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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-25
WATCHING THE WORLD
De GouIIe Moves Watched With Hone
BY CROSBY S. MOVE
Foreian Correspondent Of The Stor

Communist help and yielded
only after the Melun fiasco
forced their hand.
IF only de Gaulle had
spoken of an Algerian repub-
lie six months ago." they add,
things would have been very
different"
Element Of Bluff
Despite such talk, there Is
still an impression Of q con-
siderable element of bluff
when it comes to Communist
Intervention in the Algerian
war. There is at least no
evidence that any substantial
aid will be forthcoming soon.
And one suspects that Ma
tionalist leaders will wait to
see the results of Gen. de
Gaulle's new moves before
deciding to play their Com
muniSt card.
Even then, its Importance
Is likely to be more diplo-
matte than military. No
amount of Communist aid is
likely to put the Algerian reb-
els in a position to defeat or
even seriously challenge the
French army in Algeria. On
the other hand, Nationalist
leaders obviously hope the
threat to "internationalize"
the Algerian conflict would
result in strong American
pressure on France for a
negotiated settlement.
Any such move, however,
is likely to be held in reserve.
1t is widely believed here that
Gen. de Gaulle has decided
in favor of an independent
Algeria more or less closely
tied to France. For their
part, Nationalist leaders are
convinced that they cannot
be permanently excluded
from an Algerian govern
ment. Indeed, they have no
doubt that in the long run
they will ultimately control it.
In this, of course. they could
well be mistaken. The Ma
tionalists are inclined to
overestimate their own pop
ularity with the Moslem
masses in Algeria. Neverthe-
less, it seems probable that
whatever they may say in
public, the leaders Of the
rebellion will watch the
Development of Gen. de
Gaulle's Algerian program
with something approaching
benevolence. If he continues
to move in the present direc-
ton and succeeds in imposing
his plan on his right-wing
opponents, it is possible that
something approaching an
unofficial and undeclared
truce in the fighting could
result. At which point an ef-
fort to reopen negotiations on
a final solution of the Al
gerian problem would have
some chance Of success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-25
Plans and Parks

In view of the regional growth TAX
ing place today, the continued exclusion
of two-thirds of Prince Georges County
from the planning and coming juriSdic-
ton of the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission is ri
diculous, and we hope the Maryland
legislature will extend the commission
boundaries in January to correct this
fault.
Opposition in outlying areas of
Prince Georges is likely to be Stiffened by
the protests which have greeted recent
commission plans for the upper regions
Of Montgomery County. But whether
these particular protests are justified or
not has nothing to do with the utter
vacuum of planning in most of Prince
Georges. If Washington area planning
is to have real value in the years ahead,
1t certainly must include all of this fast
growing county. Even beyond the rural
areas of Prince Georges, planning con-
trolls exist in Charles, Anne Arundel and
Howard Counties - leaving this one
pocket of land with no guide to orderly
growth.
At the same time, the commission is
asking the legislature to raise the pres
ent ceiling on the park tax which applies
to residents of the close-in urban Sec
tons of Montgomery and Prince
Georges, and also to expand these high
park-taX areas somewhat. The develop
ment of parks in Maryland, and particu-
larly in Montgomery, has been outstand-
ing over the years, and this is attrib-
utable to the wisdom of the officials who
long ago established the separate park
tax. Now, because of increased land costs
and a backlog of needs, the commission
feels the tax should be raised.
After presenting this request to the
Montgomery delegates to the legislature,
however, the commission was told to
develop its justification for the expan-
sion more fully, and in writing. This by
all means the commission should do.
For if the delegates from these regions
cannot be completely convinced of the
need, the State legislature as a whole is
certainly not likely to be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-25
TUNIS.

IUN4S.
Gen. Charles de Gaulle's
latest moves toward an indie
pendent executive" in AL
geria are being watched with
some hope and not a little
Illustration by the leaders of
the Tunisian government.
President Habib Bourguiba,
who has been bitterly critical
of the French President in
recent weeks has now changed
his tune abruptly. Today he
is telling visitors that the Al
gerian drama has entered
into its decisive stage and
that he is optimistic about
prospects.
DE Gaulle is the only man
in France today who can
solve the problem" he says.
I'VE must do everything we
can to help him"
But how? Tunisians who
have long hoped to play a
moderating role between Gen.
de Gaulle and leaders of the
Algerian rebellion have no
good answers.
1.-THE trouble with De
Gaulle," complains a high
government official, lis that
his leadership is so personal
and his plans so secret that
it's almost impossible to help
him even if you want to. In
its present phase the problem
is largely one to be settled
between the French them
selves. And anything that we
might say or do could do
more harm than good"
Turn to Reds for Help
There is another reason
why Tunisians at this point
may be reluctant to try to
push their Algerian friends
into negotiations with the
French. Their last effort
along this line ended in abor-
tive talks at Melun last June.
Nationalist came away from
these talks convinced that
Gen. de Gaulle's offer for a
cease-fire amounted to Moth
ing less than a demand for
outright surrender. And in
the bitter aftermath Of
Melun. the fateful decision
was made to turn to Russia
and Red China for help.
The attitude of the Tunis-
ians toward this Communist
support of the Algerian rebel
lion is curiously self contradic-
tory. At one moment you are
told that it was a move of
decisive Importance and at
least partly responsible for
the new proposals Gen. de
Gaulle announced on Novem-
Der 4. In the next breath,
however, the same officials
will remind you that they
held out for four years
against the idea Of inviting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-25

she knew nothing about the
Russians, he urged her:
Find out all you can and
tell me from time to time.
I like them and I want to
understand them" And here
follows Nine. Perkins con-
fession:
Unfortunately, I had no
time to make a profound
study Of the Russians, but I
read a few books and talked
with a few people who had
lived in Russia. From time to
time I had passed on what I
had learned to the President.
On one occasion I told him
how one man who had lived
in Russia a great deal had
responded to my question,
what makes the Russians tick,
with these words: The desire
to do the Holy will"
Whoever made that state
ment was either a full blown
idiot or a Communist. APP
parently the President fell
for that misinformation for
he continued to his dying day
to give Stalih everything and
asked nothing from him in
RETURN" as his "hunch" die
tated. Khrushchev, there
fore, has good reason to
yearn for the return of the
good old Roosevelt days to
practice more of the Soviet
reciprocity spirit: "You give
me everything and I give you
nothing" This was Khru-
shchev's true motive in send
ing the cable to President
elect Kennedy.
One can only hope that
Senator Kennedy knows more
than Roosevelt ever learned
about the Soviet bosses. And
If he does not know, he will
call in the true authorities
to guide him better than did
Madam Perkins or could be
done by such men as Adlai
Stevenson, Chester Bowles,
George F. KEENAN,, etc. SEN
ator Kennedy must bear in
mind that the Soviet regime
of 1860 is Aot the Stain
regime Of 1943 when 1t was
being threatened by the Ger
man armies and by the un-
told millions of anti-Soviet
enemies right in the country.
And while Stains dream too
was the elimination of the
United States from world
leadership and the commu-
nization of the entire world,
it was Khrushchev who has
warned us time and time
again: WI will bury you"
He wants the new admins
tration to return to the Roo
sevelt Zine" to hasten our
destruction.
Will Kennedy fall for this?
Will ed-blooded Americans
sit idly by and witness their
destruction without doing
something about it?
]. Anthony Marcus,
Institute of Foreign Trade.
New York rifv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-25
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Protection From Potential Sex Criminals

little boy. If this necessarily
involved the determination Of
them all. then society had the
duty Of e~xterminating them.
Society's first duty is to
protect the innocent and
helpless against the murder
ing hound element. When po-
lice catch the murderer Of
this innocent and helpless lit
tie boy. I predict that the
editorial bleeding hearts will
bleed copiously for him, as
per usual. Most of them have
already acquitted him, by ref
erences to sex maniac" and
such-like. A human skunk
who happens to enjoy unor-
thodox sex practices is no
more likely to be a maniac"
than anyone else. One who
murders his victim to prevent
the victim from picking him
out of a lineup is the very
reverse Of a maniac" But
even if this particular hound
were a maniac" Whatever
that Isl, if exterminating him
is the only way of removing
him permanently as a danger
to helpless children, then he
should be exterminated.
Edmund A. Gibson.
Reading the sad, pathetic
story Of Michael Condetti
brought tears to my eyes as
I'm sure it must have to ev-
cry father who, like myself,
has been blessed with chill
dren. A poor innocent little
child, the victim of what
would have to be a warped
mind, wandering freely, pro-
tected by the laws Of this
land which are supposed to
protect the innocent. Did
these laws protect innocent
little Michael - these laws
that let known perverts free
ly exploit themselves on un-
suSpecting persons?
1t is high time that this
criminal neglect on the part
Of the judicial system of our
supposed democracy be rec
titled.
Why not build a palace or
maybe even a whole city for
these perverts and let them
cavort with each other as
they see At? If someone
were 10 start q fund for such
a project they could have un-
limited financial support in
no time; I think that every
one would welcome the op-
portunity to help rid society
OF its worst possible menace,
these ridiculous perverts.
Let's keep this issue alive
and not let it slip into the
background only to be re-
freshed in everybody's mind
by another murder.
David B. Weimer.
4 4
After the Condetti boy
tragedy, being the father of
two children myself, ages 2
and 5. I was sick that such
a thing had again happened.
On reading in The Star that
the police knew of at least
SO men who were capable of
such a crime and such men
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-25

were free to roam the streets,
my wife and I pondered the
wisdom of a society that
would allow circumstances to
lead to such a preventable
crime. Could not these men
be subject to psychiatric
treatment. and, if such treat
ment were not effective, be
placed in hospitals where
they could harm no one but
themselves? I thank The
Star for the editorial Afraid
Of the Dark" and only pray
that something may result
from this terrible crime that
may prevent the future &C.
currence of such a tragedy.
I, for one, can not accept
things as this as one of the
necessary evils of modern
society.
Mark Jennings.
My heart aches with SYM
pathy and compassion for the
parents of little Michael Con-
detti. To lose a child under
any circumstances is an ago
nizing experience, but there
is some comfort to be derived
when a child dies of an ILL
ness with the parents being
able to be at his bedside dur
ing his last moments. How
ever, to know that your child
has died in pain, terror and
loneliness is almost too much
for a parent to contemplate,
much less tolerate.
noted that the police were
able to check on a thousand
Cd known perverts, with so
of the men being considered
capable" of committing such
a crime as Michael's murder.
If these men cannot be jailed
or committed to mental in
situations. in the name of
Heaven, why can't their pho
tographs and names be pub
lished so they'd be known to
all? And if they're capable"
of committing such crimes.
why are they allowed to
mingle freely in normal So
ciety? In short, why are per-
verts being protected" and
not our children?
Contributing to our juvenile
delinquency problem as well
as exciting perverts to such
acts as murder is the obscene
fare that is being shown at
our movie houses.
AldOna S. Jameson.
y \ 4 Il
I am in complete agree
ment with your editorial,
Afraid of the Dark" This
brutal murder of an inno-
cent little boy, who was a
schoolmate of one of my
sons. has shocked everyone
whether they are parents or
not, but it is particularly
brought home to all who have
little children who must be
on the streets sometime dur
ing the day without adult
supervision.
Something must be done to
put these known perverts
away from society where they
cannot harm anyone. What
can we do?
Cecilia Higgins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-25

Why did Premier Nikita
Khrushchev send a congratu-
latory cable to Senator John
F. Kennedy? AS leader of the
worlds most violent anti-reli-
gion organization, why should
he wish well a President of
the Catholic faith which has
been the most outspoken
anti Communist body? The
answer one must find in his
cable.
Nikita Khrushchev has
served notice on Senator
Kennedy that he expects him
to follow the line along which
they were developing in
Franklin D. Roosevelt's time
which would meet the basic
interests not only of the peo-
pies Of the USSR and the
United States but of all man
kind which is longing for de-
liverance from the threat of
a new war.
Precisely what was Presi-
dent Roosevelt's Zine" for
which Khrushchev is now
yearning? Before leaving for
Teheran in 1943 to meet Sta
lin, he said to our first Am
bassador to Moscow, Mr.. Will
liam c. Bullitt:
II have just a bunch that
Stain doesn't want anything
but security for his country,
and I think that if I give him
everything I possibly can and
ask nothing from him in re-
turn, noblesse oblige, he won't
try to annex anything and
will work for a world democ-
racy and peace"
The last Is years has given
us ample evidence how dead
wrong the President was.
And yet, after his return
from the Teheran conference
he once more told the people
in a public statement on De-
cember "a, 1913:
IT believe he (Stalin) is
truly representative Of the
heart and soul of Russia: and
I believe that we are going
to get along very well with
him and the Russian people
very well indeed"
With the Russian people.
to be sure. we could get along
very well, but with the Com
munist enslavers-never.
How did it happen that
during the most critical war
in our history, the President
of the United States could be
so totally ignorant about the
Soviet mentality? The pro-
phetic dispatches from Mos
COW by our Ambassador
Bullitt had been on the
shelves of the State Depart
ment for eight years. Some
of them were published in
late 1852 and they reveal
priceless information. Appar-
emily President Roosevelt
had never read them or he
would not have spoken such
nonsense. He certainly would
not have done what Nine.
Frances Perkins, his Secre-
tary of Labor, tells us in her
book, 1.-THE Roosevelt I
Knew" published in 1947.
Here are a few excerpts:
II recall a conversation we
had after the Teheran con-
ference. He said reflectively,
I wish I understood the Rus
slams better. You know the
Russians, Frances, don't
you?'"
When she confessed that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-25
Significant Stamp?

The new Lincoln commem-
orative stamp is timely with
its credo:
Those who deny freedom
to others deserve it not them
selves"
1t almost appears as
though Mr.. Lincoln was
thinking of the Puerto Rican
bishops.
Fred B. Jackson
Evening star., 1960-09-26
Tunnel Plan Read Y
For Lincoln Shrine

out. 1t would be paid for with
Federal funds. There is a pos
sibility that money for plan
drawings will be received from
available funds, he said.
Parking Lots Planned
The plans. which include re-
placing a portion of the traffic
heavy Memorial Circle around
the monument with large
plaza extending from the steps
of the Memorial to the edge of
the Rejecting Pool, are aimed
at preserving "the dignity.
beauty. serenity and magnifl-
cent setting Of the Lincoln
Memorial"
Roadways would be con-
structed along each edge of
the Rejecting Pool where
parking lots would be located
for visitors to the Memorial.
porary Government
structures now standing in the
area would be razed to make
way for the project.
In submitting the plans
drawn up by the engineering
firm of Singstad g. Baillie. the
designers said
There are moments when
Evening star., 1960-09-26
District Heights Drafts
Anti-Loitering Law

An anti-loitering law is being
drafted for District Heights,
Md, as the aftermath of gang
disorders in the town.
Recently. nine teenagers. be-
lieved to be members of the
Little Apollos, attacked a 13-
year-old boy in front Of his
home at $50 pm. The victim
was kicked in the side severely
enough to require hospitaliza-
ton for a week.
Robert Pick, 3311 Senator
avenue. still is confined to his
bed and doctors do not know
when he will be able to re-
turn to school, his mother said
today.
Mayor E. Michael Roll said
he has received complaints of
youth gangs "off and on" for
some time. Adoption of an
anti = lettering ordinance has
been discussed sporadically for
about two years, he said.
A proposed ordinance will be
studied at the town commits
sioners' meeting October 7 and
a date probably set then for a
public hearing on the proposal,
Mayor Roll said.
/ He said the troublesome
youths are not all residents of
District Heights, but come in
from the District and other
areas of Prince Georges County
He noted the town has eating
places open until 2 or 3 am.
Evening star., 1960-09-26
Third Body Is Found
At Fatal Crash Scene

der after hitting the rear Of a
car occupied by David Smoot,
of Brandywine, the driver, and
three passengers. Although the
Smoot car was overturned, its
occupants were uninjured.
Capt. Purdy said the pedes-
trian's body was discovered at
1:50 pm. yesterday, more than
38 hours after the Friday night
crash. The discovery was made
by Lewis Wingheld, 1885 Hal
ley terrace Sc. A crowd Of
curious passersby had parked
their cars on both sides of the
highway near the accident
scene yesterday.
Both autos involved in the
collision were northbound, po-
lice said. They said the pedes-
trian apparently was struck by
the Pulliam car as it ap-
preached Mr.. Shoots car from
the rear.
A smear of green paint, SINH
lar to paint on the Pulliam car,
was found on smashed metal
suitcase the dead pedestrian
was believed to have been
carrying.
County investigators revealed
that the occupants of the two
cars knew each other.
Capt. Purdy said yesterday
that one of the survivors, a
passenger in the Smoot car,
recalled having seen a man
walking in the road just before
the crash.
Evening star., 1960-09-26
BY GILBERT GIMBLE
Star Staff Writer

Detailed plans for a pro-
posed tunnel to carry traffic
under the Lincoln Memorial
grounds are being submitted
to the National Capital Plan
ming Commission, the National
Park Service announced today.
Conrad L. Wirth, director
of the park service, revealed
the plans at a press confer
ence. Total cost Of the project,
including the underpass and
approach roads, is estimated
at about Sl5.8 million.
October 6 Meeting
The proposal will be outlined
to the NCPC at its meeting on
October 6. Park officials have
already received general ap-
proval of the design from the
Fine Arts Commission.
| Mr.. Wirth said work will
have to get underway soon. If
the tunnel project is to be
ready in time for the opening
of the Theodore Roosevelt
Bridge in late 1862.
But. he added. budget ques-
tionS have not yet been ironed
Evening star., 1960-09-26

the District that this building
will be available by January /,
1862. or earlier.
The exact date. he said, will
depend on when the Selective
Service System. which now oc-
cupieS this structure, finds new
Office space.
A few key District depart
ments are expected to move
with the Commissioners to the
Indiana avenue building. How
ever, most Of the departments
now in the District Building at
Fourteenth and E street NV.
will remain there.
Mr.. Mclaughlin said that he
expected to report to the Dis
trict Building Monday to re-
sumo his official duties.
District agencies now renting
space in other locations around
the city would be moved into
the District Building offices
vacated when the Commits
sioners and the key depart
ments transfer to the old Court
House Building.
Commissioner Mclaughlin ha!
said the District needs the
Indiana avenue building be.
cause it is so hard-pressed fol-
space that it is now paying
$3.50. 900 a year in rent to house
some of it's departments.
Under present plans, all Dis
Evening star., 1960-09-26

trict Government ofhces would
eventually be located in a
three-block sector around the
old Court House.
Another administration build
ing is scheduled to be con-
structed next to the Municipal
Center opposite the old Court
House building.
Once this new building is
completed, the agencies in the
District Building at Fourteenth
and E streets NV. would be
moved into the new structure.
The District Building eventu-
ally will be torn down to make
way for additional Federal con-
struction.
Considerable renovation work
repeatedly will have to be done
at the old Court House build
ing before the Commissioners
move in, but Mr.. Mclaughlin
believes the savings that will
be effected will more than pay
for this.
1t. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
director of the Selective Serv-
ice System, who is now out of
town. has opposed moving his
agency out Of the old court
house.
A spokesman for Selective
Service said that his agency so
far has ont found any other
suitable office space.
Evening star., 1960-09-26
BY HAYNES JOHNSON
Star stan Writer

Union leaders view a Demo-
cratic victory in November as
the last hope for saving the
Jobs of civilian employees at the
Naval Weapons Plant.
They recognize that as of
now the Navy's decision to
close the plant-Washington S
largest industrial complex-in
January, 1862, is final.
But, as their most hopeful
sign, they point to a promise
this week by Senator Ken
nedy. the Democratic presi-
Dental candidate. to determine
whether the plant should be
kept open.
Senator Kennedy said the
plant should be retained If a
study shows that essential
and economical contributions
can be made to our defense
effort" Z
William Ryan, president Of
District A, International AS
Evening star., 1960-09-26

Organized gangs are rela-
lively new to District Heights,
the Mayor said. The big
Apollos" were formed about a
year ago with youths Is to 20
years old. They number about
25, he said. One repeatedly was
jailed two years ago for his part
in a shotgun rumble" in which
a l7-year-old boy was wounded
by gunf1re. The junior group,
Little Apollos," range in age
from 13 to Is years.
Mrs. Lewis A. Pick. mother
of the injured boy, said his at
tackers gave no reason for their
action September IT. Five
youths have been charged with
either assault or disorderly
conduct.
Mayor Roll said the new or
dinance probably would be an
anti-loitering measure. If this
proves ineffective a curfew for
prescribed hours would be con-
sidered, he said.
An anti-loitering law also is
being studied in Greenbelt.
Seat Pleasant instituted a cur
few the first Of this year. Later
the District and Fairfax County
adopted anti-loitering laws.
Chief Harry F. Volkman
head of the town 8-man police
force, said he favored a curfew
for juveniles between 10 pm
and 5 am.