davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Up to the Senate Now

Early ratification of the important
regional transit-control compact seems
assured, now that the Senate Judiciary
Committee has given prompt approval
to House-passed compact bill Only
Senate approval of the legislation is
needed to authorize District representa-
ton on the proposed interjurisdictiona
regulatory agency. We hope this legis-
lation, so vital to the orderly develop
ment of mass transit operations in the
Washington Metropolitan Area, will not
be lost in the congressional rush to
adjourn.
: The Senate committee has recog-
ilized the urgency of the legislation by
eXpediting action without benefit of
lengthy additional hearings. The COM
mittee had available to it the voluminous
testimony previously taken by the House
Judiciary Committee from representa-
tives of the District, Maryland and Vir-
ginia. The Virginia and Maryland Legis-
latures already have indorsed the COM
pact but without certain minor modifi-
cations made by the House'and approved
by the Senate committee However,
officials of those States have said that
there should be no difficulty in obtaining
State approval of the changes.
Once the compact Is ratified In Anal
Evening star., 1960-08-26
A Win for Kennedy

Senator Kennedy has emerged a
clear winner in the partisan skirmish
which began when Republican Senator
Scott of Pennsylvania accused him of
"outbidding" the State Department for
blatant political purposes" In a move
to transport East African students to
this country.
There may be some room for un-
certainty as to the exact roles played
by the State Department and by James
Shepley, an assistant to Mr.. Nixon.
Maybe they were politicking; maybe
they were not. But there is no uncer-
tainty about Senator SCOTS part.
The explanation furnished at Sem
ator Fulbright's demand by the State
Department makes it clear that Senator
Scott was talking through his hat. 1t
also supports the contention that the
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation had
offered to put up 100000 for transpor-
tation of the students after the State
Department had said it could not pro-
vide the money and before Mr.. Shepley
had broached the matter Finally, there
is nothing in the record to dispute SEN
ator Kennedys assertion that the foun-
dation, in offering to put up the money,
had stipulated that there be no publicity
in connection with it,
This ought to teach useful lesson
against shooting from the hip during
political campaign. Unfortunately, it
is lesson which probably will not be
long remembered.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Mr.. MoIotov's New Job

Ever since his downfall in 1857,
Vyacheslav Molotov, former Premier
and Foreign Minister of the Soviet
Union, has lived a relatively obscure
existence as the Kremlin's Ambassador
to Outer Mongolia. However, although
it has seemed kind of exile for him,
this faraway Asian post may actually
have enabled him. as an "old Bolshevik"
and an unreconstructed Stalinist, to
become much too chummy with the
Chinese ommuniStS-much too chum-
my, that is, for Nikita Khrushchev's
liking.
At any rate, this is one of the posi-
bilities that have been advanced in
explanation of the decision to withdraw
70-year-old MIR. Molotov from Asia and
assign him to serve in Vienna as the
permanent Soviet representative at
headquarters of the International
Atomic Energy Agency. The agency's
work is devoted exclusively to the task
of promoting the atoms peaceful uses,
and the men who speak for their coun-
tries in the IAEA are holding basically
nonpolitical posts that are pretty we'll
removed from the cold war and from
such other developments as the rumored
estrangement between Red Chinas
leaders and the Khrushchev govern
ment.
Outsiders, of course, can only guess
at what lies behind various moves Of the
furtive and super r-secretive men of the
Kremlin. Nevertheless, although Mr..
Molotovs transfer to Vienna may in
truth signify nothing more than the
shift of an aging diplomat to pleasant
job in which he will have no heavy work
to do, there is lot of plausibility in the
following speculation: That the change
has been made to guard against the
possibility that he and his fellow
Stalinists among the Chinese Commu-
nistS might succeed in conspiring effec-
lively Q) to undermine Mr.. Khru-
shchevs leadership Of the Communist
world and (2) to discredit the current
Soviet line which appears to favor peace
full coexistence, denying that war is
inevitable.
This is a line that Mao TIE -tung
and other leaders of Red China have
openly scoffed at, and a basic and po-
tentially fateful theological split thus
appears to exist between Moscow and
Peiping. If Mr.. Molotov, as some sus-
pect, really sides with the latter, then
the Kremlin has done the realistic thing
in moving him as far as possible from
the Chinese Communists, and he is
lucky to have been assigned to Vienna
instead of to a grimmer fate.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Crime War Teamwork

State and municipal police are prop
erly jealous of their rights in the field
of local law enforcement. They welcome,
however, the cooperation of the Federal
Government in the nationwide efforts
to suppress crime. This cooperative
teamwork is what Virginia's Senator
Willis Robertson has called "a proper
relationship" between Federal and local
governments in the war on lawlessness.
Such teamwork is mutually beneficial
to those who enforce the law at all levels.
Senator Robertson cited the numer-
Gus cooperative activities of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation as a good ex-
ample of a proper" working arrange
ment among Federal, State and city
authorities. 1T is framework" he told
the Virginia State SheriffS and City Ser
geants Association, "in which the re-
sponsibilities are shared-but the pri-
mary responsibility in crimes of local
nature remains with the local law en-
forcement officers"
Certainly the national upward trend
of crime calls for law enforcement team
work of the closest and most effective
kind. There is no room on the crime
front for pickering among agencies or
for lethargy on the part of any members
of the team.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Loymon to Pulpit

Recently an article ap-
peared in The Star in which
a Southern Baptist minister
stated that he feared Catho-
licism more than Commu-
nism. I am not a Catholic,
but as a former Baptist I was
deeply ashamed when I read
this statement.
I sincerely hope that this
viewpoint is not shared by
many in the Protestant
world. But if it is a popular
concept, I can only conclude
that as long as Americans
(such as this spiritual lead
er"D continue to nourish
their petty prejudices and
Evening star., 1960-08-26

@. What causes JENNINGS
to migrate periodically
F. M.
A. The sudden mass migra-
tions of hordes of these small
mouse-like creatures appar-
emily result from exhaustion
of their food supply. In their
westward march from Central
Norway and Sweden they
often continue into the sea
and drown. Similar migra-
tions OF Jennings occur in
Northern Alaska over sea ice.
In their books about animal
migrations. Paths Across the
Earth" Harper. 1889, Lorus
and Margery Milne write:
In one area after another,
competition for food among
members of the swelling
0emming) population leads
to change in diet. a strange
resistance to disease, further
Evening star., 1960-08-26

form, there will be established for the
first time a regional agency to regulate
mass transportation facilities within the
Metropolitan Area. The District and the
two States will designate members of
the agency. The new system of control
will end the conflicts and confusion
which have occurred for many years in
ss-boundary transit operations, in
addition to abolishing the mo mans
land" that has existed with respect to
certain controls. The Metropolitan Area
has suffered too long from such conflicts,
confusion and inadequacieS.
Evening star., 1960-08-26

increase in reproductive rate,
and a waning of normal
timidity The few indi-
viduals that remain behind
(the mass exodus) have no
difficulty finding enough food
for their modest needs. /.
Gradually the lemming colony
recovers. Within a decade or
so, another crisis and exodus
is in the making"
@. How old was Bobby
Fischer when he first became
the United States chess
champion?-T. H.
A. Bobby Fischer of Brook
lyn, N. Y. was IA years old
when he won the United
States championship on
January 7, 1858, at the Man
haitian Chess Club in New
York City. He started play
ing chess when he was 6.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
As Byrd Goes

Some $4,000 Northern Virginians
turned out in Alexandria to whoop it
up for Senator Kennedy, and the Demo-
cratic nominee responded with a free
wheeling attack on the political oppo-
sition. Our impression, from reading
his remarks, is that the country really
has gone to the dogs under the Eisen-
hoWer-NiXon administration, and that
nothing can save 1t short of a miracle
or Kennedy in the White House
The real significance of the Alex
andria rally will not be found, however,
in how many people were there or in
what Mr. Kennedy said. On the con-
trary, the significance lies in who was
not there and in what was left unSaid.
One of those who was not there is
Harry Flood Byrd, the senior Senator
from Virginia. This is bad omen for
Mr.. Kennedy Senator Byrds influence
among Virginia Democrats may not be
as strong as it was four or eight years
ago. And it is not necessarily true that
as Byrd goes, so goes Virginia. Still, if
he does not publicly indorse the party
ticket, and he has not yet been willing
have mighty rough shedding in the Old
Dominion. Senator Byrd's refusal to
indorSe Adlai Stevenson had much to
do with Virginia winding up in the Re-
publican column in 1852 and 1856. In
the latter year, Mr. EiSenhower's winning
majority was 10000 out of some $4,000
votes cast. 1t will take a lot of doing
to overcome that deficit in 1860, and it
is hard to see how it can be done without
some active support from Senator Byrd.
The principal reason for the Sena-
tors aloofness will be found in the things
that Senator Kennedy left unsaid in his
talk at the rally One of these has to
do with civil rights. Mr.. Nixon more
or less came to grips with that issue
when he went into North Carolina.
Senator Kennedy gave it such a heavy
dose of the silent treatment that one
might think there is no such issue in
this election. He also ignored the Demo-
cratic platforms commitment to outlaw
State right-to-work laws. Virginia has
such law, and Senator Byrd Is most
unlikely to support anyone who would
do away with it. In fact, Senator Ken
nedy never mentioned the Democratic
platform. Only Ralph Kaul, who hopes
to unseat Representative Joel Broyhill,
was brash enough to promise his "en-
thusiastic" support of that document.
In short, it is this question of
issues, mentioned or not mentioned,
which, in our belief, accounts for Sen
ator Byrd's attitude. The same thing
explains why several members of Vir-
ginia's congressional delegation stayed
away from the rally. And it was the
real reason for the notably cool and
unenthusiastic Endorsement of "all Dem
ocrats"-naming none-by the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee in Rich
mond last week This is not a matter
of personalities and we doubt that the
religious question has much to do with
It. 1t is simply that the hard core of
Byrd Democrats" in Virginia is repelled
by the party platform and is uncertain
as to the extent of Senator Kennedy S
commitment to it. If they think he is
for 1t they will not support him. If they
do not support him he is unlikely to
carry the State in November. And this
will remain true no matter what the
mood of Northern Virginia may be-
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Move In on Castro?

Recently Secretary of State
Herter asked the Organiza-
ton of American States to
condemn the Dominican Re-
public for aggression. He
also recommended that the
O.A.S. set up a special COM
mittee to supervise free cleo
tions there. He further told
O.A.S. foreign ministers in
San Jose, Costa Rica, that
If the Dominican Republic
blocks such a move, sane
tions then could be consid-
cred. What kind of cock-eyed
United States foreign pol
icy are we committed to Chat
requires we condemn an anti
Communist country for ag-
greSsion, to propose free elec-
tions, and impose sanctions?
Are we not barking up the
wrong tree? Obviously some
body high in our Government
is not paying too much at
tention to Fidel Castro and
his kid brother Raul down
there in Cuba who are con-
stantly failing their fists at
us and threatening to shower
us with Soviet rockets.
1t seems to me that equally
drastic action must be made
against Castro. There is
nothing wrong with our State
Departments leadership of
handkerchief tucked in =
sleeve type diplomacy tnat a
good old-fashioned rol!ed-up-
sleeves type action can not
cure. Let's move in on these
wild-eyed, breast-b e a tin g
beatniks before they begin
lobbing artillery shells on
Flori da at Khrushchev's
command.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Delaying Action

~
I learned with shock and
astonishment that the Sem
ate Armed Services Commit
tee had voted to refer the
matter of the pay equaliza-
ton legislation (which passed
the House, to a non-govern-
mental agency for a report
by January, 1861. 1t seems
incredible that in an elec-
tion year where 612 million
voters, directly or indirect
ly. are affected by this un-
just action, that political
expediency and the urge to
get this session over with
and return to "politicking"
as quickly as possible. should
dictate to or influence our
calm, deliberative body"
The 1858 Pay Act COM
mitted a hideous mistake in
ruling out the 100 year tradi-
tional tie-in of retired pay
to current base pay. In short.
a soldier retired before June
/, 1858 was granted less pay
than the one who retired
after the arbitrary date. The
distinction between the two
soldiers mentioned is beyond
the mind of common man to
determine; that it could not
be crystal clear even to mem
bers of Congress is also be-
yond anyone's competence
and comprehension.
Just why tax money should
be spent to Investigate and
report" on a matter concern
ing which every member OF
the Congress has full and
complete information and
based upon which they are
surely able to determine for
themselves what is the proper
course to take in correcting
a gross injustice, doesn't
make sense. OF course, men,
bers involved can use the fact
that the committee voted
unanimously" to take this
action-an excellent political
"out," of course. 1t ignores
completely the fact that doz-
ems Of bills to correct the in
justice were introduced in
both the House and the Sen
ate and that the House took
affirmative action. Apparent
ly the stubborn resistance Of
one subcommittee head laid
the law down for the whole
Senate.
One must pause to reflect
what a comfortable pension
plan the worthy members OF
Congress have set up for
themselves; that any postal
pay increase goes through
with a whoop and a holler;
that so much political mile
age is made of the medical
aid to the aged" when re-
Gently published sociological
researches show that the
average, noninstitutionalized
person over IS has no need
of a plush. expensive medical
aid bill and most startling
of all. that most figures
used by proponents are based
on the number of elderly
people already hospitalized
or dependent(D.
At the same time that
Congress apparently is con-
cerned about the lack of
morale in the armed forces,
they seem determined to
worsen the situation by &C
tions such as just described,
and by constantly cutting
down or eliminating various
items which when totaled
together make a soldiers
compensation far less than
y Of comparable pay for
comparable responsibilities
in industry. AS to the kind
of service rendered, suffice
to say that most retired
soldiers can show more bat
tie scars than chair scars CD.
Ask any young soldier about
his anxiety to get out in 20
years-and why.
May we remind the good
gentlemen that November 8,
1860 is the date to remember
not January /. 1861.
J. r. Smith,
Col Army. (RPt)
Evening star., 1960-08-26

We read Mr.. Kelso's article,
Fails Church Airs Annexa-
ton Suit" We still want to
know Just what benefits are
there in the annexation of
part of Fairfax County by
the City of Falls Church?
One advantage could be
the removal from Office of
the present City Manager,
Mr.. Johnston. We are sure
the people who would be
annexed are as disgusted as
many of the residents of
Falls Church are with the
present City Council and will
vote against them in any
future elections. Mr.. Hedet-
niemi is the only member
who has taken a realistic
attitude toward this lawsuit.
The list of advantages
made by Mr.. Johnston is of
no interest to many of us.
We moved to Falls Church
because we liked the small
town. atmosphere. We are
not interested in attracting
industrial or commercial de-
velopments. Why is Mr.. john
ston worrying about borrow
ing money in the future?
Let's hope he won't be in
office to worry about that
after next June.
The better educational OPP
portunities for children in the
outlying areas" is very debat-
able. If we were sure the
schools would be better, we
would not be so opposed to
the annexation. However, the
present school system will
probably deteriorate due to
the high cost of the annexa-
ton suit.
We are not interested in
having our property taxes in
creased to annex unwilling
people. We would be glad to
spend the proposed 1922 per
hundred increase or more, If
necessary, to stop this an
nexation suit. Why wouldn't
the City Council allow a
referendum on this issue?
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. StrObel.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Commends Nixon

Mr.. Kennedy takes Mr..
Nixon to task for his advo-
cacy of a change in the Ad-
minlstration farm policy. The
farm problem is one which
will tax the skill, brains and
know-how of more than one
person before a suitable solu-
tion is found. Mr.. Kennedy
says that Mr.. Nixon is de
void of basic beliefs" because
he is adopting a new line in
regard to the farm problem.
There is an old proverb which
says that 1T is only the fool
who never changes his mind. "
If Mr.. Nixon believes that by
changing his methods or pol
icy he may solve the farm
problem, then he is showing a
wisdom that is commendable.
c. F. Haughawout.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Questions and Answer!
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@ rTsd can set ansger by mail to question q fact
D.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Pen names maU be used Il

Pen names may be used II
letters carry DriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used wiH be
returned only Uhen accom-.
panied BY selt-dddresSed,
stamped envelopes.
precious bigotries, beyond all
else, then communism will
surely defeat democracy.
Patricia CrOce.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Against Annexation

Jay P. CimerelIa.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-11-25
Guild To Hold
Public Meeting
On HOUSING

The Minneapolis Urban League
Guild will sponsor a public meet
ing on housing Monday, November
%, 1860, 8 pm, at st. Peters
AME Church, 41st and Fourth
Av. s.
The purpose Of the meeting is to
discuss housing legislation and
consider the specific proposed bill
which legislates against discrimin-
alton which has been prepared by
the Minnesota Council for Civil and
Human Rights.
Wilfred c. Leland, Jr., executive
director Of the Minnesota Fair
Employment Practices Commits
sion, win analyze the bin. Samuel
Scheiner, Executive Director Of the
Jewish Community Relations Coun-
ell Of Minnesota, and william z.
Cratic, Chairman, Minnesota Fair
Employment Practices Commission,
past president of the Minneapolis
Urban League and Minneapolis
Branch, NAACP, viii present their
views on the Minneapolis Housing
situation and the proposed legisla-
ton.
Questions from the audience will
be answered by the three partici-
pants following their formal pre-
sensations.
The Guild Social Committee,
chaired by Mrs. Howard Darnell,
will serve refreshments after the
meeting. Mrs. Ethel Blackwell,
Minneapolis Urban League Guild
President. and Mrs. Ruth Agar,
Program Chairman, extend a cord
ial invitation to everyone interest
ed In the crucial housing situation
to attend this meeting and bring
a friend.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-11-25
On New Orleans Crisis:
u" Students Wire
President Eisenhower
& Sen. Kennedy

The University Of Minnesota
Students for Indignation Tuesday
wired President Eisenhower sim
liar appeals to take action to up
hold the federal judiciary in the
New Orleans school desegregation
crisis.
The identical wires signed by
Harry Stein, president Of the group
said in part:
I'VE an organization of Univ
ersity of Minnesota students con-
cerned with securing equal rights
for all Americans.
Tn New Orleans, mob rule
threatens to rob four small Negro
American children Of part Of their
rights as American citizena
What happens in New Orleans,
when the schools reopen Monday
may prove Hateful for the entire
nation, at home and abroad.
The times cry out for decisive
national leadership. Therefore, we
urge you to appeal in person to
the people of New Orleans for
dignified acceptance Of school In
tegration"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-11-25

you Caesar2 He's cute little fourmonth old
fault being friendly with strangers
especially likes children and ugged srnuousy at his leash
clotheslneS when children his home
$500 Clinton Avenue Wen Caesar by
young mistress since last Thursday evening That's the day
he disappeared cotene which tied
search has been going for Caesar
since
The owner pup b Dorothy Mae Lewis 13-
yearod student at Bryant Junior High school She misses
who could do several tricks though he is only four
months old The light brown with white markings his
throat One of his still taped from having
clipped about three weeks ago. He weighs about 80
pounds wearing harness and choke collar when
However both Of these have been removed
positively identified by his and the vste
marian of his medical needs
Of circulars describing Caesar have been passed
South Minneapolis effort to locate him In addition
searching for the pet Some of the
children making doortodOor Of the South
PATROLS paper boys the animal rescue league friends
strangers joined the search large sign Is
being painted place family and the search win be
city wide effort -.~--s-----~-~--
anyone Caesar please call Ia 44S1s reward
Is being renrn, information leading to his
return. Where is Caesar? Have you seen himT
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-11-25
Sc. Peter Church
Auditory MGkes
SI42 Contribution

The current drive Of the Mime
apolis Urban League to aid the
mothers and children in louisiana
who were dropped from Ado rolls
received considerable impetus
Tuesday when Rev. Lowell johnson
of st. Peter AME church presented
the drive a check Of $142 from
the Missionary Society Of that
church
Headquarters for the collection
Of funds, clothing and food has
been set up at 615 Hennepin by
the generosity of Benjamin Berger,
Minneapolis philanthropist.
Persons seeking information
about the drive may call the Urban
League office FEDERAL 5-2197.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-11-25
Gov. Collins SaYs Ne Expects
Kennedy 70 Speed Up
Civil RIGHTS proarum

Tallahassee. Fla. (ANP)-F1or-
ida Gov. Leroy Collins said last
week that President-elect John F.
Kennedy win push the civil rights
program harder than did the Essen
hover administration and the
South, and the nation ought to get
set to face up to the fact.
Collins told a news conference
Mr.. Kennedy is going to be ex-
tremely anxious that the South and
the nation face up to this matter
on a constructive basis"
He said that during the cam
paign and 1 expect him to carry
it out" Collins added
Collins, q staunch Kennedy
hacker and a moderate on the rae
ial question, said he did not feel
that the presdent-elect would be q
harsh and unreasonable man, but
that he expected him to be more
determined and anxious and will
ing to step out in the forefront of
leadership than did President
Eisenhower.