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Evening star., 1960-05-26

in two of the worst cases. Damages
totaling nearly $1,000 were assessed
against the parents in these two cases.
Parents in several other cases also have
been required to pay for the vicious acts
of their offspring.
The parental-accountability plan
has been tried in number of cities with
considerable success, according to re-
port to- the 1859 Maryland Assembly,
which passed the Montgomery County
law. The county's experience with the
law will be watched with interest in
other local Jurisdictions where vandaI-
ism, especially in schools, has become a
major problem. Certainly the plan
should have the effect of jolting negli-
gent parents into realization that they
must not shirk their responsibilities to-
ward their children and the community
at large.
Evening star., 1960-05-26
Making Parents Pay

A new law under which parents may
be held accountable for the depreda-
tionS of their children is being given it's
first tests in Montgomery County. In
several recent vandalism cases the
Montgomery County Juvenile Court has
ordered parents to pay for extensive
damage to school property inflicted by
So-called "pranksters Law enforce
ment and school authorities believe that
vigorous use Of the law will have a de-
terrent effect on the wave of window
SIN shing, furniture destroying and
other malicious activities which have
plagued school officials in the county.
The sorry record Of such offenses in
Montgomery clearly shows the need for
holding parents financially as well as
morally accountable for the damage
wrought by their children. County police
say there have been ID serious cases of
vandalism by children of elementary
and high school ages within the past
two monthS-a big increase over the
same period in previous years. Three
schools were broken into and damaged
IN one night recently. In one school,
at Wheaton, thirty panes of glass in as
many classrooms were wantonly de-
Stroyed and other senseless damage
done. Groups of children were involved
Evening star., 1960-05-26
No Time for Retreat

Vice President NiXon'S unusual in
tervention on behalf of the adminiStra-
tion'S mutual security program may be
rationalized on two principal grounds.
One is the heightened Importance Of
the program itself in the light of the
summit collapse and the potential in
crease in Communist trouble making.
The other is Mr.. Nixon's own place as
the almost certain presidential nominee
OF his party, with consequently greater
significance attached to his personal
views and capacity for leadership.
In this instance, the Vice Presi-
dent has chosen through the medium
of letter to Republican members of
the House Appropriations Committee to
make a strong plea against a deep re-
duction in funds for the program in the
fiscal year starting July /. Early in Feb
ruary, President Eisenhower outlined to
Congress $4.2-billion program in which
the funds would be about equally di-
vided between military aid to our free
world allies and economic assistance to
numerous Independent countries. In it's
first step toward implementing the Pres
ident's recommendations, Congress en-
acted an authorization bill approving
expenditures of slightly more than 81
billion. 1t has been recognized, however,
that the real legislative battle would
come over the companion appropriation
measure and opponents of the program
have talked of Slashing the funds by 81
billion, or even more.
in
mored effort that Mr.. Nixon asked for
Republican support on the first "field of
battle the House Appropriations Com
mittee. A cut of the suggested magni-
tude, he wrote, would "be regarded as
headlong retreat by our country, either
as an abandonment of collective Secu-
rity or as a withdrawal of our interest
in the welfare of friendly peoples strug-
Cling to stand with us in freedom" In
obvious reference to the Big Four break
up in Paris last week, the Vice President
said that recent events" demonstrate
the absolute need" for keeping the mu-
tual security effort at an effective level,
and he cited the unanimous indorse-
ment of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for
the military assistance portion of the
program.
1t would be foolhardy indeed, after
what happened in Paris, to turn now to
economy or isolationism as guide lines
for our policy on collective security. For
us to do so could weaken dangerously
the ability, and perhaps even the spirit,
of other free nations to resist the Com
munist design for world supremacy The
Vice President has demonstrated COM
mendable sense of responsibility in NOV
ing into the front lines of this critically
important struggle.
Evening star., 1960-05-26
Summit Report

Mr.. Eisenhower has not made things
easy for those Democrats who may
nope to squeeze some partisan or per-
Sonal political advantage out of the
shattered wreckage of the summit.
For the President has assumed full
responsibility for the intelligence
gathering U-2 flights over Russia and
for the much-criticized "alert" order
Issued from Paris. If the Democrats
choose to attack on these points, they
must attack the President personally
an undertaking which holds no great
promise of rich political reward.
Mr.. Eisenhower also answered two
questions which have been raised-one
having to do with the timing of the
Inflated May l flight and the other
concerning the phony statement issued
when it was first learned that the plane
was missing. AS to the timing, Mr..
Eisenhower says it was necessary to
gather important information chat
was likely to be unavailable at later
date" If this is correct, how can the
Democrats make an issue of it? The
Presidents account of the phony, or
covering" statement is equally i'm
perviouS to political assault. Since we
ald not know exactly what had hap
pened, he said, the statement was issued
70 protect 'our intelligence system and
the pilot" The Democrats will hardly
contend that anything should have been
done which might have needleSsly jeop-
ardized either the system or the pilot.
Actually, however, there was no
pressing need for an explanation of
the two points touched upon by the
President. Most Americans understand
the necessity for continuing intelligence
work, even on the eve of summit
meeting, and few would expect that
the truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth should be told with re-
spect to such activities. What Mr.. Eisen-
hover left unexplained is more I'M
portant. Namely, after it was learned
that the plane was down and that the
Russians had the pilot, why did we
issue further statement which could
only jerk the rug from under Mr.. Khru-
shchev and possibly compel him, as a
matter of elf-preServation, to wreck
the summit meeting? There may be
something here for the Democrats to
work on. At any rate, it seems to us
that the real blunder was made in this
area.
:. On the whole, however, the Presi-
dents report was reasonably effective.
lis hard to see how he could have
done better with a bad situation. And
the world, we think, will welcome his
Implied assurance that we will con-
tirlue intelligence-gathering efforts to
guard against a surprise attack, his
categorical assurance that the United
States will maintain it's strength, and
his announcement that the door will
always be open to "businesSlike deal
ings" with the Russians, assuming that
the Soviet leaders may wish. to avail
themselves of the opportunity. In short,
the speech puts the U-2 business in
some rational perspective, reasSerts
Americas good intentions and stead
faStnesS of purpose, and makes it easy
tounderStand why the Russians jammed
the broadcastS of the speech to prevent
their people from hearing the PreSi-
dents words.
Evening star., 1960-05-26

thing sweet and honest about
our recollections of the dear
old alma mater, the dear
mother who has now degen-
Grated to the point where she
Is forever nagging the. old
boys for money.
+ =
This distressing betrayal of
the old idea of what a coll
lege is and should be never
came into being until various
other organizations showed
now easy it is to shame the
average American into giving
up some of his hard earned
cash. over-taxed cash.
We are, as Jones says, a
peculiar people, and though
we laugh at the Oriental
idea of face saving, we 20 in
Tor 1t ourselves on a big scale.
IT some wisecracker stands
IN front of us, before others.
and practically dares us to
put up, shell out, give money.
we would rather pay than die
a thousand deaths of shame.
And don't think the wise
money boys don't know this.
IL is their big ace in the hole.
This whole obnoxious
campaign is the brain child
OF just a few men, financiers
at heart, although they like
to think of themselves as
humanitarians. They are
not true collegians.
These frauds know how to
handle us, except when they
run into an honest man, let
US say Templeton Jones.
Then they retaliate by
sneering.
Sneers. by the way. fall
of Jones' back like water off
a nice big waterfowl.
He has been sneered at by
experts, as they say.
What he would like to ask
these takers is:
Why don't you get your
self a job in a bank?
Why don't you let us alone,
with our memories?
There was something more
than a dollar sign in the old
collegiate symbols.
Old Alma Mater, meant
something, then; now you
try to reduce it to Just coin,
but you won't succeed.
In fact, many of us hold
out against you just because
of this, that you show this
disrespect for something fine
and beautiful.
You will never understand,
of course.
How can you, with your
attitude?
Evening star., 1960-05-26
Entitled to Opinion

Some readers have raised a
great hue and cry about the
''opinionated views" of The
Stars editorialists and colum-
nists. I. personally, feel that
there is a definite place in
journalistic endeavors for the
"opinionated view" and I
further believe that such is
the role of the editorial and
the column, to interpret the
news.
1t is blatantly obvious that
many subscribers have an
erroneous conception of the
function Of the columnist or
editorial writer in contem-
porary journalism.
John Bayly.
Evening star., 1960-05-26
THE POLITICAL MILL
What Price Craftsmanship?
BY GOULD LINCOLN

What price statesmanlike,
nonpartisan investigation and
discussion of the summit
conference debacle and the
U-2 incident? The answer is
politics in a presidential year.
Not even the Wizard of OF
could exact such a price from
those gentlemen now hoping
to gain political preferment
from the so-called summit
U-2 issue.
Three Senate committees
are to start investigations.
Party leaders are setting out
on these inquiries in a proper
spirit, as evidenced by the
unanimous vote in the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Com
mittee to hold an investiga-
ton. Republicans and Demo-
Gratis alike supported Chair
man Fulbright's proposal.
Undoubtedly, both sides
would be glad to report, after
the inquiry is held, that
America is in the clear. But
1t would be asking a LOT if
not too much, to hope that
Democratic warriors like
Adlai Stevenson, National
Chairman Paul M. Butler
and the Democratic Advisory
Council-who have already
charged the Eisenhower ad-
ministration with gross fail
ures in its foreign policies and
more particularly with bum
Cling in its handling of the
incident of the Shutdown
U-2-will give up their at
tacks. no matter what the
Senate committees find.
1t is entirely proper that
inquiries to determine all the
facts should be held. The
hope may be expressed that
all-not part-of the facts
will be developed. Far more
important than the U-2 in
cldent, however, is the break
up OF the summit conference
by Soviet Premier Khru-
shchev and his reasons for
so doing. That the Russian
seized on the U-2 incident
and used it as an excuse for
declining to confer with
President Eisenhower and the
heads OF government of Brit
ain and France is evident to
all the world. His charge that
the intelligence flight of the
U-2 over Russia was "aggres-
sion" on the part of the
United States is so obviously
untrue that the United Ma
tions' Security Council is ex-
pected to turn down a Rus
sian resolution denouncinr
this country as an aggressor.
Not the Real Issue
That Mr.. Khrushchey
seized on the U-2 incident to
use as a "crowbar"-Adlai
Stevenson's phraSe-to get
out of the summit confer
ence, therefore, does not get
to the bottom of the summit
breakup. If it is shown that
the Russian Premier went to
Paris determined to make
the conference nothing more
than sounding board for
Communist propaganda. it
matters little what Grow
bar" he actually used.
Perhaps Mr.. Stevenson was
convinced that Mr.. Khru-
shchev was preparing to 60
to the summit conference in
all good faith. hoping to
improve world relations.
From reports so far available.
this was not the case. How
ever, Mr.. Stevenson made his
attack on the Eisenhower ad-
miniStration. imnlvino that
Evening star., 1960-05-26
J. Chester WiIfong
Equal Time Issue

1t is obvious from Richard
Nixon's recent stand on Gov
ernment regulation of broad
casting where his sympathies
would lie as President. He
told a Senate Commerce
subcommittee considering a
bill to provide free time to
the two presidential nomi-
nees: 1T does not seem to me
to be appropriate or desir-
able for the Federal Gov
ernment to appropriate a
part Of this time, without
compensation" Under the
bill. which is favored by
leading members of both
houses, all TV networks and
stations would be required
to provide free. during prime
viewing hours, two hours a
week for broadcasts by the
major party presidential can
didates in the eight weeks
before a presidential election.
Also testifying, Adlai Ste
venson said the measure could
bring order and intelligent
discussion into the present
confusion and showmanship
of the presidential cam
paign." Unlike Mr.. Nixon,
Mr.. Stevenson realizes that
the networks, which are IL
censed by the Federal Gov
eminent, should be made re-
sponsible to the national in
terest by whatever laws nee
eSSary. Apparently, Mr.. Nixon
would give a free hand to
profit-Seeking broadcaSting
executives at the expense of
an informed public, some
thing so vital particularly in
the event of a national elec-
ton. ....-
AS CHS President Frank
Stanton told the Commerce
subcommittee, Congress
should amend the present law
so that equal time would not
also have to be given to OBJ
scure minor party candi-
dates. With this accom-
plished, however, there still
would be no guarantee that
the industry would fulfill its
pledge to allow candidates
ample free time to reach the
millions of Americans who
would benefit enormously
from such an opportunity.
Indeed. without recent public
indignation over the flagrant
abuses of public media, DR..
Stanton might never have
felt it requisite to assure us
of his good intentions.
1t seems that whenever
the excesses of any form of
big business stand to be
curbed, Republicans lose
sight of all other priorities.
Calvin G. ZOn.
Editors note: Individual
stations. including those
owned by networks, are IL
censed. but not the networks
~ ea1,vanN
Evening star., 1960-05-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Temp Jones wonders what
American colleges are COM
ing to: like thousands of
other alumni. he is bored by
the repeated calls for finan-
cial help, and outraged by
the persiStency of the de-
mandS.
All that his college means
to him now is a dun for
money. One payment is not
enough. 1t must be every
year, and ones own idea of
how much will not do at all:
somebody else will tell you
how much, or else.
In other words, you can't
satisfy them at all, and YOU
might as well not try.
This work, in many cases,
is being carried on by retired
men, who still have enough
pep to make perennial nui-
Sances out of themselves.
Jones thinks ones mem
ories of college days should
not be hedged around with
the dollar sign
What one thinks of the old
school should be above and
beyond finances.
Every college has a finan-
cial end.
Let this department, he
says, deal with the finances,
and stop harassing the
graduates.
None escapes.
No matter if he is almost
ready to drop into oblivion,
there is a bill due on his
doorstep.
you owe," it threatens.
No matter how much your
father paid, you still owe
more than you can ever
repay, it says, so get in there,
pal, and kick in, and not
your idea but ours as to the
sum total.
So &*
AS a matter of fact,
buddy, there is no sum to-
tai.
This is a revolving ac-
count, and you are the one
being revolved, around and
around, with an impossible
debt and an equally impossi-
BILE payment.
Now, this sort of thing is
so absurd, and so obnoxious,
it would be tolerated in no
other country in the world.
1t Smears every college in
the dust.
We are a rather absurd
country, after all.
Ones recollections of COL
lege days ought to take in
glory and grandeur, and
above all, sound learning.
There ought to be some
Evening star., 1960-05-26
Walls and Freedom

1 should like to commend
Arlington Resident" A.
jackson, and Frances Field
man for their opposition to
the hardy perennial known
as The Freedom Wall"
which certainly comes up
every spring. Apparently the
hackers of the monstroSity
have misconstrued the lines
Stone walls do not a prison
make,
Nor iron bars a cage"
They go so far as to as
sumo that stone walls are
a symbol of freedom.
The rights and freedoms of
the States are rapidly being
taken over by the Federal
Government, and it seems
very foolish to spend many
millions of the taxpayers
hard-earned dollars in erect
ing a wall which may, within
a few years, be viewed as
a memorial to the precious
rights and privileges we once
enjoyed.
Evening star., 1960-05-26

the Russian was ready to
come to some better terms
with the Western world, and
that Mr.. Eisenhower had
placed in Mr.. Khrushchev's
hands the implement-the
cause-to destroy the con-
ference. Apparently, Mr..
Stevenson decided that he
had a crowbar. himself, with
which to destroy any chance
the Republican Party might
have of winning the coming
presidential election. OBJ
viously, Chairman Butler and
the Democratic Advisory
Council are relying on the
Stevenson crowbar to ruin
the G. o. P. And the Ste
venson supporters for the
Democratic presidential NOM
ination-and perhaps Mr..
Stevenson himself-are rely
ing on this crowbar to win
the former Illinois Governor
a third nomination.
Boomerang Possible
This issue. however, which
lines up President Eisen-
hover versus Premier Khru-
shchev, and the United States
versus Communist Russia in
the final analysis, may BOOM
erang in the hands of Mr..
Stevenson and any other
Democrat who seizes upon it.
This is well recognized by
other Democrats, among
them former Postmaster
General James A. Farley, one
time chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee,
who issued a statement de-
nouncing Mr.. Stevenson's
Chicago speech and calling
him an appeaser. Mr.. Far
ley's attack was remarkable
for its violence. He has never
been given to such attacks
on anyone.
Not all the politics involved
in the U-2 incident is ema-
mating from the Democratic
side of the fence. The Re-
publicans have charged that
the Russian Premier is SEEK
ing to dictate to the Ameri-
can people whom they shall
elect President, since he said
in so many words he would
not confer with the United
States again until it elects
a new President-obviouSly
one more suited to his taste
and his purposes. These Re-
publicans have charged that
Mr.. Khrushchev would pre-
fer Mr.. Stevenson himself.
but certainly a Democrat to
a Republican.
Another political angle on
the Republican side, not vet
so obvious, is that if the
Eisenhower administration,
which includes Vice President
Nixon, is embarrassed politi-
cally by the U-2 incident.
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller
may have a real chance to be
drafted for the party's presi-
Dental nomination at the
G. o. P. National Convention
next July. Some of the Gov
ernor's supporters seem to
think the summit-U-2 blow
up was the unexpected
break" for which they
looked to give the New York
Governor his chance. Cover
nor Rockefeller has declared
himself available. Thus, the
New York delegation is going
to the National convention
"uncommitted" which leaves
the 96-Strong delegation avail
able to vote for him if ana
when there appears a chance
to defeat Mr.. Nixon for the
nomination. .....
Evening star., 1960-05-26
I Just Couldn't Resist 1t
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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Evening star., 1960-09-11

All-America candidate. Winnie Scott,
at the other end, also is an excep-
tional all-around end and is one of the
nations finest place kickers. They
are backed up by fine pair in Henry
Poniatowski and Norm Kaufman. And
we've got others"
In his effort to solve the critical
tackle-to-tackle problem, Nugent will
use some veterans and blend in some
of the newcomers that show so much
promise, according to spring tests.
The two top returnees are junior
tackle Bill KIrchiro and senior guard
Pete Boinis, via Woodrow Wilson
High. They should keep their starting
assignments. Behind Kirchiro is let
terman Dick Barlund (son of one-time
heavyweight fighter Gunnar) and up
coming sophs Chester Detko, Norman
Evening star., 1960-09-11

Hatfield and John Boinis. At the other
tackle are two newcomers, Roger
Shoals and Gordon Bennett.
Behind Pete Boinis is Tom Sanko-
vich, who lettered as guard last fall,
and two promising sophs in Tom Bou-
mel and George Gatcha. Left guard is
the spot that appears to be open, al
though Joe Hrezo looked like the
finest prospect last fall. At center.
Nugent isn't in too bad shape, appar-
emily, with veteran lettermen Leroy
Dietrich and Bob Hacker and a trio
of freshmen, Dave Crossan, Bill Neve-
ling and Ed Gilmore.
Maryland is team with possibili-
ties. Also one that is taking on very
rugged schedule. 1t may not all be
fun, but it's pretty sure to be chal-
lenging.
Evening star., 1960-09-11
GEORGE WASHINGTON

EORGE WASHINGTON has new
" head coach, but apparently
many of the old, familiar problems,
chiefly lack of speed, depth and
weight But william Thomas Elias,
81, is young enough to ride with the
punches until the picture brightens.
Eugene BO Sherman resigned
last year, when CIV finished with one
victory and eight losses. Elias, a
sparsely-used quarterback at Mary
land C48), comes via Purdue, where
he was the No. assistant and charged
with setting up the Boilermakers'
defense. AS the new campaign opens
this week, Elias finds he needs:
l. Pass-catching ends who can do
more than snare short, over-the-line
toSses and series passes.
IA couple of sophomores to make
good at the guard posts.
3. A sophomore passer named
IN D. c. SEpTEAEBER II 1oao
Evening star., 1960-09-11

Frank Pazzaglia to help Charley Pack
an carry the load.
4. A fullback.
S. A breakaway runner, one who
can 60 all the way.
This is not an abnormally long
list of needed items for CIV coach.
and Elias ambitiously hopes to spring
a few surprises despite a schedule
that includes West Virginia and such
nOn-SOuthern Conference foes as Air
Force Academy and the University
Of Florida. IF couple of ends de-
liver" Elias says, I'VE may fool some
people"
Lack of both speed and weight,
especially in the backfield, will force
Elias to depend on an aerial game.
He thinks he has the passer in Paz-
zaglia, a tall, lean young man from
Peckville, Pa, who looked so good in
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