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Evening star., 1960-03-20
EXCLUSIVELY YOURS
Painful Pitfalls Of Protocol
Foreign Service Pamphlet Advises Wives

on it. you have to send your
own back with a pr. in
Scribed thereon. But for the
pr. or p.p.c., you have only
to heave a sigh of apprecia-
ton or regret and 60 back to
your ABC's or even your
R.S.VP.'S.
ON THE TOPIC OF EN-
TERTAINING, one hopes
that this document will end
for all time a common
Washington offense-that of
the hostess serving herself
first. 1t has only one CON-
ment on the subject-i.e.,
THE woman guest of honor
is generally served first"
One never sees this error,
long one of Mrs. Emily Posts
pet peeves. committed in an
embassy here.
Another little item gener-
ally overlooked in Washing
ton is that "the absence of
ash trays is a good indica-
ton that smoking is not de-
sired until the hosts choose
to have cigarettes offered to
the guests" Inveterate
smokers always like to draw
a blank on this. preferring
to think that the walters
simply forgot that an ash
tray is a better depository
for ashes than lace or en-
broidered linen. The
smoker knows darn well that
as soon as he lights up, the
hostess will flash a frantic
distress signal to the butler
and a tray will appear.
A MOST RIDICULOUS
NOTION about departure
from Washington parties is
at last settled by this book
let. e., that you must
never leave until the guest
of honor has gone. D.. Please
note what it says: IF the
guest of honor continues to
linger beyond the hour Gus
tomary for departure, other
guests may excuse them
selves" None of this
half-baked business about the
honor guest having to leave.
drive around the block and
return if he wants to stay on.
II you have often wondered
how to address the wife of
an ambassador, stumbling all
over yourself as you tried to
remember whether she was
Signora Blank, Sonora de
Blank, or Mrs. Blank since
she was in America, your
worries can cease. Am
bassadresses from English
speaking countries should be
called Mrs. -" and the
wives Of all non-English-
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speaking ENJOYS Madame
-" Although, there
is an increasing tendency to
use the title appropriate in
her country, the system the
rule book suggests has been
in use for centuries, so
there's no reason why we
can't go on using it. &.
Sonora de WhatSyourname"
is too big a mbuthful for
most Americans anyhow.
IF YOU'VE WORRIED
about when to stand for in
Productions at official parties,
Social Usage in the Foreign
Service" allows no ifs. ands
or butts. 1t states: Both
men and women rise when
ever an ambassador, minis
ter. or their wives enter a
room, even among groups as
large as 18 or 20 persons.
If ambaSsadorial couples
keep getting younger this
rules going to have to be
changed, or something.
Now for the business Of
where you sit and where you
don't sit in cars, on sofas.
etc. On entering an auto
mobile, if you're outranked
by Mr.. Big, he gets the right
hand place in the back seat,
and you take the left, unless
you're third man on the to-
TEN pole, in which case
you're to be squeezed in the
middle.
Therefore, says the rule
book, if you're the low man,
you get in the car first and
Evening star., 1960-03-20
Luncheon Will Honor
American Indian Youth

Mrs. Glenn L. Emmons,
wife of the Commissioner Of
Indian Affairs, will serve as
chairman of the luncheon
committee that is being or
gsnized to honor American
Indian Youth. The event will
take place at the Shoreham
Hotel. Thursday, March 31st,
at 1890 pm.
Mrs. NJ. Robert Guggen-
helm has been appointed
honorary chairman.
Purpose of the benefit
luncheon is to False funds to
help defray transportation
costs and expenses Of the
Is young Indians who will
come to Washington as Del
egates to the week = long
Evening star., 1960-03-20

Golden Anniversary Of the
White House Conference on
Children and Youth.
The Conference runs from
March 81 to April 2. This is
the first time that American
Indian young people have
participated in the White
House Conference as del
egates.
The Is delegates, who are
planning to appear at the
luncheon in full tribal dress,
will represent the Indians of
IA different States.
Arrangements for bringing
the Indians into the White
House Conference were made
at a planning meeting in
Denver, Colo, last summer
which was arranged by Ar
row, Inc.
Evening star., 1960-03-20

leave the place Of honor on
the right for the high man.
That is, you do it that
If you're in a country where
they drive on the right. If
curbSide is leftside, and you're
less confused than I am now,
you'll know that high man
gets in first and sits on the
right side, cause come what
may the place of honor in a
vehicle on wheels is the
right side. .. Seems that this
is the only exception to the
rule that a senior officer
enters cars, planes and boats
last but leaves cars, planes
and boats first. -. Tricky,
isn't it? But that's not all.
IN MOST LIVING ROOMS,
says the pamphlet. "the sofa
is the place of honor" espe-
cially in Latin American
countries. Net only that the
right end of the sofa is the
super duper spot "and should
not be occupied by an en-
baSsy wife or husband unless
the wife of the ambassador
specifically invites that per-
son to be seated there"
Obviously anyone who ker-
plunks him or herself down
there without thinking may
have a shorter career than
originally planned. The PAM
phlet doesn't say what will
happen to you if you stretch
out on said sofa for a brief
10-minute snooZe.
War, 1 reckon.
Evening star., 1960-03-20

first profession is as a house.
wife"
The touch of the artist and
perfectionist is obvious in the
Platt home, which they have
redecorated themselves.
The family relaxeS with
music. All have a love of the
books, paintings, dancing and
gayety of the "old kind of
life. In Vienna we always had
company"
The secret of her energy
and serenity is, says Mrs.
Platt:: The more you work,
the better for your spirit. Do
not rest too much. I plan my
time when I go to bed. Iknow
what is to be done the next
day."
Evening star., 1960-03-20
She Has q Most Unusual Talent
Mrs. PIott Makes Topographic Landscape Models

will encompass Country Club
Towers. Shady Grove Coun-
try Club and the Motel
Washington.
The flowers are a spun
sugar mass of the finest
Sawdust tinted dusty pink
and clustered diScreetly
around the buildings. Tennis
courts. swimming pools and
the golf course are land
Scaped with multi-colored
greenery-exciting limitations
of spruce, pine and oaks te-
diously done in diminutive
counterpart.
Tiny beach brellas
straight pins with painted
heads grace the penthouse
roof. and cars the size of
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splinters crowd the miniature
highways.
A researcher in geography
at the Army Map Service,
Mr.. Platt has a wealth of
knowledge to contribute to
his wife's projects-and an
occasional assist with the
heavy work such as building
the base. During World War
II, he made terrain models
for General Mark Clark in
Italy.
And their eight-year-old
son George also watches and
gives opinions.
"We are so much together
in our work." says Mrs. Platt
though she stresses, MY
Evening star., 1960-03-20
BY BETTY BEALE
Star Stan Writer


This town is so full of
misinterpretations and mis-
applications of the social re-
quirements of protocol that
it behooves this writer to
pass on to you the contents
of a recently acquired
pamphlet.
Entitled, Social Usage in
the Foreign Service" 1t is
published by the Foreign
Service Institute and repre-
sents the considered opinion
OF the experts regarding po-
lite behavior in official life.
Inasmuch as most people
who move in Washington So
ciety, whether in official life
or not. have long since
adopted the official code as
their own to be on the safe
side in this diplomatic city,
1t may interest them to get
the final word straight from
the horses mouth.
PROTOCOL IN ITS
PRESENT FORM" the fore
word reads. was codified in
1915 at the Congress of vi
emma protocol furnishes
a guide as to how to behave
in official relations with
people of other countries no
matter how diverse their own
national customs may be-"
Obviously just plain
Americans who move about
in diplomatic circles have to
play it according to the old
congress.
The first subject taken up
is that Of making calls. II
you have never heard a dis
cussion as to which is the
right corner to turn down
when leaving cards in per-
son-upper right or upper
left-you haven't been living
in Washington long. But
this cataclysmic problem is
now settled. thank heaven.
You can bend down either
one Of the upper corners. So
relax and revel in your new
found freedom.
The pamphlet also tells
what to do about those teensy
little initials diplomats have
a way Of writing on their
calling cards. If you ordi-
narily remember over three
Of them. you're good.
They are PIP, pr, p.f.. pc.
and p.p.c., and they mean the
card sender is presenting
himself, expressing thanks.
extending congratulations, Of
fering sympathy and saying
good-by-in that order.
But that's not all. If you get
a card with a PIP, pc. or p.f.
Evening star., 1960-10-05

work, the feasibility of converting 1t for
nondefense Federal purposes or the
possibility of attracting private industry
to take 1t over.
Of1cials of unions concerned with
the unemployment problem resulting
from the "phasing out" process at the
plant have said they will look to a Demo-
cratic victory in November as their best
hope OF retaining the factory In opera
tion. They pointed to recent statement
by Presidential Candidate Kennedy as
giving them hope. AS a matter of fact,
however, Senator Kennedy made no
promise except to study the problem
and to support retention of the plant
IF essential and economical contribu-
tionS can be made to our defense effort"
That is the only proper basis for con-
tinuing operations.
We hope that a sound basis for
saving the Weapons Plant will be found,
either as Federal establishment or a
private industrial activity. Efforts of
the Government, the Metropolitan
Washington Board of Trade and the
unions ought to be continued relent-
lesSly with view to finding practicable
way to keep the factory and its many
skilled employees in business.
Evening star., 1960-10-05
Grondstund Approval

Exercising the traditional American
right of all "grandstand managers" per-
mitS the pleasant privilege of commend
ing the Washington baseball club for it's
good judgment in rehiring Cookie"
Lavagetto as its field manager in 1861
During his nearly four complete seasons
in the Senators dugout, Cookie not only
has shown steadily improving average
in the Won-and-loSt department. Dur
ing the past season, when a fifth place
finish marked the Senators highest
achievement since 1953 Mr. Lavagetto's
shutting of his athletes from position to
position often reminded his assistant
managers in the stands of that master
of perpetual motion, Mr.. Casey Stengel
of New York. In fact, Mr.. Stengel him
self once pointed out that our Mr.. Lava
getto obviously had learned lot of his
(Mr. StengePS) tricks of the baseball
trade-high praise, of course. Anyway,
the boys did well and the fans, in in
creaSing numbers, liked it fine. We are
glad that Mr.. Calvin Griffith has made
it official that Cookie is his boy, too.
Evening star., 1960-10-05
Trust and Power

If we we're to seek improve
ment in our relations with
the Soviet Union, I think it
should be confined to two
simple terms-trust and pow
er. When the Russians be-
came our fighting ally during
the war, it was necessary to
put a little trust and con-
fidence in our war partners.
However, to continue this
trust when hostilities ceased
was a mistake, as was proved
by their many actions.
Stain, Khrushchev and
their fellow Communists have
certainly given us more than
sufficient reason for suspect
ing them. The sooner we
accept this as an existing
problem with the present
Russian regime. the less our
disappointments in dealing
with them.
The second point, power,
adds up to an insurance
policy. It's a known fact that
not only the Russians but all
nations respect strength.
Even at the risk of increased
taxes. we ought to seriously
consider improving our mil
itary position.
Herbert SOmmerS.
Evening star., 1960-10-05
No Central Police Needed

In view Of recurrent proposals to
expand drastically the Federal Govern
ment'S role in the suppression of crime,
FBI Director Hoover's warning against
creation of any national police agency
is timely. Bills to set up such Federal
authority, under various names, have
been introduced at several recent seS-
sionS of Congress. 1t would be Surpris-
ing if one or more of these proposals
were not revived at the next session. We
agree with Mr.. Hoover that there is no
need for any super police agency in this
country.
The director Of the Federal Bureau
OF Investigation spoke out strongly
against central law enforcement au-
thority before the International Asso-
citation of Chiefs of Police, in convention
here. Referring to legislative Sugges-
tions for Federal crime commissions.
clearing houses on crime and the like,
Mr.. Hoover declared that nothing could
be more dangerous to our democratic
ideals than the establishment of an all
powerful police agency on the Federal
scene" He said it could lead to devel-
opment of police state" of the sort
which has given rise to dictatorships
abroad.
Mr.. Hoover, as head of the FBI, has
insisted on drawing clear line between
Federal and local law enforcement re-
SponSibilities. He told the police chiefs
that State and local police departments
are "the Nations first line of defense
against crime" Only when crime crosses
State lines or is directed against the
Federal Government itself is the FBI
authorized to act. However, the bureau,
by request of the police, co-operates
closely with local agencies in supplying
data on criminals, providing laboratory
facilities and otherwise aiding local off,
GERS to solve crimes and arrest GRIM
inals. We can see no justification for
any extension of Federal authority in the
field of local law enforcement.
Evening star., 1960-10-05
Responsible Attitude

The New York Stock Exchange has
indicate an intent to set for itself a
new and higher standard of RESPONSE
olllty toward the investing public. If
it does so, it will be rendering genuine
service not only to that public but, in
the long run, to the whole intricate
machinery through which so much of
American industrial enterprise is A.
nanced. The integrity of the capital
market place is essential, and the New
York Exchange is major instrument
in that market place.
The current situation arises out of
an evident lack Of integrity on the
part of single individual holding a
membership in the exchange. Anton E.
Homsey, managing general partner of
DUPONT, Homsey g. Company of Boston,
has been found guilty by the board of
governors of the exchange of "fraudu-
lent acts" - specifically, Of pledging
more than a half-million dollars Of
customers securities as collateral on
loans for himself, without knowledge Of
the customers. The board ordered Mr.
HomSey expelled from membership, the
f1rSt time such drastic action has been
taken since Richard Whitney, a former
president of the exchange and head of
a member firm, was expelled in 1888 on
similar grounds. Meanwhile, at the re-
quest of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, a Federal court has ap-
pointed receiver for the Boston firm
and an audit is being undertaken to de-
termine possible losses to customers.
1t is with reference to such losses,
If established, that the Big Board has
indicated an unprecedented assumption
of responsibility. After pointing out
that obligations to customers actually
rest upon member firms, President Keith
Funston of the exchange went a step
beyond to say that expulsion of Mr..
HomSey docs not solve the problem Of
protecting the interests Of investors
particularly those of modest means
who dealt in good faith" with DUPONT
Homsey More than that" he added,
the exchange feels that its moral re-
SponSibilities to these investors are not
ended with the act of expulsion"
Neither Mr.. Funston nor other ex-
change officials have offered further ex-
planation of this statement, but 1t has
been inferred with seeming good reason
that the exchange is considering some
means of assuring reimbursement for
such losses. AS of now, the exchange
has no machinery or insurance fund"
for this purpose. 1t could, presumably,
establish them. The exchange moved
promptly and vigorously in it's expulsion
action. If it goes beyond this to in
demnify investors against losses suffered
through fraudulent acts of it's members,
it will be taking giant step to main
tain public confidence in its integrity
and its continued usefulness in the ma
tional economy.
Evening star., 1960-10-05
New Approach

Adding the cost of medical
care for the aged to social
security is all wrong!
If the cost would be dis
tributed $3.50 between labor
and management, labor
would get an increase in pay
to more than cover its share,
and management would have
to pass its added cost along,
compounded thru the various
means of distribution and
processing to the ultimate
consumer. This would raise
prices about SO, affecting
the poor and all the rest of
us including the millions al
ready carrying accident and
hospital insurance. Those
not having social security
would be out of luck.
The cost of the admins
tration's proposal could be
borne by disallowing income
tax credits on dividends.
This would not be inf1ation-
ary. 1t is not compulsory.
r. 7. Evans.
Evening star., 1960-10-05
New Racket
John Stone.

I should like to bring to
the attention of the travel
ing public what appears to
me to be a new racket.
On arriving at Trailways
bus terminal, Washington
D. c., about two months ago,
I decided to deposit my lug
gage in locker, before 60
ing to the restaurant.
Seeing I had a little diff
Guilty cropping around to find
the coin slot, a man offered
to help. He stopped down, de-
posted 25 cents and luggage,
and handed me the key.
In about half an hour I
returned to find a key stick
ing in the lock. I Immediately
called the baggage clerk. He
opened the locker and found
it empty. The key I held did
not belong to that locker.
The man had switched keys.
carrying off, among other
things, priceless heirlooms of
Wedgewood plates and valu-
able hand worked linen. AS
of today. nothing has been
recovered.
Since most women need help
with luggage, 1 wrote Trail
ways asking them to eau
tion the public against theft
by placing a notice above the
lockers to the effect that pa
irons should make sure that
key and locker numbers agree
when being deposited by per-
sons other than the owners.
Hilda N, Wilbur.
Evening star., 1960-10-05

festly rather shorter on civil
liberties for most Of the peo-
pie than were the nasty old
colonial" regimes they sue
ceeded.
Again. Mr.. Nehru, him
self, can make at the United
Nations a speech of inter-
minable length and breadth
and all that, but one which
has a small fault: 1t is diff
cult even for the experts to
determine for sure whose
side he is on and when. Any
Western statesman so curl
ouSly unburdening himself
would be instantly denounced
as a straddler and trimmer,
at best. But not Mr.. Nehru,
OF course; his address is only
another illustration of the
profound senSitivity and "in-
tellectualiSm" of the best neu-
tralist minds.
COmmOn-Sense Trend
All the same, time and cir
cumstances now seem to be
running on the side of those
forces of common sense which
are urging the neutrals to
leave their angelic spheres
and come down into the rude
cockpit of the rude world of
today. For one illustration,
the left wing of the Labor
Party in England now PRO-
poses disarmament" schemes
so horrifyingly irresponsible
and fantastically suicidal as
to give pause to the knee
jerk liberals outside Britain,
and to some extent even in
side it.
At the same time, the anti
knee jerk leaders-Prime
Ministers Harold Macmillan
of Britain and Robert Gordon
Menzies of Australia, along
with our own people in the
U. Mare putting in some
heavy hcks. This is about
what they are saying to the
neutralistS:
You think military alli-
ances for safety against Com
munist imperialism are evil.
You take pride in the indie
pendence' of your neutralism.
Whatever you may think to
be wrong with the West, we
at any rate cannot possibly
be called the people who are
trying to break up the United
Nations. And since you don't
believe in alliances, and are
forever bowling about dis
armament at every cost,
where in the world will you
have any voice. any protec-
ton, if you now help Khru-
Shchev to smash this one
place where you can practice
your precious 'neutralism' in
safety?"
Evening star., 1960-10-05
Mr.. Nehru on the u. N.

In his address to the United Nations
General Assembly, India'S Prime Min
lister Nehru has walked kind of middle
ground and injected a note of eloquent
moderation in the bitter cold war raging
between the free West and the Com
muniSt East Some of his views on GER
tain issues coincide with the Kremlin's,
and some with those of our side, but he
has made clear that he still is adhering
as steadfastly as possible to his govern
ment's policy of n-alignment.
Even so, despite this policy of hold
ing aloof from the two great opposing
blocS, Mr.. Nehru has left no room for
doubt that he and India are definitely
aligned with the United Nations against
all attempts to weaken or destroy it.
Thus, as if in direct rebuttal to Nikita
Khrushchev'S attacks on it, he has gen.
orally indorSed its efforts in the Congo,
urged a strengthening of those efforts,
and turned thumbs down on the idea of
replacing the Office of Secretary General
with Soviet-neutraliSt-W Western trium-
virate whose built-in three-way veto
could result only in paralyzing the
U. N, If not destroying it altogether.
Mr.. Nehru, of course, has not taken
the position that the Security Council
and General Assembly cannot be i'm
proved upon either organizationally or
operationally. Yet, while recognizing
that certain reviSionS may be needed, he
has urged the member states ito pro-
ceed slowly and with agreement and not
to press for any change which would
involve an immediate amendment of the
Charter and the raising of heated con-
troverSieS." Further, he has plainly in
d1cated that he is strongly opposed to
Mr.. KhruShchev'S plan to dilute the
U. Ms executive power by substituting a
divided three-man agency for the Sec
retary General. In Mr.. Nehru's words:
Insofar as executive action is con-
cerned, it would not be desirable for the
executive to be weakened when frequent
and rapid decisions have to be made That
would mean an abdication of the respon-
sibilities undertaken by the United Ma
tions. If the executive itself is split up
and pulls in different directions, it will
not be able to function adequately or with
speed. 1t has been suggested that some
structural changes should take place in
the United Nations. Probably some
changes would be desirable. . But any
attempt at bringing about these structural
changes by an amendment to the Charter
at the present juncture is likely to raise
many controversial questions and thus
add greatly to the difficulties we face.
If words mean anything, these
certainly add up to a stout defense of
the U. MS present basic constitution,
and they add up also to a politely
phrased but nonetheless fiat rejection of
the Soviet attack on the Secretary Gen
eral. Accordingly, to the extent that Mr..
Nehru may be said to speak for the
worlds ''neutralist" and "uncommitted"
nations, Mr.. Khrushchev seems def
nitely to have suffered a rebuff of con-
siderable Importance.
Evening star., 1960-10-05
Support Friends

The Congo situation is a
mess, indeed. We now see
Communist puppet Premier
Lumumba of the Congo issu-
ing an ultimatum stating
that within a week Russian
troops will land in the Congo
to chase the U. N. troops out
of the country" We stand by
and watch another country
being taken over by the Com
muniSts. Why don't we sup
port the popular Col. Joseph
Mobutu, head of the Congo
lese army? He has shown his
pro-WeStern feelings and is
anti Communist, expelling
the Communist bloc of diplo-
mats and searching for Rus
sion "technicians."
President Kasavubu and
Col. Mobutu have the support
of the people and are deter
mined to have a democratic