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SUNDAY
Continued From Preceding Pose
500
4-Our Amerieon Heritage.

COLOR. Hour. "Autocrot ond
Son." by Ernest kinoy. A dromo
Of the crucial formotive yeors OF
Oliver Wendell Holmes. ir.. one OF
Americas greatest jurists. Chris
topher Plummer as Holmes, IT,;
Sir Cedric Hordwicke os Holmes,
sr.; Anne Froncis and Ann Hord-
ing, Bromwell Fletcher ore feo-
tured.
Sylvester Feature. Movie.
Ia Hours. "FIonooon Boy"
1858. An up-ond-comino boxer
foIls into the evil clutches of
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The bidding:

The opening lead by the visitor was the ace of
clubs, followed by the deuce
Declarer won in dummy with the king of clubs
discarding heart from his hand
He then led the singleton heart, winning with the
ace IN his hand, and ruffed heart in dummy
Now, of course, his problem was how to get
back to his hand to ruff his remaining heart. The
opening lead of the ace of clubs, followed by an
other, surely looked like doubeton So he played
the ace and king of diamonds, intending to return
TO his hand by ruffing another diamond
Well. here is where Vests really inspired play
occurred. Without a blink or hesitation she
dropped the queen of diamonds on the king.
That brought decarer up short He mulled
about the situation for while and finally came
to the conclusion, suppose, that it was more
likely she had only two diamonds than that she
would drop the queen if she could help it.
So ne led club and trumped with the eight of
spades, which was promptly overtrumped with
the nine.
A trump was returned, and now there was no
way South could find to make his contract He
had already lost two tricks and was obliged to lose
a spade and heart
really felt sorry for the poor fellow. He played
the hand the way almost anyone would have, but
was just outsmarted by a very determined woman.
incidentally, her side won the rubber on the
next deal
AS you have probably gathered by now, tend
to be taken with bit of ethical fimfammng
whenever it is possible. The dividends are high,
and it makes for lovely day.
Continued on page Ia
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The worlds leading female bridge player gets the wod-apost

HHARLEs GoREN was the first one to say that
~ women make better players than men. Since
MIR. Goren is man and also our number-one
ranking player, his gallant statement might seem
little hard to prove. But in some ways, really
think we women are better!
Through the years. men have not exactly en-
couraged women to use their brains The kitchen
seemed nice, safe place for Them Consequently,
devious things have taken place, and not only at
the bridge table. The effect has been to make us
women more acute and no doubt much happier
And better players.
There are also several psychological factors
involved.
If charming, attractive woman is at the table,
for example, our hero may ask himself, MY, my,
what in the world is she doing here?'
After some admiring glances, amiabIe chtchat,
and lighting of her cigarette, the bidding finally
gets under way.
By this time, he may not be paying his Gus
tomary attention to his hand and will find himself
trick or two too high. There are not too many
susceptible men around more's the pity, but the
woman who meets one across the bridge table
starts ahead of the game.
Another male opponent much less enjoyable,
is the aggressive, hopes-to-be-overpower kind,
who not only doesn't light your cigarette, but if
you aren't quick, will put it out. Such tactics at
the bridge table frequently cause normally placid,
easygoing lady to Guido herself completely. re-
member watching game at club where this
happened.
The lady in question was visitor from another
city, and though she knew quite few members,
she was not, naturally, completely at ease.
The first crack out of the box was the announce
ment that the game was for pretty high stakes.
And in rather patronizing way she was told that,
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Mrs. SObe with her tdvorite partner Charles GOren
as she probably wouldn't want to play for that
much, she could be carried
But nothing daunted, after small gup she
said, No, no, I'll play for the same stakes as
everyone else"
Perhaps I've underestimate her, and she would
have defended the same way in any case. But
think little irritant is sometimes very helpful.
This is the hand-South dealer, neither side
vulnerable:
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Photographs sY MARTHA HOLMES
Evening star., 1960-12-04
Some Lossitude

Although the Betancourt gov
ernment acted with energy and
determination to suppress the
pro-Castro demonstrations of last
week. the Presidents sensitivity
for democratic methods made him
reluctant to crack down on his
adversaries with a heavy hand.
On Monday Caracas announced
suspension Of constitutional
guarantees. But unlike the pat
terms experienced on previous
occasions in Venezuela's turbulent
history, there was no mass round
up of the regimes political
enemies.
Communist Party leaders went
for the most part unmolested.
The Communist Party newspaper
Tribuna Popular was shut down,
but not until the papers main
Page l headline called openly
Tor revolution. Some 400 labor
union members who were calling
for general strike were arrested,
but all except IS ringleaders were
freed the next morning-and the
general strike failed to materialize.
Most important of all, the
Venezuelan armed forces appeared
to be reliably behind the Betan-
court government. Many diplomats
during the week expressed fears
that new military coup would
be almost sure If the Betancourt
administration became seriously
endangered by the pro-Castro,
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Trujilo Agents

Three months ago, Caracas
charged that agents of the Domin-
lean Republics Dictator Rafael
Trujillo Molina attempted to as
sasSinate the President with
dynamite blast. Venezuela only
last week documented this charge
in formal complaint to the Or
ganization of American States in
Washington. This. of course, was
an attack from the Right.
But the Left has been busy, too,
and for almost week the Betan-
court government has been beset
by violent rioting in the streets
OF Caracas, uprisings elsewhere,
seizure of oil-field properties by
rebel bands. and manifold other
challenges to the regime.
Originally Mr.. Betancourt, like
Puerto Rico's Governor Luis Mu-
noz Marin, long a close friend,
welcomed the downfall of Cuban
strong man Fulgencio Batista at
the hands of the bearded ideal
ist" Fidel Castro. But Mr.. Betan-
courts disillusionment with the
FideliStas was as rapid as Gov.
Munoz's own in the months fol-
lowing the Castro triumph Both
statesmen today shake their heads
in despair at the Cuban espousal
of world communism and the Cas-
tro desertion of hemisphere har-
mony.
The United States, committed
to the solidity and unity of the
Western Hemisphere, has been
uncomfortable at times in facing
the need to defend dictatorial re-
gimes and unpopular governments
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Nixon's Need

But even with Illinois, Mr..
Nixon would need 10 additional
electoral votes to win. 1t is knowl-
edge of this which undoubtedly
caused Mr.. Morton to view the
election of Mr.. Nixon as a remote
possibility"
If Illinois votes are merely not
certified. and then withheld from
the electoral college, which ballots
December 10, Mr.. Kennedy would
need, according to some experts,
a majority of the remaining votes
or 256 rather than 269.
This situation would require a
substantial revolt of electors in
Southern States - such move
there has so far failed to get
off the ground - to send the
election into the House of Rep
resentatives where each States
delegation would have one vote
for President.
Mr.. Morton charged that there
have been Shocking irregularities
and frauds in this election which
constitute a national disgrace"
The burden is on him and the Re-
publicans to prove it.
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Honest Election

The result, in what was prob
ably the only genuine. honest
election ever held in Venezuela.
was a democratic government, Of
moderate socialist tendencies.
headed by Romulo Betancourt.
Mr.. Betancourt had been in for
mer years an exile from his ma
tive country, ousted by the mill
tary conspirators whose control
of weapons unbalanced anyone's
control of ballots.
Despite serious reservations in
conservative quarters both in
Venezuela and abroad. Mr.. Betan-
courts administration at Caracas
has been moderate. successful,
and determinedly democratic for
SO volatile a people as the Vene-
zuelans. The American-owned oil
companies with billions invested
in Venezuelan properties have
been treasured; the State Depart
ment has been delighted that this
major Latln government can 0e
defended as democratic, progress
sive, and stable.
But Mr.. Betancourt's policies
have been, UNDERSTANDABLE, the
targets for enemies on the ex-
treme Right and tn extreme Left.
The strong men of the armed
forces mourn the disappearance
of the halcyon days when they
ruled the land without question.
And on the Left, the admirers of
Cuba's Fidel Castro, encouraged
by the small but vigorous Vene-
zuelan Communist Party, work
assiduously for a Castro-type re-
volt that would bring nationaliza-
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liams provoked few cheers out
side the ultra liberal camp. He has
Travelled in Africa, but that seems
to be the extent of his special
qualifications for the State De-
partment post.
He, too. was owed a favor by
the winning candidate, as he
brought Michigan's highly i'm
portant bloc of convention votes to
the Kennedy camp and has the
backing of Mr.. Reuther and labor
generally.
The President-elect's disclosure
of the Williams appointment
raised some eyebrows inasmuch as
it was the first time in the memory
Of most observers that an under
position was named before the
Secretary of Department.
1t is entirely possible. of course,
that Mr.. Kennedy already has
picked his Secretary of State, but
has been delaying an announce
ment. One suggestion is that Mr..
Kennedy's choice is Senator Full
bright of Arkansas, a man opposed
by the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
Piles, and that he wanted to name
a person held in high esteem by
Negroes before venturing forth
publicly with Southern Mr.. Full
bright.
The appointment of DR.. Bell is
regarded as the appointment of
a professional to a political
post requiring a professional.
The more important cabinet
posts still are open and the subject
of the guessing game.
Perhaps the most interesting
speculation involves the President
elects brother. Robert Kennedy.
There have been many reports to
the effect that the Senator was
weighing the possibility of appoint
ing him as Attorney General. The
only consideration holding him up,
according to these reports, is the
likelihood Of unfavorable criticism
of such high level nepotism. Bobby,
at "a, may be as qualified for the
post as some who have held 1t,
but he is a brother of the Presi-
dent-to-be.
The Kennedy males - Jack,
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THE FOREIGN SCENE
The Hard Middle Of the Road in Venezuela

President Romul0 BetancOurt
of Venezuela appeared success
full last week In quelling a
Castr0-type revolt against his
gOvernment-but his oil-rich
nation was still seething with
the threat of revolt or coup
from both Left and Right.
Since the wondrous days of El
Liberator, Simon Bolivar, whose
military genius and passion for
freedom made him South Amer
ica's George Washington. Vene-
zuela has suffered succession of
relationships. Most of them have
been military: indeed, the rule of
the armed forces seemed inevitable
in this mineral-laden land where
the contrasts between rich and
poor have been more stark than
almost anywhere else in Latin
America.
But the progress and prosperity
that has come to Venezuela with
the burgeonlng development of
the nations immense petroleum
and aron ore resources has, how
ever slowly, brought a change in
political principles. Dictators had
q more difficult problem recently
in imposing their corrupt ty-
rannies on an awakening people
than did their Caudillo predeces-
sorS.
Even the armed forces. always
the bulwark of. the successful die
tator, began to see broader hori-
IONS for Little Venice" than the
mere continuation of systematic
despoiliation by a series OF
brigands. The last dictator, Mar
cos Perez Jiminez, was tossed out
by a military junta, as was the
custom-but this time the junta
did not install yet another Cau-
dillo. Responsibly and with re-
straint, the mixed junta put ci-
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In the Conqo:
A Captive

Former Premier Patrice Lu-
mumba, who fled LeOpOldville
a week ago, was captured in
Port Tranquil Friday, flown back
to the capital, and imprisoned.
A week ago today, his scraggly
beard shaved off, Patrice Bu-
mumba and three aides eluded a
sleepy Congolese Army guard and
escaped from the Premier's official
residence. Mr.. Lumumba had
remained inside his house since
Col. Joseph Mobutu seized power
in swift military coup in Septem-
ber, protected by United Nations
patrol from arrest by Congolese
troops.
Mr.. Lumumba's major political
Continued on Page D-4
Evening star., 1960-12-04
Election:
Those Margins

Republicans last week pushed
their inquiry into alleged vote
frauds In Cook County In an
effort to switch Illinois 27
electoral votes into the Nixon
column.
81 didn't come in here. half
cooked I am satisfied that if
a full recount were permitted
Nixon would be shown as carrying
Illinois"
Republican National Chairman
Thruston B. Morton was the
speaker. A Chicago news confer
ence on Friday was the occasion.
He left little doubt in the minds
of his audience that he was seri-
GUS about it all.
Senator Kennedy presently
holds 300 to 223 edge in elec-
toral votes over Mr.. Nixon. He
leads in Illinois by a bare $500
votes out of more than At million
cast. If this slim margin were to
be overturned in a recount and
the States 81 electoral votes
transferred to the Vice President,
the national count would yead:
Kennedy, 273; Nixon, $50. 1t takes
269 to elect.
Illinois is not the only State
being placed under the microscope
by the still hopeful G. o. P. Mis-
souri,, Texas, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania and New Mexico are on
the list for investigation.
Evening star., 1960-12-04

made it plain that he would be
vying for national leadership in
the G. .O.P. The balloting is nearly
two years off, but he announced
that he would seek reelection as
Governor in 1862. He dismissed
1864 and the presidential nomina-
ton as of no present concern, but
most observers assume that his
real goal is the White House.
Mr.. Rockefeller would only
allow that Mr.. Nixon was "one"
of the Republican Party's leaders
not "the" national leader. He
said the party really had no
actual head" except possibly the
National Chairman, a position
now held by Senator Morton.
On Wednesday, at a White
House dinner, Mr.. Eisenhower
revealed how he stood on the
leadership matter.
'"The Vice President will be the
head of the Republican Party for
the next four years, and he will
have my support and the support
Of all those who are here tonight"
he asserted.
On Thursday, Mr.. Rockefeller
called on the President. Afterward,
in reply to reporters questions.
the Governor agreed that Mr..
Nixon might be considered
"titular" leader, but he repeated
his contention that the "only real
head is the Republican National
Chairman" He said what the
situation calls for today-in order
to make a majority party out Of
the G. o. P.-is collective leader
ship"
The busy Mr.. Rockefeller con-
ferred with Mr.. Nixon on Friday
and talked about the party's
future. The Vice President did not
meet the press later; the Governor
did and this is the gist of what
he offered.
mo, I don't think there is at
all" a struggle for leadership with
in the Republican Party; there is
the closest cooperation" with
Mr.. Nixon and he hopes to work
with him to make the G. o. P.
a positive and constructive force
in the next four years.
After all the words have been
spoken, one thing seems clear.
The man who plans to lead the
Republican Party after Inaugural
ton Day next January is going
to have to wage an all-out battle
to get the job and to hold it.
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Some Problems

Among the "hot potatoes" facing
the Ribicoff Kennedy combination
are AID -to-the-agcd. school con-
struction and teachers salaries
legislation.
Mr.. Ribicoff, along with major
ity of the Nations Governors,
favors the Social Security Sys-
tenn approach for medical aid to
the aged. The American Medical
Association last week swore eter-
nal hostility to the idea and, as
the Republican campaign plat
form opposed it, too. there will
be plenty of opposition in Con-
greSs.
The appointment of the North
Carolinian Hodges had been
widely forecast for two weeks or
more. The Governors appoint
ment is expected to be popular
one in the business community
bcause he is free enterprise man.
Standing alongside Mr.. Ken
nedy at the latter's Palm Beach,
Fla, vacation home. Gov. Hodges
said that the economic situation
is worse than the (Eisenhower) ad-
ministration has led us to believe" I"
He followed this pessimism with
these words Of cheer to business
men:
"The genius of this country is
not in any bureaucracy or in the
Department of Commerce. 1t is
In the imagination and courage
and daring of the individual busi-
nessman. If we can show him the
department is ready to encourage
him he will carry on himself"
The appointment Of Gov. Will
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Jackson Critical

Senator Jackson, the Democratic
National Chairman, last week. saw
the G. o. P. effort as an attempt
to taint the Kennedy victory -
Ito convince the public that
a cloud has been cast upon his
right to assume the presidency"
Other Democrats, mainly in the
liberal camp, see the vote chal-
lenges as a maneuver to build
opposition to the Kennedy legisla-
tive program in Congress.
Ascribing motives can be
dangerous pastime. If the G. o. P.
has substantial evidence of frauds,
substantial enough to switch a
State to Mr.. Nixon's column then
it has a duty to press hard to do
so. This should be done despite
the popular. but curious argu-
ments that even if the Kennedy
Continued on Page D-4
Evening star., 1960-12-04

pro = Communist insurgents. To
many observers, it was a tragic
choice - either a Castro type
dictatorship or another in the dis
NAL series of Caudillos that have
made democracy in Venezuela a
mockery.
Yesterday Caracas was calm.
Vigilant troops, armored cars and
tanks, were stationed at strategic
spots throughout the capital. The
wreckage of burned buses had
been removed; the students bar
ricaded in the university's College
of Pharmacy had dispersed. But
the Movement of the Revolution
ary Left and the Republican
Democratic Union, powerful pro-
Castro political groups. were cir
culating calls for revolt.
Evening star., 1960-12-04
THE WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
First Gmpses Of the Kennedy Future

President -eIect Kennedy last
week began selecting his cabi-
net, with Gov. Ribicoff of Con.
necticut first on the list as NOM
inee for Secretary Of Health,
Education and Welfare.
The Kennedy administration,
the men who will man the Demo-
Gratis New Frontier, last week be-
gan to take definite form.
For weeks. the liveliest game In
Washington had been cabinet
guessing.
There had been no scarcity Of
candidates" Just about every
interested group had its own
favorite for each post. And these
names have been tossed out to
hungry reporters and pundits to
form the lists of serious conten-
ders one sees in the press.
Mr.. Kennedy has given the i'm
preston that he has several sur
prises up his sleeves, that simply
because a name has been widely
banded about does not mean that
the individual concerned Is lead
ing cabinet possibility.
Then on Thursday the President.
elect began stopping the guesses
with some facts. He selected the
first member of his official family.
He followed this with sub-cabinet
appointments, and yesterday dis
closed his second cabinet choice.
There wasn't a genuine surprise
among them.
Evening star., 1960-12-04

Bobby and their father. Joe, the
multi -millionaire-held a family
pow-wow at the Mclean. Va.
home of Bobby last week. pre-
sumably to discuss an executive
branch post for the former coun-
sci of the Senate Labor Rackets
Committee. No hint of the deci-
sion. if any, has been given to the
press.
Senator Kennedy, at his first
post-election news conference, in
dicated that he would probably
appoint at least one Republican
to high Office in. his administra-
ton.
Last week, he talked at length
with Robert A. Lovett. 65. Re-
publican who served as Secretary
Of Defense and Under Secretary
of State in the Truman admins
tration. But if. as is likely, Mr..
Kennedy offered Mr.. Lovett a job.
Evening star., 1960-12-04
The Appointees

These are the men and the jobs
involved:
GOV. ABRAHAM RIBICOFF of
Connecticut, Secretary of Health.
Education and Welfare. In the
prime of his life at so, the Cover
nor is a liberal with a highly devel-
oped sense Of fiscal responsibility.
A lawyer, he had been widely
mentioned-at first-as possible
Attorney General, a man who
someday would like to sit on the
United States Supreme Court.
GOV. LUTHER H. HODGES of
North Carolina. Secretary of Com
merce. The 62-year-old former
textile manufacturer was an early
Kennedy backer. During the CAM
paign he headed national COM
mittee of businessmen for the
victorious Democrat. A moderate
and a Presbyterian, he Is credited
with holding his home State in
the Democratic column.
GOV. G. MENNEN WILLIAMS
Of Michigan, 40, Assistant Secre-
tary of State for African Affairs.
Destined to be one of the most
controversial Kennedy appoint
ments, "Soapy" Williams. as six
times Governor Of his State, has
been closely allied to the out
spoken labor leader, Walter Reu-
ther. He has been regarded as a
left-wing bogey man by conserva-
tives, many Of whom doubtless
hope that the Governor will spend
lots Of time deep in Africa.
DAVID E. BELL, Al director Of
the Bureau of the Budget. A for
mer Marine, the 6-foot-4 econo-
mist and Harvard administrator
served in the Budget Bureau in
the late 1940s and then as an
administrative assistant to Presi-
dent Truman.
If the first appointments are any
criteria, the new administration
will emphasize youth. So far.
Gov. Hodges is the "old man" Of
the group. All the others are
twentieth century men"-that is,
all were born since 1900. Mr..
Kennedy is 43.
The Ribicoff appointment was
regarded, in way, as a reward
for services rendered. The Con-
necticut Governor was one of the
earliest Kennedy for President en-
thusiasts. He was the Massachu-
sets Senator's floor leader at the
Democratic National Convention
in Los Angeles last July. He
worked long and hard for a Ken
nedy victory.
Fortunately, the Governor has
other qualifications. He is highly
regarded as an individual and
as public servant. Taking the
HEW post would indicate, too.
that he has a real measure of
courage, because that controversial
department will be faced with
some politically explosive legis-
lation in the next few months.
Evening star., 1960-12-04

loss to Senator Kennedy in the
presidential race. apparently pre-
fers to keep mum on the subject,
for the time being at least. He
has neither said nor done any,
thing since the election to indicate
that he does not want another
crack at the presidency in 1864.
To get it, Of course, he will have
to be an active party leader.