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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
Design for Disaster

We seem to have a grand
design for disaster. It fol-
lows a set formula in every
case.
Somehow, our foreign aid
always manages to help the
Communists under the guise
of fighting them. Think of it.!
Money for Tito. a cruel Com
mic dictator, but only a kick
in the pants for anti-C Com
munist dictator Trujillo.
What's going on here? Don't
we need friends in this world
wide struggle?
T. And now we're told we must
give up the right to decide
what our position will be in
international matters. In
stead, a world Court" ma
nipulated by the same fuzzy
gang that duped us into the
Korean mess, will decide for
us, when we repeal'that nasty
old Connally reservation.
We are being swept into the
Communist camp. We are
abandoning the sacrifices Of
our forefathers. May God
have mercy on us!
II. Paul Murray
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committees" And the second Hoover
Commission report estimated that up
to billion dollars year could be saved
by better teamwork among the services
in buying prudently and distributing
supplies efflciently.
Yet the outmoded procurement and
distribution procedures continue to
exist, with little Improvement noted
despite repeated promises Of the depart
ment to do better. The sad part of the
story is that the millions wasted could
have been used to build missiles and
planes and ships for stronger national
defense.
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:InexcusobIe Waste

In the latest OF a series Of reports
to Congress on waste in defense pro-
curement, Controller General Joseph
Campbell has detailed additional cases
Of ,inexcusable ineflciency, overlapping
and lack of coordination among the
armed services. The waste Is inexcuS-
able because the Pentagon has had
repeated warnings from the General
Accounting Office and Congress of the
necessity for improving and consolidat-
ing supply and procurement procedures
of the military branches.
The new GAO report covers need
less spending by the Army at its ST. Louis
transportation materiel center Criti-
cized especially was the purchase of $12
million worth Of spare parts for planes
and helicopterS that were in excess of
foreseeable requirements. To make mat
tiers worse, many Of the items purchased
from private industry could have been
obtained from surplus stocks of the Air
Force or other defense agencies, Mr..
Campbell stated. He attributed this
unnecessary procurement" to failure of
the services Ito communicate effectively
with each other" and, when they do, to
failure "to follow suggestions made" for
ending Implications and waste.
This all has very familiar ring.
Only last June the Senate Appropria-
tions Committee rebuked the Defense
Department for. its apparent apathy
toward economy in buying materiel
The committee expressed grave con-
Germ" over the numerous and admitted
examples of waste and duplication in
defense procurement which have been
reported to this and other congressional
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
Senator Kennedy's Church

In its essence, the announcement
just issued by some $50 Protestant min
listers and laymen led by the Rev. DR..
Norman Vincent Peale makes state
ment and asks question.
The essential statement is this: ut
is inconceivable that Roman Catholic
President would not be under extreme
pressure by the hierarchy of his church
to saccede to its policies with respect to
foreign relations in some matters, in
GLIDING representation to the Vatican"
:. And this is the question: "Is it rea-,
Sonable to assume that a Roman Catho-
. lie President would be able to withstand
altogether the determined efforts Of the
hierarchy of his church to gain further
funds and favors for its schools and
institutions, and otherwise breach the
: wall Of separation Of church and state?"
This, as we read it, was not in
tended as personal attack on Senator
Kennedy but would apply, apparently,
to any Catholic who might become Pres
.ident. In Senator Kennedy's case, how
ever, it is a statement which gives much
less than due credit to his own COM
I
tants have raised.
Senator Kennedy has said that he
is opposed to Federal assistance to paro-
chial schools and he voted against 1t
this year in the Senate, although it is
true that, as a member of the House,
some years ago, he introduced a bill
which would have provided aid to pri-
Vate and parochial schools.
He has stated that he is opposed to
appointment of an Ambassador to the
Vatican. He has also said that, If elected
President, he would not be influenced
by his religious aff1liation with respect
to legislation concerning birth control,
censorship, divorce, etc.
Finally. there is his fortnight state
ment last April to the American Society
Of Newspaper Editors: els the religious
issue legitimate issue in this cam
paign? There is only one legitimate
question underlying all the rest: Would
you, as President Of the United States,
be responsive in any way to ecclesias
tical pressures or obligations of any
ence or interfere with your conduct
of that Office in the national interest?
! have answered that question many
times. My answer was-and is-NO."
This, we believe, is an honest state
nlent of Senator Kennedy's position. If
his church, in event of his election,
should subject him to extreme pres
sure" we have no doubt that he would
adhere to his constitutional duties as
President of tho TInitad StateS ono nf
which is to uphold the separation of
church and state as bulwark of the
principle of religious freedom. To adj
vance or to exploit the idea that Mr..
Kennedy's religion disqualif1es him as
President is, in our opinion, a dangerous
attack on that principle.
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ly suggest, Let someone else
do it," It is that understand
able, yet regrettable, attitude
which unwittingly opens the
gates Of high Office to medi-
ocrity.
But surely those with abil-
tiles for public Office should
be made of sterner stun.
Surely in times of peace and
of a desperately dangerous
cold war, those best qualified
to represent the people should
not be so thin-skinned as to
dodge being pelted with acri-
monious words for the sake
of government of and for the
people.
1t appears that in this field
our Republic has not pro-
crossed very much in the
last 100 years. For illustra-
ton, when we finger the
pages yellowed by age Of the
New York World, when Lin
coin was campaigning as the
presidential candidate Of his
party, we read-"The age Of
statesmen is gone. The age
of railsplitterS and buffoons.
Doors and fanatics has sue
ceeded. In a crisis of the
most appalling magnitude
the country is asked to con-
slider the claims Of a boorish
third-rate backwoods lawyer
to the highest station in the
Government"
Again we are in a crisis Of
the most appalling magni-
tude. Ours is a world bafhed
and betrayed by the things
in which it has put its trust.
The gods currently worshiped
among us mostly resemble
the deities once decreed by
the Roman Senate, but now
they are created by Holly
wood. What are these gods?
Physical strength, social pres
tige, bodily pleasure, political
power, financial success.
These things made pre-
eminent have brought us to
the very edge of chaos and
catastrophe. They have fash
Toned a noisy materialism
and q coarsening Of mental
life. They have cultivated a
secularism that denies that
men are born to serve the
spirit. In one area Of life
after another these false
gods have emptied the uni
verse of Divine meaning and
substituted human ingenuity.
Man has been trained to live
largely in the cellar Of his
being and to make that the
living room of his house. 1t
is good indeed that the lead
ers Of both political parties
have announced to the en-
battled millions that the
campaign will be run from
the truth-lighted living room
and not from a dark and
cynical cellar. That will
mean q campaign Of "fair
playln
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FROM THE STAR FILES.

years the Atlantic will have
been crossed by an aero
plane. All that is needed is
a motor developing 200 or
800 horsepower. We shall
soon produce a monoplane
capable of 100 miles an hour.
We shall come to the era Of
the metal machine. Alumni
mum alloys already are being
tested and give extraordinary
lightness with remarkable
strength. There will be air
stations with great, fiat
spaces Aircraft will be
continually rising from them
and arriving at them after
long journeys. :"
Russia was in the deadly
grip of a great cholera cpl
demic so years ago. The
Star Of September 10, 1910
reported from st. Peters,
burg: Cholera continues to
claim thousands of victims,
but encouragement is found
in a report that shows a
steady, falling off in the
total number Of cases.
The total so far is 10000
deaths =. The epidemic has
made the greatest progress
in remote villages, where
peasants display a hostile
attitude toward doctors and
I1iIrseS -
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Presidency For Sale?

Isn't it a bit incongruouS
that the Democratic Party,
touted as 1.-THE Peoples
Party" and supported by the
AFL-CIO and ADA. has as
its candidates for President
and Vice President two mill
lionaires?
On the other hand, the
candidate Of the so-called
party Of big Business" the
Republican Party, is a poor
man, one who knows the
value Of a dollar. He Is sup
ported, it is true, by the
millionaire governor Of New
York, but the Rockefellers
have always had a reputation
for thrift despite their
wealth.
The White House should
not be for sale to the highest
bidder. M. E. M.
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Moscow Monitor

Not surprisingly, the. garrulous Mr..
Khrushchev has managed once again
to talk his way into the American polit-
ical campaign. Old Chatterbox thinks
we haven't much to choose between
presidential nominees Nixon and Ken
nedy because both are "lackeys of
monopoly capital" AS an absentee non
voter, the Kremlin commentator would
prefer to see "as the next American
President, the most progressive man
Communist"
In small way, Mr.. KhruShchev'S
impartiality should be comforting to
both Mr.. Nixon and Mr.. Kennedy. AL
though he did meet the Republican Vice
President in an American exhibition
kitchen in Moscow, he has made it clear
before that he was not charmed by the
Californian. In his latest unsolicited
observations, offered while he was ex-
aiming display Of Hungarian goods
in Cork Park, he profesSed to be having
good laugh about the G. o. p. nomi-
nee's anti Communist position and saw
in his personal crystal ball the time
when Mr.. Nixon Twill have to show his
shame for his lies about commu-
nism." At the same time, he took care
to bracket Mr.. Kennedy with Mr.. Nixon
in his low esteem and explained he was
doing so to make it clear he was not
giving preference" to one candidate
over another.
It is unlikely that this is. the last
we will hear from Mr.. Khrushchev dur
ing the remainder of our pre-voting
period, but it may be hoped that he will
be able to maintain his reverse biparti-
Sanship. It would be even better If he
would take VOW of silence until "the
most progressive mana Communist"
enters the White House. BY then, the
moon will have turned into green cheese.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
100 Years Ago

In step with the tempestu-
GUS times, journalists of the
pre-Civil War era were an
aggressive. free-swinging
bunch. They sometimes got
horsewhipped. shot or merely
threatened with bodily harm.
They fought among them
selves, dueling usually with
sharp pens. (New York Sun
Editor Charles A. Dana used
to call World Editor Joseph
Pulitzer Judas" and Mr..
Pulitzer replied in kind by
clubbing his rival "Ananias.~
Bitter exchanges were COM
mon between the Northern
and Southern press, what
with editors being in the fore
in the heated sectional
quarrels over politics in gen.
eral and slavery in particu-
lar. On September Is, 1860,
The Star took a lusty swipe
at the New York Times and
Tribune for further agitating
the already restless South.
This paper, under the head
ing Whom the Gods Would
Destroy, They First Make
Mad" said: 1.-THE truth Of
this adage was never more
forcibly exemplif1ed than in
the current tone Of the New
York Times and Tribune
upon the horrible doings-
wholesale poisonings and
arson -of abolitionism in
Texas. Those journals in eff
feet justify them, while pre-
tending to deprecate them.
Thus, they argue that they
are but the natural conSe-
quence of the existence Of
African slavery in the South,
and broadly intimate that
the only way in which the
South can put a stop to them
is to adopt their views on the
slavery question. That is to
say, by abolishing slavery
throughout the South. They
evidently held this hellish
work of abolition f1ends--for
it is their work, rather than
that of the slaves they incite
to act as their tools.-to be
less blameworthy than the
existence Of slavery in the
United States. Those pa
pers being, emphatically, the
two leading Republican Party
newspapers. are doing wide
spread mischief in the way Of
satisfying the whole South
that in case of Lincoln'S
election. the next step for
ward of his political party
will be neither more nor less
than open and fragrant en-
couragement Of the use of his
administrators power to
persuade the South that
abolition is the best policy
for her, by virtually aiding
and abetting those who may
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TO1st Senator

Spires Of the Spirit" in
last Sundays issue was extra
ordinarily good and The Star
and DR.. Harris are to be con-
graduated. DR.. Harris, the
"101st member of the Sem
ate," as Senator Dirksen
called him, is by now a vet
eran of the Senate and speaks
with increasing authority on
the moral demands Of the
political situation.
"Being Elected" seemed
particularly appropriate in
this season when we are all
examining the merit of our
presidential candidates, sug-
costing as it did the need for
each of us to examine him
self, Elgin GrOsec1OSe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11

fancy to resort to the 'argu-
mentS' of the Texas abolition
emissaries. >. The tone Of the
Tribune and Times and
many other apparent de-
velopments of the policy Of
the Republican Party cannot
fail to increase beyond ex-
preston the difficulties that
will lie in the path of those
in the South who would pre-
vent the destruction Of the
Government in case Of Lin
coln's election.
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Is Years Ago

A cabinet officers wife was
a traffic fatality rs years
ago. The Star of September
/, 1885, said in a dispatch
from Santa Fe. New Mex:
MRS. Harold l.. IckeS, 81.
wife of the Secretary Of the
Interior, and a politician in
her own right, was killed here
last night in q motor car col
lision which State police
blamed on a hit-run driver.
With three companions in a
taxicab, she was plunged into
a ditch 80 miles north Of
Santa Fe while en- route there
for a fiesta. Mrs. Gene
We've Forbes Herrick, we'll
known Washington news
paper correspondent and a
house guest of Mrs. Ickes,
was injured critically. -"
Lawson Little, then being
dubbed the new Bobby Jones,
gave the worlds golfers
something to shoot at rs
years ago. The Star of Sep
TENDER is, 1885, reported from
Cleveland: William Lawson
Little, jr., the larruping lad
from San Francisco, COM
pleted his second little slam
Of golf in two years today by
crushing Walter Emery, Okla
homa law student, 4 and 2, in
the National Amateur finals.
1t was the second year in a
row that Little has won both
the American and British
amateur titles. :"
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Today and Tomorrow

A hundred or so years from
now, someone will review our
present generation something
like this:
Back in 1860, men had so
shrunk the earth through adj
vanced communications and
transportation, that they
found themselves .next-door
neighbors to every nation on
earth. This new closeness
frightened them, for each ma
ton saw the other at closer
proximity than ever before.
Each began to compare itself
with the others and this
created new fears, new greeds
and new jealousies.
Russia was feared because
she was advancing too rap
idly in technical and scien-
tific knowledge -.
1.-THE Orient was feared be-
cause of its ever-increasing
population 49,.
Africa was feared because
of its titanic. movements to-
ward independence
America was feared be-
cause Of its vast industrial,
hence military. potentials .
Smaller n atoms were
afraid because they were
small
"And so it went, with none
making a sincere attempt to
understand and accept the
others, but each straining to
maintain positions Of power
and influence all others with
their own particular customs
and ways of life. Yet, the
spiritual and material appe-
titles Of all were different.
New frontiers are rarely
won without violence and
1860, the frontier Of prox-
unity, was no exception.
I'VE. of this enlightened
age now know, through CEN
turtles of past blunders, that
there can be no peace with
out universal understanding,
universal tolerance and uni
versa unselfishness."
Martin Buxbaum
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensG-
ton. Those not used tDiLl be
returned only iUtep accom-
panied By self : addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Fair Play
By DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

Now that Congress has shut
up shop and the legislators
have hastened to the hust-
ings to campaign In earnest.
it is heartening to have from
political leaders definite
pledges Of fair play. Politics
ought to be at least as decent
as boxing. Prizefghters
ought not to be on a higher
ethical pedestal than politi-
clans. Blows below the belt
ought to be greeted with the
jeers they deserve. It is,
therefore, a source Of deep
satisfaction to have the
chairmen of the national
committees Of both parties
publicly avow that 1t is to be
q battle of ideas scorning
cheap and clever personali-
ties which have no bearing
on the issues involved.
In this terribly serious
campaign, the anxious free
world Is watching with deep
interest. The slave world
also, with its willy captors, is
watching and listening to the
words which are missiles in
this contest between Ameri-
cans Of equal patriotism.
This pledge Of fair play
does not mean a campaign
reduced to pleasant generali-
ties. It does not follow that
the truth, as the candidates
see it, is to be sugar-coated.
1t means that the truth will
be spoken as gentlemen and
not as cave men. With such
an agreement kept the weeks
ahead promise to deal more
in light than in heat.
The fact is that political
billingsgate is a sign Of i'm
maturity and an admission
that the one using it is not
sure Of his ground. When
one substitutes epithetS for
arguments he begs the ques-
ton.
In a political debate with
Gladstone. Disraeli, running
out of arguments, declared
that his opponent was moth
ing but "a sophisticated
rhetorician inebriated by the
exuberance of his own ver-
bosity." He had shot his bolt
and was depicting himself
rather than Gladstone.
The. treaty of fair play,
lifted before all who speak
publicly or privately in the
intense struggle between now
and the election day will, if
observed, do much to purify
the tainted waters of the
river Of words which in a
mighty flood is flowing across
the land.
Such a campaign in deep
solemnity ought to plead for
a verdict based on facts. The
jury is the American people.
They will largely disregard
witty comments, plays on
words, and insulting slogans
when they prepare their in
dividual verdicts. The halls
to which the jury retires, in
the case now being tried, are
not the stately legislative
chambers of the Nation or
the States. They are the I'M
adorned, yet sacred, voting
booths set up from sea to
shining sea in which, free
from spying sinister eyes,
every citizen with the evil
dence before him is alone
with his own conscience.
No wonder that men who
wear the white flower Of UNI
sullied integrity dread the
understanding and shrinking
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so Years Ago

Women fought for the right
to vote so years ago, SPAR
ring with stubborn males who
thought politics was strictly
a mans game. The Star Of
September Is, 1910, reported
the Maryland and District
State Federation Of Labor
had by the narrow margin OF
four votes approved the idea
Of equal suffrage for both
sexes. But the paper quoted
Delegate P. j. Ryan as rep
resenting the views Of those
opposed: I'm my opinion
women already are well rep
resented at the polls. In fact,
all a woman has to do is
to say what she wants and
she gets it every time. Her
place is in the household.
forming the character Of her
children, molding the future
voters of the country, SO as
to make them good and pure
citizens. How would you
like to live with your mother
in-law If she had different
political views from your
own?" Another delegate sug-
gested: Y"If women were given
the ballot they would hang
over the back fence discuss
ing politics instead of at
tending to their household
duties
French Flyer John Mois-
SAINT, a man Of. vision, saw
a bright future for the air
plane so years ago. Pre-
scented a trophy in London
for winging there from Paris
with a passenger, he said his
feat was nothing compared
with what was coming. The
Star of September 9, 1910
quoted him: within five
Evening star., 1960-06-06

wanted to ruin. Today, of
course, a white elephant" is
Simply a useless dust-catcher
that you hope to fob off on
some other gullible boob.
The "rummage" in rummage
sale comes from a Middle
French word "arrumag e."
meaning to stow cargo in the
hold of ship. Since freighters
usually carry a very varied
cargo, considerable searching
through-or "rummaging"-is
often required before the de-
sired lot is found. So a rum
mage sale" is a sale of varied
items of merchandise through
which the prospective purchas-
er searches.
And now, dear lady, to your
suggestion that I contribute
books to your white elephant
sale" may I report that my
publishers, Harper g. Brothers
say that both books-"The
Word Game Book" and TITS
Easy to Increase Your Vocabu-
Evening star., 1960-06-06

you wouldn't be interested in
contributing some of your books
to our white elephant sale,
would you?-Mrs. C. L. P,
Pittsburgh.
Answer: I think know very
well what you mean, dear lady,
but let's take up your questions
one at time. In the Kingdom
Of Siam-now Thailand-the
albino elephant was considered
sacred beast. Under no cir
cumstances could he be killed.
Therefore the possession of an
ablino (white) elephant was a
very mixed blessing. While he
might serve as S sort of status
Symbol-not just anybody had
a white elephant he could
also eat you out of house and
home. In olden days, in fact
the King of Siam often pre-
sented white elephants to
members of his court whom he
Evening star., 1960-06-06
UNCLE CHARLIE
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
MRS. FITZ'S FLATS
FREDDY
THE BERRYs
BY WILLIAM MORRIS

Question: The Ladies Auxil-
larry of our church is planning
a Embarrassing affair. In the
past we have held "rummage
sales" but this year one of the
leaders suggested that we call
it a white Elephant Fair" "
There was general agreement
that this would be a good idea
but none of US knew Just how
white elephants came to be
"White elephants" if you know
what I mean. Can you explain?
While you're about it, you
might tell us where the rum
mage" in rummage sale came
from. And, just incidentally,
Evening star., 1960-06-06
BY the Beers
BY Peter Loina

lary"-are selling very well in
deed and are many years away
from the white elephant" cat
egory.
Evening star., 1960-06-06

II your comb looks like this,
it is a sign that your chair fac.
tories" are beginning to close
down. You need to act now to
check the cause of excessive
hair-fall and to avoid badness.
The radically new Thomas
Evening star., 1960-06-15
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