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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1960-04-30

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ers - Their Advertising
in this paper shows that
they appreciate your
trade.
Evening star., 1960-03-15

will not suffer harm or damage at the
hands of a minute minority of neo-
Nazis" as long as the Federal Republic
retains its independence. The prompt
suppression of anti-JewiSh incidents
earlier this year tends to bear out this
definition of government attitude. AS
his second point of emphasis, the chan
cellor warned that behind everything
that might create doubts or issues be-
tween his people and our own iS the
concerted will of the Soviet Union
seeking to drive wedge between the
two countries, to the advantage of Mos
COW.
1t would be difficult, perhaps, to de-
termine with certainty whether the mi
mute minority" to which DR.. Adenauer
referred is really dancing to a Soviet
tune or is merely lunatic fringe doing
what comes naturally to hooligans. In
either case, the result might be the
same, namely, to drive a wedge into the
German-American common cause. There
Is no less f1rmneSS here than in Bonn
that this should not be allowed to happen.
Evening star., 1960-03-15

When I read articles on
capital punishment and our
modern penal code. I am al
ways surprised at what seems
to be a lack of logic; we
punish people who will not
live by our standards by put
ting them in a social struc-
ture neither they nor we
approve Of.
If it is agreed that three
convictions for the same
crime are evidence of incor-
rigibility. then let the incor-
rigibles be put in a society of
their own making-a tenn
perate area set aside, fenced
in. guarded by clever devices,
where all such criminals will
be put for life. men and
women alike. Give them tools,
weapons, access to medical
aid but no buildings, and let
them create their own stand
ards. We will be mercifully
rid Of them and they Of us,
and both will benefit.
John Martin.
Evening star., 1960-03-15
Times Chonoe

Regarding your editorial,
"Mr. Doerfer's Blind Spot, 4"
let me cite the more COM
mendable behavior of an
other citizen. In 1943, Presi-
dent Roosevelt appointed an
advisory board of three jur-
ists-Hutcheson, Parker and
Hand-to tell Admiral Emory
S Land what a particular
section of the 1886 Merchant
Marine Act meant in view
of the General Accounting
Offices violent disagreement
with Admiral Lands inter-
probation.
Judge Hand came to town
for several weeks of hearings
and study in November, 1943.
AS was his habit and pleasure
for many years, he visited
his longtime friend, E. Bur-
ling. They had been together
at Harvard in the early ,90s.
The boards problem was the
valuation of United States
ships condemned by the Gov
ernment. After several days
as a guest of the Burlings,
Judge Hand learned that his
hosts firm represented sew
eral foreign shipowners
Whereupon he moved to a
hotel for the remainder of his
Washington sojourn.
This is written purely TO
show the rectitude of the
Hon. Learned Hand-a quail
ity that appears to become
rarer day by day.
Ross LangdOn.
Evening star., 1960-03-15
Inteqroted Service

Recently Woodward and
Lothrop opened its Chevy
Chase store fountain room to
all patrons on an equal basis.
We commend them for taking
this action.
We are happy to report
that all major restaurants,
department stores, drug and
variety chains in Montgom-
cry County now offer equal
eating facilities to custom
erS.
We believe in the right OF
private business to set stand
ards of dress and conduct.
We do not believe in the right
to make demands that can
not be met, for the purpose
Of excluding. thereby stig-
matizing an entire race.
Glen Echo - please take
note. We hope you will fol-
low suit this summer so that
all the little children who
hear Of your wonders in
glowing terms will at last
have the opportunity to enjoy
them.
Florence Orbach,
Social Action Chairman
NAACP, Montgom mery
County Branch.
Evening star., 1960-03-15
Critic of Town Police

The elimination in Prince
Georges County of most of
the police of the many small
towns in the Metropolitan
Area and the full use of the
county police would greatly
improve law enforcement and
bring ABOUT real respect for
the law. Many members of
the town police use the job
as a hobby or a second posi-
ton. Their bias, inefficiency
and inexperience are brought
out when cases come up for
trial. The town police cases
take the form of a comic
opera in which the trial Judge
attempts to assist in bringing
out the essential facts. The
town police are so inexperi-
enced that the essential facts
of a law violation are not
recognized and practically all
of the contested cases are dis
missed.
-. Presently the county police,
although willing and able,
do not patrol those towns
that maintain a police force,
even though the town police
force is inefficient. 1t Is a
well-known fact that town
police are vulnerable to undue
influence from criminal ele-
Evening star., 1960-03-15
PIedge and Worninq

West Germany'S Chancellor Ade-
nauer combined touch of facetiouSness
with his gravely spoken assurance in
New York City during the week end that
the spirit of his country "is far from
being anti-Semitic or Nazi," as might
have been feared from recent anti-Jew-
ish incidents. The practice of democracy,
he pointed out, seems to be a difficult
thing, as you can see from the debate
1.-THE f1libuster against civil rights legis-
lation in the United States Senate"
Against the background of this allusion
to our own troubles with democratic"
rights and law-making, the Chancellor
asked tolerance and understanding for
the German parliament and the gov
ernment Of the Federal Republic.
At the same time, DR.. Adenauer was
emphatic in two points made during his
brief luncheon address. The first was
his pledge that today's Jewish citizens
of West Germany are secure, that they
Evening star., 1960-03-15
Political Quockery?

Picking on Madison avenue" has
become popular pastime in contempo-
rary politics, So it is not unduly surpris-
ing that Adolph Berle, a well-knoWn
Washingtonian in New Deal years, made
the headlines recently by, taking a ver-
bal swing at that control center of big
time advertising.
Mr.. Berle, who now teaches law
at Columbia University, was making a
thoughtful and provocative speech to the
Conference on Higher Education in Chi
cago. There was substance in his sugges-
ton that 1t is the task of the universities,
which he described as guardians of our
intellectual dynamo" to give definition,
form and intellectual leadership in de-
veloping the new social concepts and the
new measures we obviously need" It
might be said, parenthetically, that the
universities always have had this sort of
responsibility and that in every period
OF our history there has been need of
new social concepts and new measures to
make, or to keep, our Nation strong. The
job cannot be done, Professor Berle said,
by Madison avenue, or smart sales cam
paigns, or political quackery."
For whatever it is worth, however,
it seems to us that Madison avenue is
not really villain, much less a sub
versive force, in the American scene. Ac-
tually, Madison avenue is highly gifted
in the technique of communications
something which has been not only i'm
portant in our free enterprise system
commercially but in freedom politically.
And there is plenty of room for both
Madison avenue and the university halls
that stretch from Maine to California
to make valuable contributions to the
American community.
Evening star., 1960-03-15
Licensed Homes

j nave written to ComnliS-
sioner Karrick, saying the
proposal that there be a
category of small privately
owned homes in which per-
sonal care would be provided
for no more than four per-
sons. seems to us an excel
lent suggestion. The Depart
ment Of Social Relations of
the Diocese of Washington
through its caSework serv-
ices and also the services for
the aging, is very much
aware of the lack Of suitable
places in Washington where
people can receive the pro-
tective living they need.
Many of these are older peo-
pie, but there are others
who need more care than
can be expected from an
operator of a boarding house
or rooming house. This group
OF people usually can man.
age without full-time nursing
care, but because of failing
vision, infirmity, some slight
ly peculiar behavior or other
reason, cannot adjust to the
demands of independent
living.
We appreciate the inter-
est Of those of the associa-
ton of nursing home opera
tors, and we, too. would
expect that this new cate
CORY of personal care
homes will be subject to
enough governmental con-
troll to safeguard standards
necessary to assure safety
from fire and other hazards.
Therefore, at least until
there are many more homes
in Washington that can meet
the licensing standards, we
hope that the proposed regu-
lations will be adopted We
truly believe that this would
meet a very real need today,
for the many people who do
not need and cannot afford
nursing care but do need
more help than is available
in the usual boarding house.
We hope that DR.. Finucane
and Mr.. Ilgenfritz will re-
ceive the support necessary
to put this suggestion into
regulation.
The Rev. Richard Williams,
Director, Department of
Social Relations,
Diocese of Washington.
Evening star., 1960-03-15
The Riqht to Work

Can you explain why it is
that SO much ado is made
about "so-called" civil rights,
in so far as it is related to
the colored people, and yet
many of the people who favor
such rights" are opposed
to right to work" rights for
all people?
To me, such inconsistency
is hypocrisy.
Verne ID. Close.
Evening star., 1960-03-15
Footsteps of Judas

What a dreadful commen-
tary it is on those who pro-
fess to preach the Gospel to
find how the followers in the
footsteps of Judas have in
creased since his betrayal of
Christ. In the case of Judas,
the consciousness of his sin
and his repentance became
so great that he hung him
self. How different that is
from the conduct of his fol-
lowers today who attempt to
hide behind the First and
Fifth Amendments to our
Constitution under an air of
injured piety and continue on
down their despicable path.
AS to the facts regarding the
recent charges of perfidy of
some Of those who belong to
the clergy, they are available
to those who honestly seek
the truth.
w. H. Graham.
Evening star., 1960-03-15
Almond EMERGED Unbowed

1t may be an overSimplification to
say that Virginia S Governor Almond lost
a battle but won the war over budgets
and taxes at the lively session of the
General Assembly just ended. However,
from this distance it looks as though the
Governor emerged from the fray with
less damage than his opponents. The
political repercuSSionS may be consider
able. It is inevitable that the cleavage
which opened wider at Richmond be-
tween the Almond "moderateS" and the
Byrd conservatives will have an effect
on the 1861 gubernatorial contest, even
though, under Virginia law, Governor
Almond cannot succeed himself.
Indeed, politics swirled through the
Legislature almost from the opening day
and sometimes in reprehensible form.
1t seemed obvious to unbiased observers,
for example, that the outburSt of oppo-
sition against the Almond plan for a
sales tax was inspired more by desire
to "get back" at the Governor for his
failure to support massive resistance to
school integration than by any concern
for the ''little people" Indicative of this
trend was the sudden reversal of atti-
tude by massive resistance" Southside
legislators on the sales tax Whereas
they formerly were among the more
outSpoken advocates of such levy, most
of them lined up against the Governors
plan when it was announced. No sales
tax bill ever reached the floor from the
committees-dominated by anti-Almond
forces, which is to say the Byrd forces.
But the Governor refused to give
up his fight for what he described as
essential minimum needs" of the State
and its people and for revenues to meet
them. Although his estimate of addi-
tional needs was challenged by State
Senator Harry Byrd, jr., and others, a
House committee, after hearing numer-
Gus department heads, conceded its in
ability to do a drastic budget-cutting
job. And the Assembly, in the end, voted
for budget that would require $8O.5
million of additional revenue. Then came
the dilemma. With the sales tax killed
in committee, the legislators decided on
temporary (two-year) boosts in taxes on
liquor, beer and, extraordinarily for Vir-
glnla, 1or TAX on tobacco.
This tax on tobacco is apt to rankle
long and deeply in Southside Virginia,
traditionally stronghold of the Byrd
organization. What the political and
economic effects will be is a matter for
speculation. 1t is a safe bet, however,
that the SouthSide legislators next time
will be more sympathetic to a sales tax
than to any tax on their chief money
crop. And they may be wondering about
the strategy of advisers who got them
into the jam in which they found them
selves.
One gratifying aspect of the tug Of
war over spending and taxing is that,
In the last moments, the Legislature put
the budgetary horse before the revenue
cart, where it belongs. Once the amount
Of the States essential minimum needs"
was established, the business of writing
tax law to balance the budget could
be tackled intelligently. And If this Sc
quence had been followed early in the
session, the probability is that sales tax
In some form would have been adopted
as it should have been.
Evening star., 1960-03-15
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL
"ANNANDALE, Va.

ANNANDALE, va.
Dear Sir:
Does a cocker spaniel
sing?
I'VE have one, and when
we make high pitched sounds,
she will join in as though it
were a Joy to make the
sounds we like to believe is
her singing voice
"She doesn't seem to have
any difficulty in singing and
apparently likes to join in.
Perhaps your observations
of this breed of dog would
help us in deciding whether
or not it is really singing. A
cocker spaniel near us makes
the same sounds when he
hears the fire whistle blow,
but he never seems to suffer
from it.
Respectfully, G. B. E."
%% y
1t isn't really singing, but
simply a response to high
frequencies.
The sounds the dog hears
hurt its ears, as we say,
hence it shows it's feelings.
No real physical harm re-
suits to the animal or its
hearing apparatus. Expert
ments have shown however,
that such sounds, long con-
tinued, could make a good
dog frustrated.
And, of course, according
to today's code, we really
don't want to frustrate any
body, even a dog.
Out our way a nice black
spaniel used to come to the
back porch every morning at
5 o'clock.
1t was cats meat he was
after, and he was so success
full in his search for tidbits
of this kind that he never
failed to show up.
Il y
The point of this tale is
that if he didn't find any,
and sometimes the cats had
eaten 1t, he would begin to
sing" as our correspondent
terms it.
Howling. we believe, would
come nearer the mark.
Now, we didn't mind this in
the least, rather liking it,
always being awake.
Some of the dear neigh
bors, however, rather resented
the whole affair.
Truff1es. as the dog was
called, was really singing for
Evening star., 1960-03-15

MS dinner! breakfast would
be a better name.)
Dogs and cats and other
animals have better hearing
than people. and can hear
the higher frequencies mer-
cifully unheard by humans.
There are enough noises in
the modern world, as it is.
without the shrill tones or
sounds that set the canine
world into Spasms.
Fortunately, we are saved
from most of these.
Now and then, at the shrill
sounds of the flies. some
hearer will declare, they set
my teeth on edge"
Just why spaniels are more
addicted to bowling at fire
engine sirens we do not know,
unless it is that they have
exceptionally sensitive, in
other words. very fine, ears,
indeed.
The inner charm of the
spaniel is his closeness to the
human race. !
Although we'll able to hunt,
he is essentially a house dog,
and has come to share in the
everyday activities of people.
Even the fire engine
sounds, we think, strike him
as bad because he is aware,
somehow, that they mean
disaster.
The cocker is a mettle-
some, restless dog, given to
chasing cats and even people
away from his own home
grounds.
We have had a ringside
seat for 80 years on a whole
succession of Tar Babies in
the yard just behind us.
From generation to gen.
Grafton, the Tars have been
well-behaved, cat-chasing fell
lows, as much alike as the
famous peas in pods.
AS far as our ears tell us,
however, they have never
sung" at all, especially at
fire engine sounds.
The most recent Tar Sapy
has found a way to get
through the fence, to gobble
up all the bread put out for
the starlings.
So he is growing fat, one
of the modern failings of
people and dogs and some
cats, too. We hope he doesn't
believe the starlings are to
blame.
Evening star., 1960-03-15

ments that are located in
nearby large cities. AS police
are not educated as youth
leaders. the fact that they
participate in youth activities
does not justify the continu-
ance of the town police.
The residents of the towns
pay taxes to maintain a coun-
ty police force that is well
qualified and willing to take
over the patrolling Of the
small towns. and the county
police force should have this
responsibility.
John b. Wilson.
Evening star., 1960-03-15
THE POLITICAL MILL
First and Second Class Court Orders
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Politics continues to dog
the steps Of civil rights legis-
lation, with major pressure
groups playing their full part.
This was exemplified when
the Senate last Friday-like
the King Of France-march-
ed up the hill on the Lausche
amendment and then promp-
tly marched down again. The
Lausche amendment to the
pending civil rights bill. Of
fered by a Democratic Sena-
tor from Ohio, would have
broadened the provision
which made any obstruction
of a Federal court order for
public school desegregation
a Federal crime so as to in
clude court orders in labor
injunctions and other cases.
The Lausche amendment,
which in effect made OBJ
struction of court orders a
criminal offense in all cases,
can well be defended on the
ground that to make only a
certain kind of court order
such an offense Is discrimin-
inatory in itself-just as a
law-making obstruction of a
court order dealing with a
labor injunction, and no
other kind of court order,
would be considered discrim-
ination. So the Senate voted
IS to 19 in favor Of the
Lausche amendment, with
both Southern Senators and
many Northern liberals vot-
ing for it.
Catching its second WIND,
however, the Senate then
voted to table the entire sec
ton of the bill, including the
Lausche amendment. The
vote to table was 40 to 35.
So far as the liberals from
the North are concerned,
their vote to table was easily
understandable. They realized
that if the Lausche amend
ment became law, it would be
denounced by organized labor
as an anti-labor act. Having
labor on their backs ready to
sink them politically would
be even more dangerous than
having the Negro voters on
their backs. The Southern
Democratic Senators vote
to table was equally easy to
understand-they do not want
any such legislation applying
to obstruction of court orders
to enforce desegregation.
AS a matter of fact, the
courts have authority and
power to punish for con-
tempt of their orders with
out any new legislation. How
far, then, does politics enter
into the original provision Of
the civil rights bill, making
obstruction of court orders
dealing with school desegre-
CATION a criminal offense?
The politics involved natur-
ally applies to a desire to
win Negro votes.
Rogers Argument
1t will be argued - as At
torney General Rogers has
already done - that the pro-
vision making q crime Of
obstruction Of school desegre-
CATION court orders should
make it easier to compel
compliance with such orders.
Writing to Representative
McCulloch. Ohio Republican
member Of the House, urging
that body to retain the Sec
ton in question. Mr.. Rogers
pointed out that it will
make it possible to deal
with obstructers much more
speedily: that State and
local officials opposed to
desegregation may not take
necessary steps to enforce the
court order, thereby not
maintaining law and order,
and that such a situation NAV
Evening star., 1960-03-15
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
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names and addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
denSdtion.
Evening star., 1960-03-15

endanger the lives Of children
sent to certain schools under
orders Of the court. He was
arguing specifically against
any future incident compar-
able to the Little Rock High
School case.
These could be very good
reasons - and apparently
are - for making it a crime
to obstruct a court order re-
lating to school desegre-
CATION. At the same time,
there may arise equally
strong reasons for criminal
cases against those who seek
to obstruct court orders deal
ing with strikes - when
physical violence occurs, with
danger to life and to public
safety. Why, therefore, should
politics prevail to strike down
a provision of law similar to
the Lausche amendment?
The answer again is power
politics.
Attorney General Rogers
said in his letter to Mr.. Nc
Culloch that the Executive
Branch of the Government
has a Sworn and solemn re-
Sponsibility" to support the
orders of Federal courts and
make certain they are COM
piled with promptly. While
he wrote specifically of the
need of enacting into law the
provision of the civil rights
bill relating to court orders
for school desegregation, Mr..
Rogers did not say he was
opposed to the Lausche pro-
posal that other court orders
for example those applying
to labor injunctions-should
also be promptly enforced.
This seemingly would leave
Republican members of Con-
gress free to support the
Lausche amendment or some
similar amendment if they
saw fit.
Southerners' Contention
The contest over the court
order provision of the bill is
only one facet of the civil
rights bill struggle. But it has
emphasized the contention Of
the Southern Democrats that
this legislation is aimed only
at their section of the coun-
try. 1t is generally agreed
that in the end a civil rights
bill will be passed by both
houses and become law. But
the fight in the Senate after
many weeks of debate, includ-
ing around-the-clock sessions
of that body-has brought a
sober realization that the leg
islation will be on the moder-
ate side and not go the
lengths advocated by the ex-
treme liberals. A majority of
the Senate is tending that
way. Much will depend on
the form in which the House
passes the bill-expected this
week.
Whether the Senate &C
ceptS the House bill without
change, or whether the bill
will be sent to conference is
still a matter of doubt. So,
too, is the question whether
another marathon filibuster
will be undertaken by the
Southern Democrats of the
Senate. They demonstrated
last week they could sustain
such a filibuster - each
Southern Senator being on
duty to speak and hold the
floor for 8 hours, while taking
70 hours off from the Senate
chamber, if they desired.
If Congress winds up with
a moderate civil rights bill
not too offensive to the South
it could have some bearing
on the situation in the COM
ing presidential campaign. It
might make Democratic unity
more likely.