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Evening star., 1960-07-09
WiI-o'- o'-the-Wisp'

On all our OLD llStS OF Things unlikely
to happen, the completion of national
sports stadium was prominently placed.
For more than three decades, as Com
missioner Mclaughlin noted the sta
dium dream was perennial will-o'-
the-wisp always dancing beyond
our grasp" But Illustrations now belong
to the past. The old disappointments
only lent an intoxicating zeSt to the
routine groundbreaking at the East
Capitol street site of the stadium the
other day, and now we can hardly wait
to see it finished.
That wonderful day, unless a war
or some other catastrophe (aS so often
happened in the past) intervenes, will
occur in time for the opening of our
Washington Redskins 1861 fall season.
While agreements have not yet been
made, we hope that the following spring
the Washington Senators also will en-
bark on permanent road trip from
Seventh street to the new location on
the Anacostia River fats For the $4,000
seat stadium was designed to accommo-
date baseball and football equally we'll
and, indeed, its financial security relies
heavily on both these major sports.
In the meantime, of course, much
remains to be done. Apart from the
major construction, the Interior Depart
ment must complete the access roads,
the 12,500-car parking areas and the
landscaping which are essential accou-
terments to any successful modern sta
dium. Its construction, as well, should
stimulate progress on the Districts
snail-paced network of freeways, which
will be necessary to realize the full
effectiveness OF the fine new amphithe-
ater.
Dozens of civic leaders, members of
Congress and government officials are
responsible for the progress of the last
few years. Sadly, some of those who
contributed most, such as George F.
Shea and John A. Reilly, will not be here
to see its completion. But to them, and
to all the others who during the last 35
years have paved the way for the present
project, the city owes debt of gratitude.
Evening star., 1960-07-09

turning around to them
when they should be getting
off.
After all, the seeing eye in
the door has its own duties
to perform.
Nothing was said at the
factory about the eye being
charged with waiting for the
ladies.
The strip of rubber along
the door, too, is a marvellous
thing.
One slight touch. and the
doors ease open again, in
case of need.
Modern elevators have no
seats. either, another good
thing, says Jones.
Who recalls the old hy-
draulic boxes that took two
minutes to go one floor. and
had big wide seats all around?
You could throw yourself
down and almost read a book
in the time it took you to
get to the fourth floor.
AS Templeton Jones re-
called, the old hydraulics
were run by a rope.
The operator pulled some
way on the rope and the
thing started. There was much
jolting and almost halting.
You always felt you would be
fortunate if you finally made
your floor.
y
Today all that is a memory
Of the past.
Today's fine new elevators
start effortlessly and the lit
tie numbers in lights come
and go, and before you know
1t you are at your floor, the
doors open calmly and silent
ly, you are not hurried to
step out, you Just leave.
There are many buttons to
press, and they always work.
Above all, there is no in
terminable waiting in the
corridor while an operator
decides if she will answer.
All that is gone.
The operator is you-and
electricity.
If science and engineering
can do this for us, why waste
their time on bombs?
Evening star., 1960-07-09
Strictly POLITICAL

Thank you for your Strict
ly Political" editorial con-
cerning the overriding of the
Presidents veto of the Fed
eral pay bill. I agree that this
was "a glaring example of
fiscal responsibility" Some
Government employees, no
doubt, deserve higher SAL
aries, but this does not justify
giving over a million and a
half employees $3.50 million
dollars a year out of the tax
payers pockets. Congress-
men should be representa-
tives of the people, but per-
sons not associated with a
lobbyist. a union, or a Gov
eminent agency seldom have
representation. At election
time. we unrepresented tax
payers should remember the
names Beall, Butler, Lank-
ford. Foley, Broyhill and
Robertson and not forget that
they forgot us.
Unrepresented
Maryland Taxpayer.
\ y
Certainly the many obsta-
cleS the Federal pay bill over
came to become a law shows
it was not just political. 3"
Apparently a majority of
members of Congress believed
a pay raise was justified.
Your editorial, Strictly Pol
itical," was completely one
sided and hardly in the inter-
estS of thousands of your
subscribers. Us.
Evening star., 1960-07-09
THE POLITICAL MILL
unit Rule Could Win for Kennedy
By GOULD LINCOLN

feuding in the coming ma
tional campaign.
1t is well understood that
the Kennedy supporters in
New York's big delegation
are in large majority. His
strength has been estimated
at 94 or more of the States
ia convention votes. The
imposition of the unit rule
by that delegation, however,
might mean a score more
votes for Kennedy on either
the first or second ballot.
1t has been reported also
that the Kennedy supporters
are a majority Of the dele
gates in Michigan. Illinois,
Pennsylvania and California.
Kennedy has prevailed upon
Gov. Mike Disable of Ohio,
that States favorite-son
candidate, to deliver Ohio's
big delegation to him. But
without a unit rule Disable
might not be able to deliver
as he has promised. And Gov.
G. Mennen Williams of
Michigan has aligned himself
formally with the Kennedy
camp. But he. too, might
have difficulty delivering the
entire vote of the delegation
to Kennedy. And so it goes.
Massachusetts, of course, will
vote solidly for Kennedy.
unit rule or no unit rule. 1t
would be a brave Democratic
delegate from the BAY State
who dared to vote for an
other candidate - and then
go home.
Kennedy Attitude Cited
over the years States have
and have not gene to the
unit rule in Democratic Ma
tional Conventions for pick
ing presidential nominees.
But individual delegates. as
a general thing, do not like
to be hog-tied to any candi-
date. They certainly do not
like to be compelled to vote
for a man not their choice
or even possibly to whom
they are violently opposed.
Undoubtedly the unit rule
will play its part in the con-
vention which opens Monday,
for IA of the delegations have
already adopted it. And OBJ
viously, if the Kennedy stra-
tegiStS should seek to win by
having this rule imposed in
certain big State delegations.
there would be long and loud
howls of unfairness.
Senator Kennedy himself
has said that this will be an
open" convention. with all
the candidates having a fair
crack at the presidential
nomination. That, too, has
been the demand of Senator
Lyndon johnson of Texas,
who Senator Kennedy has
said is his closest and real
rival for the prize.
The Kennedy people would
have to be really desperate
to seek to tie up big dele
cations by means of the unit
rule. They have shown no
signs of such desperation to
date. But it could happen.
They might point to the
fact that both the Texas and
Virginia delegations have
been not only instructed"
for Senator johnson, but also
have been tied by the unit
rule to the Texas Senator.
Evening star., 1960-07-09
Glen Echo Policy

The Executive Board of the
Mount Pleasant Neighbors'
Association has asked the
management of the Glen
Echo Amusement Park to
integrate all its facilities
without further delay. Many
OF us have too long tolerated
segregation in privately
owned places as "nobody's
business but the owners" but
it is increasingly obvious that
the human cost of such
liberation is more than we
can afford.
Segregation in so promi-
nent a spot as the Glen Echo
Amusement Park is an af-
front to human dignity, an
insult not only to Negroes
but to all who love democracy
1T defaces that image of
America which we hold UP
not only to ourselves and our
children, but to all the world.
The Mt. Pleasant Neigh
bors' Association wishes to
express its profound gratitude
to the youth who have
brought this issue so sharply
to the fore, and to the citi-
zens of Glen Echo who have
warmly supported the demon
strators. Because it lies within
the suburbs of the Nations s
Capital, desegregation at Glen
Echo will be an encourage
ment and inspiration every
where to those who fight for
freedom. We hope the man.
agement of Glen Echo ANU
sement Park will desegregate
willingly, in good grace.
Eugene M. Baker,
President. Mt. Pleasant
Neighbors' Association.
+ %,% Il
The National Association
for the Advancement of Col
ored People has now con-
f1rmed what thinking Amer
leans have suspected for
many years: namely, that
this organization will not be
satisfied until it has forcibly
lntegrated every facet of
American life both public and
private, without regard for
social custom, law, or prop
erty rights.
Glen Echo Amusement
Park is a privately owned en-
terprise which since its
founding has elected to cater
only to white people. Now
the NAACP. which processes
to be a law-abiding group,
has lent its support to the
misunderstanding picketine
and illegal trespaSsing OF a
small group of Negro and
white students at this park
For how long will the legis-
latorS of our country sit idly
by and allow this small but
highly vocal organization to
run roughshod over our laws
and institutions?
ID. P. NJ, Jr.
Evening star., 1960-07-09

tralism," Prime Minister Nehru's gov
ernment has been distinguishing itself
as Communist Peiping's competitor. 1t
has been doing so by demonstrating to
all Asians that they need no tyrant's
lash to achieve material progress. That
is one reason, among others, why its
latest f1ve-year plan deserves to be sup
ported by the entire free world.
Evening star., 1960-07-09
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

How do you like your new
building?"
This is the question most
often asked Templeton Jones
these days. and his answer is
always the same:
Fine! The elevators haven't
any mirrors in them"
Temp Jones has always
disliked elevators with mir
rors in them.
1t has always seemed to
him that this is the very
last place in the world for
the universally popular look
ing glass.
Mirrors belong, but not In
these up-and-doWn affairs.
y \
For one thing, Jones saws,
he hates to watch an un-
known woman fix her hair
Women simply can't resist
poking at their hair if they
see it in a mirror.
Temp Jones would go far
ther and say that a woman.
anywhere, cannot resist this
urge.
The better her hair looks.
the surer she is to prod and
poke it.
Jones says he has seen
girls on the bus who, after
two miles of poking and
prodding, achieved no result
at all.
That is, to the casual on
locker (Jones) the hair
looked exactly as it had be-
fore, to the last strand. Why
are women this way?
y
The modern electric ele-
vator is one of the wonders
of the age.
Jones remembers when au-
tomato elevators were things
to be feared, and rightly so.
You found yourself trapped
IN one, at the wrong floor, or
no floor at all, and there you
remained in fear and trem-
bling for an hour or two un-
til released.
TodayS automatics are safe,
sure and speedy.
There is some sort Of ray
you can see it glowing in a
purplish fashion if you look
in the right place-that keeps
the doors from closing on
you.
Even the most skittish per-
son, remembering the old
days, comes to regard the
modern elevators as friends,
not foes.
Maybe the makers and in
stallers feel that their prod
ucts are so swift that there
is no time for passengers to
primp, hence the lack of mir
rors.
Probably some psyCholo-
gists, in the producing COM
pany, figured it out this way:
That if mirrors were in
stalled, the girls would be
Evening star., 1960-07-09
Not All Bad

Attendance at the conven-
tion of the National Asso-
citation of Plumbing Contrac-
tors prevented my writing
sooner, but I definitely did
not want to let the oppor-
tunity pass without COM
mending you for publishing
the excellent articles on home
improvement by Miriam Ot-
tenberg.
The Washington Associa-
ton of Plumbing Contractors
which has many members
engaged in the home i'm
provement field - feels that
you have performed a real
public service in alerting the
citizens of the Washington
area to some of the pitfalls
which they might encounter
in dealing with some unscru-
pulous home improvement
contractors.
However, a very worth
while crusade such as Miss
Ottenberg's often may have
the attendant disadvantage
OF Smearing the innocent with
the same brush as the guilty.
l would. therefore, like to call
your attention to the fact
that members of the WAPC
are bonded contractors IL
cenSed by the Government of
the District of Columbia and
have built over the years i'm
preston upon impression, job
upon job, a reputation for re-
liable, dependable service at
a fair price.
Again, you have our deep
est gratitude for calling the
proper attention to some of
. the evils existing in the home
improvement field.
M. c. Fry,
President, Washington
Association of Plumbing
Contractors, Inc.
Evening star., 1960-07-09

Tie nominc On of Sena-
tor John F. Kennedy of
Massachusetts by the Demo-
cratic National Convention
on the first ballot probably
could be assured if certain
large State delegation S
should adopt the unit rule" "
This rule-a companion of
the old so-called two-thirds
rule requiring a two-thirds
vote to nominate for Presi-
dent and Vice Presidents
still in use, although the two
thirds rule was abolished in
1886.
Under it, a State delega-
ton decides to have the en-
tire vote of the delegation
cast as a unit. In other
words, If the Pennsylvania
delegation, for example,
should vote at its coming
caucus in Los Angeles-by a
majority-to impose the unit
rule, the States entire 81
convention votes could be
cast for Kennedy if so in
structed. The big delegations
of New York, California,
Illinois. Ohio and Indiana, in
which Kennedy has large fol-
lowings could, like PennSyl-
vania, adopt such a course
If they SO desired.
Already the Democratic
National Committee has been
notified that IA delegations
have adopted the unit rule.
And eight State delegations
have said they will not have
the unit rule govern their
voting for candidates. Those
delegations which have gone
along with the unit rule
and there probably will be
others-include the District
of Columbia, Arizona, the
Canal Zone, Georgia, Idaho
(after the first ballot, Kan
sas, Maine, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, Rhode Island,
South Carolina (if two-thirds
of the delegates vote to do so) ,
Tennessee, Texas and Vir-
ginia. The delegations which
have voted no on the use of
the unit rule so far are In
diana, Iowa, Minnesota, Ne
vada, Utah. Vermont. Virgin
Islands, Washington and
Wyoming. The Vermont dele
cation has been Instructed
for Kennedy" however.
Big States Shun Rule
At the 1856 Democratic
National Convention 18 dele
cations adopted the init rule.
1t is noticeable, however,
that, except for Texas, none
OF the States with large num-
bers of delegate votes, either
in 1856 or so far in 1860, have
adopted the unit rule. -Four
years ago, New York, Massa-
chusetts, Pennsylvania, Cali
fornia, Illinois, Ohio and
Michigan all avoided the unit
rule. The same was true in
the Democratic National
Convention of 1852. This does
not mean, however, that
these State delegations may
not go to the unit rule if they
desire. A reason for not doing
so lies in the fact the adop-
tion of the rule and the fore
ing of delegates to permit
their votes to be cast for a
candidate they do not sup
port could cause bitter party
Evening star., 1960-07-09
Poor Service

I see where three colored
stu d ents in Virginia are
claiming discrimination by a
chain store because the
lunch-counter mattresses ig-
nored them for five hours.
Shucks. They treat white
folks the same way all the
time. Maybe it wasn't dis
elimination after all, just
darned poor service.
Paul McIlvaine.
Evening star., 1960-07-09

@. If diamonds are the
hardest natural substances
in existence, why can they
be shattered by a moderate
bloW?-C. c.
A. Hardness, in this case,
refers to the diamonds re-
sistance to surface abrasion,
rather than to its strength
or tOughneSs.
Evening star., 1960-07-09
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDrtterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
denSdtion.
Evening star., 1960-07-09
Answers to Questions

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mail, 10 any question Of fact By
writing The Star Information Bu-
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The Republican., 1960-04-07

eral government is making So
called "srant-in-aid" to tho states
of 81 billion dollars. But before
it can give the states that 81
billion. il had to take il away from
the people in the states in the
form of taxes. Then il gives it
back TO thcm-minus. according to
Senator Byrd, a 20 percent charge
for federal administration Even
more shocking is fact pointed
out by Mr.. O. d. Pritchard of the
National Association of Life Under
writers. When established private
charity groups give away money,
il costs them seven cents out of
each dollar. But when the federal
government gives away money,
it costs three dollars for every dol
lar given way. In other words.
every tine the federal govern
ment takes dollar from you to
hand to 4 foreign nation, or a
farmer. or a housing project, it
takes another two dollars from
you to enable it to give away your
first dollar!
90 This notion of "let-the-gov-
ernment-dccide' what is the best
,,.o,, 70 c,,ou,l ,,o,,,. ,,,Opa,, &c u ,Nara-
disc for the politicians. 1t enables
the politicians to use the peoples
own money to enslave the people.
According to the Tax Foundation,
you - the average American -
are already working PA hours out
of each and every eight-hour work
ing day just for the politicians in
Washington. Each day when you go
to work-before you ever start
earning a cent for yourself your
wife and your children you
spend pa hours working in order
to get enough money to pay taxes
to the boys IN WaShlngton. Give
the politicians the power to decide
where and how they will spend
more of your money-and you will
work that much longer each day
for them. Keep this up, and event
ually you will reach the point
where VOur whole working daV
will be spent earning money for
the politicians. When that time
comes. we will have reached the
inevitable conclusion of letting
the-gOvernment-dO-it" complete
control of everything and every
body by the Tyrant State. If we
listen to the siren song of these
do-gooder professors, politicos
and their followers. we will arrive
The Republican., 1960-04-07
TIE AMERICAN WAY

to allow the govcrnment-the poll
ticians-to take even more of our
money. Then we won't be able to
spend it as we see fiji, for food
and clothes and refrigerators and
cars and charity and entertainment.
Instead the politicians in Washing
ton will spend il as they think
bcst-on housing and health and
education and SO on.
There are three points TO keep
in mind whenever you are assailed
by this latest scheme to let the
government decide" what's good
for you:
% This is the oldest argument
in the history of mankind. 1t is
the eternal cleavage between the
free man and the Tyrant State.
For the first time, here i'm Ameri-
ca. the founders of our Republic
set up a system which guaranteed
to each individual the right TO
make his own decisions. 1t brought
us the greatest abundance and the
greatest freedom on earth. OF
course. we have bad spots in our
society. But they are not to be
compared with the bad spots in the
old European societies in which
the rulers. the monarchs, the gov
ernments had power over the ener-
gies and resources of the people.
Then the people had neither ma
terial well-being nor freedom-and
they still had slums
t2) "Letting-the-gOvernment-do-
it''-even assuming some of the
things the dO-gooders cry about
need doing-is the most expensive
possible method. Senator Harry
Byrd of Virginia has pointed out
that in this single year, the fed
The Republican., 1960-04-07
School Curriculum
Is P-TA Theme

Southern High School P-TA will
hold its April meeting Monday.
April II, Charles Brincr president
announced today
Theme for the meeting will be
centered around the content of
the total curriculum at each grade
level Parents Will have an oppor-
tunity to get a picture of the sub
jects which will be taught next
year. Parents who have son or
daughter in the tenth grade this
year, will have an opportunity to
meet teachers who will be teach
ing their children next year and at
the same time have an opportunity
to learn the general content Of the
curriculum at the grade level
a special invitation is being eN-
tended 10 parents Of boys and girls
coming to Southern for the first
time next year.
Chairmen of each grade level
/ group are: grade y. Mr. Jackson;
/ grade II, Mrs Randol; grade 10,
Miss Kildow: grade g. Mrs Nc
| Manis; grade 8, Mrs Johnson;
grade :. MIR. Calls
A brief business meeting will be
held in the cafeteria at 8 p. m.
Teachers will be available for in
dividual conferences at 1870.
Mr.. Briner pointed out that this
was not the regular meeting night,
but since school was closed on
Easter Monday. the meeting was
moved up one week early. Officers
for the coming year will also be
nominated.
The Republican., 1960-04-07
BV John T. Flynn
N OLD AND TYRANNlCAL
InEA


TORS NOTE: John T Flynn
1 noted author, lecturer and
O commentator
lme fine men and excellent
: have come out of the oldest
pgc in the United StateS-Iiar-
/ University But in recent
IS. some very queer notions,
have emanated from that
ust institution of learning. One
hem. put forth by a Harvard
ressor of economics, has en-
red a few eminent columnists,
usual batch of "intellectuals,
g a number of politicians. and
supposed to be causing a great
ate in Washington.
Il these people think they have
he'd on TO something new and
at'-all except the politicians,
} know better but go along be-
Sc this is right down their alley.
ut as simply as possible, this
,alled new, great idea" is that
the American people-don't
w what's good for us. The
ne example cited by these
lld-be remodelers of our So
y is that we build beautiful
Dmobiles, but we have terrible
ms. What they mean is that
orleans are devoting too much
their energy and resources to
own material well-being, and
enough to what are called
blic services"
he solution proposed proves
there is nothing new or
Eat" about the idea What these
gooders would have us do is
The Republican., 1960-04-07

sorcd Talent Show at HagcrstoWn,
saturday night April . Edward
Umstot and "The Three Stooges,
we're first and second place Win
ners of the Southern Talent Show.
Miss Tarum Comeqys will serve
as a regional judge
New Curtains installed
New blackout curtains have been
installed in room 2l8, Mrs Prices
room. and room 22G, Miss Cogley's
room.
The Republican., 1960-04-07

son visited Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil
Stone, Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Blamblc and daugh-
ter Jamie visited Mrs. Nina Stur-
divant, of West Union, on Satur-
day.
The William Bittingers called on
Mr.. and Mrs John Morcland, Mon
day evening.
The Republican., 1960-04-07
Southern Speaks
BY Dale Ellis

Tonight al 500 p m, the South
ern Unh school Athletic Boosters
club will stage minstrel show at
the bennett Road school A re-
peat performance viii be given
Oh Friday night
Southrn Hiah faculty members
taking part i'm the show are Dick
Travis. Kenneth Johns, Wayne
Johnson. Carl Schoonover Tom
Kuhn. Miss Tarum Comeeys, Mrs.
Lucille Kerins, Mrs Margaret
Feather. Mrs. Ruth Brown, and
Earl Addison.
Admission will be thirty-five
cents for students and one dollar
for adults. Proceeds from the
show arc TO be used toward the
purchase Of lights for the football
field.
Chorus Commended
The Senior Chorus. under the
direction of Mrs. Ruth Brown,
presented programs to Garrett
County teachers at the All-County
Teachers Meeting, last Friday and
al the Rotary meeting that eve
ming.
Mr.. Willard Hawkins. superin-
tcndent of schools, stated that this
years chorus is the best chorus
Southern ever had.
Regional Talent Show
Edward UmstOt and THE Three
Stooges." will take part in the
Regional Student Council spon-
The Republican., 1960-04-07

at the logical end of their new
great which can be seen in
Communist Russia today. We will
wind up without automobiles.
without freedom - and with the
worst slums on earth.