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Evening star., 1960-10-11
FuIbright Fears War
InNixon QuemoyV View

nedy, the Democratic presiden-
tial nominee, differed sharply
on the offshore islands issue
during their televised debate
Friday night.
Kennedy Warned Of War
Senator Kennedy said the
United States should defend
Formosa, seat of the Nation
alist Chinese government, but
should beware of being dragged
into q war which may lead to
a world war" by defending the
offshore islands If the Commu-
nistS should make an all-out
drive to grab them.
He said that this was some
thing that could be discussed
with the Nationalist Chinese
and an arrangement made with
them as to where the defense
line should be drawn.
Mr.. Nixon compared Senator
Kennedy's view to "woolly
thinking" and said he hoped
Senator Kennedy would change
his mind. He said sit isn't q
question of the real estate or
the people on these islands.
it's a question Of principle"
I'VE shouldn't force our Ma
tionalist allies to get of of them
and give them to the Commun-
iStS," he added.
Not Justified, Says Fulbright
In reply to questions, Sen
ator Fulbright said:
II cannot believe we would
go to war over those two islands
just because Of the principle :.
I don't see the justification for
making such an issue Of them
IF we take the position Mr..
Nixon takes, by a relatively
easy exploit the Communists
could maneuver us into war. ]
doubt it would have too much
appeal either to our people or
our allies"
Senator Fulbright said Mr..
Nixon had gone farther than
anyone else in the Eisenhower
administration on this issue. He
said he preferred Senator Ken
nedy's stand until some pos
sibihty of negotiation should
arise"
Evening star., 1960-10-11
Truman Talks
On Religion in
Politics Today

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, Oct. II
(AP).-Harry S. Truman, who
says Texans Ought to go to
hell" and farmers ought to
lose everything they've got" if
they vote Republican, says he
plans to talk about religion in
politics today.
The former President rounds
out a tempestuous two-day
visit to Texas with a speech at
the Heart O. Texas Coliseum
in Waco tonight.
His schedule also calls for a
visit with former Vice President
John Nance Garner in Uvalde
and a barbecue and conference
with Texas Democratic leaders
at Senator Johnson's LBJ
ranch.
The former President prom
ibed reporters and a $5O-a-
plate audience at a fund
raising dinner last night to
discuss the religious issue at
length in his speech at Waco,
one of the bastions of the Bap-
tist Church.
Will Talk to Baptists
1
Mr.. Truman is a Baptist.
A number of Texas Baptists
have opposed the candidacy of
John F. Kennedy, the Demo-
cratic presidential nominee, be-
cause he is a Catholic.
I'm going to talk to the
BaptiStS like I talk to the
farmers and laboring men, y
Mr.. Truman said at the fund
raising dinner attended by
more than 800 persons who
laughed, cheered and applaud
ed delightedly when the ex-
President ripped into Republi-
cans.
Farmers and laboring men
the ex-President said in one ot
the many departures from his
prepared text, went haywire
in 1852 and 1856 and I never
get through telling 'em what
think Of EN-" ....
Mr.. Truman said Vice Presi-
dent Nixon 'is against labor
against public housing-against
public power. He is against
adequate public health funds,
I don't know what the hell he's
for"
Says He Tells Untruths
II wish I had time to tel
you all the things that you are
for-that Democrats are for
that Nixon has voted against, >
Mr.. Truman said. And that
bird has the nerve to come tc
Texas and ask you to vote fol
him"
And if you do it, you ought
to 60 to hell" the former Presi.
dent said.
In Washington, Representa-.
tive Miller. chairman Of the
Republican Congressional Com
mittee. said Senator Kennedy
should ask Mr.. Truman Il
apologize for Mr.. Trumani
references to Texans anC
farmers.
IF Senator Kennedy woulc
so readily apologize to (Sovie'
Premier) Khrushchev, he Ger.
tainly can call on his owr
hatchet man, Harry Truman
to apologize to the American
people for his intemperate out
bursts in Texas" Mr.. Miller
said in a statement.
IF he refuses to do So" Mr..
Evening star., 1960-10-11
Postpone Meeting

The Kalorama Citizens AS
sociation has postponed its
regular meeting, scheduled for
this evening, until next Tues
day. 1t will be held at 8 pm.
at the Women's City Club,
2200 Twentieth street NV.
Evening star., 1960-10-11

Miller continued, Senator Ken
nedy should apologize himself
for Mr.. Truman or disassociate
himself completely from such
campaign tactics"
Evening star., 1960-10-11
Lodge Stresses Rights
In West Coast Drive

BERKELEY. Calf Oct II {AP9.-Henry Cabot Lodge to-
hammered the theme of equal rights for all Americans
he wound fourday Northern California campaign swing
EITHER believe what about equality the Repub-
can presidential candidate told University of California
audience speech and act that belief in
Evening star., 1960-10-11
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Evening star., 1960-02-04
SdWdust Trails End

On the surface, clowns and philos-
ophers are poles apart. Certainly the
saWdust trail of Clown Felix Adler, a
prince among the merchants of mirth
Tor half a century, never crossed the
rocky road of life somberly contem-
plated by the great German thinker,
Nietzsche, who once said: Man alone
Suf1ers so excruciatingly in the world
That he was compelled to invent
laughter"
Adler, who left millions of saddened
circus fans behind when he departed
thlS vale of tears the other day, stoutly
denied that the painted smile of every
clown hid emotional anguish. They're
really a carefree bunch" he argued,
Jolly good fellows, full of the devil"
Even though Felix appeared to some
to exemplify what Nietzsche envisioned,
we hope it was otherwise-that his con-
tagiouS good humor came from a happy
Evening star., 1960-02-04

reported that Baltimore Con-
tributed 900 to the Wal
ters Art Gallery" This is not
the case. Actually, our sole
income derives from an en-
dowment left to the city by
the gallery's founder, the
late Henry Walters.
1t is possible that Mr..
Grant mistakenly drew his
figure from our annual report
of 1857, in which disburse-
ments of some 100000 were
shown. In any event, we
merely wish to point out that
the gallery, a public institu-
ton since 1884, does not oper-
ate with municipal funds.
Edward S. King,
Director, Walters Art Gal
lery, Baltimore.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Threat to Recreation

The Montgomery County
Board of Education made
the mistake in past years of
disposing of land they now
need. They are asking part
OF Ayrlawn to avoid paying
for other sites available in
this area, although, accord
ing to published figures,
rooms at an AYlawn school
would cost about 214 as
much as at the FernWood
School where they were
originally scheduled. The
destruction of existing rec
reational buildings on this
site would establish a very
unWiSe precedent. An all
purpose room on the school
could replace only a few
evening hours of public use
while the present building is
available day and evening.
We feel it detrimental to
our community and very
poor planning to pay for the
mistakes of one short-sighted
agency by raiding another.
Geraldine w. Bonner.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
No Change Necessary

A special legislative commission has
come to the conclusion that seems gen.
orally to prevail in Maryland-that the
present organization Of regents super
vising the University of Maryland has
proved satisfactory in practice and needs
no drastic changes. The commissions
report ought to settle the regents board
controversy for the current session of
the General Assembly, at least.
The commission was appointed last
year after the Maryland House Commit
tee on Education rejected by close vote
proposal to enlarge the board from
eleven to fifteen members, to require a
majority of the regents to be alumni Of
the university and to apportion men,
bership geographically. The study COM
mission criticized these proposals as
unnecessary and unwise. The group,
headed by State Senator Mock of Wi
com1co County, reported that a larger
board would be unwieldy, that the
alumni requirement might hamper the
Governor in selecting the best qualified
persons for the board and that injection
OF the geographical factor would drag
the appointment system into politics.
The commission did recommend,
however, that terms of the regents be
shortened from nine to seven years
ana that members be prohibited from
serving more than two consecutive
terms. These suggestions would tend to
meet charges that the regents have be-
come entrenched and arbitrary. In gen.
eral, however, the established setup has
worked so we'll that it is not surprising
that the commission voted against any
major reorganization.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Spreading Highway Money

construction priority changes in
Maryland's tagging highway improve
ment program, which the Maryland Leg
1Slature will be asked to authorize this
month, constitute shakeup of drastic
proportions. AS Statewide matter, it
certainly is desirable to spend the bulk
OF the available highway funds on ar
ter1al freeway construction over the next
five years, as is now proposed. We are
keenly disappointed, however, at the
elimination from the priority list of
Key projects in the Washington area.
OF foremost concern is the fact that
nearly half of the Washington circum-
ferential freeway construction would be
delayed until after 1865, including the
entire southern portion between Route
% and the new Jones Point bridge,
The only portion the Roads Commission
intends to build in Prince Georges
county during the next five wears is a
stretch between the Baltimore-W Wash
1ngton parkway and Route so. It is
true that the traffic situation to the
west would be eased somewhat by ex-
tending arterial improvements at either
NAAN "a A"OuOC 100 NOIllFClOl UOuleVdTQ).
These long planned extensions, however,
are no substitute for the circumferential,
which has the twofold function of pro-
Viding bypass of congested areas and
OF relieving some of the heavy traffic
volumes on closer-in highways.
At the same time, however, it is
gratifying that other long-delayed
projects in the Washington area
appear to have been given status by the
priority list These critically needed
projects should not be scaled down
even to compensate for additional con-
struction on the circumferential road.
The circumferential freeway cuts should
be re-evaluated, however, against high
way needs in other parts of the State.
What will happen to unmet needs
after 1865 is anyones guess. The State
Roads Commissions bond-iSSuing au-
thorlty expires at that time, and some
additional forms of taxation presumably
would then be required to keep the pro-
gram rolling at a high rate of speed.
Inc prospect, in any event, is far from
rosy. This is the reason why the avail
able money must be spent now where it
is needed most, and why special consid-
Grafton should be given to the critical,
steadily increasing traffic demands of
the Washington area.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Kennedy's Courage

Everyone should commend
The Star for its unbiased
views concerning the contro-
versy over religion and the
presidency.
Already Senator John Ken
nedy of Massachusetts, 'front.'
running Democratic candidate
for the presidency, is living
up to the high standards he
has cited in his remarkable
book. "Profiles in Courage"
Courage, the courage to do
what a man rightfully should
do despite personal conse-
quences, was a trait of char
acter shared by them all"
Consistently throughout his
book, the Senator points to
the integrity of American
leaders who stand behind a
personal belief regardless of
circumstances and possible
outcome.
The young Senator, know
ing the crude tactics of the
political game, undoubtedly
knew that the birth control
issue could hinder his chances
in the Forthcoming election;
yet his set of values dictated
the only course he would
follow.
Like the authentic char
acterS in "Profiles in Cour-
age" Senator Kenendy would
neither waive a religious con-
cept, nor forfeit a strong
minded character for per-
sonal gain, and possibly per-
sonal loss.
With statesmen like Ken
nedy in public office, the
people can feel confident that
their best interests are being
served and not being weighed
against his own success or
failure.
Wh a tever your political
leanings may be, register
early to vote; weigh the quail
if1cations of all candidates:
judge them upon their past
record in Office and their po-
tential ability to serve the
needs of the people in the
future, not by their religious
affiliation; then, by all means
vote.
There is no better time
than the present to adopt
this spirit of responsibility.
For now we look with re-
neWed hope upon the new
year, a new decade and pos
Slbly a new era in American
history: nurtured in peace
and prosperity.
Laurie r. LaurienzO,
Teacher, Prince Georges
County, Md.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Package of Amendments

Senate approval Of three separate
and distinct constitutional amendments
wrapped in one package is unusual but
not unprecedented. The Bill of Rights"
the first ten amendments to the Con-
stitution, were submitted to the States
IN that fashion as part of an original
package of twelve. Two failed of rati-
6cation.
The three amendments approved by
the Senate on Tuesday are those by
Senator Kefauver, providing that should
the number of vacancies in the House
exceed half the membership, Governors
OF the States may fill the vacancies
temporarily by appointment; by Senator
Holland, outlawing the poll tax in Fed
eral elections as prerequisite to voting;
by Senator Keating, permitting residents
OF the District to vote for President, Vice
President and delegates in the House
In debate Senator Cotton compared
the linking Of the Kefauver amendment
with the Holland amendment to "yoking
horse and a steer" Senator Heating
thought that linking the poll tax amend
ment with the votes-for- Washington
amendment was more like "yoking a
steer and COW" as both affected voting
rights. He also would have preferred
that each amendment stand on it's own
merits and be considered separately.
Senator Keating'S wise compromise
was to insert language in the resolution
providing that ANY one" of the amend
mentS would become valid when ratified
by three-fourthS of the States, which
means that while the three may be sub
mitted to the States in one package,
each State can take the package apart
and approve or disapprove any or all
OF them. The reason the three amend
mentS were placed under one resolution,
OF course, was that the poll tax amend
ment and the District vote amendment
were stymied in the Senate Judiciary
Committee. BY tacking them on to the
Kefauver proposal as amendments they
were brought to the floor and approved.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Good Example

Looking back to the 18th
Annual Evening Star Games
on January %, I am increas-
ingly impressed by the man.
agement and direction of
the games as a whole.
Most certainly there must
be several unsung heroes be-
hind the arrangements and
staging of the games. The
events moved smoothly, at
tractively and at an excel
lent pace.
In fact, it was the superb
pace with which the events
were handled that deserves
the most enthusiastic con-
gratulations. This is atteSted
by the fact that a total of
33 events were run off with
out dilatoriness and without
the evening being painfully
protracted.
This is truly a superb per-
formance of management and
timing. am particularly con-
Scious of this because I am
considerably less a track fan
than a swimming fan. Yet,
summer after summer our
outdoor swimming meets,
with fewer than half the 80
events handled in The Star
Games, run YEARLY an hour
and two hours late. One, held
at East Potomac. struggled on
absurdly until after mid
night.
Clearly our District SWIM
ming impresarios grievously
need to take lessons from the
skilled gentlemen who man
age The Star Games.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Shirley Sign Spree

Are the Virginia State
road funds being used prop
erly on Shirley highway for
installing road signs?
I call your attention to IL
miles of Shirley highway
between Shirlington, and
Springfield, Virginia. From
the appearance of the high
way Uttered with signs, I
believe that the highway de-
partment has an empire
builder" among one of its
officials. A number of signs
are essential to any motorist
travelling a highway, but to
clutter a beautiful highway
on both sides with signs way
out of proportion in size, one
behind the other, is fast
becoming comical. A drive
out Shirley highway would
express usually how I and
many local citizens feel.
We have seen what COM
mercial advertising did to
U. S. l highway, and it ap-
pears the Virginia highway
sign department is fast re-
placing it as the number one
menace to beautiful land
scaped roads. The rate of
posthole digging indicates
no end in sight. Upon run
ming out of space for us to
read them correctly, I i'm
agine they'll start building
signs over the road next.
I have driven on the Penn
Sylvania turnpike hundreds
of miles and the beautiful
Superhighway (Marylan d
240) to Frederick (approxi-
mate so niles and there are
more signs on Shirley's IL
miles than either of the
above mentioned highways.
I say it's time to call a halt
to this abuse of highway
funds and start thinning out
the signs that exist.
Frederick c. MauritsOn.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Fears United World

Thanks to John Railami for
answering a question which
had arisen in my mind. Until
reading his letter in The Star,
I did not know if or why 20
offspring of Confederate vet
erans were receiving pensions
from the Federal Govern
ment.
According to ]. Austin Lati-
mer, approximately 2.6 mill
lion men served in the Union
Army during the Civil War.
Presumably, all who returned
alive received pensions. And
for generations. the citizens
of the former Confederate
States helped to bear the
burden. So. why all of this
hullabaloo when the Federal
Government. after nearly 100
years, saw flt to pension one
Confederate veteran for a
few short months before his
death and is presently pay
ing pensions to 20 offspring
of Confederate veterans, who,
because Of physical or mental
defects since childhood, are
incapable of self-support?
OF course, some people de-
light in calling Confederate
soldiers traitors because their
States seeded. Those States
believed, and probably with
good reason, that they had
the right to secede. The issue
was not settled upon a basis
of constitutional law. The
Supreme Court did not deny
their right to secede. The
question was resolved by
force of arms.
Although the price paid for
union was extremely high in
both blood and wealth, how
fortunate we are today that
we have one rich and pow
erful Nation, rather than two
poorer and weaker ones!
The question of the right
of secession is what makes
me fear any union of nations,
world government. or by
whatever name called. If we
ever become involved in any
such organization which has
law-making authority and a
military police force to en-
force its will. we might find
it impossible to secede, should
we so desire. Our own Civil
War has established a prece-
dent as to how to deal with
seceSSionistS.
Lloyd E. Kelly,
Evening star., 1960-02-04
World Court Issue

Under present law the
United States can refuse to
let the U.N. World Court
decide any case in which we
are a party If we decide that
the dispute is essentially a
domestic" matter. A Senate
committee is now considering
a resolution by Senator Hum
phrey which would author
ize the President to accept
the courts jurisdiction with
out this reservation. The
Humphrey resolution is the
type used to ratify treaties.
In other words, it would re-
quire approval of two-thirds
Of the Senate.
What authority has the
Senate to unreservedly COM
NIT the United States to
submit disputes with other
nations to the World Court?
True, the Constitution gives
the Senate power to ratify
treaties so as to bind the
Nation. But the Humphrey
resolution does not ratify a
treaty. 1t simply authorizes
the President unilaterally to
notify the U.N. that the
United States accepts the
World Courts Jurisdiction as
specified. A treaty is a formal
agreement between two or
more nations: a simple decla-
ration'by the President is not
a treaty.
Repeatedly some 40 ma
tionS reserve the right to re-
fuse to accept the World
Courts jurisdiction in GER
tain cases. If the Humphrey
resolution is passed, presum-
ably we could be sued by one
of these nations whether we
like it or not, but should we
sue them. they could simply
decline to accept the courts
jurisdiction.
If the United States is to
surrender its disputes with
other nations to the World
Court without reservation, it
should be done by a law
passed by both branches Of
Congress, or by treaties with
such nations as are also will
ing to be so bound. Is the
Humphrey resolution a one
way street? Is 1t conStitu-
tional2
L. L. Bee.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Wilkes 'One World

I was much impressed with
Frank w. Kelley's interview
with Philip Willkie and the
splendid appreciation of his
father, Wendell Willkie.
1t stirs up memories of
Wendell WILKES "One
World" and his contribution
to our times of his great
wisdom and vision for the
future.
We hope his dream may
soon come true through our
efforts to strengthen the
United Nations and establish
a workable world law that
will bring unity and peace to
his and our "One World"
Vera Lawton.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWEiI

Our pace has increased be-
cause we have increased it
ourselves, by pressure from
within. The outside pres
sureS, bearing in on us, are
solidly anchored to time.
If we resist these pressures.
we push time back a bit, not
out OF the picture at all, be-
cause that is impossible. but
we make it seem, somehow,
that the passage is slower.
therefore we have more of it
in a sense"
The world is full of old
fashioned people, as some
call them, who are doing
their best to resist the
passage of time, and succeed
ing.
They do not hurry, them
selves. and they do not let
other people hurry them, ex-
cept where unavoidable.
Sometimes it can't he
helped!
These older persons have
found, to their satisfaction.
that many of the troubles of
me- especially in relation to
time, are self-caused.
The woes of being late can
often, almost always. be
avoided by the simple ex-
pedient of giving ones self
more time.
Ihe common failure of
being late to work, if onlv a
lew minutes, can be righted
easily enough if one wants
to enough.
IL was Hamlet who said
wasn't it?). There is moth
ing either good or bad bIt
thinking makes it So"
1t will be a solace to some
souls to realize, once and for
all, that when it comes to
time, every person while he
exists is on an exact level
with all other people.
Inc millionaire has no
more time than the poor bow,
The beautiful lady, no more
time than the homely one.
When it comes to time and
its influences, we stand at
our individual crossings. If
we have the right mental and
PHYSICAL and spiritual out
looks, we find nothing fright
enlng about time, but really
something uplifting. since all
we have and are and will be
exists in it.
Just how much of time is
IN our own heads, nobody
knows to this day. At least,
we can temper the harsh ef-
tects, and build up the bet
ter ones, if we really try.
Here as elsewhere in life. |
it is the trying that counts.
The stress we have placed ons
success might better be put
on trying.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
For the Record

A recent letter in your
column from William A.
Grant misstated the financial
relationship between the City
Of Baltimore and the Walters
Art Gallery. We felt that
both your correspondent and
your readers would appreciate
having the error corrected.
In his letter describing the
financial support given vari-
Gus museums by their munic-
ipal governments, Mr.. Grant