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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-15
THE POLITICAL MILL
By GOULD LINCOLN
Johnson Choice Strenqthens Ticket

Senator johnson must stand
in the coming campaign, Sen
ator Johnson's presence on
the ticket may help to keep
rebellious Southern States in
line for the party ticket. Ger
tainly, Senator johnson as
a candidate for Vice Presi-
dent will not hurt the ticket
in the South. Far from it.
The comment generally is
that Senator johnson will
help the ticket in other parts
Of the country - although
leaders of organized labor,
the NAACP, and the ADA
may resent his nomination.
They bitterly opposed Sena-
tor Johnson for President.
There will be no other place
for these groups to go except
the Republican ticket, which
they are certainly not likely
to do.
Leaders Consulted
Senator Kennedy, new
leader Of the Democratic
Party. showed his grasp of
the political facts of life
again when he tapped Sen
ator johnson as his running
mate. Indeed, it brought
signs of relief from some of
the Democrats who realize
that they may have a tough
battle on their hands to de-
feat the Republican ticket,
headed by Vice President
Nixon, in the fall campaign.
The very difficulty of the
race was, indeed, one of the
causes which led Senator
johnson to accept the nomi-
nation for Vice President. The
Texan has again and again
announced that he was ready
to do anything he could to
advance the interests of the
country and the Democratic
Party. In his view, the step
most needed today is to sub
stitute Democratic control
for Republican control of the
executive branch of the
Government.
Before Senator Kennedy
announced his choice of
Senator johnson for Vice
President, he consulted party
leaders here from every Sec
ton of the country. Under
consideration were, in addi-
ton to Senator johnson,
Senators Symington of Mis-
souri, and Jackson of Wash
lngton (now to be chairman
of the Democratic National
Committee in place of Paul
M. Butler), Gov. Orville
Freeman of Minnesota, SEN
ator Gore of Tennessee and
several others. The concen-
suS was that Senator john
son would best fill the bill.
AS Vice President, if the
Dem ocrats win, Senator
johnson can be a tower of
strength to Senator Kennedy
on Capitol Hill. He has made
remarkable record of &C
complishment as leader of
the Senate Democrats. He
can deal with the conserva-
tives and with the liberalS,
as he has done in the pasc,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-15
Lesson in L. A

TV announcerS covering
the Los Angeles Democratic
Convention explained that
the delay in opening the first
session was due to bumper
to-bumper traffic jam-ups on
L. AS giant freewayS. This
object lesson ought to be
proof, as a lot of us Washing
tonianS have pleaded, that
autos and smoggy freeways
are no answer to the Capital
city's transportation prob
lens.
Maybe the experience of
the stalled Democratic politi-
clans will persuade them to
take a very hard look at the
next claims of the profess
Sional freeway advocates, and
to give Washington a chance
to save itself from an L. A.
type of traffic nightmare
before it is too late.
We can be thankful that
the recent Bible legislation
offers a chance to try sub
ways and other rapid mass
transit systems.
Russell Schneider.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-15

LOS ANGELES.-The de-
cision of Senate Majority
Leader Johnson to run with
Senator Kennedy on the
Democratic national ticket is
of major Importance.
1t is important because it
shows that another powerful
leader has been willing to
abandon his Office to become,
if elected. Vice President of
the United States. 1t is i'm
portant because, should Sen
ator Kennedy be elected Pres
ident and die or become in
capacitated, a man qualified
to be Chief Executive would
step into the White House.
It's time men in high Office
recognize the importance of
the vice presidency.
The Democrats having Sc
lected their strongest ticket,
perhaps Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller of New York may
be persuaded to change his
mind and help to give the
Republicans their strongest
ticket. He could accept a
vice presidential nomination
to run with Vice President
Nixon as a presidential candi-
date. One Governor of New
York, more popular than
Gov. Rockefeller, agreed to
run for Vice President with
William Mckinley.
Garner Role Recalled
Former Vice President John
Nance Garner, another Tex
an, then Speaker of the
House, an Office called the
second most important in the
United States, in 1882 was,
like Senator johnson, a can
didate for the Democratic
presidential nomination. At
a crucial moment in his par
TVS national convention, he
threw his delegates from
Texas and California to Gov
Franklin D. Roosevelt of New
York and then was nomi-
mated for Vice President.
He was the only Southerner
SINCE the Civil War to place
SO near the presidency - a
he artbeat away. Senator
johnson has just made the
strongest race of any other
Southerner for the presidency
but largely because of Sec
tlonallSm was defeated.
Senator johnson has be-
come the most powerful fig
ure, as majority leader of the
Senate, on Capitol Hill-aS
Mr.. Garner was when he was
Speaker of the House.
That Senator Johnson'S
nomination for Vice Presi-
dent has strengthened the
Kennedy ticket is generally
agreed here. Southerners who
were disappointed because he
lost in his race for first place
on the ticket have accepted
the Johnson nomination with
much satisfaction.
While the Southern Dem
ocrats still are bitter ovel
the drastic civil rights plank
written into the party plat
form-a platform on which
both Senator Kennedy ano
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-15
Maxi Tactics

Your editorial, "Nazi Tao
tics" is an uncharacteristic
example of loose reporting
and even looser reasoning.
The unacceptable fact is
that Rockwell deliberately set
out to create disorder. He has
written, With calculated in
science and precisely-p planned
arrogance we opened up
a Nazi headquarters with
armed and uniformed troop
ers and set out to provoke
and aggravate beyond en-
durance. We not only knew
they would attack, but we
sought their attack"
I was an interested OBJ
server on the Mall on July 3
and saw the crowd hold itself
in restraint for more than an
hour despite Rockwell's
threats, insults and provoca-
tive gestures until it was in
evitable that its temper would
reach a breaking point. You
have only to look at the
names of some of the by
ISLANDERS who were arrested
to see that they represent a
crosS-section of the decent,
peaceful, law-abiding citizens
of this community.
I overheard Assistant Cor
poration Counsel Clark King
say to a reporter as the ar
rests Of the Nazi hoodlums
were made: This arrest has
nothing to do with free
speech it is diSorderly
conduct pure and simple
and was deliberately pro-
voked by Rockwell with in
tent to occasion a breach OF
the peace. =
These are the facts which
are easily verifiable by your
own reporters.
David A. Br0dy.
Counsel, Washington Office,
Anti-Defamation League
Of B'nai Birth.
Editors Note: The Star
continues to question the
wisdom of walking into traps
baited by Rockwell.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-15

and co. and regard them as
not much more than so many
boardfeet of nice, pleasant
bunk" any way, some of us
feel like quoting that verse
like this:
Woodman, spare that tree!
Touch not a single bough.
In youth it sheltered me
But I can't save it now.
y y -
Victims of the march of
business progress, trees along
18th street between F and K
streets, have gone to the place
from which no tree re-
turneth.
For forty years the District
government nursed and cared
for those trees, now they have
taken them out to make way
for the widening of the busy
thoroughfare. An act of Con-
gress made their removal
mandatory.
1t is impossible to replant
such old trees, so there is
nothing to be done with them
but convert them into lum-
Der.
Whether or not one rejoices
or laments depends largely
upon whether his primary
interest is beauty or busi-
ness. This is no reflection
upon any one. Every man
has some foremost interest.
1t seems to me that a busi-
ness man whose sense of
beauty equaled his mercantile
judgment would find himself,
in this case, in the position
Of the noted donkey placed
between two bales of equally
attractive hay.
Poems are made by fools like
me;
But only God can make a
tree"
Thus sang a poet, dead like
many of the trees of which
he spoke.
If Washington were essen
TALLY a business city the loss
OF a few score trees out of it's
business district might not be
SO sad a thing.
But it is not primarily a
business city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-15
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES (. TRACEWELL

"Woodman, spare that tree!
Touch not a single bough.
In youth it sheltered me.
And I'll protect it now"
William Jennings Bryan
brought the above quotation
into renewed prominence at
the Democratic national con-
vention when he dragged it
in by the back of the neck to
conclude his plea for the
elimination of three words"
from the plank.
But here in Washington,
where we watch planks come
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-15

Not that it lacks business. It
has industries of which it
may be proud. The achieve
mentS of its business men.
its bankers and merchants
are works in which any COM
munity might glory.
But no number of special
supplements will ever make
it fact that this city is first
and foremost a commercial
metropolis. It's one great bust
ness, the Federal Govern
ment, is seeing to it other
wise. This city was destined
by Gen. Washington as the
seat of government and those
who worked with him held
far-Seeing ideas of the beauty
that should reign here.
This is a city of beauty, of
fresh air, green parks, noble
trees. Here are no clouds of
coal smoke such as diSf1gure
and tend to make unhealthy
many of the greater and les
ser cities Of the United States.
Viewed from the stand
point of the Capital of
beauty, the loss of trees out
Of the heart of the business
section is nothing less than a
calamity.
Possessing what no other
city has, in its widespread
tree system, Washington
should take every care to
preserve that which makes it
unique.
If the growth of automobile
traffic is one Of the factors
making such destruction
necessary, it is but another of
the points to be checked up
against the motor car, which
threatens. in its unparalleled
spread, to turn into a great
monster which will destroy
itself.
When a tree falls it carries
with it so many years of
growth, so many memories
of beauty, so much of human
effort which kept it alive so
long, that its destruction is
attended by real sorrow in
the hearts of many.
Twenty years ago, and
longer, the bugs threatened
to destroy Washington's
trees. A battle began, man
fighting against insects, the
myriads Of beetles and lice
that feed upon the different
trees and plants.
Today man is winning his
fight on this front. Insect
life, which many believe
would overwhelm mankind.
if left unchecked, is fighting
a losing battle in the trees
of the National Capital. Even
civil strife has been intro
duced, and ladybugs eat
lice, thus doing man q
service.
Shall man himself do more
damage to trees than the
bugs, and uproot in a day
trees that the combined at
tacks of elements and insects
were unable to pull down in
half a century? n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-15

Mr.. TroceweII is i'll and in his OBJ
senee The Stor is reprintins some
OF his columns Of other years. He
requests thot no telephone or
other messages be sent TO his
home during his illness. From The
Stor Of July 10, 1924.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-15
Situation Well in Hand
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used IT
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
denSntton.
Evening star., 1960-12-21
$6O, 900 FINES STAND BETWEEN
TAGS AND 5000 DRIVERS

Some 5000 drivers will not be mailed applications
for their 1861 District license plates unless they pay
tions Bureau warns.
Wallace D. Cummins the bureaus chief deputy
clerk estimated the city owed at least 100000 in fines
The 5000 drivers amassed 1900 parking tickets and $40
moving violations in the last year. he said In addition
there are 94S tickets outstanding against corporations
In the District he reported in his annual ticket audit
Mr.. Cummins said he Is compiling list of drivers
names to turn over to the Department Of Motor Vehicles
on January 8. :. g..
fines are paid before January 6 at the bureau in
Municipal Court. their names will be taken of the list
he said. sts
But If they not paid he continued drivers will
have to pick their tag applications person DC the
Motor Vehicles Department in the Municipaf Center
Police will be waiting there to settle their score with
the drivers when they show up he warned \ al. -,s1
Evening star., 1960-12-21
Artist Puts Neiqhbor
II 1861 stof c CoIendor

He. identified the boy as
Scott Ingraham, "a local boy
now In his second year at
HOtchkiSs Prep. He must have
modelled for this about five
years ago,
fHe was then at the Choir
School Of st. Thomas Epis-
copal Church In New York. on
Fifth avenue. =.
I've used Scott and bis
brother q lot. Scott Is very
good"
Does thatmean he holds still!
mo-" chuckled I Mr.. Rock
well. He squirnls plenty. They
all squirm. What I meant was,
Scott has expression"
Although Mr., Rockwell has
painted PreStdeNt Eisenhower
President-elect Kennedy and
other DISTINGUISHED men, his
beSt-remensber illustration.
are of plain folk, often chill
dren. capShred in honey situa-
tions. -.
Bornssin 1894 in New York,
MIR. Rockwell has shown great
interest in modern art trends
but only as a spectator. He
has said he cannot follow the
trends. that he is what he is
He likes to communicate to q
wide audience.
The new calendar may re-
mind Washingtonians of The
Stars boy-and-dog series that
appeared on calendars in the
l930s. These were painted by
a local artist.
Evening star., 1960-12-21
BY JAMES b. ROWLAND
Star star Writer

A "commuter" college In
Laurel to serve 9 four-county
area in 1865 has been sug-
gested to the Prince Georges
County School Board.
School Supt. William s.
Schmidt outlined the proposal,
yesterday saying q second
junior college in Prince Georges
will be needed If the expand
ing college rolls continue in
creasing at the present rate.
The college building could ac-
commodate students from ad-
joining Montgomery, Howard
and Anne Arundel Counties, he
said.
The college could offer both
day and night classes and sup
plement the present evening
junior college operation in
Suitland Senior High School.
with an enrolment Of about
$50 students. The new college
would offer both a terminal
Evening star., 1960-12-21
Suntu Letters
Getting More
Readers Now

Telephones in the Main Post
Office inquiry section, which
handles letters to Santa. be.
gan ringing steadily at 8 o'clock
this morning.
Carr Malone, assistant super
intendent of the section, said
the cellers were responding to
a story in yesterdays Star
which told of unanswered
letters to Santa from area
children.
In past years, groups and
individuals have looked over
the letters and then contacted
parents of the writer's to see
If requests would be filed by a
personal Santa. In needy cases,
the organization or individual
played Santa.
"One lady who called today"
Mr.. Malone said. went out and
collected $28 for the children
from her neighbors last night"
She said she was going to ask
merchants for discounts so she
can fill the wishes of more chill
dren with the money.
Evening star., 1960-12-21
D. G. Seeking
Cleanup Of
Form Market

District officials are working
to clear a roadblock in the
city's efforts to force either q
cleanup or a shutdown Of the
Farmers Market in Northeast
Washington.
Earlier this month the Com
miSsioners decided to issue an
ultimatum on the market prob
lem.
Commissioner Mark Sullivan.
jr., suggested that a special no.;
tice be sent to the market oiIis
cials asking for an answer
within 10 days as to whether
prompt steps will be taken
toward eliminating health and
building code violations. II the
reply was no, the city SHOULD
then shut down the market al
the end Of this month. Mr..
Sullivan said.
The notice presumably was
to be sent to the owners of
the market property. bounded
by Fifth. Sixth, Penn and
Morse streets, and to the two
men who operate it on a lease
arrangement. Maryland and
Virginia truck farmers sell their
produce from rented space
there.
Today. however. city officials
admitted that since the Com
missioners' meeting they have
learned that the market itself
is not licensed. but that the in
dividual food handlers or farm
ers have the permits.
This posed the problem Of
what legal approach could be
taken either to bring health
and building code conditions up
to municipal standards or to
shut down the operation.
After a conference on the
matter today. Clark King, head
Iof the Corporation Councils
Once at Municipal Court, said
q meeting viii be held soon
with the owners, operators and
other city officials on what
steps will be taken.
Evening star., 1960-12-21
Loure|C College PROPOSED
For 4-County Areo

and liberal arts curriculum. as
now found at Suitland. :
Mr.. Schmidt proposed tnat
the college open in the present
Laurel Senior High School,
which is expected to he too
small for, future enrollments.
A new Laurel Senior High for
some $50 students probably will
be included in the next build
ing program, he said.
The county this fall adopted
a 1858 million building pro-
gram designed to meet class
room needs in 1863. Mr..
Schmidt said there is no more
ground for expanding Laurel
Senior High. now holding more
than 400 students.
Il think we should start
thinking now about q senior
high site for Laurel" Mr..
Schmidt said.
He said he has discussed a
regional junior college with
school superintendents in
Howard and Anne Arundel
Counties and plans a similar
conversation in Montgomery
County. So far, he said, the
school heads seem to think the
plan worthwhile. = : tFt
II the proposal is carried out,
the junior college would be the
only one xaisiway between Bal
EfiHofe salid washington, Mr..
Schmidt said. S., p.
He said he hopes the other
three counties would be willing
TO- pay part Of the tuition of
their students to 'attend a
junior collegein Laurel. Tuition
at Suitland is $3.50 a year,
divided equally among the stu
dent, county and State.
In other business, the school
board accepted a $147.600 bid
for a six-room addition to the
Rogers Heights Elementary
School. at Fifty-eighth and
Emerson streets. Construction
will be done by the CeeBee
Construction Co., Of Washing
ton, lowest of eight bidders.
Evening star., 1960-12-21

Strict enforcement Of the city's
three-year-old housing code.
To back up code enforcement,
the program called for more
low -cost housing, another urban
renewal project. sctty CO. opera :
ton, with private builders for
medium income Housing and
relaxing some sogiisg and build.
ing regulations. .i /, ii.
Under the program. the city
will study whether officials and
employees owning sluns should
be flred. fz =
Citizen spokeslnen at q public
hearing before the council
mixed strong support Of the
Mayors program with sharp
criticism of some city policies.
''Must Be Enforeedr
George Galland Of 1908
Bishop lane, an attorney, was
critical Of past policy. q
If q law Is On the books. "
Mr.. Galland said, ut has got
to be enforced"
City officials have explained
they; set q "go-slow policy" on
code enforcement In 1857 to
give property ogners o chance
to comply voluntarily. .
Strict enforcement. they say,
would have forced tenants on
to the street while the landlord
made repairs. a. re =
+ And, they maintained, in
some instances, repairs required
under the housing code are
barred by building and zoniDg
codes, aimed ct prohibiting
owners from prolonging the
life of dwellings that are badly
deteriorated or. Ia industrial
zones. IT,. - i
The new program would
relax enforcement !; Of ! these
laws In certain cases.
OF the SIS, ,l6o voted by the
council. 81 200 Njll bt used f0f
three new health department
sanitarians. a clerk md Office
equipment.
The rest win 90 for an ada
ditinnal building INSPECTOR -
clerk and office eutl eiit a
that department and n6tEieE l
fife prevention trsneo31 j
Supporting the Mayors pro-
gram were the p-chairlnen of
the newly formed Committee to
Rid Alexandria Of Slun1 Hoals-
ing. Edward Gulewicz, sand
Hugh Witt. who urged. however,
continuation OF laws barring
major repairs to sl0ms. ,",s
Evening star., 1960-12-21

The CRASH program called
for a code Of ethics for city Of
ficials.
They were supported by Mrs
Wilson Hodgin, president Of the
city's League Of Women Voters,
who said her group also sup
ported a city code Of ethics.
Thorpe Richards, president
Of the Old Town Civic Associa-
ton, indorsed the slum clear
ance proposal and urged care
ful consideration of appoint
ments to city positions.
Negro Problems Cited
A special consideration of the
problems Of the Alexandria
Negro in search of housing was
urged by Charles Taylor, OF
406 North Alfred street. Mfr
Taylor said high rents and
high sale prices on properties
available to Negroes make liv-
ing in Alexandria difficult.
He was backed up by the
Rev. John c. Davis, Of Meade
Memorial Church, who said 7s
per cent Of the city's Negro
teachers, all but one lawyer
and all but one doctor, lived
outside Alexandria.
Retention of the present
building and coming codes wa,
also urged by Jack Moore
president Of the Northeast
Citizens Association, anC
Charles H. Harbaugh, sr., pres
ident of the Del Ray Citizens
Association.
Evening star., 1960-12-21
ZOOS HOTTEST SHOW
White Tiger'sKeepers
Amazed at Crowds

htr1i;s eyes are the most start
ling shade Of Ice blue. Normal
tigers have yellow -orange eyes.
Dr.. Heed hopes to apply a
known genetic breeding rota-
ton and raise some white
tigers of his own, using Mohini
as a starter. Mighty Mo, a
conventional tiger occupying
the next cage to Mohini, is the
most likely candidate for her
mate. 1t is not expected that
white cubs will result from
this mating but ZOO experts
feel it can be worked out
within a few years.
Bright Orange Cage
Not only is Mohini the zoos
mightiest attraction, she also
bore the highest price tag. She
cost upwards Of $4,000 and
was given to the children of
America by John Kluge, presi-
dent Of the Metropolitan
Broadcasting Corp.
Mohini. who weighs about
200 pounds, was cautiously
presented to President Eisen-
hover on the White House
lawn earlier this month before
taking UP residence in her new
cage.
To set of her rich colors,
DR.. Reed had her installed in
q cage painted bright orange.
Despite the hundreds of spec
tators who come to "oh" and
"ah" at Mohini every day, she
rarely appears bored and al
ways puts on q good show In
q tigerish sort Of way.
Evening star., 1960-12-21
Cab Driver Fined
In Liquor Hauling

A 29-year-old Alexandria
cab driver was fined $3.50 and
given a 90-day suspended
sentence yesterday on charges
OF transporting more than q
gallon of alcohol into Virginia,
William H. Parker of the 400
block of North Fayette street
pleaded guilty in Municipal
Court today to that charge as
well as to one of reckless
driving.
Police said Parker was ar
rested after he drove the wrong
way down a one way street
when a policeman approached.