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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
Rockefeller Alive for Ticket

feller will not seek it, he al
most certainly will not deny
an enthusiastic party draft.
Such a draft is politically
unacceptable if any slight
doubt creepS into the minds
of the Republican managers
that opposition to Mr.. Nixon
exists in stubborn form in
any of the key States. 1t will
be almost equally certain if
by midsummer there is any
sign of the recession predicted
by the AFL-CIO economists.
One of the points on which
Gov. Rockefeller disagrees.
with the White House is on
the tight money, less-Fed-
eral-spending issue.
And it should be kept in
mind that whatever incom-
patlolllty that exists is not
between him and Mr.. Nixon
per Sc, but with the admins
tration policy. Nor would Mr..
Nixon in any manner affront
the powerful, emotional sup
port which exists for Mr..
Rockefeller. The polls, the
New Hampshire and Wiscon-
sin primaries, and the econ
omy may yet give the COP.
its dream ticket" Conven-
tons are practical. They
nominate men they believe
have the best chance of win
ming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

The Air Force has a manual on how to mix martins
New march cadence: "Hup two three four. Mix, shake
strain, pour"
Stu Symington blasts Ike's defense policy. Symngton
wants to be fair He claims that Ike neither misleading
the country-nor missile leading it.
Queen Elizabeth has baby boy Although quite young
they say he's already prince of a fellow.
Democrats have decided the A, B. C, DIS of their
campaign: Anybody ,Cept Dick"
It's surprising how many drinks have to take
in order to find one that tastes good
You can't down the Air Force. The warplane may be
becoming obsolete but the Air Force doing thriving
side business publishing house.
Senators Kennedy and Humphrey decided not to stage
Lncon-Dougas debates Wisconsin They couldn't agree
which should be Lincoln.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
CONSTANTINE BROWN
War by Mistake a Real Threat

many. of such a variety. that
it will eventually be as easy
for a nation to purchase nu-
clear weapons as it is today
to buy guns.
What a prospect! Suppose,
for example, a dictator in
Latin America hao designs
on his neighbor? Suppose
another megalomaniac like
Adolf Hitler achieved power
in a major nation? What
would Canal Abdel Nasser
do to Israel if he had a hy-
drogen bomb?
1t is becoming clearer every
day, in the light of the facts,
that mankind is either going
to get, better. organized or is
going to be destroyed SOON
er or later. international
anarchy is no longer sufficient
for the protection of the
worlds peoples. But some of
the efforts being made to
bring about an improvement
are going in the wrong di-
rection. For example, world
government as promoted by
the "one-worlders" would
not solve the problem. be-
cause it would pretend that
the issues that divide nations
and are responsible for our
present peril do not exist.
And so long as these basic
cleavages do exist, then ma
tions and alliances are to be
inevitable.
Plainly, the chasm between
the free world and the Com
muniSt world is too wide to
be closed or even bridged.
All we can hope for is a
truce, a wary armistice, a
mutual recognition, however
grudging, that survival de-
ponds on observing the truce.
1t is unlikely that such a
truce, if worked out, would
permit of very much dis
arming. Distrust is much too
deep for that. But a trust,
an East-WeSt detente, could
conceivably act to halt the
arms race by freezing arma-
ments at a determined level.
We should try.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
RALPH McGHL

That GOV. Nelson Rookie
Teller is determined to play
a national role in the unfold
ing drama of his party's
future Is plain.
He has made the first Of
a series of talks dealing with
national issues, declaring
himself strongly for Federal
aid to education. in an ad-
dress before the Association
of School Administrators.
There was no break with the
administration. He approved
the Eisenhower proposals to
provide classroom construc-
ton assistance, saying not
even opponents of Federal
aid could claim control of the
thoughts" of a school build
ing.
Gov. Rockefeller goes a bit
further than the White
House. But the point is, he
frankly faces the fact, lodged
by so many politicians, that
only through Federal aid can
American education be ex-
banded to meet even the min
imum needs of the immediate
future.
There will be other Rookie
Teller public positions" be-
fore the Republican conven-
ton. And nowhere will they
be given a more attentive ear
than by the G. o. P. profess
SIGNALS - the same group
whose determined support
for Mr.. Nixon made it i'm
possible for the Governor to
make a campaign for the
nomination.
Gov. Rockefeller does not
basically disagree with the
Eisenhower administration.
Yet, there are points on
which there is division. A ma,
tional dialogue would have
been helpful within the
framework of a convention
fight. Those who control
the convention" prevented it.
But the Governor is going
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
Huge Kenyu Plant
Explodes; 18 Injured

NAIROBI. Kenya, Feb. 20
AP).-Eighteen Africans were
taken to Nairobi Hospital yes
terday after an explosion
wrecked an insecticide plant.
Police investigated the blast in
what is reported to be the
worlds biggest pyrethrum ex-
tract plant.
Firemen were shaken by
further explosions and two
were hospitalized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
Some in G. o. P. Still Hope Convention
Will Draft Governor for Number Spot

ahead and having his say.
He is being scrupulously
careful to avoid any appear
ance of an anti-administra-
ton attitude.
The party professionals
will watch and listen. They
will evalue and weigh. They
are aware that while Mr..
Nixon's popularity is higher
than ever in his political
career, there are still those,
even in the COP. itself, who
have what they call doubts"
1t presently is their belief
that Mr.. Nixon's experience
will attract most of the in
dependents and a majority Of
those who have inexplicable
resistance to him. But they
wish to be sure.
Therefore, the professional
managers will watch the
coming primaries in New
Hampshire and Wisconsin.
Mr.. Nixon is unopposed. If
the Democratic candidate
attracts as many. or more
votes, than does Mr.. Nixon,
there will be some second
thoughts by the COP.
strategists.
If it should appear that
there is real substance to
the anti-NiXon sentiment, as
they do not believe there is.
then there will be a move
to have the convention draft
Gov. Rockefeller for the vice
presidency. And while he has
said he will not accept it, he
will if the convention unani-
mously votes it.
No man ever made a f1rmer
announcement of second place
on the ticket than COP.
hero Teddy Roosevelt. Three
weeks after being so en-
phatic. he accepted. 1t is
simply not good political
tactics to admit availability
for nomination to either Of
flee. The honor of the vice
presidency is too great to
refuse. So while Gov. Rookie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
TebuIdi to Open Tour
Of U. S. March 4

MILAN. Italy. Feb. 20 (AP),
Opera Star Renata Tebaldi
will open a United States tour
March 4 at the Metropolitan
Opera in New York, her sec
rotary said today.
The American tour, includ-
ing engagements at the Met
and elsewhere, had been post
poned for a month because the
37-year-old soprano was suf-
fering from fatigue.
The secretary said she will
first sing in Giuseppe Verdl's
La Fora del DeStino" at the
Met. Later, the secretary added,
she will appear in Verdi's
Simon Boccanegra."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
Khrushchev Reported
BeIitt|ing Red Chino

they had so heavily plundered.
Not only is our sympathy
and moral support on the side
of the people fighting for their
freedom from colonialism," he
added, but we give and are
ready to give more material
aid to those struggling for their
freedom and independence"
Children Greet Premier
Several thousand persons -
mostly children - greeted the
Soviet premier as he arrived
here in a motorcade with PreSi-
dent Sukarno.
The 80-mile trip from Bogor
went off without incident. al
though the party travelled a
mountainous route that has
been controlled at times by
Moslem rebels.
! Stopping off at one of the
presidential palaces in the
picturesque town of Tjiamas
Mr.. Khrushchev and Mr.. Su.
karn0 slipped coffee against 6
background of drums and flutes
Troops Provide Escort
Armored cars and truck load,
of troops escorted the party
into Banding as helicopter,
whirred overhead. After thu
welcoming ceremony. the So
Wet Premier and Mr.. Sukarnt
went to a rest house outside
the city.
The first sign of hostility tx
Mr.. Khrushchev's visit ap.
peared in Surabaja on Java's
eastern tip. The slogan eve
don't like Moscow" was painted
in big black letters in severa
parts of town.
Mr.. Khrushchev and Indo-
nesian officials have been eau.
tious about their public state.
ments before they settle dowr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
Eost-West Accord to Halt Arms Race
Called Most to Be Hoped For

Just as in every other area
of the cold war and its ten
sions, the prevention of war
by miscalculation has to be
a mutual project. Right there
is the problem. If there could
exist enough trust and con-
fidence on both sides to erect
effective safeguards against
war by mistake, there would
be no need for the weapons
that would be the occasion
for the mistake. Yet so long
as the situation remains as
it is, the possibility that
some hot-headed second lieu
tenant. some berserk SER
geant, or some frustrated
general could push the but
ton certainly exists.
Apprehension on this score
is certainly one of the major
reasons for the obvious de-
sire, on both sides, to remove
at least some of the areas
of tension where mistakes
are most likely to happen.
The first step essential to
international security in
guarding against a war by
mistake has to be an agree
ment, with guarantees, that
will prevent the possibility of
surprise attack. This would
be a monumental task in
deed. but no accord, no de-
tente or peaceful coexist-
ence" will be possible with
out it. Neither could any
progress be made toward
disarmament unless a begin
ming was made on preven-
ton of surprise attack.
France has Joined the nu-
clear club now, and it is
only a matter Of time before
Communist China and other
nations are rapping at the
membership door. AS the
number of undetermined
powers increases. it will be-
come progressively easier for
any nation to acquire nuclear
weapons. There will be so
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
Virginia House Okoys
Circuit Judgeship Bill

RICHMOND, Feb. 20. - A
Fourth Circuit court judge for
Fairfax and Prince William
counties and Alexandria would
be authorized in a House.
approved bill to be sent to the
State Senate on Monday.
The House suspended its
rules and passed the measure
by Delegate James M. Thomson
of Alexandria yesterday.
Mr.. Thomson said the Tenth
Judicial Circuit is the largest
in the State. based on a popu-
lation of 100000. This figures
at about 10000 persons for each
of the three judges, a figure
above that recommended by
the Judicial Council.
Also passed by the House
was a bill concerning a SO mil
lion seawall in Norfolk blu t
which could have future ap-
plication to Alexandria, Arling-
ton and all other Virginia areas
bordering tidewater Potomac
River below the Little Falls.
BY a vote of 70 to 10, the
House sent to the Senate q
bill allowing governing bodies
to exempt contributions to
private non-sectarian schools
from local personal property
and real estate taxes. The ex-
emptions could amount to up
to 25 per cent of the tax.
A bill revising the charter Of
the town of Vienna also was
sent to the Senate.
Approved also was an Airing.
ton delegation bill authorizing
their County Board to lease
lands that have been designated
in the master plan for future
public use. The county coulc
reserve such areas for possible
IuJure purchase. either with
or without options to buy il
the leasing contracts.
The Senate passed and sen
to the House six bills specifinG
the powers of the State Athle.
tic Commission which regulate,
professional boxing matches
and wrestling exhibitions.
The patron, Arlington State
Senator Charles r. Fenwick
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
Duke University
President Edens,
So, to Leave Post

DURHAM, N. c.. Feb. 20
(AP) DIR. Hollis EdenS, presi-
dent of Duke University, is re-
firing after heading tn e
Methodist Liberal Arts School
for IL years.
b DR.. Edens. SO, told a faculty
meeting yesterday that he has
written to the Board of
Trustees submitting his resig-
nation and asking that it be
considered final. He gave no
indication of his immediate
plans.
In his letter which he read
to the faculty, he said that a
SIG million, l0-year develop
ment program the university
will embark upon next year
should be guided for the full
term by a younger man.
DR.. EdenS is only the third
president of the school. which
was enlarged from Trinity Col
lege in 1923 after James B.
Duke. tobacco millionaire, gave
it a $50 million endowment.
During his tenure at Duke,
DR.. Edens directed a $12 mil
lion development progra
from 1949 to 1852. In recent
years. the university moved
into newer areas such as COM
monwealth studies, research
on aging and world rule of law.
Before coming to Duke, DR..
Edens was associate director of
the General Education Board
of the Rockefeller Foundation
Earlier he had filled a number
of positions with the State of
Georgia university system.
DR.. Edens, son of a Metho-
dist preacher. was born in Will
low Grove, Tenn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20

BANDUNG, Indonesia, Feb.
20 (AP).-Soviet Premier Nikita
S. Khrushchev has told Presi-
dent Sukarno Indonesia can
. virtually disregard Communist
China's complaint over a trade
dispute, an Indonesian official
said today.
do what you think is right
and do not worry" the Rus
sian Premier was quoted as
saying, regarding China's COM
plant over an Ipdonesian ban
on rural Chinese traders.
The ban has hit hard at the
vast economic power of the
Chinese here-and the result
ing dispute has tended to dim
Communist prestige, on the
decline here for two years.
The report on the Soviet
leaders statements, from a
source who asked to remain
nameless, tended to confirm
the view that Mr.. Khrushchev's
l2-day visit here is not de-
signed to win back friends for
Peiping.
Mr.. KhruShchev rode over
guarded roads today to the
heart of Indonesia'S Moslem
rebel country in West Java.
to formal talks that will wind
up the Soviet leaders 12-day
visit.
Khrushchev Looks Weary
The Soviet leader, looking
weary after two days of crowded
activity and the long drive from
Bogor, sounded a familiar anti
Western theme in an address
to several thousand gathered
in Bandung'S main square.
After seeing Indonesia' s
wealth, he said, Il can under
stand how hard it was for the
colonialists to give up the riches
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20
Robbed of $4,000

GENEVA, Feb. 20 (AP). -
Two young robbers held up an
elderly Swiss diamond mcr-
chant last night and got away
with gems worth 100000.
Honore Vernain, 81, said he
was bounced upon in dark
stairway leading to his office
by the robbers who snatched
his bag containing his entire
diamond fortune, plus 100000
Swiss francs $4,000 in cash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20

Secretary of State Chris
tian Herter made a very
grave and telling point when
he warned recently of the
dangers of war by miScalcu-
lation." Most of us tend to
be blissfully unaware of the
possibility, which exists every
moment of every day, that a
simple mistake could unleash
the nuclear monsters on the
world. Indeed, the danger is
growing steadily. in direct
proportion to the Stockpiling
of more and more nuclear
weapons and the means of
delivering them.
In his raising book.
"On the Beach," the late
Nevil Shute had his catas-
trophic war open with a mis-
take, at least a mistake in
identity. Egyptian bomberS
were mistaken for Russian.
the forces of massive retalia-
ton" moved into action, and
the atomic holocaust was
on. These days events move
swiftly; developments of
weeks or months are today
compressed into hours. The
fiction of the Shute novel is
not far-fetched in this nu-
clear age.
Fortunately. the Soviet
Union and its allies and satel-
lites are just as concerned
as are we and our allies with
the serious dangers of war
by mistake. Moscow has used
the "miscalculation" argu-
ment to protest the regular
training flights of Strategic
Air Command manned bomb
ers. But American offers to
meet the Soviet objections
with a mutual security agree
ment. involving inspection Of
specific areas in the United
States and the Soviet Union.
were rejected. The Commu-
nists are very touchy indeed
about having any outsiders
prying into their peaceful
secrets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20

a member of the commission,
offered the bills as a result of
a hearing last month on
charges of monopoly and re-
straint of competition against
a Richmond promoter. The bills
write into law the commits
sion's rules and regulations.
Among new bills introduced
yesterday was one by Delegates
w. j. Moody and D. H. Sandie
of Portsmith, and 80 others
repeating the States blank
paper" registration law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-20

General from 1929 to 1888, Mr..
O'Brian also served as special
counsel for the Tennessee
Valley Authority. He was a
Republican candidate for the
Senate in 1898.
Mr.. O'Brian has degrees from
Buffalo, Harvard and Hobart
universities. He began his law
practice in Buffalo in 1898 and
was a member of the New
York State Assembly from 1907
to 1909.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
Maryland House
OK's Job Aid Bill

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 81 (AP) @.
The Washington County dele
cation gained House approval
today Of a bill authorizing local
governments to contribute
funds to Offset unemployment.
County governments and
Baltimore City, after de-
termining that 6 per cent of
the areas labor force is out of
work. could borrow money and
give it to an existing economic
development corporation.
The corporation could use
the money to encourage new
industry to locate in its region
or help existing business.
The maximum amount of
money the local governments
could borrow for such purposes
would be equal to 2 of one
per cent Of the total assessable
property in the subdivision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
ADVICE TO MOTORISTS
Virginia Gas Stations
Explain Tax Burden

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. ~
(AP).-Some Virginia service
stations put out curbside signs
today advertising gasoline
prices without State and Fed
eral taxes.
The move, sponsored by the
Virginia Petroleum Institute,
came after the State Senate
passed and sent to the House
of Delegates a bill to raise the
state gasoline tax from 6 to 7
cents.
Claiborne D. Gregory, exec
utiYe director of the institute,
noted that previously the curb
side signs advertising gasoline
prices included the 10-cent
total of State and Federal
taxes. He pointed out that
many other consumer products
such as jewelry, automobiles,
cosmetics and furS-are now
sold with the advertised price
excluding the tax.
The institute has opposed
the proposed rise in the gas
oline tax. saying it is not
needed and would impose a
further burden on the mo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
Silver Spring Man
Pleads GuiItyin
Income Tex Case

BALTIMORE. Feb. E27
(SpeciaD Fred Drury. ss67,
one-time captain of the guard
of the Washington Post Once,
pleaded guilty yesterday. to
charges of attempting to eYade
income taxes by listing six
non-existent dependents.
Federal Judge R. Dorsey
Watkins sentenced the crippled
man, who lost an arm due. to
an injury in the United States
Army, to a possible flve-year
term, but called for him to be
returned to court for possible
re-sentence at the end of 80
days.
Drury, of the 5000 block
Colesville road, Silver Spring,
originally was charged with
evading taxes for 1851. 1852,
1853 and 1854. When he plead
ed guilty to the charges in
volving 1851 and 1858, Assist
ant United States Attorney
Arnold Weiner dropped the re-
manning two charges. The
guilty pleas involved $1,515 in
taxes, since Drury had claimed
he owed no taxes. He had
claimed his deceased parents, a
non-eXistent wife and three
non-existent children as de-
pendents in an effort to make
his income untaXable, the
court was told.
He already has paid the Cow
eminent a civil tax liability
totaling S8,742, including a SO
per cent fraud penalty, a 10
per cent penalty for late filing
and interest charges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
COUNTY BAR UNIT
SUMMONS COURT
TO TREASON SITE

CHARLESTOWN, w. Va.
(AP-The West Virginia
Supreme Court has been
summoned" to sit in ses
sion here April /.
The summons" was an
invitation from the Jeffer-
son County Bar Associa-
ton, which will hold its an
nual meeting at Harper's
Ferry that day. The court
was invited to hold a session
at the historic courthouse
here, site of abolitionist
John Browns treason trial
and have dinner at Har-
per's Ferry, where Brown
led his raid 100 years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
Exposition Proposal
Pressed in Maryland

Continued efforts to hold a
Pan American exposition in
Southern Maryland in 1923
were urged Thursday at a joint
meeting of the Chamber Of
Commerce and the Farm Bu-
reau of Southern Maryland.
The two groups also regis
tered their approval of a con-
stitutional amendment Just
passed by the Maryland Gen
eral Assembly, allowing lower
assessment rates for farm land
in suburban areas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
Portsmouth Gets
Housing Project
BY the Associated Press

A $1,855,14l loan and a ST.
366,l41 grant to help finance
an urban renewal project in
Portsmouth. Va, have been an
nounced by the Urban Renewal
Administration.
The project, known as Lin
louisville, is in a rundown area
north of the United States Ma
val Hospital. 1t contains 381
dwelling units. The 359 fam
lilies living there will be offered
relocation in other quarters.
The land, after clearance,
will be used primarily for resi-
dental purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
Building Scent Blocking
Arlington Center Plon

The Arlington County Board
was told yesterday that Inter-
national Business Machines
Corp. wants to build a three
story Office building on land
which the county has planned
a community facilities center.
The Office building would be
at the northeast corner of the
intersection of Fairfax drive
and North Pollard street and
would adjoin the new central
library. planning director Tom
Moore said.
He told the board the build
ing would probably impair the
prospects of complete develop
ment Of the center by the coun-
ty and may well lead to ultimate
abandonment of the entire
scheme"
The planning commission
has approved location Of a CEN
trail library, recreation build
ing, auditorium and GYM
nasium, health and welfare
building and a medical center
on the tract bounded by North
Quincy street, Fairfax drive,
North Nelson street and Wash
ington boulevard.
The IBM building would not
occupy land planned for one
of the other structures, but it
would take up part of the CEN
ter's frontage along Fairfax
drive.
Mr.. Moore said the county is
now processing a building per-
NIT request for the new struc-
ture. Herbert L. Brown, jr.,