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u. S. and European Aid Programs Compared

status and political infancy.
In South America the Latin
temperaments must be con-
sidered with their volatile
governments.
Will we get anywhere with
our contributions of techni-
cal aid and funds? AS things
stand right now, it appears
we would be duplicating in
Africa not merely what the
European Economic Commu-
nifty is doing there but be in
direct competition for good
will. For if we fail, the Euro
peanS, I am afraid, would get
the good will and economic
benefits while we would be
feeding and training the
backward countries to do
business with the Europeans.
AS for our South American
neighbors, let us hope that
the proposed Inter-American
conference to ally
launch Mr.. Kennedy's "Al-
lance for Progress" program
gets an auspicious start with
Mr.. Stevenson's mission to
their homelands to perfect
and accelerate this program.
If it can approach what the
European Economic Commu-
nity's program has in mind
for Africa, we would not only
reduce our tax burdens but
actually give and receive eco
nomic benefits in a we'll
earned atmos sphere Of
goodwill. Samuel Lightman.
Evening star., 1961-06-06

The contemplated entry Of
Great Britain into the men,
bership of the European Eco
nomic Community brings on
the comparison of the United
States and it's contemplated
spending Of many millions Of
dollars for the forthcoming
foreign aid program with the
European Economic Commu-
nity's separate participation
in a similar venture. The
point of comparison is Africa,
where both programs will
meet head-on.
The similarity Of the two
ventures lies in the strength
ening of the Vests way Of
life since the members of the
European group consist Of
Belgium, France, the Federal
Republic of Germany, Italy
Luxembourg and the Neither
lands. The difference, how
ever, in the operation of the
two foreign aid programs is
that the European one is
where the combined efforts
of it's members has attained
such economic independence
and strength as to flow over
to the foreign countries for
mutual economic benefits
through the protection,
among other things, afforded
by a common external tariff.
This is apart from engen-
dered good will.
Now what about ourselves2
Our foreign aid program is
Evening star., 1961-06-06
Double Vision?

Newly elected Republican National
Chairman Miller has lost little time in
proving himself imaginative-andc con-
troversial.
4 Taking his first official look in the
crystal ball which Is standard equipment
for party chairmen, the upstate New
York Congressman has seen vision of
the future which had thus far escaped
general notice. 1t is, in short, the
picture of 1864 G. o. P. presidential
ticket Of New York'S Governor Nelson
Rockefeller and Arizona's Senator Barry
Goldwater. And perhaps for good
measure, Mr.. Miller has seen it double
once headed by Mr.. Rockefeller and
once headed by Mr.. Goldwater.
Politics being what it is, it would be
risky indeed to say that this can't
happen here. Both Mr.. Rockefeller and
Mr.. Goldwater are able and attractive
men in public life, and all signs indicate
now that both will be fully available
for greater honors in 1864. 1t is not
unusual, either, to combine East and
West (for example, New York and
Arizona) on single ticket to give it
geographic balance" There remains,
however, the matter of theological
differences, which in this case are about
as widely separated as, we'll, New York
and Arizona.
In Republican circles, Mr.. Rookie
feller is identified as liberal or pro-
gressive. In the same society, Mr.. Gold
water is identified as a conservative
although sometimes he argues quite
perSuasively that he is in fact more
liberal than some of those who wear
this label so oStentatiously. On this
basis, the Arizona Senator may have
been quipping with double meaning
when he brushed aside the Miller propo-
sition on the grounds that liberals don't
run we'll with conservatives.
Just for the record, Mr.. Miller did
not limit himself entirely to his two
friends from New York and Arizona. He
foresees the possibility that former
Vice President Nixon, who lost by only a
whiSker in 1860, might be the Republican
presidential nominee again in 1964-if
he runs for and wins the governor
Evening star., 1961-06-06

on a basis Of protecting our
selves by helping the helpless.
1t is a huge task when put
on a global basis and a
thankleSS one if it fails.
If we were dealing with
countries like Germany, ia
pan, France or England, un-
doubtedly results would have
proved, as they already have,
that they could recover from
their sufferings to join the
family of self-supporting ma
tions. Interestingly enough,
the nations that were at war,
like England, Germany, Rus
sia and even Japan suffered
severe casualties and yet re-
covered to such an extent
that today they are not only
continuously self-reliant but,
like ourselves, can actually
extend to the under-devel-
oped areas the help to be-
come self-Sustaining.
Compare our above named
self-reliant countries with a
sample of African or Latin
American nationalities that
suffered little if any in men
or materials and who are in
just as bad a condition as
they once were, if not worse
because they stand still while
others move on. The answer
lies in the makeup of a
country's inhabitants. Afri-
cas- problems we can under
stand because that continent
is emerging from a colonial
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Art in the Markets

Congratulations to the
Cultural Committee Of the
Capital Community Council
for its excellent art show at
the Eastern Market this past
week end. The number Of
entries and the thousands
who attended attest to the
need and value Of such
projects.
However, I was surprised
to see the sponsors quoted
in a recent Star article as
saying the Old Market Gal
lery Art Show is probably
the first and largest Of its
kind in America" Center
Market City, at 5th and K
streets NV, is very proud
to claim a first" in present.
ing art shows in a market
with its Corcoran Gallery
School Of Art show in May,
1948. We followed with a
sculpture, mics and
etched glass show in July,
1948, and have had numerous
shows since then. The show
in 1949 attracted national
attention when Life" gave
it full coverage in a July,
1949, issue. Washington resi-
dents are still talking about
the flower show. Food for
the Soul" open to everyone
in the Washington area, held
at Center Market City this
past year.
We hope that Eastern
Market will continue to make
its space available to cultural
projects and that other mer-
chants will follow Center
Market City's pioneering as
q contributing member OF
the community.
Stuart A. Bernstein.
Managing Agent for Cen
ter Market City.
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Longer Arm for Law

On the premise that a
policeman assigned to each
block would serve as a crime
deterrent and aware Of the
financial impracticality of
such a scheme-aside from the
resultant criticism Of calling
such plan a Gestapo method,
as some persons characterize
any police force-it is sug-
gested that the police auxil-
iary arm Of the dormant
Civilian Defense Corps be
reactivated and volunteers
assigned to three, four, or
six block areas. There must
be a sufficient number Of
earnest, capable citizens
within the District who, after
proper screening and train
ing, can be assigned to patrol
the streets for two or three
hour shifts, during the en-
tire day or from dusk to
dawn.
Jack Wheaton.
Evening star., 1961-06-06
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Man Unoppetizing to Most Animals
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

Human beings apparently
are distasteful. Few animals
will eat them, except as a
last resort to ward off star
vation.
Even hungry lions, for ex-
ample, will just sniff at a
sleeping human and pass on
presumably warned by the
smell that he is not fit to
eat.
This observation is re-
ported by DR.. j. j. Leakey,
director Of the Nairobi Cast
Africa Museum, following
years of archaeological field
work in jungles full of lions
and other flesh-eating beasts.
1t is probable, DR.. Leakey
believes, that most stories Of
attacks by lions and tigers
on humans are gross exag-
gerations.
Generally Avoid Man
The only exceptions he has
found, DR.. Leakey says, are
very old decrepit lions, un-
able any longer to pursue
their natural prey and aban-
doned by their own kind.
who sometimes will devour
a man in the last extremi-
ties of hunger. They do so,
however, with the utmost dis
taste.
Generally, DR.. Leakey says,
a lion will avoid a man, not
from fear but from complete
lack of interest in something
inedible, except in the case
of a female defending her
cub. The same is true of
all the other large, meat
eating animals of the East
African jungles, and prob
ably elsewhere throughout
the world. There apparently
is no interest in man as
"carrion," usually devoured
eagerly by the meat-eaters.
They will only sniff at a
dead human body in the
jungle and pass it by.
DR.. Leakey has carried on
archaeological excavations for
more than a decade in a
desert territory where the
nearest potable water was
from a spring 35 miles away,
Keeping the camp in drink
ing water was a major job,
But among the common
wild creatures around he has
observed remarkable, and as
yet entirely unexplained.
abilities to get along with
out liquid of any kind. De-
spite the often intense heat
for example, a giraffe goes
without water for four OF
five days. DR.. Leakey ha'
demonstrated that one desert
Evening star., 1961-06-06
South Hoodwinked

The South has really been
hoodwinked by the Ken
nedys. First John F. gets
word around to Southern
Congressman that he won't
push for any civil rights
legislation at this session of
Congress if they will go along
with him on the various well
fare bills that he wants to
get passed. In the meantime
he appeaSeS the NAACP and
other groups by having
brother Robert do by direc-
tive more in the way Of civil
rights, as far as the South is
concerned, than they could
possibly have accomplished
by legislative action, at this
session.
Robert Kennedy's latest
directive, ordering the Inter-
state Commerce Commission
directly into the segregation
controversy, shows what the
people are up against.
Brownell went and young
Robert will have to go too,
although this time 1t may be
much harder, as he has big
brother John F. to back him
up. Maybe they will both go
four years from now. There
is great danger that Robert
Kennedy will precipitate
great bloodshed and race
riots in the South unless
John F. takes him in hand
shortly. This is a view held
by sober-minded people in
the South.
The South is of course
writhing in its agony, but
it has struck back quickly.
in Texas, for example. It
may be also necessary for
the South to look into the
voting of Southern Congress-
men, especially on the school
aid bill. Any Congressman
asinine enough to think that
it won't lead to further Fed
eral control of schools ought
to be supplanted with a
smarter man.
E. p. Webb.
Richmond, Va.
Evening star., 1961-06-06
Weep No More
I was terribly disappointed

I was terribly disappointed
In your May 16 editorial.
Weep No More" on the sub
ject of wiretapping. 1t is a
shoddy trick, unworthy Of
your paper, to brand those
who disagree with you as
"sob-sisters" and "weepers."
Rather than attacking
your opponents by name
calling, it would have been
in better taste to have ex-
amined their arguments and
the basis of their case.
You state that "unauthor-
lied wiretapping should
be made a criminal offense
subject to severe penalty"
leaving the impression that
1t is currently legal. Quite
the contrary. Section sos Of
the Communications Act of
1884 makes it a Federal GRIM
inal offense for anyone to
tap wires and reveal the con-
versation, and provides stiff
fines and jail sentences for
offenders. The Supreme
Court has held that this ap-
plies to anyone-even Fed
eral and State police agents
and has banned wiretap
evidence in courts. For over
26 years this law has re-
NAMED, although often at
tackled and, unfortunately,
seldom enforced.
You argue that this law
should be weakened because
"it confers on criminals q
form Of special privilege
(and) crippleS law enforce
ment." But exactly the same
thing could be said of all
our vaunted constitutional
rights, such as the right to
counsel, to a jury trial, to
writS of habeas corpus, the
ban against unlawful search
or seizure, and the right not
to be compelled to testify
against oneself. Your diff
Guilty arises from confusing
criminals" with persons ac-
cused of crime. These rights
were designed to protect the
accused-who is often inno-
cent. If they sometimes help
a guilty man to escape the
punishment justly due him,
this is part of the price we
pay to live as free Americans,
deemed by the law to be in
nocent until proven guilty.
The issue comes down to
weighing the supposed bene-
fits to the public to be gained
by permitting wiretaps under
certain circumstances-which
I submit is in reality very
little-against the loss of
privacy inherent in permis-
Sive wiretapping.
AS Professor Thomas F,
Brown Of Notre Dame Law
School aptly wrote on this
subject in 1858: "No new
Federal legislation is neces-
sary in this field. The real
problem is how to bring
about more effective enforce
ment Of existing prohibitions
against wiretapping." This
statement is even more ap-
plicable today.
Sydney s. Asher, jr.
Editors Note: The prohi-
bitions described by our cor
respondent apply to the use
Evening star., 1961-06-06

@. How long have we had
one-way streets in America?
&C. A.
A. There was a ene-way
street established in New
York City as long ago as the
1790s to keep theatre-goers
from snarling traffic on
John Street, the site of New
York's first commercial play
house. On December II, 1891.
a city regulation Incidental
to a performance at the
John Street Theatre asked
that ladies and gentlemen
order their coachmen to
take up or sit down" with
their horses heads turned
toward the East River.
Evening star., 1961-06-06
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
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names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condensd-
tion. Those not used tDtll be
returned only tDhen accom-
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stamped envelopes.
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Of evidence gained by wire
tapping rather than to wire
tapping itself. The Star has
urged legislation that out
laws overlapping unless ap-
proved in advance by COM
petent judicial authority, as
in the case of search war
rantS-such search also con-
stituting invasion Of privacy
though recognized as neces-
sary in law enforcement.)
Evening star., 1961-06-06

gazelle customarily goes with
out a drink for as, long as
six months.
This doesn't apply, how
ever, to all desert creatures
whose need of water may
be almost as great as that Of
a man. Life in the desert
is one of intense competition
for food and the only law
is the law of tooth and claw.
Various species of mammals
appropriate territories, little
kingdoms into which no
other species are allowed to
penetrate.
Strange Exception
But he has observed, he
says, one strange exception.
The fierce creatures, lions
for example, who have pre-
empted a territory for them
selves will allow other crea-
lures to enter without mo-
lestation for one purpose
obtaining water.
If the invader stays after
drinking its fill, however, it
is rapidly attacked and prob
ably killed. If it goes di-
rectly out of the area it is
not touched. This arrange
ment seems to be generally
understood among the jungle
creatures.
Some animals, DR.. Leaky
has observed, allay their
thirst entirely by sucking the
blood of victims. Pandas.
for example, almost live on
the blood of creatures killed
and abandoned by much
more efficient hunters, the
Ohootohc
Evening star., 1961-06-06

ship of California. And he mentions
the young and popular Governor Mark
o. Hatfield Of Oregon as another
prospect for place on the ticket.
Mr.. Miller already has demonstrated
both competence and zest in politics.
He promises to be refreshingly newsy,
also.
Evening star., 1961-06-06
THE POLITICAL MILL
The Value of the Kennedy Trip
By GOULD LINCOLN

The visit of President Ken
nedy to Paris, to Vienna and
to London has, 1t appears,
established once more the
friendly feeling and respect
Of our allies, Trance and
Great Britain, toward the
United States, and has served
notice to the Communist
world that the determination
of the free world to remain
free is not to be brushed
aside. The receptions given
to President Kennedy by
Gen. de Gaulle, president of
France, and Prime Minister
Macmillan of Great Britain,
and by the Russian Premier,
Nikita Khrushchev, have
been significant. The word is
out that the United States is
still very much on the map,
still a world leader. 1t is
heartening, after the evident
slump of our prestige follow
ing the Cuban fiasco, further
increased by the long delay
over a cease-fire in Laos.
1t is an old axiom that
actions speak louder than
words. The words have now
been said. President Kennedy
and Premier Khrushchev
have spent many hours dis
cussing the problems which
divide the East and West,
the free world and the world
behind the Iron Curtain.
There has been no report on
what was actually said
about West Berlin and Ger
many, about Laos, about dis
armament and nuclear test
ing. In fact. the only thing
at all tangible that has come
out was an expression that
both Soviet Russia and the
United States wish for an
effective cease-fire in Laos.
President Kennedy on his
return today, will make 9
report not only to the lead
ers in Congress but to the
American people regarding
his trip. Until he speaks
there are several question,
uppermost in many minds
The principal-has his trir
made the cold war between
the United States and Russis
less cold in any degree
When the trip was projected
on the initiative of Premiel
Khrushchev, it was described
merely as an opportunity fol
Mr.. Kennedy to talk thing
over" with Mr.. Khrushchev
not as an effort to Obtain
and to seek agreements OF
vital subjects. The one thin
predicted was that Mr.. Ken
nedy would make clear b
the Russian leader tn
United States would no
yield to Communist aggres
sion; and that a third worl,
war could easily be touche,
off If the Communists eithe
wished 1t or acted withou
the knowledge that tn
United States would fight.
Attest Talks Stalled
Eyes turn now to Genevs
where the conferences o
Laos and on nuclear testin
and disarmament have bee
stalled because Of Russia
demands and delays. If ther
is to be action, If agreement
can now be reached, tn
value Of the Kennedy trip t
Vienna will have paid of
indeed. The great difficult
in the past has been to ge
anything from the Russian
beyond words. And when the
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Montgomery Note

While In Washington re-
Gently. Tread an article about
Montgomery County residents
being concerned about stray
dogs and seeking adequate
means of dealing with them.
These puzzled citizens might
do well to seek advice from
the American Humane Soci-
ETY., 896 Pennsylvania street,
Denver, 3, Colo.
Florence L. Sanville.
Westtown, Chester County,
Evening star., 1961-06-06

have acted, the action has
tended to make worse, rather
than better, the relations
between the free world and
the Iron Curtain world. If
there was any saber-rattling
in the Kennedy Khrushchev
talks, it has not been dis
closed. To the contrary, the
wish was expressed that bet
ter relations would be found
possible and Mr.. Kirushchev
even went so far as to say
that President Kennedy
would be a welcome visitor
to Moscow-an invitation to
which Mr.. Kennedy has yet
to make any reply. The Rus
sian Premier Is evidently
willing to continue talks
about the problems which
confront both the United
States and the Soviet Union.
Our Experience with Reds
II there is to be an agree
ment reached at Geneva re-
garding the future Of Laos,
and the agreement provides
for a government in which the
Communists or Communist
supporters are given q share
in the government Of that
country, the United States
may take a dim view Of the
situation. We had our ex-
periences in China and else
where, where Communists
have had a share, no matter
how small at the start, in
government. The result was
an eventual take-over by the
Communists. What will be
the Communists next move
in regard to South Wet Nam?
If the supposed buffer state
of Laos-a neutralized Laos
goes Communist and South
Wet Nam follows the same
path, all the rest of rich
Southeast Asia may be lost
to the free world.
These are subjects in
which Red China is Just as
interested, perhaps more so,
than is Soviet Russia. In
talking with Mr.. Khrushchev.
did President Kennedy dis
cuss the attitude and activi-
ties of Red China In that
section Of the world? AS Mr..
Kennedy has reported to the
British government on his
talks with Mr.. Khrlshchev,
q report which was awaited
by Prime Minister Macmillan
with keenest interest, Mr..
Khrushchev may be expected
to pass on to the Chinese his
own impressions Of his con-
ference with Mr.. Kennedy.
Any way it is regarded, the
trip which President Ken
nedy has just concluded
should be of value to him
and to the United States. He
has had an opportunity to
see and confer with the chief
protagonist of world COM
munism and to size him up
He has had, too, an oppor-
tunity to discuss with Presi-
dent de Gaulle Of France
problems relating to the
unity of free Europe and the
United States in defense
against Communist aggres-
sion. One thing seems vital
there will be no letting down
of the guard at this juncture
Also, Mr.. Kennedy may
have learned whether sum-
NIT meetings are Of value, OF
whether his original determi.
nation to remain in. Wash
ington is the better course
for the future.
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-12-08
Mrs. Slayton
Surprised On
Birthday

THROCK, Dec Mrs. Henry
Slayton returned home Sunday
morning after spending last
week with her children in Roa-
noke. She was accompanied by
her son and daughter-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Larnie Slayton. Mrs.
Slayton. whose birthday fell on
Saturday before returning home.
was surprised with a birthday
party given by her children and
grandchildren that evening.
Roy Throckmorton and son,
Gary Lee. of Salem. spent sever
al days last week with his broth
er and sister-in-law. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. NJ. Throckmorton, and
Mr.. and Mrs Bert Swalley and
got in quite a bit of hunting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Slayton.
Mrs. Sally Holly and Mrs. Rosa
Mitchell, Of Callands. were in
Richmond Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Slayton and
boys and Mrs. Baudie Carter
spent the week end in Roanoke
with relatives. Mrs. Albert Doc
ley. who remained here last
week because of illness, returned
home with them.
Miss Lou SWalley accompanied
her uncle, Roy Throckmorton.
and Gary to Salem Saturday
where she was an overnight
guest. She returned home Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Billy
Slayton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie boy"
Skinner, of Richmond, spent Sun
day with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charlie Skinner.
Charlie Allen, of Washington,
D. c.. spent the week end here
with relatives. He spent Saturday
hunting.
Lou Swalley attended the
Prime Edward Academy-Buck-
ingham Central basketball game
in Buckingham Monday night,
and was an overnight guest Of
Miss Nancy Throckmorton at
Sprouce's Corner.
Mrs. R. NJ. Thackston spent
Friday in Richmond. Her daugh-
ter, Miss Dolly Thackston. who
is attending Smithdeal-Massey
Business College there returned
with her home for the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. l.. L. Irving, Jr.,
and daughters. Jennifer. Vivian
and Stephanie, of Portsmouth.
visited their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. l.. Irving. and Joe dur
ing the week end.
Mrs. A. NJ. Throckmorton and
Mrs. Bert SWalley visited Mrs.
Pernell Gilbert at Draper, N. c.,
Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Gilbert.
who recently suffered heart
attack, is slowly improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Brinkley.
and Debbie, of Farmville. called
on Mr.. and Mrs. R. NJ. Thacks-
ton. Saturday evening.