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Evening star., 1960-06-21
a Negro Pupils
Apply in Roanoke

ROANOKE. Va, June 21.-
Four more Negro students have
asked entry to white Roanoke
schools.
This pushes to 38 the total
Evening star., 1960-06-21

L. c. Geer. lion tanner. and
Rodney E. Wilson. tail twister.
Elected to the board Of direc-
tors were H. Rondalph Barbee,
Harold N. Eccleston, j. Nor
rison Smith and Frank j. Binks.
Evening star., 1960-06-21

Alfred L. Nader. first vice pres
ident; Jerome ]. Keating. Sec
ond vice president; John r.
Tribe, third vice president;
John P. Gawler. secretary;
Vergne w. Potter, treasurer;
Evening star., 1960-06-21

responded. Mr.. Graham will
speak at the stadium nightly
through Sunday.
Evening star., 1960-09-04
For Harder Bench

One Of the reasons why so
little headway is made in the
control Of Juvenile crime is
that whenever q hearing is
held on the subject the
agenda is so filled with
speeches by so-called social
experts and penologists that
only their views get to con-
gressional ears. Many of these
people are thoroughly imbued
with the belief that if an Of
fender grew up as an under
privileged youth. he is there
by vested with the right to
steal and rape at will.
It has been proposed to ap-
point four assistant judges to
help the lone Juvenile Court
Judge and it has been stated
that those appointed will
have had experience in social
problems. So here we go
again. If we get four assist
ant judges ready to excuse
attackers Of women on the
streets of Washington. there
will be little improvement in
crime control. What we need
is the application of some
elemental horse sense in the
situation.
r r. Hamnheil.
Evening star., 1960-09-04
Robout to the Rescue

Ans we'll that ends well! And in
the eyes of Washington redevelopment
officials, Representative Louis Rabaut
the other night negotiated the full cycle
from villain to hero.
For the better part Of two years now,
the Michigan Democrat has been the
Redevelopment Land Agency's sharpest
critic. At one point he pushed through
the House bill which the RIA (and WEI
felt would have harmed redevelopment
irreparably. But who was it this week
who revived an all-but-dead piece of
RIA legislation in the final hours before
the House adjourned? Mr.. Rabaut, that's
who, and virtually single-handedly.
The bill removes obstacles to 1000
room hotel which william zeckendorf
proposes to build in the Southwest area.
And as Mr.. Rabaut rather pointedly
noted, neither the RIA nor Mr.. Zecken-
dorf should waste any time getting it
started, now that the path is clear.
Thanks to an earlier action this week,
Congress also cleared up problem
which threatened to delay development
of the Southwest waterfront.
Other, less urgent redevelopment
legislation unfortunately died in the
House. It will be renewed in January,
however, and we hope that Mr.. Rabaut
takes up where he left off in pushing
it along.
Evening star., 1960-09-04
FROM THE STAR FILES. .

Chicago: ''Patrolm a II
Michael F. O'Connor today
was docked 10 days pay be-
cause he mistook the Chief
of this city's finest for a
reporter. Chief Leroy
Steward was m otoring
through Humboldt Park
when he saw Officer O'Con-
nor stretched out on a park
bench reading a newspaper.
The chief alighted and &C
costed the patrolman, ask
ing: Are you on duty?' Said
O'Connor:: Nav, I'm watch
ing the swan boat" Next thing
O'Connor knew he was be-
fore the police trial board.
His defense was: Sure, and
I thought the chief was a
reporter. He asked me ques-
tions just like some of the
newspaper boys do, and I
didn't see fit to answer
Them"
Evening star., 1960-09-04
More and More of Us

Human beings live on land.
The population boom is her
aided with gloom because we
seem to have just so many
continents and no more to
settle all these human beings
on. Now, in your editorial of
August 80 on More and More
of Us" you speak of grave
challenge as well as promise.
Exactly.
The major portion of the
planets surface now is water.
Let's just simply arrange for
extra land. Mankind does not
have to be a slave to his
environment.
There are thousands of
miles Of barren coasts in the
world. Without disrupting
any civilized pursuits we can
build outward on the con-
tinental shelves by raising
(dredging) land. We can en-
large esent continents.
Oceanographic studies can
give guidance. OF course this
will mean full employment Of
inventiveness, initiative and
muscle, and full abandonment
of some inertial concepts.
The Free World can lead in
this new path, one so much
more progressive than the
so-called land reforms. which
reflect a static theory Of
limitation.
We ought to get started.
The time spent pickering in
Geneva and the UN could be
spent hustling up ideas for
Evening star., 1960-09-04
rs Years Ago

The hectic, headline-mak-
ing career of Senator Huey
P. Long of Louisiana was
ended 25 years ago by an as
sassin's bullet. The Star Of
September 9, 1885 reported
the Senator was in critical
condition after being shot the
night before in a corridor of
the Baton Rouge State House.
The gunman. DR.. C. A. Weiss,
Jr., 30-year-old eye specialist,
was killed Immediately by
Longs bodyguard. Senator
Long died September 10. 81
hours after being wounded.
DR.. Weiss motive was un-
clear. He was related to one
of Longs political enemies.
and relatives said they
thought he shot the Senator
because he had been "em-
bittered at him for some
time" From New Orleans,
The Star reported "Politi-
cally, Louisiana is in a whirl-
pool. When Huey Long passed
from the political stage he
left half a dozen political
leaders of about the same
stripe. None overshadowed
the other. If one tried to step
ahead of the other there was
danger of internecine war
fare -"
Evening star., 1960-09-04
The Marrow View

It would be foolishly premature at
this point to assume that Senator Morse
was wrong in anticipating problems
and possibly inequities-from the make
up of the new interstate compact
commission to regulate public transit
throughout the Washington area.
The Senator's arguments, however,
were based on narrow considerations
which made his position on the Senate
floor the other night untenable. 1t Is
fortunate that his effort to amend the
compact was defeated.
His major contention was that the
commission membership-one each from
Maryland, Virginia and the District
opens the possibility that the two State
members might "gang up on the city
member with rules favoring suburban
transit operators, and that this would
be unfair to the D. G. Transit System,
which handles the bulk Of the transit
movements in the area. To offset this,
Senator Morse wanted to give the Dis
trict two seats on the regulatory body.
We, of course, have no way of know
ing whether such thing might occur
or not. If it should, number of safe
guards to protect each jurisdiction are
written into the compact, the most
drastic of which is the right to with
draw. Amendment machinery also is
provided, to correct deficiencies. The
really essential point which Senator
Morse ignored, however, is that if such
bad-faith practices as this are followed
the compact will collapse quickly in any
event, no matter what the membership
makeup.
The true significance of the COM
pact is that here, for the first time in
the history of the Washington area, is
a legal body created through voluntary
intergovernmental action with powers
to perform a regional function. The
great hope is that its experience will
pave the way for more effective in
strument of regional government to op-
crate rapid transit system, and other
compact groups to provide other area
wide services. These steps can only be
taken by voluntary means, however, and
If they are approached with the sus-
Evening star., 1960-09-04
Costro's New Ally

=, Fidel Castro's true color-Red-is
showing ever brighter these days. To no
ones surprise, he has announced that
he will not only establish diplomatic ties
with Communist China, but that he will
also cheerfully accept military aid from
Peiping if Cuba is attacked" And
Chou En-lai, that sturdy champion of
freedom, remember Tibet?) has said
that the $50 million Chinese people twill
always stand by the Cuban people"
So Castro has taken both himself
and Cuba long step closer to the point
Of no return-to that final embrace by
the Red totalitarians from which no
free man can disengage himself. Still,
this is CaStro'S business. And If the
people of Cuba wish to follow him, that,
too, is their affair.
It is also matter, however, which
is of very legitimate concern to the
Western Hemisphere, and particularly
to the other Latin American countries.
At the recent meeting of the Or
ganization of American States, some of
the foreign ministers were reluctant to
sign what has become known as the Dec
1aration of San Jose, which denounced
Sino-Soviet intrusion into this heni-
sphere. They were reluctant, the re-
ports said, because they were not quite
sure that Castro really had sold out to
the Communists
Friday nights performance in Ha-
vana should open their eyes and stiften
their resolve. Castro's more extrava-
CANT abuse was reserved for the United
States. But he also denounced the OAS
and contemptuously tore up a copy Of
the Declaration Of San Jose. e.
What is the real meaning of this?
For one thing, it means that he has de-
cided to cut his democratic Latin Amer
ican ties and take the final plunge into
the Communist orbit. It also means
that time is running out for his Latin
American neighbors. They can recog-
nize Castro for. what he is-a Com
munist tool-and deal with him &C
cordingly. Or they can hesitate and
temporize until Castro, working with
his Sino-Soviet friends and with pro-
Communist elements in his neighbor
states, succeeds in subverting the anti
Communist majority and dragging Latin
America, or part of it, along with him
as he goes down in the Communist
whirlpool.
Evening star., 1960-09-04
More Than 'KneeI-Ins'

AS a participant in the
recent visits to formerly seq
regated churches in the Alex
andria area, which were
reported in your newspaper,
we would like to make this
statement:
We view the house of God
saS a place where fellowship
and reconciliation are nur-
tured in an atmosphere con-
ducive to understanding. We
sincerely believe that mis-
understanding is that sinister
element which has caused so
much prejudice, bigotry, and
hatred.
Although it may be con-
trary to the thinking of some,
we did not come to agitate.
We believe that segregation,
and the discrimination result
ing from it, is morally wrong,
and we feel that the church
is an institution well equipped
to deal with moral problems.
The cordial smiles and the
firm handshakes of some Of
the congregation of the four
Alexandria churches we at
tended last Sunday convinces
us that they. too, knew why
we were there. Because they
shared with us in unrestricted
fellowship the love of God,
we think that they realize our
actions are more than ''kneel-
ins":: indeed, this is Opera
ton Understanding"
Henry Thomas.
Evening star., 1960-09-04
so Years Ago

Another "first" in aviation
was recorded 70 years ago
the first Wireless From the
Sky" as The Star headlined
August %, 1910. The story
said: 4" Buzz, buzz, buzz, zizz'
spoke the small voice into the
ear Of a wireless operator
atop the roof Of the grand
stand at Shaepshead Bay
race track in New York. The
message, which came from
j. D. A. McCurdy, flying a
mile away and 500 feet up,
was translated: "Anoth e r
chapter in aerial achievement
is recorded in the sending of
a wireless message from an
aeroplane.' McCurdy tapped
. out the words from a tele-
graph key attached to his
steering wheel :"
Nosey newspapermen are
sometimes regarded as pests
by guardians of the law.
This was well illustrated
when The Star Of Septem-
ber 8, 1910 relayed from
Evening star., 1960-09-04
100 Years Ago

Little Ellick" raised his
shrill voice of authority on
behalf of Democratic Presi-
dental Candidate Stephen A.
Douglas a century ago and
the South listened politely.
For Little Ellick" was Alex
ander Hamilton Stephens, a
respected Georgia Congress
man who opposed secession.
even though he later became
Vice President of the Con-
federacy. He weighed less
than 100 pounds, but loomed
large in politics. Because it
was somewhat unusual for a
prominent Southerner to
speak out for Douglas, The
Star Of September 3. 1860,
gave considerable space to
Stephens Augusta speech. It
reported: IAN immense au-
dience assembled at the City
Hall Park to hear the Hon.
Mr.. Stephens The signs
Of the time. he said, portend
evil and everything seems to
be tending to national dis
ruption and general anarchy.
Whether this tendency shall
be arrested depends on the
virtue, intelligence and
patriotism of the people of
all parts of the country in
the present great crisis Of
our history He declared
in favor of Messrs. Douglas
and CHerscheD Johnson
with whom he once nearly
fought a dueD. He dwelt on
the advantages of the Union
and the importance of pre-
serving it. It was the best
Government in the world
and if it fails we shall never
see the like again. The Union
had enemies. both in North
and South, but he was not
one Of them Douglas was
opposed by many Southern
ers, he said, because he had
refused to say it was the
duty Of Congress to pass laws
to protect slavery in the
Territories :" Stephens
often let it be known his first
concern was preservation of
Southern security with a
placid Union. After Lincoln
was elected. he made a speech
Evening star., 1960-09-04
Mr.. Nixon's S Dilemma

Virginia's Governor Almond, in a
statement which does justice neither to
himself nor to Mr. Nixon, has accused
the Vice President of trying to capitalize
on the religious issue.
The Almond theory is that Mr..
Nixon is trying to make capital out OF
this issue by repeatedly referring to It.,
"ostensibly to deprecate it," BY impli-
cation the Governor is saying that Mr..
Nixon should never mention religion in
any context-a piece Of advice which
Mr.. Almond himself chooses to honor
in the breach.
It is true, of course, that Mr.. Nixon
has alluded to the religious question.
In Birmingham, for instance, he said
the decision of the voters in November
must not be based on religion or other
irrelevant things, but on the great issues
which will determine the future Of
America and the Free World.
Perhaps he should not have said
this. But both candidates find them
selves in very difficult position. With
the religious issue emerging openly in
the campaign, often in scurrilous form,
Senator Kennedy has felt impelled time
and again to address himself to 1t, to
deny that his religion would influence
his official conduct as President. Can
he be expected to remain silent and take
the risk that some people might construe
silence to mean that the charges are
true? Mr.. Nixon's position is not greatly
different. He is the potential beneficiary
of anti-Catholic sentiment. If, knowing
what is going on, he were to remain
silent, he surely would be accused Of
tacitly .condoning the raising of the
religious issue in the hope of benefting
from it.
Governor Almond may be able to
read the Nixon mind. We can't. It is
clear, however, that the Vice President
for the record has sought to combat the
injection of the religious issue into the
campaign. It is also fact that he has
privately issued strict instructions to all
members of his staff and to the staff of
the Republican National Committee that
they must refrain from any association
with any group dealing in the religious
question, that they must have nothing
to do with any anti-Catholic literature
and that they should refrain from even
discussing the issue in any way, shape
or form.
This may be politically wise, but we
think Mr.. Nixon is also acting in good
faith. When Governor Almond suggests
the contrary, he should remember that
it is he, not Mr.. Nixon, who is injecting
the religious issue into the Virginia
phase of the campaign.
Evening star., 1960-09-04
Have a Care, Dior!

One of our favorite fashion editors
posed challenging question the other
day on whether Dior'S "brioche- tooth
paste tube silhouette" will prove "too
gimmicky" for American women. Of
hand, it might seem that the question
should be left strictly to the women to
answer. So it would, perhaps, If the
silhouette had been described in other,
or more understandable, terms.
But a brioche-toothpaste tube!
What in the name Of Dior, or better
still our Aunt Hattie, are they talking
about? Toothpaste tubes we recognize
as mangled and twisted containers of
stuff that is almost guaranteed to give
us sparkling smile. But what meaning
Of brioche do these f1endish PariSianS
have in mind? Our dictionary, for ex-
ample, defines it first as yeast dough
rich with eggs and butter, second as
breakfast or tea roll, and third as
knitted foot cushion. Our toothpaSte
has enough strange things in 1t already
without adding eggs and butter, we de-
cline to eat 1t with rolls and we have
no idea how it could be combined with
foot cushion-knitted or otherwise
There's a gimmick somewhere in
this nonsense all right, and, If Dior
really wants to know, it is too gimnicky
not only for American women but for
the American men who pay for what
the American women wear in order to
please the American men. Well take
our toothpaSte neat, and prefer our
female silhouettes the same way.
Evening star., 1960-09-04

discussing secession in which
he appealed to Georgians
and others in the spirit Of
his States motto. Wisdom,
Justice and M Cd era I'll o n"
Lincoln wrote Stephens that
any fears by Southerners
that his administration would
interfere. directly or indi-
rectly, with their slaves was
groundless. IT suppose. how
ever" Lincoln added. "this
does not meet the case. You
think slavery is right, while
we think it is wrong and
ought to be restricted. That.
I suppose. is the rub. It
certainly is the only differ
pfpe hptw6Af1 Ilg
Evening star., 1960-09-04

expediting the enlargement
of continents, the extension
of peninsulas. the creation of
islands. Let's use atomic
power sensibly. Extending
dry land areas will lower
ocean levels. After dredging
up new land equal to the vol
ume Of the Antarctic ice cap,
that ice can then (and only
them be melted safely-not
inundating any coasts but
filling naturally the lowered
world oceans. So, the Ant
arctic Continent Tor giant
islands) will be available for
further expansion of the hu-
man species. BY the time that
area gets crowded we shall be
landing on other planets in a
smooth transition.
HeaVe-HO.
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p1cion evidenced by Senator Morse they
may as well be forgotten.
Finally, the Morse amendment to
"equalize" the transit commission men,
bership would not have accomplished
that purpose. 1t simply would have
killed (for who knows how many more
years2) any transit compact at all, for
this compact revision certainly would
never have been acceptable to the Mary
land and Virginia Legislatures.
Evening star., 1960-09-04
Other Capitals

Washington. D. c., Amer
ica's diplomatic front door,
is hanging on a rusty hinge,
as The Star pointed out in
the letter "Unkempt Capital"
The gravity Of the situation.
however, may be far greater
than a few beer cans and di-
lapidated tree boxes.
In many countries less for
tunate financially than the
United States, the capital
doorway is the most attrac-
tive, often the only attractive
part of the house. In Thai
land, for example. all roads
lead to Bangkok, and to the
dust-covered traveller it seems
that all respectable roads not
only lead to but are within
that capital city.
Perhaps Malaga is the best
example. Large stretches of
the tropical Federation re-
main roadleSs and lack even
the sim pie t conveniences,
such as electricity and plumb
ing. Yet its capital, Kuala
Lumpur. which already is one
Of Asia's finest cities, contin-
ues to be preened and primed
with a large share of yearly
federal expenditures. Its sub
urbs rival Americas. and its
new airport Is as spankingly
appealing as the front win
dow Of a high-class depart
ment store.
Today Washington is Wis
tied by an ever increasing
number of foreign dignitaries,
such as the King and Queen
Of Thailand and Malaya's
Prime Minister Tengku Abdul
Rahman, who is due here in
October. I wonder what first
impression they get Of Amer
lea as a whole upon viewing
our national showpiece hang
ing on its rusty hinge.
Kenneth S. LangbelI.
Evening star., 1960-09-04

Most of us are specialists
in criticizing other folks. We
have surely had enough ex-
perience in that line. II
practice makes perfect, then
in that field, as elsewhere,
we ought to be proficient.
Whether we will it or not. we
are always sizing up other
people by their looks and
words. their attitudes and
actions. However, it is pass
ing strange, as that revered
teacher, William Lyon
Phelps, used to say, that "a
man who seems so dissatis-
fled with nearly everything;
who is dissatisfied with the
weather, with the President,
with his employer, with his
neighbors, with his income,
. should be SO satisfied with
himself" Dissatisfaction, like
charity, should begin at
home.
If it really did, and we re-
signed from any one of life's
vital relationships, would we
be reelected? Or, could we
honestly rehire ourselves?
Shall we think, in this con-
nection, of the sacred rela-
tionship of marriage? What
is happening to marriage is
one of the most ominous
symptoms of our ailing and
failing civilization. If hus-
bands and wives were to face
the question, eff I were to re-
sign would I be re-elected?"
the revelation would, alas,
too often suggest some pre-
cious things that had been
lost by the wayside since the
high hour of orange bios
SONS and wedding bells.
One day I saw Prof. George
H. Palmer unveil the face of
his lovely wife. Alice Free
man Palmer, as it had been
captured in white marble
and set up in the Hall of
Fame. Never was there a
day in their ideal married
life when. in case of a resig-
nation, they would not have
reelected each other. One
day, looking at an opal
which DR.. Palmer had given
her, his wife exclaimed: "It
has the splendor of the sun
at its heart and changes into
fresh beauty whenever I look
at it," Then she added:
THAT, dear friend, is like
married life, isn't it? All
things made new every
morning and every evening. /"
This lovely story lights up
every one of life's other re-
lationships and throws its
searching light upon the
question-If you resigned,
would you be-relected?
Strickland Gilliand, in
searching lines, suggests the
test: d.
Just stand aside and see
yourself go by,
Think of yourself as he
instead of I.
Pick tIa,DS. find fault, forget
the man is you,
And try to make the estimate
ring true.
Confront yourself, look you
in the eye;
Just stand aside and see
yourself 90 by.
Could you honestly vote to
re-elect yourself?