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Evening star., 1960-07-19

. spondent OF the Boston Globe.
had memorized every State
delegation.
During the next hour or so,
he checked with Bobby almost
on the hour. Jacks figures
we're within a half vote of
Bobby's final tally.
All through the long night
Jack seemed to have a certain
quiet confidence. He had sur
vived every type of opposition
and now was waiting for the
big one. Finally they started.
Jack didn't say a word; just
nodded his head slightly as
the vote from each State
matched the figures on his
tally sheet. The vote reached
$50. 80.
Smile the TipOff
The Senator spotted his
brother Teddy among the Wy
oming delegation wearing the
famous Kennedy grin. Teddy S
smile was a tipoff. Jack leaned
forward and said:s
This could do it." The chair
man of the Wyoming delega-
ton said: Wyoming casts all
IS votes for the next President
of the United States
Get Jackie at the Cape, ''
the Senator asked me.
. I got her on the outside pri-
vate line.
Five minutes later Jack was
before the television cameras
outside the door.
. We pushed our way through
the crowd, and the motorcycle
escort took off for the conven-
ton.
Evening star., 1960-07-19


Senator Kennedy says it is the
record of a liberal.
Here are some of the high.
/ lights Of the Kennedy recorC
when he became the Demo
cratic nominee:
Labor -and-Management-Ht
/ was the chairman in 1857 Of {
subcommittee which inveSti'
gated improper practices II
labor and management. A yea
later, after serving on the Nc
Clellan Committee. he intro
duced the Kennedy-Ives bill
which failed to pass the House
He then introduced the Ken
nedy-Ervin bill which passed
the Senate but was changed II
the House.
/ Appreciated by Meaney
/ This earned him the enmity
of some labor leaders. notably
James r. Hoffa, president OF
the Teamsters Union. But
George Meany. president of the
AFL-CIO. expressed "our ap-
probation for your leadership
in the fight to enact a law
which will help honest labor
and honest management deal
with the problems created by
a corrupt minority"
At the Democratic conven-
Ition, AFL-CIO leaders support
ed him for the nomination.
/ Farm-Senator Kennedy
spoke at length on the farm
problem prior to the WiScon-
sin primary. One of his heart
of-the-matter statements was;
I'VE have no wish to become
a Nation of giant commercial
corporation farms and absen-
tee landlords. Our whole vital
ity as a Nation depends on a
contrary course. Our job is to
look out for the family farm
and we can count on the fam
lily farm to look out for the
future of our soil"
On Civil Rights
Civil Rights-Two years aft
er the Supreme Court decision
ordering desegregation in the
public schools, Senator Kenne-
dy said. in response to a ques-
ton: 1T is unanimous and it
is the law. Under our system,
that is the end of the matter.
I accept it,"
In the debate this year on
civil rights, Senator Kennedy
voted to give the Attorney Cen
eral power to intervene in civil
rights cases, the Federal reg
istrar plan to insure voting
rights. and amendments to ex-
tend civil rights protection.
In other areas, Senator Ken
nedy CO sponsored a bill to
raise the minimum wage to
SIPS and to extend coverage
Of the bill to 8 million addi-
tional workers. He introduced
bill or rights to improve
pie and an amendment to the
living conditions for older peo-
Social Security Act to provide
medical insurance for the aged
On national defense, he
called for a stepped-up missile
program, the rebuilding and
modernization of the Army ano
Marine Corps, and an emerg-
ency stop gap air alert pro-
gram to deter missile attacks.
Tomorrow: The Two Big Issues
Evening star., 1960-07-19
PROFILE OF A CANDIDATE
Kennedy's Speeches
Give Views on Issues
BY RELMAN MORN
Associated Press star Writer

In campaigning for the Democratic presidential
ton Senator Kennedy spoke out everything from foreign
policy to fishing from the problem of depressed regions
the Importance Of primary elections
He plunged into the controversial of policy
civil rights and labor legislation
Before that there years in the Senate and the
Evening star., 1960-07-19
Kennedy 'Hideuwoy'
Had Its Own Secrets
BY DAVID POWERS
North American Newspaper Alliance

LOS ANGELES, July 19.-I rented the hiCeaway apart
ment week before Jack moved into Los Ange.es.
The apartment ideal You could drive t. into the
driveway and be in the elevator in few seconds.
William Gargan the private eye fellow teeviSon
one OF the apartments the building One morning
Evening star., 1960-12-11
What's ahead in
job opportunities

Attention all families with children
in school and college! Important
new information for future career.
builders has been issued by the
Department of Labor's Bureau of
Labor Statistics: professional and
technical fields are undergoing rapid
Evening star., 1960-12-11

expansion. BY 1875 one out of every
seven workers will be employed in
these highly specialized fields. The
chart below, prepared for THIS
WEEK by Craphics Institute, shows
where the big job opportunities will
lie for today's youngsters.
Evening star., 1960-04-06
Where Is 1t?

Remote and forbidding as it is in all
its rugged glory, Mount Everest hardly
seems the sort of territory which nations
with expansioniSt ideas would covet. Yet
Communist China now has come forward
with claim to ownership of the mighty
mountain-a claim disputed and re-
jected by Nepal, which in the past has
exercised jurisdiction there and issued
permits for its exploration.
Maps have indicated that the Hi
malayan giant, first conquered in 1853
by Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand
and Tenzing Norkay, a NepaIeSe Sherpa
guide, was on the border between Nepal
and Tibet. The border itself never has
been clearly defined, however The Chi
neSe claim arises as a result of the Red
invasion and domination of Tibet-al-
though Tibet itself never had made a
similar claim.
So far as is known, Mount Everest
has no economic or military importance
to warrant the interest of the Chinese
Communist government Perhaps the
Reds are motivated by the same intangi-
BILE urge that led Sir Edmund to dare its
heights, namely, 1T is there" The ques-
ton which now must be settled, peace
fully, we hope-is Where is it?"
Evening star., 1960-04-06
Old Tune in Moscow

In his Moscow speech reporting on
his visit to France, Premier Khrushchev
has done little more than repeat himself.
Once again, but perhaps somewhat more
moderately than in the past, he has at
tackled Chancellor Adenauer. And once
again he has threatened to sign sepa-
rate peace treaty with the East Germans
II France, Britain and the United States
cannot be persuaded to go along with his
views regarding Berlin'S status and the
future of divided Germany.
This is old and somewhat tireSome
stuff, like phonograph record that has
become dull from being played too often.
Nevertheless, for reasons best known to
himself, Mr.. KhruShchev apparently be-
lieveS that such repetitiveneSS-a kind
OF dOuble-talk mixture of yelled threat
and sweet reaSonableneSS-Ser a use
full purpose, from the Soviet standpoint,
in preparing the way for hard bargaining
at the summit conference beginning next
month. In that respect, he and the
Kremlin may regard it as something
we'll designed to keep our side guessing,
If not confused, until the time comes for
everybody to get down to brass tackS and
start negotiating in earnest.
OF course, even when he extrava-
gantly attacks DR.. Adenauer, or speaks
warningly about separate treaty, the
Soviet Premier puts on a pretty good
show of seeming to be reasonable. In his
Moscow talk, for example, he has been
at pains to promise that he will do his
best to negotiate 'on grounds that can
be acceptable to the Western powers"
In the next breath, however, he suggests
as he has been doing repeatedly for
months paSt-that he will be tough in
insisting on his own terms regarding
Berlin and Germany. In the circum-
stances, there is no way of knowing ex-
actly what he has in mind. Presumably
he will make his position less unclear
when he sets it forth at the summit.
Evening star., 1960-04-06
Out of Line?

Last year. for the first
time, residents of Prince
Georges County began to
hope for some of the beauty
experienced by commuters
from other D. C. outlying
districts. For the Peace Cross
received an entire face-lift-
ing with boat docks, long
sweeping grassed areas and
graceful highway curves.
Can anyone tell us why,
after this great expense to
National Capital Parks Cor
whoever built it,, that con-
struction has just begun on
cinder block carry-out res
taurant whose corner ex-
tends prominently into one
of these curves to within
three feet of the concrete?
This not only blocks the view
of a driver rounding the
curve; it destroys the
appearance of the entire prof.
ect.
Unless the construction is
a breach of the building
code. there is need of a Sc
rious review of the codes
wording or of the right-of-
way procurement policy of
the Highway Department.
Prince Georges Resident
Evening star., 1960-04-06
Still q Horse Race

Senator Kennedy'S win in WiScon-
lsin, while decisive in terms of popular
vote, is not the kind of victory which will
bring him the Democratic nomination on
a silver platter. On the contrary, the
race for the nomination remains wide
open affair.
With almost all of the votes counted,
Senator Kennedy had 463 ,466 to 1863, lis
for Senator Humphrey. Thus, the Mas
SachuSettS Senator got about Sc percent
of the total Democratic vote. He also
carried six of WisconSin's 10 congress
sional districts, and won 2012 convention
delegates to 1912 for Senator Humphrey.
There are offSetting factors, how
ever, to this seemingly impressive tri-
umph. For example, the total Demo-
cratic vote in yesterdays primary was
24000 greater than the Democratic
total in the 1856 general election Where
did these 240,000 voters come from?
Were many of them Catholic Republi-
cans crossing over to vote for Senator
Kennedy?
There is some evidence that this
was the case. The combined Kennedy
Humphrey vote in this primary was sub
Stantially larger than the total Demo-
cratic vote in the general election in
1914, 1943, 1852 or 1856. And of course
1t was far greater than any previous
Democratic primary vote. On the other
hand, the Republican primary vote was
down. Mr.. Nixon, running unopposed,
got 334 900 votes. In 1856, Mr.. EiSen-
hover, also virtually unopposed, rolled
up 437000 votes. And in the general
election that year 954,000 Wisconsinites
recorded their preference for Ike.
What happened to the Republican
voters yesterday in heavily Catholic Wis
consin? Did they simply not bother to
vote for Mr.. Nixon? Or did they cross
over in large numbers to vote for Sen
ator Kennedy? Obviously, the latter was
at least an important element in the
primary result, and it, along with other
things, serves to fuZz up the Kennedy
picture.
His win in Hubert Humphreys
backyard" will be duly noted by the
Democratic politicoS. But it will not
start rush toward a Kennedy band
wagon, and it will heighten interest in
the Democratic primary in West Vir-
ginia on May 10. This will produce
another head-to-head battle between
Senators Humphrey and Kennedy, and
the Catholic vote in West Virginia is
small
Evening star., 1960-04-06
No Serious Differences

One reason for the great encourage
ment surrounding the District suffrage
hearings which opened before a House
Judiciary subcommittee today is the
similarity between the constitutional
amendment proposal approved by the
Senate in February and the one now be-
fore the subcommittee headed by Rep
reSentative Celler of New York.
Purposes of the two, as they relate
to the District, are Identical: To end the
odiouS and SenSeleSS diSfranchiSemen
which has afflicted Washington citizens
since 1900, by granting them the right
to vote in national elections and to have
representation in the Congress which
controls them
The two versions agree on the num-
ber of Delegates who should represent
the District in the House. They agree
that the powers and duties of these Dele
gates should be determined by Congress
later. They disagree only on the number
of electors of the President and Vice
President to which the District would be
entitled. In the House version, proposed
by Mr.. Celler, the number would be the
same as the number of House Delegates
probably three. In the Senate, two
more would be permitted-a number
equal to the total number of Senators
and Representatives to which the Dis
trict would be entitled if it were a State.
Now, the District is not State, and
no impression should be left of any in
tention to make it State. Neither this
nor any other change in the status of
the Nations Capital is involved in the
differences regarding presidential cleo
tors We believe that the slightly larger
number proposed by the Senate is rea-
Sonable, however and that this would
be acceptable to most members of the
House. 1t is of great Importance, further
more, that the two versions conform as
closely as possible in order to simplify
the reconciliation of differences in Ian
guage.
These are details, at any rate, which
should be discussed fully at the hearings,
and we feel certain that they will be
given every consideration by Mr.. Celler
and his subcommittee. In the mean
time, however, no detail should divert
attention from the basic plea of Wash
ingtonS citizenS-to be granted at last
the voice in national government which
is enjoyed by every other citizen of the
land.
Evening star., 1960-04-06
Ready to Compete in Air

During the first ten days of this
month five commercial airlineS flying
Western flags are initiating or expand
ing services into Moscow. None is
American, although all are tied to Serv-
ice to and from New York City-either
through extension of direct flights or
through closely connecting ones Four
British, French, Belgian and Scandi-
'navian-are flying pure jet transports.
The fifth, Dutch, is flying the American
built turbo-prop Electra with plans to
switch to the pure jet DC-8 within few
weeks. All are matched, between Mos
cow and their own capitals, by Russian
Aerof1ot jet service.
: Against this background, it is both
interesting and encouraging, at long
=, last, that the Soviet government has
, informed our own that it is prepared
, to discuss reciprocal Russian American
commercial air service. With the un-
! iderStanding that agreement "in prin-
: ciple" already existed, negotiations for
setting up such service were requested
. by the State Department in October,
1858. Both Pan American World Air
ways and Trans World Airlines, Ameri-
can flag carriers, are bidding for rights
4 in Moscow and have, in fact, engaged
in preliminary conversations while wait
5 ing for the essential agreements at gov
ernment level.
Russian interest at the moment is
attributed largely to an expectation that
as many as $4,000 American tourists will
visit the Soviet Union this year, and
that the volume of this traffic will in
crease sharply in the near future. On
long-term basis, however, there is no
doubt that the Soviet Union now con-
: siders itself in position to list the civil
, airwayS as another battle-ground of its
: economic warfare with the West in gen.
eral and the United States in particular.
, From the Soviet viewpoint, the per-
formance of RuSSian-built jet aircraft
supports this confidence.
1t is notable, too, that the pattern
of Western flying rights into the Soviet
Union designates Moscow as the sole
terminal. Rights have not been granted
for flights beyond Moscow in any direc-
Evening star., 1960-04-06
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL
ALEXANDRIA, Va.

Dear Sir:
IF any one has yet claimed
to see the first robin it has
escaped my attention. ANY,
way. I am sure l am way out
front in reporting that l
have seen not one robin but a
tree full!
True. it was a small tree.
but there must have been
a hundred, if not more. This
occurred while snow was on
the ground and the robins
seemed bewildered and un-
certain what to do next.
After much conversation,
they departed in a flock.
DO you suppose they came
from the South. hoping to
escape the unusual cold
there? 1t seemed rather
early for them to be migrat-
ing. OF course, this may not
be an unusual occurrence,
but as I am a bird lover I
observe them rather regu-
larly and this was a new ex-
perience for me.
Have I ever told you that
I love your column?
With best wishes, am
Sincerely yours, v. J. R."
First robins come a dime
the dozen these days.
People have been reporting
them since before Christmas!
There is no first robin, OF
course, except the resident
one in your own yard.
When he comes, spring has
arrived.
Until then, the big increase
in out-of-toWn sightseeing
buses, with their loads Of
teen-agers, will mean nothing
much except juvenile happi-
ness and excitement and good
business for bus companies
and hotels.
The first real spring sign
is that first real robin that
determined to make a sort Of
base of operation out of your
own yard, however large or
small.
A robin, happily, likes a
50-foot yard as well as a 100
foot one, or a 5,000-foot one.
What counts with Old Man
Robin is a good meaty turf.
green and succulent, loaded
with worms.
Give him that, and he, too,
knows spring is here.
Evening star., 1960-04-06
Humane Research

Mrs. Albin in a recent let
ter seems less constructive
than she might have been
when she complained about
the dogs kept for research
in a subbasement of the
Government. Congress is
humane and so are the peo-
pie Of this country. They are
practical, too, but they are
just beginning to learn that
research animals must have
a larger share of the research
dollar; that we must have
sound research animals for
sound research findings.
The contemplated 50 mil
lion building at Beltsville to
humanely house these ami
mails should have the active
support of Mrs. Albin. A good
part of this building will be
used for administration, lab
oratories, operating room,
etc. Each of the 720 dogs,
however, will have inside
outside quarters similar to
animals in the Zoo. They will
no longer be confined to
small grid bottom cages for
life "a system in general
use across the country.
The supporters of WARDS
have practical compassion.
Their objective is not a dog
house" but a humane stress
free system for handling all
animals who serve mankind
in this painful way. We need
help.
PeytOn Hawes Dunn
WARDS, Secretary, Welfare
of Animals Used for Re
search in Drugs and
Surgery.
Evening star., 1960-04-06

ton, other than the in-and-out corridor,
an arrangement that gives Aeroflot an
obvious advantage at this developing
hub of international air traffic
With all this, however, it would be
a welcome development for American
carriers to have the right to extend
their own services to the Russian capital
and there are no grounds for apprehen-
sion about our ability to compete. The
proposed negotiations should be under
taken as soon as practicable.
Evening star., 1960-04-06

1t seems a special school
in D. C. is to reinstate the
three Rs to their position Of
pristine glory.
Many teachers in colleges
and professional schools will
be ecstatic, looking forward
to the day when all children
will learn how to spell and
write dramatically correct
sentences. The situation in
recent years has been little
short of tragic.
In 1884, when the National
Academy of Broadcasting was
established, there was no par
ticular problem in spelling
and pronouncing new words,
skills absolutely essential to
radio or TV performer.
1t was in the forties that
professional schools and COL
legeS began to reap the
whirlwind" with a vengeance.
Students did not even under
stand the structure of SEN
tenceS.
In the good old days"
even country school teachers
had to pass an examination
in "orthoepy" as we'll as in
spelling before they were al
lowed to teach. Somewhere
along the line "orthoepy" be-
came "phoneticS" and then
"phonics" and finally became
a subject taught only to col
lege speech majors.
1t is common now for stu
dents entering the broad
casting academy to spell
writing writing" here
hear" course coarse" and
financial "fnical." One stu
dent, asked to pronounce
"vagaries,' said various
repeatedly, proving his in
ability to syllabicate or to
sound out" voWels and con-
sonantS. Several students
did not know the order of the
letters in the alphabet, a fact
that explained the miXed-up
cards in the music library
files.
Young people have been
"short-changed" by teachers
whose own teachers were
progressive" in the worst
sense. Two generations of
teachers have studied meth
DDS more than subject mat
ter. They have been afraid
Evening star., 1960-04-06
Gift for Hill Wives

Where was the Rabaut
Committee, the protector of
the Federal Governments
share of the Districts purse
strings, when four acres of
District park land was being
given away to Congressional
wives for a women's club?
They were strictly silent when
this matter was put to Con-
gress but welded a big stick
when the decision was finally
made that the Federal Gov
ernment would contribute
only S25 million. less than 10
per cent, toward $239 mil
lion District of Columbia
budget, even though the Fed
eral Government occupies 40
per cent of the taxable land
in the District of Columbia. 1t
may be time for another
Boston Tea Party.
ROLAND G. LamensdOrf.
4
Fringe benefits for our
Congressman are taken as a
matter of course, but appar-
emily something new is about
to be added. 1t looks as if
the Congressional Club is 60
ing to receive a large ladle
of gravy.
The fact that the member
ship of that exclusive social
club is composed, in large
part, of congressional wives,
daughters. mothers, ct al. is
probably just a coincidence.
However, if the measure now
before the House Interior
Committee goes through, the
ladies are going to latch onto
a choice piece of Massa-
chuSettS avenue real estate
at no cost.
1t is true that the present
location of the Congress
sional Club is not in a fash
ionable neighborhood, and
if the ladies feel that they
need a new site and a new
building, I am all for it. I
agree with the Congressman
who is alleged to have said
that the girls deserve a de-
cent clubhouse to make up
for the social activities they
are missing back home.
But I am afraid that this
bit of congressional gener-
oSity is going to start a run
on the bank. We do have a
number of choice sites left in
Evening star., 1960-04-06

to use the discipline of drill
and memory training.
Those who are greeting
educational TV with open
arms as an aid to the class
room teacher should beware
of converting it into one
more "frill." The fact that
TV quizzes have become
major hits should show edu-
Gators that contests in SPELL
ing and mental arithmetic,
with winning teams appear
ing on T'V, could be a great
incentive to study.
Certainly we should not
return to the exact methods
of our grandparents schools,
but we have learned that
there is no short cut in edu-
cation which will omit men
tai discipline and memory
training. Radio and televi-
sion should be used just as
visual aids are in the school,
room and progressive work.
shop methods should not be
done away with. Reason
rather than rote should rule.
But no child can possibly
become an educated adult
unless he can read, any more
than musician can become
a concert artist without long
hours of practice with trills,
scales and arpeggios.
The fundamentals must
not be omitted even if we
have to spend money to get
more teachers and more
schoolroomS or lengthen the
school year to accommodate
more students.
Alice Keith,
President, National Academy
of Broadcasting, Inc.
4 4
AS graduate of Washing
ton Normal School. and a
first-grade teacher here for
l3 years, I reply to your edi-
torial, The Pen in Decline. ="
The decline of good pen
manship is the direct result
of this misnamed progress
sive education" which is re-
sponSible for all school trou-
bles, including delinquency.
Writing was scrapped for
printing in the first, and, 1
believe, in the second grade,
when hit or miss" teaching
began. Printing lenses the
Evening star., 1960-04-06
Nature In the Raw

1t Is encouraging to note
that we are to have a new
800-acre unspoiled wooded
park at Great Falls. 1t is
badly needed for all nature
lovers.
Now, all we have to do is
cut down the trees to make
way for six-lane access roads.
Then all of us motorists can
enjoy nature in the raw.
Nature Lover.