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Evening star., 1960-08-15

become a threat to the western
hemisphere because Of the
growing alliance between Cuba
and the Soviet Union.
Mr.. Roa also pledged assist
ance to Venezuela in its quarrel
with the Dominican Republic,
the first major subject to come
before the two-part meeting.
A flve-nation inter-American
investigating committee has
submitted a report accusing
high officials Of Generalissimo
Rafael Trujillo's Dominican
dictatorship of a part in the
assassination attempt against
President Romulo Betancourt
Of Venezuela on June "a.
Foreign Minister Ignacio Luis
Arcaya of Venezuela has indi-
Gated his country will press for
sanctions against the Trujillo
regime. to isolate it from the
other American republics.
Evening star., 1960-08-15
Bishop Walsh Goodby:
We'll Meet in Heoven'

HONG KONG, Aug. IS (AP)
William C. Walsh. a 70-year-
old lawyer from Cumberland,
Md, arrived here from Red
China Yesterday after seeing
his brother, Bishop James E.
Walsh. for possibly the last
time. The bishop, imprisoned
by the Communists. told his
brother as they parted:
I'VE will meet in heaven"
Mr.. Walsh had three closely
supervised visits of about one
hour each with his 69-year-old
brother In his Shanghai cell
last week. Mr.. Walsh. former
judge and attorney general of
Maryland. asked his brother if
he wanted him to plead for a
pardon or early release. The
Roman Catholic prelate re-
piled:
mo one likes to be confined
but I am not unhappy. leave
my future completely in Gods
hands"
Bishop Walsh first went to
China in 1918. He returned to
the United States later and
eventually became Father Cen
eral of the Maryknoll Order of
Priests at Ossining, N. Y. He
returned to China in 1948 as
a bishop and was placed under
house arrest in 1851 after re-
fusing repatriation. He said he
wanted to continue his work in
Shanghai. In March the Com
munists sentenced him to 20
years in prison on espionage
charges.
Mr.. Walsh reported hi.
brother is quartered in a eel,
with Chinese prisoner in the
jail's hospital section because
Of his age and is given nc
chores except cleaning out the
cell. He is allowed to exercise
twice day.
Mr.. Walsh said the Bishop
Evening star., 1960-08-15
OAS Prepares Talks
On Truji||o and Cubo

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Aug
IS. (AP) Western hemisphere
foreign ministers begin infor-
NAL talks today seeking COM
mon ground for dealing with
the problems posed by the Do
minican Republic and Cuba.
Eight ministers were already
here for the meeting sponsored
by the Organization of Ameri-
can States. More were expect
ed. including United States
Secretary Of State Christian A.
Herter. The meeting starts to-
morrow.
Cheered by an airport crowd
OF 500, Foreign Minister Raul
Roa Of Cuba said on arrival
yesterday: I'VE come as accus-
ers and not as the accused"
This appeared to promise a
new outburst against the United
States for raising charges that
international Communism has
Evening star., 1960-01-31
FALSE Teeth
That Loosen
Need Not Emborross-

Many wearers of false teeth have
suffered real embarrassment because
their plate dropped, slipped or wob-
bled at just the wrong time. Do not
live in fear Of this happening to you.
Just sprinkle q little FASTEETH,
the alkaline (non -actd) powder. on
your plates. Hold false teeth more
firmly, 50 they feel more comfort
able. Does not sour. Checks plate
odor breath" Get FASTEETH at
drug counters everywhere.
Evening star., 1960-10-31
S. WHITE
Texas Tragedy for johnson?

friends, Texan and otherwise.
And the ultra-liberals In
his party had always dis
liked him mainly because Of
where he was born-and they
still do. Whatever he did as
Democratic leader Of the Sem
ate, he was automatically
wrong with them. They COM
planned he was sectional
and not a national" poll
tician. Now he has proved
once and for all that he is
at any rate just that-a ma.
tional-minded politician.
But If Texas goes Repub-
lican. who will the ultra
liberals most bitterly CEN
sure-while the Texan con-
servativeS are pouring on
censure from precisely the.
other side? Lyndon Baines
johnson, of course. o
There is a saying among
ball players that you can't
win them all. johnson may
well have reason to say that
with the advanced liberals
he can't win any Of them,s Z
even If he chances political
suicide to carry national
party interests.
Evening star., 1960-10-31

not be allowed to do so with
out the South.
But here the puzzling play
OF action and reaction sets In
to make calculation difficult,
as 1t does in so many places.
During their doubtful months
the Southern Democrats
made relatively little effort
to stem the workings Of the
religious issue. it being part
of their tactic Of Furnishing
Democratic liberalism. The
question now is whether they
can reverse that tide in time
and in quantity.
Meanwhile the knowledge
that Kennedy's religion was
being used against him quite
clearly has persuaded some
conservative Catholics who
are Republicans to give him
their help in such crucial
States as New York. SINH
larry. the Minnesota Luther
ans who seem not to want
a Catholic President are help
ing to Solidify a Catholic vote
for Kennedy next door In,
Wisconsin.
Vice President Nixon's
aides began by being plain
tive about this and, as his
troubles multiply, they are
growing almost belligerent.
Both the Vice President and
Kennedy personally have be.
haved extremely well about
the issue, which is sensible
Of them. as it Is so demon
Evening star., 1960-10-31
As Foreigners See Prestige Issue

much to help the American
voter. The truth is, Of course.
that prestige abroad is an
absurd issue on which to
fight an election at home. 1t
is tantamount to giving
foreigners the right to choose
the next American President.
THAT both candidates seem
prepared to do precisely this
is, admittedly an astonishing
indication Of how outward
looking American politics
have become. While this Is
fiattering to us, it cannot be
said TO reflect very well on
the political maturity or good
sense Of the candidates who
have found this new way Of
making the electors task even
more confusing than 1t was
already"
With respect to one point
in the foregoing editorial,
John Foster Dulles used to
say that he didn't care If
America was ''loved" abroad
just SO long as it was ire
spected."
The amazing thing is that
the Democrats have made
such q pressing issue out Of
such an intangible thing as
a country'S prestige" II
their candidate is elected,
they will be embarrassed to
find their opponents con-
tinually demanding surveys
and polls so as to discover
how the new President is
doing. One wonders If the
Democrats. should they OBJ
tain power. will be eager to
make public every contlden-
tial survey or poll that may
be taken by representatives
of our governmental agencies
abroad. If victorious, the
Democrats may regret the
day they made such o fuss
about American prestige"
abroad. AS the London Daily
Telegraph says, foreigners"
should not be "given the right
to choose the next American
President"
(copyright, 1e60)
Evening star., 1960-10-31
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

The final days Of the campaign being devoted to
wegh-ng. Kennedy promises to pick up" the country
while Nixon holds up" Eisenhower to the Nations children
With all the exercise females getting running and
jumping beside Kennedys moorcades cinch to
sweep the next women's Olympics.
Eggs are thrown at Nixon. this thing spreads you'll
know it's Republican plot to raise egg prices.
Kennedy says Nixon is frozen In the ice Of his own
indifference" And Kennedy is suging raft in the food
Of his own metaphors.
Cooks glossary: Beef Stroganoh-Ths named in honor
Of Sroganof who deserted his wife and hve children
after his first helping.
Eggheads' campaign ode: "Al the way with j. r. X
With tears Of grief for dear Adla"
Evening star., 1960-10-31
DORIS FLEESON
Bumper Crop of 'Aginners'

Strably q switchblade knife.
Nixon. Of course. has his
own problem with that group
which would not want him
to hold the mortgage on their
farm. This factor has dimin-
ished, but it has not disap-
peared-as witness crowds for
Nixon's old target, Adlai
Stevenson.
Republicans hopefully sug-
gest that the Stevensonians
will never forgive Kennedy
for swamping him at Los
Angeles, and perhaps they
won't. But very few plan to
help Nixon by furnishing
Kennedy. and Stevenson
himself is in the forefront Of
those explaining daily that
they shouldn't.
The closing week is being
dominated as usual by the
partisan faithful. who in
clude at least two-thirds of
the electorate. Here the DEM
ocratic advantage Of superior
numbers persists and is eSpe-
cially ominouS for Nixon in
the big States.
State after State reports
that after Q cool start Ken
nedy has established him.
self with Democrats as their
strong spokesman and an
appealing figure. He has
driven Nixon further toward
orthodox Republicanism and
inspired greater loyalty
within the @. o. P. for him.
But the price Nixon may have
to pay is that those aginners
will be aroused to rush to the
polls November 9.
Evening star., 1960-10-31
Action Inspires Reaction as South
Seems Ready to Try to Help Kennedy

What really baffles the
earnest political reporter as
E-day nears is the bumper
crop Of "aginners."
There are always Ameri-
cans who go to the polls to
vote against a candidate who
symbolizes their personal or
political hates rather than
because they care about the
beneficiary Of their action.
Their numbers were obviously
rather small in the Eisen-
hover landSlides. But in 194S
they probably helped Harry
Truman, who gave them lots
Of encouragement to be mad
about Republicans generally
and In particular.
This year, both .sides are
having to cope with record
numbers Of aginners. Both
nominees, in fact. were quite
early in the game brought
face to face with the hard
fact that many people didn't
particularly care for either
one Of them.
They were aware also that
a whole region-the South
seemed to want to forget the
whole thing and start over
again with new parties, plat
forms and candidates. The
South still hasn't settled
down very firmly, according
to Southerners. but it does
appear that its politicians
mainly have decided that
Kennedy viii. win and must
Evening star., 1960-10-31

liam e. Bufalino. the other two
monitors, are unable to take
any decisive action in the abb
sence Of a chairman.
If the lawyers and Judge
Let's fail to achieve q volun-
tary settlement, the Court Of
Appeals has hinted. q master
may be appointed to wind UP
the memberships business.
Thus, it appears that Mr..
Hoffa soon will win his latest
battle with reformers. But the
membership will leave behind
some safeguards for rank-and-
file Teamsters, making it more
difficult for their leaders to
misuse funds and to impose au-
tocratic rule.
And other agencies will seek
Mr.. Hoffa's downfall. The
Justice Department will con-
tinue its investigations, and
Senator Mcclellan, Democrat
of Arkansas, plans to hold a
new series of hearings next
month on charges that racke-
teers dominate some TeamSter
locals in New York.
Evening star., 1960-10-31

tional success and his ma
tional failure.
Again. Lodge will feel real
regret II Massachusetts, goes
against him and Nixon in the
way it looks to be going
heavily.
But neither of these per-
sonal setbacks would be, in
human terms, anything like
what the loss Of Texas, with
its "A electoral votes, might
be to Lyndon Johnson. For
neither Nixon in California
nor Lodge in Massachusetts,
has come under anything
like the two-sided attack
that has been Johnson's lot.
Texas conservatives and
ultra conservatives like to
take care of their own
in both senses Of that phrase.
They may generously reward
one they believe to have
stayed within their tradition.
They may savagely punish
one - johnson - whom they
believe to have left that ira
dition.
The Northern extreme lib
erals, at the same time and
for exactly opposite reasons,
will give no credit to john
son. whatever may happen.
So a poignant irony may
be at work in Texas. If the
Kennedy j Johnson ticket
loses that State it viii actu-
ally be most Of all because Of
the advanced liberal Demo-
cratic platform.
johnson in his heart cam
not really like all Of that plat
form. All the same he has
never said as much. He has
felt it his plain duty. once
he took the nomination. to
go on with it to the bitter
end. In accepting that nom
ination he took an enormous
risk with his Southern
Evening star., 1960-10-31

had upheld the monitors and
Judge Let's on most issues, was
disturbed by never-ending liti-
cation. The appellate court also
decided that Judge Let's and
the monitors were exceeding
their authority.
Last summer the appeals
court said it was high time
that the monitors wound up
their affairs. The judges said
lawyers for the union, the in
surgents, the monitors and in
tervenorS should settle remain
ing issues and clear the way
for q union convention.
Court Aide Presides
At the same time; the ap-
pellate court implied that Mr..
Hoffa could not be removed
from, offlce by Judge Let's on
the baAs Of the Sun Valley
charges. @
Taking his cue from the
Court Of Appeals, Judge Let's
told lawyers to negotiate re-
naming issues, starting Sep
tember 6. These issues in
clude- constitutional amend
ments.- auditing procedures,
lawyers fees. disciplinary cases
and a convention.
Negotiations have proceeded
since then. with Byron Welch,
Judge Let's law clerk, presid-
ing. Last Thursday, the law
yerS conferred in chambers
with Judge Let's. This confer
ence was taken as a strong in
dication that they were close
to a settlement, which would
require Judge Let's approval.
A settlement was not con-
cluded Thursday, but negotia-
tions are continuing and an
agreement could be achieved
very soon.
II q convention is authorized,
as expected, Mr.. Hoffa would
agree to follow the ground
rules prescribed by Judge Let's
and enforced by the monitors.
He is confident Of reelection
at a clean" convention, and
most observers Of the unions
internal politics agree.
Chairman Ousted
While the negotiations pro-
ceed, there is little incentive
to settle the dispute over a sue
cessor to Mr.. ODonoghue, who
submitted his resignation as
chairman last July. The Court
of Appeals. upholding objec-
tions by Mr.. Hoffa, last week
ousted Terence F. McShane as
monitor chairman.
Lawrence T. Smith and Will
Evening star., 1960-10-31
London Telegraph Weighs 'BIundering'
Against Bullying and Calls Row Absurd

had enjoyed that position
herself?
"Anti Americanism. In
short, has been stood on its
head. People now complain
that America does not pro-
vide them with enough to
complain about. Whether
this is an argument in favor
of Kennedy or Nixon is diff
f1cult to say.
lone point, however, should
be made clear: No American
voter should be naive enough
to suppose that more-dyna-
mic American leadership will
necessarily make the United
States more popular abroad.
Mr.. Dulles had plenty of dy-
namiSln and was full of a
sense Of Americas national
purpose. But however much
he may have influenced peo-
pie, he won few friends. Bull
lying tactics, such as those
Mr.. Dulles sometimes prac-
ticed, might increase Ameri-
can prestige, but they
would AlSO ircrease anti.
AmericaniSm.
ITO suggest, as Mr.. Ken
nedy seems to do. that 1t is
possible for America to be at
once very much more positive
and very much more loved is
to. offer a false perspective.
President Eisenhower has
successfully created an image
Of America as a blundering
but a baSically well-meaning
giant, as against Mr.. Khru-
Shchev's successful promotion
Of Russia as q baSically ILL
meaning and mountaineering
giant.
Which is the most pres
tigious image?
ut may well be that In
modern conditions it is bet
ter for a great power to be
trusted than feared, to do
too little than too much.
None Of this has done
Evening star., 1960-10-31
Irony Seen in UItro-Liberois Dislike
Despite His Risk Of Political Suicide

The last week Of the great
campaign now opens with
three Of the four principals
each facing the possibility Of
the reputation Of his own
ticket in his own State.
Republican presi Dental
candidate Richard M. Nixon
seems hard pressed in Cali
fornia, which sent him first
to Congress and then to the
Senate and then helped to
elect him Vice President.
G. o. p. vice presidential
nominee Henry Cabot Lodge
Is given little chance Of deci-
sively influencing Massachu-
sets, a State. where Lodges
and CabotS have been men Of
power for generations.
Massachusetts, is widely
thought to be safe for an
other native son, Democratic
presidential candidate John
F. Kennedy, and his second
man, Senator Lyndon B.
Johnson.
1t is johnson who faces a
great public test and a spe-
cial private sadness. Immense
bitterness toward him has
welled up in Texas, a State
whose foremost politician he
has been for a decade and
more.
It would, Of course, be no
easy thing for any Of these
four campaigners to have to
admit on the gray morning
after Election Day that he
had been unable to secure
his own back yard for his
party.
Nixon would be hard hit
If he should lose California.
with its 80 electoral votes.
And he would be brutally hit.
indeed, II such an eventuality
should turn out to be the
difference between his ma
Evening star., 1960-10-31
DAVID LAWRENCE

Who Is better qualified to
appraise inpartially the issue
Of American prestige" or
standing In the world than
the editor of a leading news
paper in Europe? When.
therefore, the London Daily
Telegraph devotes its princi-
pal editorial to an analysis of
our prestige" abroad, it be-
comes news Of prime import
ance. Here is the full text
Of it,,
zone of the key questions
in the current American elec-
tion campaign is whether
United States prestige stands
high or low In the rest of
the werld. Strangely enough,
Vice President Nixon claims
that it is high. and Senator
Kennedy maintains that it
Is at an all-tiIne low. Nor
mally. , it is obviously un-
desirable for foreigners to
intervene in other peoples
elections. but. since on this
occasion it appears that one
Of the determining factors is
foreign opinion, it might be
helpful If a few British views
were placed on record.
First. it can be stated
fairly categorically that,
where there is criticism and
complaints about America in
this country, it is more over
sins of omission than of
commission. Where there
used to be hostility to Wash
ington's throwing its weight
around, now there is anxiety
that Washington has not
enough weight to throw or
enough will to throw it. In
q sense. this kind of criti-
cism might be taken as high
praise. ~ Et
What other great power
has been besought to take
the center of the stage by the
very power which previously
Evening star., 1960-10-31
U. S. to Finunce.C
Language Studies
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
The ONCE Of Education yes
terday reported it has nego-
tiated 1913 contracts totaling
$8.4 million in Federal funds
for research and studies on
how to improve teaching Of
modern foreign languages.
Every geographical area in
the world is represented but
emphasis is being given to
the languages and dialects Of
the Near and Middle East, the
Far East, South and South
east Asia,
Evening star., 1960-10-31
BY LEE M. COIN
Star stan Writer

James r. Hoffa, president of
the Teamsters Union, is close
to final victory in his 33-
month battle with court-ap-
pointed monitors
Unless last-minute snags de-
velop, Mr.. Hoffa early next
year will get rid of the moni-
tors and take over undisputed
rule of the / .6-million member
union-defeating the most
powerful cleanup campaign
ever mounted against him.
MFR. Hoffa is winning the
battle on two important
fronts:
/. The United States Court
Of Appeals here is pressing to
put the board Of monitors out
of business and to end super
vision Of the union by the
courts, af
2. The board Of monitors is
not functioning because of
legal wrangling over its mem
bership.
Negotiations on the future
of the membership started
September 6 at the urging OF
the Court of Appeals. Lawyers
participating in the negotia-
tions refuse to discuss details,
but there are indications that
q climax is near. The negotia-
tions, If completed. probably
would dissolve the board OF
monitors, restore full autonomy
to the union and give Mr.. Hof-
ia clear title to the presidency.
"Housecleaning Order"
Federal District Judge F.
Dickinson Let's established the
three-man board of monitors
in January, 1858, to conduct q
one-year general houseclean-
ing" Of, the Teamsters Union.
Insurgent members had sued
to void Mr.. Hoffa's election the
previous fall to succeed Dave
Beck as president. They charged
the election was "rigged."
Midway through trial of that
suit, the opposing sides agreed
to q compromise, which Judge
Let's approved in the form of
an enforceable judicial decree.
The decree allowed Mr.. Hoffa
TO take Office as provisional
Evening star., 1960-10-31
More Riots
Are Expected
Against U. S.
By the Associated Press


More and bigger Communist
inspired, anti-American riots
are likely in Latin America and
Asia, Q Senate staf study
warns.
A study by the staff Of the
Senate Internal Security SUBJ
committee deals with four
major riots in Japan, Colon
bia. Venezuela and Bolivia and
describes them as outstanding
examples Of Communist use Of
rioting to further its diplo-
matte aims.
AL the riots. the study says,
"give evidence Of long-range
planning and far-reaching ef-
fectivenesS" and 1t predicts:
1.-The success achieved by
Communists in manipulating
mobs for anti-American incite-
ment will encourage them to
further efforts Of this kind on
a larger SCALE"
It adds "the American Gov
ernment has not in the past
successfully been prepared
for" such occurrences.
The four different anti
American riots analyzed: April.
194S, in Bogota, Colombia. dur
ing the ninth ter-American
Conference; May, 1858, in Ca
racas, Venezuela, during the
visit Of Vice President Nixon;
March, 1853, in La Paz, Bolivia,
after publication of a Time
magazine article, and June,
1860, in Tokyo before the
scheduled visit Of President
Eisenhower.
Evening star., 1960-10-31
Hoffo Neors Victory
In Fiqht With Monitors

president, under surveillance by
a board of monitors. The moni-
tors were assigned to supervise
a reform program.
After peaceful proceedings in
the early months of the moni.
torship, Martin F. O'Donoghue,
q washington lawyer, became
monitors chairman and pro-
posed sweeping reforms in the
union = including disciplinary
action against some Of Mr..
Hoffa's key supporters.
Appeal Rejected gf#
Mr.. HofHa- baked. contending
the monitors were exceeding
their authority. MIR. ODonog-
hue. leading the monitors two
to-one majority, was upheld in
most important respects by
Judge Let's and the Court of
Appeals. The Supreme Court
rejected Mr.. Hoffa's appeal.
The Court Of Appeals ruled
that Judge Let's could enforce
reasonable reform recommen,
dations by the monitors, and
approved extension of the mon
itorship.
Still Mr.. Hoffa refused to
obey some of the monitors
major recommendations. He
filed dozens of appeals. .
The majority of the board of
monitors then filed charges that
MIR. Hoffa had misused union
funds to promote Sun Valley,
a Florida real estate venture,
and called for a court hearing
aimed at ousting Mr.. Hoffa
from the presidency.
Legal maneuvers by Mr.. Hoffa
failed for a time to block the
hearing on Sun Valley: At this
point, Mr.. Hoffa seemed close
to defeat. He had withstood
prosecution by the Justice De-
partment, Senate investigation
and other efforts to break his
power. but the monitors were
beating him. "a
Issue Confused
Then the board of monitors
and the insurgent Teamsters
got begged down in internal
dissention. And Mr.. Hoffa cap
italized on it. a.,
At one point, it was not clear
who the legal monitors were.
The Court Of Appeals, which
Evening star., 1960-10-31
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