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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-22
Death in the Skies

An Air Force spokesman says the
supersonic Jet fighter which collided
with United AirlineS plane over Las
Vegas, killing 40 people, was following
normal procedures" II this is true
there is something radically wrong with
the procedures.
Since no one lived to tell the story,
we may never know exactly what hap
pened. But certain points have been
established. The airliner, with Al people
aboard, was cruising in clear weather
at its assigned altitude Of q, 900 feet in
the air lane from Los Angeles to Denver.
The Jet, on an instrument training
night with two men aboard, was flying
at $1,000 feet. Just before the collision
1t received permission to descend from
NelliS Air Force Base, some Is miles
away. Watchers on the ground saw the
airliner, but did not see the Jet. So
presumably the descending jet crashed
into the United plane from above.
Is this normal procedure? The
control officer at the base knew, or
should have known, that the passenger
plane was in the area. He must also
have known the approximate position
of the Jet. Why, in these circumstances,
was the jet given permission to descend
at the time?
1t may be said that this collision
was one Of those one-in-a- Thousand
things Maybe So But there have been
four air collisions in two years in the
general area and countless near misses.
We think that the fault lies with made
quate controls maSquerading as nor
NAL procedures"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-22
AppIouds Brown

l have read with regret
several letters TO the editor
which have been critical Of
Constantine Browns COL
umn. A study Of the back is
sues of The Star will show
that Mr.. Browns most Incl
sive analysis has been inva-
riably accurate and his judg :
ment and political sense ex-
cellent.
In connection with Mr..
Browns column of March 26
regarding the Turkish Pre-
mier's projected trip to the
Far East to bolster the de-
lenses Of the free world
against the SovietS. We again
read an excellent analysis
showing that 1t is essential
that We back our friends. 1t
may also be worth noting
here that. in addition TO
many anti-Communist coun-
tries in Asia, there are over
80 million FESTIVE Muslem-
Turkish speaking peoples
who live under the Soviet
yoke in what has been aptly
described as the soft under
belly" Of the USSR in Gen.
trail Asia and the Caucasus.
These people are waiting for
ultimate liberation by the
free world.
Selim Selcuk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-22
Metro Water Supply

consultant'S report on water re-
sources OF the Washington Metropolitan
area mas supplied additional evidence CT
the growing need for a co-ordinated
water supply system here. AS the report
commented, Maryland already has
moved far ahead of Virginia in develop
Ing an integrated water supply and also
a consolidated sewage-diSposal setup
Tin cooperation with the District of
Columbia). But except for Arlington and
small adjacent communities, most of
Northern Virginia still clingS to piece
meal approach to solution of water sup
ply problems
The report, submitted to the con-
greSsional joint committee studying
metro" needs of the area, pointed out
that nearby Virginia relies on about 20
separate water plants to serve the rap
idly expanding communities along the
Potomac River and its tributaries. Some
OF these smaller systems even depend
on wells for at least part of their supply.
DroughtS In recent years have shown
that wells are inadequate sources OF
supply. And the rivers tributaries al
NNNNJ OAS bCAlib OdACu W capacity 10
meet the demands for water.
Although the river itself, as the
report stressed, must in the end be the
main supply source for the metro area,
many nearby Virginia communities
have done little to plan for an eventual
hookup with the river. Arlington wisely
stepped out ahead of the other Virginia
suburbs when 1t accepted an opportu-
nifty to connect its water system with
the main Washington supply facilities.
at Dalecarlia. Fairfax County only re-
Gently has moved toward planning an
overall supply system. The longer such
a coordination is delayed, the more
difficult and costly will be the under
taking in the future. And such reports
as that made to the Joint committee
only make 1t clearer that action toward
consolidation is inevitable, If the Metro
politan Area is to continue to grow and
prosper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-22
Tito Snubbed

The seventh congress Of the Yugo-
slav Communist Party has opened with
certain number Of conSpicuously empty
seats. The absentees are the "fraternal"
delegations that had been expected to
attend the event from Moscow, Peiping
and the puppet capitals of the Soviet
satellite empire in Europe. Apparently
things have gone sour once again be-
tween Belgrade and the rest Of the Red
world. Although Marshal Tito recently
has tried to be quite accommodating
to the Kremlin, he seems to have been
not quite accommodating enough. So
Nikita Khrushchev and all the other
governing comrades elsewhere have
snubbed him by refusing to send official
representatives to take part in his big
show.
This has been done, presumably, to
put him on notice that international
communism takes dim view of him,
and may punish him in one way or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-22
Meet Mr.. Nixon

Vice President Nixon evidently has
talent, hitherto largely unsupported, for
winning friends and influencing people
and in the strangeSt places.
This, at any rate, is the conclusion
to which we are driven after reading an
article on the Vice President in the April
II issue of the Manchester Guardian
Weekly, which stands in the front rank
OF British liberal publications. The
article was signed by Max Freedman,
the Guardians able Washington corre-
Spondent.
In his study of Mr.. Nixon, the
Guardians correspondent takes due
note Of campaign excuses charged to
the Vice President, and does not at
tempt to excuse them. He suggests, how
ever, that these incidents have been
exaggerated, and that Mr.. Nixon has be-
come the victim of brutal myth which
has usurped the place of reality"
Mr.. Freedman is warm in his praise
of the Vice Presidents approach to and
comprehension of world affairs. The
Nixon philosophy in this respect, he says,
lis generous, constructive and spacious
philosophy, akin to the vision which
once led Senator Vandenberg and not
very different in essentials from the
saving faith of the Democratic sages.
The Democrats will not like this COM
parison la more than typical British
underStatementl but they really must
begin to examine Mr. Nixon and not the
malignant myth of their own invention"
Mr.. Freedman concludes his article
with this thumbnail appraisal: "a hard,
disciplined, able, growing mind: that is
the final impression after an evening
with Mr.. Nixon, He may yet grow into
a statesman. The experiment is worth
watching"
Our interest in this does not spring
from any particular disagreement with
Mr.. Freedman'S findings. There is con-
siderable basis for them. What intrigues
us is the emergence of Mr.. Freedman, of
all people, as something of Nixon fan.
He and the Vice President must have
spent quite an evening together.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-22
'TrioI by Jury

Your editorial, Trial by
Jury" represents Q fair and
impartial approach to the
question OF jury trials In con-
tempt cases. criminal or civil.
Senator Morse ID wrong In
imputing TO your great paper
q bias In the matter OF civil
rights. As q lawyer for q great
many years. l have felt and
still feel that contempt cases
should be tried before juries.
Those who oppose this con-
tention show q lack of faith
in our fellow citizens. Justice
Harlan, In q majority opin-
ion. stated: The principle
that criminal contempts Of
court are not required TO be
tried by q jury under Article
III or the Sixth Amendment
is firmly rooted in our tradi-
tons"
However, whatever may
have been a tradition should
be discarded when to con-
tinue the tradition perpetu-
ates q mistake. l agree. as
does The Star. with Justice
Black. who says that the ex-
cluSion Of juries in criminal
proceedings seems inconsist-
ent with the most rudimen-
tary principles Of our system
OF criminal justice.
Eliot J. GlesZer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-22
Safer at Home

In q recent issue OF The
Sunday Star / was amused at
the yes" and mo" answers
to the question to women.
Are you afraid to go out
on the street at night"
l don't know where the
columnist got his or her sub
jectS. but 1t was obvious that
the women who answered
mo" were all newcomers to
Washington. From my own
experience. I haven't been
out at night in Washington
for over five years, due to
the fact that I was accosted
on the street at night about
two blocks from my home. l
ran home screaming all the
way, and no one came to my
rescue. I attended the con-
certs at Constitution Hall for
two seasons, but took a cab
to and from the hall for fear
OF being attacked on the
street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-22

which was issued TO the
press. Your reporter. who
attended the meeting. can
confirm this fact.
The caucus charges
against the Free Democrats
are not true. I. for one. do
not intend to let them stand
unrefuted. We liberal Demo-
Gratis have never surrendered
to the means juStifles the
end" philosophy Of politics.
l would hope. therefore. that
this discredited doctrine has
not been adopted in the
caucus catechism as a per-
MISSILE weapon Of political
action in Montgomery Coun-
ty. As OF today, however, !
am not so sure.
Alfred l.. Seaman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-22
Not Her Dish

Dorothy Thompson's arti-
Gle of April II is a true pic
ture Of the way our country
Is played down by certain
people. 1t is absolutely false
to say that the people at the
Brussels World Fair Ameri-
can pavilion are giving a
picture Of us lust as we are,
as we live and play, as we
eat" with hot dogs and ham
burgers and platter meals.
] hate all those things and
most Of the people I know
do. It is the minority that
likes that sort of eating
they don't know any better.
g. w,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-22

You feel Obliged, Of course.
to print all the news but
having put on the front page
the story ID. A. r. Proposes
TO Quit the u. N" seems to
me q mistake. But perhaps
in giving this proposal a con-
spicuouS place 1t was your
idea to point up its utter
folly. When so many people
In this country and the world
over. including prominent
statesmen and leaders of
public opinion. look to the
U. N. as our main hope for
avoiding destruction by H
bombs and finally achieving
world peace. 1t Is deplorable
that the d. A. r. or any
other group should make a
proposal tending to discredit
and tear down the U. N. in
stead Of giving 1t their earn
est support.
Sarah r. stabler.
The Daughters Of the
American Revolution again
have set themselves up as
nnal authority on politics,
sociology. economics and re-
ligion. Thank God that our
real revolutionary fathers did
not reflect the views Of their
daughters" If they had. the
Republic could not have
lasted a decade.
Congratulations to Mrs.
William E. Montgomery, one
member who exhibited in her
fortnight stand against
some Of the resolutions the
only genuine Americanism
that we noted in the entire
proceedings.
Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles II. Bayer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-22
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

actually have no time. as it
is called. for the average per-
son he comes in contact
with; this is q new sort OF
person. we think, though
what he may have been
known in Caesars day, we
don't know. 1t Is difncult to
know Just how things were
in Caesars day.
The newcomer has his own
work to do, and he must do
it as best he can. and he can
not spend too much time
being nice to pleasant people.
He may be waiting-that Is
hopeful!
He may be looking the
place over. trying to sort out
in his own mind the sheep
from the goats.
He may be reluctant TO
make friendships. You never
can tell, exactly.
He may be ruthless. This
is q great H." but 1t must
be considered.
II you size him up. and
come to this conclusion, the
best thing you can do Is run
at once. and keep going.
The daily handling Of such
a person demands a certain
amount Of all six qualities in
ones own self - ShynesS,
meanness. indifference, some
waiting. some reluctance, and
q bit Of ruthlessness, in the
end.
In other words, here is an
excellent school in daily tao
tics, ready and waiting. BUSH
ness books come out every
week. They are priced at $4.95
a copy. and they tell the
ardent and persistent reader
Just how to make sales, how
to overcome sales resistance.
and so on. There seems to
be no end Of such books, with
the type very large and the
paper very thick.
Really, one doesn't need
these books, except now and
then. when all one has to do
Is take stock Of their own
situation and make 1t pay
of. as our friend and reader
Mary Elizabeth does.
In this way, one gets .
whole course in tactics. and
is able to become interested,
and hence active, in the daily
humdrum. 1t becomes, in
truth, no humdrum at all, but
an exciting adventure in the
everyday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-22

want Just q victory. They
want q big victory.
Gov. Furcolo. who Ia ex-
pected 10 be renominated,
may have some Democratic
opposition. Daniel RudSten OF
Boston already has announced
his candidacy for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Gov
ernor. and Patrick Sonny"
McDonough. also OF Boston,
is repeatedly q dark horse
candidate, Gov. Furcolo
has had his troubles ever
since he took once In 1857.
particularly over tax matters
and the raising OF revenue.
The State has been badly In
need OF more revenue. He sup
ported a sales tax last year.
but was defeated. Now he Is
trying TO get through the Leg
islature a bill for a pay-as-
you-go Withholding tax-for
personal incomes. This meas
ure would make possible the
collection OF both the 1858
and 1859 taxes next spring.
and so enable the Governor
TO present a balanced budget
for the next fiscal year. He
not only wants TO be re-
elected this year but to run
for the Senate In 1860 against
Republican Senator Salton-
stall. who defeated him when
the Governor tried to unseat
him in 1884.
Two G.O.P. Candidates
The Republicans have two
likely candidates for their
gubernatorial nomination
Attorney General George Fin
gold. the only Republican TO
win Statewide State once in
1885; and Christian Herter,
jr.. son OF the former Gov
ernor and present Undersec-
Rotary Of State. Mr.. Fingold
has three times been elected
attorney general. The poll
ticians today give him the
edge for the gubernatorial
nomination. although It II
admitted that Mr.. Herter has
been making gains. The Re-
publicans. and also the DEM
ocrats. will hold their pre-
primary conventions this
summer ut which party In
dorsements Of potential can
didates will be made. The
primaries will be held Sep
TENDER Is. 1t IL entirely legal
for q candidate who has been
turned down in the prepri-
mary convention Of his party
to enter the ensuing primary.
but rarely has such q candi-
date been able to win nomi-
nation. Several months re-
main before the preprimary
conventions. and sentiment
could shift. The Republicans
need desperately to improve
their fortunes in MaSSachu-
sets. Winning the guberna-
torial contest would give
them a big boost. Their dan
ger lies in the possibility they
may lose in the gubernatorial
and senatorial races. and also
fail TO carry at least the
State Senate. If that hap
pened, the Democrats would
take over rediStricting for
congressional elections, and
thereby squeeze out some Re-
publican Congressmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-22

another, because he stuobornly persists
In the theological heresy OF believing
that his country should not make itself
completely subservient TO the USSR.
Judging from his past performance, how
ever. Marshal Tito is likely-despite the
Kremlins latest gesture Of displeasure
to continue playing the role OF a
maverick Marxist determined to see to
II that Yugoslavia maintains a certain
measure OF independence from the So
Wet Union, To that extent at least, more
power TO him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-22
Montgomery Politics

In order to avoid an after
math OF acrimony following
the bitter struggle for politi-
cal power which is now going
on in the Montgomery County
Democratic Party between
the organization on one hand
and the caucus (or Demo-
Gratis for So on the other.
a number OF us have formed
a middle-of -the-road group
known as the Free Demo-
Gratis. 1t also is our hope that
primary day will see the
selection Of a ticket of Demo-
cratic candidates which ac-
curately represents the di-
verse elements which consti-
tute the Democratic Party
and which. in our view. would
be best calculated to achieve
success in the November cleo
ton.
In the pursuit Of those OBJ
jectives We have had a num-
Der OF meetings to which all
Democratic candidates have
been invited to speak. The
other night at such a meet
ing a young lady. one OF the
caucus candidates, abused
her invitation and used the
occasion to deliver (read) a
bitter philippe against the
Free Democrats. Portions of
her polemic we're reported in
the press. She accused us Of
being a strategy tool" OF the
organization and a front"
for Col. E. Brooke Lee and
Ward Caddington, the pres
ent county chairman. Those
against whom this baseless
charge was directed include
State Senator Northrup,
Elizabeth Assay, register of
wills; Council Member J.
Graham Walker, Larry and
Frances Lesser. Ann Brown,
Sol Stern. David Cahoon. Ed
ward and Edith Bernstein,
Bill Austin. Bonnie Kulla.
Louise Terrain, Dorothy Cool
ey, Earl Nash and a host of
other liberal Democrats whose
opposition to the organiza-
ton and to Col. Lee and
Mr.. Caddington is a matter
OF public record extending
over some years. At the risk
OF some immodesty, 1 can
also include myself in the
list OF opponents of Col.
Lee who have now been false
ly accused of being agents
provocateurs in his behalf.
The charge, of course, is
without any foundation in
fact. The young lady who
made 1t knows that. So does
the clique that now controls
the caucus claque. Indeed,
the fiustered young lady in
cluded. by mistake. a para
graph in her diatribe, which
she read, that had been
stricken by those who had
prepared the statement for
her to deliver. Being unfami-
liar with the material from
which she was reading, she
included a final pungent
paragraph which the uniden-.
tined authors Of the state
ment had deleted In the text
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-22
Menshikov's Record

David Lawrence has rem
dered an outstanding service
to the country by his article
OF April l6, The Record OF
Mr.. Menshikov." In which
he exposed the sinister role
which the Soviet Ambassa-
dor to Washington played In
UNRRA in l945 and 1916.
II should also be men,
toned that not only did
MenShikov limit UNRRA
supplies paid for exclusively
by the United States to
those acauiescent TO the
Communist puppet regime in
Poland, he was also, as
deputy to UNRRA director
Senator Lehman. able to re-
move many valuable en-
ployes whom he considered
anti = Communistic and TO
pack that organization with
Communists and others SYM
pathetic TO communism and
the Soviet Union.
II is truly incredible that
our State Department, whose
business 1t is to know such
things. could have accepted
this nice fellow" as Soviet
Ambassador. Before this typ
ical example that "Commu-
nists aren't such bad fellows"
continues to charm more and
more Americans. every de-
cent person should join Mr..
Lawrence in demanding the
immediate removal of this
man who used American
money TO further commu-
nism among the starving
population of our former
Polish allies.
+. ID. SimpSOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-22
Liked Editorials

The Star deserves words OF
praise for two excellent edi-
torials in the paper on Easter
Sunday-"Story OF Easter"
and Schools and Equality"
william O'Brien, s. j.,
Assistant Professor of
Government. George
town University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-22
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. Which of Gilbert Stu
arts portraits of George
Washington is shown on the
one-dollar bill?-E. T.
A. This is the so-called
Athenaeum portrait, the third
of the Stuart portraits for
which Washington sat. 1t is
owned by the Athenaeum Lii
brary in Boston. Stuart made
this portrait in 1896. and
kept it in his own possession:
from 1t he made and sold
many copies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-22
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen Names may BE- used "
letters carry iDriterT correct
names and dddresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-22
DisqruntIed Fan

Somewhere in this happy
land. big league management
puts out clean bunting for
the opening game. Some
where there is grass in the
outfleld. and somewhere the
ushers don't yell shut up"
to the paying customers.
Not here!
We need big league man
agement to get us a big
league team.
Norman Farquhar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-22
THE POLITICAL MILL
Massachusetts Race Warns Up
BY GOULD LINCOLN

In Massachusetts today
the Democrats are running
confident" and the Repub-
licans are running scared"
The Democrats. II may be
said, look with entire conf
dence upon their youthful
champion-Senator John +.
Kennedy-who n up for re-
election this year. In addi-
ton, as In other States. the
Democrats OF Massachusetts,
are counting heavily on the
recession 10 gain them votes
next November. But the DEM
ocrats have their problems.
too. Some OF the Boston la
Dor leaders have been highly
diSgruntled because Senator
Kennedy. as a member OF the
Mcclellan committee inves-
tieating racketeering In labor
unions, signed a report that
aroused the wrath Of Presi-
dent George Meany OF the
AFL-CIO and labor leaders
generally. who have insisted
that the report was "Sensa-
tionaliSm" at the expense OF
labor. Al q recent meeting
OF the Boston Central Labor
Union several delegates took
the floor TO criticize Senator
Kennedy. which was unprec-
edented. Also Mr.. Meany's
comment to Senator Ken
nedy-before the Senate COM
mittee several weeks ago
Spare US from our friends"
registered in the Bay State
labor circles. What Senator
Kennedy's critics in Boston
labor ranks don't understand
is why the Senator did not
follow the course Of Senator
Mcnamara, Michigan Demo-
crat. who declined TO sign the
report OF the committee and
hled . minority report OF
his own.
Feel ZEN Blow Over
Senator Kennedy's friends
feel sure much Of this resent
ment. II not all, win blow
over. They do not take seri-
ously reports that some OF
the Boston labor leaders will
try to have the Central Labor
Union indorse the candidacy
OF Senator Kennedy's ex-
pected Republican opponent
- Charles Gibbon - former
speaker OF the Massachusetts
House OF Representatives.
Also. they remember that be-
fore the Mcclellan report was
signed. with resulting crit
icism by President Meany,
the AFL-CIO had announced
that 1t would indorse both
Senator Kennedy and Demo-
cratic Gov. Foster Furcolo for
reelection. They do not ex-
pect the Endorsement will be
withheld. but rather that the
AFL-CIO will 60 through
with 1t.
The ruction. however, still
remains a fly in the Kennedy
ointment. His friends have
been intent on re-electing
Senator Kennedy by q great
and sweeping majority-to
increase his prestige with a
view to q presidential NOM
ination in 1960-or, barring
that. a vice presidential
nomination. They do not