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Evening star., 1961-11-03
Cold War Referee

The statement by Harlan
Cleveland, Assistant Secretary
of State for International
Organization Affairs. as re-
ported in The Star on Octo-
ber 81, that the United States
is not losing the cold war,
merely expresses wishful
thinking.
The Communists started
out with just one nation:
Russia. Communism has now
enslaved one third of the
world population.
In addition, we read Of
growing unrest and pro-Com-
munist feeling in Africa and
Latin America. Indeed, one
Latin American nation is al
ready definitely Communist,
and several African nations
are questionable. In view of
these facts, I do not see how
it can be denied that the
United States is losing the
cold war.
Mr.. Cleveland stated: IF
the United States yields 10
per cent to gain 80 per cent.
chances are this will be re-
ported as another Communist
gain" I challenge Mr.. Cleve-
land to name one country,
besides Guatemala, VIII C h
has been liberated from COM
munism since the Commu-
nists began their conquest.
Our leaders have never
tried to free a Communist
country, being afraid that
doing so would risk a war.
This means that the only
ones who can really win any
thing are the Communists.
When the United Sta tie S
wins" things merely remain
status quo.
Communists have infil-
trated every free country, in
cluding this one, to a large
extent. We have not infil-
trated Russia, Red China. or
their colonies at all. Under
this purely defensive policy,
how could the United States
possibly not be losing the
war?
Another generation of
wishful thinkers t like Mr.
Cleveland, and the people of
America, as well as the peo-
Piles of the rest of the world,
will be slaves for eternity.
Allen B. DObey.
Evening star., 1961-11-03
End of q Car Line

Abandonment of the Mt.
Pleasant streetcar line is a
gross fraud on the public.
1t is not a petty Swindle,
but a super sell-out of val
liable resources for the profit
of the vehicular traffic
makers. Bold in concept, re-
lentlesS in execution, it is an
economic crime of Nation
wide significance that echoes
the coaSt-to-coast scheming
of Americas professional
"waSte-makers."
From the standpoint of
city survival, future progress
in surface transit pivots on
the streetcar which is vastly
more flexible than the limited
access freeway or the New
York City type subway. Why,
therefore is the streetcar
consistently singled out for
liquidation? 1t is the vehicu-
lar traffic-makers who de-
stroy the streetcar because
it is their foremost rival. The
survival of the city does not
concern the vehicular traf-
fic-makers because their
highway program presup-
poses death to the central
city and the full cultural
and commercial life on which
its continued existence de-
pends. In Washington, for
example. the multi-billion
dollar highway scheme will
cement firmly in place the
shapeless ooze of suburban
sprawl. so that coincident
with the arrival of Prog
ress," the auto becomes a
necessity for all.
Unable to openly admit
what their highway pro-
grams tacitly presuppose. the
vehicular traffic makers
oStentatiouSly genuflect be-
fore past and continuing
trends" with a devotional
fervor that would make any
MARKHAM determinist water
at the mouth.
Mark Lillis.
Evening star., 1961-11-03
Size of Our Muscle

David Lawrence suggested
that a recent highly sig
nificant speech on Americas
true military capability would
have been more effective if
it had been made by the
President rather than by the
Deputy Defense Department.
The story would then have at
tracted world coverage; and,
with the prestige of the
White House behind it,
would have helped clear up
some of the misconceptions
of our military power which
the Soviets (not to mention
some Americans) seem to
have absorbed.
Exactly. In order to retain
our will to resist evil Com
munists it is absolutely es-
sential that we have con-
fidence in our country's mill
tary might. With so many
conflicting voices presumably
speaking for the adminiStra- =
ton, it would indeed be help
full to have our President as
sure us, and the world, that
it is true that we have a
fully armed power 80 To-
Gated and protected that a
sneak attack could not pos
Sibly diSarm U.S."
Just as important Is the
need to know-and to have
our enemy know-that the
United States would not have
to sit like a duck-but in the
unhappy event of attack
could and would bring to
bear destructive power as
great or greater than our
enemy could launch as a
first strike"-since power
seems to be the only hope
left to deter brutal terror
lists.
Personally, we cannot un-
derstand why this healthy
self confidence has not been
kept before us during all our
recent crises" We've been
fighting this battle for years
why this sudden blanket of
defeatist "inevitability" hang
ing over us like a pail?
incidentally, let's give
credit where credit is due.
The 1860 political oratory
belittled, and we believe,
damaged our great country
by picturing it as weak, -
presumably a poor second to
Evening star., 1961-11-03
UGF Pledges

While every right-think-
ing man and woman doubt
less indorses the aims of the
United Givers Fund and
stands sincerely for commu-
nifty aid to the unfortunate
I doubt if there are many
Government employees who
feel that their subscriptions
are still voluntary in the
honest sense of the word.
Perhaps most of us do not
object to the very heavy pres
sure that is now placed upon
us to contribute our pro
rata" share regardless of
whether our conscience so
dictates or not, but let us
be honest with ourselves: 1t
is no longer voluntary in the
real sense of that word. 1t
is a social obligation to get
on with and pressure tactics
are the only way to raise
the money with its increasing
quota, year after year.
So 1 must smile a little
at our colleagues in the
Weather Bureau who protest
the pressure" If they have
not been subjected to this
pressure in years past then
they probably have not been
contributing their shares.
Most of us in other agencies
have been marched up to the
pay-check line and told how
much we had to give, 10!
these many years. No, we have
not been exactly burned at
the stake" if we declined. but
the "heat" has been unbear-
able.
Yours for UGF,
JnO. S. Smythe.
Evening star., 1961-11-03

@. On her maiden voyage
to England, by now much did
the liner United States beat
the Queen Mary'S record?-
P. w.
A. On her maiden voyage
in July 1852, crossing from
Ambrose Lightship outside of
New York Harbor to Bishops
Rock. Lands End, England,
the United States made the
voyage of 2,942 nautical miles
in 3 days, 10 hours, and 40
minutes. The previous record,
set in August 1888 by the
Queen Mary, was 3 days, 20
hours, and AZ minutes.
@. Did BENJAMIN Franklin
ever predict that the United
States would eventually be-
come a monarchy?-D. S.
A. Franklin expressed ap-
prehenSion that it might, in
a speech before the ConSti-
tutional Convention in which
he urged that executive Off
GERS of the Government serve
without salary. He said:
There are two passions
which have a powerful in
fluence in the affairs of men.
These are ambition and ava
rice; the love Of power and
the love of money. Place
before the eyes Of such men
a post of honor, that shall
at the same time be a place
of profit, and they will move
heaven and earth to obtain
it. I am apprehensive,
therefore that the Gov
ernment of these States may
in future time end in a mon
archy. But this catastrophe,
I think, may be long delayed,
If in our proposed system we
do not sow the seeds of con-
tention, faction, and tumult
by making our posts Of honor
places Of profit"
Evening star., 1961-11-03
THE PASSING SCENE
Royburn of Texas: A Big Man
BY WILLIAM S. WHIT

In his own full knowledge
and by his own unterrified
command, Speaker Sam Ray
burn has gone home, gone
home for the last time.
From the big. glittering
hospital in big Dallas they
have taken him back to die Of
ravaging cancer in the quiet,
wind-blown town of Bonham
in the autumn Of the 80th
year of a life lived in mem
orably able and grumpily
gallant service to the United
States of America.
Because I have had the
unforgettable honor to be
his intimate friend for nearly
80 years, and because I have
never found it possible to
speak publicly of any still liv-
ing man as though he lay
already dead, I have not
before this wished to write of
the imminent departure for
ever Of Rayburn of Texas.
Recognizes End Is Near
But Rayburn of Texas,
himself. has ended any pos
sible need for such a reti-
cence. He has calmly recog-
nized that the dark wings are
lowering very close over him.
And having recognized as
much, he has plainly said as
much; or rather he has
caused 1t to be said for him.
This he has done, I am
entirely sure, because all his
life he has loved candor, even
hard candor, and because all
his life he has not liked those
soft, careful evaSions so COM
mon to many of our public
men. He has recognized that
even in the last moments of
life he has the harsh obliga-
ton which lies upon all highly
placed and amply honored
men not to be behindhand in
surrendering the power and
the glory when the time for
that surrender has come.
He is making it decently
possible for all those who
must now bear the RESPONSE
bility Of choosing his success
sor as Speaker-the leaders
in his House of Representa-
tives, the President, and all
manner of party captains
and kings-to get about the
somber but necessary task of
preparing the succession.
For-and let no one suppose
otherwise-the coming death
of Rayburn of Texas carries
within it a national political
Evening star., 1961-11-03

Pen names may be used if
letters carry Driters' correct
names and addresses. All let
terS are subject to condenSa-
ton. Those not used iUiH be
returned only 1Dhen accom-
panied By self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1961-11-03
Campaign Echoes

Deputy Defense Secretary
Roswell Gilpatric'S recent
boast about the power Of the
United States to heap de-
Struction upon any aggressor
was just a little Sickening to
those who remember that the
lead time for all of our major
weapons systems is consider
ably longer than the year
that has elapsed since con-
didate Kennedy was telling
the American people that we
were too weak to fight our
way out Of a paper bag.
Terry Rice.
-
Regarding your story,
-Four Senate Democrats An
swer Eisenhower" perhaps
someone should remind the
honorables Mansfield and
Hart that it was in cam
paign oratory" and for
purely political reasons"
that President Kennedy an
nounced the peace corps" in
last years campaign. A reply
in kind could hardly be
little" President Eisenhower
without touching President
Kennedy's questionable in
tentionS last fall.
Thomas C. Lyons, jr.
Evening star., 1961-11-03

our enemies in practically
everything. The awesome
military power our Demo-
cratic friends now describe
obviously could not have been
developed in the last few
months-but was there all
the time; the result of plan
ming, (plus $3.50 billion of
our tax money! spent under
President Eisenhower's di-
rection.
Lila ID Snnnnmann-
Evening star., 1961-11-03

Regions of Antarctica hith-
erto entirely unmapped will
be surveyed by United States
Geological Survey engineers
during the coming winter -
the nightless South Polar
summer.
Projects now outlined are:
william H. Chapman will
head a helicopter-supported
traverse for establishment of
mapping control among the
mountains bordering tn e
Ross Ice Shelf, using cleo
tronic distance measuring
equipment.
Conrad G. Merrick will
conduct control surveys in
the Ellsworth h Highlands.
Thomas E. Taylor will work
with a University of Michi-
gan traverse party on the
Ross Ice Shelf. Robert D.
Martin will conduct horizon
tai and vertical control sur
veys of the McMurdo Sound
region.
Star "Fit" by Daylight
1t will be the responsible
ty of these engineers to de-
termine geodetic positions
and elevations of mapping
control points wherever pos
sible. In the past position de-
examinations have been based
exclusively on observations of
the sun. AS the sun in Antarc
tica always is at a low alti-
tude, atmospheric refraction
introduces some degree of
uncertainty in the accuracy
of the results. Recent innova-
tions in observation tech
niques, however, have made
it possible to make Antarctic
position observations on no.
table stars in broad daylight.
Tests made from the roof of
a Washington laboratory in
dicate that the new method
may permit stellar observa-
tions at sufficiently high al
titudes to avoid significant
refraction errors, a n d save
much time.
In addition to position
measurements one party,
working towards the South
Pole as far as the head of the
Beardmore Glacier, will use
tellurometers to measure dis
tances electronically. The in
strumentS were tested last
year and found to be reliable
under Antarctic conditions.
Supporting this group will be
two Army helicopters. con-
stantly lowering 10000 feet
overhead.
A typical days operation
calls for measurement of
about go miles of the desolate
waste land.
-
Three-dimensional photo
graphs of the ocean floor
now are being taken by
United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey engineers,
The camera in use is based
on the principles of the old
time parlor Stereoscope, but
with numerous refinementS.
Photos have just been
processed showing sea life at
depths of 1000 feet and bot,
tom formations at more than
1000 feet. Corpies have been
sent to the Smithsonian In
stitution for possible inden-
tification of the animals
photographed.
Each photo taken repre-
SentS about IS square feet of
sea floor. Survey photogram-
etrists and oceanographers
have teamed up for the first
time in producing map min
iatures" of the sea floor
forms and undulations, per-
mittinp StIIdV of the effects
Evening star., 1961-11-03
Answers to Questions
By THE HASkINS SERVICl

BY The HASkINS SERVICE
A reader can get an answer, by
writing The Star Information Bu-
reau, 635 street NV. Washington
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Evening star., 1961-11-03

crisis. It is said that no man
is indispensable; but this man
is, and long has been, or very
nearly so. In the true sense,
he has for nearly three dec
ades been "Mr. Democrat. "
But he has also been the ir-
replaceable bridge, the vital
cement, between all the con-
tending wings Of that Demo-
cratic Party which now bears
all ultimate responsibility for
the Government Of the United
States.
It is not simply that the
whole complex Of national
legislation for these 80 years
bears more of his imprint
than that Of any other man,
living or dead. For this man
has literally embodied much
of all that is best in our ma
tional politics: An invariable
public and private sense Of
honor and of deep RESPONSE
bility; a wry, rough, gener-
osity always carefully hid
den; a compassion for all
mankind never candied over
with dripping sugar.
7 do not suggest that Ray
burn of Texas was always
right" politically; for only
little men must always and
eternally be right" He
never wanted. nor respected,
such uncritical, such jump
ing-up-and-down, admira-
ton.
Evening star., 1961-11-03
No Petty Attacks

He was a stout, partisan
Democrat; but he never
learned to hate in a partisan
way. The best measure Of
him as a politician that I
know is this: He never could
stomach petty attacks on any
President of the United
States, in whatever party.
And inconceivable always to
him was the littleness of
many in attacking any Pres
ident-Wilson, Hoover, Tru-
man, Eisenhower, or Ken
nedy-in matters beyond the
borders of the United States.
He was a great politician,
yes. But, far better, he was a
great man. In 80 years I
never saw in him the small
est trace of smallness. So he
was also more than a great
man. He was a big man. And
that is the best and truest of
all possible epitaphs, of all
possible farewells, to Ray
burn of Texas.
Evening star., 1961-06-27
Dell , Six Other Americans
Advance at Wimbledon

|, Calf, struggled to, stave off
defeat, but went down, 6-3,
6-1, 6-1, with Fraser showing
no signs of trouble from his
suspect left knee.
In the other top match yes
terday, Rod Laver outgQnned
Russia's Tomas Lejus, 6-4,
81, 6-1.
The other four seeds to. en-
ter the second round without
serious difficulty were Italy's
Nicola Pietrangeli, Australian
Champion Roy Emerson, Spain's
Manuel Santana and Chile'S
veteran campaigner. Luis Ayala.
In addition to fernando, John
Lesch of Los Angeles also was
beaten yesterday, by 35-year-
old Bob Howe of Australia,
GA, 6-1.
Three other Americans passed
their first-round tests. Frank
Froehling, l9, from Coral Gables,
Fla, defeated Britain's non
playing Davis Cup captain, John
Barrett, 60. As, 60, 6-3.
Crawford Henry of Atlanta
knocked out Mike Ham OF
Britain, 4-6, 60, Ga, Ga.
And Ron Holmberg of Brooklyn
defeated Enrique Morea of Ar
rs, 7-5, 6-3.
Evening star., 1961-06-27
Ford Given Good Chance
At Top Record Since War

late, late show, the Phillies
knocked off San Francisco, 10,
and Milwaukee beat st. Louis,
9-6. in the National League.
The Phils did it behind a COM
bined eight-hit pitching job by
Jim Owens, their long-missing
highlander, and reliever Dallas
Green. No other games were
scheduled.
A three-run homer. by Bill
Skowron with two out in the
ninth gave the Yankees their
only lead against the Angels
and beat reliever Jim Donohue
(1-2) in q battle of home runs
at cozy Wrigley Field.
Yanks Lead In HOmers
Albie Pearson, Steve Bike
and ex-Yankee Ken Hunt
homered off Ford, giving the
Angels 10, 3-1, 5-3 and 6-S
leads. But the Yankees blasted
back against starter Ken Nc
Bride on home runs by Mickey
Mantle, his 23d, and pinch
hitter Johnny Blanchard and a
two-run single by Yogi Berra
Skowron's winning shot. fol-
lowing walks to Roger Maris
and Mantle, came off right
handler Art Fowler. 1t was the
Yanks' 101st home run, top to-
tai in both leagues.
Ford (13-2), gave up six hits
and walked four, but famed
Evening star., 1961-06-27
BASEBALL BEAT
By BILL FUCHS

Bill and made an impassioned plea
last winter. The general managers had a
limit of Is players on each clubs draft list
proposal and wound up reducing the list
to IS"
THE SCHEDULE, TOO, is goofy, says
Greenberg, who wanted to keep the season
at the 154-game standard.
Most of your records, like Babe Ruth's
home-run record, are based on 154 games
This gives the fan something to use as a
basis of comparison"
Ruth's homer record Of so always
brings to mind Greenbergs near miss of SO
homers in 1888.
II hit the 57th and 58th on a Tuesday"
he said. I'VE played st. Louis in Detroit
Wednesday and Thursday. Then we fin
ished up the season, Friday Saturday and
Sunday in Cleveland.
IF we had stayed in Detroit would
have had real good chance. What they
did in Cleveland was transfer the last two
games from old League Park to Municipal
Stadium. Municipal was a lot bigger.
Anyway, never compared myself to Babe
Ruth. Nobody could"
VEECK HAS LEFT the baseball scene,
at least for the time being, because of Ill
health but not before leaving his mark in
Chicago's Comiskey Park. There are those
who object to his explosive scoreboard that
resembles a pinball machine equipped
with 16-inch guns. But nobody objects to
the face-lifting job he did on a park that
two years ago had deteriorated to the stage
of being menace.
"This place was dead in 1885," Green
berg said. "It wasn't safe to come out to
the park at night But Veeck made it a
safe place, place of fun.
HE used to walk around this ballpark
on his crutches at night-all over-to see
what needed to be done. Do you know that
for so years the people who sat in center
field didn't have any rest rooms to go to-?
They have them now
Underneath it was like a cave, no
lights. Two years ago they used to have
police cars and patrol wagons lined up
outside. People would be getting hit over
the heads. Not any more.
Some people say our scoreboard is
bush Is it bush to have little fun? If
you can create little entertainment and
excitement, is that bush? Well, if it is,
then I'm like Bill Veeck. Pm bush."
Evening star., 1961-06-27

cluded today, went to a tenni
party the other day with a
sign on his back reading: "If
you can't beat me you need
lessons"
Ward got his lesson today
from Mulloy. The American,
playing in his 14th Wimbledon
event, served we'll and chopped
delicately over the net to force
his opponent into tactical er-
rors.
Nicola Pilic of YugoSlavia
eliminated Robert Siska of San
Francisco in a match also begun
yesterday, Ga, 3-6. 2-6, 8-6,
IS.
Seventh-seeded Ramanathan
Krishnam of India made
quick work of defeating
Frances Francois Jauffret,
60, Ga, 6-1.
Today's matches we're played
in sporadic sunshine, with a
cool breeze sweeping the courts.
Six Of the eight mems seeds
won their opening assignments
between showers yesterday. Aus
tralia'sreigning champion, Neale
Fraser. showed all his old
power in disposing of Americas
Rudy fernando in straight
sets. fernando, from Modesto,
Evening star., 1961-06-27

WIMBLEDON, England, June
.27l(AP)-Donald Dell of Bethes-
da, Md; Jon Douglas of Santa
Monica, Calf; Chris Crawford
of Piedmont, Calf. and Gard
ner Mulloy, 47-year-old lawyer
from Coral Gables, Fla. led the
American group into the Sec
ond round of the rain-harried
Wimbledon tennis champion
ships today.
Only 16 of the first-round
mems singles matches were
completed yesterday. and an
effort was being made to fit
the remainder of the 4S matches
into today'S schedule, usually
given over to the ladies' singles.
Dell defeated Daniel Contet of
France, GA. 60, 6-3.
Douglas, 24-year-old Marine
and a former Stanford Univer-
sity quarterback, eliminated
John Hillebrand Of Australia,
60, GA, 3-6, 6-1. Craw-
ford won over Norman Kito-
witz of Britain. 81. 60. 6-3,
and the veteran Mulloy gave
Britain's John Ward a few
lessons in technique in winning,
60, 6-8, 1-6, Ga, Ga.
Mulloy, whose match was
started yesterday and con-
Evening star., 1961-06-27

every club in the expanded 10
team league. 1t was Whitey's
seventh straight success. giving
him three more victories than
any other pitcher in the majors
this season. And coming in
the only game scheduled in the
AL, it put the second-place
Yankees within one game of
front-running Detroit.
While Ford and the Yankees
were battling the Angels in the
Evening star., 1961-06-27
By the Associated Press

Thanks to the power Of the
Yankees, Whitley Ford has a
good chance to post the win
ningest pitching record in the
American League since World
War II.
For a long tine there was
speculation whether Whitley
ever would turn in a 20-victory
season, but now he is 1872 IN
his 10th campaign. With the
season still far short of the
halfway mark, the Stubby
southpaw could break the post
war record shared by Hal New
houser and Bob Feller, who
won 26 apiece in 1916. Mel
Parnell was 25-7 in 1949 and
Bobby Shantz was PAT in 1852.
During the same period in
the National League, the top
marks were Robin Roberts '28-7
in 1852, Don Newcombe's 27-7
in 1856 and Johnny Sain's 24-15
in 1913.
Although Ford never has won
more than 19 in a year, he has
166 victories ard only 81 de-
feats for his years with the
Yankees. That's an amazing
.705 percentage.
Defeats Every Club
Whitley won No. 13 last night,
staggering through for an 8-6
victory at Los Angeles that
made him the first to beat
Evening star., 1961-06-27
Hickey Suffers
Heart Attack

PITTSBURGH, June ~ (AP)
Branch Hickey, 70, long time
magnate in the major leagues
and father of baseball's farm
system. suffered a heart attack
today in Canada, his personal
secretary reported here.
The secretary, Ken Black
burn, said Hickey was stricken
about 5 am. on his private fish
ing island near Toronto.
Blackburn said Hickey was
flown from the island to a hos
pital in SubSberry, Canada
The seriousness of his condition
was not known.
Hickey, former general man.
ager Of the Dodgers, Cardinals
and Pirates, had been in Can
ada for several weeks with some
friends.
Blackburn, Rickey's wife and
DR.. Joseph Finegold, team
physician Of the Pirates,
planned to fly to his side later
today.