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Evening star., 1960-05-14
White House Space

Senator Case of South Dakota
makes an interesting point in arguing
for action to expand White House Office
space during this election-year session,
and there are three positive steps which
Congress should take in this direction
The reason for moving now, as the
Senator notes, is that the new Presi-
dent, whoever he may be, will be bound
to incur a measure of antagonism next
year If he has to initiate the long
needed expansion himself. Such antag-
oniSm traditionally comes from mem
berS of the opposing party, who quite
frankly have little interest in the in
conveniences suffered by a wrong"
President. But Mr.. Eisenhower, the
present White House incumbent, is auto
matically disasSociated from such con-
siderations this year, while both Re-
publicans and Democrats in Congress
are free to act in the full expectation
that they will be aiding future Presi-
dent of their own party
1t probably is too late to approve
money this session for the controversial
extension of the White House grounds
westward to Seventeenth street, for this
involves tearing down the old State
War-Navy Building. 1t is not too late
to resolve the controversy over whether
this should be done, however, and hear
ingS for this purpose should be set by
the Senate Public Works Committee A
second logical step this year, as Senator
Case suggests in a new bill, is the crea-
ton of commission to ride herd on
the entire project and to keep it alive.
A more pressing third action is
required of the Senate Appropriations
Committee, to permit the General Serv-
ices Administration to spend $12 million
which already has been appropriated
for the purpose of planning related
Office building across Pennsylvania ave-
nue. from the White House on Jackson
place. AS appropriated, the $1.2 million
was specified for building to house
the United States Court of Claims as
we'll as such executive Offices as the
Budget Bureau. Now the court has been
deleted from the project, and GSA must
sit on its hands until it gets a simple
change in the authorizing language
recognizing this deletion. We hope this
routine amendment is written into the
GSA bill now pending so that at least
this one building can move ahead.
Evening star., 1960-05-14
'T-Doy' Arrives Early

The stop Kennedy" forces dropped
one of their reserve "blockbuSters"
yesterday, but there is reason to Won
der if 1t was not a case of too little,
too late. Former President Truman,
who has indicated for months that he
would not express his personal choice
for the Democratic presidential nomi-
nation until just prior to the July con-
vention time, told news conference in
Chicago that he favors selection of his
fellow Missourian, Senator Symington.
Without doubt, he is the best qualified
man." Mr.. Truman said, adding that he
would do everything possible to help Mr..
Symington win the nomination.
The Truman preference is not sur
priSing and has, in fact, been generally
assumed. The timing of his announce
ment is much more significant, in the
light of earlier avowals that T-day-the
day of his personal declaration-would
not come until much later. Senator
Kennedy'S primary showing climaxed
by his impressive victory in West Vir-
ginia last Tuesday, obviously prompted
the change in schedule. Considered the
front-runner from the beginning, the
young New Englander has survived
variety of teSts-of geography and of
iSsues-to strengthen his position.
It was with new air of confidence,
for example, that the Massachusetts,
Senator visited New York City on Thurs
day as the featured guest at party
Embarrassing dinner, preceded by closed
conferences with leaders of the State
organization The stakes are high in
New York-114 convention votes-and
technically they will not be committed
until June 7. But even while withhold
ing an outright Endorsement, the States
two most powerful Democratic leaders
State Chairman Prendergast and Tam
many Chieftain DeSapio-Spoke warmly
of the Kennedy victories and of much
New York sentiment in his favor. Lesser
leaders went further in their estimates
of Kennedy support in the big delega
ton, and the Senator reported things
completely satisfactory"
{. It is possible, of course, that the
Truman announcement will slow down
the Kennedy momentum. After an
nouncing his candidacy, Mr.. Symington
elected to remain out of all primaries
until the Oregon catch-all next Friday,
May 20, and there has been little basis
for evaluating his popular support. The
Truman position offers at least rally
ing point If the Symington campaign
Is to make any real headway before it
is too late. Even so, it was notable that
Mr.. Truman also spoke in the friend
Hest tone of Mr.. Kennedy as "f1ne
young man" who apparently suffers only
from the shortcoming that "he lives in
Massachusetts,"
Meanwhile, Adlai Stevenson re-
mains quiet and Senator Johnson of
Texas remains formally unannounced.
If he has at all slowed down Mr..
Kennedy, Mr.. Truman may have helped
either of these two as much as he has
helped MIR. Symington.
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Anti-Red Symbol

This administration has
stabbed, in the back the be-
loved founder of his country,
the patriot, Syngman Rhee.
Americas leaders nsort
with her murderous enemy,
Khrushchev, but attack her
staunch friend, Syngman
Rhee.
Fifty-five thousand Ameri-
cans died and 100000 were
wounded to make South Ko-
rea free, but now the flood
gates are open to Commu-
mist conquest with 10000
American GIs in their deadly
path.
This administration obeys
Red-incited mobs> and de-
stroys the symbol of anti
communism throughout Asia,
Syngman Rhee.
Whose side are you on,
Ankxica? Elizabeth Lippitt.
Evening star., 1960-05-14
Helping the Blind

The sale of merchandise in
the Washington Metropolitan
Area by various organizations
claiming to represent the
blind" has created consider
able confusion in the minds
of the public.
We at the Columbia Light
house feel that some clari-
fication is in order. and hope
that the following facts
might be helpful.
The Lighthouse is a non
profit agency for blind per-
sons. 1t operates workshops
employing a substantial num-
ber Of blind craftsmen who
produce a variety of useful,
attractive items which are
sold door -to-door and by tele-
phone. 1t sells also in Vir-
ginia for the benefit Of blind
persons in that area.
Thus, when a resident of
the Washington Metropolitan
Area purchases a product
from the Lighthouse he knows
that the dollars earned by
the blind persons go to his
neighbors-a blind man or
woman who lives right here,
and whose livelihood depends
upon his job, at the Light
house.
We believe very firmly that
It's good for the community
and everyone concerned when
we can put a blind person
to work and pay him a liv-
ing wage.
The Washington area is
unique since there is almost
no production industry in
which blind persons may find
work, and their jobs at the
Lighthouse depend upon the
sales we can make.
The greatet limiting factor
in these sales is the purchase
by customers of blind-made
products from outside this
area. being sold here by pri-
vately owned, proit-making
sales outlets.
j. Arthur Johnson,
Executive Director. Columbia
Lighthouse for the Blind.
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Corrected Lines

1t seems that the plaque
in the Belasco Theater in
eptly renders Austin Dob
sons paraphrase of Gautier's
"L'Art," if the caption of
the picture accompanying
Day Thorpe's article in The
Sunday Star of May 8 is
accurate. The lines should
read:
"All passes. Art alone
Enduring stays to us:
The Bust outlasts the throne
The Coin, Tiberius.
Since Gautier does not
mention Tiberius and both
Dobson and the plaque do,
it is obvious that the inscrlp-
tion is not an numerical
translation of the original
but a defective quotation of
DobSon's verse.
Mycroft Holmes.
Evening star., 1960-05-14
Mixed Marriages

"Theologians Approve In
ter-Racial Marriage" was the
headline on an AP story from
New York in The Star on
February s, which further
stated that the February is
sue of Social Progress was
devoted entirely to the ques-
ton of inter-racial marriages.
These theologians contribut-
ing to a Presbyterian maga-
zine say a Christian should
not try to stop his son or
daughter from marrying a
person of another race.
Personally I think the mag
azine would be more correct
ly named Social Deteriora-
tion," if this is what they
advocate, and that they need
a new sense of moral values
as their thinking is warped.
Jewell A. Dowdall.
Evening star., 1960-05-14
Mobs and the GuIIibIe

Close to 100000 Britons jammed
London's Trafalgar Square not long ago
to demonstrate against atomic hydrogen
weapons. Between chants of "ban the
bomb, ban the bomb" they roared their
approval of speeches demanding that
their country render itself virtually
defenseless by unilaterally destroying
it's nuclear arsenal, removing American
bases from its soil, and withdrawing
from membership in the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
According to reports from London,
this noisy show was organized and
staged by theological leftists, including
particularly COMMUNISTS and the action
1t called for was in line, of course, with
the Kremlin's well-known burning de-
sire to bring about the disintegration
of the Vests system of mutual defense.
Yet, even though they thus cheered for
something that would gravely imperil
their country and amount to a major
Soviet victory against the free world,
large numbers of the men and women
making up the crowd in Trafalgar
Square obviously were well-intentioned
but gullible middle class citizens whose
political views could hardly be described
as pro-Red or disloyal.
Here we have another striking ex-
ample of how common sense can be
swept away when great and complex
issues are dealt with emotionally and
when demagogues make the most of mob
psychology. 1t is an example of one of
human natures more serious weaknesses
~ example of how easy 1t is Afor
Evening star., 1960-05-14
On Fearing the Law

I have served on District of
Columbia juries during the
past year and, when called
for this service, six years ago.
On both occasions I was i'm
pressed with the number of
repeaters among tn ose
brought before the juries be-
cause they broke the law. !
was also impressed with the
attitude of some of them that
the law is not to be feared,
that somehow or other they
may get off, and even if
convicted they may get only
a light sentence. Experiences
such as that of Chessman en-
courage such beliefs. They
fear the law as a prowler
fears a dog with no teeth.
Now comes another in
stance to give further en-
couragement to crooks. One
of the known leading gam
blers of the District has been
given a suspended sentence,
even though he had pleaded
guilty 80 setting up a gam
bling place and was caught
redhanded in his gambling
joint. A codefendant, who
also pleaded guilty, was also
placed on probation. Two
others arrested in the same
raid had their charges dis
missed. Only one of the five
was jailed and he got S to Is
months. It's disgusting. Ap-
parently, this case was ham
died differently from the
practice of hauling the ac-
cused before a Judge and Jury.
United States Attorney Oliver
Gasch is quoted as saying
that the Government had
Evening star., 1960-05-14
ARLINGTON. Va

Dear Sir:
Il was watching the bright
one in our Office recently and
I noticed that he swings his
hands out and up with every
step.
This gives him a swagger
wonderful to see. I took to
watching other people, es-
pecially some of the young
ladies, and their walks are
odd.
THE bright boy beats them
all, however. He elevates his
head and lifts those big
hands at each step.
1T is not exactly a goose
step, but a sort of upward
flip, if you get what mean.
Probably no one else can, be-
cause you have to see him.
PLEASE discuss how to
carry the hands when walk
ing.
Yours, MATILDE H."
Tut. tut, Matilde!
You expect too much.
Everyone has a right to
swing his hands as he pleases
without our interference.
OF course, we can wonder
just why that upward lift is
essential, and if we think it
is a display of pure conceit,
perhaps we are simply mis-
taken.
Our idea is that it is a
matter of balance.
The human form divine, as
it is sometimes called, is a
wonderful piece of construc-
ton.
Just how it manages to
stay upright at all is a
miracle.
So we cannot carp at any
one who has to do a little
extra work in balancing him
self.
The miracle is that he
doesn't fall fiat on his face
all the time-and wouldn't
that be funny?
y \
Did We hear you. Matilde,
say it woYld serve him right?
Evening star., 1960-05-14
Arlington Budget

Arlington taxpayers al
ways deplore. and rightly so,
the fact that their county
board members seem to have
no apparent interest in stem
ming hulking annual in
creases IN local expenditures
Of their neighbors' tax mon
ey. 1t is noteworthy that
the same six or eight liberals
always make their annual
trek to the budget hearings,
use their same copywritten
phrase. Raise the taxes. but
only on landowners and busi-
nessmen," and then retire to
wait for county board men,
bers to capitulate.
Board members should re-
feet and realize that these
shouting six" do not rep
resent the thinking Of sensi-
BILE people in Arlington.
Most Arlington taxpayers
feel that with a banker, two
professional men. a utility
employe and a real estate
operator on the board. we
should be able to rely on
their Judgment. If each will
take the time. and certainly
they will, to talk to a couple
dozen of their friends, they
will find how the real bulk
of Arlington taxpayers feel
about local budget excesses.
Let us hope they adopt a
sensible middle ground, per-
haps reduce the requests to
more reasonable amounts.
Each of us as an individual
must live within our means.
Our local county should do
the same thing, start practic-
ing living within its income.
b. Padgett.
1t was disconcerting to
hear persons appearing at a
recent Arlington County
Board meeting suggest that
the school officials should
spend board money. ad-
vertised to the voters for
Yorktown High School pur-
poses in 1858. for other
purposes - repairs and re-
modelling work on other
schools which the public was
originally told was in cur
rent budgets - not to be
bonded into Indebtedness.
The county and school
boards should both make
adequate statements to the
public that they have no
such intentions of going back
on their word by diverting
these bond funds. These
statements must be made
prior to the May II Arling-
ton bond referendum! Other
wise, Arlington voters have
every right to presume that
though they say now that
they will use these funds for
auxiliary gyms and multi
purpose rooms and cafeteria
space, they might divert it
to a kindergarten program
or anything else. In other
words, the school bond refer
endum is really a blank
check open-end bond issue
and as such should be voted
down! Unless the county
board makes it's position
clear, it will defeat the blank
check bond issue. because
that's what the boards ST.
lence will mean it is.
Richard n T.nn0
Evening star., 1960-05-14
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Maybe it would, but be as
sured, you are going to watch
a long time before that hap
pens, because really, that is
just why he swings his bloom
ing hands that way, to pre-
vent it.
He is unconsciously bal
ancing himself in high gear,
his normal attitude. He
probably doesn't realize it,
himself.
Just how much fling there
is in a persons walking ges-
lures depends upon the con-
struction, amount of exercise,
and other factors too much
to mention.
Just where the mental at
titude creeps in. we don't
know. Sometimes one will
feel sure it does. Then.
again, he will wonder, as he
watches the arm swinging of
the pedestrians he meets.
This is a diverting occupa-
ton, when one has nothing
else to do, while waiting for
a bus, or a friend. or just
idling along the sidewalk.
You will see all sorts of
fancy arm-and-hand work.
Balance. as suggested, has
something to do with it. No
two of us are built alike, and
no two have the same sort Of
physical training.
Very few persons are taught
to stand up straight any
more. Youngsters in the old
days had the idea Of up
rightness. morally and phys
ically, dlnned into them seven
days a week. really eight days.
counting Sunday morning and
afternoon.
We we're told to stand up
straight, and TO try to be
straight in our conduct. Nov,
evidently, nobody cares much.
with the results we see on
every hand.
How one swings hands
and arms is his own business,
really. There is not much to
be read into 1t except what
our own minds put there
Evening star., 1960-05-14
Defends Friends

Your editorial, "Evadlng
the Draft" steps into the very
error you attribute to Will
liam Martin and the Young
Friends. In its title 1t creates
an impression not justified
by the facts. There is an
important distinction be-
tween "evading" and avoid
ing" AS the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue will confirm,
there is nothing reprehensi-
BILE about avoiding" taxa
ton. But "evading" taxation
is illegal. The same applies
to the draft.
AS to your opinion that
readers of the Young Friends
letter may be misled, I have
taken the trouble to obtain a
copy of the letter and the
Enclosures which went with
it. The letter specifically cites
Section 6. j. of the Selective
Service Act as to the condi-
tions under which one may
be classified as a c. o. One
Of the Enclosures sets forth
eight steps in the registra-
ton process with especial ref
erence to cos 1t is clear
to me that If. In spite of
these recitals. any young man
would think 1t easy to claim
religious grounds to avoid
the draft, he would very soon
be set straight.
Finally, your assumption
that the Government would
be left defenseless If young
men generally did become
conscientious objectors needs
examination. This aSsump-
ton is based on the obsolete
belief that national security
can be served by seeking pre-
eminence in military power.
Experience of recent years
indicates that national Secu-
rity approaches zero as mill
tary might approaches infin-
ity. So it now seems necessary
to explore nonviolent alter
natives. Perhaps. in nom
violent forms Of power as
developed by Maha m a
Gandhi and Jesus Christ we
eventually may find the hope
of preserving our freedom
and creating the conditions
for men to live together in
peace. c. Edward Behre.
In circulating information
about how to avoid the draft
the Young Friends have
shown a remarkable lack of
reasoning power. They are
demanding immunity for this
act because of religious privi-
lege, claiming the constitu-
tional guarantee of freedom
of religion.
1t is true that the first
amendment to the Constitu-
ton promises freedom of
religion. But this is to enjoy
your own brand of religion,
only. 1t does not give one the
right to foist ones own ideol-
ogy upon others.
What is religious about
coaching others as to how to
avoid obeying the laws of the
land? The draft is just that!
Suppose the Young Quakers
succeed in preventing others
from learning to fight. Who
then will protect them? II
they don't want to fight, OK.
But it is very short-sighted
and unreasonable to try to
keep others from learning to
do so. Offering to do nom
fighting jobs is not good
enough. If some of us do not
learn to do the actual fight
ing there will be no Jobs of
any kind left to do. Learning
to protect yourself and your
country is a must. 1t is like
learning to swim, just in case.
Laura X. Pollock.
Evening star., 1960-05-14
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
densdtior.
Evening star., 1960-05-14

struck a good bargain in the
interests of justice when it
was announced that guilty
pleas had been obtained to
certain charges. l wonder!
Ex-JurOr,
Evening star., 1960-05-14
THE POLITICAL MILL
Foes Call Kennedy Vulnerable
By GOULD LINCOLN

These opponents contend
these victories only showed
that a free-spending, we'll
knit Kennedy organization
was able to put across its
personally attractive candi-
date.
In West Virginia, which
seems to have given Senator
Kennedy his greatest lift, his
opponents say the picture
was dominated by the reli-
gious issue Che is a Roman
Catholic and was running in
a heavily Protestant StateD.
They recall that Gov. Alfred
E. Smith of New York, also
a Catholic, was able to defeat
Senator Reed of Missouri. a
Protestant, in the West Vir-
ginia primary in 1928-Al-
though his margin of victory
was far, far less than S;ens-
tor Kennedy's over Senator
Humphl ey. Gov. Smith went
on to win nomination but
ultimate defeat.
Point t. Other Factors
Conceding that the religious
issue has been buried, at least
for the tine being. as the
Senator clstm5, the Kennedy
opponents say other matters
v.ii enter into the selection
of a candidate. They point
to Senator Kennedy's very
youthful appearance. to the
fact that his experience has
been rather confined as
member of the House and
Senate without executive ex-
perience. They suggest that
his voting record on farm
legislation, brought out by
Senator Humphrey in the
campaigning, might initiate
against him in the general
election. They contend the
country will be looking for
a more mature Chief Execu-
tive than Senator Kennedy
in this period of interna-
tional unrest.
The supporters of Senators
johnson and Symington -
and those who wish to draft
Adlai Stevenson for the NOM
ination-insist the real fight
for the Democratic presiden-
tial nomination is still to
come. The Texan is expected
to go into the convention
with a big bloc of delegates.
Mr.. Kennedy has referred
to him as now his princi-
pal foe for the nomination.
Senator Symington will have
his supporting delegates and
former President Truman.
Mr.. Stevenson will have his
"drafters." 1t appears, how
ever, that these gentlemen
will have to start making seri-
Gus inroads into the delegate
strength of the convention If
they are to stop the man
from Massachusetts,.
Adlai Stevenson is to be
given the spotlight in Wash
ington on Monday. He will
be the first witness before
the Communications Sub
committee of the Senate In
terstate and Foreign Com
merce Committee which Is
inquiring into the matter of
fair and equal division of
radio and television time in
political campaigns. The
hearing will be broadcast by
television and radio.
The final primary hurdle
for Senator Kennedy comes
in Oregon May 20. The names
of all presidential candi-
dates will be on the ballot
except that of Mr.. Steven
son, who had his name re-
moved by signing an AFFIDAVIT
that he was not a candidate.
Senator Wayne Morse of
Oregon constitutes Senator
Kennedy's big threat in this
primary, relying on his many
followers in his home State
to put him across. Should
Senator Kennedy win this
primary, the possibility of de-
feating him in the national
convention would be slim,
indeed-a national conven-
tlon in which the Kennedy
forces will stage a blitz in the
galleries as well as on the
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seemingly intelligent adults, when they
gather in large crowds and think loosely
(or fail to think), to become childiShly,
even dangerously unrealistic.