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Evening star., 1959-06-18
What's Fair for One

District Highway Director Harold L.
Aitken believes in the old adage that
what Is fair for one is fair for all. On
that basis, he is justified in recon-
mending legislation to place the Dis
trict on an equal footing with the States
under 1921 law authorizing larger
Federal grants for roads under certain
conditions.
Mr.. Aitken points out that under an
amendment to the $3.50 matching fund
law, Federal aid for highways may be
increased in States where "unappro-
priated and unreserved public lands"
amount to more than per cent of the
total area of the State. Under the 1921
amendment IL Western States are re-
ceiving Federal grants Of from IS per
cent lin the case Of South Dakota) to
SO per cent Tin the case of Nevada).
It is the highway directors conten-
ton that the 40 per cent Of nontaxable
land in the District, including Federal
property and embassies, is equivalent to
"unappropriated and unreserved public
lands" in the States. Therefore, he has
told the Commissioners, the District
should be receiving an IS per cent Fed
eral contribution to local highways, In
stead Of the so per cent now being paid.
The idea is suficiently attractive to
fully warrant the studies being made Of
1t by District administrative and legal
oficials.
Evening star., 1959-06-18
Music or Noise?

The letter Of j. Anthony
Marcus to The Star concern
ing the rejection by Russia
Of all Jazz music at the
American fair in Moscow
was q masterpiece. This par
ticular type Of noise called
music has been O blot on the
escutcheon Of America for
10 these many years--and it
is too bad that q nation such
as Russia has had to tell
US of our own backwardness
and deterioration In the
realm Of music.
The fam o US musician,
Pablo Casals. in q recently
published article. bemoaned
the fact that after all these
years the best that poor
America can give to the
world Is Jazz and rock and
roll. II feel sorry for her"
he said.
Who. pray, selects such
trash to represent our coun-
try abroad? Is 1t the State
Department? II so. not only
q severe reprimand, but Q
complete and thorough over.
hauling should be the order
Of the day.
Elizabeth Winston.
Evening star., 1959-06-18
Keeping It Open

President Eisenhower has done his
best at his latest news conference to
persuade the Kremlin to be reasonable
at the foreign ministers meeting In
Geneva. The meeting, which is now in
a critical stage, has gone poorly, and 1t
may soon collapse in complete failure;
but he has tried once again-just as he
did two weeks ago-to keep 1t going in
the hope that 1t may result In at least
a little bit of progress toward agree
nlent.
To that end, while acknowledging
thatsthe outlook is far from bright "at
this moment" he has reaffirmed that II
the Geneva talks produce "such progress
al to give any reasonable person the
helief that that progress would make
summit meeting fruitful, then would
b glad to CO." True enough, he has
made clear at the same time that If the
talks cannot prepare the ground +.
and SOW some of the seed for accord,
then see no use whatsoever for trying
to have a harvest when there is no
planting and no tilling." But still, as
if.sddressing himself indirectly to Pre-
mier KnfuShchev, he has been at pains
to emphasize his readiness--given a
LITTLE evidence Of Soviet willingness to
help ease international tension to
participate in a heads-of-government
conference.
Mr. Khrushchev Is supposed to be
very eager to have such q conference.
II that is the fact Of the matter, then
he can prove 1t by instructing Foreign
Minitter Gromyko to respond afflrma-
tively to the latest Western proposals
presented at Geneva. The proposals
include one under which French, British
and NAmerican authorities Tin keeping
withan idea suggested by the late Sec
retary Dulles) would be willing to deal
with East Germans acting as agents Of
the Kremlin in the role of control off,
GERS along the supply lines to West
Berlin. In exchange for this, the Soviet
Union would be expected to stop talking
in the language of ultimatuns regard
ing khe status Of the city, and 1t would
otherwise act In keeping with Mr.. Eisen-
hower's recent statement that II don't
see low the head of any self-respecting
government can 60 to an international
conference in response to any kind Of
thing that can be interpreted as q
threat"
This asks for Just enough progress
exceedingly modest progress-to make
the President amenable to summit
conference. Regardless Of the Kremlin's
reply, he thus has kept the door open
for negotiations at the highest level,
and only continued intranSigenee from
Mr.. Khrushchev is likely to slam 1t shut.
Evening star., 1959-06-18

the DAILY ruling to primaries, where you
may have dozen or score Of candi-
dates for q single nomination"
The FEC majority, in short. is ad-
herring to decision that is difhcult to
square with common sense. The mean
ing Of Section SIS apparently needs to
be clarified in. q way that will resolve
the issue on q practical, realistic basis.
We hope that Congress, which has
begun to investigate the subject, will
enact the necessary amending legisla-
tion as promptly as possih' s--before the
1860 campaign Is full upon US.
Evening star., 1959-06-18
The Law and Equal Time

A strict and narrow reading Of the
letter Of the law may justify the 4-to-3
decision of the Federal Communications
Commission to stand by its February
ruling in the Lar DAILY case. Legalisms
to one side, however, the ruling Itself
iriterms Of its potential effect on radio
and television newscasts during political
campaigns adds up to impractical
ity of sort that cries aloud for correc-
tive action.
Thus, as defined by the FEC ma
jority, Section 315 of the Communica-
ticns Act means that all political candi-
dates, no matter how insignificant or
unnewsworthy or eccentric some Of
them may be, must be given equal time
on broadcast or telecaSt news programs.
II TV station in Chicago, for example,
shows an incumbent mayor greeting a
foreign dignitary or dedicating a new
public building, then, according to the
Day ruling. every other candidate in
the fnayoralty race is entitled to appear
for the same amount Of time on the
same station. Clearly, In both It's local
and1national application, this interpre-
tation of the law opens up situation
quite as ridiculous as President Eisen-
hover has said 1t Is.
Some months ago, citing the 1855
campaign by way of illustration, Frank
Stanton of the Columbia Broadcasting
System summed up the matter in words
that are worth requoting now: "Under
the DAILY decision we would have been
required to give equivalent time Ito
all candidates Of all parties who asked
for 1t. There were =. "a presidential
and vice presidential candidates of IL
parties. To furnish them all with equiv
alent time would have taken Z. ap-
proximately 20 per cent more than all
the time spent by all our television
newscasts on all the news. The absurd
ity Of this can be multiplied by almost
any factor you choose when you apply
Evening star., 1959-06-18
Antidote for A-Bomb

Certainly in this nuclear
era the greatest threat to all
Americans is nuclear poison
ing-nuclear destruction.
1t is only a question of a
little time before a destructive
weapon will be discovered
that will be small and have
the destructive ability Of
many megatons. In the face
Of this approaching reality it
is better for men to be
friendly the world over and
pool all the forces of law and
order into a buffer against
the planned or accidental
use Of destructive powers
that are now greater than
any differences among men.
America is a way of life
based on Christian principles.
The time has come when
only these principles can
keep America safe.
Albert Price.
Evening star., 1959-06-18
Too Many Animals

The letter Of Calvin Garfield
expressed the feelings OF a
rowing number Of Washing
tonians on the annoyances,
nay prosecutions, which
neighborhoods are suffering
from pet animals.
My neighborhood is endur-
ing the following irritations
with rising indignation: A
certain variety Of cats is
being propagated In a large
backyard cage, and being un-
happy at their confinement,
they caterwaul day and night.
This good(O 'neighbor also
maintains q dog and q bunch
Of rabbits.
Another good(?) neighbor
has constructed q huge apart
ment-like cage in which he
keeps. on one level. several
dozen rabbits. and on another
several dozen pigeons. The
odors from this den are most
offensive, and the setup is
attracting rats in a highly
residential area where none
have been noted before.
The people who maintain
Evening star., 1959-06-18
THE POLITICAL MILL


Of Massachusetts,. feeling that
he has knowledge Of their
problems and would deal win
them fairy.
The choice Of the more
radical group Of Democrats
would certainly not be either
Senator johnson or Syming-
ton. That the civil rights issue
win 60 into the campaign
next year In q big way seems
unavoidable = unless, indeed.
either Of these two Senators
should be the Democratic
candidate. The Republican
presidential nominee will nee
essarily be q pro-ciyil rights
man.
yohnson's Claim TO support
Senator johnson has q good
claim-on this civil rights is
sue--to support In the North
as well as In the South and
West. He Ia the only man who
has been able to get action
on q civil rights bill In the
Senate since reconstruction
days. BY his leadership, an
all-out Southern filibuster
against the 1857 civil rights
bill was avoided In the Sem
ate, and the bill came to .
vote and became law. II he
can get through a second
civil rights measure In this
Congress, either at this ses-
sion or the next. he win be
in position to make q bid
for support OF the Demo-
cratic National Convention.
The House judiciary sub
committee was quick in draft
ing a civil rights bill. The
bill would make 1t a Federal
crime to interfere by !, force.
threats or corruption with
court decisions deseeregating
public schools. 1t also would
give the Attorney General
authority to use injunctions
to fight any infringements Of
civil rights. This authority
Is limited in the present law
to voting rights cases. This.
in effect. is Title III Of the
1857 civil rights bill as 1t
passed the House and came
to the Senate. where it was
knocked out. II probably
would bring an interminable
filibuster in the Senate If
tried again. There are other
provisions Of the new bill
which go along with the Eli
senhower administration bill.
including the extension for
two years Of the present
Civil Rights Commission, and
a provision striking at bomb
ings Of schools and churches
by making 1t q felony to
cross State lines to avoid
penalties for such crimes.
The bill still has TO run the
gantlet Of the full Judiciary
Committee and the House
Rules Committee. In a modi-
fed form 1t probably will pass
the House and 60 to the
Senate-and there a ''reason-
able bill" may be passed. too.
The radicals on civil rights
enforcement in the Senate
took q licking at the opening
Of this Congress. when they,
sought to bring about. q
change in the Senate rules
for cloture-endi debate
by q majority vote. For this
they blame Senator Johnson
in large part. He would not
go along with their conten-
ton that the rules Of the
Senate have to be adopted
at the opening Of each new
Congress.
Evening star., 1959-06-18
Soonish vs.. French

In providing q program for
students which will afford
them the opportunity to be-
gin their foreign language
studies in grammar school,
rs is done in most Of the
European schools. the Board
Of Education OF Montgomery
County. Maryland. Is about
to embark upon Q policy that
Is long overdue. Il has re-
Gently been explained that
the board is prepared to
begin It's experiment by Of
fering the French language
because 1t has the means and
IL best prepared to do this.
It is unthinkable in times
like these when our relations
with our nelghbors TO the
south need constant reap
praisal and careful study
that the board Of education
Of one Of the supposedly most
progressive counties Of this
country does not have "the
means" nor Is prepared to
include Spanish Ia its gram
mar school program. Why is
1t not in a position at present
to offer Spanish In the new
program? Does IL not stand
to reason that. II French
alone is offered in elemen-
tary schools. when the time
comes for students to choose
a language in high school
they win continue with
French and not switch TO
another foreign language
that would complicate their
studies for them? This policy.
IL carried out. would then
spell doom for Spanish not
only in grammar school but
in high school and college
as well!
without behttling the i'm
portance Of French In di-
plomacy and the fine arts,
II would be more befitting for
the Board Of Education Of
Montgomery County to set
aside its traditional love for
French and become Of age
by recognizing the unlimited
opportunities In Latin Amer
lea for United States grad
yates in the vast realm of
the sciences, including atomic
energy, business administra-
ZION, engineering in all its
branches. diplomacy. etc.
Daniel Morrison.
Evening star., 1959-06-18
For Bomb Testing

Members Of an Arlington
service club whose motto is
Friend Of the Boy" have
been fortunate over the past
several months to have lis
tened to several speakers
closely associated with our
Nations security. without
exception all Of these in
formed men have told US
that our security as q Nation
Is dependent on our No. /
enemy. Russia, realizing that
We have suficient A-bombs.
striking power and deter
mination to retaliate imme-
diately and effectively II we
are attacked. This certainly
sounds logical and sensible.
In light OF these facts, It
is disturbing to read where
q leader Of q liberal Airing
ton cult recently suggested
that We give up testing arms
which would be needed In q
defense against Russia, and
to read where q speaker re-
Gently advocated for our
country unconditional re-
nunciation Of Its right to
wage war"
Actually, informed sources
tell US that this is the course
Russia would most like us to
follow and would surely re-
suit In the speediest possible
liquidation Of all United
States citizens. It is q shock
10 realize how closely some
local liberals follow the Reds
thinking.
Richard ID. Lang.
Evening star., 1959-06-18
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL

cannot be gauged In any or
dinary human fashion.
1t is a resemblance to our
own happiness. that is all.
Yet even the most cynical
could not be positive that the
little bird is not happy.
Other species fly much the
same. and have almost SINH
lar ways Of attacking SUM
flower seed. the favorite food.
Somehow the chickadee
impressed us with q feeling
that he is supremely happy.
We would not do or say
ANYTHING to the contrary.
Bird happiness must be
based, as ours is, on health.
Health. at least to q cer-
tain degree. is necessary be-
fore any human being can be
really happy. hence we must
feel that the same applies to
a bird.
The Germans call him ziz-
zibee, and perhaps that name
embodies this idea Of hap-
piness. Whatever you call
him. the chickadee has been
selected by many as q veri-
table symbol Of cheerfulness.
which is Just another name
for happiness.
The cheerful creatures. dog,
cat. bird or human. impress
US with a sense Of possessing
something very precious. We
see this so plainly with the
chickadee; his daily visits to
q bird feeding station. espe-
cially on q window sill, may
spell the difference between
happiness and unhappiness
for a watcher.
This is one good point
about all birds. that ordinar-
lily they bring messages Of
happiness, and we have al
ways thought that persons
who manage to be unhappy
in bird watching should take
up something else. maybe
Tv or books or card games,
or golf.
Evening star., 1959-06-18

The question OF further
civil rights legislation at the
present session Of Congress
has lifted its head In recent
days. First, Senate Majority
Leader Lyndon johnson
placed In his program for ac-
ton before Congress adjourns
a reasonable" civil rights
bill. Second. .he Judiciary
Committee Civil Rights Sub
committees Of both the House
and Senate, abandoning fur
ther hearings. went to work
on draftink a civil rights
measure. Indeed, the House
subcommittee has completed
q bill and viii send 1t to the
full committee for its con-
sideration and action.
The question Of civil rights
legislation Is filled with
politics. especially as a ma
tional election is to take place
next year. It's q question that
cuts both ways in both major
political parties. Democrats
Of the North and West have
heen pressing for stronger
measures to enforce civil
rights. particularly integra-
ton Of the Public schools as
ordered by the Supreme
Court. Democrats Of the
South have been adamant In
opposition.
On the Republican side,
the Republican Party has ira
ditionally stood for stronger
civil rights laws. However,
this stand hampers the de-
velopment Of the Republican
Party in the South. The
@. o. p. has had high hopes
Of breaking into . number
Of the so-called one-party
States in Dixie. The hopes
have been fostered by the
fact President Eisenhower
was able to carry four States
of the "solid South" In the
1882 presidential election.
and flve Of them in 1856.
These States are Florida,
Tennessee. Texas and vir-
ginia in 1852. and these same
states plus Louisiana in 1856.
Also. the Republicans have
been able 4 to elect eight or
nine Congressmen from dis
tricts in the South. Notwith-
standing the Democratic
sweep in the 1858 congress
sional elections. the @. o. p.
was able to hang on to these
Southern congressional dis
tricts.
Butler for Strong Program
Democratic National Chair
man Paul NJ. Butler has in
sisted again and again that
the 1860 Democratic presi-
Dental nominee viii be
committed to a strong civil
rights program. and that the
party platform viii be drastic
on this subject. II he Is cor
rect In these predictions. the
g. o. p. may well carry these
same Southern States. and
perhaps others. in the presi-
Dental election next year.
There has been little change
In the strong feeling against
public school desegregation in
that section Of the country
although some schools have
been desegregated under court
order. as in Virginia.
More moderate Democrats,
however. are looking to a
presidential candidate like,
for example. Senator Lyndon
Johnson Of Texas or Senator
Stuart Symington Of Missouri.
There are Democrats in the
South who would not object
to Senator John F. Kennedy
Evening star., 1959-06-18
The Eorthshukers

Inc EDITORIAL page OF Ine
Sunday Star. June 7. con-
tains some hopelessly myopic
views on H-bomb testing and
radioactive fallout. Your
editorial Conspiracy for
Survival" warns that 81. an
all-out testing ban at this
stage would be q dangerous
gamble for our country" It
fails to point out that any
course Of action Is q gamble
in the atomic era. Contin-
uing the present reliance on
mutual terror. waiting for the
perfect guarantees which viii
never come, Is a more reck-
less gamble with the fate Of
mankind than negotiating for
q test-ban now. Within the
foreseeable future we can
look for Communist China.
France, Israel and other ma
tions. following the irrespon-
sible example of the United
States. Great Britain and the
USSR. to enter the testing
arena. This will increase the
hazards Of radioactive fallout,
complicate the problems Of
international anarchy and in
crease the danger Of some
petty nationalistic quarrel
making "On the Beach" a
reality. How this gloomy
prospect can be averted under
the mental and moral inertia
Of our present leadership is
an inscrutable mystery.
Letter writer's Charles w.
Carter and Alden Potter are
even less inspiring than your
editorial. After insinuating
that those who disagree with
his estimate of Communist
military power are either
Communist sympathizers or
dupes, Mr.. Carter says,
Americas strength Is in the
freedom and initiative OF her
own people as enunciated in
the United States Constitu-
tion." Certainly the Consti-
tuition Is a marvellous docu-
ment. It has done the re-
markable job Of specifying
fairly precisely certain basic
rights and freedoms and. at
the same time, has allowed
for the extension of these
rights as our social outlook
becomes more civilized. But
the Constitution gives US no
directives at all for conduct
ing foreign policy in the
atomic era. The founding
fathers have little or nothing
to say on this score. Even
the most ossified conserva-
tive today has gone beyond
Washington's counsel on mo
foreign entanglements."
Mr.. Potter suggests that
radioactive fallout is harm
less. He claims, Indeed,
only life itself is inimical to
life; :" This is. indeed.
a most interesting theory. Let
us hope. however. that Mr..
Potter never puts it to test.
c. w. Griffin, Jr.
Erlton, N. j,
Evening star., 1959-06-18
Loyalty Oath

Inc Natlonal Defense Edu-
cation Act. which during the
next four years will cost
American taxpayers 81 Bill
lion. and which was enacted
into law in order to enable
the brilliant. but financially
poor. student to attain the
maximum In scientific edu-
cation. apparently contained
q sleeper. It seems that there
Is q clause in the act which
requires a student. In order
to qualify for a Federal
handout. to first swear alle-
glance to the United States
Of America. This loyalty oath
simply amounts to an am
davit. signed by the pros
pective recipient of education
funds. sttesting that he does
not believe In, belong to, or
support any organization
which believes In. or teaches.
overthrow Of the United
States Government by force
or any other illegal means.
The only persons who
could possibly be restrained.
or Inundated. by an oath Of
this nature are potential
traitors. The view that 1t
would be far, far better to
train ten saboteurs than that
one ultra-sensitive scholar
be embarrassed. seems en-
tirely untenable.
In the opinion Of this
writer. not only should the
loyalty oath requirement re-
main as 1t Is. but further
more, all universities and coll
leges which refuse to allow
their students 10 qualify for
NDEA funds should be de-
clared off-limits for students
receiving these funds.
Uyl-auA-
Evening star., 1959-06-18
Streetcors VS.. Buses

The eye-irritating smog re-
Gently was one good reason
for retention Of the street.
cars. Washington has prac-
tically no heavy industry.
The smog is almost entirely
due to automobile exhaust.
Even In Los Angeles, where
there is much industry. 80
per cent Of the smog is esti-
mated to come from automo-
biles.
Buses are the worst Offend
ers because they stop and
start so frequently. Let's not
abolish our clean electric
driven streetcars until some
other electric means of trans
portation has been installed.
George Gibson.
Evening star., 1959-06-18
SIXTEENTH STREET.

OA&A 1lAaAN n - ESASSAs
Dear Sir:
"The chickadee is still my
favorite bird.
Il have often wondered
why one Of these interesting
creations stands out, be-
cause they are all fine.
But ] always get back to
my belief that the chickadee
Is the best.
"One time / was very i'll,
and the fact that this mite
came to my window every
day helped bring me back
into circulation.
II would like to know II
there is anything particular
/ can feed 1t.
II never get over the feel
ing of complete wonder when
/ see this little bird with his
happy ways.
do you think bird happi-
ness is like human happi-
ness2 Or what?
yours truly, LINDA D. c."
It Is impossible to make
any positive statement Of the
differences between bird and
man when it comes to so IL
lusive a thing as happiness.
One thing we can be sure
of, the unhappy face Of the
little monkey that gave her
all for science will haunt
the minds of Americans for
many years. That is unhap-
pinesS.
Happiness and unhappi-
ness-what are they. and
how do we know them?
They depend upon 80
many factors, especially hap
piness.
One person is happy be-
cause he was born that way.
Perhaps he Is the most for
tunate of all.
Such a person can exist
on a small salary. and not
be envious Of those who make
more.
The naturally happy per-
son can be happy when he
fails to make his goal, what
ever it Is.
He knows wherein he has
erred. perhaps. but does not
quarrel either with himself
or others. He walks the world
looking for friends. and If he
finds one he is happy.
Others are joiners. and
spend their lives making
pseudo friends in meetings.
and end up unhappy, and no
wonder.
y 4
We were discussing chicka-
dee happiness, though.
Certainly few birds give
this illusion as well.
We can call 1t illusion, be-
cause the happiness Of q bird