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Evening star., 1960-12-15

The selection of Dean
Rusk for Secretary of State
and Chester Bowles for Un-
defsecretary indicates two
main trends to those close to
the national scene: % Pres
ident-elect Kennedy intends
to keep the conduct Of for
eign affairs as much in his
hands as Franklin D. Roose-
welt did when he took Of
flee in 1888; (2) the main
concern of the next admin
istration will be toward a
greater emphasis on Far
Eastern and African prob
lens as well as on more eco
nomic and cultural assistance
to the underdeveloped coun-
tries.
This speculation was
strengthened by the state
ment Of Adlai Stevenson, who
will be our next Ambassador
to the United Nations, that
the West no longer possesses
a majority in the world or
ganization on which the new
administration will lean more
for settlement Of world prob
lens than any other in the
past.
Mr.. Rusk has proved him
self in the past more of a
technician than a policy
maker. He is being favor
ably compared with Lord
Home. the British Foreign
Secretary; Couve de Murville
and Heinrich Won Brentano,
the foreign ministers of
France and Germany, who
are mere executives Of
policies decided by their
strong minded heads of gov
ernments. The basic princi-
pies of our major foreign
policies are expected to be
made and decided in the
White House. Mr.. RuSk's
main tasks, at least in the
first year Of his administra-
Evening star., 1960-12-15
POTOMAC FEVER
BY FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ehiopias Emperor Halle Selasse is overthrown by his
son. Dad impressed He knew the boy smart never
thought he'd find way to beat the inheritance tax
Robert Mcnamara. president Of Ford Motor was named
Secretary OF Defense only after careful
make sure he had nothing to do with the Edse
In honor of the Secretary of Defense the Marine
band will be known henceforth McNamaras Band.
Some Washngtonians sad because Adlai Stevenson
Is going to the u N instead of Washington feel the
city could stand a little urbane renewal
scientific space group says should be prepared
receive intelligent beings from other planets It figure
II they're smart, they won't
Selection OF new Secretary Of Agriculture was q slow
Very difficult to please the farmers by finding man
who won't against the grain.
Evening star., 1960-12-15
The Best Man and the Producer

elements Of economic pres
sure and financial theories, as
we'll as with financial leaders.
1t is absurd to say politics
should not play a part. Here
again we have the problem of
semantics. Corrupt politics
should not be a factor. But
politics must. One Of a Presi-
dents appointments. for ex-
ample, needs to be adept in
maintaining close touch with
the party, the State chairmen,
ct cetera. 1t is wise, If gov
ernment Is to work, to select
with a territorial basis in
mind. The South, for example.
was honored with the ap-
pointment Of North Cardinals
Gov. Hodges As Secretary of
Commerce. 1t Is folly to ignore
the pluralism Of our society.
No sensible man would have a
cabinet which did not contain
a representative Catholic. Jew
and Protestant. Some Of the
appointments will be personal,
some political.
But in every one. the DOM
inant consideration will be
"cnn he get things done?"
We are a political Nation.
From the lowest Office to the
highest. we are governed by
men and women whom we
elect. We hope always to
remain q political Nation.
Therefore, we will have Gov
ernment by politics and polit-
ical men. We can hope, and
try to find, men and women
to fill offices who are honest
and honorable.
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Kennedy Is Expected to Hold Reins
And Emphasize Far East and Africa


ton. will be to rejuvenate
and revamp the cumbersome
machinery Of the State De-
partment. which has been
badly begged down under the
present Republican regime.
Secretary Dulles was a policy
maker who believed in per-
sonal diplomacy.
Secretary Herter has been
overwhelmed by the COM
plexities Of his. task. There
have been many complaints
from Republicans and Dem
ocrats alike about the lack
Of effectiveness of the de-
partment which executes the
details Of our foreign affairs.
Mr.. Rusk, it is believed, has
been selected to do that or
ganizational job for which he
is regarded by his friends as
we'll qualified.
Mr.. Bowles is known for
his determined efforts to pro-
vide economic help to the
Asian countries. While he
was Ambassador to India in
the Truman administration
he became convinced that
Americas future was linked
with the closest possible CO.
operation with the under
developed masses in the Far
East which had emerged as
free states. He considered
neutralist India as the leader
of that vast uncommitted
area.
He, like most advisers of
the President-elect, believes
that IN the remainder Of this
century the presently unde-
veloped countries will play a
preponderant role in shaping
the face Of the new world.
Their great awakening popu-
lations. which exceed by far
in numbers those in the West,
justify to Mr.. Bowles and
many others who think alike
the belief that the United
States must adopt a far
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CONSTANTINE BROWN -
u. S. Foreign Policy Sign Posts

seeing policy which will
assure us their eventual CO.
operation. This practical
philosophy applies as well to
what used to be described
until recently as darkest
Africa" This vast and uncer-
tain area. which has emerged
suddenly and has power in
the U. NJ, has been placed
in the inexperienced hands
Of the former Governor Of
Michigan, Assistant Secre-
tary-designate G. Mennen
Williams. There is little doubt
that while every effort will
be made to continue our
present relationship with
Western Europe, the accent
of the foreign policies of the
new administration will be
on the uncertain" Asian
and African continents, on
which it will endeavor to
outbid the Soviet Union.
Similarly. there is little
doubt that the present re-
sistance to the admission Of
Communist China to the
U. N. will be greatly softened
as a prelude to its being rec
ognized by the United :
States. Friends Of Senator
Kennedy say that one Of the
great diplomatic strokes Of
President Roosevelt was the
recognition of the Soviet
Union, which had been
treated as an outcast BY
Republican administrations
since the days Of Warren G..
Harding. In 1888 the Nation
was in the throes Of an eco
nomic crisis. Mr.. Roosevelt
believed that it could be alle-
waited by trade with the
Soviet Union.
The Kennedy administra-
tion is expected to apply the
same yardstick in regard to-
Communist China. We are
now faced with a major re-
cession which some Of the
advisers Of the President Z.
elect believe could be helped :
by trade with the 600 million g
Chinese.
Evening star., 1960-12-15

appointment. They will be
chosen because they are
deemed able to get things
done-to be competent, not
merely in administration.
but in ability to wander in
the no-man's land between
the Congress, the White House
and the courts. The best
man regardless Of politics
might well be a babe in the
woods, utterly lost and help
less.
This is precisely why Adlai
Stevenson could not be named
Secretary of State. He was
easily the best prepared. or
qualified. Millions around the
world would have hailed his
appointment with pleasure.
There would have been a
surge of pro-United States
sentiment. But there were
too many enemies in the Con-
gress and out. The Chang
Kai-shek lobby and those
who oppose any talks with
Russia would have kept the
air filled with clamor. This
is grossly unjust. but una
voidable.
In selecting Q Treasury head,
the President must take into
consideration the increasing
protectionist demand in this
country. Most Of our think
ers believe there must be more
trade. We cannot expand our
economy without it. In an in
dustrial world, trade is es-
sential. 1t was not too long
ago that manufacturing coun-
tries shipped to the great
consumer = goods markets.
India was an example. Indi
had nothing to sell save raw
materials and a few hand
craft items.
This situation no longer
exists. It is necessary for the
Treasury to contend with a
Congress containing all these
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Kennedy's Cabinet Group Plan

self at levels which taught
him how to profit from mis-
takes Of his predecessors.
Mr.. Gates has done so well,
there existed some hope he
might be one Of the Republi-
cans induced to join the New
Frontier.
1t would probably not be
practical to ask him to stay
on for awhile in a lesser
capacity despite his lively
sense of duty. The same
thought applies to all the
present Defense secretariat.
Even If they were willing.
the word is being bruited
around that Vice President
Nixon and other Republican
leaders take a dim view Of
Eisenhower appointees join
ing a Kennedy administra-
tion. They are described as
feeling that such action by
Republicans would amount
to underwriting the Kennedy
criticisms Of Mr.. Eisenhower's
management Of the country's
affairs.
So long as the country is
not in a hot war. such con-
siderations follow the normal
pattern Of politics. Gov.
Rockefeller of New York is
only one Of many who found
that service with Presidents
Franklin Roosevelt or Tru-
man did not inspire. conf
dence in many Republican
party leaders around the
country. Nor are Democrats
now notably warm to Eisen-
hover Democrats of the
regime just concluding.
Evening star., 1960-12-15
DAVID LAWRENCE

Only the indifference Of
an uniformed public would
permit some Of the things to
happen that are going on in
the Government today. The
news dispatches tell Of the
appointment of a new Sec
retary Of Defense who per-
haps knows as little about
the problems of the biggest
department in Washington
as some Of his predecessors
did when they took Office.
Experience is thrown to
the winds. There is no per-
manent undersecretary to as
sure continuity in dealing
with the defense Of the
country or to interrelate the
stark questions of military
preparation with the delicate
decisions on foreign policy
made by the Department of
State.
What. may not be general
ly realized as yet is that after
January 20 there will 20
longer be a military man in
the White House. Gen. Eli
senhower for eight years has
been able to give the country
the benefit of his military
experience. The country felt
safe with a man of his abil-
ity to evaluate the recon-
mendations of the military
chiefs Of the armed services
and Of the Secretary Of De-
fense. He is known as a man
OF peace and not as a mill
tary zealot.
The idea Of appointing
businessman who is an eff
cheney expert apparently
makes an appeal at first
glance. But the requirements
Of the office Of Secretary of
Defense are not known even
to many who move in Gov
ernment circles. It takes a
careful study of the cumber-
some, ambiguous, and lop-
sided defense laws to find
out just what the Secretary
OF Defense is supposed to do.
Most people. for instance.
think the President of the
United States really acts as
the Commander Chief of
the armed forces. Theoreti-
cally he does. Decisions Of
paramount Importance must
Evening star., 1960-12-15
Retired Military Mar, With His Deputy
An Efficiency Expert. Held Preferable

be made by him. But it's the
everyday action in the
Defense Department on
countless matters that shapes
up the programs which final
ly come before a President.
Often he has no choice but
to accept the recommenda-
tions Of the head Of the
biggest bureaucracy in the
world.
What is the situation if
a military crisis arises. and
there is a threat Of attack?
Under present law, the COM
manders in the field now 60
through a chain Of COM
mand" to the Joint Chiefs,
then through the Secretary
of Defense to the President.
Nothing like this was in
effect during World War II.
Thus. the statute which
created the National Security
Council. for instance, does
not authorize representation
for the Army, Navy and Air
Force except through the
Secretary Of Defense. Not
even the Chairman Of the
Joint Chiefs Of Staff is q
statutory member. The jos
is an advisory body, and the
argument is made that. its
members may attend Securi-
ty Council meetings as
guests" But they have no
vote. The military chiefs do
not often meet with the
President.
This should be contrasted
with the system that helped
win World War II. There
were then four top military
men-the Presidents own
Chief Of staff, the Chief of
Naval Operations, the Chief
Of Staff Of the Army, and the
Chief of the Air Corps,
which was then a branch of
the Army. These four men
sat next to President Roose-
welt, and later President
Truman, during the entire
war.
The late Gen. George c.
Marshall, who was the Army
Chief Of Staff in World War
II. once told this correspond
ent that the system used
then worked well-and this
was during the biggest war
in our history. The late
Evening star., 1960-12-15
RALPH McGILL
He Who Can Make Government Work
Called Better Than Shining Successes

In what must seem an
endless chore of selecting
persons who will direct the
many operations of the ex-
ecutive department, Presi-
dent-elect John Kennedy Is
seeking not a team" but
men who can make govern
ment work"
Because he is a profess
sional in the art of politics,
he will know better than to
select that mythical best
man so dear to the hearts of
editorial writers and civic
club pundits. The best man
idea long has needed de-
bunking. 1t connotes, in its
accepted. popular meaning.
some fine fellow who has
made a great success Of busi-
ness or in one Of the pro-
fessions.
Those who are so glib with
the Observation-Disclosures
politics" phrase nurse the
idea that If a Secretary of
the Treasury is needed, a
President need only to reach
into one Of the Nations
largest banks where, un-
doubtedly, sits a man who
is viewed as a success. II he
needs O Secretary Of Agri-
culture. why then let him
= find somewhere a fellow who
operates vast acreages OF
land, Is a director Of his
towns bank, and otherwise
has demonstrated his ability
at farming.
This Is a dangerous fallacy
We have but to think back tc
some of President Eisen-
hower's best-man choices ir
1852 to produce glaring ex.
amples Of how erroneous thi.
may be.
Some Of those who will bt
selected by Senator Kenned,
will be men he never me
prior to consultation abour
Evening star., 1960-12-15
Women Outsmurted

TORONTO. Dec. IS tAP).-
The parks department figures
it's outsmarted women who
smear lipstick on public rest
room walls. It plans to paint
the walls bright red.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-07-21
State 4-H Club Week

A public speaking contest and
pageant will highlight State
All Club Week August 813 at
the University of Maryland.
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Free X-Ray Survey
To Start August 1

The Montgomery County tuberculosis and Heart
Associations portable x-ray unit will visit six locations in
the first week of August for the purpose of providing free
chest examinations.
Officials of the unit said the August survey has been
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-07-21

Small girls are going to get
their chances, along with their
big sisters, to get into the Rock
vile Centennial spotlight.
Centennial officials have an
nounced a contest for a Little
Queen" to rule jointly with
miss Rockville" and Miss
Montgomery" during the cele-
bration August 20 through Sep
TENDER 3.
She will be crowned with the
other queens" and will have
her own royal court.
Entrants must be between
the ages of four and eight and
must live in Montgomery Coun.
ty. Nominations, accompanied
by a photograph or snapshot,
should be delivered to the Gen.
tennial Headquarters, 101 4.
Jefferson ST., Rockville, as soon
as possible, preferably this
week.
The photographs and names
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-07-21
Twinbrook
By Rita E. Elliott
Garden 1896

Lemuel T. Threat is the au-
thor of a new book, Dating,
Dancing and Decorum." The
book is written for children up
to Is years old, with each page
beautifully illustrated.
Lem has lived in TWinbrook
for two and half years with
his Mother, in home expertly
decorated by him. When he is
not at his job, as civil engineer
for downtown firm, he is
utilizing one of his many arts
tic talents-which range from
building modern piece of fur
niture to painting a mural in a
restaurant or home.
His love for children is we'll
known among his neighbors.
For years he has taught a Sun
day school class and is in charge
of the Junior department at his
church.
His interest in dancing dates
back to high school days when
he started the "Terpsichorian
Club at Coolidge High School.
This club taught dancing to all
students and was a huge sue
cess.
Later as a patient at Naval
Institute of Health he taught
ambulatory patients to dance.
The therapeutic and emotional
results with these patients in.
nuenced him into teaching pro-
fessionally.
After three years of teaching
at the Chevy Chase Woman's
Club he began to teach decorum
along with dancing. He started
with a class of 400 which be-
came known as the Alexandria
Junior Assembly and knew this
would be his vocation.
After several years he had
many requests to start similar
classes in Washington. This led
to one of his incest jobs-every
year Lem teaches debutantes
poise and polish prior to their
coming out parties. He has also
started Montgomery County
Junior Assembly.
1t is after all these varied
experiences that he has written
a book. 1t is written just as he
teaches, especially for children
who cannot attend such assem-
blies, and as a souvenir to those
who have participated, The
book will be available by Sep
TENDER Is, at 1925 for the paper
bound edition, and S.. cloth
bound.
Olive Mitigate and daughter,
Linda, were luncheon guests of
the Republican Congressman
from Oklahoma, Page Belcher,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-07-21

planned to some extent for the
benefit of employees of the
Board of Education and the
cooperative nursery program
who are required to show evil
dence of either x-ray examina-
tons or negative tuberculin
tests before the start of the fall
term. However, all residents
of the county are urged to
undergo the tests.
The x-rays not only are use
full in detecting unknown tuber-
culosis, but can play an inn
portant role in uncovering some
forms of heart disease, cancer
and other abnormalities of the
chest, it was pointed out.
The August schedule will in
clude the following visits:
August 1-Fenton and Perish
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-07-21
Commission
On Aging to
Meet Sept. Z

A two-day statewide con-
ference on problems of the
aging will open at the Uni
versity of Maryland Septem-
Der z under sponsorship of
the State Commission on Ag-
ing, headed by Montgomery
County Delegate Mrs. Mar
garet c. Schweinhaut.
Purpose of the meeting is to
develop proposals and recon-
mendations to be submitted to
a scheduled White House Con-
ference on Aging in January of
next year.
Mrs. Schweinhaut said the
principal purpose of the confer
ence is to seek the opinion of
citizens who, although non-ex-
perts in the field, are person
ally familiar with the problems
of the aging.
Some of the barriers which
prevent many older persons
from achieving a hveable exist
ence in Maryland, according to
Mrs. Schweinhaut, are low in
come, illness, inadequate nurs-
ing facilities, poor houring, en-
ployment prejudice and INSULT
cient rehabilitation and recrea-
ton facilities.
/ The problems brought by
these barriers, she said, consti-
tute zone of the greatest chal-
lenges of the 10th century-the
challenge of making the later
wears liVeable."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-07-21
Students Off
On Bus Tour
To Far West

A group of students from
the Montgomery Count y
area will depart Sunday on
a five-week educational trip
to California and the Cana
dian Rockies - the third in a
series of tours arranged by
Phillip L. Jones, American heri.
tage instructor for the county
school system.
The tourists will travel in a
chartered air-conditioned bus
and will be supervised by Jones
and a group of county high
school teachers. En- route,
Jones will lecture informally on
the historical, geographical and
geological highlights of the
areas visited.
The students will camp Out
in national parks and other re-
mote areas, while in the larger
cities they will stay in hotels
and at several points will be
guests of colleges and universe,
ties along the tour route.
They will have the oppor,
tunity of fishing in an Oregon
lake renowned for its abund.
ance of game fish, swimming in
Great Salt Lake and visiting
many of the outstanding land.
marks of the Far West.
A number of the students will
be making their third tour with
Jones, who inaugurated the
series with a trip through the
western states last summer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-07-21

ing sts., Silver Spring, 1 pm.
to 8 pm; August 2-One-Stop
Shop, Rockville, 10 am. to )
pm; August ETHAN Allen
and Carroll aves., Takoma
Park, 10 am. to 5 pm; August
AWheaton Plaza, 1 pm. to
s p.m.; August 5-People's Drug
Store, Wisconsin ave., and Dis
trict Line, 10 am. to 5 pm.
During thesurvey registration
aides will be provided by the
Public Lay Health Committee,
st. Luke's Lutheran Church, st.
Mary's Catholic Church, the
First Baptist Church of Whea-
ton, Crusader Lutheran Church
and Westmoreland Congrega-
tional Church.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-07-21
Twinbrook
Lemuel Threats Book
Is Written for Children

and Mary Higgins, his secre.
tary.
After luncheon at the Old
House of Representatives res.
taurant-where the traditional
bean soup has been the featured
item on the menu since 1904,
every day, all year round
they saw the House of Repre-
sentatives and Senate in session
and visited the Capitol.
At the Capitol they were
taken on a complete tour in
GLIDING the Vice Presidents
room and the Presidents,
(where the desk used by Abe
Lincoln still stands). Linda
was in a moment of glory as
she sat in the chair of the
Vice President. Olive com
mented on the gorgeous chan
deliers in the rooms, and the
paintings.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-07-21
Maryland Team
In Fifth Place

Maryland All dairy judging
team members have placed fifth
in international competition at
the Royal Show, Cambridge,
England.
John l.. King, jr., Gather ,
burg, a member of the group,
scored highest in the individual
judging of shorthorn breed.
Also on the Maryland team
are Kenneth Stiles, Rockville;
Jane Nelson, New Windsor,
and Mary Ellen Grove, Hagers-
town,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-07-21
AreaMOrnOns
Participate
In Pageant

Four Mormon missionaries
assigned to the Montgomery
County area will participate
next month in the annual
Hill Cumorah Pageant near
Palmyra, N. Y, reputed to be
the nations largest religious
music-drama.
Members. of the group, who
will leave soon to begin rehear-
sails for the presentation open
ing on August A, include Miss
Reba Titus, Miss Lois Nitz,
Elder Stanley Hyde and Elder
Daryl Gibson. Miss Titus and
Miss Nitz are assigned to the
Silver Spring congregation of
the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, while Elders
Hyde and Gibson are attached
to the College Park congrega-
ton.
The pageant, with a cast of
more than 300 actors and so
technicians, will be presented
on five major stages and 20
secondary stages in an area of
Hill Cumorah larger than a
football field. In addition tc the
missionaries, a number of other
members of local congregations
will participate.
This years presentation will
mark the 130th anniversary of
the founding of the Mormon
Church. AS has been the case
in past years, there will be no
admission charge for the
pageant and parking space will
be available for all visitors.