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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-11
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Democratic Republic over trave.
has been shamelessly misuSec
by the traders In humans fol
their dirty aims" Mr., Stopt
said.
He gave no details but it ap-
peared that some form of bar
on travel to Berlin and West
Germany is in the works, per-
haps a decree that special per-
Units will be required for East
Germans. That would enable
1.-THE police to turn back those
without the permits which
Undoubtedly, would be given
lonly to the politically reliable
T.. Red police were reported
busy turning people off trains
headed for Berlin. But never
theleSs thousands still reach
West Berlin, spurred by the in
creasingly belligerent speeches
of Mr.. Khrushchev and other
Communist leaders threatening
to close off their escape route
Head Hunting" Protested
Mr.. Stoph claimed Western
head hunters operate at con-
ferences in West Berlin and
West Germany, trying to per-
suade, East German delegates
to defect. He charged advisory
centers were set up at a medi-
cal congress in West Berlin last
May to help medical men flee.
East Germany has a serious
shortage Of doctors-as well as
other skilled personnel. Many
have fled to West Germany.
The Communists may shy
away from closing off the
border itself because that would
anticipate the peace treaty
demanded by Mr.. Khrushchev
to turn West Berlin into a
free city"
Closing the border also might
result in an uprising that
could run out of control and
provide even greater dangers
to world peace.
/ A West Berlin newspaper
Morgenpost, commented today
in an editorial: "the mood IN
the (East) zone is near the
boiling point. If the safety
valve provided by Berlin is shut
it can come to an explosion"
Mr.. Bolz concentrated in his
speech on the international
aspects of the planned peace
treaty, but he made clear Il
would give East Germany what
, it regards as the right to keer
| refugees from making the final
and decisive step of Their
Journeys flight from the
| Communist-surrounded city
through Western air corridors
: to West Germany.
Insists on Sovereignty
Although he repeated East
, German assurances that the
freedom of West Berlin woulc
be respected as a free, de.
militarized city" and thai
traffic would flow unhinderet
after a peace treaty, he added
THE right of every statt
to sovereignty over it's traffic
. belongs also to the (EaSt) Ger.
man Democratic Republic, the
prestige Of those states which
acknowledged this sovereignty
would not suffer-"
He also said a peace treaty
would open the way for 1.-THE
military neutrality of both
German states and so to 9
neutral, peacefully unified Ger
many"
Thus it also was becoming
increasingly clear that one Of
the Communist aims in pro-
! voking the Berlin crisis is tc
force Western recognition oil
the East German regime.
| THE West has withheld rec.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-11

ignition on the ground that
such a move would help per-
petuate the postwar division of
Germany, represent acquies-
cence to Soviet power in the
nations Eastern half and help
persuade Germans in the East
that they must get used to
Communist rule rather than
HOPING it may eventually dis
appear.
Tension Mounting
The Konev appointment un-
derlined the mounting East
West tension in the struggle
over divided Berlin. It was an
nounced just three days after
Soviet Premier Khrushchev
threatened to mobilize Russian
reserves.
Marshal Konev takes COM
mand Of an estimated 20 divi-
sions or more amid mounting
Communist charges that Chan
cellor Konrad Adenauer's West
Germany government and the
major NATO powers are
threatening war over Berlin.
Mr.. Ulbricht in a speech to
workers in an East Berlin fac
tory said:
1.-THE borders of the German
Democratic Republic must, if
necessary, be defended militar-
lily against the militarists in
Bonn, and by the forces Of the
Soviet Union as well as the ma
tional peoples army"
Mr.. Ulbricht said strengthen
ing East Germany "in all
fields" would warn the West
against Wnap ne termed war
hysteria, ignited in West Ger
many"
A few hours later Adm, the
official East German news
agency, revealed Marshal Ko-
news appointment almost casu-
ally. It said Mr.. Ulbricht re-
ceived the marshal, who has
been named by the Soviet gov
eminent as supreme COM
mander of the Soviet forces
temporarily stationed in the
German Democratic Republic. "
Marshal Konev succeeds Col.
Ivan I. Yakubovski, who held
the command more than a
year. There was no word on
what happened to him.
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beggar or king as he chooses, "
he said.
Mr.. Khrushchev said the
United States is accustomed
to have people speak to them
with downcast eyes-fastened
on their shoes or trousers"
He said this was because the
Americans had gotten used to
thinking of themselves as the
most powerful nation on earth
But we too are a powerful
country" Mr.. Khrushchev con-
tinued, and demanded respect
from the United States for
This majesty, the working
class"
Recalls U-2 Incident
He harked back to the Paris
summit conference Of May
1860, which broke down before
it got started, and said Prime
Minister Harold Macmillan Of
Britain tried to make peace
between Mr.. Khrushchev ane
then President Dwight D. Eisen-
hover after the Soviet leader
demanded an apology because
Of the U-2 spy plane incident.
Mr.. Khrushchev quoted Mr..
Macmillan as saying: "You
must understand this is a
powerful country and you can
not expect them to apologize.
Sharply striking the speak
er's rostrum, Mr.. Khrushchev
said he replied:
"We too are a great country
and we demand an apology
when we are insulted."
Mr.. Khrushchev made II
clear that also at stake in the
Berlin crisis Is the question Of
Western recognition of Soviet
prestige and power. The Soviet
leader emphasized this point BY
shaking his fist. and shouting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-11

Here, at last, are apartments custom designed with
something for everybody with large swimming
pool, lounge area, Fairgrounds individual tempera-
ture controls, coorcoordinated kitchens with large
Observation-Disclosures SO" ranges garbage dsposals,
spacious rooms and closets, picture.view windows,
laundry facilities and plenty of parking The location
is right smack in the heart Of the best shopping in
the area at Wheaton Plaza; just block from public
transportation, public and parochial schools .
and, of course it's in Montgomery County, the pres.
tige county of the Washington area.
Evening star., 1961-12-20
To Hear Talk

Mrs. Matthews and Mrs.
Townsend of the District
chapter of Big Sisters. Inc,
will explain the activities Of
their organization at the
regular meeting of B'nai
Birth Women of Alexandria,
set for 8:15 pm. tonight at
the Charcoal House Restau-
rant, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1961-12-20
Mrs. Stuthes
To Serve

Mrs. S. Thomas Stathes,
wife of a Silver Spring
architect. has been elected
president of the Women's Re-
publican Club of Silver Spring
for the 1862 term.
Other officers elected are:
Mrs. David Scull and Mrs.
Margaret Hobbs, vice presi-
dents; Mrs. Lee Hammer, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. Mae
Nau, corresponding secretary.
and Miss Alma Quinter,
treasurer.
Mrs. StatheS has served as
vice president and member
Evening star., 1961-12-20

ship chairman OF the Silver
Spring club, Republican chair
man of her precinct, and
co-chairman of the Mont
gomery County Nixon-Lodge
Volunteers during the 1860
presidential campaign.
Evening star., 1961-12-20
Of LOVE and
LAUGHTER
Christmas Package Decor
In Those Good OIden DAYS
By MARJORIE HOLMES

Dialogue with a young wrapping assistant
How did you wrap packages in the olden days,
Mother? Before they had Scotch tape?"
My goodness how did manage? you wonder. But
you hasten to correct See here, 1t wasn't exactly the
olden days Why sticky tapes only been the market
something like -" You hazard a guess-"maybe 20
years"
To an 8yearod however you realize that such figure
equals epoch. "Okay. in the oden days didn't have
much fancy paper, either Mostly used plain white
tissue and stuck it together with little seals
like these"
Hey white tissue paper? If you wanted to peak at
what you got, thatd be great"
Tell me some more!" he begs.
We'll, the packages did look gay with all these little
seals that hardly all this fancy paper that
have today We children licked the seals for those
wrapping and made patterns sticking
them on"
Didn't you have any fancy paper at alp"
"Oh little. Some with green trees 1t, or holly
red Santas But gradually the elegant papers began to
be printed.
And when people sent us packages wrapped in it, we
could simply pick the seals off and smooth it out and
save it for packages the next year"
Il like to real pretty paper too he But it
always gets torn where they put the tape"
That's the trouble with these modern Inventions"
you laugh. For everything you gain there's something
you lose.
So saying, hand me that paper with the pink angels
trimming the golden tree it-and while you're it,
roll of Scotch tape"
Wouldn't You Like q Dime Every Time?
You've absolutely to get your shopping done
early with outoftown package its by Thanks
giving at least by those headlines the post office always
settng-only to find yourself struggling in at the last
minute and sending things Special Handling Special
Delivery to get them there on time.
Evening star., 1961-01-24

Rynne. an irish author who Is coming
over here to lecture among us. He
purportedly hates the prospect. without
even a soupcon. Of Iollity, he has had
this to say: "I dread American con-
VITALITY. the hale and the hearty, the
arm round the shoulder. the slap on the
back" Declaring that he would prefer
to- remain in Ireland, where zone Is
always free to be depressed" he has
confessed that constant smiling hurts
my face" and that behaving as an
ordinary well-bred person all the time is
terrible punishment for an Irish country
man."
Well, speaking for ourselves, from
our considerable Gaelic background, we
think Mr.. Rynne has overstated things
to degree that must displease any
body-Irish or non-Irish-who has ever
Joined in singing Mother Machree. stin,
he has rendered service, and probably
helped promote the financial success Of
his coming lecture tour, in making clear
that the sons Of Erin can be as non
humorous and grim as the next fellow.
Evening star., 1961-01-24
The Irish Can Be GIum

w Some poorly informed people labor
under the impression that all Irishmen,
ipso facto, are born with an irreppres-
stble feeling of joie de vivre, with never
a touch Of dourness or gloom in them.
Actually, of course, this is basically
absurd view far removed from the truth
OF the matter. Certainly those of us who
have roots in the Old Sod-such as the
new President Of the United States of
ASnerica-know better.
We know, for one thing, that we can
feel terribly depressed at times, and that
we are not nearly so charming or gay
as numerous omantical-minded authors
(nOne from Erin, of course) have tried
to depict us. To put it bluntly, we most
delnitely are not pixies endowed with
never-ending gayety; we can be as glum
a. anybody else, including dour Scots
men and those classical Russian authors
who have written poignantly about how
their feet hurt. IA 8.sts#
n AL this comes to mind as result
OF news story we have Just read. The
story, from Dublin, tells OF Stephen
Evening star., 1961-01-24
Traffic Control

Pedestrian traffic control
In Washington can be i'm
proved upon. Specifically.
in the downtown area. pc
destrians should not be per.
mitted to cross at intersec-
tionS which do not have
separate pedestrian traffic
controls. At any given time
Of any day ct intersections
such as Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth streets and New York
avenue, vehicular traffic Is
caused to back up sometimes
for more than o block while
pedestrians are attempting to
make their way across at
their own peril. 3
The best remedy would be
70 provide separate traffic
controls ct all downtown in
tersections. II this Is not
feasible or for some reason
cannot be- done. then perhaps
some consideration should be
given to changing the regula-
tions 30 as to prohibit pedes-
trian crossings ct uncontrolled
Intersections and requiring
them to cross at designated
crosswalks between intersec-
tions, providing for them
safety islands In the center
, Of the street.
.e-', Leon M. Shlnberg.
Evening star., 1961-01-24

I wish to call your atten.
ton to the cover Of the OF.
ficial Inaugural Program Of
the Democratic Inauguration.
This design shows diSrespect
for the American flag.
When ! was employed by
the United States Govern
ment as o commercial artist
Il am now retired). we as
artists were cautioned to be
careful how we used the
American flag In our pre-
sentation Of adds. posters. ex-
hibits. covers and illustra-
tiors. I don't know who is
responsible for this cover re-
lease but,I think it IL q dis
grace that 1t got out to the
public In this form.
There are several books
printed by the Government
Printing Office for the prop
er use Of our flag. These
books should be In all schools
and art institutes for ref
erence to the proper display
Of the American flag.
Edwin G. Warren,
Historian. Quentin Roose-
welt Post No. IL. Ameri-
can Legion.
Editors Note: For those
who didn't see the program.
it sort Of dismeInbered the
flag, with q portion on the
cover and another on the
back.)
Evening star., 1961-01-24
Real News

The Star carried o picture
and news story Of Cubans
picketing the White House to
express thanks for aid given
to Cuban refugees.
! have witnessed countless
picket lines ct the White
House. many Communist. in
spired. many with insulting
or offensive placards. and all
demanding something for a
minority group. It was.
therefore, with interest and
pleasure that I read the ac-
count In The Star Of this
latest picket line. It was
truly newsworthy. like when
man bites dog" It has es-
tablished Q precedent. which
I should like TO see Americans
follow on appropriate occa-
SionS.
Lloyd Z. Kelly.
Evening star., 1961-01-24
The Public Be Damned

II Labor Secretary Goldberg really
was a tower Of strength" in settling
New York's harbor strike, as claimed
by his fellow Democrat, Mayor Wagner,
we say more power to Mr.. Goldberg. II
the latter was right, however, when he
said that the settlement was "fair, de-
cent and honorable" we have q Ques-
ton to ask. .ss 80
II the combined Herculean efforts
Of Secretary Goldberg, Republican Gov
ernor Rockefeller and Mayor Wagner
were able to produce fair settlement
Of this strike two weeks after It had
begun, why was not this dispute settled
at the outset? Why should 100000 COM
muters be stranded and put through
the wringer because 664 strikers and
their employers couldn't agree. on
whether a tugboat should be manned
by f1ve crewmen? >#
The answer Is that the public In
terest is being trampled on in disputes
Of this kind, disputes which can shut
down, q facility or service Of vital Inn
sportance to the public. It Is q latter
day version of the old public-be-
damned attitude. And we see nothing
in the reported versions Of the New
York settlement which really gets down
to this problem. For all the settlement
does, If the news reports are right, is
to postpone the issue and the night
until next December. After that, we
suppose. the commuters can sweat it
out all over again.
What Is needed is recognition that
strikes In public utilities or related in.
dustries are not really clashes between
labor and management. Actually, they
are strikes against the public-strikes
which infiict so much punishment on
the public that something finally has
to give. We think that such strikes
ought to be forbidden by law, and that
1t should be obligatory to submit such
disputes TO binding arbitration. The.
New York experience suggests, II MI.
Goldberg Is right, that 1t Is not neces-
sary to convert the public into q whip
ping boy before reasonable settlement
can be reached.
Evening star., 1961-01-24
AIRS Well

AS o result Of our letter
Of protest against the pend
ing District occupancy tax
Arnold Sternberg has furn-
ished US with the completed
bill.
We note that this bill car
ries q provision excluding
businesses which are already
paying D. c. unincorporated
business tax, ETC.. and that
its intent IL to- tax fairly
those who are presently not
subject to the corporate or
unincorporated business tax.
This was not made clear in
the newspaper reporting Of
the measure.
We. therefore, withdraw our
our objection to this bill.
Grace Meier.
Helga Meyer.
Evening star., 1961-01-24

tive surveillance system will
entail. Certainly. surveillance
between the United States
and Russia will not be saffi-
cient in q world where. per-
haps very soon, o dozen
countries will possess nuclear
arms: q surveillance system
including all countries will
be absolutely necessary. In
addition. q world police force,
its authority based ON laws
established by the countries,
and having sovereign power
greater than any one country.
will be necessary to halt any
attempt to reestablish arrna-
ments and to arrest offend
ers. The, world police force
must recruit its members
from the populations Of the
various countries. not be de-
pendent upon the capricious
wills Of each country to sup
ply and withdraw meager
contingents Of soldiers. And
to back up such Q world
police force, q world judicial
system-like the World Court,
but much stronger--will have
to be established.
These are among the steps
which will have to be taken
in order to establish and
maintain world peace. There
are many more, Of course
and at each step we win en-
counter tremendous prob
lens. There are. however
scientists, diplomats. lawyers
and others capable Of solving
the problems. and who are
working constantly to find
Evening star., 1961-01-24
Trouble in Red China

Az least as 1ar as agriculture iS con.
cerned, Red China's economy apparently
has stumbled badly In trying to achieve
the Mao Tze-tung regimes much-touted
great leap forward" This is plainly
implied In the long communique 1ust
issued in Peiping to sum up the work
Of the meeting held there last week by
the high command Of the Chinese Com
munist Party.
Thus the scommunique repeatedly
indicates that mainland China Is faced
with an exceedingly serious food short
age. Indeed, according to some Western
experts, there are signs that the short
age may be acute enough to spell famine
for vast numbers Of the country'S $50 f.
million people. In any event, Peiping
itself has referred to the situation in
rather grave terms, the ofiicial line being
that the trouble-although attributable
In part to poor management by minor
Communist officials-must be blamed
primarily on the most severe natural
calamities in a century"
In other words, even to a greater
extent than In 1859 (also q bad agricul-
tural year for China), things like
drought, typhoons, cold waves and pest
infestations have combined with Red
bureaucratic incompetence In 1860 to
create colossal food producing problem
for the Mao regime. Consequently, as
the Peiping communique has put 1t,
"The tasks In 1851 are extraordinarily
great and arduous," and exceptional
measures will have to be taken to over
come major existing dif1culties and
ENSURE the supply Of the peoples daily
necessities as far as possible"
More than that, again as suggested
in the communique, nearly 10 per cent
Of China's population Undoubtedly the
actual figure Is much larger) is in a
restive and rebellious mood. AS Peiping
has euphemistically declared, ian
extremely small number Of landlord
and bourgeois elements have not yet
been suff1ciently remolded and are
always attempting a comeback" with
efforts to "carry out sabotaging activi-
ties" Accordingly, although 1t can hardly
stop nature from being cruelty whimsical
or capricious, the Mao regime has left
little room for doubt that it intends to
crack down on those Chinese who are
resisting the party line in agriculture
and-everything else.
In commenting on all this at his
Formosa headquarters, President Chang
Kai-shek Of Nationalist China has
asserted that the mainland is ripe for
a revolt that could swiftly sweep the
Communists out Of power. Perhaps he
is whistling in the teeth of the wind
when he says this, but the fact remains
that Red Peiping's self-styled peoples
democratic Dictatorship" seems by its
own admission to be plagued with
troubles Of . sort conceivably capable Of
destroying it--and in the not too
! distant future. ~.
Evening star., 1961-01-24
'Budqetory Poker
Your January II editoris

Your January II editorial.
entitled "Budgetary Poker"
relating to the District budget,
is o misnomer. In poker, the
people who ante UP have q
chance to win.
After damninE the nature
OF the budget, interspersed
with noble generalities like
sound budgeting" you come
to the crux Of the problem
when you say, "Our concern.
however. Is whether the Con-
gress win recognize that its
own financial responsibility
toward the District Is the key
to any. real solution"
The name Of the game
which the Federal Govern
ment has been playing with
the people Of the District
should be called Boarding
House Cooperative.
The Federal Government
operates the game" and has
all the votes. With the votes.
1t makes all the rules and
levies all the assessments
Just like any other co-opera-
tive corporation. The only
difference II that the FEEDER
ally controlled board does not
sssesg itsen except on .
make up the difference
basin. e ~
This q . safe method be-
cause By cutting down serv-
ices In the name Of sound
budgeting they can make
their contribution o little
something or nothing.
Would you say that II your
expenses should be 50 per
cent and you only pay 10 per
cent that you might be gar
nering . profit? II 90. It's
Q nice game, this Boarding
House Cooperative.
Milton A. Mandel.
Evening star., 1961-01-24
AIerts Young People to Work for Disarmament

solutions. But their work Is
Of no avail without popular
support. Not until the citi-
zens Of this and Of every
other country take action,
make heard their desire for
peace through disarmament,
will the work Of these men
bear any fruit. sr.
In spite Of our age, we be-
lieve that teen-agers can
constitute a potent force for
popular support. Indeed, as
we will run our Government
in 20 or 80 years, and as we
will be living in this world for
so and more years to come. it
is imperative that we begin
now to take concrete action
toward making the world the
place we would like 1t to be.
We would suggest that
teen-agers everywhere devote
some real thought to this
problem Of world peace and
how to get 1t. We would
suggest forming opinions.
writing to Congressman and
to newspapers, investigating
organizations - like the
United World Federalists-
dedicated to achieving world
peace, organizing school
clubs and debate groups.
getting other people interest
ed in working for popular
support Of disarmament. We
would suggest that we begin
now to take action.
David Zwerdling,
Member. Montgomery Blair
High School, United Ma
tions Club, Silver Spring
Md.
Evening star., 1961-01-24

Recently our United Ma
tions Club Of Montgomery
Blair High School. in Silver
Spring. had the good fortune
to hear q speaker from the
United World Federalists,
Inc. an organization dedi-
Gated to strengthening the
United Nations as the means
Of achieving world peace
through disarmament. Most
people would now agree that
there Is no future at all in
our present arms race. De-
spite that agreement, how
ever. we, and perhaps others
Of our age and older. have
not devoted any time or en-
ergy toward the attainment
Of disarmament. The speaker
made us understand that no
amount Of 1aekadaisical wish
ing for disarmament will
ever attain 1t. What Is needed
Is action, not only on the
part Of those Government
officials who are working at
the conference tables and at
their desks. but also on the
part Of all citizens who want
world peace and who realize
that disarmament is the tnly
means Of obtaining 1t.
No profitable action can be
taken until far more than
just the basic facts are under
stood. It goes without saying.
for instance, that an effective
surveillance system is a pre-
requisite for meaningful dis
armament. But we doubt that
Z many citizens have thought
much about what IN effec.