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Evening star., 1961-06-08
By WILLIAM DUKE
Star Staff Writer

The crack of SiX-Shooters
echoed in the ornate Senate
Caucus Room today as the Sen
ate subcommittee investigating
juvenile delinquency begar
hearings on the effect Of vio-
lent television shows on chill
dren.
Democratic Senators Dodo
Iof Connecticut and Carroll oi
Colorado heard testimony from
professional social scientists OF
the effects of violence pro-
grams and then settled down
in the darkened chamber tc
view the first episode in a new
TV series, Whispering Smith. 3"
When the lights went or
again, Senator Carroll askeC
the producer of the series
Richard Lewis, if he had any
financial interests in the tran
quilizer industry. Mr.. Lewis il
the head Of Revue Studios
University City, Calf.
Senator Carroll asked, "You
were looking for a smasheroo
weren't you? This is some film
You put in a no-good father, q
no-good mother, a no-good
sister and all sorts of brutality
and violence"
Says Theme Is Old
Mr.. Lewis explained his action
in picking the plot by saying II
was concerned with vengeance,
which was a great dramatic
theme from the time of the
Greeks until today.
Senator Dodd explained that
the whispering Smith" cpl
sode was shown because lit only
started three weeks ago, and
the reasons why the producer
picked it should still be fresh
in his mind"
A committee staff member
said the film illustrated staff
studies that show there has
been an increase in violent TV
programs which can be viewed
by children.
The series of hearings which
began today is designed to test
the adequacy of a TV code
agreed to by the industry five
years ago. That code followed
a similar series of Senate hear
ingS in 1854.
Cites Increase
"Yet in the five years that
have elapsed" Senator Dodd
said, I'VE find that the number
of shows containing violence
has dramatically increased.
I'VE hear the argument that
there is crime and violence on
television because that's what
million of people want. The
prove it," he said.
But the gray-haired Connect
icut Senator, father of five
children, said that even with
out ratings, you could tell that
millions want to gamble, mil
lions want prostitution or the
racketS.
Il feel that we must deter
mine if this gigantic new media
is not allowing similar human
weaknesses to dictate its policies
and to drag it into the same
category as the violent Roman
spectacleS of 1000 years ago
that also had high ratings"
Besides the showing of Mr..
Lewis Western drama, the sub
committee also viewed a series
of charts produced by the COM
mittee staff. Two of the charts
were based on television pro-
gramming in the Washington
area.
Increase Shown
Since the hearings are
primarily concerned with the
affects of TV on juvenile de-
linquency the staff went to
great length to show the sub
stantial increase in the number
of shows of violence being tele-
Evening star., 1961-06-08
Stevenson Is Finding Lotins
Shy of Anti-Costro Action

BUENOS AIRES, June 8 (AP).
-Adlai E. Stevenson is finding
Latin Americans anxious to talk
about United States aid for
their economy but shy on any
kind of action against Fidel
Castro's regime.
The United States chief
United Nations delegate, max
ing a goodwill tour of South
America for President Kennedy,
was told bluntly by Argentine
officials yesterday that it would
be impossible to get unanimous
Latin American support for
action against Cuba'S strong
man.
Instead, Mr.. Stevenson was
advised that the United States
should adopt a policy Of 'live
and let live" toward the Castro
regime.
Mr.. Stevenson met for three
hours yesterday with Argentine
President Arturo Frondizi on
the second stop of a tour that
began in Venezuela.
He is meeting again today
with Mr.. FrondiZi and other
Argentine officials mainly on
economic problems.
Assured Against Force
Neither Mr.. Stevenson nor
Argentine leaders would give
details of yesterdays discussions
on the Cuban situation, but
what emerged was understood
to be this:
Argentine Foreign Minister
Adolfo Mugica expressed a be-
lief the Cuban situation would
solve itself If left alone.
Mr.. Stevenson gave assur-
ances that the United States +
Government has ruled out force
as a means of ending the
Castro regime.
Informants said Venezuelan
President Romulo Betancourt
earlier in the week told Mr..
Stevenson the most urgent
hemisphere problem at the mo-
ment is the Dominican Repub-
lie. Mr.. Betancourt repeatedly
expressed the conviction that
the Castro government will
eventually fall Of its own weight.
Mr.. Stevenson is understood
to have told associates that
whether the United States
would move for a political meet
ing of the Organization of
American States at this time
depends upon the reaction of
the countries he visits on his '
18-day tour.
Chance of Meeting Dim
The GOODNESS to any action
against Mr.. Castro that he met
in Venezuela and here in Ar
gentina appears to have dimIned
chances for any such meeting
In the immediate future.
At a banquet last night Mr..
Mugica warned against uni
lateral use of force to stamp
out spots Of hemisphere ten
sion. He did not mention Cuba,
but said use of violence would
merely expose the Americas tol
a multiplication Of such eff
fectS."
The Argentine Foreign Min :,
lister said it would be regret
table if preoceupation for at ,
tacking tension spots in the !
hemisphere should lead thei
American countries to abandon
the will to solve the causes of
such upheavals through funda-
mental solutions.
In replying, Mr.. Stevenson I
avoided any reference to Cuba 8
or the Dominican Republic. Hell
spoke highly of Argentina's ef-
forts to stabilize its economy 6
within a democratic framework ,
and said he felt that working I
together Argentina and the {
United States can contribute a
great deal to the wellbeing of h
the hemisphere and the rest of $
the free world" Ii
Mr.. Stevenson is flying toll
Montevideo tomorrow for a one l.
day stop in Uruguay. Il
Evening star., 1961-03-10
Prince Georges
Fruit Pruning
Clinics PIunned

Five fruit tree pruning dem
onstrations for Prince Georges
County have been arranged by
the County Agents office:
March 11-Home of Paul
Kea. 40O4 Clagett road. College
Heights Estates, Hyattsville;
9:45 am.
March 17-Home of Dwight
HeaSty. 1914 Clayton drive,
Temple Hills, st. Barnabas road
to Wheeler road to Leland
drive; 9:45 am.
March 18-Home of Mrs
Mary A. Kelley. 5000 Jason
street. Cheverly. Cheverly road
to Forest road, left to Sixty
fourth street, left to Jason
street; GAS am.
March 18-Home of Mrs
Lawrence Wulfecamp, 8513 Van
Buren drive. Fort Washington
Forest. Indian Head highway
to Washington avenue to Van
Buren drive; 1880 PIN.
March % Home of Mrs
Margaret Brandenbourger, 2309
Seminole street, Adelphi. Adel-
phi road to TecumSeh to
Twenty-third avenue 30 Sem
mole; 9:45 am.
Evening star., 1961-03-10

against winter injury. Only
one Chinese holly suffered
defoliation, several of the ca
mellias had foliage injury,
especially the sasanquas. The
Ligustrums did not show heavy
foliage injury, nor did the
Aucubas. Even the rose bushes
seemed to have suffered less
die back than in other gar
dens. This lack of injury to
the roses may have been due
to the SNOW fence" which en-
closed the rose beds. One
rhododendron and two or three
azaleas seem to have had con-
siderable foliage injury. per-
haps this may extend to the
twigS.
The japanese hollieS seemed
to have suffered much less in
jury than any of the other
kinds-Chinese, Perneyi, Eng
lish ong-stalked and American.
Evening star., 1961-03-10
Garden Messages
From County Agent

Call Poplar 2-5454 for help
full gardening information from
County agent.
March 10-12-"A Protective
Fungicide Program for Lawns. -
March 13 - Protect ElmS
Against Dutch Elm Disease"
March IA Home Fruit
Sprays"
March 15-"Lawn Grubs."
March 16-"Planting New
Lawns"
March Decentralization
of Shade Trees"
Evening star., 1961-03-10
Evergreens Damaged
Severely by Cold

If discovered in time the split
may be sealed with tree
dressing and infection avoided.
Also, if we can locate bark
damage-which ruins the sap
carrying wood below. the top
may be removed and a new
one develop from branches
that will form below the cut.
This must be done now be-
cause if left until after the
top dies there will not be
enough vigor and vitality for
the new shoots to develop.
The above assumes that the
bark damage and the splits
were low down, near the
ground line. This is not neceS-
sarily the correct assumption
since some of the bark damage
noted has been much higher
up, probably above where the
snow cover protected the wood.
In such cases the cuts will
only remove damaged wood
and there will be other
branches that will provide a
partial top until a new one can
develop. Boxwood will pro-
duce new branches and fill in.
the hole" rather quickly.
CamelliaS, Ligustrum
The loss of camellia buds
is only temporary and is not
to be considered serious. Per-
haps camellia bushes that were
exposed to burning winds will
also lose branches. Remove the
twigs as soon as the extent
of wood killing is evident.
The Ligustrum bushes that
are, or soon will be bare, as
the damaged leaves fall. need
not be pruned until it is eve
dent just how far back the
twigS were killed. In most
cases the new leaves will soon
replace those injured by the
wind.
Other plants in this same
category are the Aucuba, vi
burnums, hollies, magnoliaS,
privetS California; and the
firethorns (Pyracantha). Much
of this injury is temporary
and, even though the tips of
some twigs were killed, the loss
is small and temporary.
1t has been reported that
this type of injury was general
all over the East and South
and much nursery stock that
is being shipped to local nur-
series will show similar injury.
Latex Solution Protection
1t may be of interest to note
that the authors garden was
sprayed with a latex solution
last November as a protection
Evening star., 1961-03-10
Morning SprinkIinq

Roses require a lot of water
in the spring and summer.
Overhead Sprinkling in the
morning hours is most salts
factory. Direct contact with
water will help control mildew.
Watering at this time permits
rapid drying Of the foliage to
prevent blackspot which is
formed by foliage wet too long.
Evening star., 1961-03-10
Clay Pot Industry

About 40 companies in the
United States. some dating to
predecessor firms founded in
the Colonies as early as 1900,
produce more than $50 million
clay flower pots in sizes to
meet professional and amateur
gardening need.
Evening star., 1961-03-10
ny w. H. (Bill) YOUNGMAN
"a Star Garden Editor

There are many reports as
to the damage the evergreenS
have suffered from the un-
usual snow and cold Of the
past winter. At the National
Arboretum, DR.. Henry Skinner
displayed a lockwood branch
that had had the bark re-
moved from the sap-carrying
wood by some type Of freeze
injury. A most unusual form
of winter injury. This may be
eontrasted with the wide
spread leaf discoloration that
is particularly noticeable on
the Ligustrum CLigustrum lu-
cidumO, on magnolias, Vibur-
NUNS and other shrubs.
There is al . an area OF
injury that has not been fully
explored, namely the splitting
Of the bark on tender shrubs
and trees brought on by the
lack of dormancy at the time
Of the severe freeze. In fact
much of this injury stems
from the mild fall which we
annoyed up until the time o1
the December snowstorm anC
freezing temperatures. When
plants lack complete dor
nancy, whether they be tender
shrubs from the South OF
hardy ones from the North
injury can be serious.
In 1851 a severe freeze hit
the South while most plants
were still in active growth. II
had been warm and there was
plenty of rain and then Out
Of the north a severe freeze
came which killed all manner
Of, plants-lupines, winter
wheat and oats, and many
kinds of woody plants.
Some very fine large speci-
mems of camellias, azaleas and
other ornamentals vert killed
Or the tops were frozen so that
only the roots survived.
of course, that was an ex-
tTeme case and particularly
noticeable because it killed
many plants that had beer
growing there for several dec
AIDES. Our injury was less spec
tacular but nevertheless serious
to the home gardener.
Full Damage Unknown
How much damage was su-
stained will not be known fol
some months because some Of
this injury does not show ur
for a year. This is particularly
true of the bark-splittine
which lets in disease spores
and eventually they rot the
stem or trunk and kill the top
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-02-24

BY BILL BRoWER

years Bill
with the Boston Cecs Russell had enjoyed brilliant
Francisco University
easy conquest in the olympics in Australia
Bill probably didn't realize then, setting pattern
He to become the first Of tan make definite
in the pro game.
with Royals league
Ricketts, the Royals; Clifton Ray Felix
the New York Kncks Charles Cooper, of the Cetics
But Russell had been celebrated college and
bought defensive skill king
ebOunders He the Cedc ingredient
ed height boards
Cecs just about the best basketball together
standou the
Wilt Chamberlain the campaign
ertson has been the most promising rstyear performers
Where this left Russell? think his talents
obscured, ask his coach Red Auerbach.
las long playing" Auerbach says we're there I'm
getting sick of hearing talk about Chamberlain Petit CBob
of the st. Louis HawlIs), Baylor and Robertson.
attention paid scoring Take with
Philadelphia 43-pont
They get
garbage points got didn't anything
when Russell there"
Boston has Bob Cousy Bill sharman Ramsey
greatest substitute game,
But Red Russell is his most valuable performer.
Russell the defensive in the game he said
gets any other center He'll he's steady
rock Guys losing get fed the ball and they keep shooting
Russell there ball games not just score"
Even Bill is shooting at 1872 point clip third best
the Celtics
player league" Auerbach I'VE
with Sharman out for month with Hensohn on the
bench, Ramsey hurt, without Bill"
Speaking Russers coming through the clutch during the
handcfed Chamberlain but
Russell picked the scoring slack and almost brought the East back
into contention.
Robertson rest mighty handy
Again, ask Auerbach, any Of the Boston Celtics.
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Bunk Adams Breaks
Ohio Sfufe Mark

Athens, Ohio (ANP) - Bunk
Adams, senior captain of Ohio
University basketball team, last
week broke a 2O-year school car
eer scoring record when he regis
tered 10 points against Miami
(Ohio) University.
He needed exactly that many to
break the mark of 1,096 set by
frankie Baumholtz in 1854.
Adams set the season scoring re-
cord for a sophomore with BAT
points. With four games left he
already had 339, averaging 1879
per game.
Adams halls from Toledo, Ohio.
Another tan eager, Bill McGill,
Of the league-leading Utah five,
was the leading scorer in the Sky
line Conference last week, averag
ing 20 points game.
In conference competition, Nc
Gill had 203 points with a field
goal percentage Of 57.5.
In second place was Bill Green,
Colorado State University, who
was averaging 1876. Among the
leaders also were Cornell Green,
Utah State, with a 15-point aver
age, and Tyler Wilbon, Utah State,
12-point average.
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'Troffers. College
AII-SfdrS To
Resume Tour

Chicago CAMP - The Harlem
Globetrotters, fresh from a tour Of
cities in Minnesota, North Dakota
and Canada, are looking forward
to the resumption Of their annual
cross-country tour in April with
the College All-American, a team
of the nations leading college
stars.
On the tour, announced here,
the basketball funmakersN will
match their playing skill against
such potential All-Americans as
st. Bonaventure's Tom Stitch and
Indiana's Walt Bellamy, plus many
other campus heroes. The tour
will begin with a game at Chicago
Stadium.
The tour was suspended last
year because the majority Of the
country's outstanding cagers were
playing with the victorious United
States Olympic team in Rome.
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TWIN CITY ..
Pin PATTER
TWIN CITIES LADIES
February IA

rODEuhIy H
"Sweethearts' Day" saw the
Ladies" Tuesday at st. Peter
Claver Lanes blossomed out in
hearts and gifts. One team re-
ceived gifts and no wins-Im sure
they'd rather have the winning.
Eddie Slayton replied when
asked about his brother Nathan,
Hes home, he's got the measles"
Maxine La Rosa and Martina Per-
~ were faithful to the "DX's"-
Kay and baby Cynthia Washing
ton were an entertaining pair. A.
J. Lewis kept score on his wife.
"Bea" Walton couldn't get her
team going. Joe Monroe and Bob
Yaeger came together but were
split in their loyalties. Henry Jack
son was encouraging his wife,
Marion Otis Skinner looked in
Just in time for the homeward
trip.
Team High Single Game: Just
Rite Barbecue, s43; Jimmy's DIX,
800; Coleman Loan, 79s.
Team High Series: Jimmy's DIX,
1887; Jansen Liquors, 2319;
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cepted in places Of public accom-
mediation, Weaver unfailingly won
the most solicitous attention from
white walters and mattresses,
tribute to his quiet charm; for he
said and did nothing to curry
favor. He was attractive physical
ly, and he spoke extremely we'll
at Harvard he had won oratorical
honors. He was not dynamic in an
obvious way; indeed, there was a
certain amount of reserve in him.
But one could never doubt his
ability, his intelligence, his per-
ceptiveness, and the quiet drive in
the man. He moved ahead without
making noises, and he continues
to do so.
Before coming to Chicago, he
had been a top man in the Council
on National Defenses, the OPA
and the War Man-power Commits
sion, and in other governmental
agencies. He belonged to what
some styled the Negro War Cab
met" in Washington, the people
who helped make policy in a time
when labor shortage opened up
new opportunities for the race.
Weaver, in his day, had familiarity
with a surprising number Of alpha
betical agencies - MIRA, PWA,
IVA, FILA, and others. His stint
in Chicago did not last long, but
it is remembered. He embarked
upon another distinguished career
in New York, where he remained
as vice chairman of the city's
housing and redevelopment board
until his presidential appointment.
At the same time, he was national
chairman of the NAACP, perhaps
the most militant of the Negro
defense organizations.
But overt militancy is not Bob
Weaver's method. He insinuates re-
suits, rather than taking any cit
adels by storm. Speeches here and
there, articles and books at the
right time, persuasive reports, lit
tie test projects, appointments of
qualified people, continuous coop
Grafton with associates, a tone of
sweet reasonableness, and a re-
fusal to surrender major goals
while compromising on minor de-
tails - these sum up the Weaver
method. President Kennedy Is wise
to have made his first real expert
ment in the advancement Of Ne
groes through Weaver. Here Is a
candidate for early appointment to
the cabinet. In the same spirit Of
craftsmanship, I would not be sur
prised If the new President were to
name Weaver's friend, Judge Has
tie, to the United States Supreme
Court, the first Negro to hold such
a position. Judge HASTE and DR..
Weaver are much alike.
1t Is very easy to declare that
we in America move too slowly In
getting rid Of discrimination. It Is
well that some people are In an
excessive hurry, as they prod those
Of US who are inclined to be too
optimistic about things. There are
whites and blacks who are divided
by more than color, and there are
many who are similar in tempera-
ment despite racial differences.
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Paul Robson, DR.. Percy L. Julian
Charles Houston, w. Robert Ming,
Robert Taylor, Archibald Carey,
DR.. Arthur G. Falls, Earl B. Dick
erson, Judge William HASTE (the
roommate, if I recall correctly, OF
Weaver at Harvard, and others,
1t is not 50 many years ago that ]
was the only white attorney at
tending a conference called by the
NAACP to consider ways Of fight
ing restrictive covenants. AS I re-
view the personalities of these re-
markable people, I have the strong
feeling that Robert c. Weaver,
more than any of the others, is
capable of achieving results for
them in all-important field of hous-
ing-not that he is the most mil
liant, or dedicated, but because
there is a kind of inherent states
manship that he possesses that
triumphs when the two-fisted
fighters fail.
I first became aware Of his quail
tiles when he moved to Chicago
to become the executive director
of Mayor Kelly's Committee on
Race Relations, following the har-
rowing riots in Detroit. Sydney
]. Harris, who was then doing an
outstanding series Of portraits of
interesting Chicagoans, interviewed
Weaver and made him so attrac-
tive a personality that I became
eager to know him. In those days,
I was very active on the Mayors
Committee and then, when Weaver
helped to form the American Coun-
Gil on Race Relations, I worked
closely with him. During my days
of leadership with the Public Hous-
ing Association, he was one Of our
best Board members.
He Mary Jane Grlmsfeld and I
used to chat sometimes at lunch
about the many racial problems.
We were all serious persons, but
none Of us were somber. Weaver
would sometimes see humor in
tragic situations. Even In a time
when Negroes were not fully &C
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THEY TOOK NO CHANCES
ON INDIGESTION

Tonkawa, Okla. (ANP) - Sher-
iff Forrest Walker, last week, was
on the trail Of thieves who looted
a restaurant Of 81 steaks, several
cases Of beer and a 1O-pound bag
Of lamb chops.
Then, said the sheriff, they took
no chances on an attack Of indiges-
ton. On their way out they picked
UP a bottle of Settler TabletsI"
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Chicago Writer Thinks
Dr.. Robert {. Weaver
May Be "Man Of Destiny "
BY ELMER GERTz IN THE CHICAGO, ILL., PAPER

During the recent political cam
paign, the Republican Vice-Presi-
Dental candidate virtually prom
ised that the head Of the ticket, If
elected, would name Negro to his
cabinet. Mr.. Nixon, characteristic
ally, did not say yes, and he did
not say no. He may have been
waiting for Mr.. Gallup to complete
his poll. I felt that the idea of
naming a Negro for the first time
to the cabinet was a very good
one. At the same time, I also felt
that it was too cheaply political to
me the promise in the midst of a
hotly contested electoral campaign.
was glad that Mr.. Kennedy did
not stoop to bargain in that fash
ion for the votes of citizens of the
minority groups. But my mind
dwelt upon the names of the best
Negroes to consider for top posts,
and the name Of DR.. Robert c.
Weaver was uppermost. I was
sure that Weaver would head some
governmental agency or other.
When Congressman Dawson was
offered and, mercifully, turned
down a place in the cabinet. I hop
ed that it would be rendered to
Weaver. Instead, he has been
named as director of the Federal
Housing and Home Finance Agen-
cy, the highest position ever held
by an American Negro.
The significance of the position
goes beyond the superficial ex-
ternals. The tombstone of the Ne
gro's position in American life is
the extent to which he has access
to housing. Until the Supreme
Court outlawed the enforcement of
racial restrictive housing coven-
ants, the Negro did not enjoy even
the rudiments of residential OPP
portInity. The FILA persisted in
including in its mortgage guar
antee requirements provisions that
discouraged housing Indignation.
Private financing firms still set up
all sorts of obstacles to integra-
ton. Even in public housing pro-
jects, there are informal quotas
and outright exclusions. And now
Robert G. Weaver heads the agen-
cy that, more than any other, will
determine the pattern Of American
life in the next quadrennium. Open
neighborhoods mean more than in
tegration In the schools, because
they inevitably result in the break
ing down Of all barriers. VIII
Weaver be the Washington, and
not simply the Booker T. Wash
ington, Of his people, giving them
the beginnings Of true freedom In
the years that lie ahead?
have known many Of the out
standing Negroes of our time
Walter White, Thurgood Marshall,