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Evening star., 1961-01-01
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President-elect Kennedy last
week continued manning his
New Frontier, filling . series Of
important second and third
tier Government positions.
With one or two exceptions, the
men Mr.. Kennedy has appointed
to the top jobs in his. administra-
ton have been widely hailed as
first-rate choices.
He is now busy filling out the
executive branch organization
with the same skill and good
sense he employed in picking his
Cabinet.
Last week, for example, he named
o group Of impressive individuals
who will serve in such posts as
Undersecretary. Of the Treasury
and Solicitor General.
Two Of his appointments were
OF particular interest. He named
an old friend and early supporter,
w. Averell Hartman, former Gov
ernor Of New York. as ambassa-
dor-at-large to handle important
Evening star., 1961-01-01
Defense:
More Trouble

Dem Ocratic congressional
chiefs last week threw more
cold water ON the Symington
plan to abolish the Joint Chiefs
Of Staff and give the PentagOn
still another reorganization.
The first duty call Robert s.
Mcnamara, the Defense Secre-
tary-designate. made in WASH
ington was to Representative Carl
Vinson.
It was a wise and polite thing
for Mr.. Mcnamara, "A, the presi-
dent Of the Ford Motor Co.. to
do, because Mr.. Vinson, as chair
man Of the House Armed Services
Committee, has had a keen in
terest in Pentagon activities for
many years.
Reports of the meeting indi-
cate that Mr.. Vinson. who is II,
probably said something like this
to his caller:
"Now, son. you're going to be
taking over q big job - even
bigger than the Ford Co. You've
got plenty of headaches lined up
already, so, take my advice, don't
60 monkeying around with an
other reorganization.
"Some folks are sorta blind on
this thing. They think a pretty
organization chart is going to
solve all the problems. They don't
understand that its the compe-
tence and leadership Of the top
individual officials that counts.
Take look and you1l find that
you've got all the power you
need to make the necessary de-
cisions."
After the meeting Mr.. Vinson.
who long has opposed the major
planks in the Symington reorgan-
ization plan developed for Presi-
dent-elect Kennedy, told re-
porters that Mr.. Mcnamara
would make the best Secretary
Of Defense the Nation has ever
had. These reporters got the i'm
preston that Mr.. Wilson's per-
suasive powers are undiminished.
Last week another straw in the
wind appeared as two more in
fluential members of Congress de-
clared. in effect. they saw no pres
ent need for any major changes at
the Pentagon,
They were Senator Russell Of
Georgia. the chairman of the Sem
ate Armed Services Committee.
and Representative Mahon Of
Texas, chairman of the House De-
fense Appropriations Subcommit-
tee.
The Nations war deterrent
power took another big jump
forward last week when the USS
Patrick Henry slid under the
waters of Charleston and headed
out into the Atlantic with its
deadly cargo Of 16 Polaris missiles.
The USS George Washington
went to sea with its load of COM
bat-ready, -mile-range Po-
larises last month. These 80 sea-
based hydrogen rockets give us
good start on building a protected
retaliatory force-one not vulner-
able to q surprise attack.
Evening star., 1961-01-01
The WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
A Key to the New CONGRESS

Returning Congress Is ready
to give the Kennedy administra-
tion its first real headache with
q liberal-cOnservative battle over
rules.
Evening star., 1961-01-01
Rights:
New Test

Federal courts last week
barred the custer Of 700 Negro
sharecrOppers by Tennessee
landlords in voting rights cases.
A section Of the 1857 Civil
Rights Act bars the intimidation
Of coercion Of potential, qualified
voters. 1t was designed to help
disenfranchised Negroes.
Last month, Attorney General
William p. Rogers brought suit
against 70 individuals and three
banks in Haywood County. in
West Tennessee. accusing them
Of economic reprisals against Ne
groes who registered to vote. Two
weeks ago he moved against 81
persons and three banks in Fa-
yette County on similar grounds.
On Friday. a Federal District
Court in Memphis issued q re-
straining order temporarily bar
ring the eviction of 400 Negro
sharecroppers in Fayette. On the
same day, circuit court. in Gin
cinnati, barred the eviction of 300
In Haywood.
But the significant legal test
will come with the trials of the
defendants. No date has yet been
set for them. A vexing legal prob
lem faces the courts because the
matter Of property rights Is heav-
lily involved.
Does or does not q property
owner have the right to termi-
nate q contract and decide who,
II anyone. shall live on his land?
II q conspiracy to deprive voting
rights to these Negroes exists,
cannot the guilty be punished
without diluting their property
rights?
These are some Of the questions
which may be answered by the
rulings. and the appeals from the
rulings, in the cases to be heard.
Both courts, In their actions on
Friday. emphasized that their de-
cisions should not be construed
to mean that contract rights can
be enforced under the civil rights
law.
Evening star., 1961-01-01
The FOREIGN SCENE
Political implications
In Belgium's Troubles

Violent overtones Of the Con-
60 debacle rocked Belgium last
week. a. workers led by the
, General Confederation Of Work.
ers and the Belgian Socialist
Party staged . general strike
that brought King Baudouin
and his bride back from q
Spanish honeymoon.
The economic impact Of inde-
pendence for former colonial
dependency was brought home
sharply to Belgium last week. A
period Of "austerity," ordained by
Social Christian (Roman Catho-
ic) Premier Gustav Eyskens,
sparked q Socialist resistance
that spread from the halls Of
Parliament to q general strike
IN all Belgium's major cities.
The Socialists, under the lead
ership Of Leo Collard, were un-
able to defeat the Premier's pro-
gram in the Parliament. They
promptly took to the streets, and
violence erupted from Client to
Bruges. from Antwerp to Brussels.
Seldom has normally tranquil
Belgium seen such sidewalk fe-
rocity. Police and riot troops,
welding everything from sabers
to firehoses, contended with DEM
onstrators in every major city.
The worst Of the outbreaks were
In Walloon Belgium, the SOUTH
ern part Of the nation where the
inhabitants are more French than
Dutch.
The Congo. having already dis
rupted itself and the United
Nations, had at last asserted itself
in Belgium itself-the nation
whose King Leopold I had at one
time been the personal owner of
the entire Congo and the sole
arbiter Of its destinies.
On Thursday King Baudouin,
honeymooning in Spain. few back
to Brussels in a special plane that
had been awaiting this eventu-
atty. The King Of the Belgians
holds the power to dissolve Par
lia:ment and to appoint and de-
pose cabinet ministers. BY Thurs
day 1t was obvious that those
powers might be needed.
Evening star., 1961-01-01
Political Showdown

The immediate issue resulting
In the street riots was that of the
Eyskens "austerity" program, one
which the powerful Socialists
would not accept. But even more
significantly behind that was the
ancient enn1ity between the So
cialists and the Catholics, this
time brought to q focus by the
developments in far-away Africa,
rather than in q controversy over
schools.
Mr.. Eyskens has asked the
Parliament to cut welfare spend
ing and to raise taxes. The leg
tslators meet again Tuesday to
debate the Premier's program,
and the indications have been
that his proposals would be ac-
cepted. But the Socialists, con-
tending that the burden of the
austerity program would fall in
evitably on those least able to
afford 1t, have taken their case
to the populace.
For II days. q more -or-less eff
fective general strike has par
alyzed Belgian cities. Municipal
services have stopped, with waste
and garbage piling up along the
cobbled curbs. Streetcars have
stayed In their barns. Sabotage
has damaged railroads and other
facilities. Demonstrators have
thronged the streets of all the
major cities chanting "Eyskens
to the gallows!"
The Premier's own political
party and the allied Roman
Catholic Social Christian unions
have denounced the strike and
its intents. But, despite the
Catholic unions denunciation of
the work stoppage as "Commu-
mist inspired" and a "revolu-
tionary attempt to overthrow the
government" the Socialists have
been able thus far to trigger a
series Of one-at-a-time walkouts
by Catholic unions in Northern
Belgium, where the Flemish Bel
gians have been traditionally at
odds with the Walloons of the
south.
The Socialist leaders have pub
hcly disclaimed appeals to vio-
1ence, but thus far to little effect.
Rocks greet the police; buses and
streetcars risk overturning in
Brussels and Antwerp; there is
little tranquility in the shadow
OF the Belfry Of Bruges.
The King can act on the Min
istry, If he so chooses. The Pre-
mier has laid his case on the line:
"The most important thing is
to pass the (austerity) legislation
and give the country the new
laws it needs"
Evening star., 1961-01-01
The Outlook

Political observers doubtless
would then draw the conclusion
that Mr.. Kennedy's legislative
plans do not call for any ultra
liberal bills-certainly not In the
civil rights field. where such meas
ures would most likely provoke
a fllibuster.
Democratic liberals In the House
also have o problem and q plan.
They are expected to try to change
the conservative hue Of the pow
erful House Rules Committee, a
booy Of eight Democrats and four
Republicans which often has bot
tied up liberal bills. This could
be done without humping any
present members. The member
ship could be enlarged and liberals
or moderates assigned to 1t.
Speaker Rayburn Is the key
man In this exercise. II he makes
common cause with the liberals
and exerts q full effort, O change
could come about. There is q
feeling on Capitol Hill, however,
that he is not ready to do this.
The Kennedy attitude on the
Senate fight puts him in Q rather
awkward position. The platform
upon which he ran advocates that
action be taken at the beginning
Of the 87th Congress 50 that
majority rule prevails"
On top Of this, the President
elect last week felt the public
pressure Of the pressure groups
for the first time since his elec-
tion.
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job which win take him up to
and probably beyond Inaugural
ton Day. which is January 20.
The names being mentioned for
these posts, like Commissioner
for Indian Affairs (Franklin c.
Salisbury, q Washingtonian with
years Of legal experience in the
field and Assistant Secretary of
the Air Force for research and
development CDR. Marvin Stern,
head Of the Pentagon's strategic
weapons of1ice). indicate that the
yardstick of competence will not
be shortened as the President
elect completes his personnel
hunt.
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AASAAA1G9A1 "a
ti0n its first real headache with
q liberal-cOnservative battle over
rules.
BY now the 537 members Of the
incoming Congress are either in
town or they've got their fares
and reservations. They and their
aids will soon be streaming into
the capital by train. plane. bus
and private car.
The 87th Congress convenes on
Tuesday. But O meeting will take
place here tomorrow, the result
Of which could provide q real clue
to the likely course Of the Ken
nedy administration over the next
two years.
The meeting has been called by
the Democratic liberals in the
Senate, Q group Of perhaps "a
Senators. Their presumed aim:
To map strategy and tactics for
q fight to get q new antifilibuster
rule.
They probably can count on
the support Of 10 liberal Repub-
icans. This means they would
need II additional votes to win
the majority which could assure
that their motion to take up the
adoption Of new rules would not
meet the all-too-familiar fate Of
being tabled.
Evening star., 1961-01-01
Oyer Laos:
Dissidence

President Eisenhower yester-
day summoned his top military
and diplomatic advisers to the
White House for an assessment
OF a reported Communist in
vasion of Laos from North Wet
Nam.
The United States-supported
government of Premier Boun Oum
In Laos reported yesterday that
Communist battalions, with Soviet
Evening star., 1961-01-01

Kennedy viii have to trim his
legislative sails . bit II he wants
to get the bulk Of his program
through the Democratic controlled
07th.
Evening star., 1961-01-01
Call for Peace

In their determination. to push
this fight they are moving In the
face Of suggestion by their pros
pective Majority Leader. Senator
Mansfield Of Montana, that they
postpone their effort lest the
divisiveness 1t is likely to engen-
der threatens the success Of the
new administrations legislative
program.
President-elect Kennedy, who
doubtless could make the liberal
challenge q much more effective
one II he threw his full weight
behind it. apparently has decided
that neutralism does have q place.
When ne was in the Senate, he
always voted with the liberals
for q rule which would hamstrlng
the filibuster and he recently re-
stated his belief that o simple
majority (not two-thirds) should
rule Congress. But he also said.
at his Palm Beach winter home.
that 1t was Up to Congress to
adopt its own rules.
1t will be interesting to see how
his old friend and hand-picked
successor in the Senate. BENJAMIN
A. Smith. ID. Of Massachusetts,
votes on this matter.
Mr.. Kennedy IL wise enough to
know that II he wants to be q
do-something President he win rot
be able TO please everyone In his
party, even most Of the time.
If he does. indeed. follow o neu-
trail course, he may annoy friends
on both sides. The liberals. how
ever. would be the more disap-
pointed because they are not likely
to win without his open support.
Evening star., 1961-09-17

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Evening star., 1961-09-17
Miller Plans Changes
In Space Unit Tasks

Accession Of Representative
George P. Miller, Democrat of
California, to Craftsmanship Of
the House Space Committee will
mark the dawn of a new era
for that dissension-torn group
Representative Overto n
Brooks, Democrat of LOUISIANA
who died yesterday, had headed
the 28-man group since its
creation in 1859.
Mr.. Miller made clear yes
terday- that he plans some
changes. I'm a great believer
in giving the subcommittee re-
sponsibility and in dividing up
the work." he told a reporter.
Mr.. Miller probably will allow
the subcommittee to specialize
IN various aspects of science.
This will lay to rest an objec-
ton of many members, that
subcommittee jurisdictions were
tho fuzzily drawn and opportun-
tiles were lacking for members
to acquaint themselves with
technical intricacies in various
fields.
. The new chairman, whose
Ehite hair is virtually the only
hint of his 10 years. has in
terests in both outer space and
inner space. In addition to his
position (up to now as No. 2
Democrat on the space COM
mittee, he also headed the
Oceanography Subcommittee of
Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Phefe has been talk recently
Of Shifting oceanography over
to the so-called space group,
Evening star., 1961-09-17
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Evening star., 1961-09-17

nor without delay" Mr.. Me-
Keldin wrote Mr.. Nixon.
your announcement would
encourage strong and capable
Republicans in all Of the States
to build tickets of which we
could be proud in the elections
Of 1882"
Evening star., 1961-09-17
McKeIdin Urqes
Nixon to Run

MCCLURE. Pa, Sept. is (AP)
Theodore r. McKeldin, for
mer Republican Governor of
Maryland, released today a let
ter he wrote urging Richard M.
Nixon to run for Governor of
California next year.
Mr.. McKeldin, being looked
Evening star., 1961-09-17
Senate Unit to Probe
Exports to Red Bloc
BY the Associated Press

The Senate Internal Security
Subcommittee said yesterday it
will begin hearings Tuesday
on United States policy with
respect to exports to Soviet
bloc nations.
Senators Dodd. Democrat of
Connecticut, and Heating, Re-
publican of New York. said in
q statement the inquiry was
ordered after staff investiga-
tors developed information
that q wide variety of mate
rials which may have strategic
Importance are going directly
or indirectly to Iron Curtain
countries"
Evening star., 1961-09-17

for the San Francisco Worlds
Fair. Some of this training ap-
parently struck, enabling him to
snare an occasional headline
with a newsworthy remark in
the course of an otherwise dull
hearing.
He and his wife the former
Hester Perkins, live at the
Methodist building on Capitol
Hill. Their only daughter. Mrs.
Ann Miller Muir, lives in San
Lorenzo. Calf, with her hus-
band and two sons.
Evening star., 1961-09-17

upon himself as q candidate
for Maryland Governor, re-
leased the letter while he was
at a picnic and rally of the
Snyder County Republican
Committee of Pennsylvania.
II know 1 am speaking for
Republicans everywhere when
I tell you I hope you will be-
come a candidate for Cover
Evening star., 1961-09-17
Keito, Reds Meet

TOKYO. Sept. Is (AP).-
Red China's Foreign Minister
Chen vi and Madeira Keita,
Interior Minister of Mali. were
reported by the New China
News agency to have had a
friendly and cordial conversa-
ton In Peiping today. Mr..
Keita is visiting Peiping as
head of an economic mission
from his African nation.
Evening star., 1961-09-17

whose real title is House Com
nlittee on Science and Astro-
aautics. Mr.. Miller rejected this
IDEA yesterday by saying Cd he
didn't want to raid the mer-
chant marine group, and (2)
oceanography might get lost in
the great welter Of work to be
done by the space committee.
sMr. Miller's Eighth California
district lies along the East
Shore Of San Francisco Bay,
an area burgeoning with space
age industrial projects. He is q
civil engineer by education, but
has not worked at the profess
sion for many years.
TpiHgs were pretty rough
for him in the depression" q
friend .recalled yesterday. Mr..
Miller tackled a number Of jobs
in that dark period. Among
them was public relations work
Evening star., 1961-09-17
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Evening star., 1961-06-04

that a bid for a Kennedy visit
might be made.
Timing might be a problem.
Summertime would be prefer
able, SO that the President
could mix with the peoples of
the Soviet Union as much as
possible. But whether prepara-
tions could be made before the
cold weather sets in is a
question.
Evening star., 1961-06-04

Union to become a kind of
stamp of approval for Commu-
mist policies. Whether the dip
lomatS might find home middle
ground on which the visit could
be justified was regarded as an
open question.
1t might be said that Russia
still owes an invitation to the
American President. in return
for the spectacular tour Mr.
Khrushchev made in this coun.
try in September, 1859, al
President Eisenhower'S invita-
ton.
Diplomats from Sovlet-bloC
nations acknowledge IL woul6
be logical" for Mr.. KhrushcheV
to sound the President out or
the idea. An invitation might
be advanced If the Vienna talks
continue along the friendly
lines on which they started
they speculate.
There have been hints in the
past, American officials say
Evening star., 1961-06-04
Parade Will Honor
Congress Veterans

The Army veterans in Con-
greSS will be honored with a
retreat review parade by the
Department Of the Army and
the Military District Of Wash
ington at 4 pm. today at Sum-
neral Field, Fort Myer.
Secretary of the Army Stair
will be host. Representing the
Congressional veterans will be
Senator Symington, Democrat
Of Missouri, and Representative
Albert, Democrat Of Oklahoma,
Evening star., 1961-06-04

good and lasting impression,
and that Jacqueline Kennedy
would leave an equally benefi-
cial impression Of women Of
the Soviet Union.
The speculation is tempered,
however, by a big question:
What would be the conditions
under which such an invitation
would be iSSued-or accepted?
Demands Anticipated
Presumably a spirit of vi
emma" would have to be Great
ed first. Laos would have to be
settled. General disarmament
negotiations would have to be
resumed.
Certainly the United States
could not hope to start nucleaI
weapons tests again and then
send its President off to Mos
COW Tor a Dig welcome.
1t might tur nout that the
price for such a trip might be
to settle the main EaSt-West
issues on something approx
mating Mr.. KhruShchev's terms
In Laos the West might bt
expected to acquiece in the for.
nation of a government IA
vored by the Communists. Gen
eral and complete disarmament
might have to be accepted a:
the framework in which to Seel
a truce in the arms race. Ant
the West might have to accept
the concept of three-bloc con.
troll such as Russia proposes fol
the administration of the Unit,
ed Nations, the test-ban con-
troll system and the Laos truce
supervisory commission.
Most important, perhaps
Premier Khrushchev would un,
doubtedly require that the nu'
clear test talks continue-with'
out resumption of American
Evening star., 1961-06-04

testing. Support for a renewal
Of nuclear tests is growing in
this country, not only to ad-
vance seismic research but to
resume weapons development.
Officials say President Ken
nedy certainly would not allow
any visit of his to the Soviet
Evening star., 1961-06-04
Rumors Say Kennedy
Nay Get Bid to Russia
BY EARL H. VOSS
Star Staff Writer

Diplomatic and administration officials here intrigued
by that rmer Khrushchev intends to invite President
Kennedy visit the Soviet Union their current talks in
Vienna end satisfactorily
The Mr. Kennedy and his wife whistle e-stopping
through Communist heartand appears to be
attractive
It is generally believed that the President would make
Evening star., 1961-06-04
Pythiun Services Set

The knights Of Pythias will
hold a memorial service at 4
pm. today at Petworth Baptist
Church, Seventh and Randolph
streets NV.
Evening star., 1961-05-21
Key. Episode

Liz Carpenter, the former
newspaperwoman who re-
Gently became executive as
sistant to Vice President
Lyndon B. johnson. flew off
to the Far East with the
Vice Presidential party with
her family'S only set Of car
keys in her purse.
Her husband, Les, discov-
cred the loss shortly after
she left the house when he
went out to drive the cou-
pies two children to school.
He hastily telephoned An
drews Air Force Base, but
the johnson plane had. Just
taken off.
Now Les is bombarding Liz
with a series Of notes.
In Hong Kong she re-
ceived this: Hey, why don't
you buy a car cheap to 60
with those keys?"
In Taipeh the message
was: The kids are fine, but
Scott keeps complaining
about his bike. All that
pedaling!"
When the keys finally ar
rived back from. Liz by air
mail, Les acknowledged their