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Evening star., 1960-03-24
Civil Riqhts in the Senate

AS put together in the House, the
civil rights bill contains two provisions
which will be bitterly resisted in the
6enate-aSSuming that the House meas
ure becomes the vehicle for action on
civil rights in the upper chamber.
The first of these is the provision for
court-appointed voting referees in both
Federal and local elections.
In its recent report, the Civil Rights
Commission did not propose Federal
voting supervision in State and local
elections. Nor did the bill introduced
at this session by Representative Celler.
This was an administration proposal,
and it survived House challenge by
the narrow margin of three votes.
Why, its opponents ask, should the
Federal courts supervise an election for
school board or bond issue? The answer,
1t seems to us, takes the form of another
question. Why should Congress forbid
racial voting discrimination in a Federal
election, but tacitly approve it in State
or local election? If it is wrong in the
one circumstance, which it is, it is also
wrong in the other. 1t is impossible,
logically to draw distinction. But logic
is not necessarily controlling on the floor
Of the Senate. The voting referee plan,
especially in its application. to non-Fed-
eral elections, will be fought bitterly by
the Southern Senators.
The other provision which may prove
troublesome is the House-indorSed clause
making it Federal crime to obstruct
;Yn
cases. In the Senate, this provision was
denounced as discriminatory and was
changed, under the LauSche amendment,
to apply to obstruction of all court or
derS. To be sure, the Senate then turned
around and struck out the entire section
in which the clause appeared, but the
real sentiment of the Senate was clearly
reflected in the vote on the Lausche
amendment.
What will happen now? Organized
labor will fight any attempt to broaden
the House provision so that it would
become crime to obStruct court orders
in labor disputes Furthermore, if the
Senate makes any change, the altered
DILL would have to be sent to conference
and 1t might very well die without final
vote at this session. So the question is
sticky one. Will the IS Senators who,
as a matter of principle, voted for the
Lausche amendment, now swallow their
principles and accept the House bill? If
not, what chance is there of securing a
final vote on the measure?
Much will depend on Majority Leader
Lyndon Johnson, who is committed to
enactment of a reasonable bill. His best
bet is to maneuver, or to try to maneu-
yer, the House bill around the many SEN
ate pitfalls, which is going to take lot
of doing. The operations of the Texan
during the next few days ought to fur
niSh a fascinating study in the art Of
political leadership.
Evening star., 1960-03-24

CONTRADICTIONS that are plain
ly self-evident.
These peaceful demonStra-
tions, while painful like truth
often is, are designed to rid
our body polite of a cancer
that will sap all vitality from
our democracy. Lawrence is
quite wrong when he suggests
that these demonstrations
are Communist-inspired. The
Communists would rather
that the cancer remain in
tact.
Sidney S. TObin.
Kudos to the Swiss for
finding the road to peaceful
co-eXiStence of their several
races! Says Constantine
Brown, writing of Switzer-
land, There are no inter-
necine struggles between the
three races with different
religions, languages and Gus
toms which live here"
The key to racial peace in
Switzerland is so simple. The
French live in a definite area.
the Germans live in a section
of their own, and the Italians
occupy another part, reserved
for them.
The white American is a
very generous fellow. He is
willing to live and let live
and give a fair deal. He does
not, however, wish to blend
-integrate-with the Negro,
because he believes there is
too profound a difference and
too great an evolutionary gap
between the two races.
If the frenzied Utopians
could be anesthetized for the
next so years, and the white
and colored permitted to live
within their own groups with
mutual respect and friendship
between groups, it would
ease the rising racial ten
sionS, forestall a possible
civil calamity, of which Rus
sia would be ready to take
advantage, and enable us to
become another domestically
peaceful country the
Switzerland of the Western
Hemisphere.
4 L. r. Ladd.
Evening star., 1960-03-24
LETTERS TO THE STAR
A Bitter Pill for Some Doctors to Swallow

display their little faith in
the basic principles on which
this country was founded"
The sentiments expressed
by DR.. Hall are noble, as we'll
as his knowledge of basic
principles. No one would sus-
pect for a moment that he
is guided by the desire to
preserve the status quo in
this golden era of high med
ical fees and high drug
prices. What he is concerned
about are the rights of social
security recipients with mea-
ger incomes to do without
medical care which they
can't afford rather than be
demoralized and get soft be-
cause our society makes it
available to them. God save
us from anything Russian"
Students of political science
recognize that there have
been substantial changes in
the nature and functions of
our Federal Government and
State governments since CO.
lonial days. In years gone by
many people whose economic
interests were affected ad-
versely used to wrap them
selves in the red, white and
blue and damn all changes,
regardless Of need or purpose,
as socialistic. While we know
now that steamship and farm
subsidies and social security
and unemployment insurance
and Federal insurance of
bank deposits, and even mod
ern plumbing, are not con-
trary to the basic principles"
which DR.. Hall mentioned, let
us not mistake for a moment
the socialistic character of
the Forand bill.
Dean Swift is said to have
suggested that the Starva-
ton problem in Ireland could
have been alleviated if the
English practiced a little can
nibalism, using surplus Irish
babies for the purpose. Along
the same lines, may I suggest
that the many social security
recipients who are unable to
pay the high fees and other
high costs of serious illness
are eXpendable?
My tongue is in my cheek,
as we'll it should be.
Mary E. O'Dwyer.
Annapolis Roads, Md.
Evening star., 1960-03-24

Bible = carrying lawbreakerS
are a disgrace. Progress has
never been advanced by such
troublemakers. But history
is Squarely on our side. To
cite only one instance: Why
back in the 18th century
when feelings were running
high because of a series of
imagined injuStices and a lot
of people were out demon
strating and resistance wasn't
so passive, either, Edmund
Burke said: Il rejoice that
America has resisted"
The agitator-he should
have been arrested for dis
turbing the peace!
Lincoln Owen.
\ Il
I commend The Star and
David Lawrence for the
article appraiSing the re-
marks Senator Talmadge of
Georgia made on Meet the
Press" The vast majority of
publications seem to have
gotten on the band wagon
started by a few political
appointed judges on the Su-
preme Court bench. 1t has
been some time since l have
seen a major publication ex-
pose the side taken by the
people closest to the integra-
ton problem. We need more
of these views made in a
strong and objective manner,
so we can influence legisla-
ton and action by all con-
cerned to come to a true I'M
derstanding of how to cope
with integration and i'm
prove the life and ways of
our minority groups. There
has already been too much
play on how we mistreat
minority groups.
J. Umbarger.
4 4 4 y
David Lawrence is quite
right where he contends that
the sit-down demonstrations
are hurting the United States
in its foreign relations. Truth
often does hurt. 1t also lib
crates and cleanSes. But what
hurts our country far greater
in her theological struggle
with communism are the in
consistencies, illegalities and
Evening star., 1960-03-24

parents little business or
farm and the whole family
continued to live in the same
comfortable house where they
often had lived for genera
tions. Grandma always took
good care of a sick member
Of the family, usually with
homegrown tea made Of
herbs and wild flowers. and
with a good shot Of home
made whisky, and a few days
of bedrest usually cured the
patient. Yes, and as long ago
as 100 years or more, Grand
ma even cured bad sores over
night with penicillin. which
our proud medicS discovered
only quite recently, but which
Grandma simply called mil
dew, that is mildewed cob
webs. Only a few oldsters
today, Of course, know about
these age-old remedies.
The family doctor in those
days was called in only in
really severe cases, hospitals
were practically unknown,
and Of course babies were all
born at home with at best
a midwife in attendance.
However, those good old
days Of rugged individualism
are gone forever and neither
sentiment nor nostalgia will
bring them back, and only a
very few families can afford
to have their parents live
with them any more in this
complex age of our indus
trialized societies.
Therefore, whether we like
1t or not, pensions. social
security and public health
insurance have become an
inevitable necessity. Just like
civil service retirement and
social security is provided by
the state, so should Of course
public health insurance, and
not as at present by private
insurance companies, who
must add a profit to the
actual cost.
w. o. Schrader.
So
Naturally DR.. Homer Hall
was thoroughly objective in
his survey Of the Forand bill,
using such impartial Ian
guage as "socializing" and
"un- american" He gently
chided those who support the
measure by stating that they
Evening star., 1960-03-24
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL
"KEARNY ST. NE

"KEARNY ST. NE.
Dear Sir:
MRS. Moeking Bird ar
rived from the sunny South
the day before the big snow
and seems very unhappy
about the whole situation.
Her boy friend was kept
busy carrying food to her
not once did she venture out
in the storm for something
to eat. They have a snug
perch in a thick clump of
evergreen trees a few back
yards away, where they can
keep an eye on the feeding
shelf. Our back porch
restaurant certainly did a
booming business that day.
"One morning a small
group of cedar waxwings ar
rived on the scene and our
Knockers put up a brave but
losing battle to keep them
out OF the holly tree. The
travellers filled up on berries
and continued on their
journey. I expect there will
be more of them passing
through later as this was a
very small flock and usually
there are dozens.
THE other day, on my
way home from work, I saw
a fat and sassy cock robin,
the first one I've seen this
season, harbinger of spring in
spite of the weather.
Some time ago you wrote
a column about a man in the
Office who wears a green eye
shade.
There is a gentleman in
my office who always wears a
green eye shade.
He pays no attention
whatever to the smart re-
marks directed at him. He is
a reader of your column and
quite a lover of birds. I have
tried, unsuccesSfully, to per-
suade him to write to you. He
always has fine stories to tell
about his pet mocking birds
and we compare notes every
day on the strange doings of
our fine feathered friends.
Sincerely yours, M. K. j."
y y y
This shows one of the best
uses for a holly tree, to at
tract the cedar waxwings.
If you have the holly ber-
ries, you can be almost sure
of seeing the waxwings.
These pleasant small birds
may be identified by the red
drops at the tips of the wing
feathers.
Probably more than any
other species they love the
holly tree and its berries.
Their course across country
must bekmapped and charted
Evening star., 1960-03-24

In his recent letter to The
Star. H. K. Hall, jr.. MD,
expressed his undying oppo-
sition to any public health
insurance, even for our old
retired people (such as is
now proposed by the Forand
Bill in CongreSs).
Let us hope that DR.. Hall
and the other reactionary
and proflt-hungry members
Of the American Medical AS
sociation are at least some
what more competent in
their medical knowledge than
they are about their contem-
porary world.
So. for their edification
and education here are the
actual facts regarding this
matter.
All Western European in
dustrial free enterprise
countries have had public
health insurance for half a
century, i.e., ever since the
arrival of industrialization
began to change the social
and economic pattern of So
ciety. Among these countries
are also the six monarchies
of England, Belgium, Hol-
land, Denmark, Sweden and
Norway, as we'll as the re-
publics of West Germany,
France and Italy.
In all these countries med
ical and hospital expenses
are being provided by the
state and this has strength
ened their free-enterprise
systems rather than weak
ened them. Note that even
those six monarchies sur
vived.
In the kingdom of Hol-
land, when Mama is in the
hospital having a baby, free
of charge of course. Papa is
getting a day or two of with
full pay to take care of the
disrupted home, simply be-
cause today no employe can
afford to pay a maid any
more. if only for a few days.
Yes. whether we like it or
not, the good old days Of the
rugged individual butchers
and bakers and candlestick-
makers and Of the good old
family farm are gone forever.
Then, Grandpa and Grand
ma lived with their eldest
son who had inherited his
Evening star., 1960-03-24

Sured the support OF the
Missouri delegation to the
national convention, with its
80 votes. He has, it is said,
been assured delegate support
in many more States, all the
way from New York to Cali
fornia. The Missouri Senator
will, 1t is confidently pre-
dicted. have the backing Of
former President Harry S.
Truman, with whom he has
conferred regarding his polit-
ical plans. He is running on
his record in Congress, which
is as liberal as any of his
competitors, and his record
as an administrator in many
high Federal Offices, Begin
ming with Administrator of
Surplus Property at the close
OF World War II and ending
with the Office of Secretary
OF the Air Force and Admin
istrator Of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation. Few
delegates-very few-to the
Democratic National Conven-
tion have yet been chosen.
While delegates are to be
chosen in Is States and the
District of Columbia where
presidential primaries are
held, half of these State
delegations are not bound by
the results Of the primaries.
The great bulk of the dele
gate strength in the national
convention continues to offer
a wide field for Senator
Symington to cultivate. The
same is true for Senator
johnson, whose friends, like
those of Senator Symington,
already are seeking to make
hay. The Missouri delegates
will be chosen in May; those
in Texas, June IA.
Gives Supporters a Boost
Senator Symington entered
none of the presidential pri-
maries-he said last year he
would not. Nor has Senator
Johnson. Former President
Truman has called the presi-
Dental primaries "eye wash"
Senator Kennedy's success in
the New Hampshire primary
and the predictions of his
success in the Wisconsin
primary April S have brought
talk Of a Kennedy bandwagon.
1t has become necessary for
supporters of Senator SYM
ington to say: Hes our
man." instead of merely being
able to comment: He may
be our man-if he decides
to run"
These Four Horsemen of
the Senate seem to be doing
most of the running in the
race for the Democratic pres
ldential nomination. There
is, to be sure, Adlai Steven
son former Governor of Illi-
nols, for whose nomination
Stevenson Clubs have been
organized. He is handicapped,
however, by the fact he is in
no position to demand a third
nomination at the hands of
his party. He has to wait for
it-if it should ever come.
Despite the fact the Demo-
Gratis have Governors of "a
OF the so States, the Senators
have pre-empted nearly all
the conversation about a
presidential nomination. The
sole exception is a former
Governor-Mr. Stevenson. An
occasional word is heard
about New Jerseys Gov.
Robert B. Meyner, but not
many. Yet Democrats have
gone almost invariably for a
hundred years to Governors
for their presidential nomi-
Evening star., 1960-03-24
THE POLITICAL MILL
Syninqton Goes to the Post
By GOULD LINCOLN

The third member Of the
Senate'S Four Horsemen of
1860 - Democratic aspirants
for a presidential nomination
to cast his hat in the ring
is Senator Stuart Symington
Of Missouri. A delayed an
nouncement-but well-timed
- it comes more than three
and-a-half months in ad-
vance of the Democratic Ma
tional Convention. The pres
sure on Senator Symington
from supporters in many
States has grown steadily in
recent weeks. Their plea: We
want to do something for you,
but we must have a definite
statement you are a candi-
date. The Senator in the past
had declared his willingness
to run if nominated - but
had always fallen short of
saying he was actually a.
candidate. That stage of his
campaign is now past - q
campaign he has waged in
every section of the country
with many appearances and
speeches. Obviously, if his
campaign was to go forward,
he had to give his friends
firm ground on which to de-
mand support for him.
johnson Must Wait
Two of the senatorial Four
Horsemen - Senators John
F. Kennedy of Massachusetts
and Hubert Humphrey of
Minnesota-announced their
candidates. many weeks
ago. 1t is no secret that SEN
ator Kennedy has been cam
paigning for more than a
year, indeed, with the presi-
dental nomination as his
goal. The fourth Horseman
- Senator Lyndon B. john
son Of Texas. majority leader
OF the Senate - has brushed
aside any announcement of
his political plans, continuing
to say: "I am not a candi-
date" despite the fact his
close friend and fellow Texan.
Speaker Sam Rayburn of the
House, cast the johnson hat
In the ring months ago and
has been working for a John
son nomination along with
many other johnson ad-
mirers. Nor is it in the cards
Tor Senator Johnson to make
any formal statement of his
candidacy in the near future.
The majority leader of the
Senate has a job to do "a
legislative job. He is not 60
ing to abandon that Job or
complicate it with a decla-
ration that he is running for
the presidential nomination.
There is a fifth senatorial
aSpirant for the Democratic
presidential nomination -
Senator Wayne Morse of
oregon. He has announced
himself a candidate, and has
entered three presidential
preference primaries - in
Oregon, his home State.
Maryland and the District of
Columbia. He may win the
primaries in Oregon and the
District Of Columbia. Not
wlthstanding this, Senator
Morse is not given even an
outside chance by Democratic
political leaders for the pres
ldential nomination. Some see
his candidacy as an effort on
his part to defeat Senator
Kennedy in Oregon and slow
MIN up in Maryland, and to
defeat Senator Humphrey in
the National Capital.
Senator Syminpton is as-
Evening star., 1960-05-15

As big sister" to IS or go girls at time, I've
seen enough Plain James and Drab Doras turn
into professional beauties to be able to tell you
this: Beauty can be made. What's more, you can
be beauty. The important thing is that you
believe it. The rest will follow.
l remember so clearly the first time saw a
girl who turned into one of the most successful
models in history. Yes, she was pretty, but far
from the beauty she became. She wore an absurd
hat with wispy veil perched on long, Ayaway
Evening star., 1960-05-15

hair. Her not-too-chic suit was adorned by gaudy
jewelry. She was about Is pounds overweight,
and bit on the hippy side. But with our help
and her own developing seh-con6dence, she be-
came one of the most famous fashion beauties.
You still see her face in every magazine.
How can you be beauty? Let's first remove
all the hocus-pocus. Coupled with your belief in
your potential is the determination that you are
going to work to achieve it. The time to begin
this believ- - Continued on next page
Evening star., 1960-05-15
BY EILEEN FORD
lN M "a "a = ! IA n
This Weeks Guest Expert

n other was a model, the first that one of
1Vl the big New York department stores
ever hired. was model, too, during my college
days. Then in 1916, started off my career as a
manager of models. have since managed the
business lives of more than 1000 girls who pose
for professional photographers.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
On BEING Chic

From a mere mans point of view,
it has always seemed to us that Mrs.
Pat Nixon is consistently chic, we'll
groomed and altogether attractive.
Through pictorial exposure of less dura-
ton, we have grown accustomed to
thinking pretty much the same about
Mrs. Jackie Kennedy. Strangely per-
hapS, in the course of worrying about
Federal and municipal budgets, to say
nothing of the family variety, it had not
occurred to us that the clothing allow
ance of either of these two charming
ladies might some day become one of
the Page One issues of the 1860 presi-
Dental campaign.
Somehow or other, 1t has-appar-
emily touched off by the printed COM
mentary OF some trade publication In
what is called the womenS wear field.
This is one we will not attempt to
mediate. Let's face it, clothes for a
girl, one or the other, who is just around
the political corner from becoming a
Nations first lady are apt to be pretty
expensive. Wherever Pat and Jackie
do their wardrobe shopping, some of the
price tags are probably high. But If
their selections also are to be becoming,
they should not be worn in a hair
pulling match.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
Ubricht Uber Allies

Walter Ulbricht, chief of puppet
East Germany'S Communist Party, now
has acquired large new measure of
personal power as result Of the death
last week of 84-year-old Walter PECK,
the captive countryS first and only Red
President.
The increase in Mr.. Ulbricht's au-
thority has been formally approved by
typically unanimous" party Line vote
OF the East German Parliament ESQ
called). The vote has abolished the
office of the presidency and replaced it
with brandnew 23-man council-a
supreme" governing agency-that will
be under his firm control Premier Otto
Grotewohl, who has no love for him,
will be very much his subordinate. Ger
tainly Mr.. Ulbricht, regarded as perhaps
the harSheSt and most uncompromising
of the Stalinists still holding office in
Moscows satellite empire, will hence
forth be more than ever the top boss Of
Communist Germany
1t may safely be assumed, of course,
that all this has been done with the
advice and consent of the Kremlin
Apparently Nikita Khrushchev wants
his tough Stooge armed with extra power
to help carry out the new crisis breeding
moves being plotted against West Berlin
and free Germany as whole.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
Senator Henninqs

Senator Thomas c. HenningS, Jr.,
dead at 81, was one of the many who
have with genuine distinction combined
the professions of law and politics. His
training and practice in the former
contributed greatly to the quality of his
service for three terms in the House
of Representatives Q935-41) and for
the past ten years in the other chamber
of Congress. In the Senate, he was
identified as one of the leading liberal
SpokeSmen of the relatively conservative
Judiciary Committee. The extension
and protection of civil rights and the
problems of juvenile delinquency were
matters Of greatest personal and politi-
cal interest to him. Never flercely part
iSan in his approach to legislative
questions, the Missouri Democrats ef-'
fectiveness in floor debate and in COM
mittee deliberations was enhanced as
result. Assistant Senate Democratic
Leader Mansfield spoke with accuracy
for his colleagues when he described Mr..
HenningS as "a man whom we all shall
miss, regardless of party"
Evening star., 1960-09-16
Bad News for Germs

If a new super-penicillin developed
In England proves as effective in gen.
eral use as it has in nine months of
testing, promising new weapon soon
will be available against infection. The
antibiotic drug, known as celbenin, is
reported to have all the germ-killing
properties of penicillin-and more-but
without the potentially dangerous side
effects of penicillin. There has been
increasing need for such an anti-infec-
ton agent as germ resistance to peni-
cillin builds up in the human system.
Penicillin has earned its reputation
as a wonder drug" during the years
that it has been employed against dis
eases Of many kinds. But the tendency
of germs to become tolerant of the mold
product has caused widespread concern
in the medical profession. Furthermore,
penicillin causes bad reactions in some
patients, even at times resulting in
serious or even fatal shock
Celbenin, on the other hand, has