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Evening star., 1961-11-28
AVID LAWRENCE
Politics and the Defense Picture

campaign speech in New
York stated: The missile lag
looms larger and larger
ahead" This was repeatedly
emphasized by other Demo-
cratic speakers throughout
the campaign.
Yet. shortly after Mr.. Ken
nedy took office, he endeav-
ored to change national psy-
chology on this point and
also to impress the world
with Americas military
strength - certainly some
thing that had not been built
overnight and surely couldn't
have been achieved in the
few months after the 1861
presidential Inauguration.
Robert Mcnamara, the new
Secretary of Defense. was
among the first to reveal that
the missile gap" did not
exist.
Unfortunately, too. many
politicians in both political
parties nowadays seem to
think that anything goes in
politics" and that anything
said to the voter is all right
even if, after the campaign
is over. it proves to have been
misleading. One cannot help
but wonder if there shouldn't
be a supplement to a recent
speech by the Attorney Cen
eral with reference to en-
forcement of the antitrust
laws. He said:
I'VE are talking about clear
cut questions of right and
wrong. I view the business
man who engages in such
conSpiracieS in the same light
as I regard the racketeer
who siphons off money from
the public in crooked gam
bling or the union official
who betrays his union men,
bers."
Maybe there should be
added now: "Or the politi-
cian-in or out of public Of
fice-who betrayS the citi-
zens generally, misleads the
voters, and by misstatementS
of fact damages the prestige
of his own country through
out the world"
tCopyright 196lD
Evening star., 1961-11-28
Americans Are Reminded We Instituted
The Experiment in Popular Government

science in Russia - and the
world.
Mr.. Coombs said: LAS we
ponder the world of rapid
change and turmoil about us
the result against tyranny
in all its forms, the 'revolu-
ton of rising expectations
it is we'll to remind ourselves
that this is largely our rev.
olution, and not the revolu-
ton of Marx and Lenin. 1t
was Jefferson who said, long
before Marx appeared on the
scene, that the American rev.
olution sought the freedom,
not alone of Americans, but
of all mankind the Com
muniStS have sought to cap
ture this revolution and turn
it to their own purposes"
1t is our task. he con-
cluded, as it is of all free
nations, to m ain ain our
identity with this worldwide
revolution. to keep it from
being stolen and perverted.
The theological struggle
around the world, he said,
is not a contest between the
Soviet Union and Red China,
standing for change, and the
United States and its Free
World allies, clinging to the
status quo.
Rather, it is a competition
between two very different
kinds of revolutions with
very different ideas and
values. Our sort of revolution
aims at liberating people from
all forms of tyranny and
bondage - hunger, disease
and ignorance, feudal lords
and governmental masters
liberating whole nations to
pursue, as we have been able
to do, the aspirations of their
peoples in freedom, dignity
and self respect. Because ed
ucation above all else liber-
ates individuals from ignor-
ance. to discover the truth
for themselves, it is a major
instrument of our kind of
revolution.
The Kremlin is not without
troubles. The Russians are
now educated enough to
know that if Stain was not
Evening star., 1961-11-28
DAVID LAWRENCE

How h on G S t is American
politics. and how est
minded are many of those
political speakers who con-
fuse. if not mislead, the
voters in order to win an
election?
The subject becomes peril
nent now in view of a frank
and candid comment just
presented to the public by
the New York TimeS-a sup
porter of Mr.. Kennedy in the
election campaign last year.
The editorial says in part:
The missile gap,' like the
bomber gap before it. is now
being consigned to the limbo
of synthetic issues, where it
always belonged
The missile gap-the pre-
diction of an overwhelming
Soviet superiority in inter
continental balliStic missiles
in the early 1960S-waS the
product Of partisan politics
and service primarily Air
Force, pressureS. The same
forces and the same con-
greSSional a n d Journalistic
mouthpieces VIII o manufac-
tured an alleged bomber gap
in the 1950S sponsored. and
indeed invented, the alleged
missile gap in the l960s. To-
day. judged by the hard-bit-
ten estimates of actual So
Wet strength, to which all the
services apparently subscribe,
the missile gap has van
iShed: the quantitative ad-
vantage. if any. is on the side
of the United States.
The issue became one IN
part because Air Force intel
ligence estimates of Soviet
missile capabilities. which
were always far higher than
other estimates, were used
as political and propaganda
footballs. The Air Force
thought it had a good lever
with which to pry more money
out of the administration and
Congress. The Republicans,
needlessly on the defensive.
got a bad case of foot-in-
mouth disease. The Demo-
Gratis, then on the political
Evening star., 1961-11-28
RALPH McGHL

When DR.. Sarwat Okasha,
Egypt's minister of culture,
came to Washington to join
with Mrs. Kennedy in OPEN
ing the exhibit of some of
the beautiful and priceless
articles from the tomb of
King Tut-ankh-amen, antiq-
uity became a subject of din
ner conversation.
An antiquarian noted that
single cellular life probably
began on the planet earth
about 1000 million years ago.
Man, in his present form, ap-
peared in creation about one
million years ago. The young
king, Tut-ankh-amen, ruled
in the 14th century before
Christ.
A historian then comment
ed that Columbus visited
these shores less than 500
years ago and that the United
States has been a nation
less than 200 years.
At that point a middle
aged lady at the dinner said
to Dr.. Okasha: You make
me feel so young"
Philip H. CoombS. Assist
ant Secretary of State for
educational and cultural af-
fairs, put this story in per-
spective in an address dis
cusSing the establishment of
land-grant colleges in this
country a mere 100 years ago
and the tremendous con-
tribution they have made to
the advancement of techni-
queS and culture.
We Americans forget it
was we who first placed on
this earth the experiment in
popular government, individ-
ual freedom and, finally,
public education. All educa-
ton, as history shows, is
bound to be a revolutionary
forrn II is the ranid advance
of education in Russia which
contributed most to the need
to degrade Stain, to remove
his mummy from the tomb,
tear down the statues erected
to him. and change the
names Of cities and streets
honoring him. 1t has been
education which has brought
about the revolution of
Evening star., 1961-11-28
RALPH McGILL
Our Revolution of Liberation

infallible, Nikita Khrushchev,
or any who come after him,
may also be in error. They
are educated enough to know
that while Stain was doing
his numbering some of the
present government were
supporting him.
All these things are, said
Mr.. Coombs, good to remem-
ber when we, citizens of a
strong young country, not
accustomed to world respon-
sibilities, feel frustrated by
crises, headlines and TV
screens reminding us of
dangerous, irritating prob
lens. We must have faith in
our principles. We must keep
our heads. We must remem-
Der that the reverse side of
a problem often is opportun-
ity. 1t is our revolution.
Evening star., 1961-11-28

valeScents or other persons who
are not acutely i'll and not in
need of hospital care, but who
require skilled nursing and
medical treatment, will feature
air-conditioning, fire-proofing
and recreational facilities.
State Senators John A. K.
Donovan and Charles Fenwick
and the Rev. J. Hodges Alves
of the Falls Church will speak
at the opening. The home, at
920l Columbia pike, will be
open to the public at pm.
Sunday.
Evening star., 1961-11-28

BERNE, Switzerland-The
capital of the Helvetic Con-
federation is far less import
ant to this nation than
Washington is to America,
London to Britain and Paris
to France. The capital of
Switzerland is merely an
other city in which neither
the cultural nor the economic
life of the republic is CEN
tered.
But, because of the overall
Importance of the Helvetic
Republic and it's strict neu-
trality, Berne is an important
center of international po-
litical information. Here, po-
licieS discussed in Bonn.
Washington or Paris and
even in Moscow are filtered
and accurately evaluated
without bias. passion or
wishful thinking.
1t is in Switzerland that
the observer seeking to pene-
trate the dense fog of the
present international stu
alton can find a relatively
realistic appraisal. This re-
porter has found on one
particular point the same re-
action he has found in Paris
and in Bonn. If, perchance.
the American government, in
its search for peace with
honor" were to sit at the
conference table with the
Russians and for the sake of
a temporary and superficial
relief sacrifice vital German
interests, the Germans would
look to the East for their fu-
ture.
In other words, if the
United States, which is re-
garded as the leader Of the
struggling free world. were
to accept a mere face-saving
agreement at the forthcom-
irg negotiations with the
Kremlin, there is no ques-
ton that before the end of
next year there would be a
Russian-German "un der
standing" This would result
not only in the collapse of
the NATO but also in the
SovietS' gaining the ascen-
dancy in Western Europe.
The German government
and the German people want
to add their great strength
toward making the NATO an
unbreakable shield. The
Western might can be such
that it is doubtful that Mos
COW would challenge it by
an outright aggression. The
risk for Russia and inter-
national communism would
be too great, and Mr.. Khru-
Evening star., 1961-11-28
Missile Gap Cries in Election Drive
Criticized as Having Misled Voters

out. used the alleged missile
gap as a club with which to
belabor the administration.
The result was that a ghost. a
shadow. became a synthetic
issue, which obscured real
national defense problems
and confused the voter"
But the people of this
country were not the only
ones confused.
Abroad the So-called pres
tige" of the United States
supposedly went down on
the barometer of the hour.
and the Democrats began to
demand that all the pres
tIge" polls obtained by gov
ernmental agencies abroad
be published at once. No
body took the trouble to an
alyze how much of the de-
cline of American prestige
overseas was due to the fault
finding and despair-crying
groups of politicians making
= speeches inside the United
States.
Some of the harm done was
partly offset later by PreSi-
dent Kennedy, who, shortly
after he took office, repudi-
ated. in effect, some of the
things he himself had said
on the stump indicating
that American defenseS had
been neglected. There is no
telling how many people who
listened to the great de-
bates" on television between
Messrs. Nixon and Kennedy
came to the conclusion that.
if things were as bad as they
seemed in comparison with
Russian military power-as
described by the politicians
in their Speeches-then may
be a change of administra-
tionS was really necessary.
The Democratic platform
had conveyed the impression
of American military weak
ness. 1t said: "AS a result,
our military position today is
measured in terms of gaps
missile gaps, space gap, linn
ited-War gap"
Mr., Kennedy. himself, in a
Evening star., 1961-11-28

might be able to have the
same ascendancy at the court
of Nikita Khrushchev as the
Reich had at the court Of
Car Nicholas. In support Of
this theory, the recent incl
dent involving German Am
baSsador Hans Kroll is
pointed to. Mr.. Kroll made
certain suggestions ION his
own" to the Soviet dictator
concerning the solution of
the German crisis. For this
he was disavowed and re-
turned to Bonn to explain.
After he saw Chancellor
Adenauer he was returned
to his post in Moscow.
The fact is, according to
current stories. that Mr..
Kroll did not act on his own.
He has been a professional
diplomat for 40 years and
knows better. In his private
talk with Mr.. Khrushchev-
all the details are not avail
able-he was inspired" by
instructions he had received
from a section of the perma-
nent staff of the Bonn For
eign Office, the equivalent
Of what we used to call IN
our State Department the
fourth floor" to sound out
the Red leader.
His inspiration" did not
come from Mr.. Adenauer.
The permanent officials
waited for this approach un-
til Heinrich Won Brentano
ceased to be foreign minister.
Mr.. Adenauer is reported to
have been shocked. But he
had to throw in the sponge
lest the underlings in the
Foreign office be exposed as
a result of Mr.. Kroll's being
fired.
Mr.. Adenauer, the Bonn
government and the German
people want to preserve a
strong Western alliance, but
not at the price of their be-
coming the Sacrificial lamb
at the altar of peace with
honor" as conceived by some
presidential advisers.
Evening star., 1961-11-28
ConVuIescent
Home PrevieW

Sleepy Hollow Manor, a
$500,000 convalescent h hom e
planned by 35 doctors from the
Northern Virginia area, will be
opened tomorrow in AMMAN
dale to members of the medical
profession, their wives and the
press.
The home, designed by the
group to accommodate con-
Evening star., 1961-11-28

John w. Johnson, jr., A,
was sworn in yesterday as di-
rector of Mexican activities for
the Agency for International
Development.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-25

|. >. The Burberry Room. which
was the first swank place to
introduce the Twist. has now
banned the dance. Shall
mar, the belly dancer, ex-
planned that her profession
differs from stripping: "a belly
dancer, you might say, is the
Barry Goldwater of interpret
live dancing"
Frank LOesser, who wrote
the music for the new hit,
How to Succeed in Business
:" comes from a family Of
serious musicians. His father
was music teacher, and his
brother Is an eminent music
critic. During rehearSais
LoesSer refused to heed direc-
tor Abe Burrows advice on
how to end one song. Loesser
wanted to use an "11th." Bur-
rows finally overruled him.
"Okay," Loesser sighed, "but
what'l I tell my mother I do
for a living?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-25

and her co-star Tony Perkins.
Dassin's divorce will be final
In February. But Melina hasn't
started on her divorce action
and when she and Jules are in
Athens they often make a din
ner threesome with her hus-
band. All very cosy.
Mr.. Perkins will remain in
Manhattan until he reports
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-25
THE LYONS DEN
BY LEONARD LYONS
Inspiration Revisited

NEW YORK. - Franklin ID.
Roosevelt, jr., visited the White
House recently. He was in the
office Of Godfrey 7. McHugh,
the Air Force aide to the Presi-
dent who volunteered to make a
phone call for him. McHugh
made the call, and began: This
is Col. Ntzhugh," F. D. R..
| jr.. pointed to McHugh's new
brigadier star and corrected
him: You're not a colonel,
General"
The new general was born
here, but spent his youth in
Paris. He first dreamed of
a military career when he was
II and saw a daShing Polish
officer, 1t. Col. de Presbiano.
The Polish officer also was a
philatelist, but only his uni
form intrigued the boy. It
was in Paris, soon after the war,
that McHugh was promoted
from major to lieutenant colo
mel. The first thing he did
was search the phone directory.
He found the listing for "de
Presbiano. philatelist." Nc
Hugh. in full uniform, his sill
verleaf shining, visited the
shop. He saw the aged man
whose lieutenant colonel's uni
form once had inspired him to
this career. 1t. Col. McHugh
then wished the man q pleas
ant day, and left.
Ernest Hemingway's brother
Leicester and eldest sister
Marceline have completed
books about the family. i.
Mary Hemingway, the authors
widow, who is a professional
writer. too. doesn't plan to do
q book about him. Leland
Hayward. producer Of "A Shot
in the Dark" brought the hit
to Broadway for under $40. 900.
!. Dudley Sutton, who is mar
rying Huntington Hartf0rd's
ex-wife. will be seen off-Broad-
way in Brendan Behan's The
Hostage"
Attorney General Kennedy
was the main speaker at the
People to People Sports Com
mittee dinner here last week.
Kennedy said: My father who
is 70, has never been defeated
in golf by his sons. We are
resigned to the fact that he
probably never will be, either"
J. F. KS message was: II
am delighted that you have in
vited the Attorney General to
represent our touch football
team.
There is considerable truth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-25
HOLLY WOOD.
By SHEILAH GRAHAM
Another 'Sundoy'

PARIS. CNANA). - Melina
MercOuri and jules DaSsin are
planning a sequel to their very
successful Never on Sunday"
movie-"A Sort of Melina Goes
to New York" Dassin told me
at the Studio Boulogne where
he was finishing IS. s. Phae-
Ore" before leaving the next
day for New York with Melina
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-25

to the rumor." j. F. K. added,
that on the gridiron, at least.
he is the teams principal sig
nal caller"
Judy GarIandS first single
record in years will be Once
in a Lifetime" from "Subways
Are for Sleeping" and Sweet
Danger" from 'Kean."
Ben Hecht is writing a sequel
to his Child Of the Century"
The book. "Gaily, Gaily," will
concern his life in Chicago
from 1912 to 1918. Karl
BOehm, the European SYM
phony and opera conductor
has accepted Leonard Bern
STEMS invitation to conduct the
New York Philharmonic at Lin
coin Center.
Ex-President Osmena Of the
Philippines, who died last
week, often visited the New
York nightclubs, where he
liked to dance. Some of his
friends suggested that perhaps
this was undignified for q
president. Osmena agreed to
have the decision rest with his
physician, who counseled him:
Mr.. President, never mind
your dignity. Dancing is good
for your health"
Truman CapOte will title his
new book IN Cold Blood. !"
He'll fly from his Swiss home
to Kansas soon for the final
research on the murder case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-25

back here to AnatoIe Litvak,
end of November, for his sus-
pense film - temporary title,
IAN the Gold In the World" -
with Sophia Loren.
Raj vaIlone, who plays Mel
mas wealthy shipowner hus-
band in "Phaedre." will stay in
Paris to star on stage in "The
Warriors Repose." =. And
Melina will do a play in Paris
in December with Jean Pierre
Aum0nt, while Dassin directs a
play in New York. -. I left
them on the set, all exhausted
after four months of filming
all over Europe.
Laurence Harvey and Joan
COhn had a few fun days in
Paris before they took off for
Hollywood where Larry will
finish The World of the
Brothers Grimm" Kirk
Douglas has the sniffles in
Rome. That song he sang at
Elizabeth TaylOr's party for
him did not improve the cold.
Peter Viertal is in Paris to
polish up his next movie script
flor Litvak. Wife Deborah Kerr,
expecting their baby, is at their
home in Switzerland.
Robert Wagner and Joan
Collins had to promise their
respective film bosses in Lon
don mo more. weekend trips
to Rome" Their last time in
Rome, neither could report back
for Mountaineering shooting
because of fog.
The winters here for wander
ing stars will be easier when
they have that tunnel under
the English Channel. Then you
will be able to thumb a ride
from London to Paris and vice
versa.
SachA Distel is having the
greatest success of his life at
the ABC Theater here. All
Paris. with one exception-old
flame Brigitte BardOt-turned
out for his opening.
Sidney Chaplin's pal, Mus
tache, has opened q restaurant
on the Left Bank-and the
younger stars are eating and
handholding there. MuStache
has q role in Lawrence Of
Arabia"
I hear that Charlton Hes
tons Easter Dinner" may be
eaten in Hollywood and not in
Rome as planned. I'll be in
Rome soon, and as of a few
days ago Charlton was still
there. We have a date for an
October dinner, so I hope to
locate him.
American movie musicals are
not popular in Europe Except
ing Englan6 because you can't
redub Bing Crosby or other
stars singing. But Danny Kaye
came to Paris to redub the
songs Of his latest singing
movie. Alas, it was not a sue
cess.
But then you never know
what viii be a success in Paris.
It's hard to believe it, but
"Gigi" didn't click. And they
don't expect any better luck
with Fanny" But Marion
BrandO's "One Eyed Jacks" is
a hit here. though it didn't do
well in England. Alfred Hitch
cocks Psyche" was an enor-
nous hit, as 1t was everywhere.
There are now two million
TV sets in France. and movies
are not doing so well. But. as
the world over. when q picture
is good it does good business.
Evening star., 1961-02-11
Fences Get Color Conscious
By D. M. DERWIN
Contributing Writer

A new vinyl-clad, welded
fence for color conscious
home owners has recently be-
come available for dividing
line, back yard and other
residential fencing applica-
tions.
This new fencing features
a thick plastic coating, per-
manently bonded to the GAL
vanized wire. The manufac-
turer claims that this new
fence coating Is ruSt-proof
and will not chip or peel.
The fence is available in a
lawn green color making the
fence almost invisible against
a lawn Of garden setting.
1t comes in 36-inch and
4S-inch heights and is sup
Evening star., 1961-02-11
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piled in 50-foot rolls. The
mesh is 2 inches by 2%
inches. The wire Is IA gauge.
Since 1t is stiff and hangs in
place, no stretching tools are
needed. There are no sharp
edges to scratch hands or
tear clothing.
Use as TrelIis
The manufacturer states
that when used as a trellis,
the vinyl plastic coating helps
to insulate the young vines
from reflection sun burn.
For trellis use only, this
fencing comes in a 14-inch
height and is supplied in 25-
foot rolls complete with seven
Evening star., 1961-02-11

slip-in stakes that make 1t
easy to set up as q flower
garden fence in a few min
'uteS.
WoteF-Powered ShorpeneV
A new, water-powered pre-
ciSion knife sharpener, now
available. sharpens all types
Of knives including regular
hollow ground, serrated and
bread knives, easily and eco
nomically.
This new water-powered
knife Sharpener is attached
to the kitchen faucet with an
all-purpose adapter and
knives are drawn across an
aluminium oxide, vitrified
hone.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-04-22

ty payment rate. This $18.75
times farm productivity index of
$50 would give the farmer a pay
ment rate of $28.12 per acre. If
this farmer had a base corn acre
age of 10, the 20 percent diverted
would be two acres. Multiply two
times the $28.12 per acre, and
his total payment would be $56.24.
Farmers with less than 20 acres
base acreage may place the entire
amount in the program.
AS additional incentive, a sec
ond 20 percent Of the base acre
age may be diverted and receive
a payment equal to so percent in
stead of so percent of the county
yield.
The grain sorghum payments
are determined in the same man.
ner as corn payments.
The cooperator will receive half
of his estimated total payment at
the time he signs forms at the
local ASC office indicating his in
tention to participate. The balance