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Evening star., 1960-05-09

In Arizona, Democrats out
number Republicans better
than two to one. but Senator
Goldwater, the most out
spoken Senator of the Re-
publican Right, won so per
cent of the vote in 1858 from
Gov. Mcfarland. An Arizona
Democrat. Senator Carl Hay
den, is the most senior mem
Der of the Senate, having ar
rived there March 4, 1927.
But Hayden'S Endorsement of
johnson for President, a de-
parture from his usual prac-
tice, did not avail the Texan.
The State convention
turned instead to the young
Turks" who had drafted Rep
resentative Stewart Udall, an
outspoken liberal, as their
leader. 1t is Udall's view that
what happened in Arizona,
especially if it is reinforced
elsewhere in the West, plain
ly dictates a revision of Ken
nedy's strategy.
When Kennedy embarked
on the primary route, he said
he did so because he felt he
must win on the first con-
vention ballot or not ut all.
He has somewhat moderated
that astringent conclusion
but continues to argue that
the party leaders are against
him, so the people must rush
in fast or it will be too late.
Evening star., 1960-05-09
Decimal Coins Peril AnqIophiIe

veloping a bit more force all
the time" "
Already the British have
made many concessions to
their allies. They allow the
United States to take the
lead in foreign policy-ex-
cept when Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan feels he
really must take it himself.
They have accepted Ameri-
can dominance in other tran
STORY things, like nuclear
policy and world trade. But
they have not, thus far, sur
rendered what has really
counted; such as their de-
termination to drive on the
left-hand side of the road
or their resolve to call all
foreign places by good, sound
English names, no matter If
foreign places oddly insist
upon calling themselves
something else altogether.
1t would be the end-the
absolute flipping end as GER
tain uncultured types might
say in England-if the Brit
ish were now to sink forever
the tanner and all the rest
and put into their place
something DULY logical called
the decimal system.
Evening star., 1960-05-09
Nusser Defiant
On Israeli Ships

DAMIETTA, Egypt, May 9
(AP) President NaSser de-
.clared def1antly yesterday that
he will not open the Suez Canal
to Israel shipping despite pres
sure from American congress-
men.
The United Arab Republic
leader told a rally here that
some United States senators
are creating IAN uproar about
the passage of Israeli ships in
the canal" He added:
We won't pay any attention
to it and won't be terrorized by
those people who are threaten
ing us in America"
The UAR maintains that a
state of war exists between the
Arabs and Israel, despite the
truce, and this gives Egypt the
right to bar Israeli ships and
cargoes from the canal as a
security measure.
Evening star., 1960-05-09
DORIS FLEESON
Nixon and Kennedy Seen Squirting Shift
OF Political Power to Younoer Forces

The yeuth-versus-age, old
versus new look continues to
build for both national con-
ventions.
In talking with reporters,
Vice President Nixon has sub
stantiated predictions that
he will move in strongly at
Chicago to scrub the Old
Guard label of his party.
His choices for convention
prominence are from his
House class of 1946 plus
Gov. Hatfield of Oregon.
This group is not so much
progressive as flexible; its
distinguishing characteristic
is that it suggests change.
Arizona Democrats have
already concluded a straight
out delegate contest between
old-line leaders backing SEN
ator johnson of Texas and
young Turks" whose future
lies ahead. The surprise re-
suit was II hard and fast
votes operating under the
unit rule for Senator Ken
nedy of Massachusetts.
Senator JohnSon's wooing
OF the West now moves next
door to New Mexico and to
Colorado. The tightly or
ganized Kennedy forces will
try to repeat their Arizona
coup, although the waters in
which they will fish are not
so troubled.
Evening star., 1960-05-09
DORIS FLEESoN
OId-vs. New Convention Look
(Copyright, 1900

Udall believes that Ken
nedy will have a devoted fol-
lowing much more wide
spread geographically than
now appears. He hopes for
word that it is to stand fast
indefinitely rather than cave
in quickly to compromises
negotiated outside the con-
vention hall.
Probably such an order will
depend on where and how
many Kennedy votes appear
on the first roll call. Sena-
tors from all parts of the
country report that a quiet
but strong effort is being
made in their States to Sc
cure at least a pocket of
Kennedy support in the dele
cation. Such efforts are
traceable sometimes to Har-
ward associations of Harvard
man Kennedy; sometimes to
leading Catholic laymen:
sometimes to prominent busi-
nessmen presumably influ-
enced by the Senator's
father, tycoon Joseph P.
Kennedy.
Arizona is third on the roll
of the States. Unless Alaska
gets ahead of it in the Ken
nedy lineup, it will yield
for the nomination of Ken
nedy. Presumably this would
still leave him second in
those rites. since Alabama,
first named. can be expected
to yield for the nomination
OF Senator Johnson.
Evening star., 1960-05-09
Stevenson Bdckers Keep Faith

give heed to the aging fig
ures around him.
And this may be true,
Maybe a combination of the
tried and tested knight in
shining armor and the young
Prince Charming can sweep
the Nation. If the hard
headed, unsentimental men
who conduct the convention
SO decide, this will be their
ticket. But meanwhile they
are thinking about Senator
Kennedy and. if he is lost,
Senator Symington.
Senator Symington has al
most no barnacleS. He isn't
as well known, but his name
raises few hackles where it
is recognized. And in a con-
vention where there will be
some knife-throwing, the
boys are comforted by a man
lacking in political barnacles.
But, don't tell this to the
Draft Stevenson Clubs. They
will denounce you for lack of
faith.
Evening star., 1960-05-09
Khrushchev Adds to Tension

Soviet. It is said I would
have raised this question
along other channels"
The Soviet Premier then
insisted he just had to re-
veal it all, but he gave no
persuasive reason. Indeed,
he went on unwittingly to
confirm the American rea-
soning behind the affair, as
expressed in the State De-
partment's comment Satur-
day declaring that intelli-
gence observation wouldn't
be necessary if the open
skies" proposal of the United
States had been adopted.
Mr.. Khrushchev said:
What could have driven
the Americans to such an un-
wise step? 1t is known
that the American open
skies proposal was rejected
by us. Then the United
States militarists decided to
open up the Soviet skies for
themselves. But there are
International laws. There
are such things as national
frontiers. and no one is per-
mitted to disregard these
laws and invade other coun-
tries"
Yet the Soviets are in
vading" other countries every
day. The United States pro-
posed in 1855 that interna-
tional law cover mutual
inspection systems by air
planes so as to detect in ad-
vance any potential attack.
Almost everything in the free
world-like missile SiteS-is
open to observation, but the
SovietS have consistently re-
fused to agree to mutual in
spection of an effective char
acter for nuclear testing or
general disarmament.
Until there is mutual trust.
there can be no real progress
toward disarmament, either
through summit" confer
enceS or otherwise. The
gathering of military intelli-
gence is, therefore, necessary
in the meantime to protect
the American people against
surprise attack by the Sovi-
cts, who have an advantage
because they know the United
States will never strike "the
first blow"
(Copyright, 1900
Evening star., 1960-05-09
POTOMAC FEVER
BY FLETCHER KNEBEL

The Kennedy camp Hubert Humphrey ducking
service It's erudite campaign Kennedy has whole
staff of scholars, bent historical research.
Ike says we'll resume underground atom tests Well
that's At least both sides determined
to keep the things out of sight.
Chairman Butler says he'll resign after the Democratic
convention The things going in the party he may
have to wait his turn in line.
Suburban nature boy: The guy who builds 10-foot
fence he have little privacy when he plays his
outdoor h-f at midnight.
Union leaders give Ike presents of golf shoes and
hunting boots. They don't want him to out his
shoe leather those vacations they blast him for taking
Evening star., 1960-05-09
Reform Plan Seen as Sticky Wicket
To Experts Abroad, but All Is Not Lost
WILLIAM S. WHITE

There is grave news from
across the Atlantic. 1t sug-
gests how deeply the tides
of change are sweeping
across the old British EN-
pire.
1t is seriously recon-
mended that the British put
their money on a decimal
system similar to what we
have in this country. Here,
where a dime is the 10th
part Of a dollar, everything
is mathematically reason
able. But in England there
is an inspired madness in
coinage which has been the
despair, if not the envy, of
all the world.
There is a guinea. This is
a pound plus one shilling. A
pound is 20 shillings, which
in United States money
comes to $3.50. There is a
l-shilling coin called a bob.
There is a tanner, which is
SiXpence. There is a half
crown, which is 2 Shillings
plus sixpence. CThere is,
naturally, no full CROWN
There is a thruppenny bit,
which is 3 pence. There is a
hapenny Chalf-penny). And
then there is a farthing.
When you don't give a farth-
ing for something you really
don't care much. For a
farthing is one-quarter of
a penny.
That all this might at this
late date be changed into a
system readily sensible to a
foreigner is surely a hideous
prospect. Any man who spent
years in learning to break
the ancient code is bound to
feel defrauded if his hard
won skill is now to be made
no longer relevant.
1t would be as though all
the endless generations of
Evening star., 1960-05-09

Latin students had awakened
to hear that Latin was about
to be abolished, down to and
including the Latin of Cae-
Sar's Gallo Wars.
Hundreds of thousands of
Americans, generations of
Americans, have put vast eff
fort into threading the mystic
mazes of that extraordinary
thing called British money"
When a fellow has finally
graSped, in toll and sweat,
how to avoid either under
tipping or overlapping land
in England overlapping is
much the worse crime of the
two it seems a hard thing to
have his expertise suddenly
made obsolete.
Indeed, if the British are
going to do this to us none
tary experts from afar, they
are going to give us, intellec-
tually, a bloody nose. They
are going to put us on a
sticky wicket. Visits to Eng
land will be, hereafter, simply
too tickety-boo for words; no
challenge will be left.
1t well may be that the
British will draw back from
this still quite unbelievable
reform. Though the reformers
have massive forces-the As
sociation of British Chambers
of Commerce and the British
Association for the Advance
ment of Science-all is not
yet lost.
This correspondent is told
by British friends here who
are authoritative sources and
informed circles that it is
too early to let fear have the
field. Changing the British
coinage has been "up for dis
cussion" these last so years.
Nevertheless they do warn:
But the movement is de-
Evening star., 1960-05-09
DAVID LAWRENCE
Premier Not as Naive on Intelligence
As BIuster About US. Spy Indicates

Nikita Khrushchev had
two courses open to him. He
could play down for the time
being the case Of the United
States unarmed plane, so as
not to jeopardize the sue
cess of the summit" con-
ference. Or he could add to
the international tension
created by his speech at
Baku recently when he
threatened anew to make a
separate peace with East
Germany.
The Soviet Premier de-
cided in favor of more ten
sion. more friction and more
propaganda of a provocative
nature against the very gov
ernments with which he is
supposed to be striving to
make a peaceful settlement
of outstanding issues.
Why did he do it? Because
the Soviet Premier relies on
buster and bluff. He thinks
the peoples of the West are
in the midst of a defeatist
mood and that he can get
what he wants without war.
AS for the American Gov
ernment's admission" that
the plane was travelling on
an intelligence errand, why
should this be such a SEN
Satlon?" 1t isn't the first
time the carrying on of in
telligence activities has been
publicly acknowledged by the
United States. Not long ago
a Senate committee talked
for several days about vari-
Gus intelligence estimates"
on the missile production of
the Soviets. How else. was
the information obtained ex-
cept through the usual ac-
tivities of intelligence agents
paid for by the United States
Government?
Indeed, Premier Khrush-
chev himself had previously
commented in public on the
Soviet intelligence operations.
1t will be recalled that. at a
White House dinner on
Sept e m ber 16 last, Mr..
khrushchev was introduced
by Vice President Nixon to
Allen Dulles, director of
United States intelligence.
They had a long talk. Two
Evening star., 1960-05-09

lieve the Stevenson gospel
singers, there are persons in
every community trudging
up and down to get names,
on titions. California,
Massachusetts,, Connecticut
and New York seem to have
the most active clubs.
Their aim is to have 5
million signatures to place
before the delegates at Los
Angeles. Now, it is true, of
course, that political conven-
tions are notoriously un-
moved save by one lone con-
sideration: Can he win?
Therefore, while the millions
of scrawled names will make
a good news story and will be
duly noted by the delegates,
they will not be Stampeded.
Mr.. Stevenson will receive
the nomination when, and if,
the convention deadlocks and
eliminates Senators Kennedy
and Symington.
1t is precisely this fact
which worries Mr.. Steven
son. If he receives the NOM
ination from a convention
which is wounded and bleed
ing from a fight in which
these two men have been re-
moved, the results might not
be good. The old dream of a
Stevenson = Kennedy ticket
would be left, but the old
pros of Mr.. Truman's group
will be irreconcilable. They
did not truly work for Mr..
Stevenson in either 1852 or
1856, and they will not if
fate taps him again.
This does not dismay
those who stuff their dream
pipes with the marijuana
mixture of a Stevenson-Ken-
nedy slate. They say, with
some reason, that the party
and the people are weary of
the hoary old pros. They still
love Mr.. Truman, though he
pains them now and then.
But they are not likely to
Evening star., 1960-05-09
RALPH McGHLL
Mop Big Draft Drive Despite Goodness
OF Old Pros and Ex-Governor's Coyness

What can we do to help
you," a dmiring friends
asked Adlai Stevenson on his
recent visit to Washington.
You mean what can you
do to help me get in
trouble" asked Mr.. Steven
son.
Yes" they said, grinning.
Il thought so," said he,
also Smiling-but with an
accompanying vince.
1t is astonishing how many
persons there are today who
wish to get Mr.. Stevenson
into the trouble of making
a third run around the presi-
Dental track. 1t is very
easy these days to stimulate
a flow of mail. One needs
only to suggest that Mr..
Stevenson hasn't too much
chance of winning so long
as the Democratic Party in
cludes as many neurotic
groups as a psychiatric ward.
The various Draft Steven
son Clubs" then sit down
with pen, pencil or type
writer. For days mail car
riers are all bent over like
a redcap carrying bags.
please have the sense to
see that this year Mr..
Stevenson will not be run
ming against the father
image" This year he
does not have to defeat
George Washington, jr." -.
Nixon doesn't send the
ladies like the hero Ike" .
The young people of Amer
Lea are for Adlai." ct
gstera, ct cetera.
If one accepts the words
OF Mr.. Stevenson's disciples,
there are Draft Stevenson
Clubs in Al States and the
number grows. Plans are
afoot, they say, to place large
ads in national newspapers
and magazines, a decision
which will make ad man
ayers feel kindly toward Mr..
Stevenson. If we are to be-
Evening star., 1960-05-09

days later the press reported
that Mr.. Khrushchev had
said jocularly:
"Oh yes. l know you (Allen
Dulles. I read your re-
ports"
Il hope you get them le-
gally," replied the director
Of American intelligence.
I'VE all have the same
agents." bantered the Soviet
Premier. land we both pay
them, and hence we ought TO
get tog ther and save
money"
The reference. of course.
was to the double agent"
technique in espionage,
wherein the agent of one
country succumbS to bribery
and, while oStensibly contin-
uing his operations against
another country, reveals to
both sides part of the in
formation he gathers.
The episode. however,
shows clearly that Mr..
KhruShchev is certainly not
naive about intelligence work.
In fact. he is the head of the
biggest spy system in the
world, which operates not
only inside the United
States and Western Europe,
but throughout Latin Ameri-
ca, as is evidenced by the
outcropping of well-organ-
lied Communist activities in
Cuba. The Soviet govern
ment sends submarines to
Canadian waters to interrupt
or intercept transatlantic
cables and puts trawlers in
New England waters to spy
on our PolariS submarines.
The Soviet Premier. in his
latest speech about the i'll
fated airplane incident, re-
vealed that he was well
aware of the criticism that
might come his way if he
magni1ed a routine occur
renee in intelligence work so
as to pull off a propaganda
maneuver. He said:
Now 1 read in the press
that they are accusing me
OF trying to sabotage the
meeting of the heads of goy-
ernments; otherwise, I would
not have raised this fact at
the session of the Supreme
Evening star., 1960-05-09
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Evening star., 1960-05-09
Medical Corps
To Be 43 May 18

The Army Medical Service
Corps will celebrate its 43rd
anniversary May 18.
The corps provides scientific
technical and administrative
services for the Army Medical
Service.
It's $500 officers serve in so
specialties including pharmacy,
optometry, sanitary engineer
ing, medical supply, hospital
administration, medical intel
ligence, aviation and person.
mel.
Evening star., 1960-08-12
'Poper' Boot
Arrives at
Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug
IL (AP).-A cardboard boat
literally patched with rubber
cement, completed a l,000-mile
trip down the intracoastal
waterway yesterday.
It took so days, with several
close calls because of leaks, for
45-year-old A. R. Patterson to
travel here from Washington,
D. C.
Mr.. Patterson, a container
manufacturer. will rest for sew
eral days before returning to
his home at 303 Milburn street,
Fairfax, Va.
II don't plan to return in the
boat although I plan to have 1t
shipped back home" he said.
His 15-foot vessel is little the
worse for wear, although Mr..
Patterson said underwater logs
caused him plenty of concern.
He used almost 10 gallons OF
rubbed cement in making re-
pairs en- route.
The boat is powered by a 10
horsepower outboard motor. It's
only semblance of a cabin is a
cover-also made of cardboard
over the midsection.
Mr.. Patterson said he con-
ceived the idea Of the boat and
made the trip to prove the value
of the material in water resist
ant cardboard packing boxes
made by his company, Control
PAX Corp. of Arlington, Va.
Evening star., 1960-08-12
Truckers S Rail Suit
Rolls On to Records

The trial originally was ex-
pected to last about six months
Now the court hopes the Jurors
will start celebrating about NO
vember l.
The Jurors, who aren't al
lowed to take any notes be-
cause 1t might prejudice one
side, have been listening to
what already is conceded to be
the longest trial in District
history.
Five court reporters have
been taking turns each day
taking down the testimony in
shorthand and tipping 1t for the
lawyers that evening, usually
finishing around midnigh h t.
There are 81 thick volumes OF
transcript now.
Cross -Indexed
Others digest the transcripts
for card catalogues and index
and cross-index portions Of the
testimony. These cards have
filled "a file drawers in the
chambers of Judge John j.
Sirica.
Judge Sirica, the fifth Judge
to deal with the case, has been
with it since November, 1857.
He has written eight opinions
in the case and keeps up with
the proceedings through fire.
quent study at night and on
week ends.
Evening star., 1960-08-12
Falls Church Granted
Line for Water Main

Falls Church learned two
years ago that it would have
to build its own mains to Dale
carlia. That was when Airing
ton County, also receiving
water from the Districts &
reservoir. notified the city IL
could not use the county's
lines after 1861. Arlington has
its own supply problems
created by population growth.
Mr.. johnson said engineer
ing surveys had established
that construction costs would
have amounted to $4,000 II
the line was installed on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
right of way.
The Falls Church Council
offered D. c. Transit $4,000
for an easement, or $4,000 for
purchase y" of the 3,200-foot
stretch.
The company offered an ease
ment for $4,000.
while the agreed-on price,
$4,000, is not what we would
like to have had" Mr.. John
ston commented, lit is the best
we could get and Mr.. Broyhill
should be commended for his
part in reaching a settlement. "
The city is building a 32-inch
main from the end of its "a
inch line on Chain Bridge road
to the Little Falls Dam cross
ing. Under today's agreement,
the line now can be continued
from the dam downstream on
the Maryland side to Dale
carlia.
Evening star., 1960-08-12

they committed themselves To
take.
Blair Lee III agreed. that
Montgomery County would sell
10 tables with 10 persons to
each table. Rosco Parker, cam
paign manager for Prince
Georges County. pledged his
area for two tables.
Gov. Tawes presented wrist
watch to Mrs. Marit Thorson
of Montgomery County for her
work last year in raising $12, 800
in the Dollars for Democrats
campaign.
The Governor warned that
Republicans are working just
as hard as Democrats to place
new voters on the registration
books. }
II think the record will show
that we are in the majority.
he added. ,
He suggested that the coun-
ties follow the example of Bait
imore City registrars in keeping
offices open extra hours to sign
up new voters.
Maryland is so close to the
District of Columbia" the Gov
ernor continued, I'VE have a
great deal to lose If we don't
win this election. With Mont
gomery and Prince Georges
Counties next to the Nations
Capital, we would have access
to the next administration"
Evening star., 1960-08-12

Fortunately for both sides
the jurors have rem aine d
healthy. The jurors are all vol.
unteers, who had been warned
beforehand that the case woule
go on into the summer. Elever
Of them are Government EN-.
ployees, who must receive theii
regular salaries while ON jury
duty. The l2th is a housewife
Pertinent Movies
The jurors haven't been taker
on any trips during the pro.
ceedings. But, between ap.
pearances by the 81 witnesse,
who have testified so far, they
have seen a movie showing the
railroad transportation of q
missile from Seattle to Cape
Canaveral, and some well.
made truck models that roll
realistically over the lawyers
tables.
The attorneys come from
many of the Nations best
known law firms; many of them
are senior partners. They in
clude a former president oi
Montgomery Ward, Stuart S
Ball; Robert L. Wright, son oi
Frank Lloyd Wright, and Ed.
ward K. Wheeler, son of the
late Senator Burton K. Wheeler
Democrat of Montana.
The plaintiff, Kiss and Co.,
a Kansas City trucker. ended
its side of the case in June. It
has charged that the defendant