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Page rif $akImuY (TrHmtt Home Owned, Controlled, Edited I a ri.d, a i f. Juncl 3, 1959 'what! we delay a.summit TheTHbune Forum For Readers' Opinions Russians Exploit Exaggerated Fears Over Nuclear Test Fallout Russians arc exploiting concern' To use another measuring device, the over radioactive fallout as propaganda to scientists said that the total radioactivity further their aims. fallout from all nuclear tests is less than This is the view of Rep. Chet HolifielcT 5 per cent of the natural radiation from of who is a member of the cosmic rays and other sources. There is no doubt the public often Joint Atomic Energy Committee.

They have scared people to death, he said, with exaggerated statements about the dangers from nuclear tests, i is confused about the hazards because of the' conflicting views of the scientists. and because of the form in which "the information is released. However, President For some time the subcommittee, of which Representative Holifield is chair- 'Warren C. Johnson of the University of Chicago, who Commission's heads the Atomic Energy nine-member advisory com- into -its -proper man, has been studying the question with experts. Last month it completed a week "of hearingsand thismontlr will hold mitteerput-thematter THIS IS YOUR TOWN By Jack Burroughs THE LADY IN LACE so erene1y fair, trailing gowm of Chantjlly, imeraldi in her hair.

iovely to see; embroidering oi petit-point, all serenity. Evalina going about the town, bestowing gifts of largesse in a gown brown. Evalina- hair ct mellow gold, rih gentle eyes that blank the thoughts that turn the heart so cold. Evalina weeping in the 1 tears pf lovesick agony hidden by no light Evalina quiet, coolly fair, trailing gowns of Chantilly cold emeralds in her hairr ALICE HEID, i. (, B.

JO KINNICK WINS BKOWNING AWARD Belatedly, due to the vaca- another on what the use of nuclear-weapons in a world conflict will mean. Dozens of scientific papers are being analyzed. The scientists show wider agreement than in the 1957 hearings but on some points they lack enough information to agree or disagree. The Atomic Energy Commission for the first time revealed that about 000 tons of fission' yield have been produced from blasts by the U.S., Britain and Russia. All of the fallout is not expected to bejdown until 1965.

Even so, the radiajtion danger to human beings is estimated to be small. Testimony from experts appearing before the perspective wheri he said: "Human beings have lived for many generations in parts of the world which have five times or more the background radiation normal to the United States, or more than 100 times the average amount of radiation from fallout in the United Certainly no one wants to' minimize the importance of debris from the detonation of nuclear weapons It is a subject to be studied continuously and watched carefully. As Mr. Holified hasaid, there may come a time, say in about 15 years, when fallout could become dangerous if testing continues. But that appears not to be true for the congressional subcommittee showed that tion fcreak in this coIunm'sii'-Vi i.s nM.MO 5enator A (D, S.F.) my understanding the total accumulation of radiation oyer present and there is no reason why in-the 15 years of testing amounts to.

ap- telligent people should allow Russian proximately seven-tenths of a roentgen, propagandists to capitalize on unreason-This may be' compared to two to five fiig apprehensions. Fear is no way to roentgens received from a tooth X-ray." meet this or any other challenge. AT HOME AND ABROAD Why Russia Must Be By Raymond Lawrence A high school girl in Port- There are plenty of good land, couldn't find a book books on modern Russia avail- on modern Russia, so she able here. One of the best is wrote to the Kremlin. "Russia and the Soviet Union" From Moscow she received recently published by the Uni- a Soviet textbook on Russian versity of Michigan as 'part of history, geography, climate, a 15-yolume series entitled economics, and politics.

"History of the Modern Publicity and Crime When a serious crime is committed the of publishing the name of juvenile offenders always arises, and there always is disagreement. At a panel of the National Institute on Crime and Delinquency the five members, all prominent in their fields, differed 3-2. The three favored publication juvenile court proceedings; including the offenders' names. On the affirmative side were two newspaper editors and the director of the Illinois State Police Crime Prevention Bureau. Opposed were a juvenile court judge and director of a guidance center.

Howard Brucker, well known editor of the Hartford "Courant, agreed that there is a great need for more information on juvenile problems and courts. He urged to the top, from which the visitors will have a view of the entire Bay Area. The idea of the developers of this project is to emphasize attractiveness, variety, and safety. The zoo hopes to stress entertainment. As Park Superintendent Mott put it: "Animals, plantings, and people not buildings and cages-are ihe essence of a zoo.

A feeling of pleasant participation for the visitor is our basic objective. The dramatic relationship between animals and people in our plan will be unique in zoo history." The estimated cost of this unusual zoo is $500,000, which is a small amount compared to the money spent recently in other cities on the same kind of projects, according to park authorities. This-is due to the small use of cement and the muk tiple use of facilities. The plan is endorsed by the Eastbay Botanical and Zoological Society which hopes that private donations and public enthusiasm will enable it to reach the goal. World." Stato Park Commission Editor: Although I take advantage of the publla print in order to air my views- on any subject, I feel it my dear duty to voice a warning to the people of California on the potential destruction of the great California Park I refer to the attempt to re move all policy making powers from the Park Com-; mission in Assembly bill 720 before the body of our Successful passage of this; will in my opinion enable such tremendous pressure to be-exerted from the Direc tor of Natural Resources that' the- entire system will California has been forty-; nate in having a politically independent park commission to act as a buffer between pres--.

sure groups and the Governor, thereby eliminating, undesir-; able political overtones in all state transactions. To remove this protection Of the people just as Governor Brown's commissioners are about to make up a majority of the commission is not correct To transfer the policy making powers of the commission to a political' appointee of even the highest calibe is unthinkable. It is that has suggested amendments to this unfortunate legislation that will assure policy making' powers remaining with the commission while removing from it a great deal of administrative detail, i The people of California can well be concerned over the success of these amendments, the future of the natural resources of the state may well depend on them. WILLIAM LV COLBY Big Sur. (Editor's Note: Mr.

Colby was- the first chairman of the California State Park Commission, serving from 1927 to 1936.) Likely Policies Editor: Senator Symington Mo.) a presidential hopeful said recently in San Fran-Cisco, "I'm getting tired of event starting policies. I would. like to see some poli. 'start some events. lor a change." Since his party controls Congress, here some suggestions for the senator: 1.

Revamp the labor policy Of monopoly so that U. S. Pro-duction again can compete in-World markets. The English, German, and Japanese can deliver electric- motors, steel products, etc in this country at 30 less than we can Bro- them here. Revamp the fiscal policy uu 4ui stop to me lnnation that is rising faster ttpp the interest on our government bonds.

This will mean ho wage or price" increases and a bal. anced budget but it will mean we can save some of our markets that are gone now or. in danger. 3. Revamn our entire farpicn aid DOlicy to assist our frienHa and give the back of our handa to neutrals and known enemies, Show some interest in "saving and "assisting- our depressed areas before we go abroad looking'; for places to throw away our money.

We are forced tn inch in 10 H1 drift mtoeverlinorM sin and ana ever-snrmicin ernm-t Mr. Humphreys (Republican) said we are headed for a curling" depression. Ba-ruch, Democrat, says we are "in a -fools' paradise Using v-uuiese money. could thing be more plain? HARRY N. LYON Oakland Poignant Editor: No.

tribute paid to Mr. Dulles will bemore pbig-' nantly moving than the one drawn by Lou Grant in The Tribune. ELIZABETH JORDAN. Oakland, uy adCramentO Editor: I want to commend The Trihnrio wm. ine my Sacramento." Per.

nan thihfl iw, feature, and it nnW rnvt iege studieTin political science kh have Dromnted m7rv! very much. -MRS. O. S. WILSON.

San Leandro: Letters to the Ferutn must be signed and contain fall street address and phone anm- ber to permit verification. The writer must be willing to have siblllty for opinions expressed. Therein lie two lessons. The girl's resourcefulness, of course, was admirable but the hiehv srhnol shp attpnHpri should have taught her where to find the required material from more objective and reliable sources. She should have beeji taught that it JS a major and COn- tinuing practice of the Soviet Union to construe, even manufacture, every field of knowledge in light of communist doctrine or in agreement with the policies of the leaders who a happen to be-in the Kfemlin at 'the moment of publication, TRAVESTY ON TRUTH Thus, Stalin was once a hero and then a heel.

Thus the science of genetics is twisted into con formance with the environ- mental necessities of Marxism (Lysenko) and in violence to every known fact about this field. Thus Soviet I publications constitute the most monumental travesty on scholarship and truth that has ever been perpetrated on mankind. There is a revision, with every division. So we have the gospel according to Marx, according to Lenin, according to Stalin, and according to Khrushchev. That should have been made loin 4a nomn A mm 1 y.am vinu iim wuviii in her ClasSCS at Madisbn HlCh School in Portland, but obvi- ously it was not.

I press "campaign against secrecy, otherwise "we risk other evils coming into being." Then he asked: "Just what is a child?" "If you say we must keep, juvenile proceedings secret because we might ctimatize the child, what do you say when he commits such crimes as manslaughter? You begin to wonder, 'Is this, a Like most problems relating to juvenile delinquency, the publicity question is beset by lack of information complexities of personality, and some emotionalism on the part of adults. Most newspapers want to contribute to the prevention of juvenile delinquency and the rehabilitation of those offenders who can be helped. The Tribune, for example, does print the names of offenders under 17 years of age except in exceptional circumstances. Many other newspapers follow the same rule. But there always is the question of what is the wisest and most effective policy.

This certainly becomes debatable when the youth is a repeater or commits a crime of violence. What is needed here are some' objective studies and a con echoes the announcement that B. Jo Kinnick of Piedmont is winner of the $100 award for the best poem submitted in the San Francisco Browning Society's 14th annual poetry contest First honorable mention went to Anna Blake Mes-quida of San Francisco, second honorable mention- to Benja-f min Draper of Mill Valley, and third honorable mention to F. Shallenberger of El Cerrito. Thj Judges were Dr.

Sarah Wingate Taylor, Dr. George Medley and Dr. Clair OlsoiC Their selection was based on "adherence to "the dramatic monologue form, originality of concept timeliness and the subtle humor which are so Pa" 01 Den rown- I TELL ME To have no incentive is fright-' ful: some surely rithtful. v-w Try scrapping preventives that stifle incentives, then find later living delight fuL H. OWEN FRASER OBSERVATION POST KNOW HIM? Alonzo Droop is no great shakes His mind and spirits sag The only hit he ever makes when he hits a snag.

Free wheeling definition for the term "liquid OiL water, soft drinks and hard Lines to the man who never takes anybody's word for anything; "Count your many Wrings, count them one by cne recount And then demand a as soon as you are Police in Fort Lauderdale (Fla must take a course in alligator wrestling, a your step if you're ever in Fort Lauderdale, 'gate! THE FINISH LINE 1 Al x. 11 sometimes uappens uiai nnwantpH hil? i wanted by the police when he grows up. Position This is in part, I why the Navv rushed Into "building the Seamastei-so as to gtet a hunk of the role of long-range strategic bombing. What's wrong? Either the system is wrong, or we are jdst the victims of an unfortunate collection of perverse chiefs, MEN VS. SYSTEM This latter conclusion I re-.

li nnlt A hl hu; uiu i uukyc uim every informed correspondent woiild do the same. They are able, honest, high-minded men. Mrtthmtf I tn hd 09 naif nv the Jot'rh consigning the Joint. Chiefs -or the semcesecretaries to fte doghouse. That is the way to cover up the problem, npt to solve it They.

W. the; prlson- oi service pressures iney up, successfully resist as have been then predecessors. What is clear at this' stage is thattffe defense orsraniza. the Administration put through Congress last year is hot vet eaual to the nrob- lem and 'that if separate, com cmrirM. iw.

New roo Studied policies that are designed to prevent the spread of terri- torial expansion, why they are vital, and how 'they impinge on international relations. There are hundreds of other facets to Russian character and Soviet policy that ought to be familiar to aU intelligent Americans, wnetner students or adults. In most universities this attempt is made but in many of the public schools there is a.n appalling lack of apprecia 01 WIS need. 1 In Fresno last week a SUte rVnaHmont nf V.tiioDtinn Pnm. mittee recommended as "part of a coordinated social studies program a survey of the cold war.

The action came after four years of study of social studies as taught in the public oiuuics schools. BEDS AND NEUTRALS There is a maze of red tape to be unraveled before a final recommendation is made to local school boards but at least it is a step in the right direction. Any cold war study of course must include the com munist countries and how the Soviet Union has converted its neighbors -into satellites through force or the threat of Mtlin free elections. But also should include an analy sis of neutralist countries and the fatal fallacy pf their position. No.

doubt there' are oeda- gogical techniques bearing on objectivity and personnel nrob- j.I Jl lems invoivea in suca a pro oram hut fhv ran anlverf And there are" compelling reasons for solving them. Struggle for Drummond this is the 'last place where military, decisions should be wnat do we mean wnen we talk about inter-service bickering and struggle to be first? This is a struggle of each service to be the principal arm of the nation's defense. Its size, power, and prestige are determined by the size of its own budget. MISSIONS VAGUE Theoretically' Aiieorentttiiy me size oi each service budget is deter- mined by the military roles and missions which are as- irnifl (a ia Tin rViAc IZZC but roles and Missions are not firmly fixed; they shade off into vagueness and-the posses- sion of a. new weapon can nificantly enlarge the role- and hence tne budgej or, each service.

J'ZS pellmell itito competition with each other for development of the same kind of weapon, why each hoards its scientist snmetimec hoard ia cniantif: information. and go all out for the Bo'marc THOUSANDS AVAILABLE The author of that volume 'There are thousands of books about the Soviet Union books to suit almost every iritprpRt. nroiuHirp. tastp anA conviction books which range from Hull npHantrv tn frivnlnuc chit-chat, jtrom eulogy to abuse, from scholarship seeking to advance truth to scholarship prostituted to the advancement of special in- tcicow ivxj vikJiivgi ayui.aji files, which are far from terests My bibliographical complete, contain upwards of 2,000 cards" The second lesson follows logically. Our schools and colleges ought to provide adequate courses on Russia.

The very fact that the Soviet Union has sworn to destroy us, by one means pr another, makes it Nothing is more dangerous than ignorance of one's enemy. The more we know about STi. 5SS5' trine of 1 communism, and the imperialism of the Soviet Union the better our protection. NEED TO UNDERSTAND Every American must under- stand why and how commun- nM laiu is a giuuai conspiracy to reduce the frep natinno tn tha status of satellites. Every one also needs to comprehend the By Roscoe gram to get an operational long-range jet naval bomber, ua eMmo.ifl- the Seamaster, come out.

But these controversies are the effects, not the cause, of sPe.cta?le. fuse the continuing, r15 8' t. 5graf" ful struggle to be first-the Buugie lur priority, ana aomi. nce-amng the Army, Air, Force, and Naw year President Eisenhower, sent to Congress a new Pentagon reorganization program which he declared 'would end the need for reorganization, stop inter-service bickerine. It hasrft MORE THAN BEFORE There.

is more disunity and strife among the Chiefs of Staff today than ever before, There is more inter-service bickeiine and me-first rivalry than ever before. 1 Congress to make them and Disgraceful Pentagon Castro in Trouble Fidel Castro's agrarian ref 6rms are running into trouble and, as they affect Cuba's big sugar plantations, the situation could force the United States to change its present policy. Sugar, tobacco and cattle raising are Cuba's biggest enterprises. The land reform which Castro signed two weeks ago, has raised a storm because it limits ownership of farm land to 1,000 acres and ranch land to 3,333 acres. In some areas landowners have declared they will not surrender their property until the law is modified.

Both the land and tax reform laws have a strong proletarian accent, and if there is to be expropriation or confiscation the great American investments in Cuba might be jeopardized. The United States authorities are being cautious, for they do not want to promote closer relations between Castro and the numerous Cuban communists. There also is some- doubt about enforcement of the laws. But if the sugar plantations are divided up and apportioned among the landless it could upset production. The United States buys a third of its sugar requirements fronv Cuba because of that "country's dependence on the U.S.

Much of the Cuban money is spent for American products. So, the American Government limits domestic production through a quota system. Growers of sugar cane and sugar beets in this country would like a bigger share pf the U.S. market Hence, if Cuban sugar production suffers and pur supply is reduced, it raises the problem of changing the sugar control act with its quota provisions. -f any-case, Castro is headed for trouble with some of the most powerful economic groups in Cuba.

The hope is that the conflict can be resolved without a blood bath like the recent ohe. In order for two to live as cheap as, one they have to live cheaply. "A well-adjusted person often laughs at Eiifr't N.9ti Tkt fotlowiut views art thtst of th author ond A M.J. I ww presrmea mtr 19 readers voritt, of viiwtoiuts. Th, Tribunt't opinions art txprtsstd only tn tutorials, WASHINGTON, June 3 The most lacerating inter-, service controversies are again nvp- pouring lines, There Is the'Armv Air sw inere is me Army-Air rorce vw.way ic mK.vW.

Xnree times since the end sus-Bomarc anti-bomber, anti- of World War il the military missile missile. and civilian of There is the Pentagon-Con- Armed Forces has been reor-gress controversy over whether Each time' it was go-the Defense Department or the ing to etid decisive, wasteful 1 sensus among those most intimately connected with' juvenile problems. That is the constructive way to resolve the differences of opinion. Oakland's New Zoo Extraordinary local interest is being shown in the proposed zoo at the Knowl-and State, Arboretum and Park as a result of extensive pictures published in1 The Tribune last Sunday. Prospects of an unusual animal display strike a respon- sive chord in many Oaklanders, as shown by1 the flood of telephone calls to the Oakland Park Department offices.

h. 15-acre section of the 453-acre park will be converted under1hepkn.mto six separate exhibit areas, which wijl be tiecp together by repeated circular and semi- circular architectural motifs and walks; is to have a distinctive atmosphere. The "islands" of development will be devoted to displays of animals and plants which are, associated with the original environments. 'I Jtfiss EUie, who has become an Oakland favorite since she came here eight years already is established in a new house will be part of the India-Burma dis- play; There is to be a gibbon cage with rarnps circling around it towering cylinder politicians shall decide which of these weapons will do the job. THE REAL CAUSE There is the Navy -Air Force controversy over the Polaris-firing submarine, which, because jt delivers a missile, the Air "Force-yearns to take over.

Army Secretary Wilber Brucker is in the doghouse somebody doghouse. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Maxwell Taylor is in the doghouse as himself' says a psychiatrist. He may be well-adjusted, but he's pretty dumb in frequently doing or sayinf ridiculous or cen. Matthew Ridgway was LAnd when the Joirit 'Chief This is why the Army wants peting the three name printed.

No anony. before him, and Chief of Nayjil of Staff do not make firm, to keep the Nikes so as to services cannot remove the ex-' letters will be con-Operations Adm, Arleigh Burke joint decisions on competing be first in continental air de- tremes inter-service sMered. The Tribune reserves may well Te iin the doghouse weapons and competing roles fense. This is why 'the Air. ousy strife then to edit or reject any; when full 'facts of th of tA xervire.

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