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Evening star., 1963-01-14
Goth Birthday

am inclined more and more to feel
that the observance In letter and
spirit of the ctUH SerUtce ldU Is the
first requisite in obtaining clean,
decent, efficient E. SerUice In any
branch or bureau OF the Govern
ment.
These words were written with OBJ
viouS feeling by Theodore Roosevelt in
1905, when the American civil service
system was STRIPPING of % years. They
are even more meaningful today, which
lends good reason for the various OBJ
servances this week that will mark the
Both anniversary of the creation of the
system.
It is wonder that the Federal Gov
ernment, even with its limited size and
responsibilities, was able to function at
all before this notable event, and 1t is
fascinating, If somewhat frightening, to
look back to those early days. Such was
the spoilS system in 1841, after William
Henry Harrison took office, that more
than 10000 eager job-seekers flocked
to Washington to claim the 23,700 jobs
which then comprised the Federal ex-
ecutive branch. The situation had not
greatly improved by the Civil War. One
Of the favorite anecdotes of the Civil
Service Commission concerns the re-
marks attributed to an annoyed Abra-
ham Lincoln, when he was bed-ridden at
the White House with smallpox "Tell
all the office-seekers to come in at
once" the President said, "for now l
have something I can give them" No
doubt non-political career service ulti-
mately would have evolved in any event
Actually, it was stimulated by tragedy
the assassination of President Gar
field in 1881 by Charles Guiteau, dis
gruntled patronage-Seeker. The first
Civil Service Act was signed two years
later, on January Is, 1888.
It is an ironic coincidence that the
purely political salute to the New
Frontier" fund-raiSing dinner at the
D. C. Armory Friday night falls within
this same week. For the proximity of the
two events serves as timely reminder
of the distinctly non-political character
sures which have been exerted in recent
weeks on many non-political career Of
ficials of the Government to attend the
Sl00-a-plate Democratic dinner are all
wrong.
For the most part, however, the
strides which have been made in full
filling the hopes of 80 years ago have
been enormous. OF the 25 million en-
ployes on the Federal payroll through
out the world (roughly tenth of whom
are serving in Washington), more than
86 per cent now are within the COM
petitive civil service. There is room-as
there always will be room-for improve
ment. But the caliber Of the service on
this Both birthday should by and large
be a matter of pride and qualification
TO all Americans.
Evening star., 1963-01-14
THE PASSING SCENE
u. Ms Evil Empire-BuiIdino
By WILLIAM S. WHITE

In case anybody up there
cares what anybody believes
down here at the seat of a
mere national government,
somebody up there at the
United Nations would do we'll
to restrain that organization
from any more Of its i'm
perious empire building.
Specifically, somebody UP
there at the U. N.-the Afro
Asian clique which has been
running its ugly show in the
Congo-had best not connive
now with the new Soviet
propaganda push for set
ting the Berlin problem" by
turning Berlin over to "the
troops and flag Of the United
Nations" thus replacing
Western troops there.
This marvelously simple
and totally anti-Western-
solution" for Berlin would
have two small shortcomings.
1t would never be accepted
by the United States, no mat
ter how obediently the United
States Government has sup
ported the U. MS peace
movement" by way of a mill
tary offensive in the Congo.
And any U. N. connivance
with such a Berlin Settle
ment" would quickly and
finally finish the U. N. off
in the United States of
America, which is, after all,
its chief financial supporter
and almost its sole real moral
supporter remaining within
the Free West.
Popularity Falling
Already, the truth is that
1t is not only somebody over
there across the Atlantic
this collective somebody be-
ing Britain, France and Bel
gium-who less and less likes
that somebody up ther e
which is the United Nations.
The same is true also of
powerful forces within the
American Congress. Even as
things stand, the U. N. will
find, when shortly its funds
for "peacemaking" in the
Congo run out, that Con-
gress will be singularly hard
to persuade to pick up the
tab by way of another U. N.
loan.
For the evasiveness, the
double-dealing, the petty
cynicism and the tasteless
and schoolmasterish inepti-
tude Of the U. MS harsh
operation to drive Katanga
province into the Central
Congo Government by mill
tary force is daily being more
undeniably Illustrated.
For months, U. N. right
or-wrongers had largely got
Evening star., 1963-01-14
Insanity Pleas

There is a cliche repeated
to medical students at the
beginning of the course in
psychology which is about as
follows, "The patient who has
illusions builds a castle in
the air, if delusions develop
he lives in it-and the psy-
chologist collects the rent"
John Que Public pays the
taxes and the insurance,
which are high. The liability
of the public is the reason
for this letter. The cost of
maintenance and treatment
of patients who have been
declared Of unsound minds is
appalling when they are con-
fined in hospitals and sani-
tariums and the number Of
patients occupying mental in
stitutions' beds at this time
exceeds the bed capacity for
medical and surgical patients
combined, in this country.
Persons who find them
selves in court accused of
such crimes as robbery, rape
or murder frequently plead
insanity. This defense is valid
in some cases and they are
found mot guilty because OF
insanity" They are then con-
signed to a mental hospital.
Many mental diseases are in
durable and the treatment"
consists Of custodial care
only. They add TO the tax
payers expense for the rest
OF their lives in hospitals de-
voted TO mental disease. Med
ical and nursing supervision
costs are high and the beds
should be assigned TO law
abiding citizens who may
need them and 10 whom they
are not now available. My
suggestion is that the Grim
inal insane be confined 10
the various penitentiaries
where custodial care may be
administered. Most insane
persons are harmless and
those with homicidal tend
encies may be isolated. Most
penal institutions are
equipped with psychiatrists.
The mentally disturbed pa
tient would not feel that he
is punished for an act for
which he was not responsible
because he probably would
not recognize his surround
ings anyway.
This suggestion may con-
tribute In a small way 10
crime prevention; the poten-
tial lawbreaker would not rel
ish being closely associated
with an insane inmate and
might hesitate To take the risk
OF doing so. There is a marked
difference in the cost TO the
State between a penitentlary
and a mental hospital
James A. Cannon, ST., MD.
Evening star., 1963-01-14
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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Evening star., 1963-01-14
THE HIDDEN HEART o


Gardner. Illus, 256 PIP.
william Morrow & Co.;
$7.50O
Erie Stanley Gardner likes
to get away from civilization
and Perry Mason. 1--WE are an
efficient race" he writes. 1--WE
are a race that has a creed of
getting results, and at times
1 think we have become too
darned efficient.
That is why 1 like to get
away from it all and go down
into Baja California, build a
campfire, have a good supper,
sit around the campfire after
ward watching the flickering
freight die down to Goals,
then get into my sleeping bag
and drift off into peaceful
slumber.
ut may be instinct, it may
Just be the good old desire
for self-preservation which
tells me that civilization or
urbanization, with its result
ing smog and stresses and
tensions, is deadly poison to
human beings"
Mr.. Gardner organizes his
tours into Lower California,
the long peninsula west of the
Mexican mainland, with all
the efficiency of "civiliza-
ton" Something-be it his
own nature or Perry Mason
keeps him on a rigid time
table.
Not that there is anything
false about this. Mr.. Gard
ner's expeditions, for all their
elaborate equipment and sup
ply bases, are not parodistic
safaris. His love for the re-
mote and wild country is
completely genuine.
"The Hidden Heart OF
Baja" is concerned with the
incidents, trivial and not-so-
trivial. OF one of these trips
Nothing is omitted, not even
a tour around a Mexican
orange crush bottling plant
IN A DESULTORY fashion
this particular expedition hat
an objective: a remote noun
tain range. ITO the east oi
the Vizcaino Dessert are
mountains, but virtually nc
one knows what is In those
mountains"
Mr.. Gardner wanted TO find
out. He knows a man who
comes from a village there
and decided TO get TO 1t by
helicopter.
ITO a large extent" he tells
us, these (yillage) people
are isolated from the outside
world. II takes them three
days riding burros over haz-
ardous trails 10 get TO one
Baja California village, tive
days 10 get 10 another -. II
takes money TO pay for the
articles one procures In a city
and there is no money and
no means Of making money
In this village, The economic
needs must be met pretty
much by a system Of barter.
But there is a schoolmis.
treSs. The school is not much
but IL is there, and II is un-
fortunate that Mr.. Gardner
seems 10 have no idea Of the
enormous significance Of this
either for itself or in the con-
text Of the social and politi-
cal history Of Mexico MOI
does he comment on the fact
that th4 people speak Span
Evening star., 1963-01-14
Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

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Baltimore Bit

Margaret A. Dawson.
Evening star., 1963-05-19

wins the confidence of a gang and pre-
tends to mastermind their operations.
(Repeat)
q COMMUNITY DIALOGUE.
Public Affairs Discrimination In Hous-
ine-Should It Be legislator Guests:
Charles Purcell, President of D. c. Board
of Realtors; Rep Abraham j. MuIter
democrat of New York;; Reporters Elsie
Carper Of the Washington Post and Sam
Eastman Of The Evening Star.
300 q BONANZA.
Western. / Hour. Color. Ben (Lorne
Greene) illustrates the greedy ambitions
of Virginia City businessman tcarroIl
o'connor) who boosts the rates on his
freight line to impossible levels.
q THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.
Public Affairs. 2 Hours. Premiere. The
American Mind and Mood" Guests:
Archibald MacLeish, John Dos Passos,
Senator Eugene Mccarthy; Lester Mar
keI, Editor, Sunday Times magazine;
Elmo Roper. opinion pollster. and Ithiel
de SoIa Pool. opinion analyst; Charles
FrankeI, Professor Of Philosophy coIum-
ba Univ; Richard D. Heffner. former
general manager Of New Yorks educa-
tionaI TV station, moderator
q THE REAL Mcc0YS.
Comedy Luke poses as a Mexican artist.
Dick crenna stars.
$50 q G. E. TRUE.
Drama Commando" British Com
mandos borrow the services Of convicted
safeeracker tSean MccIory) during World
War II and assign him to break open a
Evening star., 1963-05-19

wins the confidence of a gang and pre-
tends to mastermind their operations.
(Repeat)
q COMMUNITY DIALOGUE.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-29
Small Tobacco Farmer Needs
To Adjust, Say Economists

Change is nothing new on the
farm scene, but the small to-
bacco farmer of Southside Vir-
GINA has had a hard time roll
ing with the punches Dr. Ralph
G. Kline. farm economist at Viz
ginia Polytechnic Insti Ute. has
taken 4 look at this situation
and outlined some possibilities
for such farmers.
A representative farm of this
area has 80 acres Of open land
The farm has a tobacco all0t-
ment of 81 acres. The amount
of labor available operator and
family, amounts TO one and one
fourth man equivalents T h q
present value Of land. buildings,
llv ST DC K. and equipment IS
$4,000 The farmer probably
could not borrow more than
81 800 for added investment.
The question is: What combi-
nation Of enterprises viii give
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-29

the greatest return? Kline says
when adjustments are limited to
the present 80 acres of open
land, that laying hens. hogs, or
contract broilers offer the best
possibilities
With good management. re-
turn of So can be expected
with 1000 laying hens and rs
acres in two year rotation Of
corn wheat and lespedeza in ad-
dition to the 81 acres of flue-
cured tobacco. To begin this
farm plan, it Will be necessary
for the farmer to invest about
$500 for laying house and
equipment.
A similar income can be ex-
pcctcd from keeping II sows and
selling 100 fat hogs each year,
or by producing 10000 contract
broilers. In each case initial add
ed investment would be from
$4,000 to 81 800
A family income Of So 800
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-29

could be realized by renting q
acres more Of open land at s35
per acre annually. In addition to
the 81 acres of tobacco. it would
be economical to grow As acres
of corn. barley. and lespedeza in
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-29

for $25 annually per acre. a
family income Of 1882 could be
realized. In such a case, it would
be economical to rent 1876 acres
of open land. A two-year rota-
ton of corn-small grain, and les
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-29

a two.year rotation. It would al
SO be profitable to keep II sows
and sell 256 fat hogs annually.
The added initial investment
would be $500.
If open land could be rented
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-29
All Meetings Are Not All Business

1t cake cutting at the Southern States Cooper
alive stockholders meeting Richmond recently the
ganizaOn celebrated 10th WELD
the knife n J. Hall (leftl of Amelia Looking S w.
Arnold Jr representing the cooperaves retail outlet
Amelia Hall the official delegate from Amelia
addition the of the big features Of
wa an
plete with frontier regaia including the
by the Ii a buffalo buffet.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-29

-pedeza can be used on about 200
acres. Livestock could include 81
steers bought at around 45O
pounds in the fall. wintered, pas
tured. and fed supplementary
grain on pasture and sold at $50
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-29

addi iohal farm equipment ard
added storage space for hay
and corn. This compares with
the $4,000 investment needed for
a poultry house if the farmer
did not consider renting land.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-29

pounds. Other sources Of in
come would be from the sale Of
$500 bushels Of corn, and 81
acres of flue-cured tobacco. To
begin this program. an invest
ment of $500 must be made for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-24

ing So million. Senate hearings
are set Tuesday, and you just
don't push aside So million to
accommodate the gas COM
pany."
He referred to a bill resulting
from a Court of Appeals deci-
sion stating Maryland would
have to exempt Federal con-
tractors from the sales tax on
materials since State contrac-
tors are exempt. To save an
estimated SO million that could
be claimed from Federal prof.
ects over the last three years,
the administration bills would
tax State contractors also.
Edward T. Conroy, Prince
Georges delegation chairman
said that in addition to the
bills already sent to the Senate,
about % more County meas
ures are being printed for
House action.
Mine of the 10 delegates
are new at this job and maybe
we're not as fast as we should
be-" Mr.. Conroy said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-24
U. S. Rejects
Soviet Protest
On Pipeline Ban
By the Associated Pres

The United States has re-
Jected again a new Soviet pro-
test that this country is pres
surfing allied governments into
blocking the sale OF vitality inn
portant pipeline equipment TO
Russia.
The State Department yes
terday said the United States
has made clear It's opposition
TO the sale Of larger diameter
pipe TO Russia. bu; that other
countries which have been APP
preached by the Soviets have
made up their own minds what
they would do about II.
The department acknowl-
edged receiving a report OF the
protest. made public in Mos
COW yesterday, by Deputy For
eign Minister Vastly v. Kuznet-
SOW 10 United States Embassy
Counselor John M. Mcsweeney
For several months Russia
has been making urgent ef-
forts 10 buy large diameter
pipe - over 10 inches - which
could be used 10 deliver gaso-
line. fuel oil and other petro-
leum products from the Soviet
Union into Eastern European
satellite countries.
The United States argues
that construction Of the pipe
line system would have consid-
cradle military significance
That was the main point Of the
statement made here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-24
MEASLES
Bethesda Pleased
At Role in Vaccine

da. and David's two younger
sisters find that fact amazing
and exciting. Mr.. Edmonston
is a mathematician with the
Federal Power Commission,
David has not yet decided on a
career, but he said he is not
considering medicine.
The vaccine from his virus
is providing a tool that can
prevent the hundreds Of deaths
from measles that occur each
year in the United States
alone nations-such as some In
Africa where measles accounts
for half of the infant mortality
the American vaccines will
have an even greater impact.
And David-who has had
most Of his schooling at Lyn-
brook Elementary. Leland jun
ior High and Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School, sll in
Montgomery County, Md.,-is
sure glad he was sent north for
that one year in Southboro.
If he hadn't. the measles
vaccines might well be made
from a strain called Jones or
Allen or Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-24
Find II Exciting

David and his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. J. Harvey EdmonSton
OF 1907 Lynbrook drive, Bethes-
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AILMENT
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continued from rage Al
er and father and their 10 chill
dren were all afflicted.
DR.. Suffer said he first en-
countered the virus infection
about the last week in Deem
Der. 1t reached epidemic pro-
portions during the last week
in February and the first week
in March. He said he treated
about 1000 cases-old and new
ones-during the second week
in March.
Some patients have been so
weakened by the virus that
they can't stand on their feet, "
DR.. Suffer reported.
Some housewives have to 60
back to bed for several hours
right after they finish getting
breakfast" he said.
Similar virginia Cases
DR.. Suffer. who has prac-
ticed in Princess Anne for
seven years and was in the
Public Health Service for eight
years before that, said he has
never seen anything like this
ailment. He said also that he
understands reliably that SINH
lar illness has affected some
residents in the Cape Charles
(Va.) area.
DR.. Suffer said that enlarge
ment of lymph glands. tender
ness of the liver and spleen and
mental confusion are other
symptoms of the illness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-24
NASA Aide to Speak

James C. McCollom, chief of
transportation and logistics for
the National AeronauticS and
Space Administration, will ad-
dress the Washington chapter
of the Delta M Alpha trans
portation fraternity at 1880
pm. Tuesday in the National
Coal Association board room,
1l3O Seventeenth street, NV.
His topic will be "Unconven-
tional Transportation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-24

to the moon and back.
The National Aeronautics
and Space Administration said
the Forthcoming test will be
similar in many respects to the
three Saturn launchings that
have preceded it.
Minus One Engine
However, for the first time
the rocket will be tested for
ability to operate with an
engine out. At 100 seconds after
lift off one of the eight engines
will be shut down.
The burning time Of the
other seven engines will be
extended. however. to compen-
safe for the loss Of thrust. so
that the overall performance
will be much like that of a
trouble-free eight-engine flight.
Because it will carry a new
device requiring a longer nose
cone than the previous shots,
the Saturn will have a height
of 1855 feet, 3 feet more than
that of the earlier Saturns.
NASA plans six more re-
search and development flights
for Saturn I beyond the forth
coming shot, so that by late
next year the vehicle will be
ready to launch the three-man
Apollo spacecraft in q test
flight.
NASA said this is the final
test of the Saturn rocket with
only its booster or main stage.
The next Saturn, to be
launched later this year, will
have a live second stage and
sufficient power to place 10000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-24

pounds in orbit around the
earth.
The booster for the forth
coming launch will be powered
by eight engines developing
10000 pounds of thrust each,
for a total Of Is million pounds.
In succeeding tests, the
boosters engines will produce
is million pounds of thrust
for the first stage.
BalIasted With Water
In the forthcoming test, as
lin the previous Saturn launch
ings. the second and third
rocket stages win be inert, car
rying water as ballast to simu-
late the weight of the propel-
liant that later models will
carry.
The payload will be an inert
Jupiter nosecone.
The Saturn stands 1875 feet
tall, is 2la feet in diameter,
and will carry a propellant load
of $3.50 pounds, about 1875, 900
pounds less than in the last
previous Saturn launching.
The vehicle will be launched
on a course that will cause it
to climb to n miles and to
land in the Atlantic 229 miles
downrange after a flight of
about 7 minutes. It's maximum
velocity will be $500 miles an
hour.
NASA said detectives of the
flight are to further confirm
performance of the booster en-
gines and the controlling move
ments of four cupboard engines,
to verify the rockets structural
integrity and to test launch and
flight techniques.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-24
GAS
GAS
County Differences
Beset Storage Bill

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increase from 10 to IS per cent
the special use tax the county
could levy on the gas itself
in addition to regular property
taxes. After five years, the esti-
mated total tax TO Prince
Georges would be about So mil
lion annually.
Commenting on the amend
ments, Robert c. Keith, assist
ant to the president of the gas
company. said:
I'VE have not had an oppor-
tunity to study the Is per cent
added tax proposal in any de-
tail but we do not like it. Such
a provision could make the
project uneconomical. Every
dollar that Is added to the
taxes on the project is a dollar
taken away from potential
benefits to gas users.
"a referendum would mean
additional trouble and expense
both to the county and to us
but we are confident of a
favorable outcome :"
A meticulous lawmaker who
likes to word his own bills,
Senator Wheatley said he
warned the delegates in De-
cember that gas and other local
bills should reach him in jan
uary and that he would need at
least five days for study. Two
years ago, a similar bill passed
by the House failed to reach
the Senate floor because the
Senator said he did not nave
time to study it.
THE gas bill they have now
cannot possibly get to me be-
fore midweek." the Senator
said.
Were going to finish UP
Saturday" said Senator
Wheatley. whose role as major
ity leader gives him a strong
voice on Senate adjournment.
I'm addition to all the last
minute rush, we're suddenly
faced with an administration
bill to keep the State from los