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Evening star., 1960-03-04
WILLIAM S. WHITE

Never have so many rela-
tives and in-lawS done so
much for so many presiden-
tial candidates as now they
do.
And in this aspect of cam
paigning-as in all other
open aspects-it is Senators
John F. Kennedy of Mas
sachuSetts and Hubert H.
Humphrey of Minnesota who
are leading the field, by way
of their womenfolk and kin
folk.
Before the showdown Wis
consin presidential prefer
ence primary Of April S, eight
Kennedys will have been in
the State working for Brother
Jack, Husband Jack, or Son
Jack. One of the Senator's
brothers, Robert, is an old
hand at beating the bushes
there. Already he has been
working the State for two
months.
Another brother, Ted Ken
nedy, went into Wisconsin
in the second wave about a
month ago. Two sisters, Pat
and Jean, are going to join
a third sister, Eunice, in try
ing to win this part of the
Midwest for Jack. The Sen
ator's wife, Jacqueline. has
been accompanying him out
there. too.
(Pat Kennedy is Mrs. Peter
Lawford. wife Of the actor.
Eunice Kennedy is Mrs. r.
Sargent Shriver, jr., of Chi
cago. Jean Kennedy is Mrs.
Stephen E. Smith of Wash
ingtonO r,s
The candidates mother,
Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, al
ready has done handshaking
for him in New Hampshire,
the scene Of another coming
primary contest. In due time
she. too, will join Task Force
Kennedy in Wisconsin.
Senator Kennedy's only
presidential aspirant rival in
the Wisconsin primary, Sen
ator Humphrey, started the
Wisconsin campaign assisted
by his wife, Muriel. Now he
too. has brought in another
Humphrey-his sister, Mrs.
Frances Humphrey Howard
of Baltimore.
All this massing Of the fam
lily clans in Wisconsin raises
interesting questions.
1t used to be that in poll
tics the kinfolk, and especial
ly the womenfolk, were those
whose duty was only to stand
and wait. The women no
tably were not supposed to
take any identif1able part in
the struggle. For down under
meath everybody believed pol
itics to be a pretty dirty busi-
ness from which ladies should
draw back the hens Of their
skirts.
Senators Kennedy's and
Humphreys decision in Wis
consin to use all the family
troops available, female as
we'll as male, would appear to
put a final period to those old
notions. For that matter,
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon's own conduct, though
he Is unopposed for the Re-
publican presidential nomina-
Evening star., 1960-03-04
RALPH McGHL
Gloring Discrimination Incidents Called
Weight on Necks of Riqhts Bills Foes

Deep South Senators, in
their fllibuster against civil
rights measures, including
those protecting the right to
vote, have about their neck
the symbolic albatross made
famous in the Ancient Mar
iner.
These Senators do not dare
speak in behalf of denying the
right to vote. And m their
efforts to insist that State
laws protect those rights, they
are greatly embarrassed by O.
record which officially refutes
them.
True, only four or five
counties in the Deep South
have publicly brought the is
sues to the fore. But these
have been so unconscionable
and so f1agrantly discrimina-
tory as to make a mockery
of the State laws.
Chief among them, and
setting a pattern for such
thumhing of noses at State
laws, is the Alabama case
where a defiant board of
registrars ruled Tuskegee
University professors, holding
doctors and masters degrees,
to be too illiterate to vote.
This set a sort of pattern and
in other States public school
teachers were excluded.
1t is we'll known that pri-
vately the more responsible
Deep South Senators have
spoken harshly of this, and
other such grossly stupid
actions by registrars. But
such is the politics of their
times and their States they
have not done so publicly.
Hence, they are vulnerable
in debate and can only say
thft such flagrant abuses
Evening star., 1960-03-04
Indion to Direct
U. N. Agency Here

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
Mar. 4 apt. A. Raman,
Indian Author and newspaper
correspondent. has been named
director of the United Nations
Information Center in WASH
ington, D. C.
During World War II he was
head Of the Government Of
India's information service in
Washington. He has been with
the U. N. since 1916. s
Evening star., 1960-03-04
BIoodmobiIe Cancels
z Scheduled Visits

The visits Of Red Cross
bloodmobiles to Prince Fred
erick. Nd, and Alexandria, Va,
scheduled for today, have been
Cancelled.
A bloodmobile will be at St.
Paul's Parish House, Prince
Frederick, from II am. to 3:45
pm. Friday, March l8. The
Alexandria visit to st. Luke's
Protestant Episcopal Church,
1882 Fort Hunt road, has not
yet been reScheduled.
Evening star., 1960-03-04

Half a century Of organized
effort to make Washington an
ideal city will be honored at
the 50th anniversary banquet
of the Federation Of Citizens
Associations at 7 pm. tomor-
row in the Mayflower Hotel.
Guests, including members
Of Congress, the District Com
missioners, civic leaders and
heads Of city departments. will
help celebrate the golden an
niversary Of the city's unofficial
legislature.
Until 1910, before there was
a federation and after the Dis
trict lost its voting rights. resi-
dents banded themselves into
neighborhood groups to make
themselves heard by Congress
or the city government. But
there was no united approach.
The first citizens association
was the Mount Pleasant AS
sembly, formed as early as the
l870s when Mount Pleasant
was a village reached from
Washington by a winding road
which became the prese t
crooked Fifteenth street NV.
Similar associations sprang up
whenever a new community
arose inside the city bounda-
ries. The aim was to bedevil
the S-that-were for
streets, sidewalks, better horse
cars, public utilities and
schools.
Requested to Unite
1t was in 1910 that Chair
man Gallinger of the Senate
District Committee - after
whom Gallinger Hospital was
named-requested that the Al
citizens associations unite.
A leader stepped forth in the
persons Of William McKendree
Clayton. a lawyer, who later
became first head Of the fed
Grafton. He asked the Cham
Der of Commerce to sponsor a
meeting. 1t was held on March
IS, 1910. in the chambers rooms
in the Brentano Building,
Twelfth and F streets NV,
with % organizations repre-
Sented.
For the first time since crea-
ton of the commissioner form
of government, the people had
a representative organization
to work for them.
Success With P. U. C.
1t scored its first success in
1918 when Congress created
the Public Utilities Commission.
Later the federation was in
strumental in the merger of
the public transportation COM
Ipanies here.
1t became traditional for the
federation to meet in the board
room at the District Building.
The group first met there in
1916 and has been doing so
ever since.
The federation also was in
strumental in forming the
State societies here.
In those days the eternal
question of a vote for the Dis
trict was talked about then as
much as it is now. To drama
tize the lack Of the vote the
federation designed a flag for
the then-flagless District. 1t
was lemon-colored and por-
trayed a goat with a tin can
tied to his tail.
Nearby Areas Organize
President Franklin D. Roose-
velt became a member of the
West End Citizens Association
in 1884, listing his address as
1900 Pennsylvania avenue NV.
President Harry Truman later
Joined the same group. No one
has yet signed up President
Eisenhower.
Theodore w. NoyeS, then ed
itor of The Star, congratulated
Evening star., 1960-03-04

State law, in conflict with a
Federal statute, have pri-
macy.
1t may be painful, but these
facts are necessary to under
standing the problem.
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DEFENSE
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lieveS that 1 have deliberately
misled the American people,
I'd like to tell him to his face
what I think about him. This
is charge that I think is
deSpicable. :"
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VIRGINIA
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gate Robert Whitehead of Mel
son County, warned:
I'VE should go slow in using
public money for private
schools"
He said the bill has the effect
Of a subsidy to private schools
out of public funds. He warned
this may lead to public support
OF a public and a private school
system land even a three
school system"
Delegate Lewis A. McMurran
OF Newport News, while not a
patron of the bill, defended il
as chairman of the committee
that reported the measure
unanimously.
He referred to the operation
OF private schools to avoid in
tegration in several commu-
mites. This has occurred at
Charlottesville. Front Royal,
Norfolk and in Prince Edward
County.
This gives the people of
Southside, Va. an additional
tool to combat the greatest
dilemma since Appomattox, "
he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-19
Choifetz Draws
Tax Sentence:
Appeal PENDING

Abraham Chaifetz, 49-year-
old Washington lawyer. was
sentenced today by District
Court Judge Luther w. Young
dahl to from 4 to IL months N
Jail on a tax-evasion count.
In addition, he was ordered
to pay a total of $4,000, in
GLIDING a fine and costs Of
prosecution.
Mr.. Chaifetz was also SEN
fenced to four months on a
miSdemeanor charge of failing
to supply certain information
to the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice. The two sentences were or
dered to run concurrently.
An appeal was noted imme-
diately by defense attorneys.
He was permitted to remain
free under $1,000 bond pending
outcome of the appeal.
The count on which the at
torney drew the 4-to-12-month
sentence is felony. 1t alleges
that for the tax year 1853 he
had paid $48.73 income tax
when he should have paid So
585.78.
He was convicted on both
counts by a jury last November.
In a brief statement before
the court, the defendant, Of the
500 block of Cedar street NV,
said he may have been careless
or negligent but that he had
no intention of any wrong
doing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-19
E|kins Accepts
Chinese Books

The University Of Maryland
Library'S Chinese section was
enriched yesterday by a gift
of 934 volumes on the nations
Is dynasties.
The paper-back books, writ
ten in Chinese, were presented
by DR.. George K. c. Yeh, Chi
nese Ambassador to the United
States. They were accepted
by DR.. Wilson E. Elkins, uni
versity president, in a brief
ceremony at the library in Col
| lege Park.
DR.. Yeh, time teacher of
comparative literature. said the
books are "the best represen-
tation of the humanistic tradi-
tons of China"
The works cover China from
the first century AID. to a
period about Is years ago. and
were written by historians ap-
pointed by the dynasty courts
The volumes were compiled
from more than $500 hooks
and required more than three
years to assemble and repro
duce.
Each page was reproduced
from one of more than 90
photographs taken of the origi-
nal page.
The republic also has do
mated a reproduction of 300
prints of palace paintings, now
enroute to the university.
Accepting the gifts, DR.. Elk
ms noted the largest number
of foreign students enrolled at
the school are from China. The
students have contributed
greatly to university life and
some fine scholars from the
republic have served on the
staff, he added.
There are only two other
sets of the dynastic histories
in this country at the
University of Washington in
Seattle, and Columbia Uni
versity in New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-19

en- her fair name if this man
dieS"-must now do more.
1T must use the 90 days to
badger justice to show that
|. there is the magnificent
loophole Of absolute mercy"
The paper urged "a perma-
nent reprieve from the gas
chamber for the long-tortured
Chessman."
In Oslo Hedge Seip, chief
editor of the liberal Dagbladet,
said:
I'VE belive that this will
strengthen the confidence in
the judiciary system of the
United States. 1t will give us
back the faith we were about
to lose, that America is follow
ing humane principles in its
administration of justice"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-19

the upper stands. Came then
fireworks and 10000 balloons.
Table COllapses
The Vice President thereafter
had nothing more irksome to
do than to walk over the we'll
trodden snow and tour the
striking chalets of the village.
At the recreation center sew
eral 1.-the American skiers
leapt onto a ping-pong table
TO get a better look. 1t fell
beneath them among general
laughter.
Mr.. Nixon kept telling every
body he was enjoying every
minute and it was easy to be-
lieve.
While his Democratic rivals
have been working the West,
they have had to talk to hard
eyed men who blew cigar
smoke in their faces. Mr.. Nixon
was met everywhere by mag
nif1cent athletes who greeted
him with the gay cameraderie
of outdoor people. While the
Democrats have been laboring
away at high-interest rates and
reclamation projects, he could
converse heartily about such
wholesome and warming sub
jects a trout fishing, ski jumps,
figure skating and prizes.
A group of rosy-faced Ameri-
can girls leaned out of their
dormitory to greet him.
Don't break a leg" he called
up cheerily.
Collects Lapel Pins
He and Mrs. Nixon fetched
up before the hooded fireplace
in the huge athletes dining
room, where they shook hands
with a long parade Of happy
people bundled up in a wonder
full variety of parka hoods and
hats. His lapel was by then COW
cred with pins from various
teams given him by autograph
seeking competitors. He told
Giorgio de Stefani, head Of the
Italian committee, that ne
would love to come to the
Olympic Games in Rome-"if
it weren't for some business /
have this summer"
He greeted television star Art
Linkletter, who was wearing a
llama poncho and hat, as the
"abominable snowman" and
clapped Comedian Danny
Kaye on the shoulder. He
told American skating star
Carol Heiss to be sure and win.
He paid his respects to the
maitre d'hotel and congratu-
lated the chef on the Olympic
cake which was cut last night.
He told a Finnish coach that
the Firms were a wonderful
people, signed a spate of auto
graphs for some Italians and
made his way out into the
snow, bordering perhaps how
wonderful it is to be Vice Presi-
dent at this moment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-19
WEATHER
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and trees topping on power
lines knocked out service to IA
900 customers over a widespread
area for intervals from 81 min
utes to an hour and 40 minutes,
the Virginia Electric g. Power
Co. said.
VEPCO agreed it's area was
hit twice. The first damage had
all been repaired by 5 am. and
shortly afterward, the company
said, the winds resumed, knock
ing out power to 10000 more
customers. The company said
it had 81 crews of its own men
and IS contractors crews out
today restoring service.
Windows Smashed
The winds smashed a num-
Der of plate glass windows in
the Georgia avenue business
district of Silver Spring. Water
rose in Sligo Creek. closing the
bridge at Wayne avenue and
Sligo Creek parkway for a while.
In Arlington, a small shed
was blown onto U. S. Route
at Glebe road. About Is or 80
lampshades were blown into
the parking lot of the Fair
lington shopping center after
the window of a small shop
was smashed by the wind.
Windows also were broken IN
a drugstore at Seven Corners
a supermarket at Graham road
and Route so in Westlawn, and
a drugstore in the Pimmit
shopping center. The windows
of a drugstore in the Willston
shopping center we're broken
and the winds Strewed mer-
chandiSe all over the parking
area.
The Weather Bureau said the
storm originated as a low-pres-
sure area over Alabama which
intensified during the night and
became full-fledged gale over
an area from West Virginia to
Pennsylvania and New York
The Charles Town wv. Va
races were called off today be-
cause Of hazardous road con-
ditionS. Gale warnings were
displayed from South Carolina
to Eastport, Me, along the At
lantic Coast and snow was re-
ported all the way from Ten
nessee to New England today.
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NIXON

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fallen heir to the Eisenhower
luck with the weather.
All along the route to SquaW
Valley, in a heavy snow that
at one point reached blizzard
proportions. less fortunate
travellers were stalled. The
snow patrols were busy coping
with emergencies, the moSt
poignant Of which was a
stranded bus carrying 5000
box lunches.
But when the Vice President
entered the vast three sided
glaSs-roofed skating arena
which opens on the steep ski
runs, the sun suddenly broke
through. 1t shone on the
banners of 80 nations, and on
the snow-laden f1r-treeS on the
slope.
Nothing was asked of the
Vice President. All he had To
do, along with the $500 other
spectators. was to watch the
pageant before him, as the
beautiful young people paraded
before them carrying their
flags and wearing their ma
tional outfits.
Reds With Red Scarves
The color was dazzling. The
SwedeS wore canary yellow
quilted jackets and the Japa-
nese were in sky blue. The
French girls were wearing Won
derfully chic gray fur hats. and
the SpaniardS had blood-red
stocking caps. The NorwegianS
all wore long knitted socks of
white and blue. The next to
the last group were the
SovietS, amazingly urban IN
gray fedoras and indifferently
fitted trench coats with red
scarves. looking for all the
world like a convention of
house detectives.
The standard-oearers maSsed
before the rostrum. All Mr..
Nixon had to say was Il now
declare open the Olympic
Games of Squaw Valley cele-
brating the Eighth Winter
Olympics."
Thunderous applause followed
this shortest speech Of Mr..
Nixon's career and then a
massed choir of 1000 students
from California and Nevada
high schools. their red, green
and blue robes vivid against
the snow. sang the Olympic
hymns. their clear voices float
ing gently across the valley.
Cannon roared into the
silence that followed and a
thousand homing pigeons flew
against the blue sky. One of
them Numbered into the arena,
clawed frantically against the
scoreboard and fluttered into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-19
State Department Saw
Duty Chessmon Plea

The State Department said
today it considered it it's duty
to inform California authorities
of Uruguay's grave concern"
over the effect the execution OF
Caryl Chessman would have on
President Eisenhower's recep-
ton in Montevideo March 2.
Press Officer Lincoln White
said the department under
stands the Federal Government
has absolutely no jurisdiction
over the political processes OF
any State"
The warning from the nine
member National Council OF
Uruguay was the first from any
government on the Chessman
case, he said. There had been
several other unofficial pleas for
clemency delivered to American
embassies and consulates over
seas.
Warning Forwarded
Mr.. White said that the Uru-
guayan governments warning
was first communicated to the
White House staff and Their
passed on to California Gov
Brown by wire without COM
ment or recommendation" He
said the other unofficial pleas
for clemency also were sent tt
the Governor.
At the White House, PreSi.
dental Press Secretary Jane.
c. Hagerty said that although
the staff was informed of the
Uruguayan message last night
President Eisenhower was moi
informed of it or of the mes
sage 10 GOV. Brown until TINS
morning.
Mr.. Hagerty also emphasized
that the Chessman case was "a
matter for the State of Cali
fornia."
The American Embassy al
Montevideo received the lex.
preston of concern" from the
Uruguayan National Council al
approximately 9 p.ms yester-
day, the State Department said
The Embassy Immediately
telephoned the State Depart
ment. After informing the
White House, the State Depart.
ment wired Gov. Brown at 10 So
pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-19
European Press Halls
Cheeseman's Reprieve

LONDON, Feb. 10 (AP).-
Caryl Cheeseman's reprieve from
the gas chamber was welcomed
in Western Europe today.
Newspapers which had Wig
orously opposed his execution
after nearly IL years in a Cali
fornia prison death row ex-
pressed renewed faith in Amer
lean justice and urged that
Chessman should now be spared
permanently.
The news was rushed onto
front pages of Europe's after
noon papers. One London pa
per gave Chessman precedence
over Queen Elizabeth's expected
baby.
Other Headline Story
In France, where newspapers
Of all political shades had con-
demned the execution, the re-
prieve took top place in radio
newscasts. France Soir. the first
Paris paper to appear after the
announcement, hammered the
story.
Papers in Denmark, where
CHEESEMAN'S cause has been
strongly championed, hurriedly
strapped headlines foretelling
his doom and proclaimed his
new lease of life in large type
The news also was splasned
in Austria where editorial writ
ers have denounced the pro-
longed case as "a discredit to
America"
'"Chessman Wins Midnight
Reprieve" was a typical head
line in the London Press.
The Evening Stanard asked
in a subheading. Did Eisen-
hover interviewer"
Public Pressure Urged
The Star, first London paper
to comment, said: Every right
thinking citizen in and far be-
yond America has been shocked
oy the way machinery of justice,
having been used to play cat
and mouse with a mans life
over IL years, was ruthlessly
bent on ending it,"
The Star said public opinion
in America-''which will black
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-19
Book Provided Funds

Chessman, convicted of I'M
punishable crimes against
women as the notorious red
light bandit of Los Angeles
lovers lane in 1948. had made
the number famous with his
first book, Cell PASS Death
Row"
Written In prison, that book
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-19
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The YMCA National In
dian Guides convene at
the Willard.
The International Coun-
Gil of Christian Leadership
closes at the Mayflower.
This information supplied by
the convention and visitors bu-
reau Of the Washington Board
Of Trade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-19

A fine assortment Of high
fidelity components OF oil
kinds. Tuners, Amplifiers,
Speakers, etc, Of nationally
prominent makes. Rodio-
Photographs and Phono-
graphs. Some new, some
floor sompIes, some recon-
ditioned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-19

The State Department re.
leased this text of the telegram
to Gov. Brown from Roy r
Rubottom, jr., Assistant Secre.
tary for Inter- american AT.
fairs:
Through our Embassy II
Montevideo the National Coun.
Gil of the Government of Uru-
quay the nations nine-mem.
Der executive authority has
tonight brought to the urgent
attention of the State Depart.
ment the grave concern of the
council over anticipated hostile
demonstrations of student ele.
mentS and others to the Chess.
man execution when our PreSi.
dent visits Uruguay March O.
Press Officer White sale
there have been similar cases
from time to time in the past.
The late Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles sent &
telegram to Gov. James Fol.
som of Alabama in September
1858. informing him of wide
spread concern in Europe anc
Africa over the case of Jimmie
Wilson, who had been sen.
fenced to death for a series o.
crimes the last of which wa,
the theft of $l.95.
+ Wilson's death sentence wa,
committed.
| Figure Unavailable
The State Department sale
1T had no figures on the pre-.
else number of appeals fol-
Chessman from private citi'
zens abroad. Most of them art
understood to have been sen
directly to the California Gov
ernor from American embassie.
and consulates abroad. Only
three communications were re,
ported to have been forwarded
from the State Department.
| Press Officer White said HI
knew of no warnings from
A merican security officials
about hostile demonstration!
against President Eisenhower
in other South American coun,
tries because of the Chessmar
case.
The President leaves Wash.
ington Monday morning for 6
tWo-Week tour of Brazil. Uru.
quay, Argentina and Chile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-19
Muster Day Set

RICHMOND, Feb. 10 (AP)
Monday-George Washington S
birthday-has been proclaimed
Virginia National Guard Mus
ter Day by Gov. Almond.