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Evening star., 1963-05-17

Q. What was the United
States Navy's first hospital
ship2-H. w.
A. Red Rover. She was n
wooden, side-wheel CONNER
cial river steamer. originally
built at Cape Girardeau, Mo.
In 1859, and bought at
New Orleans in November.
1861, by the Confederate
States TO serve as barracks
for their floating battery.
the New Orleans. Dam.
aged In a bombardment, she
was abandoned as a quarters
ship and moored, and was
captured by the Federal gum
boat Mound City In April
1852. Red Rover was repaired
and served throughout the
war as a Federal hospital
ship and medical provisions
and supply ship on the Mia.
sisslppi.
Evening star., 1963-05-17

Somehow we weren't as worried
about Faith z as we had been about
the earlier Mercury ventures. From
! the first thrill Of ift-off, 1t seemed
, pretty clear everything was going to
! be all right with Gordon Cooper.
But this business about the peanut
! butter sandwiches had us little con-
| cerned.
How, we'd like to know, could Major
! Cooper be expected to communicate
with Mercury Control with his mouth
full Of peanut butter2
! Everything is A-okay" presumably
; would come out something like "Um-
! maguk ah ngang oh-gay," which, for
all anyone knew, might be the destruct
: signal. 1t could have led to a very sticky
situation indeed
It's possible, Of course, that in the
absence of gravity Major Cooper's pea
nut butter didn't stick to the roof Of
his mouth at all. 1t might have just
floated around half inch off his
tongue until he lunged forward and
swallowed it. AS we watched the cap
sule pursuing It's course, we found
ourselves hoping so.
We also felt vaguely uneasy about
the majors ration of spaghetti and
meat sauce. 1t was in plastic container
, he added water through nozzle, and
then was supposed to squeeze the stuff
into his mouth. At that, it may have
been easier with the spaghetti than
with the beef and gravy dinner.
Evening star., 1963-05-17

Ine washington BRANCH,
American Association of Uni
versity Women, has long sup
ported the right of the indi-
vidual and Of families to ade-
quate, decent and safe hous-
ing, regardless Of such fac
tors as age, sex, race, creed
or economic and social status.
We have followed and sup
ported the battle against
blight and decay in the Ma
tion's Capital, conducted by
the Federal agencies with
local responsibility for plan
ming and urban renewal in
the Southwest and in other
parts of the city.
More recently an expert
ment has been carried out in
the Adams-Morgan Area Of
the Northwest which merits
widespread attention and
support. This is a pilot prof.
ect to plan for the rehabilita-
ton, conservation and renew
al Of q residential area with
q great diversity Of types Of
neighborhoods. In addition to
rehabilitation Of existing
structures, the plans provide
for replacement of some de-
Perforated buildings with new
apartments and row houses
for low and lower middle in
come families, including 9
housing for the elderly and
cooperative housing. Provi-
sion will be made also for
families eligible for public
housing. Some apartment
dwellings will have first-floor
stores. and several new office
buildings are In the plans.
The Washington Branch.
American Association OF Uni
versity Women, supports the
plans in principle for the cre-
alton Of the Adams-Morg
area for an urban renewal
project as proposed by the
RIA. and strongly urges that
citizens and citizen groups
throughout the District in
dorse the project. Representa-
tives Of these groups should
not only attend the public
hearings on June l3 and IL,
but should urge the Commits
sioners TO approve plans for
the Adams-Morgan renewal
project at the earliest pos
sible date.
Alice G. Cole.
President. Washington
Branch, American Associa-
ton OF University Women.
Evening star., 1963-05-17
Passive Resistance

Inc SCar editorial, Rights:
A New Breakthrough," sur
prisingly attempts to link the
Birmingham demonstrators
with the late Mahatma
Gandhi and his followers.
Non-violent protest as prac-
ticed by the Indians did not
include showers Of brickbats
and pop bottles directed at
the police.
The Negro leaders who
planned and directed the
demonstrations may have
tried to keep them non-vio-
lent, but 1t is we'll docu-
mented by the communica-
tionS media that they did not
always succeed in doing so.
One day. both policemen and
demonstrators we're injured
during what a TV news COM
mentator called "a pitched
battle"
Although we may approve
Of what the demonstrators
brought about, I hardly think
we can justifiably say that
"The Rev. Martin Luther
King, jr., and his followers.
who acknowledge their debt
to Gandhi's techniques,
seemed to be carrying out his
passive resistance teachings
to the letter"
Robert C. DuckwOrth.
Evening star., 1963-05-17
How Hiqh the Bench?

The Supreme Court instead
Of upholding and interpret
ing the Constitution often
sets it aside. In case after
case the Supreme Court has
actually ignored the Consti-
tuition in enforcing the will
Of the Government Of the
United States. 1t amounts to
government by flouting the
Constitution thereof. Where
do we go from here with
out constitutional guarantees?
Would not our 18th Century
leaders, If alive today, spring
into open revolt against such
a government? More quickly
than against q the British
crownl For the crown, as
heavy-handed as 1t was, did
not threaten and transgress
the principles of individual
liberty to the degree the Su-
preme Court has in the cases
OF farmers who have grown
more wheat on their own
farms and fed it on their own
farms in contravention to a
Department of Agriculture
edict as to how much they
could plant.
In dissenting from the con-
viction by the Supreme Court
Of a farmer, for planting and
feeding. but not selling, more
wheat than the Department
Of Agriculture said he could,
Federal Judge Davidson Of
Dallas, Tex, recently quoted
Thomas Jefferson as follows:
"A bill Of rights is what the
people are entitled to against
every government on earth. "
Those who bleat about fol-
lowing a dictate of the Su-
preme Court because "it is
the law Of the land" either
don't know what they are
talking about or don't care :
Supreme Court dictates are
not necessarily the law of
the land-the Constitution is!
ClarksOn l. Reau
Evening star., 1963-05-17
Military Housino


I doubt that very MANY
fair minded Americans.
either colored or white, would
condone a letter being sent
out from military installa-
tions to widows and others
offering quarters for rent.
Executive Order No.
l1063," the version received
by an Arlington woman from
Col. Ralph H. Smith at the
Pentagon, states, "as imple-
mented by the Secretary of
Defense in a memorandum to
the Secretaries Of the Army,
Navy and Air Force, states
in part:
"'In addition, effective i'm
mediately, listings main
tanned by base housing Of
fices Of available private
housing shall include only
those units which are avail
able without regard to race,
color, creed or national
origin
a.. Should you desire to
abide by the provisions set
forth In the above para
graph. please so indicate on
the reverse Of this letter.
Failure to acknowledge
this correspondence by II
May 1868 will be construed
to mean that you desire to
withdraw your listing"
Where is the right Of the
people-including widows de-
pendent upon such small in
come as a rooms rental af-
fords-to be secure in their
persons, houses, etc., as pro-
vided in the Constitution?
BY what right does any
public servant, from Presi-
dent down, apply economic
pressure upon defenseless
people2
Although these letters have
been going out for some
months, I have seen no mem
ton Of them In the daily
papers nor any protest from
any member OF Congress.
Have we gone so far down
the dictatorship trail that
our representatives no longer
consider individual rights
worthy Of defense? Is politi-
cal expediency 10 take the
place Of justice2
Judge Oren r. Lewis has
recognized, In the Lorton Re-
formatory integration case,
the right Of whites as we'll as
colored TO be given the choice
Of associating with their own
race. BY the same token.
should not a colored or white
widow be allowed to specify
the race. sex, nationality or
religion Of those she admits
10 her own homer
A more mature and sensi-
tive man than the President
would recognize the explosive
forces with which he Is deal
ing and call a halt before they
explode. Charles w. Carter.
Evening star., 1963-05-17
See Editorial, No ApoIoey'

See Editorial, No Apology
application Of the Durham
rule relating to insanity as
a defense In q criminal case.
Your article specifically
states that in June, 1862, Eu-
gene w. Rollins was found
not guilty of robbery by rea-
son of insanity and was COM
mitted to st. Elizabeths Hos
pital and furthermore states
that after IL months he was
given the freedom of the
grounds. Your article further
states that If the officials at
st. Elizabeths Hospital had
a less casual attitude toward
the requirements of the Dur
ham Act perhaps Leon Tatel-
man might be alive today.
Unfortunately, you do not
present the entire situation
to the general public and for
your edification ! will present
just a few facts. Eugene w.
Rollins was indicted in
March, 1856, and as a result
of q motion for mental exam
ination which / filed as his
attorney he was committed
to st. Elizabeths Hospital.
The officials of st. Elizabeths
Hospital thereafter certified
that Mr.. Rollins was not
competent to stand trial and
he remained In st. Elizabeths
Hospital until May, 1862, at
which time he was certified
as competent to stand trial.
I again represented Mr.. Rol-
Inns In the trial which re-
suited in his acquittal by rea-
son of insanity and he was
readmitted to st. Elizabeths
Hospital on June 10, 1862.
Apparently the officials at
the hospital felt that after
having confined Mr.. Rollins
in maximum security for a
period of well over six years
there might be some hope Of
rehabilitation in that he
could be released for ground
privileges to mingle with 9TH
er people.
The paradox Of the situa-
ton is if Mr.. Rollins had
been convicted in a criminal
court rather than being found
not guilty by reason of in
sanity he might we'll have not
served a period Of six years
under confinement such as
he did at st. Elizabeths Hos
pital.
I, therefore, feel that your
criticism of the hospital Of
ficials is totally unjustified.
1t is very easy for an in
dividual to prognosticate as
to what might happen to a
mental patient II he were re-
leased to society or perhaps
you would prefer the archaic
method. to wit: that II any
person is insane he should
be chained and left to die.
I feel that The Evening
Star should apologize to the
officials Of the greatest men
tai institution in this coun-
try.
Harry John Ahern.
Evening star., 1963-05-17
A BOOK FOR TODAY

By DONALD MINTZ

quantitative physical formu-
las to the behavior of socie-
ties.
HIS FORMULAS and his
ideas do not come down to a
refinement or extension of
statistical methods; 1t is not,
for example, q question Of
using the familiar bell curve
as a precise statement of the
distribution of the examina-
ton grades of a large num-
ber of students or as a pre-
diction of what the distribu-
ton of grades on O future
examination will be.
But ideas like the motion"
or speed" of chronological
changes, social "pressures"
and so on are not precise
and not technical. Social
pressure is one thing, the
pressure of a gas quite an
other. They have the word
pressure" in common. but
social pressure" is a figura-
tive, evocative, indeed poetic,
expression; it cannot be pre-
ciSely analyzed, and all its
components cannot be known
and isolated under separate
rubrics. In short. one can
not pretend that there are so
many social pressure pounds
per square inch. take a physi-
cal formula dealing with say,
gas pressure. plug in social
numbers and come out with
a social answer in physical
terms.
Yet underneath this layer
Of scientism, there is q good
deal Of challenging historical
thought. Mr.. Cuneo's notions
Of cohesion and elasticity Of
societies are fascinating and
most likely valid. His descrip-
ton OF the polarizing Of
hostile groups of nations and
the manner In which the ul-
innate clash comes about Is
thoroughly chilling and
thoroughly sensible.
These are important con-
cepts. II we consider the phys
ical analogies more as po-
etry than truth. we can find
a good deal in this small
book.
And Of course. II goes with
out saying that Mr.. Cuneo's
more general claim that there
are as yet undiscovered meth
DDS Of dealing with historical
material is almost certainly
correct.
Evening star., 1963-05-17
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condensG-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied BY self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1963-05-17

ton. This assertion is con-
trary to fact. Those who have
studied crime and its causes
have long since come to the
conclusion that the reasons
for crime should be removed.
Sociologists refer to it as
prophylasis-a prevention of
the reason for crime. Judge
Lawson recognized that a
psychiatrist was trying to
remove the reason for the
crime and felt that this was
more important than sending
a juvenile to Jail.
E. Lewis FerreII
Evening star., 1963-05-17

Another tinpot country
In the Caribbean, even more
insignificant in It's own right
than Cuba used to be. poses
both q great peril and an i'm
mense opportunity to the
United States.
The peril in Haiti Is that
of q Communist takeover un-
der the dictatorial President
Francois Duvalier, similar
in effect If not In detail to
Fidel Castro's takeover in
Cuba. DR.. Duvalier is re-
garded by high American Of
ficials as q sinister opportun-
ist who would not hesitate
to make a total deal with
the Communists II this be-
came the best means to re-
tain his own place. Indeed,
much information suggests
that he is even now moving
toward Just such a deal with
infiltrators coming In from
Cuba.
The opportunity in Haiti
Is simply this: Here are met
the right time and the right
place for the United States
Government to take up that
responsibility for the safety
and political health of this
hemisphere which we so bad
ly fumbled in Cuba.
The heart of our Latin
American policy for years
has been to submit to the
strong objections Of the
Latinos to outside "interven-
ton" in any Latin American
country. Too long we followed
this line while Mr.. Castro
was consolidating his power
and long after it had become
evident he was turning Cuba
into q Soviet satellite base.
The OAS Talks
We tried and tried to in
terest the Organization Of
American States in collective
action against what was
very clearly an outside in
tervention" in Cuba-by the
Soviet Union. The Organ
ization Of American States
talked and talked; but would
never agree to any really ef-
fective action against Mr..
Castro-and never will. by
any present sign.
Now, there is an effort to
interest the OAS in doing
something about DR.. Duvalier.
Again, the OAS talks and
talks, but again there is no
genuine hope that the OAS
will ever be willing to act
effectively. Even good inter-
nationalists are now express
Evening star., 1963-05-17


BY Ernest Cuneo. 237 PIP.
CDuell. Sloan g. Pearce;
$3.50
Science and History" is as
curious q volume as one Is
likely to encounter. 1t may
start a cult; 1t may be widely
ignored.
Mr.. Cuneo, who is president
of the North American News
paper Alliance, starts with
the notion that science is
applicable to the inter-
preting, understanding, and
control Of history"
He is not primarily refer
ring to use of a highly gen.
eralized version of scientific
method in dealing with
sources and verifying hy-
potheses. That. after all, is
what every historian tries to
do.
What he means is that it
ought to be possible to take
physical and mathematical
laws, apply them to human
societies. and come out with
a result that can properly
be called an answer.
HE EVEN MAKES a cal
culation. First, he propounds
the idea that nations and
nation-like groups of people
have energy and motion In a
more or less strict physical
sense. 1t is suggested that
the laws of motion. and more
particularly, the formula for
kinetic energy, could be a key
formula for the exploration
Of history: KE=1aMV'. This
formula was then applied to
explain the external effects
of nations and empires upon
each other.
". Let us assume the
number Of human beings is
comparable to the mass of an
object. Now. the Kinetic En-
ergy developed by an object
depends far more on its rate
Of motion than upon its
mass. =. Now assume that
the maximum speed at which
an Australian aborigine can
move is 20 miles per hour
his running speed-and as
sumo that a Europeans fast
est speed is 900 miles an
hour-in @ Jet.
"The relative energy Of the
two groups would be:
"Aborigine-h l0.000x20'
100000 arbitrary energy
units;
"European-h l0,000x600'
1900, 100000 arbitrary en-
ergy units.
THE Europeans greater
strength h is based on the
much greater rate Of motion
OF his civilization"
Generally, Mr.. Cuneo con-
tends that these strange uses
of common formulas are JUS
titled by a cognate principle,
that Is, the fact that mathe-
matical expressions OF beha-
vior In one area Of physical
research often turn out TO
have validity In some other
area.
He wants To extend this to
cover practically everything
in one grand set OF laws. the
universal field theory TO end
all universal field theories.
He admits at one point in
the book that his use Of phys
ical formulas 10 explain"
human events is not cognate
at all; II Is analogical. But
everywhere else he writes as
though he believes In the lit
eral application Of these
Evening star., 1963-05-17
Durham and Murder

I have always been an at
tentive reader of your news
paper and I have always sub
scribed to the proposition
that an article must be ac-
curate because II read it in
The Star" I was distressed,
however, after reading your
editorial entitled Durham
and Murder" which appeared
on May IA. The editorial in
my opinion presents an un-
warranted criticism of the Of
ficials Of st. Elizabeths Hos
pital concerning the case Of
Eugene w. Rollins and the
Evening star., 1963-05-17
Answers to Questions

by TIE HAShIN bEkVICE
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SCIENCE AND HISTORY.
BY Ernest Cuneo. 237 PIP.
CDuell. Sloan g. Pearce;
$3.50
Evening star., 1963-05-17
Adums-Morqon

Robert C. Duckworth
Evening star., 1963-05-17
Defends Judqe

Harry John AheI
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1963-01-17
Aao1saa The 7ou4n

Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Teeple were
Great Falls visitors Monday.
Special officer Rankin Brown
was in Butte on business last
week.
Mrs. Roma Sheppard returned
this week from visiting in south
e-n California and Arizona
Mrs. Pearl Babineau attended
a social workers conference in
Chicago this week.
Mrs. Agnese Sheppard's daugh,
ter. Nina. of Helena has arrived
in Browning TO be with her moth
er during her illness.
Mrs. James Gage was hostess
Monday evening at a pink and
blue shower for Mrs. Giles An
derson.
Audra Pambrun is serving as
head nurse at a private GONZALES
cent home in Thermopolis, Wy
oming.
A baby girl was born Monday
evening TO Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
WEIGH. This makes the fourth
charming young lady to grace
the WEIGH household.
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TO WHOM II NAY CONCERN:


The following described tribal land
Is hereby advertised TO members Of the
Blackfeet Tribe for fsrm-pasture and
grazing leases for . period Of ten uol
days
Tract I. NwIs, Sec. -. T30N., R7w.,
containing is0 acres.
Tract 2. NWhNWLL, NEi4NWh, Sec.
2, NEL4NEI, Sec. 3, T30N., R6W, SEA
SEA- SwLsSEiG, Sec. IS, TIN, R6W.
Tract ,. NEi4SELI, SEASEi4, Sec. ii,
SEhSEh, Sec. "a, NEHNEh, Sec. Is,
T34N., R7w.
Tract 4. NEpaSEpsNwls, SEA NWH,
sIsNIsNEh, SIsNEI4, Sec. IA, TAN,
R7w.
Tract S. That portion South & West
Of Irrig. Ditch In NwASEil, Sec. ,,
SIsNwIs NEiG, SIINIzNWItNELt, Sec.
4, TON, R6W, SWi4SEl, Sec. ~,
Tin, R6w, containing 81 acres.
All above described tracts of land
must be accompanied with 2ser of the
total bid and no bid viii be honored
without the 15et requirement.
Sealed bids VIII be accepted by the
BIackfeet Tribal Business Council Sec
rotary up to January Is, 1863 with
500 pm, the deadline.
The Blackfeet Tribal Business Coun'
ell reserves the right 10 reject any
mfr Mckay, Secretary
BIackfeet Tribal Business Council
First publication January IL, 1853
Last publication January "a, 1853.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1963-01-17
CUB SCOUT DEN No. {

Cub Scout Den l of Pack 100
met Wednesday at TOO pm. under
the direction of Mrs. Bill Riddle.
Pledge Of allegiance was said.
Roll was called, and dues were
collected.
A discussion was held about
getting their badges. The boys
turned in their chore chart they
have been working on for their
Wolf badge.
They discussed the play they
are going to have for their par,
entS.
Assignments were given for the
next week.
Refreshments were furnished
by Mrs. c. ID. Cooper.
Then the meeting was adjourn
ed.
Joe Jessepe, Reporter.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1963-01-17

George Tierney of Fort Belk
nap was in Browning on business
last week
Little Pam Bueling was a pa
tient in Memorial hospital, Cut
Bank. this week
Gary Douglas has enrolled in
the winter session at Western
Montana College Of Education,
Dillon.
Alma Juneau and family will
leave for Butte Friday where Al
ma will be employed by the But
trey Food store in that city.
Patty Bond is visiting at the
home Of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Ralph Bond. Patty was grad
uated January 5 from the Acme
Beauty School Of Billings.
Mrs. Agnes Sheppard suffered
a severe heart attack last week
and is a patient in the local hos
pitaL Her many friends are hop
ing that she will have a quick
and complete recovery.
Miss Carole ArnOux left last
week for Billings where she Is
enrolled in beauty college. Car
ole Is staying at Beta House in
Billings while she is attending
college.
Mr.. and Mrs Vernon Botten-
field, formerly of Washington,
d. C, moved to Browning last
week. Bottenfield will serve as
Projects Development Officer at
the Blackfeet agency.
Mrs. Lucille Jones and children
moved to Crow Agency this week,
Mrs. Jones. who had been a mem
Der of the nursing staff Of the
Blackfeet hospital for the past
year. has transferred 10 the Crow
Agency Public Health hospital.
New members of the nursing
staff of the Blackfeet Public
Health hospital are Miss Without,
r. n, and Miss Macdonald, r.
~, who are recent graduates Of
ST. Therese's school of nursing
in Minneapolis.
Work Is progressing on the new
Teeple's Super Market. Three
sides Of the structure have been
raised and the roof is also in
place. AS soon as the south side
of the building is enclosed, work
inside Is scheduled for rapid
completion.
A coffee hOnoring Mrs. James
Badura, Mrs. Joseph CARRIER and
Mrs. Vernon BOttenfield was held
in the home of Mrs. Howard
Johnson last Tuesday evening.
Hostesses included Eva Nordwall,
Lois Grissom, Beverly Van Dow
er and Bobbie Johnson.
John Ninyard returned Tues
day from q months trip to the
coast. At Barstow, California he
visited a nephew Arthur Mitch
ell, and at Portland a son viii
liam. His daughter, Lou Ann. who
accompanied him on the trip, was
placed in a child-care school for
the next few months.
State Representative Joe Lewis
spent the weekend at home, re-
turning Sunday to be present at
Mondays converting of the State
Assembly at Helena. With legis-
Iatiye matters requiring full-time
presence at daily sessions, he
said, there is little likelihood of
his making many trips home dur
ing the next go days.
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Glacier Lily Club
To Meet Next Week

The next meeting of the Glac-
Ter Lily club will be held at the
home of Elsie Wright, Thursday.
January "a at 7:30 pm.
All members are urged to at
tend this meeting.