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Evening star., 1960-08-26
No Changes, Despite Congress

the impression left by this
session is not solely one OF
the inability of Senator Ken
nedy and johnson to bring
of legislation they wanted.
An equally strong i'm
preston has been that Of two
young men frustrated in their
efforts to implement a part
of that platform by "Old
Guard" Southern Democrats
and Republicans. This will be
seen as a good coalition if a
majority of the country turns
out to be in more or less con-
servative frame OF mind. But
if a majority turns up in a
more or less liberal mood
Senator Kennedy and john
son will then be seen as the
victims of stuffy, bad old con-
servatives. Such a circum-
stance would only increase
the determination of the
more or less liberal majority
to give them a hand.
Mr.. Nixon has known all
along that he can't compete
with the Democratic ticket if
the public is really going to
make its decisions primarily
on so-called liberal domestic
issues. His bet is that this
isn't how the public will de-
eide; Senator Kennedy's bet
is that it is.
In a word, nothing basic
has changed very much.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
RALPH .McGILL
Nixon Answers Calls in South

Republican vote will show
gains. And in Mississippi,
which is easily the most
zanely politically schizo-
phrenic of all Dixie States,
the apparent determination
of the Democrats to commit
hari kari may let the COP.
win.
Virginia, with her feudal
chieftain sulking in his tent
beneath the shade of his
apple trees, may fall into Mr..
Nixon's basket. He will give
it a special going over later
on. Florida, with a lot of
Nixon strength in Miami. st.
Petersburg, Jacksonville and
Tampa, is also to receive more
intensive consideration.
AS for Deep South States
like Georgia and Alabama.
where there is resentment
with no logical outlet. the
desire to have their Senators
hold on to seniority in Sem
ate chairmanShips should
bring the boys around.
But Mr.. Nixon is right to
visit them. They desperately
need nudging on toward a
two-party system. Only that
will cure the chronic political
malaise of Dixie. And, as Mr..
Nixon knows, sometimes the
dice come seven in the form
of a great rush of votes.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Talk of Nixon and the President

this has happened has been
very small compared to the
number of cases in which I
have shared the views that
the President has eventually
approved"
The big issue in the cam
paign is not the extent to
which Mr.. Nixon is respon-
sible for Mr.. Eisenhower's
decisions" but the knowl-
edge of national and inter-
national problems that Mr..
Nixon has gained during the
last seven-and-a-half years
by his presence in top coun-
ellis. In the same interview,
which was published on May
l6 in U. S. News & World
Report, Mr.. Nixon disclosed
the time he has spent on
executive work. He said:
"I had my Office do a tab
ulation of the meetings that
I have attended since Janu-
ary, 1853, as recorded in my
daily calendar. ] have at
tended 173 meetings that the
President has had with leg
islative leaders, and presided
over two of those. I have at
tended pit meetings of the
National Security Council,
and presided over 26 of those.
I have attended 1853 meetings
of the cabinet, and presided
over 19 cabinet meetings"
In the Senate debates since
Wednesday quite a point has
been made by the Democrats
of the fact that Mr.. Eisen-
hover in his news conference
was asked to give an instance
in which Vice President Nix
on had influenced a particu-
lar decision" The President
parried the question by quip-
ping that he might think OF
one "if you give me a week"
One of the Democrats in the
Senate debate said this made
it obvious that Mr.. Nixon'S
contributions were so slight
that the President could not
recall a single one"
1t would have been consid-
cred indelicate for the Presi-
dent to have initiated a dis
cussion of this kind, but now
that the. Democrats have
opened the way, 1t gives him
a full opportunity in the
campaign to discuss Mr.. Nix
on's experience in govern
ment-which, after all, is one
of the main questions in the
minds of the voters.
(Copyright, 196O
Evening star., 1960-08-26
RALPH .McGILL

Vice President Nixon's
swift dip into Atlanta and
Birmingham to take his stand
in Dixie almost certainly
grew out of insistent appeals
from eager, ambitious State
chairmen-not out of a firm
conclusion. PreSe tly, at
least, there are perhaps some
IS or maybe 20 million voters
who are like the hitch-hikers
in the years of the great de-
preston who stood by the
roadside with both thumbs
up, willing to 60 in either
direction.
Mr.. Nixon is trying to be
there with the first offer Of
transportation to those mil
lions who have not yet made
up their minds.
1t is a fact which politicians
know, but which the busy
citizen forgets, that in 1852
and 1856 the appeal of Gen.
Eisenhower was such that
the total vote was from IL
to IS per cent above that of
normal election years.
In so-called modern times
this was also true in 1920.
The ballots for the poor, be-
wildered, captive Warren
Harding were also a new vote
plateau. Herbert Hoover Gin
1929 and FDR also brought
them out.
In other words, there are in
this country today a mini
mum of 10 million qualified
persons who just don't vote
very often. (The figure is al
most surely close to IS mil
lion.)
The so-called independent
vote is probably about 5 mil
lion. The "mugwumps" are
traditionally earnest and
faithful in the exercise Of this
right. They are not to be
confused with those who,
from apathy or a complete
disinterest in government, do
not vote save when an eco
nomic issue, or one Of fear,
brings them out.
AS an example, we may
note that in 1882 Franklin D,
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Constitution Day
Ceremony Set
September II

Preliminary plans were made
yesterday by the District Citi-
zenship Committee for an elab-
crate ceremony to be held on
the Washington Monument
grounds on Constitution Day,
September II.
A highlight of the event at
11:30 am. will be the swear
ing in of 35 or 40 citizens at an
outdoor ssion of United
States District Court.
President Eisenhower has
been invited to speak. More
than so civic, patriotic and
religious organizations are
sponsoring the event. =
Several hundred delegates at
tending a National Conference
on Citizenship at the Statle1
Hilton Hotel September 1920
are expected to attend.
Governors Of the 13 origina,
States have been invited to lay
wreaths at the foot of the
monument.
Co-chairmen of the citizen
ship day committe are Waldror
E. Leonard, director of the Dis
trict Department of Veteran,
Affairs, and John v. Hinkel, 9
Washington publicist.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Vice Presidents Visits Called Nudging
Dixie Needs Toward Two-Porty System

Roosevelt received, in round
numbers, % million. But this
was only a million more than
Herbert Hoover had in 1928.
In 1886 and 1910 FDR was up
we'll above 81 million.
Harry Truman, in 1948, de-
feated the almost smugly
confident Tom Dewey with a
total of "a million. But in
1882 Gen. Eisenhower pulled
them out of their caves of
apathy to pile up almost "a
million votes and in 1856
actually received a stunning
sum of 35,558,316.
This, obviously was not a
demonstration by the inde-
pendent voters. Nor was it
merely a switch. Adlai Ste
venson, in losing, had almost
2 million more votes than
FDR had in 1914.
The fact is that several
million persons who don't
usually go to the polls troop
ed there in 1852 and 1856.
There is a considerable
amount of sullen withdrawal
in the South. In most of the
States much of this surliness
will disappear. But there is
every reason to believe the
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Assumption That Kennedy Is Hurt
By Short Session Viewed as Mistake

at a time when every rational
political observer agreed he
still held the country pretty
much in his hands, the Demo-
Gratis won Congress again.
There is hardly the slightest
question that they will win
Congress again this year
regardless of who wins the
Presidency. No senior Re-
publican known to this cor
respondent seriously disputes
that outlook.
Why these seeming para
doxes? The principal reason
is that men are elected for
Congress in quite different
ways and for quite different
reasons than for President.
The real and controlling and
gut issues are usually local,
or at most regional, rather
than national and interna-
tional.
Indeed, if Mr.. Nixon had
to depend on the local
strength of the Republican
Party. congressional district
by district, he probably could
save himself the trouble of
running at all. But the point
is that he does not have to
depend on that strength.
This is precisely why he has
unhesitatingly grasped as his
one great opportunity the
issues bound up in world
affairs-dealing with Nikita
Khrushchev, keeping the
peace.
Ticket-splitting as between
the Presidency and Congress
is a fixed habit.
There is, moreover, a
secondary. but not incon-
siderable, fact. The Kennedy
johnson slate can be reckoned
to have been badly damaged
only if one assumes the
Democratic convention plat
form was politically a poor
one in the first place. For
Evening star., 1960-08-26
WILLIAM S. WHITE

The Democratic presiden-
tial ticket has no doubt been
at least theoretically injured
by the comparative failure Of
the bob-tailed session of Con-
gress now drawing angrily to-
ward its close.
It would be a great mis-
take, however, to bet very
much that this injury is
necessarily real or enduring.
Equally dangerous-and the
more experienced Republi-
cans both know this and pri-
vately stress its the as
sumption that the session will
automatically increase the
lead claimed in recent polls
for Republican Presidential
Candidate Nixon over Demo-
cratic Presidential Candidate
Kennedy.
CThese very polls, by the
way. are strongly suspect as
to accuracy among the Nixon
people themselves. They wish
they could believe the figures,
but they don't. They think
it much too early to get any
reliable reading of public
feeling, and so do the Demo-
cratS.)
And despite academic po-
litical theories. the plain fact
is this: There is now no
necessary relationship what
ever between what any party
does or doesn't do in Con-
gresS and how that party's
presidential minee may
fare in an election. Three
successive times this point
has surely been established.
The Democrats took Con-
gress in 1854 in, the face Of
the most popular Republic
can President in history,
Dwight Eisenhower. In 1856,
at the very moment he was
piling up a second and even
greater landslide victory, they
took Congress again. In 1858,
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Cut in Support
Denied Despite
Loss of Job

A former State Department
Foreign Service officer has lost
his plea to cut in half his 5000
monthly support payments to
his two sons because he lost
his job.
Upholding an earlier deci-
sion by the Domestic Relations
Court, the Municipal Court Of
Appeals decided yesterday that
Stanley I. Grand of 2475 Vir-
ginia avenue NV. had not
proved that he was making
any substantial attempts to
reduce his own standard Of
living or that Of a third son in
his custody.
Mr.. Grand, 40, was involun-
tarily retired from his $ll,99
a-year Foreign Service job by
a State Department panel in
November. 1859.
A year earlier. Mr.. Grand
and his wife, Lila, of the $500
block Of Connecticut avenue
INV. were divorced. They agreed
that Mrs. Grand would take
custody of their two youngest
children, IA and II years old,
and receive 5000 a month for
their support while he would
have custody Of the Oldest child.
Mr.. Grand filed for reduc-
ton to 500 a month in sup
port payments last February
He claimed his income, a Gov
ernment pension, had been re-
duced TO about $4,000 a year
His request was denied in
March.
Mr.. Grand said yesterday he
has a suit for his reinstate-
ment in the Foreign Service
pending in District Court.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
WHO. to Fight
Disease in Far East

BANDUNG, Indonesia, Aug.
26 (AP) The World Health
Organizations Far Eastern
Committee today approved a
budget to spend $7.5 million on
l4O health projects in the area
in the next year.
Projects are planned to COM
bat malaria, tuberculosis. yaws
leprosy and other communica-
BILE diseases.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Democrats Believed Giving Eisenhower
Chance to Boost Vice President

sions in meetings? Are they
committee decisions?
"A. I think one of the es-
sential rules for any orderly
government is that there can
be only one man who makes
the final decisions. I, for one,
have never believed in govern
ment by committee, because
what happens then is that
the decisions made represent
the least common denomina-
tor Of what everybody will
agree to, and this means
leadership at its lowest level,
rather than at its highest
level.
Now, I know that there
have been those who have
suggested that the President
believes in government by
committee. that he does not
make decisions or overrule
members Of his official family
on issues. Nothing could be
further from the truth. The
President is a very patient
man. He always invites full
and free discussion. He tries
to bring about agreement
among all Of the members Of
his cabinet and Security
Council when important deci-
sions are being made.
But, in the final analy-
sis. the President recognizes
that the cabinet and Security
Council are advisory to him
only.
THE President, during the
seven years that I have been
with him, has never put a
matter to the vote of the
cabinet, the Security Coun-
Gil or the legislative leaders.
I believe he is absolutely
correct in following this prac-
tice because, in the final
analysis, he, the President.
should make the big decisions
rather than pass the buck, in
effect, to his advisers. I
don't mean that he isn't af-
fected by what we all say,
but he himself, after he hears
what we all say, announces
the decision.
"Of course, there have
been instances in which the
view adopted by the Presi-
dent has been the view held
by others in his official fam
lily than myself.
But I would say that the
number Of cases in which
Evening star., 1960-08-26
POTOMAC FEVER
By Pete Wymo
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Kennedy attacks Nixon for retreat defeat
In campaign relations, Kennedy is believer the
personal to- personal program.
Nixon says he'd raise If necessary. It's bold
pagn Now he spend the next 10 weeks explain
ing why it won't be necessary.
You don't hear much about Jack Kennedys New From
tier" any Too many people thought it candy
bar-an impression the Democratic platform nothing
dispel
Campaign what-they-means: The opposition is up to
its old smear tactics" The buns. We thought of that
first but they beat us out with it.
One big city ward boss boasts he's progressive Instead
OF buying this fall he'll give away green stamps
Evening star., 1960-08-26
DAVID LAWRENCE

President Eisenhower may
have unwittingly started the
ball rolling on one Of the
most important issues of the
campaign-namely. just how
much experience Vice Presi-
dent Nixon has had in the
development Of national and
International policies.
The President was asked at
his news conference on
Wednesday to say in what
decisions on public policy the
Vice President had partici-
pated, and Mr.. Eisenhower's
answer was that decisions are
made by the President and
not by anybody else. At the
same time he said he con-
siders Mr.. Nixon one Of his
principal advisers.
The Democrats in the Sem
ate promptly thought they
saw an issue, and seized upon
this answer as meaning that
Mr.. Nixon's participation on
the Executive side of the
Government had been most
incidental. But actually
what the President said is in
line with what Vice President
Nixon himself has previously
revealed in describing his own
role. Thus, in an impromptu
interview with Mr.. Nixon last
May, which was not widely
published in the newspapers,
the following colloquy oc-
Cured:
@. What role do you play
in cabinet meetings, for ex-
ample? Do you have a chance
to speak up?
"a. Yes, I have always had
the opportunity to express
myself, not only at cabinet
meetings but at the other
meetings over which the
President presides. Usually it
is his custom, once a matter
is presented at any one Of
these meetings, to ask the
various people around the
table for their comments and
suggestions.
In fact, the President al
ways invites all of us who
participate in such meetings
to indicate our views before
he, the President, reaches a
decision.
@. Who makes the deci-
Evening star., 1960-08-26

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Evening star., 1960-03-27
BY BONNIE E. AIKMAN
star stan Writer


NEW TALENT-Three new announcers at
WMAL and WMAL-7 this month are Steve
0ilmartin, Charles Hughes and Tom WilIette.
-. The trio replaces Jackson Weaver and Frank
Harden, who now have their own early morn
ing radio show monday through Saturday, 8 to
am).
Steve comes to Washington from WTOL-
TV in Toledo, Ohio, Charles was formerly with
WGMS, and Tom was with WRGP-TV in Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
FESTIVAL Observation-Disclosures to direct
the important television coverage Of the 1860
Cherry Blossom Parade of Princesses on April
Is WMAL-7S Thorn WinkIer.
LOUIS ALIENS ANGLES, as we all
know, the weather. To underline that fact,
he's OF to Hagerstown, Nd, this Thursday to
tell all about meteorology over Washington
CountyS Closed Circuit Educational Television
system.
FASHION NOTE-We always thought Chan
mel 5's Milton Q. Ford was a natty looking
gentleman and now the Advertising Club of
Evening star., 1960-03-27
News of D. c. Studios
New Voices on Channel 7

Washington has made that impression official
by admiringly naming him its best-dressed
member Of 1860
NEWS HEAD-Ted Yates, veteran television
script-writer, director and newspaperman, has
been named director of news and public affairs
for the Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporations
television stations. Washingtons WTTG-5 Is
one Of four stations included in the network
Mr.. Yates, a former reporter for the Miami
Herald and Tampa Tribune, won an Emmy
Award for his work on the show Night Beat.
RELIGIOUS NEWS NOTE-Today in Your
Life, a new interfaith devotional series, is now
being seen daily on WTTG-5. DR.. George nj.
DOcherty, minister of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church, is currently delivering
4-minute talks on the show. Future programs
will feature religious leaders Of the Catholic
and Jewish faiths. The program Is seen ut
1855 am. Monday through Friday; S:1O am. on
Saturday and 9:55 am. Sunday.
IT'S BOY ;. for MIR. and Mrs. Stanley
Friedman Stan is a production manager at
WTOP-9 The son was born March 7. and
named Daniel Seth.
Evening star., 1960-01-17
Dick Clark
Regulars
By Fiji GORSKA
Star STAFF Writer

Weekdays across the country, teen-agers
flip their dialS to televiSon show called Ameri-
can Bandstand.
With obvious admiration they watch group
of Philadelphia teens dance across the screen
while Dick Clark, the programs emcee, spins
records and then introduces the moments most
popular singer.
Through the years. however, the teen sets
curioSity-from coast to coaSt-has turned from
the singers, whom they feel they already know
to the young Philippians known as Dick
ClarkS regulars"
what are the regulars like?" the Nations
youths have been asking.
While they're very little different from teen
ayers the country over, the regulars have
become so popular that they're almost "stars"
themselves They're admired and envied like
bona fide celebrities, and their fan mail rivals
that of the singers. Occasionally, when recog
nized by their fans, their clothes are torn and
the ShredS kept as souvenirs.
On a recent trip to the District, two of the
Clark regulars found Washington teens
to be no exception to the "crazy yabout-the-regu-
lars" trend.
Arlene Sullivan, IT, a senior at Philadelphia'S
st. Monica's High School, and Betty Romanti,
15 sophomore at West Catholic High, came
to town as the special guests of Sallie Anderson,
a sophomore at Regina High School, West HyattS-
vile. It was one of Sallie's Christmas presents.
"I paid SIT for the bus tickets so they could
come to visit me-" said Sallie, as she waited for
their arrival at the Greyhound terminal "Its
part of my Christmas present from my father"
AS the bus arrived Arlene and Betty, both
brown haired and brown eyed were bearing the
trademarks by which the girls on Bandstand are
known-no makeup, long hair, short shirts and
Queen Ann heels.
Teen-agers with cameras, autograph books
and questions bore down on the visitors immedi-
ately scene that was repeated everywhere they
went throughout their three-day stay.
Walking into a nearby restaurant escorted
by Sallie the Philadelphia girls were recognized
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