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Evening star., 1963-02-05
Redistricting Maryland

Among the various congressional
redistricting schemes receiving wide cir
culation in Annapolis, the most interest
ing new approach has been advanced by
DR.. Roland I. PeruSse Of the University
Of Maryland. His plan would not only
achieve reasonable equality Of popu-
lation among eight separate voting dis
tricts, but, in order to preserve that
equality, would take into account the
growth trends which are fairly apparent
for the next several years in the various
parts OF the state.
In essence, Or. Perusse proposes to
grant separate congressional districts to
each Of the three most populous and
fastest growing counties-BaltiRore,
Prince Georges and Montgomery-Rnd
Evening star., 1963-02-05
Citizen Churchill

AT the beginning Of the
88th Congress. Senator Young
OF Ohio presented a resolu-
ton 10 confer honorary
United States citizenship on
Sir Winston Churchill. Al the
same time Senator Young
praised the former Prime
Minister OF Great Britain for
his contributions TO mankind
and history. In the war
years, Churchill acted not as
a prudent man who can see
only the difficulties OF a
great enterprise. or as a bold
man who can see only the
advantages Of a great enter
prise: instead. he acted as n
hero who can see both; he
diminished the difficulties
and made the advantages
supreme, and so conquered.
Churchill's mother. Jenny
Jerome. a New York socialite.
gives Americans a claim to
Churchills greatness. Amer
leans. being a proud people.
not without Just cause,
should relish the chance TO
confer on Sir winston this
honorary United States citi-
zenship. Why wait until
another great man has
passed into eternity before
we grant him his deserved
tribute7
J. william Brimacombe.
Evening star., 1963-02-05
Campus for Rockville

! wish TO protest the
action Of the Montgomery
County School Board in
shelving plans TO build a
Rockville campus OF Mont
eomery Junior College.
Action was taken on the
motion OF New Board Mem
ber Everett II. Woodward.
who was quoted as saying
he couldn't agree with baSing
the need for a new campus
primarily on the thesis" OF
large future enrollmentS.
According 10 United States
Office OF Education figures,
enrolment In all the coun-
try's colleges and universities
has almost doubled since
l948. In that year. national
enrolment was 2.408,044. In
the tall, 1852, IL was 4 ,l74 1856.
Enrolment In public colleges
and universities more than
doubled during the period,
rising from l,l90,236 In 1913
TO 2.573,720 In 1862. The
office OF Education's pro-
jected enrolment figure for
1869 shows 4,344.000 students
enrolled in public colleges
and universities alone-more
than the number enrolled in
all u. s. institutions OF higher
education today.
I assume Mr.. Woodward
will be able 10 limit the
number Of children In Mont
gomery County, so that by
1869 II will not reflect the
national enrolment pattern.
/ also assume Mr.. Woodward
hasn't read "A Statement Of
Republican Principles, Pro-
Evening star., 1963-02-05
Erost's Greatness

The articles which The
Star published after the
death of Robert Frost
amounted to little more than
a depreciation of the man,
his life, and the great po-
etry he wrote.
To pass Robert Frost off
as a sort of cracker-barrel
philosopher belittles the in
sights into the very nature
of the human soul which
Frost provided in such rich
abundance.
In her article to Frost's
memory, Mary McGrory
wrote: "His themes were
of his homeland, New Eng
land, birches. and cows"
Frost's themes were no more
of "birches and COWS" than
Hemingway's themes were of
bulls" or Poe's of ravens"
Frost's themes were, always,
Of the human heart. He chose
New England as the poetic
vehicle for his thoughts be-
cause it was the place he
knew. For the same reason
William Faulkner set his
stories and novels in the
South.
If, in the end, poetry is to
be judged only by the ease
with which 1t is read, then
Twinkle Twinkle, Little
Star" must be rated the fin
est poem man yet has pro-
duced.
1t is true that, compared
with some works by. say, T.
S. Eliot, the poetry Of Rob-
ert Frost does seem simple
and unpretentious. But isn't
that irrelevant? Frost and
Eliot share at least one thing
in common: Both men have
cast some light into the
darkness of the human
predicament." And that Is the
key to their greatness.
To deride Eliot and others
like him for being overly
obscure" and to praise
Frost for his simplicity" is
to oversimplify the nature Of
literature and to miss the
one great quality which is to
be found in all great art:
Truth.
S. w. Cloud.
Evening star., 1963-02-05
Sounding an Alarm

Mission to Europe, submitted by five
member group Of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee, provides disturbing
and provocative reading.
In brief, this bipartisan Subcommit-
tee throws the book at the free ma
tionS of Western Europe and their re-
SponSe to the economic offensive of the
Soviet-bloc countries. 1t has been a
response, the subcommittee charges, that
"has lacked vigor, clarity Of purpose
even insight on some basic issues" Be-
hind poor performance, the committee
adds, lies a sad lack of understanding
Of the stakes and the nature of the So
Wet challenge, and the report says this:
This attitude toward East-West trade
underestimateS the Soviet economic offensive.
1t is short-sghted because it reflects willing
ness to barter short-run Western economic
profits for long-term Soviet advantage. And
1t Is self-deceiving because, under the guise
Of promoting the return Of normal" trade
relations, 1t serves to strengthen an enemy
whose avowed goal is the complete and world
wide victory Of communism.
In one section the report pinpoints
an important difference between West
European and Soviet attitudes toward a
trading relationship that the free world
considers, theoretically at least, to be
limited. This difference is, in short, that
the West European countries tend to
look at the Soviet bloc mainly as a
market for their exports while Com
munists look upon the West primarily
as source of essential goods. Outside
the list Of so-called strategic goods, the
subcommittee reports, this trading rela-
tionShip has allowed the Soviet bloc to
import from Western Europe and Japan
a great variety of metal, chemical and
electronic products that not only have
added to the bloc'S industrial base, but
have enabled it ito telescope technolog-
ical progress" In research and develop
ment-to copy, in other words, the prod
ucts 1t is purchasing.
In this trade, the Soviet bloc's most
useful offering in exchange has been
crude oil and certain petroleum products
which are completely lacking or in short
supply in most West European countries.
Since 1855, when the Soviet "oil often
sive" began, exports to the West have in
creased by an average Of 80 per cent
annually. With abundant supply and at
prices deliberately set below those Of
free world competitors, the Soviet Union
already has made some of its industrial
customers dangerously dependent upon
It's oil. The House subcommittee is not
the first to point out the success or the
dangers Of this Communist penetration
into the economic system Of Western
Europe. And 1t submits an impressive
mass Of statistical information to sup
port its point.
Against this background, the COM
mittee makes several recommendations
Among them, greatest emphasis is laid
upon the necessity at this time for a
re-study Of the vast resources of the
North Atlantic alliance and the need for
an effective coordination Of its eco
nomic strategy. 1t is late, but not too
late, to recognize that the defense shield
requires more than an initial military
capacity The facts and opinions as
sembled by the House group sound an
alarm bell that should not be ignored.
Evening star., 1963-02-05
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Study of Eye-Broin Nerve Links
By THOMAS R. HENRY

More than 100000 nerve
fibers run between the eye
and the brain. There are at
least six kinds of them. Each
sends a different kind of i'm
pulse to definite nerve cell
groups in the brains visual
lobe which coordinates them
all into a distinct image Of
what is before the eye.
These results Of recent
studies are reported by DR..
Harvey E. Savely of the Di-
rectorate Of Life Sciences Of
the United States Air Force
Office Of Scientific Research.
Simple seeing. which has
evolved along different paths
in practically all animals
from insects to men, thus
becomes about the most COM
plex of all nervous system
operations. DR.. Savely says.
1t all starts in the retina
Of the eye in which there
are in inestimable number of
receptor cells. These cells,
which have a wide variety
Of shapes and interconnec-
tions, perform an initial
analysis Of the patterns Of
light falling on them. Any
nerve fiber going to the, brain
deals with only one Of four
principal types Of operations
and leads from a particular
population OF light sensitive
cells and their associated
analyzer nerve cells in the
retina.
Jobs Of Nerve Fibers
THE half million nerve
cells going TO the brain encode
such things as as the move
ments OF edges and contours
In the small visual field
which they serve. The brain
then must make It's analysis
on the basis OF these thou
sands Of messages from over
tapping small segments OF the
visual field and must do so
In terms Of the qualities
which the retina has been
designed 10 encode."
The quite different Jobs
OF different kinds OF nerve
fibers leading 10 the brain
are thus classified:
Those which do not re-
spond 10 changes In illum-
nation but only when an
edge moves vertically in the
visual field.
Those which respond only
TO a horizontal bar moving
either vertically or horizon
tally.
Those which respond only
10 a large object moving
forward but not backward.
Those which respond only
TO objects moving In a par
ticular direction, but not the
REVERSE
T'hosAthat respond 10 any
thing which has an edge.
Evening star., 1963-02-05
Jousts With White

william s. White is look
ing down at us again from
atop his white charger. He
warns us that II Senate rules
are changed to kill the fill
buster the "majoritarians"
Ito use Whites very own
barbarism) will overrun
what I suppose he would call
the "minoritarians."
To say that majority rule
In the Senate without the
filibuster will destroy mi
nority rights is to say that
democracy will fail. But in
his watchfulness Mr.. White
obscures this reality. Instead
he advocates continuation of
the present Senate rules
which permit the filibuster,
that Is, the license Of any
Senator to utter nonsense
without end in order to frus-
trate any measure, liberal or
conservative.
Further Mr.. White asserts
to deny the right to fill
buster will forever upset the
careful system of checks and
balances which our Consti-
tuition provides. But in fact
this grinding system has
often served to impede Just
legislation and Government
procedure rather than to
create 1t.
Also to support the con-
tinuation of the filibuster
Mr.. White claims somewhat
recklessly that the filibuster
has been more often the
weapon of the majority than
the minority. Let Mr.. White
prove this by example. I
question the truth of this old
battered generality.
Worst of all, according to
Mr.. White. the country folks
in the less populous States
will virtually lose fair repre-
resentation If the Senate
changes its rules. Mr.. Whites
reasoning denies the exist
ence Of good faith and wis
dom among us "majoritar-
ians."
Certainly If the States in
the minority can assert
their will only through the
bullying. unreasoning tactic
Of the filibuster, then our
current Senate procedures
are either defective or the
Senators from the less pop
ulous States are incompetent.
II the present Senate rules
are defective 1t is because
they allow the filibuster, and
certainly Senators from mi
nority States are not incom-
petent. though this inference
may be drawn from Mr..
Whites latest pronounce
ment for destiny.
1t is. therefore, hard to see
in simple rule of the ma
jority the evil which Mr.,
White sees. I believe that
majority rule is a reason
ably accurate and concise
definition of democracy.
When one sees Mr.. White
framed dead still against the
sunset astride his precious
cause. one only wishes that
chivalry and wisdom were
related qualities.
Victor II. Hirsh.
Evening star., 1963-02-05
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriteTs' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied BY self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1963-02-05

ANY one fiber" says the
report, serves only a very
small portion Of the total
visual field, hence there is
great overlapping Of recep-
tive fields Of the thousands
of optic nerves. These studies
are opening a new approach
to our understanding Of
vision"
A device for relaying to
earth-bound doctors COM
plete observation-disclosures Of
pilots on the fringes of outer
space has been developed by
Air Force scientists. 1t now
is being tested in free-fall
parachute jumps and has
possible applications in aero
space research problems. It
weighs only IA ounces, can
be worn easily inside a pres
sure suit and can be used
free Of any outside connec-
tions. An amplifier in the
cockpit relays the informa-
ton to the ground.
May Have Other Uses
Once on the ground the
signal is changed back into
a heart beat and recorded as
a jagged line on the elec-
torcardiogram tape. With the
same device II may be pos
sible TO keep informed on a
space pilots temperature,
measure his alertness and
monitor other physical reac-
tions.
The signal is sent TO the
cockpit .amplifier either by
radio or wire. The radio
method eliminates any ex-
ternal connections. II should.
says an Air Force report,
make life easier for an aero
space man by eliminating the
troublesome cord that now
carries signals TO the cock
pit transmitting unit.
1T is almost a necessity"
says an Air Force report.
"in a space craft where crew
members will be able TO move
about freely"
Evening star., 1963-02-05

grams and Objectives," in
which Senator Barry Gold
water said, I'VE believe that
higher education for Amer
ican youth is not only desir-
able but increasingly essen
tial both in the national
interest and for the sake of
those young people them
selves" Jane Often.
"Those whom the gods
would destroy. they first
make mad" This appears to
be the sad case of the voters
of Montgomer County.
Spurred on by promises of
lower taxes, the people in
their madness voted into
office a new economy
minded" school board. The
four new members had run
on a platform of I'VE will
cut, we will chop, we will
throw out" This the new
board is proceeding to do
and, if in the process, it is
also destroying the hopes and
aspirations of many of the
younger county residents who
have not yet attained voting
age. neither the new board
members nor the citizens
who voted them in, appear
concerned.
I refer specifically to those
high school juniors and
seniors who had been looking
forward to attending Mont
gomery Junior College upon
graduation. Charles w. Bell,
president Of the board, in
his overzealous desire to
make good on his campaign
promises, has now taken his
stand in the doorway Of
Montgomery Junior College
and, in effect, is saying to
the new applicants, you
cannot enter. There Is no
room. For years you have
been promised a new college
in Rockville that's out.
Furthermore, where did you
get the idea that you have
the right to go to college?
I am setting up a committee
to prove that you are not
college material. But II you
insist upon going to Mont
gomery Junior College, and
my committee permits you to
enroll. you may attend
Standing room only lectures
and labs. day classes, night
classes. and evening courses
at the high school extension
centers. This is the best ]
can do for you. Take it or
leave 1t. I promised your
parents and their neighbors
economy and they will get
economy"
AS the mother Of a son
and daughter who attended
Montgomery Junior College,
(both are now at the Uni
versity Of Maryland I feel
that I can speak knowledge
ably OF that school. Mont
gomery Junior College is a
fine institution. excellently
stated and the students en-
Joy a rapport with their pro-
fessors which Is seldom
achieved in the area colleges.
Charlotte Zimmerman.
Evening star., 1963-02-05
'Under-Pur Citizens

SHoSs ~ sSs@hS
1t is amazing to me that
some individuals would feel
that integration in the Dis
trict or any place should
suddenly transform the seq
ment of irresponsible and
unrespectable Negroes into
respectable citizens. Since
this transformation has not
occurred overnight, some are
shortsighted enough to in
fer that integration is detri-
mental. 1t is unfortunate for
our country that individuals
in responsible positions try
to show that the effects Of
integration are bad instead
of using their mentality and
position to complete this
necessary transition as soon
as possible.
One reason we have more
problems than we should In
places undergoing integration
is that integration is tagging
too much in other areas. Ne
groes migrate to Washing
ton In large numbers from
the States because the States
lag in integration. II the
educated Negro was offered
fair employment opportuni-
ties in private industry and
Government offices in the
States, he would not be
forced 10 jam into the Capt.
tai 10 work for the Govern
ment which started integra-
ton. Also II Negroes who
have been deprived Of equal
opportunities In education
and other rights we're not dis
criminated against In these
States. they would not be mi
grating 10 Washington TO
swell the welfare rolls. in
crease the crime rate and
generally lower the social
level. With these facts in
mind. / think those who have
been criticizing the Negro
and inteRration here and are
from States which have de-
prived the Negro OF equal
rights should consider their
States and themselves guilty
Of bringing about the condi-
tions they call deplorable In
the Nations Capital
Equal rights being a must
In this country, II is time
for the States and individuals
connected with these States
that have been producing
under-par citizens 10 elimi-
nate the barriers OF unequal
rights so as 10 produce the
best possible citizens.
L. L. Watkins.
Evening star., 1963-02-05
THE POLITICAL MILL
By GOULD LINCOLN
The Red Army in Cuba

In addition to having q
Communist government in
Cuba, the first real bastion
of international communism
in the Western Hemisphere,
there are reports of an in
creasing Russian Red army
on the island. President
Kennedy acted strongly last
October, when he demanded
that the Soviet government
remove from the island two
sets Of offensive weapons,
So-called - missiles capable
Of carrying nuclear warheads
to the cities of our Eastern
coast and much farther in
land, and to other American
Republics and the Panama
Canal, and Russian bombers
Of great potential. He set
up a naval blockade Of Cuba
and assembled military
forces Of great strength for
an invasion of Cuba If the
Soviet government failed to
comply. He had the full
backing Of the American
people. He will have the
same backing If it is devel-
oped that Russian military
forces of menacing strength
are In Cuba and the Presi-
dent asks for their with
drawal. 1t is evident, too,
that this country will not re-
main complacent or con-
tent with halfway measures
in the Cuban situation.
Within two weeks, an in
quiry into the military
strength in Cuba, particular
ly that sent there by the
Soviet government, will be
opened by the Senate Sub
committee on Preparedness
of the Armed Services Com
mittee, a subcommittee
headed by Senator John
Stennis of Mississippi. The
inquiry should be conducted
on a non-partisan basis, and
Senator Stennis can be re-
lied upon to keep it so
However, such an inquiry
would not now be under
taken If members of Con-
gress, including Senator
Stennis, felt that the Amer
ican people and Congress
have been told all the facts
about Cuba by the Kennedy
administration. The Missis-
sippi Senator said as much
in a radio television broad
cast with Senator Kenneth B
Heating of New York or
Sunday.
Warning Last Summer
The New York Senator
called attention to the mil
itary buildup in Cuba last
summer, long before the ad-
ministration was willing tC
say anything about it. Last
August Senator Keatine
wrote the Secretary of State
and later told the Senate HI
was reliably informed tha'
Russian troops had landed
in Cuba-1200 men in Rus
sian uniforms. The State De-
partment and the President
said they had no evidence II
that effect. although admit,
ting the presence of militar!
technicians. Senator Keat'
ing followed up with state
ments regarding the con
struction Of missile bases il
Cuba, first in Septembe.
and later in october.
What was actually takinl
Evening star., 1963-02-05

place in Cuba is an old
story now. Senator Keating's
warnings have been amply
borne out. He continues to
warn that the arms build up
in Cuba is still growing; that
the Russian troops in Cuba
considerably outnumber the
1900 which is the latest
estimate given by President
Kennedy. Senator Strom
Thurmond of South Caro-
lima has come up with re-
ports that Soviet Russia has
q complete army in Cuba,
totaling 10000 to 10000 men.
with air and naval units and
missile deployment. The ad-
ministration does not agree
to any such figures Of Rus
sian military strength, al
though it has sN,id that at
the height Of the Cuban
buildup - before the block
ade - 1t may have been
$4,000.
Wants Facts Public
Senator Stennis has not
accused the administration
Of wrongdoing In keeping in
formation away, but has
said flatly: II do not think
the people of the United
States have been told all
the facts I think we
ought to have a hearing so
that there will be congress
sional information as well
as that of the people" He
added: II realize that Cuba,
through Russian building UP
there, is becoming rapidly
the second strongest military
power in the Western Hemi-
sphere and I am concerned
about it. / don't think we
ought to relax about it one
minute. We've got to know
what the strength is. I want
our military men then to
pass on whether they think
it's the embryo of something
larger"
Obviously, most Of the
hearings conducted by Sena-
tor Stennis and his commit
tee will be in executive ses-
sion - behind closed doors.
But he hopes to give the
American people "the basic
facts" that will be in the
hands of Congress as well
as in the hands Of the White
House, the State Depart
ment and the Pentagon.
These facts will be developed
by inquiry of many sources.
What they hold for the fu-
ture can only be conjectured.
There is a feeling, how
ever, that the military build
UP in Cuba, with Soviet aid,
has continued since the
blockade was given up: a
feeling that while we we're
on top of the Cuban situa-
ton. in the minds Of all the
American Republics at that
time, our position has deteri-
Grated since then.
The administration is
again under fire from Re-
publican sources over its
handling of the Cuban situa-
tion-including Gov. Rookie
feller of New York and the
Republican Congressional
Committee. Only, however, If
the administration fails to
take whatever steps may be
necessary could Cuba become
an issue In the campaign
next year.
Evening star., 1963-02-05
Answers to Questions
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. Please describe the leg
endary Norwegian monster
called Kraken.-K. S.
A. Kraken is an enormous.
many-armed sea monster
which is believed 10 haunt
the coasts Of Norway. It is
said TO be at least a mile and
a half in circumference and
TO be shaped round and flat.
According 10 Norwegian folk
lore, Kraken is capable OF
pulling even the largest ship
under water. The monster was
first described by Norwegian
Bishop Erik Pontoppiaan In
l752!'
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