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Evening star., 1960-05-11
BY FRANCES LIDE
Star Staf Writer

The two Democratic rivals
in West Virginia's hard
fought presidential primary
were in agreement yesterday
on the worth of the primary
system-but Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt dissented.
Here for a luncheon in her
honor closing the 1860 Cam
paign Conference for Demo-
cratic Women, Mrs. Roosevelt
frankly said she finds the
period OF the primaries "a
little painful" and Every
wasteful of human energy"
Earlier, Senator John F.
Kennedy of Massachusetts,
had declared himself as still
a great believer in the
primary system" asserting
that the experience gained by
the participants "is the most
valuable experience a poten-
tial president can have"
Former President Truman
has referred to them as "eye
Evening star., 1960-05-11

needed most-at the grass
roots"
And no machine is better
than its smallest cog, she
noted.
Mrs. Roosevelt also called
on women to meet the chal-
lenge of the times by think
ing of our own (domestic)
problems in the context of
world problems"
Women must remember,
she said. that America be-
lieveS in the value of every
human being and that
every human being has a
spark of the divine.
That's the basis of demo-
cracy." she declared. And
that's what will win the peo-
pies of the world"
Wives Attend
Also sharing the spotlight
yesterday were Mrs. Humph-
rey and Mrs. Kennedy who,
following a pattern estab-
lished at the conference din
ner Monday, were called on
to introduce their respective
husbands.
Evening star., 1960-05-11

ator Humphrey said jovially,
as photographers rushed for
ward to record their hand
shake. II don't get any of
these lights until you sit
down."
Tomorrow, they will all be
on you, Hubert" Senator
Kennedy retorted.
See Democratic President
Both candidates expressed
confidence that Democrats
will elect the President next
November, regardless of the
party's choice of a nominee.
Noting that Democrats are
the heirs of Thomas Jeffer-
son." Senator Kennedy de-
clared: "ThiS is a changing
time, and our task is to come
up with new solutions. I be-
lieve that this generation also
has a rendezvous with deS-
tiny. We are the true revolu-
tionaries. We are the future.
I think we can demonstrate
that in the next decade. And
Evening star., 1960-05-11
Primary System |ndorsed
Kennedy and Humphrey See Its Good Points

for the conference on the
day West Virginia voters
were casting their ballots in
the crucial presidential pref
erence contest added excite
ment to the luncheon cli-
making the three-day Demo-
cratic meeting at the Sher-
aton-Park Hotel.
The presence of "these
battle-weary, but undaunted
heroes Of the political wars"
was a tribute Democratic
women will not forget-no
matter who wins or loses,
said Mrs. Katie Louchheim.
vice chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee,
who presided.
Despite the occasional Bit
terness in their electioneering
efforts, the two presidential
hopefuls greeted each other
cordially when Senator Ken
nedy put in a belated appear
ance-almost a half hour
after the scheduled time for
the luncheon to begin.
Thanks for coming" SEN
Evening star., 1960-05-11

Mrs. Kennedy confessed
she was born a Republican"
But you have to have been
a Republican to realize how
nice it is to be a Democrat"
she said, just before present.
ing the man who made me a
Democrat"
Mrs. Humphrey disclosed
that her husband, who is al
ways nervous, she said, when
she is facing an audience had
sent her a note" which
turned out to be a whole
new speech" But she was
going to save it, she said, for
future visits in the respective
States of the conferees. For
mo matter what happens"
she indicated that she plans
to campaign for the Demo-
cratic nominees.
With their candidates to be
featured at the luncheon,
Humphrey and Kennedy sup
porters took over the Shera-
ton-Park Hotel during the
morning.
Humphrey admirers turned
out for a pre-luncheon re-
Evening star., 1960-05-11

wash" he noted. But eye
wash was the drink that
made Milwaukee famous" he
quipped. in reference to the
recent Wisconsin primary.
Senator Hubert H. Hum
phrey of Minnesota hailed
the role of primaries in focus
ing national attention on the
Democratic message" via
radio, TV and the news
papers.
Compete for Attention
This is especially beneficial,
he suggested, when the DEM
ocratic Party must compete
with the White House and
the Grown Prince" for COW
erage by public media.
While a primary can be
injurious, he said, "if it gets
out of hand" he predicted
that ultimately you will find
these have not been inju-
rious."
The fact that the two rivals
had flown to Washington
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ception in the Burgundy
Room for the Minnesota
Senator, while Kennedy sup
porters - awaiting his ar
rival-congregated at the
door to Sheraton Hall and,
once inside, famed out so
that virtually every table
boaSted a Kennedy banner.
Some bitterness was ex-
pressed by the Humphrey
people at the attention ac-
corded Senator Kennedy by
virtue of his late appearance.
The late arrival caused q
traffic jam in front of the
speakers table, where walters
carrying heavy trays had to
fight their way through the
swarm of photographers, re-
porters and autograph seekers.
Yesterdays luncheon was
followed by a tea at the
Womans National Demo-
cratic Club where flags of all
the States and bouquets of
flowers in red, white and blue
provided a colorful setting.
Evening star., 1960-05-11
PRIMARIES ADD
TO VOCABULARY

The vocabulary Of Sena-
tor and Mrs. John F. Ken
nedy's 2-year-old daughter
Caroline is increasing with
every presidential primary
entered by her father.
Caroline's first words were
plane" "good-by" and
New Hampshire" Mrs.
Kennedy told the Democra-
tic Women's C ampaign
Conference here yesterday.
And just this morning
she said Wisconsin and
West Virginia. Mrs. Ken
nedy added.
Evening star., 1960-05-11

by our example, we can
demonstrate that our system
represents the hope of the
world"
Senator Humphrey listed
some of the qualities the next
President must have, declar-
ing that, first of all he must
be an "initiator in a sense
a dreamer, with dreams that
can be fulfilled"
The President also must be
an educator" he continued,
so that his goals may be
attained; a "recruiter" of the
best brains in the country:
a diplomat" because I'VE
are living in a world where
heads of state must negoti-
ate great agreements" and a
leader" who will create
events" not let the country
become the victim of
events"
A burst of applause-for
another potential candidate
greeted the Senator when
he wound up his address with
the declaration that "if we
are to be the party of Jeffer-
son and Jackson, of Franklin
D. Roosevelt. Harry Truman
and-yes, Adlai Stevenson
we must be willing to stand
by principle at all times"
Brings Out Enthusiasm
The mention of Mr.. Steven
sons name brought an en-
thusiastic response from the
former standard bearers sup
porters.
Mrs. Roosevelt intrigued
her audience by suggesting
that the relatively small
number of women in top po-
litical jobs in this country
is really an asset, politically.
So many American women
do their own housework, and
must stay home to care for
children, that they probably
never will receive the "plums"
that make politics worth
while to most men, she said.
This, I think, is a
strength" she continued. 1T
means women can work in
the areas where they are
The Nome nugget., 1960-12-09
18th Anniversary of
Universal Declaration OF
Human Rights Saturday

By proclamation, Gov. VIM.
Egan has proclaimed tomorrow,
Dec. 10th, as the twelfth ami
versary of the adoption of the
Universal Declaration of Human
Rights by the United Nations Gen
eral Assembly. He calls attention
that it is also near the one hun
dred and sixty-ninth anniversary
of the adoption of our Bill of
Rights. AS both of these docu-
ments exempify our American
principles and are held in CRATE
full pride by the members of our
nation and of the free world he
urges that citizens join in re-
dedication to the achievement of
the goals of liberty and quality
throughout the world.
The Nome nugget., 1960-12-09

to
Spare
BY Dennis Marquiss

Question: Can I bowl in more
than one league?
Answer: Yes, you can bowl as
often as you like as long as you
don't bowl in the same league
twice.
Question: Can l bowl in a mix
ed league and still bowl in mems
or women's leagues?
Answer: Yes.
Question: Will a mixed team
bowl a mems team or a Women's
team?
Answer: No! A mixed team will
only bowl another mixed team
composed of the same number of
men and women.
Question: Will I bowl diff
ferent night each week
Answer: Mo- If you sign up to
bowl Mondays at Gas you will
bowl every Monday at 6:45.
Question: Does the beginner
stand a chance to win as often
as a more experienced bowler?
Answer: Yes, in most leagues
the beginner stands a better
chance because he is still improv-
ing. Whereas the experienced
bowler hits more consistently.
Question: What is the league
schedule?
Answer: The first shift will
bowl at 6:45 and the second shift
will bowl at approximately $50.
The Nome nugget., 1960-12-09
Wisteria HYsteria

WIs-eEId lVsIEFLd
GASTONIA, S. c. R-The case
of the popping pods went down
in police books today as wisteria
hysteria.
Frightened citizens telephoned
police that guns were being fired
in residential area Officers ap-
preached with caution and took
cover when they heard the firing.
One officer, hiding beneath a
wisteria tree, discovered that the
shots were really cold Wisteria
pods popping open as the air be-
came warmer.
The Nome nugget., 1960-12-09
Public Service Commission
Opens Office In Anchorage

The newly activated Alaska
Public Service Commission has
opened offices at 526 I Street, An
chorage, Commerce Commissioner
A. l. Romick said today.
William F. Meehan, Jr., director
Of the Motor Transportation Sec
ton will be headquartered in the
Anchorage office.
The office also will house Dale
L. Ball, Anchorage area inspector
for the Section of Weights and
Measures.
The Nome nugget., 1960-12-09
Rhode Island Has
Automated Post Office

PROVIDENCE, R. I. up = The
new Providence post office is not
only automated, it's unprecedented
it accepts foreign stamps just as
fast as it does legal American
postage, the Journal-Bulletin re-
ported today
This came to light when Saliva
tore Agostino received let
Cranston resident, received let
ter from a friend in Providence
which travelled through the auto
mated postoffice. It bore Rus
sian stamp.
A postal official said that it is
admittedly impossible for the cleo
tronic equipment in the post office
to distinguish U. S. stamps from
others.
Trading stamps, C hris m s
seals, homemade drawings of
stamps, cancelled American stamps
all are grist to automation.
The Nome nugget., 1960-12-09

You may not be getting any
younger, but the US. population
is. In 1850 some "a per cent of
it was made up of children and
teen-agers. The figure now is 40
per cent.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-01-21

gested that my involvement in
the Wilson matter was motivated
by desire for publicity, perhaps
| should make it clear that no
one in New York City besides
my secretary and myself knew of
the existence of the telegram to
Governor Folsom. It is a long
standing custom with me to priv
ately communicate my senti-
ments on important issues to law
makers or other public figures
and since my thirty-one CORE
spondents have availed them
selves of the right, l feel certain
they will not deny it to me. This
was the first instance where a
message emanating from my Of
flee was broadcast to the news
papers and the public Since I
did not release the telegram for
publication, and since Western
Union holds all communication
IN the striceast confidence, it
would seem that the press must
have learned Of the existence of
the message through the office of
Governor Folsom. Since that gen.
tleman (who has since sent me
his personal announcement of the
communication of Wilson'S death
sentence) had been beseiged by
messages from many parts OF the
world urging an exercise Of his
clemency. it is my guess that his
office gave out regular bulletins
regarding this mail by way of
paving the way for public accep-
lance of a move he was perhaps
privately locking for a way to
make without unduly antagoniz-
ing those among his constituency
who wanted to see Wilson put to
death.
In any event moments re-
Election should indicate to those
who have made the charge of
publicity seeking that publicity
of this type is the sort from
which any entertainer mindful
of his own material benefit would
instantly shrink. Because of the
power of televi5ion | receive
more publicity than our office
can find the time to personally
examine Public attention Of the
sort occasioned by my stand in
this matter can only harm me in
my professional capacity, how
ever much satisfaction my actions
have afforded me as human
being. As was to have been ex-
pected, all my professional adj
visors, sponsors and network as
sociates have made off the-record
expressions of horror that
would thus risk alternating GER
tain segment of my viewing pub
lie. That my position differs from
their own is due perhaps to a
certain peculiar weakness in my
character: l find that it is lust as
Continued on Page Two)
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-01-21

1900.
The poems of this book were
written and published before
mankind put two monkeys in the
nose-cone of rocket and blast
ed them into deep space. There
has been lot of scientific flax
in the papers about it. Maybe
you noticed.
What we have here is another
sort of capsule. It might be a llv-
ing room in the strict sense = a
space where there is life. 1t might
be a cell-block in a Jail. You
can't get out of time until the
fires Of life go out and the chill
Of death overpowers you. Or it
might be the cell of the Freudian
self, where loneliness spins the
shroud of fantasy, weaving the
web of magic, making spells,
playing the game of make-be-
lieve, creating a false prison for
the mind in the hope of breaking
the power of the real confine-
ment.
There is room enough in this
capsule for all of us. And wryly
we can ride to a bitter end. This
capsule is not likely to be picked
UP in mid-ocean by rescue team
Steve Allen says: "The mind
flies, searching -. looking for
itself, forgetting time" Who in
vented this trip2 Good question.
Not answered. The author says:
'sThe wind that blew the leaves
away blew people too"
Cyrano de Bergerac called the
trip "a fall that seems like fly
ing.'' Steve Allen says we are
walking on dream jello, with
the world one down-hill place"
Well, that is a poetic way OF
stating the case.
One of our space Argonauts
stepped out Of his automobile one
frosty night to take a picture OF
The eternal stars in the northern
sky. He focused on 'infinity'' to
Get a picture of the big dipper.
It had to be a time" exposure
When the picture came out 1T
showed "a funny dipper, made of
c.rved streaks on purplish blue. !"
He had caught the curve of his
ewn trajectory through space.
Too awful to contemplate. There
fore funny. We call it nervous
laughter.
He says in another place: $50
though we weep at some lost
hours of joy, we laugh before a
host of tragedies"
All - no tragic vision! What
about tragedy?
In the capsule of the Freudlan
self, there are two monkeys pack
ed away. Some say one above
the other, but in the constant
tumble there is no such thing as
sup and down And in the
moral sense they are both soil
tary, poor, nasty, british, and
short-lived." One of them takes
beastly delight in exercising his
tragic flaw in order to plague
the other. That one is called low
er, mainly because it turks out OF
sight. The other is less than adj
mirable. 1t is a Censor. 1t is vlr-
tuously Puritanical. 1t loves to
see sinners put down and given
cruel punishment.
On some such basis, the mem
bers of the Master Race (any
master race) claim that tragic
death is meaningful and beautl-
full. For Steve Allen it scarcely
Continued on Page Two)
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-01-21
To Thirty-One Persons
A LETTER FROM STEVE ALLEN


taking an active interest in Ala
bama's Jimmy Wilson case and
demonstrating that interest by
writing to comment on my own
involvement in it. AS you may
observe, this response is of the
form-letter type, but / am sure
you will understand that my busy
Work-schedule does not allow me
the time to dictate a detailed an
swer to each correspondent Of the
thirty-one who expressed them
selves on this subject.
You may be interested to know
that six of these correspondents
wrote to praise my stand, while
twenty-five criticized it, some Sc
verely, some moderately.
The first thing that struck me
about the mail received was that
much of it was based on certain
assumptions unrelated to the re-
alitieS of my statements as print
ed. I believe this resulted not
from any general inability on the
part of the writers to think and
argue clearly but rather because
they had not had the opportunity
to read both my original tele-
gram to Governor Folsom and
the complete article I subse-
quently wrote for New York
City newspaper called The Vii
lage Voice, in the form of letter
to a Mr.. Walter Craig of Selma,
Alabama. Although a number of
newspapers around the country
referred to my piece none of
them were able to quote it in its
entirety because of its length.
Certain ideas essential to a full
development of my argument
therefore, were omitted and SO
it is understandable that the re-
sponses to it were, to one degree
or another, not completely rele-
want.
THE Village Voice. mentioned
above can be purchased for ten
cents by writing them at ~
Greenwich Ave. N. Y. IL. N. Y.
End ask for Vol. Ill. No. AZ -
PDE.)
/ shall accordingly quote here
first the aforementioned tele-
gram and then attach with this
letter a copy of The Village Voice
in which the article appeared.
The telegram read as follows:
Dear Governor Folsom: May !
add my voice to the chorus OF
protest rising over the sentence
of Jimmy Wilson. Quite aside
from the dreadful anti-American
reaction which his electrocution
would bring about in other lands,
simple logic indicates an imbal-
ance between the offense and
punishment in this case The.
reader is now referred to The
Village Voice article.
A most fascinating thing about
the thirty-one letters received
was that no two Of fhera present
ed precisely the same arguments
or reflected The same attitudes.
This led me to assume granting
the danger of Judging from a
small samplel that there is really
no such thing as The Southern
Attitude on the question of race
relations, but that a wide spec
trum of opinions is reflected by
residents of the southern states
on this difficult question. Al
though such conclusion may be
overly obvious to some, believe
there are many to whom it oc-
ours only dimly if at all. In any
event / believe each of my cor
respondents will be interested to
know that, in this sense, he
stands more or less alone among
his neighbors in his theorizing OH
the question under discussion.
Since several of the people who
communicated with me have sug-
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-01-21
A Book
heviieW

WHY ON THE ROCKS. a book
of modern verse by Steve Allen.
Henry Holt * Co.. New York.
1856.
Evening star., 1960-10-16
Red-He|d Pair
Sill Unbound

VIENNA, Austria, Oct. Is
(AP).-The whereabouts Of two
Americans who had been held
incommunicado by Soviet au-
thorities for seven weeks was
still shrouded in mystery to-
night.
The Soviet foreign Office had
told the United States Embassy
in Moscow that Harvey c. Ben
nett. of Bath, Maine, and Mark
I. Kaminsky. of Cass County,
Mich, had been expelled to
Czechoslovakia at the Uzhgorod
crossing point.
The United States Embassy
in Prague said the two Ameri-
cans have not yet contacted
American oficials there.
I'VE do not even know
whether they have actually
crossed the border" an embassy
spokesman said.
Officials at the United States
Embassy in Vienna and the
legation in Budapest said they
had not heard from Bennett
and Kaminsky.
There was some speculation
here that the two Americans
might still be held at Uzhgorod
awaiting Czechoslovak clear
ance. The Czechs might even
take them directly to the from
tiers of either West Germany
or Austria.
A United States spokesman
in Vienna said the two Ameri-
cans had no instructions to re-
port to United States authori-
ties and might not do so, so
they might be on this side Of
the Iron Curtain without know
Ing that American officials
want to talk to them.
The United States is ex-
pected to protest to Russia
against their detention and Of
ficials wanted to get a full re-
port from Mr.. Bennett and Mr..
Kaminsky before taking any
action.
They had been held by the
Russians since August Is. They
went to Russia as tourists. The
Soviets charged that films and
notebooks taken from Mr.. Ka-
minsky showed he had been
gathering military informa-
ton.
Evening star., 1960-10-16
Pole Relates
.U.N. Sympathy
InconcoFuss

LEoPOLDVILLE, The Congo.
oct. IS (APls--A United Ma
tions spokesman expressed SYM
pathy today to Albert Ndele.
vice president of the Congo's
provisional government. who
was beaten and stabbed yester-
day while q U, N. Ghana SOL
dier looked on. But the spokeS-
man called it an isolated Incl
dent and wondered why so
much fuss was made about 1t.
Tension rose in the city
after the newspaper Courier
d'Afrique published . 'front.'
page photograph showing q
gang Of pro- Communist youths
hacking away at the bleeding
Ndele with the Ghanaian stand
ing nearby.
u. N. Spokesman Paul jan
kowski Of Poland told . news
conference, 1.-THE United Ma,
tions deeply regrets active vio-
lence and we express our SYM
pathy to the victims Of such
violence"
"Fuss" Is Questioned
Asked whether this referred
explicitly to, Mr.. Ndele, Mr..
Jankowski replied. II am au-I
thorized to express sympathy"
When newsmen pressed him,
Mr.. Jankowski said. II cannot
understand why so much fuss
is made about an isolated in
cident."
Mr.. Ndele, one Of the most
capable members Of the govern
ment commission. was recover
ing from deep knife wounds in
the back Of his head.
Still bleeding end in pain. he
told newsmen lrom his hospital
bed that the civil police force
was aiding supporters of de-
posed Premier Patrice Lu-
mumba in a campaign of terror
against the government COM
mission.
The police-unlike the army
apparently remain loyal to
Mr.. Lumunba and have been
completely inactive in efforts
to keep order in the city. This
and the passivity Of some U. N.
troops appeared to encourage
the gangs of young Lumumba
supporters to acts Of violence
intended mainly to intimidate
Mr.. Lurnumba's political op-
ponents.
Patrols BOlStered
Mr.. Jankowski told his news
conference that armed United
Nations patrols in the African
quarters had been strengthened
to avert renewed outbreaks of
violence, but a tour Of the city
late today failed to uncover
more than q few isolated
soldiers.
With law and order breaking
down in the capital, the United
Nations refused to provide a
military guard for the % MEM
bers Of the government COM
mission. Mr.. Jankowski said
the q. N. command does not1
have enough troops in Leopold
vile to provide a bodyguard
for "all politicians and men,
bers of parliament" |
He also declined to reveal
what orders were given to U. N.
soldiers on patrol. This is an
internal military matter" he
said.
Military sources said the
patrols have instructions to
intervene If they see anyone
being molested provided 1t is
not a routine alteration"
among Congolese civilians.
Some U. N. officers privately |
were severely critical Of these
vague instructions which re-
quired unsophisticated African
soldiers to evaluate street dis
orders.