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building of a sewage treatment
plant as to preserve the wooded
tract.
Both Interior Committee
Chairman Anderson, Democrat
of New Mexico, and Subcom-
mittee Chairman Bible, Demo-
crat of Nevada, tried to win a
pledge from the Washington
Suburban Sanitation Commits
sion that the plant would not
be constructed before Congress
meets next year. They wanted
more time to consider the
preservation idea.
I'm both instances, the ef-
forts were without avail" the
Committee reported TO the SEN
ate. A commitment was avoided.
The only way to assure pres
ervation of the site and main
tenance of the status quo is
enactment of this joint resolu-
ton"
The resolution, already cleared
by the House, is on the Senate
calendar and can be called UP
for unanimous clearance any
day. No opposition is in sight
Interior committeeman said
Congress could review the sit
uation in 1868. But the firm
refusal of the Sanitary Com
mission to yield on its sewage
treatment plans appears to. be
pushing the resolution-almost
sure to defeat those plans
through Congress.
The National Capital Parks
would supervise the proposed
parkland on Piscataway Bay in
Prince Georges and Charlie;
Counties, Md. Preservation has
three major advantages, ac-
cording to the Senate Com
mittee report. It would:
Save the view from George
Washington's home as it ex-
listed during his lifetime.
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airplanes to inland fields and
a number of ships to sea or to
hurricane anchorages to ride
out the storm.
The Wallops Island space
station on Virginia's Eastern
Shore was locked up and its
big tracking radar was turned
skyward and locked into place.
Evening star., 1961-09-20

fONE THING and one thing
only was on the minds of
the orators in Franklin Park.
That was religion.
The police routed these
testifierS to the Truth years
ago. I sometimes think the
police are too tidy in their
housekeeping. I've known
them to arrest a man after
repeated warnings, for feed
ing pigeons, because the left
over crumbs attracted rats.
But that's neither here nor
there. In Kidding the park
of the oratory the police
were successful in eliminat-
ing an outlet of something
we are inclined to brag
about-free speech.
That 1947 assignment was
a wonderful September Sum-
day, sunny afternoon, with
d light breeze and cool. Just
like last Sunday.
The orators were making
their pitch from hand-car-
gied platforms to groups of
rs to 80 men standing about.
Y 1t was a lucky day for this
reporter, Exciting informa-
tion was relayed from group
to group.
Bob Quirk, a First Gen.
tury Christian" was going to
uphold the church against
Curtis Barr.
Quirk was a GPO printer
who had become interested
in debating religion. He
had studied Greek so that he
could read the original New
Testament.
Evening star., 1961-09-20
The
Rambler
Tunes In on
The Great Debate
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

= The Great Debate has
.flared up again in the Brit
iSh press.
+ 1t has nothing to do with
falling of Lord Russell, or
the Berlin crisis, or the role
of the U. N. in Katanga.
Sir Julian Huxley, writing
in one of the popular Sun
day papers circulation more
than a milliont has reiter-
ated his grandfather's battle
cry.
There is no personal
God"
Lord Altrinchan, a Con-
servative peer, has vigorously
replied in the Intellectual
circulation about $4,000
Manchester Guardian.
z God is here, and every
where, to stay"
5 This sort of thing doesn't
happen here. Despite Thom-
as Paine, Thomas Jefferson
"a Deist if you will and
Robert IngerSoll, atheism is
considered to be un-Ameri-
can.
There was a time and not
long ago-thiS yellowing clip
is dated 1947-that the de-
bate was carried on in
Franklin Park.
1t was supposed to be our
Hyde Park but there were
no eccentric intellectuals
proving with charts that the
world is flat or the sun goes
around it or substituting
their own idea of the origin
of the universe for the
planetary theorem.
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OuickActionUrqed
For Park Across
From Mt. Vernon
WSSC Refuses Pledge to Stop
Sewer Plant at MockIey Point

The Senate today received request action
this session from its Interior Committee national
park of the Potomac River shore Prince Georges County
Md, opposite Mount Vernon Va.
Acquisition of 1186 of land and scenic easements on
another l4lO recommended to postnone
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poem expressing hope about
this country's destiny.
Mr.. Frost's dedication was in
verse form. composed for the
occasion. Here is the full text {:
In the august occasions OF the
pate
In the August occasions OF the
state
Seems something for Us all ia
celebrate.
This day Is for my cause q ddy
OF days.
And his be poetry's old fash
toned praise
Who was the first to think Of
such q thing.
This tribute uerse to be his opn
/ bring
Is about the new order OF the
ages
That in the Latin OF the found.
ing sdges
God nodded his approval OF a
good.
So much those saoes knetD and
understood
(The mighty four OF them ,Dert
Washington,
John Adams. Jefferson and
MddiSon)
So much they Sdw as conse'
Grated seers
They must haze seen how IN
200 years
They Mould bring dotDn thu
Dorld about Our ears
By the example OF our declare
ton.
1t made the least tribe Wdn
to be q nation.
NeU order OF the ages did thel
say?
The ne,peSt thing In tDhict
they led the tDGy
Is In our Dery papers OF tn,
day.
Colonial had been the thin
to be
As long as the great issue tru
to see
Which country'd be the one t.
dominate
BY character, by tongue. an
natiue trait
What Christopher Colun1bu
first had found.
The French, the Spanish an
the Dutch tDere doioned,
They all ,Dere counted out: tn
deeds tDere done:
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Disquiet Among Far East Allies

population become an or
phan? Will it become a trus-
teeship Of the United Nations
or will 1t be an independent
republic with neutrality guar
anteed by that international
body in which the Commu-
mist bloc has now become all
powerful and will become
more so by the addition Of
Communist China?
All the new appointees Of
President Kennedy. including
Undersecr tary Chester
Bowles and Adlai Stevenson.
Ambassador to the U. N,
have testified before the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Com
mittee that our commitment
to defend FormoSa stands as
ever. It is guaranteed by our
treaty with the Chinese Re-
public. But, and this is an
important but, what will our
attitude be II the U. N. takes
a position in regard to our
ally that Is in keeping with
that Of the Communist bloc?
Our devotion to the U. N.
is such. that 1t is inconceiv-
able that we shall do more
than protest and then bow
to the decisions Of that "su-
preme" body. The Soviet
bloc has flouted on more
than one occasion the inter-
national organization which
1t Is increasingly using for
the furtherance Of its own
purposes. In his testimony
before the Foreign Relations
Committee Mr.. Stevenson
stated emphatically that the
Importance Of the u. N. Is
increasing rather than di-
minishing. He pointed out
that all the Communist ma
tions land this undoubtedly
includes China) are anxious
to belong to the international
forum. This is true. But
not because they believe in
the tenets Of the charter. They
want to dominate it in the
same manner some gangster
groups may wish to have
their own boys In the FBI.
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Until De found out that it WGs
ourselves
We were withholding from our
land OF living e
And forthwith found sGl1dtioB
in surrender.
Such as ne were ne gaze our
selpeS outright
1.-THE deed OF gift wds many
deeds OF UGrJ -
To the land vaouely realizing
westward,
But still unstoried. Grtless.
u1enhGnted, .., =,
Such as she Dds, such as she
tDiu become. =.
President Kennedy had sug-
gested that Mr.. Frost change
the close Of the poem from
would become" to will be-
come" for the Inauguration.
apparently to convey the feel
ing that the country still had
a great future ahead. =
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affirmation Of democracy and
liberty in the world" and espe-
cially in Latin America.

affirmation Of democracy and
liberty in the world" and espe-
cially in Latin America.
Carried by Cuban Radio
Mr.. Kennedy's address was
carried by the Cuban radio net
work but the announcer. United
States-baiting Jose Pard o
Llada, said there would be no
comment yet on the new ad-
ministration. by their deeds
we shall know them" he said.
Several newspapers pictured
Mr.. Kennedy as a young fighter
whose vigor would be welcome
in meeting the worlds problems
The newspaper Ell Concrete
in Lima, Peru. said Mr.. Ken
nedy is a Fighter who belongs
in the class Of Woodrow Wilson
and Franklin D. Roosevelt"
In Rome, the daily, II Mes
saggero said Mr.. Kennedy sig
nifies young resolution accom-
panied by mediated thought
and a spirit which has its roots
in the very history Of liberty
and democracy"
In England. the Manchester
Guardian called Mr.. Kennedy!
address brave and dignified.
It shows the 'tough-mindet
and courageous politician" ha!
the sense Of history" thu
Guardian said.
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Defiance of the Processes of the Law
Viewed as Discountinq Regions Future

end result Of reality If there
is q will to look at them.
Arkansas can offer Gov.
Faubus, who first sought to
defy the processes Of law.
He and his State are still
paying the pocketbook costs.
They will be so paying for a
long time. It may be graft
flying to some citizens of the
State to have a Governor
like Mr.. Faubus, but he is
an expensive luxury. He
could, incidentally. be Of
great service to the South
If he would rise to the oc-
casion and advise defiant
State governments to comply
with the courts. Certainly.
the region could use that
sort Of political integrity.
Gov. Jimmie Davis, the
guitar-playing, ballad-sing-
ing Governor Of Louisiana.
is q study in lack Of leader
ship. It is understandable
that even those who support
him do not find words Of
praise palatable. Louisiana,
too, is paying the pocketbook
costs of the late Earl Long
and Gov. Davis. They, too.
are luxuries which will be
paid for on the installment
plan through the years ahead.
The pockethook argument
Is perhaps the most effec-
tive one. That violence,
apologists for the violent,
false prophets and deceit
full leaders have confused
the issue is true.
But even they cannot hide
the increasing evidence OF
what it costs to listen to
falsehood and unreality.
All over the Southeast
there Is q shortage Of jobs
There isn't a city or towr
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POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

President Kennedy to uphold the Constitution.
From Kennedy will than two terms.
each waiting his turn until his older brother is through
Cergymen Of four faiths at Kennedys inauguration
Democrats always claim Heaven their side but when
the chips down. they take chances.
Dick Nixon leaves office pledging to fight for the center
position in the Republican Paryhalfway between 1860 and
$780,
Politics the art of doing the kind favors for people
that don't cost you anything.
An electrical fire broke out the inaugural platform
and Democrats true to FORM returned to power pulling all
the right wires
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people should hear and live up

people should hear and live up
to-"
Adlai E. Stevenson, twice the
Democratic Party's candidate
for President and Mr.. Ken
nedy's choice for Ambassador
to the United Nations. had this
comment:
"It was a speech which will
live long in our national his
tory"
Other Democrats in the
House and Senate called the
speech great" wonderful
and excellent"
Averell Hartman, former
Governor of New York and
Ambassador to Russia, said 1t
was IAN historic speech" Mr.
Hartman will be Mr.. Kennedy's
Ambassador-at-large.
The diplomatic corps In
Washington also gave high
praise to the message.
Newspaper editorial COM
ment was generally laudatory
with some papers calling the
speech one of the great ad.
dresses in American history.
Even the Chicago Tribune
probably the sharpest news
paper critic Of Democratic
policies, thought the speech
very good" It said:
President Kennedy's IN.
augural address was a rally
ing cry, patterned somewhat
after Franklin Roosevelt's frs
inaugural. Rhetorically 1t wa
very good; if those who 'neart
it will now read 1t. they will
find that 1t reads even bette
than it sounded"
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Pravda Prints
Friendly Story

MOSCOW. Jan. 81 (AP).-
Soviet newspapers today print
ed q friendly account Of Pres
ident Kennedy's inauguration
and stressed his call for peace
! full coeXistence.
The Soviet Communist Party
paper Pravda printed about
TOO words Of Tass news
agency's account Of the WASH
ington ceremony in bold face
type on its back page where
foreign news usually appears.
Other papers ran about the
same amount.
None Of the papers COM
mented editorially.
Pravda front-paged the mes
sage Premier Khrushchev and
President Leonid Brezhnev sent
Mr.. Kennedy. 1t said, I'VE are
certain that step by step we
can remove existing suspicion
and distrust and grow the seed
Of friendship and businesslike
cooperation between our two
peoples"
The Tass account indicated
that peace and friendship were
the dominant theme Of the in
auguration. 1t noted that many
of the floats in the parade
stressed that America Wants
Peace"
At the same time, the Eco.
nomic Gazette called for ar
increase in iet-Americar
trade. 1t said the only result
Of the trade barriers was thu
loss Of many billions Of dol
lars worth Of orders"
Els this not too high a pric'
to pay for foredoomed efforts
Of anti-Soviet quarters in thu
United States to put q brak'
on development Of som'
branches of Soviet industry
the Gazette demanded.
The paper asserted that
step-up in Soviet American
trade would also help cur
Americas unemployment ant
dollar outflow problems.
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Elizabeth the First and Eng
land Don.
OF Uhat had been for centuries
the trend
This turned out the beginning
OF the end.
My Uerse purports to be the
guiding chart
To the o'erturntng it ,Dds ours
to start
And tn 1t haze no unimpor-
tunt part.
The turbulence we're In the
middle of
Is something ne can hardly
help but love.
Some poor fool has been say.
ing In his heart
Glory is out OF date In life
and art.
Our venture In revolution and
outldWry
Has justified itself In tree
dom's story
Right doDn to nom In GLORY
upon glory.
sometimes think that all we
ask Is glory.
Chosen pnaun
The text Of the poem, 1.-THE
Gift Outright:
The land ,DaS ours before De
tDere the lands.
She tD1S our land more than
100 years
Before iDe iDere her people. She
tDGs ours
In Massachusetts. In Virginia
But we were Engldnd,s. still
colonidls,
Possessing Dhdt we still iDere
unposseSsed BY,
Possessing by Dhat iDe now no
more possessed.
Something we Dere withhold
ing left Us Dedk
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papers and officials gave spe-
cial mention to Mr.. Kennedy's
pledge of increased co-opera-
ton with Latin America and
his reaffirmation of the Mon
roe Doctrine-"let every other
power know that this hemi-
sphere intends to remain the
master Of its own house"
The newspaper Yomiuri in
Tokyo termed this the most
interesting part Of Mr.. Ken
nedy's speech and said there
is little doubt it was a warning
to the Castro Cuban regime.
1T is clear" Yomiuri said
that the Cuban issue will be
the first major test facing the
the new administration"
The Peruvian Senate said Mr.
Kennedy's Inauguration con
stitutes a promise Of the re-
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RALPH McGILL

One Of the more depress-
ing elements in the school
cases which now begin to be
moments Of decision in the
Deep South is the continued
unwillingness to face reality.
There are two realities.
One is of the pocketbook and
the other Is Of education.
They are q sort Of Siamese-
twin reality, separate, yet
linked together.
It is dismaying enough, for
example, to have a university
student leader reveal the
depths of his immaturity by
pleading that the Governor
or Legislature keep a uni
versity open but segregated"
But to have grown men in
pulpits, managerial and edi-
torial offices, or in the Gov
eminent, say the same thing
seriously discounts the fu-
ture.
Here, indeed, is the nub Of
the leadership problem. The
people Of the Deep South de-
serve to be told the truth.
It is not possible to draw an
indictment against them as
a people. They are no better
and no worse than other
Americans. Like others, they
inescapably are a part OF
their history and their en-
vironment. They have been
grossly deceived across a long
span of years by the leader
ship which has said 1t will
keep the schools open but
segregated, or that 1t will do
something"
That there are those who
still say so reveals how wide
is the gulf between them and
the reality Of this last hall
of the goth century.
There are examples Of the
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RALPH McGILL
Luxury of UnreoIity in the South

that isn't desperately trying
to obtain some industrial
employment. The need, Is
greatest in the Deep South.
It is not without explanation
that the Chambers Of Com
merce in Georgia, South
Carolina, Alabama and Mis-
sissippi are speaking OF the
need for thousands Of new
jobs.
Will q close.down Of
schools encourage outside
investment necessary to
create new jobs?
Some predictions can now
be made with certainty. -
, A majority Of the high
school graduates Of the
Southeast, more particularly
the rural areas, will continue
to leave home. They properly
want opportunity. II the
schools are closed, or thrown
into the chaos Of a make
shift private school plan, all
who can will be forced to
depart.
Closed schools will harm
q rural county more than
an urban one. Those which
already are losing popula-
ton and which see the empty
stores on their main streets
or around the square, must
understand there will be even
more Of q loss If education
Is destroyed.
Those who see their tax
sources drying up, and farms
abandoned or sold to pulp
firms, surely cannot be so
blind they cannot see what
is happening. Lack Of schools
will accelerate the deteriora-
ton.
The choice is education or
closed schools. That Is the
reality. Each State. county
and community must ask
itself-What will be the cost
II we destroy education?
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U.S.. Views on Red China and the u. N.
Reported Worrying Our Free Friends
CONSTANTINE BROWN

to worry our present Asian
allies is the report from
Washington that the new ad-
ministration considers the
seating of Communist China
In the u. Mo replace the
Nationalist Chinese-as in
evitable. The prevalent opin-
ion in administration circles
is that we are powerless to
prevent such a seating since
so many new African coun-
tries have joined the United
Nations.
Since the matter is not one
of a new country seeking ad-
mission, which we could veto
in the Security Council, but
who is the legitimate repre-
sentative of the Chinese peo-
pie, there is nothing we can
do about it. This position
that it is not a substantive
matter" was adopted in the
days when Dean Acheson was
Secretary of State and was
continued under the regime
Of John Foster Dulles and
Christian Herter.
The matter Is controver-
sial and there are many re-
sponsible legal opinions which
regard the question as one
which could be vetoed by the
United States If we were so
minded. But the tendency of
the new administration. de-
spite some reassuring state
ments made by the foreign
relations appointees Of Presi-
dent Kennedy, is to bow to
the inevitable-the voice of
the majority in the United
Nations and accept its verdict
regardless Of how injurious to
the security of this country
and the future of our allies
this may be.
What will happen to For
mosa, it is asked, If the seat
in the United Nations is given
to the Peiping regime? Will
that island with 10 million
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-01-21

Kennedy's 14-minute address
from the Capitol yesterday.
Fine, very fine" Mr.. Eisen-
hover said, when asked later
what he thought about the ad-
dress.
Only former Vice President
Nixon, Mr.. Kennedy's presi-
dental opponent in the cam
paign, was noncommittal.
His only comment was:
To-day Is President Ken
nedy's day, and I wish him
and the country we'll"
Senate Minority Leader Dirk
sen said the speech was "in-
spring" and a very compact
message of hope"
The Republican whip. Sena-
tor Kuchel Of California, said
all Americans would subscribe
to the splendid goals Mr.. Ken
needy outlined. the Associated
Press reported.
1T was a tremendous chal-
lenge to US ALL" Senator Wiley
Republican of Wisconsin. said
Senator Saltonstall. a Repub-
lican from Mr.. Kennedy's State
Of Massachusetts,, said 1t was
"a superb message"
1T was a brilliant address,
Senator Heating, Republican Of
New York, said.
House Republican Leader
Halleck was much impressed.
For the Democrats. formel
President Truman, who hat
attended the ceremonies, Sc
the theme when he said:
1T was a marvellous. wonder
full address-just what tn
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There Is q growing disquiet
among our friends in the
Far East concerning the new
administrations policies to-
ward Communist China and
co-existence in general.
It was for this reason that
the foreign ministers Of South
Korea, Nationalist China, the
Philippines and South Wet
Nam met in Manila to dis
cuss the possibility Of q bleak
future in which they may
have to rely more on the
moral support Of the United
Nations than that Of the
United States.
In the last decade the
peoples of the Far East had
come to consider the United
States their shield against
further Communist incur
sions. Not only have we pro-
vided all the Far Eastern
countries - including our
erstwhile enemy Japan -
with the wherewith to restore
their economy and become
capable of providing at least
partly for needs Of their
people, but we concentrated
a formidable striking power
to defend these friends
against the Red menace.
The SEATO. which was
organized after the pattern
of the NATO relies exclu-
sively on American strength
in the Pacific since its MEM
bers have only negligible
military. naval and air forces
in the Southeast Asian area,
For political consideration
South Korea and the Repub-
lie Of China which have well
disciplined and effective
ground forces amounting to
nearly a million men have
not been included. Neither
has Japan which prefers fol
the time being to remain
outside any such alliance.
The question that seems
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He had invited to his inaugura-
ton 155 leading figures in the
arts and sciences "in recogni-
ton Of their Importance"
Mr.. Frost's role was to be
the largest. Like Mr.. Kennedy
a New Highlander and a Pulit-
ger Prize winner, Mr.. Frost was
to recite The Gift Outright,
written more than 20 years ago,
He also had written especially
for the occasion longer poem
expressing qualification that
the arts had been recognized
in the ceremony.
Bundled up in a heavy over
coat and scarf, Mr.. Frost, hat
less, his white hair swept by
the cold wind, took his place
at the podium and announced
first a dedication"
Binding Light
Strong sunlight beat down
on the lectern. Mr.. Frost man.
aged q few words. squinted al
the paper in front Of him and
read a few words more. He
fumbled through 6 Of the a
typewriter lines, his words in
terspersed with long pauses
before muttering:
I'm not having a good light
here at all. can't see in this
light"
Vice President johnson
seated nearby, jumped to his
, feet and extended his silk tor
, hat to try to shield the sun
Another bystander placed his
hat to Mr.. Frost's right, be-
tween the lectern and the sun
Some OF the platform shifted
a nervous laugh came from
the crowd.
Mr.. Frost still could not make
his way. He gave up on thu
dedication and turned to thu
poem.
II can say 1t to you withou
reading it," Mr.. Frost declared
, Aware that the audience nigh
. be confused, he explained:
What I was leading up II
i was to dedicate the poem to tn
: President-elect."
o Dedication Text
Mr.. Frost's voice grey
stronger and all faltering wa
= gone as he recited from memor,
The Gift Outright" a 16-lin