of the
continent"
The attack was planned
with the utmost care and ex-
ecuted at literally below
smoke stack level. But de-
spite the careful planning,
all did not go well.
WHEN 1T WAS all over,
President Roosevelt gave the
casualty figures to Congress
saying that the losses may
h ave S e e m e d disastrously
high, but I am certain that
the German or japanese
high commands would cheer
fully sacrifice tens of thou
sands of men to do the same
amount of damage to us, if
they could"
Those losses were SO planes
and according to the official
report, 446 killed or missing,
70 interned in Turkey, and 81
wounded. Some members Of
the mission were in fact pris-
oners Of war, and a postwar
recheck Of the figures by the
Evening star., 1962-04-06
WATCHING THE WORLD
Common Market at Street Level
By CROSBY S. NOYE
Foreign Correspondent Of The Stor

pect (quite rightly that Gen.
de Gaulle's idea Of q Europe
Of Nations" does not square
well with their own plans for
making the Common Market
the basis for a future politi-
cal federation.
Premier Fanfani Is the
latest to get the special de
Gaulle pitch. Germany's
Adenauer has heard it sew
eral times already. And as
soon as the French president
leaves the Italian premier is
hustling over to Cadenabbia
to reassure Chancellor Ade-
nuer that nothing vital has
been given away.
Ball Gets Earful
Thus also United States
Undersecretary of State
George Ball has been max
ing the circuit of Paris. Bonn
and London, getting an ear
full of Common Market prob
lens and their implications
for the American economy.
Europeans are unhappy over
the American tariffs on glass
ware and rugs, and there is
muttering that the whole
system of trade agreements
the two blocs negotiated last
fall threatens to come un-
stuck.
In London Mr.. Ball was
brought up to date on the
latest major hurdle. facing
the Common Market group
the application of Britain and
perhaps others Of the Eu-
ropean community. Prime
Minister Macmillan has made
Britain's entry into the mar
ket a major plank Of his
platform in the impending
elections. but the problems
notably Britain's future rela-
tions with the commonwealth
are still formidable.
In Rome, experts Of six
countries. having agreed on
the question of co-ordinating
Europe's agricultural produc-
ton, are now sitting down to
do the same thing for pro-
duction Of energy. In Bonn,
Foreign Minister Gerhard
Schroeder is preparing for a
visit to Brussels to bring the
word to Belgian Premier
Spaak on the latest French
maneuvers within the COM
On April IT, all foreign
will meet again to
try to pave the way for a
summit on European polit-
lcal unity. The last effort
failed because Of a lack of
agreement between France
and her other partners over
The all-important question of
sovereignty within
The community
And so it goes. What it
ldds up to Is that the Com
non Market today Is in the
forefront Of all politics in
his part Of the world. It is
llso rapidly becoming the vi
ally important concern Of
very other Western trading
country that hopes to main
ain a favorable trade posi-
ion with the gigantic com
'lex that Western Europe
epresents. The organization
hat began q few years ago
IS the dream of a few ambi-
ious economists has now
ONE into its own. And the
momentum of what may be
he most important develop
nent of the century seems
Ikely to increase from here
n.
For our part. we came
way from Galaries Lafayette
Nth a Belgian bed, two Ital-
an chairs, a French coffee
able and the impression that
With all its problems the
European Common Market is
ere to stay.
Evening star., 1962-04-06
LETT TERS TO THE STAR

ers may, however, take COM
fort in the promise that Con-
gress has seen through them,
and will not come across with
the unconscionable increases
they demand.
Arthur s. Clements,
Evening star., 1962-04-06

FAI10
The Common Market fl
nally has reached the point
where even housewives can
understand what it's all
about.
Galleries Lafayette, the
huge Paris department store
which Is a sort of Macy's
and Gimbel's combined, has
turned over its whole fifth
floor to showing people what
the Common Market means
to them in common terms.
The place is a fantastic ba-
zaar Of goodies from member
countries-at savings Of be-
tween Is and So per cent
under what they cost four
years ago.
There are hats and bags Of
bright Italian straw, Italian
record players. candies, toys
and lawn mowers. There are
Belgian bluejeans (sanfor-
ized) and bedroom furniture.
There are German cameras,
Italian dals, German
bathing caps, French chill
dren's dresses. Italian nylon
mousse bathing suits and
beach towels, French silk
sweaters, slacks and dresses,
shoes from all over, silk and
wool bathrobes from Italy,
pottery. glass and costume
jewelry from Holland, Ger
many and Italy. Italian bath
salts and German potholders.
At the food counter, Bar
dolino and Frascati wine sell
at prices competitive with
Alsatian GewertZtraminer
and Rose d'AnJou. There are
immense wheels of Parmesan
cheese from Italy side by
side with the orange port
salut Of France. There are
pizzas from heaven knows
where, hams from Parma in
green cellophane packages
and cooked hams in tins
from Delft in Holland.
At the cafeteria, the Gus
toners guzzle beer from Ger
many and Holland and Alsace
French wines and Italian Ex-
presso coffee. For the hungry
there are sandwiches of
French and Italian ham,
French, Italian and Dutch
cheese and. German frank
furterS.
There are italian sewing
machines. French refrigera-
tors, Italian sport shirts, Ger
man pepper grinders and
cheese scoops and newspapers
from Paris. Rome, Milan,
Hamburg. Amsterdam, Brus-
sells and Frankfurt.
1t makes quite a show. The
only Common Market coun-
try not represented at the
sale seems to be Luxembourg.
But since the major export
Of the Grand Duchy happens
to be pig iron it is perhaps
not too surprising.
Problem for Leaders
AS the Common Market
comes down to the level of
the average man, however,
1t seems to be becoming more
and more Of q problem to
those who are running the
show. In the last few days,
1t seems that just about every
major Western leader has
been devoting most Of his
hours to fussing
about one or another aspect
Of the market. And the re-
suits have not always been
encouraging.
Thus President de Gaulle
lies off to Turin for a session
With Italy'S Amintore Fam
'ani on the political organi-
sation Of Europe" It is a
subject dear to the generals
heart. and his partners sus-
Evening star., 1962-04-06
Computing a Fair Federal Payment

The Presidents formula
calls for an annual Federal
payment to the District,
which would be payable with
out Congressional action
from the United States
Treasury. Such payment
would be computed at current
District tax rates and, in ad-
dition to water and sewer
charges, would include the
loss of property tax due to
exemption of Federal real
and tangible personal prop
erty within the District, plus
lost business franchise taxes
equal to the ratio of Federal
to private business employ
ment within the District.
To say it another way, the
Federal payment called for in
Evening star., 1962-04-06

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Home rule legislation proposed by
President Kennedy contains O
formula for measuring the equitu-
bic size Of on onnuoI Federal poy-
ment toword expenses Of the IocoI
government. The accompanying
text is the settlement by Senotcr
Bible, Democrat of Nevodo, choir
man Of the Senote District Com
mittee, exploinine the formula and
why il would be o fair woy of
measuring the Federal obIisotion
in support Of its NotionoI copitoI.
See editorioI. "A Feir FormuIo."
the Presidents bill would
become an indefinite appro-
priation, as contrasted to the
present annual appropriation.
This, of course, would mean
that the amount of the Fed
eral payment as determined
by the formula would be
automatically appropriated
each year.
In lieu of the presently
authorized Federal payment
Of $32 million, there is pro-
vision for an annual pay
ment computed in accordance
with a percentage formula
based upon four factors. Ac-
tually, under current condi-
tions in the District, the for
mula would result this year
in $42 million Federal pay
ment to the general fund.
The four factors are:
Cd Taxes lost to the Dis
trict on real property owned
and used exclusively by the
Federal Government.
(2) Taxes lost to the Dis
trict on real properties ex-
SuiPOCu 1IOIIl IdAdIlOn Dy Spe-
cial acts of Congress.
90 Taxes lost to the Dis
trict on personal property
owned and used by the Fed
eral Government Exclusive
OF objects of art, museum
pieces and libraries). and
"a An amount represent
ing the percentage of fran
chise taxes collected by the
District from corporations
and unincorporated busi-
nesses, based on percentage
ratio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-08
STOP KILLING YOURSELF
Whut Is Causing
Thot Heartburn
by DIX. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

a stove, or digging, ! have
heartburn, real bad. It ex-
tends up into my throat. II
I stop exerting, 1t goes away.
When ] start to work again,
the condition almost imme-
diately returns. At other
times, when I am quiet, ! am
not bothered at all and seem
to be In real good health. I
am SO and weigh 1913 pounds.
I digest my food well. !
can't understand why I have
this trouble. ] haven't been
to my doctor in years. Do
you think this is important
enough to check on?-Mrs. x.
EVEN MORE so than in
the preceding case especial
" II you have high blood
pressure) I would suggest q
complete heart check-up to
rule out angina pectoris.
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: My
lips have been peeling for
some time. For quite o few
weeks I've had a sore on my
lower lip. I've applied DIFF
ferent treatments including
mentholatum, vaseline and
others. 1t doesn't seem to get
any worse. but doesn't heal.
Do you think the sore should
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-08
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

AWARD. Sir Alexander
Fleming. the discoverer Of
penicillin. shared the Nobel
prize for medicine In 1915.
When he arrived in Stock
holm to receive the award,
The had a bad cold.
3 Throughout the ceremonies,
The used his handkerchief re-
speatedly. Later. when he
leaving, his eyes were still
Ratery and he was still sniff
fling. One Of the officials
sshook his head sympathet-
ideally and said to him:
Not for colds?"
INTEREST: Electrical gen.
Jus Charles P. Steinmetz was
Sfor some years q member Of
THE family Of Union College.
His lectures on complex.
technical subjects frequent
Fly put his classes TO sleep.
Once, during q lecture. one
sof the students took sharp
collection to q statement
made by Steinmetz. When
the class was dismissed. the
Sstudent came forward to
apologize for being disre-
tspectful. Steinmetz would
not hear Of it.
Apologize? Why should
you apologize?" he exclaims.
I'm delighted to learn that
\ someone Is listening to mel"
z =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-08

study Of the stomach and
intestines. II there Is q ques-
ton Of gall bladder trouble,
your doctor VIII also order a
gall bladder INSTALLATION"
which Is an X-ray to det-
ermine the presence Of stones
or Of q non-functioning gall
bladder.
C5eli Syndicate Featured
DR.. SteincrohH's IedfIet,
"AlleT0y Disguised Attack
en-" tDiH be mailed on receipt
of q stamped, Self-Gddressed
envelope and 10 cents In coin
for handling. Address DR..
Steincrohn in care OF The
Evening Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-08

Dear DR.. Stetncrohn: ]
sure would like you to tell
me what ! can do to get rid
Of heartburn. I have been
suffering with it for three
years and 1t has been get
ting worse all the time. I
haven't been to my doctor in
over a year. The heartburn
seems to come on only when
I walk. After I rest for a
few minutes it goes away.
The lump under my chest
seems to melt away with rest.
What do you advise?-Mr. r.
1 WOULD WANT to rule
out trouble In the stomach
and gall bladder and also
check on your heart. If I had
only one choice Of investiga-
ton, I'd want to take a Sc
ries Of observation-disclosures to
rule out angina pectoris.
I recall many angina pa
tients who never actually
complained Of pain, but Of
heartburn on exertion. The
fact that you have your dis
comfort only after walking,
makes ME suspicious. But
this is only "supposing." I
suggest you put yourself in
the hands of. your doctor,
who will probably order cleo
trocardiograms and X-rays
to establish a definite dag.
nosis. Sometimes an unex-
pected hiatal hernia Is the
cause Of heartburn. \
- H&
Dear DIR. Steincrohn:
Would like you to advise me
about q condition that's
bothered me for over q year.
Any time that I use my arms
in q vigorous way, like wash
ing windows. cleaning over
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-08

be seen by q doctor?-Mrs. C.
N0W'S THE TIME. Don't
procastrinate any longer.
From what you have been
hearing and reading. I sup
pose you know that the most
important thing to rule out
is cancer. It may not be, but
don't guess. II 1t is. modern
treatment Is very effective in
early cancer.
. aa
CHLORINE in drinking
water Is not q cause Of thy
roid trouble. Absence Of 10
dine may be.
For Mrs. L.: A CT Cgastro-
intestinaD series Is an X-ray