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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
Personal Promises

Despite its prominence, religion,
Of course, is far from the only
issue. Mr.. Kennedy, who is on a
15,000-mile, 17-State swing, last
week began translating the Demo-
cratic platform into personal cam
paign promises.
His primary theme appeared to
be run something like this:
Elect me and I will push with all
my energies for speedier growth
If the national economy. With
this increased rate Of growth, we
can have virtually all the things
we want and need as a Nation
better housing, better schools,
more roads and aid to the aged
and a military and scientific pos
ture eminent in the world.
This is Mr.. Kennedy's new
frontier" To some conservatives
it may sound like the New Deal
Fair Deal rolled into one and then
doubled in spades. But, accord
ing to observers travelling with
him, the young Bostonian has
found enthusiastic responses from
the crowds, more and more of
which he addresses. a la Harry
Truman, from the rear platform
Of a train.
Vice President Nixon is raring
to get back in the race against
him after a forced two-week res
pite due to an infected knee. Mr..
Nixon, who will get huge sendoff.
led by Mr.. Eisenhower, at Friend
ship Airport tomorrow, will begin
a 9,000-mile, six-day swing across
the country. If anyone can make
up for lost time, the betting is
that the vigorous Mr.. Nixon will.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
Troops in Congo

Last week there were some 49,
600 troops in the Congo wearing
the blue-and- white insignia of the
United Nations. In Difference to
the presently raw Sensitivity Of
the Africans. the majority Of these
troops are themselves Africans.
According to most on-the-scene
reports, the U. N, units have been
scrupulously careful to refrain
from even seeming to interfere in
strictly Congolese affairs beyond
those tasks imposed upon the
u. N. command by the Security
Council. In at least one instance.
reporters noted that U. N. troops
stood idly by while berserk Con-
golese soldiers Of the Force Pub
lique massacred the children in
a Kasai mission school.
But whatever individual U. N.
units may be doing. the activities
of the overall u. N. command
have been fortnight enough.
Three times the harrassed but
grimly hopeful Secretary General
Dag HammarSkjold has warned
Belgium that Belgian cooperation
with the Security Councils resolu-
ton has been unsatisfactory.
Brussels officials have replied
that transport and technical
difficulties" have prevented the
prompt evacuation Of Belgian
forces from Katanga province.
which seeks to secede from the
Congo. On Thursday night, Mr..
Hammarskjold fired sharp warn
ing at Belgian Ambassador to the
U. N. Walter Jordan:
He had confirmation, the Secre-
tary-G General said, that q Belgian
Sabena Airiines plane had un-
loaded some nine tons Of arms at
Elisabethville Katanga's capital.
apparently for the secessionist
forces of Katangan Premier Noise
Tsh0Ylnhe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11

lese Parliament (99 Of 1877 men,
bers present., after a two-hour
speech by Mr.. Lumumba in which
he dangled 'smore than so ambas-
sadorships abroad" before the law
makers. voted so to 10 that the
statements of both Mr.. Lumumba
and Mr.. Kasavubu were null and
non-existent."
The Kasavubu forces then
rallied in the upper house. the
Senate, where they claimed a
majority. But again Mr.. Lumumba
delivered an imprisoned two-hour
speech, and the supposedly hostile
Senator's promptly voted A to 2 to
support him. Both houses met in
an atmosphere of tension and tur-
MOL, with the snick of rifle bolts
punctuating the debate as ner-
vous soldiers loaded their weapons.
1t was all, said one reporter, like
Alice-in-Wo Wonderland"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
The PeoIe Group

Last Wednesday, the highly in
fammable issue was given an in
cendiary injection here in Wash
ington at a meeting called the
National Conference of Citizens
for Religious Freedom"
DR.. Norman Vincent Peale, a
Methodist pastor and author of
THE Power of Positive Thinking, :"
and DR.. L. Nelson Bell. a Presby-
terrain and father-in-law of Evan
geliSt Billy Graham, led the
gathering Of $50 clergymen and
laymen representing 81 Protestant
sectS.
The burden of the meeting was
that election of Catholic would
threaten our constitutional liber-
ties, our heritage of freedom and
the culture of America because
the Catholic Church is "con-
,trolled" from Rome.
Two Protestant ministers, vice
chairmen Of the Liberal Party in
New York. quickly denounced
what they called DR.. Peale's
s"blind prejudice" against Mr..
Kennedy's faith.
And an editorial in the indie
pendent Presbyterian Outlook" a
weekly, urged that American
voters elect 1.-THE best available
leader" as President. regardless of
his religion.
The storm stirred by the Wash
ington meeting provoked second
thoughts on the part of DR.. Peale,
who recently Endorsed Vice Presi-
dent Nixon for President. He said:
after serious and may I say
prayerful thoughts, and with no
reputation of my personal con-
viction, I have come to the con-
clusion that the public agitation
of religion as an issue can only
be divisive and therefore, in the
long run, harmful to our country"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
ChinuNews:
NoDedI

In the Tooth meeting between
Wang Ping-nan, Peking's Am
bassadOr to Poland, and Jacob
Beam, United States Ambassa-
dor in the same capital, a Chi
neSe offer Of a "Quid- pro- quo"
was rejected.
For almost all of the long tenure
of John Foster Dulles as Secre-
tary of State OF the United States,
any and all links with the Chinese
Peoples Republic were avoided
and rejected with a dedicated
firmness. But, about a year before
his death, Mr.. Dulles yielded just
a bit to the protestations of Amer
lean newspapermen: He agreed,
on specified conditions, to approve
assignments in Communist China
for a carefully selected list of
American reporters.
The Chinese countered with
their own conditions. Mr.. Dulles
rejected the conditions, which
were in effect that Chinese re-
porters must be allowed in the
United States on a man-for-man
reciprocal basis. Since no agree
ment was reached on this issue, no
American reporters have gone to
Red China Except Edgar Snow,
whose visa was approved by Peking
only as that of an individual guest
of a RESIDENT.
Last Tuesday in Warsaw, Mr..
Wang offered a deal. If the United
States would withdraw it's forces
from Formosa (Taiwan), he told
Mr.. Beam, then China would be
glad to admit American reporters
without restrictions.
THE most cynical statement Of
China's attitude in a long time"
promptly replied the State De-
partment. All the United States
sought, the Department said, was .
an exchange of newspapermen on =
a basis of equality and reciproc- .
ity." To accept the Peking pro-
posal would be, the statement
went on, "a reversal Of United
States policy on the China ques-
ton"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11

of the political, social, or eco
nomic situations Of any American
state"
The Soviet-sponsored resolution
was rejected without a vote after
Mr.. Wadsworth accused Moscow
of malicious meddling." But Mr..
Kuznetsov warned that the issue
could be raised again. Although
the Soviet text supported strongly
the GAS action against Trujillo.
approval by the Council would
have almost automatically estab-
lished the rule that all future &C
tons of the GAS would be subject
to Soviet veto.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11

The United Nations Security
Council went into an emergency
session Friday night and again
last night to wrestle with the
challenging chaos Of the Congo.
1t Is automatic, In international
relations, that successful tnterven-
ton by q world organization in
the affairs of q single nation or
two is possible only when the
power giants Of the world can
agree with each other on such
intervention.
Thus the United Nations inter-
vention in the Suez crisis of 1856
was quickly effective, once the
United States and the Soviet
Union had taken similar positions
on the issue. Britain, France and
Israel promptly called OF their
invasion Of Egypt and complied
with the U. N. mandates. however
reluctantly.
But the incredible confusion Of
the Congo crisis has brought no
similar accord between the giant
of the Communist bloc and the
giant of the West. On the con-
trary, the deep-seated and grow
ing rivalry between East and West
over which bloc will be able to
win predominant influence over
the emerging new nations Of
Africa has made the task Of the
U. N. discouragingly difficult. if
not impossible.
If there is a real ray Of hope
in the Congo situation for the
u. NJ, many diplomats are saying,
it lies in the reluctance of either
bloc to bear the onIs for deStruc-
ton of the u. MS prestige. As
of today, neither side appears to
be seriously concerned with the
U. N. prestige as such, but both
sides are being extremely cautious
and painstaking in their efforts to
make certain that, If the U. N.
fails, the blame will be clearly
chargeable to the other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
Completely Charged

The Soviet Union and nations
of the Communist bloc were
charging U. N. completely in a
western imperialist plot" to re-
store colonial rule to the former
Belgian possession. Yugoslavia.
calling for an immediate emer-
gency session Of the Security
Council, charged that the cautious
hands-off policy Of the U. N.
toward Congolese excesseS was
facilitating Belgian encourage
ment and arming of rebel factions
such as that of Katanga and of
KaSai province, where Albert Ka-
lonji, provisional president, has
also proclaimed independence OF
that rich mining state.
The Soviet Union, backing Con-
go Premier Patrice Lumumba to
the hilt, has sent him more than
is Soviet transport planes and a
feet Of trucks which are reported
ly being used to deploy the Luz
muinba armies for an invasion Of
Katanga and Kasai.
Mr.. Hammarskjold'S aims have
been to Cd shut OF all outside
aid to either Premier Lumumba's
government or to the rebel fac
tions; ca set up U. N. fund Of
500 million to finance the new
Congolese government. and to
bring in foreign technicians and
specialists indispensable if the new
nation is to function and go dis
arm some units Of the Congolese
army to prevent armed clashes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11

Republican campaigners exploit
the issue. were hit as unfair.
The Vice President is politically
wise enough to know-even If he
were to base his feeling on so
cynical a consideration-that a
beating of anti Catholic drums in
the South might win him'an extra
State or two, but that the reaction
in the bigger Northeast Industrial
States, where the Catholic popula-
ton is much heavier, might bene-
At Mr.. Kennedy decisiVely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
The Cold War

On the eve Of embarking aboard
his ship, he called again for AL
heads of government, East and
WeSt,R to gather together at the
u. N. for q general debate on dis
armament and other major issues.
Meanwhile, the cold war was kept
well-frosted by series Of icicle-
jabs such as these:
. The German Democratic Re-
public Communist East Germany
slapped rigid passport require
mentS on all residents Of West
Berlin seeking to cross into East
Berlin. The ruling did not affect
allied personnel, but was prompt
ly protested by the State Depart
ment as wholly illegal" In Berlin,
Western commanders conferred
on retaliatory action.
. In a lengthy conversation with
American Ambassador Llewellyn
Thompson at a Moscow recep-
ton, Mr.. Khrushchev joviaily
blasted away again about Amer
lean spying and warned that the
Kremlin was ready to shoot down
an American plane he said was
scheduled to fly a reconnaissance
mission over the Black Sea this
month:
. Rejected United States pleas
for the release of the two SurvjV-.
ing crewmen of the RB-47 re-
connaisance plane shot down re-.
Gently in the Arctic who are watt
ing trial as spies;
. Recalled Vyacheslav M. Molo-.
tov from his isolated post as AM
baSsador to Outer Mongolia and
assigned the "old Hammer" to.
Vienna as Soviet representative
on the International Atomic En-
ergy Commission:
. Exploited with an elaborate
Moscow press conference the de-
lection Of two United States citi-
zens, William H. Martin and Ber-
non F. Mitchell, who fed their
jobs as cryptographic mathema-
ticians at the Super-secret Ma
tional Security Agency and asked
political asylum in the Soviet
Union, charging American mill
tary policies were endangering
peace;
. Repeated (to Amb sador
Thompson) his insistence that
President Eisenhower owes him an
apology for the U-2 incident last
May /;
. Demanded again that the U. N.
support the Lumumba government
in the Congo and halt "interfer-
ence" with Congolese internal af-
fairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
THE NATIONAL SCENE
Issue Of Religion
Growingin Campaign

The religious issue came to
the fore last week as Senator
Kennedy continued his first
campaign swing and Vice Presi-
dent Nixon, his infected knee
mended. prepared to re-enter
the fray.
a.. but no religious test shall
ever be required as a qualification
to any office or public trust under
the United States"
So says Paragraph 8, Article VI
Of the Constitution of the United
States Of America.
But last week, as the Republican
and Democratic Parties and their
standard-bearers girded for the
final go days Of campaigning, it
was an issue many people had
hoped to avoid-the question of
Senator John F. Kennedy's Ro-
man catholicism-which came to
the fore.
Even before the Democratic
Party nominated Mr.. Kennedy
there were Protestant ministers.
particularly among the Southern
BaptiSts, who declared publicly
their opposition to a Catholic
being elected President.
As the campaign gets under way
in full fever, anti-Catholicism
Hlrouyiea hos h1irUoOnad TT ic
somewhat differently manifested
than the opposition to Gov. Alfred
E. Smith in 1928. the last previous
Catholic nominated for President.
Now it is out in the open-save
for the really false, libelous and
obscene" anti-Catholic materials,
to use Senator Kefauver's descrip-
ton, which are flooding certain
areas of the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
Restriction

The State Department an
nounced yesterday that Mr.. Khru-
shchev would be restricted to Man
haitian during his stay at the U. N.
sessions. Members of the Soviet
delegation to the U. N. are nor
mally so restricted, but there had.
been speculation that an exception
would be made for the Soviet
Premier.
On a visit to Finland earlier,
last week. Mr.. Khrushchev gave
his approval to Finnish co-opera-
ton with the "Outer Seven" trade.
group, led by Britain and Scandi-
navian nations. which seeks to.
balance the commercial advan--
tages held by the timer Six" or
Common Market" group. But Mr..
KhruShchev warned that Finland.
must avoid the political implica-.
lions he said were inherent IN.
participation with NATO coun-.
tries in the trade organization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
A Wdrninq

American Ambassador James
]. Wadsworth, who only last week
took the U. N. portfolio when
veteran Henry Cabot Lodge re-
signed to enter the political cam
paign hustings. was quick to coun-
ter the Russian maneuver. The
GAS, he declared, had already
made plain its opposition to any
attempt by the Soviet Union or
Communist China to make use
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
The WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
Congos Challenging Chaos

the chinks in the Vests armor at
every opportunity since the dull
thud Of the abortive summit con-
ference last May.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
Council Sessions

The Security Councils task last
night and Friday night was to
decide on the future course for
the U. N. in the embattled Congo.
The Soviet Union called fatty for
all-out, unqualified support of Mr..
Lumumba. Mr.. Hammarskjold, in
effect, challenged the legitimacy
Of the Lumumba regime. Russia
warned that Soviet aid to Lu-
mumba would continue. In the
confusion, the Council adjourned
until 2 pm. tomorrow.
Internally, chaos compounded
reigned supreme. When on Mon
day President Joseph Kasavubu
announced that he was exercising
his legitimate powers under the
Congo's fundamental Law" and
firing Premier Lumumba, the irate
Premier promptly countered by
firing Mr.. Kasavubu. On Wednes-
day the lower house Of the Congo
Evening star., 1960-06-10

hower'S views about him. Mr..
Nixon pointed out that the
President had come out for
him two months ago. He said
he had seen the President yes
terday morning and added: Il
do not expect him to be against
me in the convention"
Mr.. lJixon answered point
by point the criticisms made
by Gov. Rockefeller Of the ad-
ministration policies. Among
them we're:
Compulsory arbitration of
labor disputes affecting ma
tional security - Gov. Rookie
feller said he favored this but
Mr.. Nixon said he was opposed
to it because it would lead
to "a Government-controlled
economy"
Medical care for the aged
Mr.. Nixon said Gov. Rookie
feller indicated he favored the
Forand approach while he had
indicated his Categorical op-
position" to that because it
was compulsory in character.
MinimiZes Split
Defense - Gov. Rockefeller
urged an increase of $3.5 bill
lion for defense and civil de-
fenSe. Mr.. Nixon said the
present level of spending was
adequate and the defense pro-
gram was not one that "leaveS
the United States, in effect, as
a sitting duck before potential
-aggressors.
Steel strike settlement-Gov
Rockefeller said it would add
81 billion in steel costs after
the election. Mr.. Nixon en-
phatically disagreed and said
Evening star., 1960-06-10
Tibetan Rebels
Capture Town

KATMANDU, Nepal, June 10
(AP). - Tihetan rebels have
captured an important road
junction town from the Chinese
Communists after a To-day
battle. according to reports
reaching Katmandu today.
Sources believed reliable said
the rebel victory occurred at
Shekar Dzong. The town,
which is the district headquar-
ters. is so miles north Of Mount
Everest.
The reports said the Chinese
were bringing up reinforce
ments from Tingri Dzong, Is
miles west of Shekar Dzong
(dzong means a combination
Of fort and monastery. Tingri
is one of the major Chinese
army bases in Tibet. An air.
field is located there, but re-
ports indicate that so far the
Chinese are not using war
planes in the battle.
The Chinese also are be-
lieved fighting rebels at Saka,
125 miles north of Katmandu.
The town, l5,140 feet high,
commands an important pass
on the main eaSt-west highway
across Tibet.
The rebels have been trying
to disrupt Chinese commtnica-
tions. These areas in West
Central Tibet were not involved
in the fighting after last years
uprising, but guerrilla activity
reportedly has now spread.
Evening star., 1960-06-10

he thought an increase in steel
prices could be avoided by in
creased efficiency.
The Vice President sought
to minimize the differences be-
tween him and Gov. Rockefeller
and he saw no need for any
word eating" If the Governor
Evening star., 1960-06-10
NIXON
Vice President Replies to Criticism
By Rockefeller Point by Point
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
United States Ambassador to
England, and owner of the New
York Herald-Tribune, John Hay
Whitney, and Roy Howard, the
newspaper publisher.
The Vice President, in his
news conference last night, re-
jected the idea of a debate
with Gov. Rockefeller on the
ground that "it would not be
appropriate If he is not a candi-
date" for the presidential
nomination. But he said he
would be glad to submit to
public questioning by Gov.
Rockefeller.
Mr.. Nixon, appearing in good
spirits and sure of himself and
his hold on the Republican
presidential nomination, gave
his answer to the Governors
challenge in a 55-minute news
conference in Camden's Walt
Whitman Hotel. 1t was held a
few minutes after Mr.. Nixon
arrived in Camden to speak at
a dinner honoring Representa-
tive Cahill, New Jersey Repub-
Inon Arcf foV.V1NA1.
Lists Appearances
Mr.. Nixon said that in the
lest five months, in AZ news
conferences, question and an
Swer sessions and radio and
television appearances, he had
given his position more pre-
cisely and in more detail" than
the Governor had in his state
ment Wednesday.
But Gov, Rockefeller coun-
tered with the comment that
"only three weeks ago, the Vice
President stated publicly. If I
become the candidate, l intend
to present to the country a
new program
This is the crux Of the issue
I have raised" the New York
Governor added. THE people,
the Republican Party and the
delegates to the Republican
convention are entitled to know
what a new program means. |
They have a right to know be-
fore, not after, the nomination
of a candidate, precisely where
he stands"
Mr. Nixon said Gov. Rookie
feller had every right to express
his views and suggested that |
Gov. Rockefeller might con-
slider presenting his views" to
the Platform Committee of the |
G. o. P. convention.
He said he had noted that |
the Governor had indicated he
should not go to the convention |
"for fear that would stimulate |
a draft for the vice presidency"
With a solemn face, Mr.. Nixon /
said II think I can assure him
that his oft = repeated desire
that he will not be drafted as
candidate will be respected,
certainly my me-"
Mr.. Nixon said he believes
Gov. Rockefeller, as a man
who speaks forthrightly, should
be taken at his word that he
is not a candidate for the nomi-
nation. Until he says he is a
candidate" Mr.. Nixon con-
tinued, II don't consider him
a candidate"
He said, however, the Gov
Evening star., 1960-06-10
QUAINT 'CUSTOMS
OF BRITISH CITED
BY PRINCE PHILIP

NEW YORK, June 10
(APD Prince Philip inter-
Spersed his formal address
opening a British trade
exhibition today with a
humorous reference to
British customs.
Remarking that he was
returning to London for
the Queens birthday pa
rade tomorrow, he said:
Don't ask me to explain
why it is that she has an
official birthday in June
when her proper birthday
is in April.
You'll just have to ac-
cept it like cricket, pounds,
ShillingS and pence and
other very practical quaint
British customs"
Evening star., 1960-06-10

ernor was a potential candidate
and II hope he continues to
present himself to the country
and does not rule out, may I
say. the possibility of being a
candidate"
The Vice President said he
did not believe the Rockefeller
attack had injured his own
candidacy. Asked about his
own delegate strength, Mr..
Nixon said:
Il will only say that 1 have
quite a few delegates that are
committed and that the .,ros-
poets look hopeful at the pres
ent time"
Asked if the Rockefeller at
tack had changed Mr.. Eisen-
Evening star., 1960-06-10

should finally decide to sup
port him.
II Gov. Rockefeller should
be nominated, Mr.. Nixon said,
II would support him with en-
thusiasm." He continued: Il
felt the Governors words were
not offensive"
Evening star., 1960-06-10
Gem Show Slated

The Gem and Lapidary So
ciety announced that a Gem
and Mineral Show will be on
exhibit from 2 to 8 pm. to-
morrow at the Chevy Chase
Recreation Center. There will
be no admission charge.
Evening star., 1960-06-10

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