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Evening star., 1960-12-19

health, I wake up tired. I
drag myself through all the
motions Of o t1omemaker and
mother, even to forcing q
few smiles for the benefit Of
Leo and the kids. But I'm
not enjoying anything! My
food has no taste and the
cute things the children say
don't really register.
I don't know where to go
or for how long. I can't get
Strengthened out going
around in circles this way.
Leo F.-Running out Is
no answer. I get the same
feelings Of being pushed, and
hurrying around and getting
nowhere, but I stick to my
work in the grocery store and
after o while the feelings 60
away.
Charlotte is too conscien-
tious. She's q perfectionist.
The baby's white shoes get
polished three and four times
q day. The pots and pans in
the kitchen shine like q row
Of mirrors. All that takes
q toll on her pep, and leaves
less for the kids and me.
I tell her to take a nap
each afternoon during the
baby'S rest. Maybe that'd
perk her up. But instead she
opens the sewing machine.
irons curtains or makes out
lists.
Charlotte loves me and
the children. She can show
it the way I do, by sticking
to her Job.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
Both Charlotte and Leo
would be amazed at what
just "a hours Absent With
Leave could do for this weary
wife and mother. Instead Of
telling Charlotte to get back
on the track, Leo could per-
form the rescue operation by
Offering her a whole beauti.
ful week end Of solitude,
Evening star., 1960-12-19

The FomiIy Council consists Of Q
judge. o psyehiotrist. three clergy.
men, three editors and q women's
editor. Eoeh erticIes is o summary
Of q fomily disagreement pre-
sented to the council. The council
deolS with problems, major and
minor, encountered by guidance
eounselorS and soeiol workers.
Council editor. Alma Denny.
Evening star., 1960-12-19

charges. Address DR.. Steta.
crohn IN care of The ErentH0
Star. 49, =
(Released BY the Bill eyndicats.)
Tomorrow: Left -Hondedl
Evening star., 1960-08-01
Reds Propose Por|ey
On Arms Next Month

of the states possessing the
greatest military power, would
largely contribute to the sue.
cess in the consideration Of the
disarmament problem. as we'll
as Of some important political
issues and would thereby re-
duce international tension and
improve the entire interna-
tional situation"
In a letter addressed to Mex
ican Ambassador Luis Padilla
Nervo. chairman Of the COM
mission, the Soviet Union
charged that the internal sit
uation in the United States"
prompted the United States
move. The Russian letter
added:
Ine soviet government be-
lieves that the convocation of
the disarmament commission
in the present situation on the
eve Of the General Assembly
session of the United Nations
can only aggravate the sit
uation and hinder the fruitful
discussions Of this most i'm
portant issue Of the present
time at the forthcoming Gen.
eral Assembly session.
In view Of this, the Sovie
Evening star., 1960-08-01
Moscow Clerk Suggests
Nixon Get Grocery Job

you must stop threatening
war"
My third piece of advice"
Mr., Smachtin wrote. lis that
you expand your horizon. Read
more books. They bear much
wise and helpful advice"
Trud complained Mr.. Smach-
tin was offered the tip-of-
ficially frowned on in Com
muniSt countries as an insult
to a worker-during Mr.. Nix
on's trip to the Soviet Union.
A spokesman for Mr.. Nixon
gave a different version. He
said Mr.. Nixon offered q group
of workers money to help them
buy tickets for the United
States exhibition In Moscow
which was officially opened by
the Vice President. The spokes-
man said Mr.. Nixon misunder-
stood the workers, who wanted
help in obtaining the scarce
tickets, not cash to pay for
them.
Evening star., 1960-08-01

MOSCOW, July 81 (AP).-
Richard M. Nixon got some ad-
vice today from the Moscow
grocery clerk who reported the
Vice President tried to give him
a tip last year.
Vastly I. Smatchtin, who
wrote to the labor newspaper
Trud last year complaining he
was incensed by this Ameri-
can handout." wrote another
letter to Komsomol Pravda, the
Communist youth newspaper,
commenting on Nixon's nomi-
nation for president. Address
ing. Mr., Nixon, Mr.. Smachtin
wrote:
II consider 1t my duty to re-
mind you that the post of
President. Of the United States
is a very high and responsible
post will you appear in
an embarrassing situation II
elected?
Recalling the rotten eggs,
rotten tomatoes and other gar
bage thrown at you" in Latin
America. Mr.. Smachtin con-
tinued: Maybe you should
have a job in grocery"
Mr.. Smachtin said 1t made
little difference to him whether
Mr.. Nixon is elected but thai
you are always playing with
fire concerns me. Mr.. Nixon
Evening star., 1960-08-01
Destiny and TV Boon to Lodge

Nixon's other theater Of
combat was In the field Of
civil rights. Here he moved
with the vigor he is known to
possess, but which he was not
expected to use with such i'm
mediacy. With one blow he
snuffed out almost all the
public rum bling over the
tough plank he demanded. .
He moved rapidly. and for
one good reason. He was'w wor-
rted. All through the, prior
week end he mentioned to
intimateS that the Repubn-
cans in Chicago were making
it appear they were reluctant
to take q civil rights stand.
This had already done harm.
So. before he departed from
Washington on Monday. he
took command by stating he
would demand a strong plank.
In Chicago he forthrightly let
delegates know he would
amend any platform they
produced If 1t did not con-
tain what he wanted.
This was a necessary move.
After all, 1t is he who is to
make the campaign. Dele
gates cannot be so naive to
urge their nominee to run on
a platform he doesn't accept.
So there is some Sullen NUT
tering and grumbling. largely
from Mississippi and Virginia.
with some minor baby bear
growls from other States. But
big papa bear and big mama
bear were stilled by the Nixon
command.
These two-Nixon, the Ho-
ratio Alger Of the party, and
Lodge. the aristocrat from
New England, whose grand
father wrecked the League of
Nations but who himself Is
now the hero of the U. NJ
will carry the hopes of q Re
publican Party. It is q party
not quite happy. After all II
has just been carried, scream
ing in protest, into the future.
But it is there to stay.
Evening star., 1960-08-01
A Fjrst-Hond Look at America

week left after the usual de-
duction for taxes and in
surance. ] asked him how he
got along on that amount.
WELL" he replied. my
wife and I are very careful.
We budget every nickel. We
have to. But we get along all
right"
I asked about his previous
work. He had served ten
years in the Navy. I asked
about his outlook on life in
general. He was looking
ahead hopefully. There was
no sign Of discouragement-
no feeling that his country
is deteriorating.
In the observation car Of
the train. I talked with a
young lady of % who had
majored in political science
at Northwestern University.
She had watched the proceed
ings Of both conventions. She
was intensely interested. She
was on vacation from work
in q business ofnce. How did
she like the speeches? Whom
would she vote for? She re-
piled:
II thought Kennedy's
speech Of acceptance was
marred by his personal at
tacks on Nixon. AS for Nixon'S
speech, I wish he had pre-
pared it in advance instead
of speaking it of the cuti.
The occasion demanded more
dignity. I haven't made up
my mind yet whom I shall
vote for. It's to be my first
vote for President. want SO
much to do the right thing"
Youth is necessarily crit
ical. 1t has higher ideals than
the politicians realize. But.
above all, fresh from Q study
of the history Of the United
States, it yearns for true
craftsmanship and . turn
from hypocrisy to honesty.
Young and old will tell you
in their own words that the
true satisfactions in life come
from honesty and integrity
and q spirit Of readiness to
help one another. And, above
all, there Is q confidence in
Self-reliance, which, incident
ally, is by no means a vanish
ing ideal. In these days of
new "nationalism" in erst-
while colonial areas, it il &
lesson in self-discipline that
many observers. abroad as
we'll as at home, need to re-
emphasize. For it takes time
and hard work to make a
mature people and a mature
country.
(Copyrisht. 196O)
Evening star., 1960-08-01
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Nixon holds a conference the farm problem. He's
not what the solution is but whatever the solution he
intends to dissolve Agriculture Secretary Benson in it,
Kennedy & johnson promise quick legislative program
will be enacted in August Slogan: "Pie later"
Campaign analysis: the election held today
Dick and Jack wouldn't be for awful lot Of things
they're going call each other between November
AAkH
Presidential Nominee Cabot Lodge gets big well
in Boston. He's a colorfu candidate blue blood
who fights the Reds with purple prose.
No question about Nixon delivering the
does he whrwnd campaign than hurricane heads
for the Kennedy home Cape Cod. s.,
-
Flattery will get you nowhere but aren't going any
where it's making your stay will be pleasant
fellow the Central Intelligence Agency says his
Job secret if he knew what he supposed be
doing he'd be fired
Evening star., 1960-08-01
Campaign Issues Held UncIeor

than ever before to watch
what they do and say.
1t will be a new kind Of
campaign in every sense. For
illustration. the Nixon ticket
will make a genuine effort in
the South as well as in the
North. And the Kennedy
ticket will concede nothing to
its oppositio not even
Maine and Vermont. The So
called independent voter will
have the most decisive role
this time in the history of our
politics.
The essential problem for
Nixon. as the representative
of a minority party in terms
of registered voters. is to hold
all the traditional Repub-
licans and to recruit all or
nearly all of the independents
and a good many dissatisfied
Democrats as we'll.
The essential problem for
Kennedy is to prevent any
widespread detection among
the Democrats and to do at
least reasonably well among
the independents.
In a word, it is to be q
slide-rule campaign, short on
heart" but long on common
sense. And we are immensely
fortunate in this: No matter
who is elected, we are going
to have a highly skilled man
in the White House and a
highly skilled man to help
him as Vice President.
Evening star., 1960-08-01

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
Aug. 1 (AP).-The Soviet Union
proposed today what would
amount to a summit conference
on disarmament at the United
Nations General Assembly OPEN
ing September 20.
In a letter to the chairman
of the 82-nation U. N. disarma
ment commission, the Soviet
Union said 1t opposes a United
States proposal for an early
meeting Of the commission,
composed Of all the U. Ms 81
members.
1t declared that the Assembly
is the best forum for taking up
disarmament and added:
THE Soviet government be-
lieves that personal participa-
ton Of the heads Of government
Of member states Of the U. N. in
the discussion of the disarma-
ment problem at the General
Assembly would answer this
purpose best of all"
Invitation Suggested
1t suggested that Secretary
Dag Hammarskjold issue invita-.
tions to the government leaders
The letter declared thi,
would be Of great significance
since the participation Of tht
heads Of government, especially
Evening star., 1960-08-01

government considers inex-
pedient to convene the U. N.
disarmament commission at
present, and objects to its con-
vocation"
In a letter to all members
Of the commission on Friday,
Mr.. Padilla Nervo suggested
that the commission be con-
vened on August IS.
Soviet objections had been
expected. While the commits
sion can meet without the Rus
slams, it could make little head
way without them.
Soviet Premier Nikita S.
Khrushchev had. already said
he would press for a full discus
sion of disarmament in the
U. N. general assembly.
President Eisenhower an
nounced last month that he
would seek an early meeting
of the U. N. Disarmament Com
mission following the Com
munist walkout from the 10
nation disarmament talks in
Geneva.
United States Ambassador
Henry Cabot Lodge said he
wanted to present the commits
sion with revised Western dis
armament proposals that the
Communists refused to hear
at Geneva. He wanted to have
the meeting the first week in
August.
Evening star., 1960-08-01
U.N, Ambassador Is Widely Known
As Political Child of TeIevision

destiny provided another
helpful show. In Chicago the
Republicans were in q row.
Southern delegates and some
Of the old Taft conservatives
from the Midwest were balk-
ing at moving into the future.
1t was not o good show. But
in the UN. Lodge again was
at grips with the Soviets and
condemning them before the
world as having maliciously
shot down an American
bomber in international wa
ters. He had on display the
Sorrowing young wives Of the
victims.
This Is the Lodge millions
Of Americans know. Few Of
them ever heard Of the Lodge
who lost to Kennedy in 1852.
A pertinent fact Of that de-
feat is that Lodge did not
campaign in his own state.
He chose to work for the ma
tionaf ticket and his consti-
tuents never heard him. But
this really doesn't matter.
He Is. in 1860. uniquely the
child Of television.
Republicans wanted and
needed Gov. Nelson Rookie
feller. But they couldn't have
him. They are fortunate to
have Lodge available. They
have been pleasantly sur
prised to hear from States
distant from the East that
the Ambassador to the U.N.
is well and favorably known.
With Rockefeller unavail-
able. Lodge became the one
logical choice. Nixon. who
has managed to attain an
image of maturity greater
than that Of Kennedy, un-
derstands that much Of the
campaign will be concerned
with foreign affairs. Lodges
presence on the ticket will
further weight 1t in behalf of
experience and responsibility.
Evening star., 1960-08-01
Both Top Candidates to Get Material
Assistance From Their Running Mates

entree into the South and
border States. To Nixon, Hen
ry Cabot Lodge will give the
foreign policy prestige of a
man who as our Ambassador
to the United Nations has
dealt over and over with the
Russians.
But neither ticket nor plat
form deeply stirs the emo
tions. i was noticeable at
Los Angeles that Kennedy
was respected by the dele
gates but not greatly loved.
Exactly the same thing was
clear at Chicago as to Nixon.
Therefore we are in for a
test in which the significant
thing will not be personalities
or traditional issues. The sig
nificant thing will be the
comparative degree OF expert
ness in campaigning by the
two principals.
The voter will therefore
be left with an unusually
difhcult problem in deciding
how to ehoose-aSsisted far
more by his mind than by his
heart. There is not this time
an Eisenhower who evokes
special liking among the Re-
publicans: there is not on
the Democratic side a man
with the personal appeal of
a Roosevelt.
We shall all have a great
obligation, therefore, to pay
the most careful attention to
what will be said by the can
didates and to make an ulti-
mate decision based upon
each persons own final esti-
mate Of which ticket would
be better for the country in
o time Of world peril.
Because both sets of candi-
dates are so unusually quail
fed as practicing politicians.
and because both sets are
more distinguished for COM
petence than for personal ap-
peal, 1t will be more necessary
Evening star., 1960-08-01
WILLIAM S. WHITE

Attending two national po-
htical conventions in q row
so tires the body and mind as
to leave one with a dark
brown feeling Of spiritual and
Intellectual hangover.
One correspondent now re-
turned from the wars of Los
Angeles and Chicago finds it
difhcult to discern in the COM
ing campaign any clear divi-
sion Of issues or even of per-
sonalities as between the two
top candidates. Senator John
F. Kennedy for the Demo-
Gratis and Richard M. Nixon
for the Republicans.
The distinctions between
the two party platforms. for
example. are far more Of de-
gree than Of principle. The
Republican Convention pro-
duced a consensus Of the mid
die Of the party. Nixon as the
presidential nominee made an
accommodation both with the
left wing as represented by
Governor Nelson Rockefeller
Of New York and with the
Old Guard wing led by Sena-
tor Barry. Goldwater Of Ari-
zona.
Kennedy, as the Democratic
presidential nominee, ar
ranged q very similar truce as
between the union labor fac
ton Of his party and the
moderate to conservative
faction which is represented
on the ticket by Senator Lyn-
don B. johnson Of Texas.
So the campaign will be
conducted and its outcome
determined more by techni-
cal factors than by sharp COL
lisionS on issues.
Both top candidates are
young, highly able profess
sional politicians. and each
is assisted by q no less able
running mate. To Kennedy,
Johnson will give q presumed
Evening star., 1960-08-01
Etno Subsidinq
After Eruptions

CATANIA, Sicily, Aug. l
(AP).-Mount Etna appeared
to be subsiding again today
after a burst of new volcanic
activity.
The 10.705-foot volcano
Europe'S tallest and most ac-
tive. exploded yesterday in the
fourth big blowup since July II
Smaller explosions followed at
the rate of five q minute.
Today the frequency Of the
explosions was slowly diminish
ing.
Evening star., 1960-08-01
RALPH McGILL

Henry Cabot Lodge. who
will campaign with Richard
NJ. Nixon. is 9 political child
OF televisien. In this sense he
will be o historic candidate.
No other man In our length
ening story Of national elec-
tions has possessed an image
so entirely . creation Of the
magic screen.
Politicians remember that
in 1852 he was defeated for
the Senate by the present
Democratic nominee, John F.
Kennedy. They recall. too.
that this was the year of the
massive G. o. P. landslide but
that in Massachusetts the
young war hero. Kennedy, re-
versed it to win by some
$4,000 votes. This causes
some to wag their heads du-
biously.
But the people Of the
United States do not remem-
ber this isolated incident In a
New England State. The
Lodge they know is one who
frequently has been in their
homes in the last seven years.
Their children know him. He
is the urbane. exquisitely pol
.ished man they have so often
seen in United Nations de-
bates with the Russians.
Destiny gave him an assist
during the Democratic con-
vention. The sudden, blazing
crisis in, Africa required him
to play an important role. So
dramatic was the story Of it
that television cameras alter
mated between him in action
and the delegates at Los An
geleS. 1t 50 happened this
period was one in which the
Democrats were duller than
ditch water. Lodge was en-
gagged in heavy drama. BY
contrast he was terrific.
Again last week this same
Evening star., 1960-08-01
People and Towns Found Not Wanting
In Moral as Well as Economic Health

naturally increasing in num-
ber because there are more
people everywhere.
True enough, there Is more
crime and more juvenile de-
linquency. - an increasing
population would account for
much of 1t - and there can
be no doubt that broken mar
riages and disrupted home
life have contributed much
toward bringing mental dis
turbances among young and
old.
But despite the healthy
discussion of our faults, 1t
is important to maintain a
sense of proportion-to have
q perspective that looks at
all and not just some Of the
facts.
For the facts are that
America is a vibrant country.
Its people are not degenerat-
ing because of increased COM
forts. Their moral position
is not to be disparaged be-
cause q small fraction man
age to steal in the stores or
the banks or to allow pay
ola" to influence their ca
reerS. ...
The fact is that more men
and women and children 60
to church today than ever in
our history. They may not
always practice what they
hear preached but their at
tendance in a place of wor-
ship indicates their yearning
for the spiritual help that
God can give them.
The life of the American
is not an unhappy one in q
general sense. Individual
happiness, of course, is q
matter of individual adjust
ment to the problems that
press upon one from every
side.
On my 6,000-mile train trip
I talked with many people
who didn't know I was q
newspaperman. They talked
freely Of their work, of theil
hopes and ambitions, and OF
their country. I remember
for example, q conversation
with q young policeman who
was working as a chauffeur
during his vacation time sc
as to earn q little more
money for his wife and two
young children. I asked him
about the hazards Of hi!
job. for he patrolled tn.
dangerous section Of Q bi,
city. I asked him about hi
pay, He has about 500 ,
Evening star., 1960-08-01
DAVID LAWRENCE

Thoughts that come to
ones mind after spending
three weeks away from the
National Capital, thoughts of .
an America seen at first
hand-how different it really
appears from the image por-
trayed again and again by
some. of the '"intellectuals" in
our midst!
It does anyone good to come
down to earth-to visit the
grass roots and talk with the
citizens themselves. After
months of reading essays and
listening to speeches about
how America is in q state Of
moral decay" Of how our
"af1luent" society is causing
us to deteriorate and how we
are losing that indefinable
something called prestige" in
the world. 1t was inspiring to
see America as it really is.
For the men and women
who are at work every day.
faithfully giving their ener-
gieS and their minds to the
job ut hand. don't show signs
of tagging or faltering. Most
Of them are not driving
around in power-steering
autos. A vast number still
have used cars" that manage
to get them to and from work
and provide Sunday after
noon excursion to the country.
The physical appearance of
America isn't bad either.
There are lots Of undeveloped
areas, lots Of places where
new buildings and homes
would be desirable. But our
eyes must not overlook the
vast improvement in living
standards or the better homes,
with well-kept lawns. the bet
ter streets and the better
roads that have made Amer
lea q land unsurpassed in
this world, Luxuries are COM
ing along fast enough. and
human beings will never
cease to crave more COM
forts-no stimulus of govern
ment Is necessary to encour-
age such desires or aspi-
rations.
The lofty debate about
Americas standing in the
world" is too vague for the
average man to understand.
He Is far more concerned
about what Is happening
right here at home. For pop
ulation is growing. Episodes
Of friction between races are
Evening star., 1960-08-01
Six Young YueosIovs
To Aid Cuban Project

BELGRADE. Aug. (AP).-
Six young YugoslavS left for
Cuba today to help build a
university center in the Sierra
Maestro.
They will join an interna-
tional working brigade Of $50
young men from European,
Asian. African and Latin
American countries.
Evening star., 1960-09-19
CLERICAL TO EXECUTIVE
GRAEBNER'S
For Young Men"

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man with some college will grow
with established company. Start
at S353 to S42l in Il months.
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young man, In POS, to start
with top firm and advance rap
IDLY. Consider any experience
SALES POSITION, $4,000 future
Business machine corporation Of
ferS opportunity to personable
and ambitious young man. I'M
mediate interview.
CLERICAL BEGINNER, S60-17.
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with light typing. Is offered
chance. for advancement here
Good head an d willingness tc
learn once routine.
JR. REPORTER, S400-Particu
larry attractive opening for q
young man with interest in cur
rent events and knack for stat
INVESTOR TRAINEE, $5.40O-Ex-
perienced broker will train sharp
young man as jr. partner. II in
terested in SIS future. Figure apti.
tude most desirable.
PHARMACEUTICAL SALES, $4,000
Natl. firm has local openins
for aggressive seller. Related ex.
perience not necessary. Consist
ency and reliability Q must.
ENGINEERS, $4,000 to $4,000
Electrical or industrial
Evening star., 1960-09-19
HELP MEN
City of Rockville
Maryland
Director of Recreation

The City Of Rockville, Maryland. q
rapidly growing suburb of WASH
inston, D. c. population 26,000l
is seeking q director of recreation
to supervise and develop its ex-
cellens community-wide recreation
prosram, now one of the most
active in the area. The program
includes all sports, preschool
classes, a wide range OF youth and
adult activities, and q Young-in-
Heart group, operating out of un-
usually fine facilities. Degree in
recreation. or equivalent required,
and experience as director pre-
ferred. Salary open; generous leave
plans and fringe benefits. Please
submit complete resume, including
personal history, education, ex-
perience and references to Person
mel Aide, City Of Rockville. 100
South Washington street, Rock
vile, Maryland.