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Evening star., 1961-06-06
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Reiuvenoted, Independent Continent
Still Wants Close Ties With U.S..

as hard core" Communists,
Moscow disciplined and Mos
COW directed.
In America we have only
some 10000 Communist Par
ty members, but they are boil
stored by hundreds of thou
sands of fellow travellers,
dupeS and ideologists who
play the Kremlin's game, wit
tingly or unwittingly. Few
such are helping Moscow in
continental Europe. In italy,
I am told, only a handful Of
fellow travellers support the
Communist Party.
The miracle Of Europe is,
Of course, due to the sub
stantial and timely help Of
America. The Marshall Plan
immeasurably helped the re-
covery Of countries whose in
ternal conditions had been
considered almost hopeless.
Despite certain mistakes in
the first stages of Americas
economic assistance, most
Europeans recognize that
without our help, Russia
would have extended its boun-
daries to the Channel.
Also an enormous contri-
button to the success of the
aid program was the willing
ness Of the people to work
relentlessly in rebuilding their
homelands.
Following the Marshall
Plan came the North Allan
tic Treaty which provided a
political and military bulwark
for the recovering continent
in the event Moscow had
plans for conquering by force
this Christian civilization.
Today, Western Europe
from the Elbe to the Channel
is a power to be reckoned
with. Its population is almost
equal to that of the USSR.
Its factories, and particularly
the skill and genius Of its
Evening star., 1961-06-06
Europe Cresting Real Revolution

people, are well ahead Of the
USSR and its satellites.
Europe-that is, the rank
and file Of its peoples well
aware of what is owed to
America. Statesmen are pos
sibly less so, for reasons we
shall deal with in later COL
umns. But the newspapers
and other news media across
the Atlantic are carrying
disheartening stories of a
staggering America" This
is sad news over here where
it was hoped that the COM
bined forces of the United
States and a rejuvenated
Western Europe would be
able to work together to end
the most serious crisis since
the barbarian invasion which
destroyed the Roman empire.
The dramatic developments
which are occurring here,
the most dramatic since the
days Of the Renaissance, will
form the basis of these re-
ports. A leading italian poll
tician, whom this reporter
saw shortly after his arrival
in Rome, presented the posi-
tion of Europe in regard to
America succinctly: Europe
needs the United States
and wants to work closer
with her than ever. But Eu-
rope is no longer dependent
on her."
Evening star., 1961-06-06
Britain Debates the Kennedy Trip

clear weapons than the
United States" and clinging
to this error just when Amer
leans are abandoning it.
Yet Mr.. Kennedy. through
no personal fault, Is on rather
delicate ground here. Britons
remember that his father,
as the pre-war American
Ambassador, believed it was
impossible to oppose Hitler
and, upon leaving the Roose-
welt administration, became a
foremost spokesman for
American nationalism.
Americans had no reason to
remember this last November,
as the Presidents interna-
tionalism is firm. He is, how
ever, a canny politician,
aware fully that Americas
special position with Britain
is not one to be disturbed if
important sources Of bipart-
isan strength are to be kept
intact.
Gen. Charles de Gaulle
wants to join the nuclear club
just as clearly Britain does
not. Yet a distaste for public
review Of all such major de-
ciSions which are being taken
almost by default clings
here, as it did so long in the
United States.
Evening star., 1961-06-06

ROME, Italy (By Air MaiD
After a 31-year stint as q
Washington correspondent,
this reporter has returned to
the scene Of his early news
paper experiences - Europe
and the Middle East-pro-
vided the latter remains open
for unhampered travels by
American news gatherers in
the next few months.
The principal endeavor of
my European reporting will
be to try to explain the great
revolution which has oc-
CURED on this continents
revolution in the best sense
Of the word.
At the end Of the last war
when I Travelled all over Ger
many, France, Italy and the
smaller countries the stu
alton looked hopeless. The
devastation caused by Allied
bombers, combined with the
damage inflicted by the ebb
and flow Of great armies,
made these three European
countries a shambles.
American technicianS and
economic experts were con-
vinced that 1t would take Is
to so years for Europe to re-
cover. It was in an economic
and financial morass. Per-
Sonal suffering and property
loss had hardened the people
and under the impact Of
atheistic propaganda their
moral and spiritual values
had gone down.
Despite the odds, Europe
began to recover within five
years after the war and today
its prosperity is on an even
gre ater scale than before
World War I. Also Europe has
found itself" spiritually.
Membership in the Com
munist parties Is still great.
(There are more than 2.5 mil
lion members in Italy alone).
But the m e m b ers are not
what are known in America
Evening star., 1961-06-06
lawmakers Believed Expecting Kennedy
70 Tell All About Talk With Khrushchev

a complete Stenographic rec
ord. Translators have a way
Of condensing long answers
and sometimes they unwit-
tingly soften harsh phrases.
Sometimes they give mean
ings that are not as COM
prehensive as they should be
as language differences are
not always explainable.
Certainly, the long hours
of off-the-cuff conversation
between President Kennedy
and Premier Khrushchev
were hardly a substitute for
the carefully prepared papers
and documents Of formal
diplomacy. Yet the fate of
the world may rest on the
most effective communica-
tion possible between the
head Of the American Gov
ernment and the dictator of
the Soviet government.
Plainly Mr.. Kennedy
thought that personal con-
tact would be helpful in pro-
ducing an atmosphere of
cordiality and friendliness.
But Premier KhruShchev is
the kind Of man who turns
on the smile or the frown
to suit his own purposes. His
promises have proved mean
ingless in the past. He can
fraternize with Dwight EiSen-
hover one day and not long
afterward he can be calling
him a coward" or a thief"
He can be addressing the
United Nations Assembly one
day with all the dignity of
a foreign potentate and the
next day he can be pounding
his shoe on a table like an
uncivilized peasant.
Subjects like Laos and dis
armament and nuclear test
bans and the status of Berlin
are never going to be settled
by personal parleys at the
summit" Power and the
pressureS Of the "cold war"
in which many billions of
dollars are spent on both
sides. will alone affect the
result. The threat Of war viii
be used to force trades and
deals and so-called agree
mentS. The truth is that the
Communist dictatorship is
deploying its army Of plain
clothes men in every country
Of the world.
Evening star., 1961-06-06
DAVID LAWRENCE

TheAmerican people may
have be content with the
gener$ties of Presiden t
Kenn0g'S half f-hour speech
on telHiSion about his meet
ing WI Premier Khrushchev.
But QhgreSS, which is, after
all, al coordinate branch of
the Qvernment. cannot be
satiSfed with such a frag-
mentg account.
All the members of the
Senat Foreign Relations
Comrtttee and the House
Comr1ttee on Foreign AZ
fairs e entitled to a detailed
repor of any statements
MAIDEN behalf of the United
State during several hours
of tai with the Premier Of
the Sgiet Union without the
presef be of even the Secre-
tary State.
If here were any COM
mitn1htS or pledges or
agreAentS which could di-
rectl or indirectly involve
prepeationS to be made by
our armed forces or the
apprpriation of public funds
for tfeign aid or other mat
ters connected with foreign
polio the committees in
Conaess have a right to be
infoned about them.
Dilomacy normally is a
propf means of communi-
catid for the executive
brarh, but when our Gov
ernnent talks to another
government in q crisis in
volv1g war or peace, it is
impStant that the legislative
brarlh be advised and in de-
tail. Many an executive
agreement has been made in
the thst with q foreign gov
ernIent which was not sub
mitth to the Senate for rati-
ficabn and this has pro-
ducd many a controversy.
The clear intent Of the Con-
stituaon. however, is that
CONFESS, through its leaders
or q c@nmittees, should be kept
infotned.
Nj Kennedy acted at
Vier1a in the role of Am
basskior. But he reports to
nob@y else in the executive
brarsh. He talked alone for
seveNl hours with the head
Of I'll Soviet Union with only
interpreters present. Notes
Of a prt were kept but hardly
Evening star., 1961-07-09
SERVICE NEWS
ShouPs Plan Receptions
Burkes BEING Much Eeted Before Retirement

fet supper at the Army Navy
Country Club in honor of
Secretary and Mrs. Connally.
On August 1
The Chief of Naval Opera
tions has issued invitations
to a change of command
ceremony at 3 pm. on August
/ at the Naval Academy in
Annapolis. There will be q
reception Immediately fol-
lowing for Admiral and Mrs.
Burke and Admiral and Mrs.
Webster Anderson.
The Superintendent, United
States Naval Academy, Rear
Admiral John F. Davidson,
is to be host at the ceremony
and with Mrs. Davidson will
head the receiving line later.
Before then, however, the
days are crowded for one of
Evening star., 1961-07-09
CIRCLING THE COUNTRYSIDE
A Museums Celebration

the museum. which already
has around so members and
grew by leaps and bounds.
expects to participate in all
this. B. Powell Harrison of
Leesburg is the chapters
president; Mrs. M. Rogers
Fred, jr., of Paeonian Springs,
vice president; Donald w.
Devine of Leesburg, secre-
tary, and Rozier Mitchell,
treasurer.
Two Virginia artists, Emily
Wilson and Jason Paige. are
having their first exhibit in
Washington at the Franz
Bader Gallery. Emily and
Jason both live in the Della
plane area and have both
exhibited at the Neighbor-
hood Art Show, held annually
in The Plains. The country
side is very proud Of them.
The George McGhees flew
to Greece after their recent
cocktail party at their Farm
er's Delight near Middleburg.
There they have chartered a
yacht to cruise the water
ways around the Greek is
lands for a couple Of weeks.
An unexpected guest at
their party, which Cele said
they gave as a farewell to
themselves, was Adlai Steven
son. He arrived with host
George well after the party
had started and was quite
unrecognized for a short time
by the insular Middleburg
group. Ambassador Steven
son, sunburned and happy,
was an overnight guest of the
McGhees. He swan and
played tennis on Sunday and
returned to Washington on
Sunday night.
Evening star., 1961-07-09

farewell to the well-liked Of
ficer who is to retire on
August l.
Gen. and Mrs. Shoup will
give a reception before the
parade in honor of Admiral
and Mrs. Burke.
Secretary of the Navy John
B. Connally will give a stag
party for Admiral Burke on
July 81.
Secretary and Mrs. Con-
nally will entertain Thurs
day at dinner aboard the
Sequoia in honor of the
French Ambassador and Mrs.
Alphand. They gave a SINH
lar dinner on Wednesday for
the Netherlands Ambassador
and Mrs. van Roijen.
Tomorrow the Navy League
is giving a reception and buff
Evening star., 1961-07-09

the most popular Navy cou-
Piles ever to occupy Admiral's
House.
Assistant Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. James Henry
Wakelin. ir.. will give a
dinner July 1S for Admiral
and Mrs. Burke aboard the
Sequoia. Secretary and Mrs.
Wakelin will come to town
from their summer home on
Deer Island, Me-, to be hosts
at the party.
Army Vice Chief of Staff
Gen. Clyde D. Eddleman has
planned a stag dinner in his
Evening star., 1961-07-09

quarters at Fort Myer on
July 20 in honor of Admiral
Burke. The Vice Chief of
Naval Operations and Mrs.
James s. Russell will give a
dinner for the Burkes on
July 81.
The Russells are looking
forward to a visit from the
former Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. william B. FRANKIE.
They are to arrive at the
Russells' handsome quarters
"a" 1900 E street, on July
Is and will stay with them
until July % when they will
Evening star., 1961-07-09

Paul B. Fay, jr.. went to
Lemoore. Calf, in midweek
to assist in the dedication of
the new Naval Air Station in
that California town.
Secretary and Mrs. Fay,
who have bought a house in
Mclean, Va. have their chill
dren Katherine and Paul III,
home with them from school
in Switzerland.
Evening star., 1961-07-09
SERVICE NEWS
BY EVELYN M. DENT
Contributing Writer

Secretary of Defense Robert
S. Mcnamara is to take the
review at the Marine Bar
racks on Thursday evening,
the Marine General Officers
are to be in town attending
an annual symposium and
the party will give them an
opportunity to become better
known to the Secretary.
Marine Commandant and
Mrs. David M. Shoup have
issued invitations to a 7::30
pm. reception before the 9
pm. parade.
The Chief of Naval Opera
tions, Admiral Arleigh A.
Burke, is to be the reviewing
officer July IS when the Ma
rines will say their official
Evening star., 1961-07-09
BY DOLORES PHILLIPS
Contributing Writer

LEESBURG, Va.-The Vir-
ginia Museum Of Art has be-
come like q mother hen who
Shoes her chicks out of the
nest while keeping a peeled
eye on their growth. Under
the dynamic direction of
Leslie Cheek, the museum has
been taking care Of the cul-
tural needs of Richmond and
its suburbs for many years,
expanding over acreage that
once housed the Old Soldiers
home on Richmond'S Boule-
ward.
Access to the museums
plays, dance performances,
music and its permanent and
loan exhibits has been open
to Virginia's public since it's
inception. But Mr.. Cheek,
and the museums directors,
took q new step this year in
promoting chapters of the
museum all over the State.
This idea was an expansive
celebration of the Virginia
museums 25th birthday.
Smallest?
Some of the chapters are
large and some of them are
small but they are all grow
ing with enthusiasm. The
Loudoun Chapter, which had
its second meeting at the
Goose Greek Country Club
recently. is probably the
youngest and smallest, since
it was born in a snow storm
last winter and is still getting
its second breath.
Mr.. Cheek, who drove up
from Richmond to visit this
Evening star., 1961-07-09

fledgling, showed color slides
of what the museum had to
offer, taken during actual
exhibits and performances.
1t didn't take an experienced
eye to see why the stage
settings of the plays, the for
mat for exhibiting and the
+, extravagantly attractive set
tings for pre-eXhibit enter
tanning have all caught on in
Richmond. The picture, as a
whole, was one painted with
magnificent taste and verve.
Many area Virginians had
a morsel of this last year
when they went to Richmond
for the opening of "Sport and
the Horse" an exhibit Of
horse paintings collected
from England, France and
America and shown under the
most sophisticated Of trap
pings.
Officers
In a nut shell, all the mu-
scum is trying to do now is to
be on call, to send its chap
ters the expanded art mobile.
to supply pre-packaged kits
with instructions, for the
State of Virginia's children
(thiS is in the experimental
stage at the moment, using
fifth and sixth graderS), to
supply women's clubs with
pithy. condensed exhibits
covering everything from
Egyptian art to modern
household appliances, to send
lecturers and, in some cases
where membership in the
chapter enables the chapter
to afford 1t, to send the mu-
seum'S plays on the road.
The Loudoun chapter Of
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return to their Vermont
home.
The Officers of Naval OPP
erations (OpNav to the
Fleet will give a stag party
on Monday, July "a, at the
Officers Club, Naval Weap-
ons Plant, for their outgoing
chief. Too bad no one will
be able to report some of the
yarns that are sure to be
retold.
EeuadOrean Trip
Admiral and Mrs. Burke
will leave town for Ecuador
on Wednesday with the Chief
Evening star., 1961-07-09
THE SUNDAY STAR
Soeiety-Home
Washington, D. {
Jgly 9, 1861

of Bureau of Yards and
Docks. Rear Admiral Eugene
Peltier. They are scheduled
to arrive in Salinas on
Thursday for the dedication
ceremony of the new Naval
Academy of Ecuador.
The party will go to Quito
before returning to the
United States on Saturday.
UnderSecretary of the Navy
Evening star., 1961-12-22
WEAPONS
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Continued From Page Al
output - to turn Minuteman
missiles out at a rate of more
than 700 year.
Backing up the Minuteman
will be 1876 Atlas and l08 Titan
missiles. These are bigger, but
less handy. ICBMs.
Then, 656 submarine-carried
Polaris missiles. At least 400
Of these should be on station
and ready to fire at any given
time by mid-decade.
Bats On Way Out
There will be at least 600
B-52 heavy bombers through
the decade. The 855 BAT me-
dunn bombers now ready to
fight will be phased out in the
mid-'60s.
Also available will be more
than 100 long-range Navy
bombers ready on aircraft car
riers cruising close to the en-
emy plus thousands of short
range land and sea bombers
and allied bombers and mis-
siles.
The heavy bombers, con-
trary to recent reports, will be
assigned to destroy the weap-
ons of any enemy its cit
les.
Bombers are vulnerable. They
must be used Immediately on
outbreak of war or the en-
emy would destroy them on
the ground. Therefore they are
being given first priority tar
gets: Enemy air bases and mis-
sile sites.
The particular job of the
bomber would be to seek out
targets not located precisely
by intelligence before the war
and to find and hit targets
missed by the ICBMs.
The bulk Of the missiles
would be assigned enemy tar
gets located before any war
The rest, most of the Polaris
force, would be aimed at en-
emy cities.
Evening star., 1961-12-22

Training Course and has had
extensive experience in estate
planning and agency manage
ment.
Miss Kelso has been an agent
with New York Life in Arizona
for the last five years and has
specialized in the women's
market. She was an organizer
and vice president of Aircrafts-
men, Inc. plane distributors in
Oklahoma City and Amarillo,
Texas. She is a graduate of
the University of Arizona.
Miss Ferguson is an attorney
and member of the Washing
ton legal firm of Camalier,
Fletcher, Frosh and Ferguson.
She has degrees from the Will
liams School Of Law at the
University of Richmond and
Greensboro College. Before en-
tering private practice in 1855,
she was with the office of chief
counsel, Internal Revenue Bu-
reau.
Mr.. Ferguson, the board
chairman, heads the Ferguson
Corp, a heavy construction
company specializing in mu-
nicipal and Government work
in Southern States. He also is
a director of the Tidewater
Mortgage Co., James River
Lumber Co. and other COM
panieS. - -.
Evening star., 1961-12-22
Bing Crosby Goes
To Hospital, May
Come Out Today

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. %
(AP).-Bing Crosby, 81. went
to a hospital early today with
abdominal pains but a doctor
said later it appeared to be just
a case of stomach flu.
The crooner, who complained
OF the pains after a dinner
party, may be released later
today.
Accompanied by his wife,
Kathy, he arrived at st. Jo-
seph's Hospital in a station
wagon at 1915 am.
A short time later, Mrs.
ICrosby-reached by telephone
reported: Il don't know what
the doctors will say, but he
looks all right"
Mrs. Crosby said she and her
husband had planned to fly to
Southern California later today
to meet her parents from Texas
who are arriving for the Christ
mas holidays.
The CrosbyS were guests at
the home of DR.. Ralph M. Soto
Hall when he was stricken.
Evening star., 1961-12-22
INSURANCE
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years as director OF the wom-
ems division, Institute of Life
Insurance. New York City.
Mrs. Ayrness Joy Wickens
economic adviser to the Sec
retary of Labor and recipient
of a Federal Women's Award
in 1861.
George w. DeFranceaux
president of the Berens Co.'S
of Washington and president
of the Washington Real Estate
Board.
William H, Ferguson, jr.
president of the Ferguson Corp
OF Newport News, Va, and pres
ident of Cola Homes Corp. OF
Washington.
Charles N. Biondi, jr., legal
adviser to the chairman of the
Civil Aeronautics Board in
Washington.
j. c. Herbert Bryant, pres
ident of Herbert Bryant, Inc.
of Alexandria, and partner Of
Rouse, Brewer, Becker & Bry-
ant, Washington securities
firm.
The directors have elected
Mr.. Ferguson chairman of the
board and appointed Mrs. Edith
L. Martin controller.
Miss Biondi was with the
Government Personnel Mu.
tual Life Insurance Co. from
1858 to 1859 as assistant tc
the general agent for the East
Coast division. She is a grad.
uate of the Life Underwriters
Evening star., 1961-12-22

The new stickers will be 4 by
2l2 inches and will have the
expiration day and month
printed in black over the colors.
The blue hue requires a yearly
inspection. The brown and
purple require twice-yearly in
spection.
With the Inauguration of the
new color system, the District
also will eliminate mailed in
spection notices to vehicle OPP
erations, Mr.. England said.
After 1862, drivers must report
for inspection on their own.
He added that besides saving
money and time, the new color
system will eliminate the need
for inspection each time a We
hicle is registered and will per-
NIT cars to be reinSpected any
time in advance of the inspec-
ton date printed on the sticker
Up to now, drivers have had to
appear at the Districts inspec-
ton stations in the same month
each year.
Evening star., 1961-12-22

were all praying Tor you
You're going to be all right"
And, to this, he said the 73-
year-old Mr.. Kennedy, who has
been partially paralyzed from a
blood clot on the brain, replied:
~ know I am"
This was the first time since
his Tuesday stroke that the
elder Kennedy had been re-
ported able to talk. Previous
reports from his doctors had
indicated that he was unable to
speak but he could recognize
members of his family.
A noontime bulletin by Mr..
Kennedy's physicians reported
some improvement, but said
his condition remains serious
The brief report distributed
by the hospital said: "Mr,
Kennedy's condition remains
Evening star., 1961-12-22

ponentS Of the Tshombe Ka-
tanga regime-surged out OF
their seething refugee camp in
Elisabethville and looted resi-
Dental areas battered by shells
and bullets in the two-week
fighting between U. N. and Ka-
tangan troops.
U. N. forces, ordered to hold
their fire in the Elisabethville
cleanup while the peace talks
were under way, rushed in
Swedish and Irish reinforce
ments to check any major ex-
ploSion.
McKeOwn to Stay On
In Dublin, the Irish govern
ment announced that 1t. Gen,
Sean McKeown, Irish COM
mander Of the U. N. forces in
the Congo, would remain at
his post for three more months.
Gen. McKeown's service con-
tract in the Congo was to ex-
pire January l and he said
recently he did not think it
would be extended.
In Adds Ababa, the Ethiopian
government denounced as de
liberate lies" charges that
Ethiopian U. N. troops had
looted European property in the
Congo. A spokesman for the
Information Ministry asserted
that the allegations were dis
tributed by colonial propagan-
diStS" and mining capitalists. j"
An official of the big foreign
owned Union Miniere mining
company in Elisabethville
claimed Wednesday that Ethi-
opian troops had "gone wild
and are looting company prop
erty.' He said the finn is
considering evacuating it's white
personnel and their families
totaling about 1000 persons.