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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-22
Faith and Politics

It is startling to read that Dona
Felisa de Gauthier, San Juan's Roman
Catholic woman mayor, has been told
that she cannot receive communion
land presumably will be denied the
other sacraments Of her faith) unless
she does public penance for the vote she
cast on November 8. The vote was for
Governor Luis Munoz Marin, head of the
Popular Democratic Party.
Mr.. MunoZ Marin was reelected by
an Impressive majority representing So
per cent of Puerto Rico's overwhelmingly
Catholic population. AS result, he and
his party continue to have firm control
of the legislature. And this outcome,
clearly enough, constitutes an emphatic
reputation of the prediction position
taken by the islands three Catholic
bishops-a position directing the faith
full to vote against the Popular Demo-
cratic Party and all its candidates
because Of their goddess morality" on
such matters as birth control and
common-law marriages.
Nevertheless, despite the dimensions
Of this reputation, the pastor of the
San Juan Cathedral has declared that
Mayor de Gauthier must repent publicly
and garishly, via radio, television or
press, for the sin of having supported
Governor Munoz Marin and his party.
Otherwise, or so the pastor seems to
have implied, she will suffer the punish
ment Of being virtually communicated
from the church. Apparently, moreover,
he would deal in the same manner with
all other Puerto Ricans who have voted
for the Governor, who is himself
Catholic. e.
Certainly, regardless of the intri-
cate solemnities Of theology or the
technicalities of canon law, all this can
hardly fail to strike most Americans as
a deplorably extreme form of clerical
interference in secular affairs. Indeed,
many Catholic leaders in our country,
including Cardinal Spellman of New
York, have strongly indicated that
Puerto Rico's bishops (not just Mayor de
Gauthier's pastor) have made an alto
gether grievous mistake in stepping out
side the bounds Of faith and morals into
the realm of temporal politics.
ThlS Is the sort OF thing, Of course,
that keeps the religious issue very much
alive in America, which for the first
time has elected Catholic for Presi-
dent. In the circumstances, the hier-
archy' in the United States could do
worse than make clear that clerics are
to be viewed with great reserve when
they equate ones political vote with the
salvation of ones soul. The Archbishop
of San Juan has just taken a timely
step in that respect by announcing that
Mayor de Gauthier's pastor has spoken
in unauthorized fashion and that no
Catholic Puerto Ricans will be punished
for having disobeyed the bishops voting
directive.
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D. c. Fares Badly

On November II a New
York City newspaper carried
a news item headed: Transit
Authority Promises To Hold
Fares At 15c In 1861"
This assurance must be as
gratifying to New York
transit riders as it Is CALLING
to Washington, D. c., transit
riders.
Recently also it was an
nounced in New York that
the Transit Authority had
been able to accumulate some
IS million during the last
year.
II. that can be done on q
15c fare in New York City,
with no prospect Of an in
crease in fares. 1t raises the
serious question Of why a
zoe fare is supposed to be in
adequate in Washington,
D. c.
Maybe public officials
guarding the interest of Dis
trict residents would like to
get the answer.
Frank Elliott.
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come from one who is assumed
to have the morale and we'll
being of the services at heart!
Why should a service career
man be different from the av-
erage citizen? He, too, yearns
to see his children growing
up, and to come home to a
normal home life. In a time
of real war, he and his fam
lily recognize the fact that a
separation is necessary and
accept it, with all of the lone
illness, difficulties and wor-
ries involved. But this latest
We've got to economic so
let's hit the services again"
is Just too much!
I might add that this is the
first letter I have written to
any local newspaper in all of
my 10 years as an Army wife,
but never have I felt so
strongly about a matter.
If the families of armed
servicemen are not allowed
to stay with them on foreign
assignments, the serious re-
suit will be the dangers 10
the morals, not merely their
morale. This is the biggest
mistake our hopelessly blind
Government could make, in
the name of economy. 1t
happened during World War
II, when citizens of foreign
countries viewed the appall-
ing sight of long lines of our
Servicemen waiting to get
into houses of prostitution.
Many thousands of helpless
babies were born, to be
brought up in orphanages or
left to die on the streets. Ex-
tensive venereal disease was
contracted, homes broken up.
etc.
The favorite whipping boy
of our economy measures Is
always the armed services.
During the depression in the
thirties their very low pay
was reduced even lower.
Families have had to live in
barracks that would be con-
demned for civilian living, as
firetraps and roach incu-
bators-simply because there
was not enough money ap-
propriated for decent living
quarters.
There are simple economic
measures which will reduce
the flow of gold out of our
country.
But keep our service fam
lilies together. immortality is
one of the outstanding causes
of the disintegration of even
powerful countries. All the
gold in the world is not worth
more than the preservation
Of decent, moral, people,
especially fighting men.
Isabel G. Moore.
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American Villains

nave recently returned
from Japan, where I wit
messed a performance which
is generating extreme ill-will
toward this country. Each
Friday in Tokyo American
professional wrestlers are
matched against Japanese
wrestlers. The Americans take
the part of villains and COM
init unspeakable fouls on
their japanese opponents.
The crowd is worked into a
fury of hatred against the
American wrestlers and wood
en- shoes are thrown. The
Americans fan this antago-
nism with threatening ges-
lures toward the audience
and the usual boastful pranc-
ing. Often the japanese
WreStlerS win and the crowd
is happy, but still hateful to-
ward the Americans. How
ever, not infrequently, the
villains win and then it takes
a horde of police to hold back
the angry mob and get the
Americans out of the ring.
It would not be too bad If
this exhibit were confined to
the watchers in the arena,
but it is broadcast over tele-
vision and viewed in thou
sands of Japanese homes.
Very few of these TV viewers
realize that these are staged
affairs and I am sure that
most of these viewers are
convinced that these wrest-
lers represent America, and
Americans. therefore, must be
very dirty people.
1t is unbelievable that our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-22

Our CW0-party system is
the envy of the multi-party
party systems all over the
world. The abolition of our
electoral system would pro-
mote the upspringing of
many splinter parties. When
a nation is paralyzed by a
multi-party crisis, the door
is open for dictators to move
in and take over.
The backbone of our Con-
stitution is based upon the
compromise between the
large and small States. Since
the electoral college system
allows each State the same
number of votes as it has
representatives in both
houses, the small States may
not be nullif1ed if the large
industrial States choose to
form a bloc.
In closing I would like to
quote Karl Mundt of South
Dakota in saying that 1--WE
shall kiss goodbye to the
idea of rights of States, of
State autonomies. because as
soon as we give the Federal
Government the right to
control the election ma
chinery. we shall place every
State under Federal domi-
nation"
David Hudson.
y u * II
Democracy is for the peo-
pie. by the people, and of the
people.
If we are to go forward
in the Cos, we should start
by establishing a democracy
by the people and of the peo-
pie by abolishing the cleo
toral college and by passing
legislation to place the cleo
ton of a President of our
great country on a popular
vote basis only.
1t is not a democracy for
approximately IL States,
through an electoral college,
to be able to control the cleo
ton of a President.
The electoral college may
have served its purpose when
it was instituted, but it GER
tainly is outdated for an
educated nation.
Democrat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-22
More Than q Coach

To an old Hollywood hand,
your dispatch on Clark Gable
was colorful, interesting, and
admirable - in all respects
but one: You named "JoSe-
phine Dillon" as his first wife,
and called her dramatic
coach" In a sense. this was
accurate. as she so names.
and so describes, herself. But
once, named differently, she
was much more than q
dramatic coach. Actually, she
is Josephine Clay Dillon, and
as Clay Dillon was renowned
as a singer. having a large
following, among which I
numbered myself. She APP
peared all over the country,
with various companies,
among them the Century, the
Metropolitan affiliate in New
York. and the Aborn, by
which she was represented in
Washington. Her success was
such that her younger sister,
starting a career of her own,
thought best to change her
name, to preclude a promo
ton foul-up, and it was as
Frances Peralta, not Frances
Dillon. that she became a
Metropolitan headliner, sing
ing leading soprano roles for
them in the 1920s.
Not too long ago, "Jose-
phine Dillon" appeared on
you Bet Your Life" and
once more I was looking at
Mimi, still slim, still pale, still
showing the quiet, fragile
beauty that made the little
SongStreSs so enchanting.
But not once, by her, by
Groucho. or by Fenneman,
was Clay Dillon mentioned.
Why must so lovely a
creature be made to vanish
into air. into thin air, as
though she had never ex-
listed? A fan has rights, hasn't
he? I protest. Hence, this
letter.
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students in their critical period" And
he added comment which ought to
dispose of the question once and for all:
1T is important and proper for the Uni
verSity Of Virginia to field athletic
teams whose performance is worthy of
the university. It is equally important
and proper that our players, as part
OF their education here, know that
honor and good conduct are not only
taught but practiced."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-22
BUGLE SOUNDS RECALL

I am a civilian but used to
be an officer stationed over
seas and as such I express
serious doubt about the
Presidents decision to have
most of the dependents re-
turned to the United States.
From what I know about
conditions over there. many
wives and children will de-
eide to stay with their hus-
bands even if the military
does not provide quarters
any more. The military can
not order the wives around,
and a good number. to con-
tinue their family life, will
live ION the foreign economy"
They will thus spend even
more Of the dollars which
their husbands receive. on
the foreign markets, than if
they would continue buying
American goods at commits
saries and PXs, and would
live in the United States
Government-built and pro-
vided quarters instead of
locally rented ones.
Besides, the families with
the closest ties will be most
likely to stay, those WI ose
ties are loose will move. This
will reduce for the children
who need it most for them
selves and for a healthy
America, the security which
stems from a household in
which the father is present.
William r. Perl, Ph.D.
y II u Il
President Eisenhower, with
his most ecent tactic,
couldn't have dealt a more
crushing or calculated blow
to Army morale. He states
that the last thing he wants
to do is cut military strength.
If this order goes through, he
will have cut it. This last act
of his is just a climax to a
long series of "deprivileges"
that the armed forces have
been exposed to since his ad-
miniStration. We have made
many sacrifices uncomplain-
ingly and have stayed with
the service despite all previ-
GUS setbackS, but when he be-
gins breaking up families for
extended periods of time, the
enlisted man will give pause
before re-enlisting, and Off
GERS will leave the services at
the first given opportunity.
Secretary Gates, from some
lofty pinnacle, states that mo-
rale need not suffer from the
new order. Benignly he goes
on to further say: II think
that our people are accus-
toned to sacrifice. Military
people have been separated
additionally" OF all the
pompous. presumptive and
thoughtless statements to
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Not Taxes Alone

There is no surprise IN the decision
Of the Commissioners to request both
higher local taxes and higher Federal
payment to meet proposed District ex-
penditures next year, and the city
officials are wise in seeking concurrence
OF key congressional leaders before the
new tax requests are submitted.
What should concern the Commits
sioners most, however, is whether Con-
gress also will increase the Federal
payment commensurately. For only in
this way can the city both meet its
critical needs for additional spending
and maintain a sound local economy
These spending needs arise, in the first
place, from the long-range program of
public works improvements. It was
agreed when the program was estab-
lished by Congress six years ago that
fair share Of the costs should be met by
the Federal payment, and that only in
this way, in fact, could they be met at
all. Since then, because Of Congress
failure to appropriate the full Federal
payments it has authorized, the pro-
gram has fallen behind, despite an ever
heavier local tax burden and the citys
assumption Of a long-range borrowing
program in 1858. So now it appears that
local taxes will be raised again, and that
the borrowing program-with all the
potential financial dangers it holds for
the future-also will have to be ex-
banded drastically within another year
or so.
This inequity quite plainly, it seems
to us, cannot continue much longer.
Something, inevitably, must give. And
If Congress continues to avoid its obliga-
ton to the Capital, the alternative, no
matter how diStaSteful will be to post
pone public works needs which already
have been delayed too long. We believe
that the local tax increases proposed
next year, therefore, should be condi-
toned in some fashion on the provision
Of an adequate increase in the Federal
payment.
It will be we'll, also, If all the pro-
posed expenditures for the 1862 fiscal
year are included in the Federal budget
the President will send to Congress in
January, even though the tax and Fed
eral payment increases to finance a part
of them must be authorized by separate
legislation. This year, under similar
circumstances, the District budget was
split in two parts. The result was utter
confusion, with Congress, in effect, deal
ing only with a portion Of the total
package. Indeed, unless Congress supple
ments the Federal payment it granted
for the year starting last July /, the
city must cut back public works spend
ing on which it already has embarked.
Among the specific tax proposals for
the next fiscal year, the sales tax in
crease from 2 to per cent-the only one
which the Commissioners have firmly
decided to supports by all odds the
most equitable and productive. It was
approved by the House although Senator
Morse blocked its passage in the Senate
in the waning hours of the last session
Unless such tax increases are accom-
panied by an adequate Federal payment,
however, the effect will not be to allie
viate the Districts fiscal muddle, but
to worsen it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-22
Stamp of Approval

Postmaster General Sum-
merfield did more than all his
predecessors combined to
stop smut printing from 60
ing through the mail. He
thereby did more to support
the moral fiber Of this Nation
than all of the Postmasters
General before him.
E. ]. Slattery, DDS.
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THE POLITICAL MILL
Nixon's Stake in California
By GOULD LINCOLN

As the final California
votes In the presidential cleo
ton trickle in, Vice Presi-
dent Richard M. Nixon's VIC
tory in his home State makes
clear his firm grip on the
Republican Party there.
Within the next year-and-a-
half, therefore, he will have
to decide either to seek cleo
ton as Governor of Cali
fornia or to remain as chief
spokesman for the G. o. P.
on national affairs, as a pre-
Jude to running for a second
presidential nomination in
1864. Because he nearly won
the presidential election on
November 8, in many minds
he is already q probable can
didate four years hence, He
is in a vastly different po-
sition from that of Adlai
Stevenson, who was the
Democratic candidate for
President in 1852 and lost by
an overwhelming vote to
President Eisenhower, both in
the popular vote and in the
Electoral College vote. Mr..
Stevenson went on, however.
to win a second nomination
in 1856, although he had
held no public Office in the
interim. 49,, .
The chairman of the Re-
publican State Central Com
mittee of California. John
Krehbiel, in a statement &C
claiming Mr.. Nixon's victory
in the State, also declared
the election has been a re-
pudiation of the administra-
ton of Democratic Gov. Pat
Brown. The inference con-
tanned in his statement is
that Gov. Brown would be
vulnerable when and if he
seeks reelection in 1862;
that Mr.. Nixon would be able
to win the governorship
should he decide to 60 after
it.
The point is raised by other
Republicans in the State,
however. that if Mr.. Nixon
should win election as Gov
ernor, he would be under
criticism, If he then sought
a presidential nomination
midway in his term. of using
the gubernatorial Office
merely as a stepping stone to
that end. This was a criticism
which Gov. Brown used with
some effect in his campaign
for Governor against former
Senator William F. Knowl-
and of California in 1858.
These Republicans also con-
tend that Mr.. Nixon, as titu-
lar leader Of his party. will
be free and able to discuss
national and party problems
and issues as he desires-and
so keep himself very much in
the political spotlight. They
argue that it would be foolish
for the Vice President to take
the risk of running for Gov
ernor two years hence-a risk
he does not have to take.
Return to Law Seen
Mr.. Nixon, however, is a
young man-47. He will be
40 when the gubernatorial
race takes place in California,
and only 81 when the
presidential campaign rolls
around. It is now expected he
will re-enter the practice of
law with Offices in both Cali
fornia and Washington,
though he has announced no
decision. He has, it is said,
been offered various i'm
portant positions in business
and educational fields.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensa-
ton. Those not used ,Diu be
returned only tDlten accom-
panied BY self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
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II Mr.. Nixon should decide
to make a bid for the COVER
norship-to run presumably
against Pat Brown-and win,
he would enhance his political
prestige, particularly as, I'M
der the new appointment of
congressional districts, Cali
fornia Is about to have its
number of electoral votes in
creased to 40-second only to
New York's 40.
Browns Popularity Says
Gov. Browns personal pop
ularity in California is now at
a low point since his sweep
ing victory over Knowland
two years ago. His tax and
fiscal policies have been I'M
der attack. Conservative Dem
ocratS have not approved Of
his playing with the more
radical elements in the party.
He also dabbled in presiden-
tial politics, both for himself
as a member Of the Demo-
cratic national ticket this
year and as q power behind
the throne in the selection Of
a candidate for President. He
was not successful. Instead of
producing a victory for Presi-
dent-elect Kennedy in Cali
fornia Che predicted the Sem
ator would carry the State by
a million voteS) he fell on his
face. despite the fact Cali
fornia's Democratic voter reg
istration was f.3 million over
the Republican registration.
1t could be, however, that
Gov. Brown will gain more
favor in the next couple Of
years, especially If the Ken
nedy administration Of the
National Government is Sue
cessful. Notwithstanding the
fact Mr.. Nixon carried Cali
fornia, the Democrats in
creased their grip on the
State Senate and held their
lead in the Assembly. This
Democratic control of the
State legislature should be an
aid to Gov. Brown.
The Nixon victory in Cali
fornia is variously explained.
Many Democrats have in the
past voted Republican in both
national and State elections.
Further, Mr.. Nixon, a presi-
dental candidate, was a ma
tive son. In addition, the
sweeping Democratic victories
in California in 1858 were due
in part to violent Republican
differences, growing out Of
the fight between former Gov.
knight and former Senator
Knowland for the guberna-
torial nomination. This year
all Republican factions and
groups were strongly support
ing Mr.. Nixon. On the other
hand, the Democrats were
split, many of them having
favored the nomination of
Adlai Stevenson rather than
Senator Kennedy. In some
measure, it is reported, the
religious issue cut into the
Democratic vote -ag aims t
Senator Kennedy.
With its great population
increases. which have now
placed it second only-and
almost equal-to New York.
California is expected to play
a greater part in national
politics. AS things now stand,
Mr.. Nixon, despite his defeat
for the Presidency, retains
the prestige of having car
ried this State. It should help
him if he seeks the top spot
on the G. o. P. ticket in 1864.
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Perverted Criminals

Little Michael Condetti
seems to be another victim
of a depraved sex maniac and
much sorrow is now in the
hearts Of his family, friends
and neighbors. After sorrow
comes fear of this maniac
striking again in that COM
munity or elsewhere in this
area. I am sure that there
are hundreds Of these per-
vertS in the city of Washing
ton and suburban areas.
These people are potential
killers and some have been
apprehended many, many
times but released after short
sentences or Investigations.
There is no doubt in my mind
that the killer of Michael
Condetti has been appre-
hended many times before,
too.
I believe that we citizens
in this area, in order to pro-
tect ourselves and our fami-
lies, should ask our State and
city officials and the courts
to take Stricter action against
these perverts and not turn
them loose in our community
until they have been treated
by the latest scientific meth
DDS and when released kept
under strict surveillance.
Sexual perverts are a grow
ing problem and some prompt
action should be taken before
more murders are committed.
Alvin Minetree.
Il II Il
We. the people. have a
share in the tragedy of the
death of the little boy from
northeast Washington. We
must also share the RESPONSE
bility for achieving justice.
Anyone having information
about the little boys activities
should promptly advise local
police. People often remain
silent about things we see
which we know are wrong. It
is also wrong. very wrong, to
keep silent when we know
our silence is perhaps instill-
ing false confidence in the
wrongdoer. Too often is the
citizen who reports a misdeed
labeled as a "tell-tale" or the
local crank. Indeed. but for
Paul Revere's telling tales"
where might be the United
states today. We must put
our suspicious to the test.
Every suspicious appearing
person or deed or auto should
be reported. Parents especial
ly, should bring this warning
to their children. The sorrow
inflicted on our northeast
neighbors is a mark against
all of us.
Everyone, the people, the
police and the authorities who
direct this community must
actively cooperate to insure
the speedy end of the silence
which helps the wrong-doer.
Bereayed NeighbOr