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On Latin America

At the University of Florida, in
Gainesville. he outlined a nine
point program for improving
Latin-American relations"
Senator Kennedy tuned up in
Akron Saturday night for a three
day swing into Wisconsin this
week. The speech-making tour
may help make up his mind on
whether to do battle with Hum
phrey in the Wisconsin primary
in April, 1860.
Senator johnson was delivering
what his Office described as NON
political" speeches in Texas. There
are close friends of the Senate
Majority Leader who are con-
WINGED that he does not want the
Democratic presidential nominal
ton, but they are in the minority.
The majority opinion: The john
son ambition will not be blunted
short of the White House, how
ever strong his protestations.
OF the senatorial four, only
Symington was Speechless last
week: He was on an Easter visit to
Europe.
The Democrats, for the record,
did not receive Mr.. Alcorn's blast
at their four presidential pros
poets in silence. From Senator
Mansfield of Montana, himself
dark-horse prospect, came this
rejoinder:
II can understand how Mr..
Alcorn feels. He sees all our
top-fiight presidential timber,
what an embarrassment of riches
we have. He must feel as naked
as a jay-bird."
With Vice President Nixon and
Nelson Rockefeller in a two-man
race for the G. o. P. prize in 1860,
it is. doubtful that Mr.. Alcorn felt
unclothed. His problems were of
a different nature.
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WHAT He MISSES LEAST
Bill KnowIand: Private Citizen

average until came out on the
short end last fall. / have no
regrets about running for gov
ernor or lighting on the issues
did"
Life Of o Public Man
What In Washington does Bill
Knowland miss least? He had
TO think about that one.
"well. can't say that I miss
being called in the middle Of the
night. Some Of my constituents
in California used to forget the
three-hour difference in time.
About / am, I'd find myself
reaching around in the dark for
the phone on q matter not terribly
urgent. took a dim view of that,
as the British say.
II don't particularly miss the
life in the goldfish bowl, although
I never let it get me down. I
know some Of the Senators used
to worry about what they read
about themselves in the papers.
Maybe it was because / was q
newspaper man, but I didn't worry
myself into an ulcer, as some did,"
AS Of now, Mr.. Knowland says,
he has no political plans: he in
tends to remain in the newspaper
business. And when he ran for
Governor, he says, he did not in
tend that as q stepping stone: he
did not plan to seek the presiden-
tial nomination in 1860.
Who is his personal choice for
the nomination?
"As Of now, my choice is the
Vice President. He's from my
State and he'll get my support in
the. convention. That is based
on the situation as of today"
How about Gov. Nelson Rookie
Teller Of New York?
Rockefeller has yet to make a
name for himself as an executive.
Being Governor Of the State with
the largest delegation, he will be
factor at the convention, But
he doesn't have too much time to
develop his own record"
How about William F. Know
land?
Its not very realistic to talk
about the presidential nomination
for a man who has just been de-
feated for Governor"
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westward and never was seen
again. A total Of 142 persons
were aboard.
January IL, 1821-The USS
Lynx sailed for Kingston, Jamaica,
and never was seen again. She
carried a crew of one officer and.
so men.
October %, 1824-The USS
Wild Cat (three guns, with O
crew of one officer and IA men,
sailed from Thompson's Island in
the West Indies, destination Cuba.
The ship disappeared.
I40 Lost in Hornet
September 10, 1829-USS Hor-
net (eight guns, with a crew Of
140 officers and men, was driven
from her anchorage at Tampico,
Mexico, by a heavy gale. No trace
was ever found.
August, 183l-USS Sylph Zone
gum sailed from New Orleans
en- route to the West Indies and
never was seen again. She car
ried crew of three officers and
10 men.
March IA, 1839-USS Seagull,
a tender with the Wilkes South
Sea Expedition, sailed from
Orange Harbor in TERRA del
Fuego, bound for Valparaiso,
Chile, with a crew of is and never
was heard from again.
March IA, l843-USS Grampus.
believed lost in heavy gale, was
last seen this date of Charleston,
S. c. She carried a crew of IS
officers and men.
September 81, 1854-The USS
Porpoise, a brig, was last seen
this date by the USS Vincennes
in the Strait of Formosa. She
carried a crew Of one officer and
SO men.
September 20, 1854-The USS
Albany, with a crew of 1893, sailed
from Aspinwall, Nicaragua (now
Colon, Canal Zone, headed for
New York and disappeared. Aboard
were 10 officers, 152 enlisted Navy
men and % Marines.
September 10, 1860-The USS
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BY WALDO RUSSELL

The Navy, updating its ships
histories, reports that in the last
178 years it has lost 10 ships
whose fate has been cloaked in
mystery and likely viii remain SO
forever.
Between ITS and 1855 the Navy
lost $50 ships due to all causes in
peace and war. Only Is of these
are marked: "Cause of loss un-
known" Here is the only account
the Navy can give Of them:
March 10, 1781--USS Saratoga
(18-gun sloop of war;, sailed from
Haiti March is escorting a convoy.
Report shows she attacked two
ships, capturing one, then disap-
peared while in pursuit of the
other. Crew consisted of six off,
GERS and 80 men.
August 8, 1800-USS Insur-
gent (36 guns), commanded by
Capt. P. Fletcher, sailed from Nor
folk, Va, for the West Indies with
a crew of $40 and never was seen
again.
Revenue Cutter Lost
August 20, 1800-The Pickering
GA guns, a revenue cutter opera
ting with the Navy, sailed from
New Castle. DEL. for Guadalupe
with a crew of 81. She never was
seen again.
June 20, 1805-Gunboat No. 2
sailed from New York bound for
the Mediterranean. She disap-
peared without a trace. Estimated
crew for a gunboat of this type
varies from IS to 43.
October 8, 1814-On this date a
boarding party from the USS
Wasp spoke to the Swedish brig,
AdoniS. Some time after this, the
Wasp and her crew Of 141 officers
and men vanished at sea. She
was under the command of Capt.
John Blakely.
July is, 1815-The USS Eper-
vier "a brig of 18 guns) was en-
route from Tripoli to the United
States, passed Gibraltar bound
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weapons in increasing quantities.
To summarize NATO's record:
1t has provided a measure of Sc
curity and peace beyond the hopes
and dreams of its anxious begin
nings. Behind its Sword and
Shield, member nations nave been
able to pursue their peaceful des-
TIMES and to regain in good part
the economic health and vitality
that World War II and its after
math had so largely wrecked.
Because of the strength in being.
small nations as we'll as large are
able to answer Soviet threats with
a clear voice of sovereign right
which is heard and respected. In
the NATO council, the habit of
consultation has brought an in
creaSing ability to work in har-
mony, an increasing willingness to
discuss each others special prob
lens with reason and understand
ing.
The signpost that marks the
10th anniversary still must read
not mission accomplished" but
mission continuing" The threat
has not diminished. 1t is in abey-
ance in Western Europe for a
simple reason: The strength of
NATO. Soviet plans of aggrand-
izement have been blocked. Yet
should we for one instant lower
our guard, the threat would swing
back to the heartland of the West
which remains as ever the rich,
the ultimate prize.
The Berlin crisis serves as a
sharp reminder how quickly this
Soviet threat against Western
Europe can re-focus. The spirited
and unanimous response to this
challenge by the NATO powers is
indeed one reason why the crisis
has so far been political rather
than military.
Many challenges lie ahead. A
whole arsenal of missiles is being
developed by ourselves, by friend
and foe. My own obligation and
duty as Supreme Commander in
Europe is to make all possible
haste in adapting to new tech
nologies as they develop. This
must be done within the frame
work of a political alliance aware
in good degree of what impends.
There are other problems,
further hazards. Each of the
NATO nations experiences some
measure of difficulty in making its
contribution to the overall
strength Complacency is an ever
present problem. That we have
achieved decade of security is
no guarantee of peace in the dec
ade to come. Only the utmost in
vigilance. in understanding and
plain hard work. can bring this
to pass.
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law, which Virginia abandoned in
haste to avoid enforced integra-
ton, would be brought back on
a local option basis.
Drafters of the new school plan
call it a freedom Of choice"
program because it offers students
the freedom Of choosing between
public and private schools, and
because it gives localities an OPP
portunity to choose which path
they want to follow-public or
private education.
No zone is pretending that the
Perrow plan is going to settle the
Indignation question overnight.
Every new plan the South
tries Is going to be challenged.
Court Chances Held Good
For the time being, however,
Gov. Almonds administration
seems satisfied that Virginia has
come up with a plan to minimize
indignation which stands a good
chance of holding up in court,
while at the same time Offering
Observation-Disclosures localities a
way to keep their children out Of
raclally mixed schools.
Virginia's plan is not one that is
going to find hearty support right
away in the Deep South where the
segregation line still is being held.
1t does, however. give Southern
moderates something to hope for
a hope that they all but lost at
Little Rock.
Virginia traditionally is looked
up to by the rest of the South as
a leader in affairs of State. With
Virginia reluctantly recognizing
the Supreme Court decision in
stead Of clnging to defiance ike
Arkansas. the cause Of massive re-
sistance throughout Dixie has Suf-
fered a severe blow. As Federal
court indignation decisions bear
down closer on other Southern
States, chances are Virginia's
freedom of choice" plan viii get
more and more attention.
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Republicans:
AIcorn Out

Nobody told Meade Alcorn
when he took on the unpaid job
Of Republican national chairman
in 1857 that he had to produce
a winning team. There was a
general, if unspoken, expectation
that the Democrats would in
crease their congressional major
ity in the off-year of 1858, and
when they did no one pointed the
finger of blame at the hard-work-
ing party chief.
Still, nothing quite substitutes
for victory in politics. Thus when
Mr.. Alcorn last week announced
his decision to resign from the
G. o. p. Craftsmanship his depar-
ture was accepted with only per-
functory protest.
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VIRGINIA SEGREGATION

Continued From Page B-1
new. North Carolina has been
using such a program successfully
for several years, minimizing the
number Of Negro applicants eligi-
BILE to attend white schools. Ala
bama's local assignment system
has withstood an initial test in
the Supreme Court. Even in Vir-
GINA, where the emphasis has
been on State control, local assign
ment plans have been used with
varying degrees of success by those
localities confronted with inte-
grafton suits.
The plan requires the State
Board Of Education to draft
criteria for local school boards to
use in making assignments. This
eliminates the old State Pupil
Placement Board. which theoret-
ically has been making all assign
ments in Virginia-although its
legal status has been vague for
some time. Creation of a new
State board to hear appeals from
persons dissatisfied with assign
ments by local school boards is
proposed.
The scholarship feature of the
Perrow plan is more liberal than
previous tuition grant programs.
Tuition Gront Progrom
Originally, the State set up a
tuition grant program for stu
dents who objected to attending
integrated schools, or where pub
lie schools were closed. That pro-
gram was killed in court. An
emergency tuition grant law
adopted in January also was pri-
marily for those escaping integral
ton, even though it didn't exactly
say so.
Under the Perrow plan, however,
scholarships up to $3.50 would
be available for all children at
tending non sectarian private
schools for any reason whatso-
ever. The commission felt this
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He had performed competently.
if not spectacularly, in a difficult
role. In the words Of President
Eisenhower, Mr.. Alcorn had been
ian outstanding spokesman for
our party" The departing chair
man did not divulge the personal
reasons that inspired his resigna-
ton, but he was known to be
anxious to return to his Hartford
law firm,
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Berlin 1949-59: Allied Position

about nuclear war or the made
quate one of no action at all.
Being fully aware of the dilemma
that such an absolute either-or
decision requires, the Communists
could very well attempt to piece
meal the Alliance to death-to
nibble away at our frontier by
small acts of aggression.
BY confronting force with force
the Shield forces play an indis-
pensable role in overall Difference.
BY being strong enough and flex-
ible enough to cope with a limited
penetration. the Shield makes it
necessary for the aggressor to
make the difficult all-or-nothing
decision. 1t is he who must weigh
the power not only of the force
that confrontS him m the local
area, but also of the totality of
the other elements of the deter
rent. He becomes the one who
must choose between hazarding
all or attempting nothing.
The forces Of the Shield also
fill the classic defensive role of
providing tangible evidence of our
determination and ability to de-
fend our territories. They thus
constitute a reassuring fact of
life in the forward areas of NATO.
Development of the Force
The first phase in the develop
ment Of the Shield was repre-
sented by the force requirements
established in 1851. Those require
mentS called for very large
ground forces, with World War
II type equipment.
The second phase came in 1854
when NATO revised its plans in
the light of the new weapons then
becoming available in greater
quantity. AS a result, NATO
force requirements were drasti-
cally reduced, and modernization
plans accelerated.
The third phase is now well adj
vanced. 1t adjusts to the chang
ing nature of the threat and to
the new weapons and delivery
methods that are coming into
being. Third-phaSe planning
calls for minimum forces in the
forward area, but forces so
equipped and trained that they
still could cope with a threat to
their area. This means they must
possess weapons in a wide variety
and for all possible challenges.
You will remember that the
heads of government at their
Paris meeting In December of
1857. instructed the alliance to
proceed with the development of
this capability. This process is
moving forward-these forces are
receiving the most modern
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The Nays Permanent Mystery:
What Happened to Is Lost Ships?

Levant sailed from Hilo, Sand
wich Isles, for Aspinwall, Mica
ragua, and never was seen again.
She carried crew Of 210.
March Is, 1910-The USS Nina
"a tug) sailed from Norfolk, Va,
to Boston on February 6 and
never was heard from again. She
carried a crew of 80 officers and
men.
Passenger Ship
March 4. 1918 - The U.S.S.
Cyclops sailed from Barbados,
British West Indies, bound for
Baltimore, Md. No trace of her
thereafter. Aboard were 30s pas
sengers and ships company Of
is officers and 221 enlisted men.
Also aboard were six officers, "a
Navy enlisted men, two Marines
and a civilian from the United
States consulate at Rio De Janeiro.
March %, 1921 - The USS
Conestoga elect tug) sailed from
San Francisco on February Is,
for the Hawaiian Islands via
Samoa. No further word ever was
received from the vessel. The
Navy conducted a search for sew
eral months. The Conestoga car
RED a crew of four officers, So
enlisted men.
The Navy listed one additional
ship as a possibly unexplained
loss but declined to concede its
disappearance was mystery.
On August 10, 1912, the USS
Etna sometimes referred to as
the USS Aetna, 12-gun brig,
disappeared in a hurricane dur
ing operations in the New Orleans
area. No trace ever was found and
she is presumed to have been lost
in the storm with a crew of 80
officers and men.
However, the Navy will not call
the loss of the Etna a mystery
because of the later discovery Of
a hulk washed out to sea during
a tidal wave created by the hur-
ricane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-05

Foreign Relations Committee with
the Secretary of State after his
return from a trip abroad. There
were the many contacts with visit
ing presidents and premiers from
around the world.
Most of all, I miss the friends
I made. The Senate, you know,
is small enough to know all these
senators pretty well, and some
Of them very well. I had friends
on both sides of the aisle.
"But remember, I grew up in
politics. My father served many
years in the House. We knew
that in politics you can only win
or lose. I had a good batting
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time with his family. Newspaper
publishers have better hours (usu-
ally about eight than Senators
Frequently IL and IA a day..
As q private citizen he admits
missing the sense Of being on the
inside, of being there while his
tory is made.
I'm Washington I had a great
feeling of being in touch with
the Nation and the world. There
were the regular Tuesday confer
ences with the President where.
of course, many decisions were
discussed long before they be-
came public. There were the
off-the-record meetings of the
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assumes the job he would have
to be completely neutral"
One point in the Senator's
favor: he had the highest pro-
Eisenhower record of all Senate
Republicans last year. He sup
ported the President 81 per cent
of the time. according to the
Congressional Quarterly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-05

would place the scholarships on
sounder legal ground than tuition
grants tied to integration. State
and local funds would finance the
scholarships, depending on the
ratio Of State and local aid for
public education.
The largest measure of local
control lies in deciding whether
to continue local support for pub
lie education. At any time, a
locality could withdraw its finan-
cial support from public schools
leaving them with only the mini
mum State finances required by
law. This would mean only a
skeleton public school system in
some parts of the State-but at
least it would leave some public
schools. The theory is that those
areas which withdraw local support
from public schools would turn
almost entirely to private educa-
ton financed by the State schol-
arships-plus any additional n
nancial help localities see fit to
give for that purpose.
Another feature of the plan
which offers encouragement to
the private school idea permits
voters of a locality to force
sale of public school buildings
through referendum. Authority
for installment-plan purchase Of
schools by private groups is
included.
Localities would be required to
make appropriations on MONTH
to-month basis, permitting a
community to take its financial
support away from public schools
within 30 DAYS,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-05
Privote School Exemption

Private schools would be exempt
from local coming. plumbing and
building codes for a year at a
time, provided they are approved
by the State Board Of Education
and State fire marshal.
The compulsory attendance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04

leased by the Department Of
Motor Vehicles follows:
Revoked for driving yhlle drank.
joseph W. Miller, 2i0S First street
NV. Sfrt H ssSSs la2 sry TsSss' fS
First street NV; David c, Bullock.
Gas Lonsfeliow street NV: Glen W.
Davis, 5a3 Mellon street 3, p; James
r. Delhi, l4l0 Downing street NE
m ssSSrd 4 Sepas Harvard SsT Street NV Earl
j. Proctor, 1910 Irving street NV;
Barbara Moore, 400 Orange street SEE.
CLYDE o. MONTGOMERY. 1898 EmeIald
stree. NE Brooks Brooks McG aoSsp:ll s9 iSs1
Rsvoked Tor operating after suspen.
sion-Frank Marion Middleton, 4Dl4
q street s T., Coral Hills, Nd.
Revoked for operating after reyeca-
t.cn-perisS o. rey SSs . sr.sna NE
Blsdsoe N Byers. 1921 Ontario road
I.voksd for accumulated record q
81 least l2 points-James 1. Herbert
ss$s i pa Stree; street ss%p.l ' aa@
phrsy. aS40 Lansston place 8 e.; Rich
Jesse james, 2s $50 street NE, James
". Kelly. liza oirerdo stree; stree. NV;
NE: FitzhuSh [, baskerville. II. sis
FarraEut street NV; James Smith.
72O 9th street NE: John B. Mckinney
AZ Myrtle street NE; Henry Z. DAVIS.
1891 Independence avenue Sc; Rop.
Elliot Iii Youns. SiOa 9Th street NV;
james c, Wilkey, 1746 LYMAN place
NE; William Write, Il. 800 c ,a,s
Ssth street NV: Ernest c. Parker,
ais 5Oth street NE; John H. Rich
mond, 1901 Grant street N E, John +.
Aikens, $40 crittenden street NV !:
Barbara A.. Klein, 1928 A street SE.:
Caesar q. Hill. 2517. 18th street Sc;
Christopher c Williams. 500 54th
street NE: Charles N. Smith III. 1907
ed street Sc: Jerome l.. Holbrook.
Naval Air Station: william P. Murphy.
ir., Route l. Box 81. Spotsylvania,
va; Anthony Katsouros. S324 Naya-
hoe drive. Silver Spring: Eugene M.
Gardens, Nd: John W. Donelson. 6132
FIRST place NE: Bobby D. Harris. 3
Mount Vernon avenue. Aexandriai
Charles Harris. 1000 NJ street, Hunts
vile, Nd: John T. Simmons. eli 4Sth
street NE: Virsil Johnson Arode'
va: Robert Z. Parker. Route 3, Eliza.
bethton, Tenn: Phyllis L. Dewitt: 1852
Columbia road NV; Oscar Nelson,
1911 9 street NV: Edmond johnson,
ISIS Hayes street NE LUTHER camp
eo1, 18th street NE. AUGUSTUS 9.
smith. 1908 seth avenue Beaver
Esishts Md:; Lester Neely' lY sa 3 street n,N
fornia street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04
Sacred Heart Pupil
Wins Scholarship

Penelope Margaret Fallon,
daughter Of Mrs. Rosemary K.
Fallon Of 1919 Allison street
NV, has been awarded q four
year competitive scholarship to
Georgetown Visitation Prepar-
atory School.
Penelope. Is. is an eighth
grade student at Sacred Heart
School. Last year she won Sec
ond place in the city-wide
Catholic Youth Organization
spelling bee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04
Driving Permits Of S.
Revoked by District

Ffy-ve operators permits revoked here during the
past week. the District Department Of Motor Vehicles announced
today
Twelve were for driving while drunk for operating
after uspenson for operating after revocation and 40
for accumulated record of at least IL points.
complete list Of revocations for the past week
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-09-30
Bishop John J. Wright Address
Aigh|ight Of Croatian Day Program
Continued from Page y

Farrell, Pa, at the Dance
Pavilion n in KennywOod
Park and at the CrOatian
Home, in Rankin, on Sun
day evening was received
by large audiences.
Th e Greater Pittsburgh
Croatian Day Committee is
proud of this years celebra-
ton of Croatian Day on the
occasion of the 65th Anniver-
sary of our organization
which is a fine tribute to our
Croatian people everywhere.
We wish at this time to thank
those from various states
within our Union, who made
the trip to Pittsburgh to help
us celebrate one of the most
successful Croatian Days in
history.
We wish to thank above all