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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16. 1557
Disarmament and Hope
Hope may well spring eternal in the
human breast, but there certainly is little
to nourish it in the field of International
disarmament. And the primary reason
for this is that the Kremlin, for more
than a decade past, has persistently
talked around the subject and otherwise
obstructed any and all proposals calcu
lated to promote real progress toward a
genuinely effective system of regulation
and control.
What we seem to have here is one
of the fixed and dreary realities of our
time. Year after year, whenever the
Issue comes up before the United Nations,
Moscow’s representatives lose no time in
throwing cold water on efforts to arrive
at some acceptable and safe agreement.
The latest example of this has been sup
plied by Soviet Delegate Vasily Kuznetsov.
In response to our latest American dis
armament plan, and despite repeated in
structions from the chairman of the U. N.
Political Committee that he stick to the
subject, he has offered not much more
than a totally mendacious and non
germane harangue accusing our country
of an “aggressive” and “imperialist” plot
against the Middle East.
Regardless of Mr. Kuznetsov, how
ever, the American plan cannot be
brushed aside or ignored; nor will it be
by the overwhelming majority of the
U. N. For it presents a formidable chal
lenge to the Kremlin to promote world
peace by co-operating in an effort to
achieve the following: (1) An agreement
under which the future production of all
fissionable materials would be stockpiled
and used—under effective international
supervision—exclusively for nonmilitary
purposes; (2) arrangements, pending
such an agreement, to limit, control and
ultimately eliminate nuclear tests; (3)
specific and early moves to reduce and
regiftate conventional arms and armed
forces of every kind; (4) special measures
(designed to insure that the development
of earth satellites, intercontinental mis
siles and other “outer space” instruments
will be undertaken solely for peaceful and
scientific purposes, and (5) a “reliable in
spection” system, including reciprocal
aerial surveillance, to protect all nations
against the great danger of surprise
attack with either old or new weapons.
This contemplates a step-by-step estab
lishment of an inspection system, and is
a modification of our former position.
In presenting these proposals, Am
bassador Lodge, our chief delegate to the
U. N., has convincingly argued that their
adoption would render vital service to
the collective security and the economic
well-being of all mankind. First, they
would reverse the present deadly trend
toward ever-growing stockpiles of nuclear
weapons. Next, they would lighten the
costly burden of armaments and make
possible improved standards of living
everywhere. And finally, by safeguarding
against surprise assaults, they would re
duce the danger of war, ease tensions,
promote mutual trust among nations, and
thus facilitate settlement of the great
political disputes that now divide the
world and menace its very survival.
Up to now, however, the men of the
Kremlin have rejected the indispensable
condition that there must be an ironclad
agreement on an adequate international
policing system. All they have assented
to is inspection of a sort that would be
much too limited to be effective. Yet,
we and like-minded nations must keep
on striving to persuade them to join in a
real disarmament program. Otherwise,
the weapons race will continue to gather
momentum toward an explosion that
could literally obliterate the entire
civilized world.
The Self-Made Type
The exceptional figure in the Holly
wood star gallery is the one who escapes
the machine-made label. Such a one
was Humphrey Bogart. Over a period of
more than 20 years, Mr. Bogart scorned
the publicity process at which the film
studios are so slickly perfect.
He preferred, he made it emphatically
and sometimes profanely clear, to be that
most admirable of Americans, the rugged
Individualist. This attitude began when
Mr. Bogart in the late 30s took to Holly
wood an admirably Indifferent face at a
time when the fashion was the sculptured
leading man.
What he had to sell was on the inside,
a solid craftsman in the profession of
acting, a solid personality in the man
called Humphrey Bogart. It is an inter
esting commentary on Mr. Bogart's career
that he could play so compulsively an
endless array of corrupt characters while
remaining incorruptibly himself In a
milieu as treacherous to the s-ls as
Hollywood.
Delayed Justice
Measured by the yardstick proposed
by the Executive Committee of the At
torney General’s Conference on Court
Congestion, many of the Federal courts
of the country—and particularly those in
the New York area—are falling far short
of dealing out satisfactory justice in civil
cases. The committee, concerned over
the “inordinate” delays in trying cases,
expressed the belief that more than a
six-month spread between the filing and
disposition of a civil case “should be
considered excessive.” Yet a survey by
the Attorney General’s Conference has
revealed that in some circuits delays are
counted in years, rather than months.
Locally, civil cases are coming to trial
before a jury about 22 months after being
put on the calendar.
The committee agreed with other
legal groups which have studied the prob
lem that such protracted litigation often
defeats the cause of justice and casts dis
credit on the Federal courts. “Excessive
delay,” the committee reported, “may
result in the denial of reparation for
wrongs.” For when the months stretch
into years, memories of witnesses are apt
to grow hazy, or essential witnesses may
die or disappear, or the principals them
selves may die. The committee declared
that effective action must be taken soon
to arrest this “deterioration” of justice
and restore public confidence in prompt
and efficient jurisprudence.
Among remedies suggested were leg
islation to require Federal judges to hand
over their administrative duties to
younger jurists when they reach 70, ex
pansion of the judiciary by 35 district
judgeships and two circuit judgeships,
designation of retired judges as “senior
judges” who would be available for special
duty on the bench when needed, wider use
of pretrial procedures and law school
emphasis against dilatory tactics by
lawyers. All of these undoubtedly would
help to reduce the heavy backlog of civil
cases. More attention to their responsi
bilities by some judges who may not be
shouldering a fair share of the load
probably would help, also.
Gomulka's Worry
Wladyslaw Gomulka, the Independ
ence-minded chief of the Communist
Party in Poland, is openly and under
standably worried about the possible out
come of next Sunday’s parliamentary
elections in that country. What he
fears is that the vote, reflecting the peo
ple’s great economic distress and their
overwhelming anti-Soviet sentiment, may
heavily damage the prestige of his regime.
This fear is based on solid reasoning.
Although Mr. Gomulka himself appar
ently continues to be a popular hero
because of his past resistance to the
Kremlin, the predominantly Catholic
Poles loathe communism per se. And on
Sunday, although they will be able to
vote only for single lists of candidates,
they will have a chance to express their
feelings. They will have such a chance
because now, for the first time since the
end of the war, the lists will give them
at least a little freedom of choice: They
will be at liberty to cross out the names
of some prominent Communists and give
their support to certain non-Communists
who have been permitted to run.
Or perhaps, instead of voting at
all, great numbers of Poles will simply
abstain and thus demonstrate their con
tempt for Communist, rule—a develop
ment that would be a shocking departure
from the customary Red election “victo
ries” that show almost 100 per cent of
the electorate backing the party candi
dates. There is no likelihood, of course,
that the Warsaw regime will be over
thrown on Sunday, but large-scale ab
stentions and a widespread crossing-out
of names on the single-list tickets may
well do serious damage to its standing
and make It harder for Mr. Gomulka to
walk his tightrope between domestic and
Soviet pressures.
. So it is not surprising that Mr. Go
mulka has been displaying nervousness
and issuing appeals to the Polish Com
munists to get out the vote and pressure
it into supporting all the preferred Red
candidates. By indirection, moreover, he
has suggested that Poland itself may suf
fer if his regime is discredited by a rela
tively small turnout of the electorate or
too many dissenting ballots. Maybe he
Is right in that sense. The Poles, in any
case, have reason to feel uneasy about
the durability of the slight degree of in
dependence that the Kremlin is supposed
to have granted them in recent weeks.
Nuclear Magic
Another striking measure of the mag
ical nature of nuclear engines is the fact
that the Nautilus, the world’s first atomic
submarine, has traveled more than 50,000
miles in the past two years on a single
charge of fissionable fuel—the same load
of fuel that it had on board when it
became an operating reality on January
17, 1955.
Judging from some past calculations
of the Atomic Energy Commission, a
diesel-powered submarine of comparable
size would have needed in the neighbor
hood of 2 million gallons of oil to travel
in excess of 50,000 miles, or enough oil
to fill about 200 tank cars. Byway of
comparison, the atom-driven Nautilus,
whose revolutionary performance has ex
ceeded the Navy’s highest expectations,
has cruised as far as it has with an
incredibly small load of uranium fuel,
which is only now going to be replenished
for the first time.
This is something that speaks for
itself as an explanation of why our coun
try is building or planning to build 17
additional nuclear vessels, including sub
marines and an aircraft carrier. Here,
too, is further eloquent evidence of the
atom’s immense potentialities in terms
of industrial power and other uses for
the good of all mankind.
Sue
'George ... Is There Something on Your Mind?'
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Davis Report
X cannot help but feel that
the four Southern Congress
men who authored the Davis
Report have done a distinct
service to this country, but not
intentionally I’m afraid, and
certainly not the service they
intended.
These gentlemen have given
excellent publicity to some
things that sociologists and
other experts have been try
ing to spotlight for years,
namely, the potentially disas
trous effects of segregation, to
say nothing of the tremendous
cost of supporting it. Although
the motives of the Southern
gentlemen were certainly not
the purest, the information,
actual and implied, t to be
gained from this report is
significant. Before we pro
ceed, however, it will be neces
sary to destroy any illusion
that the conclusions of the
Congressmen are noncomitant
with any facts brought out.
The report itself is a shame
less distortion of these few
facts, and is loaded with pre
judice, ridiculous conclusions,
and presumptuous statements
of personal opinion, designed
to give the ring of truth to
the report as a whole, and its
“recommendations." It is
propagandising at the lowest
level. The old trick of sprink
ling misleading statistics
throughout a piece of prop
aganda in an attempt to es
tablish its credibility has been
shamefully used in this re
port, and it is my hope that
the public will see through it.
The initial proposition that
these men supposedly started
out to demonstrate was that
the “sudden” integration of
the Washington schools has
had undesirable effects,
created problems, and caused
readjustments in the setup of
classes, to the detriment of all
students concerned. But, the
conclusion that they had "de
cided” to reach beforehand
was that integration began
“too abruptly," could not be
contained, and resegregation
was the only solution.
When someone sets up a
conclusion then begins select
ing and tailoring information
to attempt “proof” of that
conclusion, he is merely dem
onstrating the complete
worthlessness of both hi s
method and his information.
The basis of all scientific in
vestigation is diametrically op
posed to such a method. Such
methods have been used by
tyrants, bigots, and propa
agandists since time began.
Now let us glean some facts
from this report and see for
ourselves just what logical
conclusions are apparent:
A number of white residents
are moving out of the metro
politan district. Conclusion:
In Itself, no valid argument
against integration.
Some teachers have some
problems on their hands and
some feel unable to cope with
them. Conclusion: In itself, no
valid argument against inte
gration. but rather a reflection
on the system and some of its
personnel.
There has been an increase
in some behavior problems.
Conclusion: Based on experi
ence, such fluctuations occur
in any major regrouping. No
valid argument against inte
gration.
Some students are Integrated
on levels not commensurate
with their learning to date.
Conclusion: Based on experi
ence, such disparities occur in
any major regrouping. No
valid argument against inte
gration.
J. F. Byrd.
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Attacks Income Tax
Income tax forms become
mor'> intricate and lengthier,
to entrap further even the
honest taxpayer. Where Is this
nonsense going to end? Even
the former chief, T. Coleman
Andrews, termed it a "wicked,
iniquitous thing.”
We call upon Congress to
put an end to this perversion
of law and justice. A national
sales tax would be timely. The
revenue would be the same,
and the 40,000 agents of the
Revenue Bureau, whose sal
aries the poor taxpayer bears,
would be cut sharply. Or, a tax
at the source of production
would be easier to administer.
This would be passed on to the
Pen names may be used if
letters carry writers' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden
sation.
ultimate buyer. But is there
anyone who would not prefer
to pay his tax in simple doses,
than in payroll deductions,
plus a possible later extortion?
American Justice.
'Airport Dawdling '
Your January 5 editorial.
“Airport Dawdling,” contained
a reference to the Burke site
for a proposed airport which is
misleading in its implication
and could give a false impres
sion of the status of the Burke
proposal, to those not familiar
with the facts.
I refer to the last paragraph
of the editorial, which reads, in
part "... another airport,
either at the Government
owned Burke site or elsewhere
close to the city.”
Actually, the Government
owns approximately 1,030 acres
of land at the proposed Burke
site isee Report on Washing
ton Supplementary Airport,
U. S. Department of Com
merce. December 1955, p. 32).
and the form of the holding
makes it anything but an air
port site. It consists of 64
parcels, widely scattered, and
ranging in size from approxi
mately 150 acres 'only two this
large) down to a fraction of
an acre. The original estimated
acreage requirement was 4,200
acres for the airport proper,
plus 320 acres for an access
road, making a total of 4,520
acres. The latest request for
funds, on which the Senate
Appropriations Committee
took no action in the closing
days of the last Congress, in
cluded an estimated acreage
requirement of 5,400 acres in
ail. So the Government, in
stead of owning an airport
s.te. actually owns a little less
than one-fifth of an airport
site —19 per cent, to be a little
more exact.
Ernest W. Reisner,
Chairman, Homeowners Op
posed to Jet Airport in
Fairfax County.
Johnny's Reading
I have laughed up my sleeve
at all the fuss about “Johnny’s
reading.”
As a first-grade teacher near
Boston over 50 years ago. I
had 60 pupils divided into
three groups of 20 each. The
“phonetic" system enabled
these children to be reading in
two months, and before long
they could sound out the hard
words in the newspaper.
There was no difficulty for
"Johnny"—it was all as nat
ural as playing a game.
I’ve often longed for an
other chance to teach
"Johnnies” to read.
F. S. C.
Hungarian Aid
Our acknowledgment and
thanks are overdue for the ar
ticle you published in Decem
ber about our group, and we
can only as’.: your indulgence
on the grounds that since the
date of its publication this
committee has had its hands
full tending to the needs and
resettlement of thousands of
Hungarian refugees who have
passed and are still passing
through its hands.
We are very proud of the
response that the American
public has made to our appeals
for help with which to carry
out this work. The need for
such help continues, especially
in view of the fact that the
President of the United States
has increased the quota of
Hungarian exiles who arc to
be brought to this country and
who will, therefore, need as
sistance in finding homes and
opportunities for work.
Angler Biddle Duke,
President, International
Rescue Committee,
New York City.
Kin
Wherever water flows
Continuously proceeding,
Wherever one bird flies
Exuberantly speeding,
There, evermore, am I.
Being kin of moving things,
All onwardness of water,
All onwardness of wings.
Jan* Merchant
Invite Ben Gurion?
In order for President Eisen
hower to receive a complete
and unbiased view of the Arab-
Israeli dispute,, it seems abso
luately necessary that follow
ing the visit of King Saud of
Arabia, President Eisenhower
should invite Premier Ben Gu
rion of Israel—so that the Is
raeli side of the problem can
be heard too
If our Government hesitates
to invite the Premier of Israel
to visit this country out of
fear of Arab resentment, then
the impartial status of the
United Hates will be in ifieop
ardy in the eyes of the world.
As a result the Eisenhower
Middle East plan could in no
way even strut to bring about
peace in that part of the world
because we could not be looked
upon by Israel as an unbiased
arbiter. m. I.
Take Over Hungary?
Several thousand Hungar
ian nationals have already
been admitted to this country,
while a large number still in
Europe are reported as rioting
over the delay in transporting
them across the sea.
It might be a good idea to
let down all immigration bars *
to the people of Hungary, per
mitting as many as desire to
become American citizens. In
return for this favor that bit
of real estate known as Hun
gary, strategically situated in
a cornc-r of Europe where wars
are fomented every century,
could bs transferred to the
complete control of the United
States of America. If the
United States must be em
broiled in the affairs of Europe,
Africa and Asia, and continue
to feed, house, clothe and pro
tect the suffering populations,
a base for the maintenance of
troops in the heart of a
troubled area would seem to be
the best assurance in dis
couraging any overambitious
foreign power which seeks to
gain territory and enslave the
people of weaker nations.
Roy L. Barrows.
'7. R .' Memorial
Authorization by the Theo
dore Roosevelt Centennial
Commission to build a memo
rial on Theodore Roosevelt
Island seems to me a down
right waste of money.
Discounting the fact that
most Washingtonians have
never been to the island, a
much more worthwhile me
morial to a great man would
be an elementary school to
his memory, or e school for
handicapped children. T. R.
was a sickly bov himself, and.
of all things, another statue
seems most unnecessary.
S. Florence Franklin.
Critic to Critic
The criticism of Edith Piaff’s
concert by Day Thorpe was
offensive.
He seems to overlook the
fact that the perfqfmance was
advertised, not as a ballet or
a Horowitz concert, but as
"Edith Piaff and Comnany.”
Possibly he. and very few
others who were there, ex
pected anything else but what
was heard, namely, songs of
Paris and the French people
by this great artist. Surely.
Piaff was at her very best and
none of us have ever before
been treated to such wonder
ful renditions of these typical
songs.
His criticism was not only
unfair but was unkind. He
really owes an apology to Miss
Piaff and to the 99.99 per cent
in her audience who went all
the way to France with Miss
Piaff and enjoyed every min
ute of it.
Certainly, his Inference that
a tap room would be a more
fitting place for Piaff than
Constitution Hall, demos, on
its face, his genuine ability to
judge good from bad in the
field in which he is considered.
To use the vernacular, Piaff
paid for the hall and there
fore is entitled to the full use
of all of it, which not only in
cludes the completely thrilled
audience who went to see and
hear her, but also a fair and
objective reporting from those
critics who were given free
ticket* by the management for
this purpose. Mr. Thorpe didn't
give her that.
Dermot A. Nee.
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
By THOMAS R HENRY
Classic Account of Birdwatching
Conjugal devotion appar
ently reaches its ultimate in a
family of grotesque African
birds.
These are the hombills,
found sometimes in large
flocks in the East African
jungles. They are animals
the size of small turkeys, with
enormous beaks.
The curious instinctive be
havior of the female renders
them unique, even in the
feathered race where matri
monial and maternal devotion
sometimes passes belief.
Before laying her annual
quota of two eggs she walls
herself with mud, collected
by the male, into a hole near
the top of some high jungle
tree. There one of the eggs—
apparently seldom both—is
hatched and the chick reared.
The female continues this vol
untary imprisonment for two
months or more.
There is always a small
aperture in the wall. Through
this the foraging male passes
food to his imprisoned mate,
usually about once a day. Food
consists of fruits and seeds.
Some times he brings her what
apparently are playthings to
relieve the monotony of hatch
ing and chick rearing.
Hornbills Loyal
A comprehensive report on
the behavior of these grotesque
birds in the Mpanga Research
Forest, near Entebbe, Uganda,
by Lawrence Kilman of
Bethesda, Md„ has just been
published by the Smithsonian
Institution. The account is a
classic of bird-watching.
Hornbills mate for life and
apparently their conjugal life
is a model of high morality for
the whole animal kingdom.
Walled into the tree holes, the
females obviously are helpless
to protect themselves against
any infidelity and, sad to say.
there are vampire female
hornbills in the jungle whose
only thought is to steal some
imprisoned lady’s spouse.
In the case observed by
Mr. Kilham. however, the male
preserved his virtue to the
end.
“Ey November 8,” he re
cords, “the female was walled
in and a serious attempt at
interference was made by a
foreign female. She was fol
lowing the male and alighted
in the nest tree when he
alighted above his nest hole.
On November 23 the same
sequence of events took place,
except that the male was less
tolerant. He fed his own mate,
then drove the intruder away.
A week later I saw her fly in
close behind the male and
light 25 feet from the nest
hole. The male gave his mate
a piece of bark, followed by
some fruit, and then bounced
from one branch to another
toward the foreign female.
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL
Templeton Jones has been
communicating with Outer
Space.
After listening for two solid
hours in the middle of the
night to radio station WOR,
which presented several long
talking gentlemen telling what
they know about spacemen,
Jones came to the following
conclusion:
That addicts of the flying
saucers are, in the main, di
vided into two groups:
One group makes certain
claims.
The other group says the
claims are either completely
false or at least well worth
looking into with cool, cal
culating eyes.
Somebody is always disput
ing what you say. and you. in
your turn, argue that the other
fellow is either wrong, or mis
taken, too.
** * *
Jones listened to a disc,
made from a tape, purnorting
to bf taken down from some
intelligence in Outer Space.
It sounded very much like
something you might hear on
a small radio set when the in
coming signal is not clear.
It was then cut down to
one-fortieth the speed re
ceived.
In this version it sounded
suspiciously like a modification
o the old hootchie-kootchie
dance heard in small dog-and
pony shows at the turn of the
century.
"Sounds oriental, doesn't it?”
said the expert, triumphantly.
“The oldest music in the
world,” he went on. “Ancient
Hindu music.”
The man intimated that
this was highly satisfactory,
since it gave the experts some
thing to dig into.
If the little men from Outer
Space had spoken clearly in
English, he said, he would
have been suspicious. But
since they resorted to some
kind of a code, they made
sense to him. since they gave
him and his fellow experts
something to get their teeth
into.
** * *
The question of why so
many communications from
the beyond were in English
he answered satisfactorily, at
least to himself.
“These beings,” he said, “al
ways spenk in the language of
the country in which they
come down.”
Temp Jones, listening pa
tiently, thought this remark
ably satisfactory, and difficult
to dispute, indeed.
He heard about the rumors
that Washington was in com
munication with the little men,
and that these had been seen
visiting the State Department
with hairy ears, easily seen,
though their hats were pulled
down over them.
The man on the air (hu
man* said it wasn't easy to
call these anything but rumors,
really, since It was difficult to
pin anybody down, something
"The poor fellow was falling,
falling, but—the female with
in the nest screamed a num
ber of times. I wondered If
the interloper would seduce
the male, but from subse
quent observations It seemed
unlikely that she would. The
male returned again to the
nest hole, and a few minutes
later was in the upper part
of the tree, knocking about
on dead branches until he
dislodged a piece of bark. He
clamped his bill on the bark
until it was largely frag
mented. Then he moved
towards the foreign female.
If he presented the bark <a
cherished play object among
hornbills) one would suppose
she had some attraction for
him.
"After a moment, however,
he changed his direction and
flew down to the big limb be
low, bent over the nest hole
and gave the token to his
mate, accompanied by a feed
ing chuckle. Subsequently he
returned to the perch quietly,
within eight feet of the in
truding female, and the two
of them flew away together.
"Eut as the nesting season
progressed he became less
tolerant of her intrusions. On
my next visit, a week later, I
watched her fly in behind
the male, and alight on the
nest tree, making considerable
noise. The male stopped feed
ing his mate, swooped at the
interloper, and drove her
down to the ground. When
he flew away she followed a
short distance behind.”
Protects Nest
The vampire was hard to
discourage. A few days later
she was observed at the en
trance to the nest, trying to
break the wall with her beak.
Probably there was a sex mur
der case in the making. But —
“In a few minutes the male
arrived, drove the foreign fe
male to another tree, flying
at her so hard that he knock
ed leaves from intervening
branches. He returned to his
nest with a small stick held
like a cigar. His mate, who
had remained silent, now be
gan wailing screeches. The in
truding female, persistent as
usual, had followed the male
back to his nest. He flew at
her again, flying faster than
hornbills usually do as he
chased her from tree to tree.”
But his ordeal of bachelor
hiDod was nearly over. Five
days later mother and young
emerged from the nest.
“The pair of hornbills
perched side by side on the
nest tree. Not long after I
heard a great flutter of wings.
I looked back to see both
members of the pair pursuing
the foreign female. When the
parents came back later she
did not follow.”
run into by all persons who
set out to check cn hearsay.
It is difficult, indeed.
No. they say, thev didn’t
actually see the little hairy
men, but they were told this
by a cousin who said he got
it from somebody who had
seen them.
*** * •
Templeton Jones, lying in his
little bed at 4 a.m., thought
of something Michael de Mon
va’gne wrote long ago.
If, he said (as well as Jones
could remember it) deity were
present in the world, it would
be everywhere manifest. No
one could doubt it for an in
stant, neither the saints nor
the sinners, the believers or
the scoffers.
It seemed to Jones that if
there were flying saucers,
filled with little men eager to
help the human world, all
they would have to do would
be to come down and say,
“Well, here we are!”
They would, of course, be
surrounded in 10 seconds by a
crowd, which included two
agents for movies, seven for
book rights, and 100 for tele
vision performances.
Since they woulc talk in
perfect American, with the
very latest colloquial phrases
an ' slang words, nobody
would believe a thing they
said.
The listeners would all be
listening for the gimmick.
So would the police.
“You are supposed to be lit
tle,” Capt. O’Leary of 19th
Precinct would say.
"An’ you ain't got no hairy
ears ” Lieut. Mulligan would
insist.
"Suppose.” interjects
O'Leary, “you come with me.
Make way, there.”
It was time for Templeton
Jones to turn his radio off
and go back to sleep.
This Outer Space business
makes a fellow sleepy.
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