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Evening star., 1960-06-04
7 FORMER ENJOYS TO RUSSIA
URGE POLICY OF BIG STICK

Two former United States Ambassadors to Russia
speaking in different cities last night recommended
timetesed policy in dealing with the Kremin: Theodore
Roosevelt's Speak softly and carry big stick"
George Kennan told news conference in Milwaukee,
the Associated Press reported that the Roosevelt policy
is the best principle of international relations He said
the United States should be prepared mitary but that
it should not stop negotiating for disarmament.
In Salt Lake City, Averen Hartman coupled his
Endorsement of the Roosevelt policy with the assertion
that American actions like the U2 spy plane incident
and refusal admit Red China to world councils create
fear among best friends that might drive the
world to war"
Mr.. Hartman speaking at Democratic National
Committee platform planning session. also said that
people such as Vice President Nxon-who brag about
being tough"-wn drive non-violent Communists into
the camp of the Stalinists.
Evening star., 1960-06-04

The Western proposals of
May 16, which the United
States note referred to, were
Mr.. Eisenhower's plan to turn
over high flying reconnaissance
planes to the United Nations,
which would conduct aerial in
spections in all countries to
prevent any war buildup.
will Examine Offer
The statement, issued by
Department Press Officer Lin
coin White, said:
The United States
will be prepared to participate
in a detailed examination of
this (Soviet) proposal and ex-
poets USSR for its part will
now be prepared to enter into
a similar examination of the
realistic Western proposals of
May 16.
Much Qualification is re-
quired in particular as to the
Soviet views on controls. We
have consistently stated that
we would not sign a diSarma-
ment treaty until the details
of control had been agreed
upon and were incorporated
as part of the treaty"
Mr.. White also mentioned the
apparent Soviet turnabout at
the Geneva nuclear test ban
talks. He said:
Yesterdays statement by
the Soviet delegate did not
appear to reflect a full knowl-
edge of previous statements of
Soviet scientists regarding So
Wet contributions to a CO.
ordinated research program.
I'VE hope that the clarifica-
ton we are seeking will put
back on the track negotiations
toward agreement on arrange
mentS for the co-ordinated re-
search program"
American, British and So
Wet scientists have been dis
cussing at Geneva plans for
conducting underground explo-
sions to find effective means
of detecting secret underground
tests.
Thompson to Return
But the Soviet political dele
gate, Semyon TSarapkin, said
Moscow has no plans for non-
nuclear underground explosions
as part of this program, in
spite of talks about such tests
by Soviet scientists.
United States Ambassador
Llewellyn Thompson will leave
Moscow June IA for perhaps a
To-day stay in Washington in
connection with Mr.. Khru-
shchev's repeated attacks on
Mr.. Eisenhower and American
policy.
The request for his return
preceded Mr.. Khrushchev's
news conference yesterday in
which he lashed out anew at
Mr.. Eisenhower, Vice President
Nixon and top State Depart
ment officials.
Evening star., 1960-01-22
David L. Krupsow

Arlington County has lost an out
standing public servant and civic leader
with the death of David L. KrupSaw
early yesterday in the crash of Colom-
bian airliner at Kingston, Jamaica. AS a
member and former chairman of the
County Board, Mr.. Krupsaw had DEM
onStrated a tireleSs energy and deep
devotion to the public welfare that had
won him the admiration and respect of
the public generally-including some of
those who differed with him politically.
Although an active member of the
Arlingtonians for a Better County
(ABC), liberal faction which has been
denounced by its critics as "taX and
spend" group, Mr.. KrupSaW had striven
to trim budgets and keep taxes at a
reasonable level. His long experience as
a businessman had led to an intense
interest in maintaining the county's
financial stability. Another of his special
interests was the safeguarding of Arling-
ton against urban blight resulting from
haphazard zoning or lax enforcement of
zoning and building codes.
Indicative of his zeal In getting
things done for the improvement of
Arlington was his comment to fellow
board members on the day he left for
the Caribbean flight which ended in his
death. A speaker had suggested that
deliberations on complicated parking
ordinance be postponed to another date.
NO" said Mr.. Krupsaw, I'VE have de-
layed too long We are going to enact
an ordinance even if it takes all night"
The board stayed in session until the
ordinance was adopted after am. The
Krupsaw standard of public service will
remain as an example for others who
aspire to serve the county In govern
mental posts.
Evening star., 1960-01-22
Little Left to Lose

After his Set-to with the Spanish
Ambassador, which was on par with
free-for-all among the boys in the back
room, Fidel Castro told his people that
he was giving the Spanish Ambassador
"a hours to get out of Cuba, and that
he was recalling the Cuban Ambassador
from Madrid. Then, by way of reas-
Surance, he added: I'VE are not going
to lose much"
This last, we think, is true. For
there isn't much left to be lost. The
reservoir Of good will and even of
support which Fidel Castro once could
count upon has been largely drained by
his immature and often vicious per-
formance since he came to power. The
fracas with the Spanish Ambassador,
unseemly on both sides, will drain out a
little more. Before long the reservoir
will be empty.
Evening star., 1960-01-22
Compounding q Mystery

OF all the mysteries confronting
those investigating the recent series of
aviation tragedies, none is stranger
than late developments in the case of
the November crash of a Tampa to-
Dallas airliner in the Gulf of Mexico.
Climaxing official suggestions that
bomb had destroyed the DC-7B as it
neared New Orleans, killing all AZ per-
sons aboard, was the arrest by the FBI
at Phoenix, Arizona, of a heavily insured
eX-convict whose name was on the
passenger list of the plane. In his
luggage when arrested, it is reported,
were found dynamite caps. And dyna-
mite was found at place where he had
stayed recently.
There are other puzzling aspects to
the caSe-enough, in fact, to make it
read like fiction thriller Missing since
the day of the crash has been Tampa
man, William Allen Taylor, who was in
prison in 1886 with DR.. Robert V. Spears,
the man seized by the FBI as he checked
out of a Phoenix motel. Taylor had
taken out a 500 flight insurance
policy in favor of his teen-age son Just
nine minutes before the airliner took
off from the Tampa airport. Both Taylor
and DR.. Spears, naturopath, have long
criminal records. Taylor's divorced wife
believes that her former husband was
induced by DR.. Spears, a student of
hypnotism, to take his (Spears) place
on the plane. It has been found that DR..
Spears carried a 100000 travel insur-
ance policy made out to his wife, who
lives in Dallas, Texas. Mrs. Spears says
her husband told her he gave his plane
ticket to Taylor, but that he denied
planting bomb on the airliner.
So far only nine bodies have been
recovered from the scene of the crash,
off MissiSsippi's Gulf Coast. Some of
them were badly torn, as if by an ex-
ploSion. The wreckage has not been re-
covered, although Navy divers have re-
ported seeing objects in 800 feet of water
that may be parts of the airliner Until
the wreckage is raised, fixing of the
cause of the crackup will be difficult, if
not impossible.
An interesting ramif1cation of the
case, but one which may be purely coin
cidental, is the discovery that DR.. Spears
at one time had as his attorney Julian
A. Frank, the Connecticut lawyer killed
in the crash of National Airlines plane
in North Carolina on January 6. Mr..
Franks body contained metallic frag-
ments believed not to have come from
the aircraft-a circumstance which has
given rise to the theory that the plane
was destroyed by bomb. The lawyer
was insured for nearly a million dollars.
Can there be any connection between
the Carolina and Gulf crashes? The
question borders on the fantastic-but,
then, there are fantastic aspects to both
Of these air mysteries.
Evening star., 1960-01-22
Angry at Chalk

AS a local citizen, I was
irate to read from the Presi-
dents budget that the Dis
trict will be forced to in
crease taxes to meet their
current expenses, and, on the
same day, too read that:
/. o. Roy Chalk refuses to
pay taxes to the District Col
lector amounting to $751;
due since November 81.
2. D. c. Transit received
tax exemptions amounting to
we'll over a million a year
when their franchise was
handed to them on a silver
platter.
3. All of this while this
tax-exempt corporation made
unconscionable profits Of al
most 50 million In the four
years Of operation on a
skimpy $500.000 investment.
Is there no end to the ar
rogance and gall on the part
of the president Of D. c.
Transit?
M. Shine.
Evening star., 1960-01-22
Wakes Lyrical

With all the publicity on
payola which was rampant
during the vaudeville era Of
the 1920s and the highland
era of the 1930s and 1940s
and bursting at the seams in
the present-day era of rock
n roll, I thought 1t would
be proper to dedicate to all
its partakers the following:
p is for the phony hits we
gave you
"a is the abhorrent sound
they made
'Y' is for the yield we ex-
tracted to play them
o. is for the ones we spin
for pay
L is for our lack of quail
ity and ethics
"A is that we're for No. !
always.
Put them all together;
they spell payola
The word that means the
world to us.
OF course. il this lyric
should be set to music and
recorded, I doubt very much
If anyone would play it
with or without payola.
Henry J. SOmmers.
Evening star., 1960-01-22
The Name Doesn't Matter

The proposal to set up 10 remedial
education centers" in Virginia's Prince
Edward County is clothed in a certain
confusion. But If it reflects a serious
purpose to provide education for the
county's 1,700 Negro children the pro-
posal merits general support.
This project, sponsored by the Vir-
ginia branch of the NAACP, was dis
closed in Washington at a meeting
called by the National Council of Negro
Women. The sponsors diSavowed any
intention of setting up private schools"
for the colored children, presumably
because this would tend to perpetuate
the pattern Of segregation in the county.
The result, however, is to blur the pic
ture For most people, ourselves in
cluded, the difference between private
school and a remedial education center,
semanticS aside, is far from clear. But
perhaps this is of minor Importance.
If, as indicated, the remedial centerS
are to provide instruction in such basic
subjects as reading and mathematics,
the education of these Negro children
will not be wholly neglected. And this,
from any point of view, would be a
highly desirable result.
Matters came to head in Prince
Edward last September when the county
authorities, faced with Federal court
order to desegregate, decided to abandon
public schools. A private school system
was set up for white children. Some
months later white residents proposed
segregated private school plan for the
Negro children, but this was boycotted
at the urging of NAACP leaders. The
result was no educational facilities for
any except handful Of Negro children.
There has been talk Of legal action to
force reopening of public schools, but
Evening star., 1960-01-22

Q Where is the National
Old Trails Road? G.Y.
A. This highway runs from
Baltimore, Md. to Los An
geles, Calf. 1t was conceived
by George Washington, as
early as 1880, as a national
road to lead from Washing
ton, D. c., to Sante Fe, N.
Mex, and in 1902 1t was
financed by act of Congress.
The American Automobile
Association says that this
road. or sections of it, has
been known as the Cumber-
land Road, the National Pike
and the Santa Fe Trail, In
addition to its present name.
@. What is the origin of
the word "jubilee"?-L. K.
A. Jubilee is derived from
"yobel," which is Hebrew for
ram or rams horn. Accord
ing to ancient Hebrew law,
a year of atonement and re-
joicing was to be proclaimed
throughout the land every
flftieth year by the blowing
Of the rams horn or trumpet.
Evening star., 1960-01-22

amount at a 50-cent pre-
MUM.
If such requirements had
been in force, the Colorado
tragedy several years ago
might have been averted, and
II Frank had known his
widow wouldn't collect. per-
haps the distraught attorney
wouldn't have taken that
way out.
OF course, therell be howls
Of protest from aircraft in
surance companies If such a
policy be put into effect, but
the safety Of the thousands
who ride should overcome
them.
1t is gratifying to note some
Senators appear to be in
terested in this problem since
perhaps their necks, too, are
in danger. At any rate it is
hoped the big-money incen-
tive will be eliminated as one
Of those prompting people
to blow UP passenger air
craft.
Charles P. BeaZley,
Evening star., 1960-01-22
Carolina Crash

LII IeduLIlB VI IIle dlI-CTHSH
death Of 33 people and the
man who is now believed to
have caused it by bombing
himself out Of his difficulties,
sentimentalists will say he
was out Of his mind-had to
be; it will make them feel
they are being charitable.
This is a rather cowardly dis
missal Of the other people who
were not out Of theirs.
In recent years there have
been enough incidents Of
reputable, well-educated and
seemingly well-adjusted and
prosperous men who have
suddenly adopted juramen-
tado Ctake as many with you
as you cam as a fitting way
to exit from what they can
no longer bear. This is cul-
turally condoned by certain
savage tribes. But what social
attitudes or compulsionS have
so weakened, even perverted,
the Christian culture we
claim. that civilized man
should resort to a primitive
savage solution, rather than
Christian discipline? At what
step along the way do such
men first sacrifice moral
fortitude to expediency; pres
sure from without. or pride
from within? No known
type Of criminal, of what are
they the victims; how long
are they dead inside before
dealing death to others; who
and what reduced them to a
soulless body in the first
place? These things we
should know, and avoid.
Helen S. Geraghty.
-
Whether it be proved or
not that Julian A. Frank
blew himself and fellow pas
sengers to kingdom come of
the Carolina coast, why not
remove the incentive for
people with morbid minds to
destroy other people?
Money is the big incentive.
Just limit death BENEFITS Of
aircraft passengers-by law
If need be-to a nominal sum
in case Of an aircraft's de-
struction, say to $25,000.
Moreover, require compul-
sorry insurance, written on a
coupon at the time the ticket
folder is issued; for that
Evening star., 1960-01-22
Old Pro VS.. Kennedy

Harry S. Truman, Democratic sage
and elder statesman, has handed down
an opinion which, If correct, is bad news
for Senator Kennedy.
According to Mr.. Truman, "prima-
ries don't mean thing at the conven-
tion," and he says this will be demon
>strated when the Democrats assemble
In Los Angeles this summer.
Senator Kennedy isn't buying this.
And he shouldn't, for in his case the
primaries will mean great deal In
wisconsin, where he has reluctantly
taken the plunge, the primary can make
or break him. He is done for if he should
be deciSively beaten, even in Senator
Humphreys back yard" But by the
same token a win on this unfavorable
battle-ground would give a tremendous
push to his candidacy.
Superf1cially, it might appear that
the Massachusetts, Senator is taking a
big gamble. Actually he isn't. Having
chosen to key his campaign to the pri-
marieS, and having challenged his re-
luctant rivals to "let the people decide"
Senator Kennedy had little choice. He
had to do battle in Wisconsin. To have
run away from this fight would have
been to spike his own guns and play into
the hands Of those party leaders who
would rather see another man at the
head OF the ticket. Thus, in very real
sense, 1t was less Of gamble for Sena-
tor Kennedy to go into Wisconsin than
to stay out.
Having decided to get into the game,
he is playing his hand for all it is
worth. In fact, he is playing a little
rough. Thus, he says that "even though
my chief competitors Lyndon Johnson
and Stuart Symington] remain safely
on the Sidelines, hoping to gain the nom
ination through manipulation of the
convention" he will not follow such
course And why not? Because, in Sena-
tor Kennedy'S words, 'if the Democratic
Party were to abandon the course
adopted by Wilson and Roosevelt-of
building presidential campaign on the
public support and confidence expressed
In the primaries - we would lose our
claim to that support and confidence in
next November's election"
This is strong stuff, and some Demo-
Gratis won't like it. But we think that
Senator Kennedy is right and that Mr..
Truman Is wrong. Up to a point, at
least, the Democratic primaries this year
will have considerable meaning. They
could mean that Senator Kennedy will
be dead duck long before July. They
could also mean that he will go into the
Los Angeles convention with an undiS-
puted record as the party'S best primary
vote getter. This may not mean a thing
to Mr.. Truman. But we think it will
mean something to other conS -1tion
delegates who are tired of living in the
presidential wilderness, and who will
be itching to pick winner, come No
Yemher
Evening star., 1960-01-22
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

donned his galoshes and went
into the yard.
He could see the bitter
truth as he came near.
Not a piece of alfalfa had
been disturbed. But there
could be no doubt at all
that the rabbit had been
there.
1t simply had refused to
touch food touched by human
hands.
The next night. Jones
poured the pellets from the
bag.
The next morning, the re-
suit was the same-not q
pellet had been nibbled.
Stupid" said Jones, to
himself.
He thought maybe the
creature longed for fresh
food.
He carried out lettuce and
carrots that evening and left
them but they. too, went un-
tasted.
The stubborn rabbit simply
would not eat foods from
human beings.
"You will have to eat bark
then." growled Templeton
Jones.
Sure enough, that was just
what the rabbit did!
Some of Jones best rose
bushes began to suffer and
soon were gnaWed down to
the ground. He did not worry.
Rose bushes out his way
never do very well, anyway.
Maybe their best service is
to provide rabbit food in the
r01d Y1noptbc
Evening star., 1960-01-22
End of the Line

Ienjoyed reading your jan
uary 3 editorial, The VAN
ishing Streetcar." In this
continuing and arbitrary
change to buses presided over
by a highway-oriented Dis
trict Building, I believe the
most cogent point yet made
Is the sentence in which you
stated Conversion to buses
from streetcars, now nearing
completion in Washington,
will accomplish nothing to
improve public transporea-
ton" However. 1t has been
obvious for some time that
any attempts to save the
streetcars as presently con-
stituted are doomed to fail
ure.
Let us now turn our ef-
forts and thoughts to push
ing for rail rapid transit, a
form of transportation snow
balling in other cities.
Evening star., 1960-01-22

NO valid objections can be
lodged against the establish
ment by individuals of any
legitimate private business in
any commercially zoned area
in Arlington County, II 1t is
not a public nuisance. But
the proposal to set up a Negro
business area on South Shir-
lington road, which appears
to have the Endorsement Of
Tom Moore, county planning
director, is open to question.
One wonders whether the
proposal is being nurtured to
keep down protests against
the taking of Negro homes
and church property to build
a freeway and a thorough
fare. The result will be a
ghetto for SOME Negroes,
while the county gets rid of
other Negroes through it's
power Of eminent domain.
Requests for a segregated
playground and for an addi-
tion to an all-Negro public
school in South Arlington also
have come from the same
group which is advocating the
establishment of a Negro
business area. All of these
proposals cut the ground from
under the NAACP, which is
fighting for desegregation of
Arlington public schools, and
the Community Council for
Social Action Of the Arlington
Unitarian Church, which is
testing In the courts the
validity of the Virginia law
requiring segregated seating
in public gatherings.
The planners of the Negro
siness Area" should
acquaint themselves with the
sent-day habits OF
Negroes. Ever since the Su-
preme Court decision in the
Thompson Restaurant case
and the desegregation in the
District of Columbia of res
taurants, hotels, legitimate
theaters, notion picture the
aters and bowling alleys,
Negroes in the Washington
Metropolitan Area have pa
tronized unsegregated facil-
tiles.
There is no indication Of
any change in this pattern or
Evening star., 1960-01-22

Mr.. Smith, the consultant.
to try to work out a solution
to the problems involving
uses Of the commercial land
so as to Justify continuing
It's present zoning.
This committee interview
ed the owners Of the affected
properties, ascertained the
type of zoning they desired
and consolidated our find-
ings. We held several meet
ings, the last Of which was
in December, 1859. with Mr..
Moore and Mr.. Smith, to-
gether with some of their
staff members and discussed
several proposed uses for the
commercial ground which
the planners had sought to
rezone back to residential.
This committee is of the
firm belief that our Sugges-
tions and recommendations
are not such as would lead
to an organized ghetto"
This is not a question Of in
tegration VS.. segregation, but
rather, whether or not any
area in Arlington County re-
quiring services and general
localized commodities, should
be developed to meet the
needs and demands of the
citizens who live in close
proximity thereto.
1t is most unfortunate that
the alleged statement of a
county official, that If self
segregation is what they
want, we'll give it to them"
was made. This statement
reflects adversely on the
work of this committee and
other organizations seeking
to bring full democracy to all
Arlington citizens.
We emphatically reaffirm
our position that segregation
is morally and legally wrong.
We pledge our continued
efforts to eradicate all re-
naming barriers which deny
to any citizen the full en-
joyment of all the rights,
privileges and projections af-
forded by a democratic So
ciety.
Lutrelle F. Parker, II. Car
roll Thompson, James E.
Chinn, Edward D. Strother,
Thomas II. Monroe.
Evening star., 1960-01-22

One creature there is not
much use trying to cater to
in the food line in winter is
the wild rabbit.
Cottontail is seen in al
most every suburban COM
munity, and he is a figure
Of pity to many observers.
Such kind hearted people
try to feed the bunny" They
want to help it out in the
cold. 1t is a natural feeling,
resulting in thousands Of
slices of bread being thrown
out to the birds.
When it comes to old man
cottontail, however, such
practical pity in the cold is a
waste Of time.
The wild rabbit disdains
foods smelling Of human
beings.
Temp Jones. friend Of
animals. tried this very thing
one cold, snowy winter.
The back yard lay under a
foot Of snow and ice, when
Jones happened to look out
and see a gaunt old rabbit
huddled down by his garage.
The creature did, indeed,
look forlorn there in the cold.
A harder heart than Jones
would have felt pity.
- -
Temp went to a pet store,
and stocked up on alfalfa
pellets.
All rabbits are supposed to
love them.
They smelled good even to
Jones.
He knew that some diet
cranks, as they are called,
drink alfalfa tea.
The roots of this plant go
down into the earth for %
feet, from which depths they
are supposed to bring up
quantities of the best chem
icals in organic form.
Your true diet fan would
not give you 2 cents plain for
inorganic minerals.
What they want is the
organic, and for this kind of
mineral they are willing to
pay fancy prices, if necessary.
\
When Templeton Jones got
back with his big bag of
alfalfa. the rabbit was gone.
He had expected this, so
he did not worry.
If he put out the pellets
in that depression by the
garage, the big rabbit would
find the food.
Jones pictured the quiver-
ing Of the keen nostrilS, as
the creature scented food.
Nibble, nibble, nibble-
Temp Jones got a good
deal of pleasure out of this
anticipation. He pictured
the delight of the animal in
the cold night, as it found
food. and what food!
= y
The next morning, Jones