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Evening star., 1961-09-12
Trade With Reds

Your August 81 editorial,
mo Get-Rich-Quick Trade"
is so far off base as to re-
quire rebuttal.
l am a housewife and my
husband is assistant to one
of the Congressman who has
been highly critical of the
administration policy which
permits the Department of
Commerce to issue export IL
censes to American firms in
order that they may ship
commodities to Communist
countries. AS a consequence,
I have been indirectly eX-
posed to information and
facts concerning this policy
which otherwise would not
have come to my attention.
In your editorial you shrug
off the amount of this trade
as insignificant, basing your
argument on the dollar vol
ume to Communist countries
as compared to the total dol
lar volume of all United
States foreign trade.
This suggests that a little
larceny is ok. 1t is only when
you "go big" that it's bad.
In other words, if I abscond
with $100 it should be dis
regarded - why worry about
it, the amount is too insigni-
ficant. am sure that there
are any number of inmates
of our penitentiaries who
would be interested in your
views and who would like
very much to be tried again,
using this philosophy as a
basis for determining the de-
gree of their guilt.
You apparently accept the
findings of the Commerce
Department that the goods
being shipped do not add to
the war-making potential OF
Communist countries and are
not inimical to our National
security. AS one who has seen
a daily list of these commo-
dities for the last month, 1
couldn't disagree with you
more. Let me recite just a
few of these items and then
you be the judge as to their
strategic value = precision
machinery; industrial instru-
ments; power transmission
equipment; surgical instru-
ments and medical apparatus;
aircraft parts and ground
maintenance equipment; pc
troleum products; ball bear
ings: synthetic rubber: iron,
steel and copper scrap; rail-
way transportation equip
m e n t; industrial chemicals
to mention just a few, and
this traffic continues amid
the din of Khrushchev's mis-
sile-rattling and atomic bomb
bursts.
You would do we'll to check
the vital statistics involved in
this traffic a little more care
fully, before putting the edi-
torial weight of The Star
behind a policy decision so
obviously contrary to the best
interests of the United States.
Furthermore, it matters not
the amount involved in this
traffic. What is important is
the principle involved. Is
Frances M. Hibbard.
Evening star., 1961-09-12
AIerts Women

l propose that we have
Lysistrata month; say jan
uary, 1862. Lysistrata, heroine
of satiric comedy, and tired
of warfare. and persuaded
the women of Athens to
withhold themselves from
military minded husbands
until peace was restored.
The idea must have world
wide compliance, especially
by women connected with
policy makers of the world
and the idea has to somehow
be gotten across to the other
side of the Iron Curtain, the
Bamboo Curtain and all
possible underdeveloped
countries who might trigger
off World War III with their
own problems. OF course,
We should also contact the
uncommitted countries.
Juliet Rendley.
Evening star., 1961-09-12
New NucIeor Tests

Since the small and great.
sovereign states of the world
have no police force to pre&.
vent or stop their independT
ent or willful preparation to-
destroy millions of humaia
lives, it does not follow that
they, singly or colleetively
are free of moral resporlsi !
bility for respecting and ,preA
tecting the billions Of 1iyes
that constitute mankind. IiEs
other words, just as indi-
viduals in society," so do soyzt
ereign states have a duty OF
self-discipline or restraint irl
their conduct or relationships;
with one another. There are.
peace crimes against human y
ity as well as war crimes, The
principal peace crime is the
preparation for the smorafs
crime Of war. ~ "
Unless moral values are
superior to the onslaught of
might or destruction, let US
be frank and discard them
1t is no justification to do
wrong because your neighbof
does wrong. All countries of
the world today are neigh@s
bors. If you believe that
moral values are superior tof
armed might, then the moral
appeal to the conscience Of
humanity should drown the
specter of the cremated bodies
of millions of humans and
should relegate to HISTORICAL
ignominy national leaders
who would dare refuse COS
operation in eliminating the
possibility of such a holo-
cauSt.
We know that the peoples
of the world want to live and
be free of the fear and agony
of thermometer cremation:
We know that the national
sovereign states of the world
constitute a group Of armed
camps of unimaginable de-
structive power. We know
that the world needs a sys-
tenn of law and order based
upon peace and respect for
human life. s
The United States could
we'll spend a few billions to
make world law and order
a reality. It should seriously
consider amending its Con-
stitution to admit any coun3
try of world as a protectorate,
territory, or state, upon quail
flying, as a part or member
of its constitutional Union
This might be one answer to
the Communist bloc of the
world. 1t should certainly do
all possible to strengthen the
United Nations. 1t may even-
tually become the United
States of the World, with a
peace police force adequate
to maintain world law and
order. There is no national
defense in mutual self-de-
struction. 4
Julian Fahy
Evening star., 1961-09-12

road and adjacent areas as a national
memorial project.
The parkway now ends at Mount
Vernon, but Virginia State Route 235
carries traffic on past the mill to Wood
lawn, on U. S. Route l.: Woodlands
original tract of 1000 acres once was
part of the Mount Vernon estate. Wash
ington willed the land to his nephew,
Lawrence Lewis, who married Nellie
CuStiS. The Georgian-type mansion was
built in 1905. 1t has been restored and
has become mecca for sight-Seers. Vir-
ginia undoubtedly would be glad to
relinquish the three-mile stretch of
Route 235 to the Federal Government
if Congress approved the parkway plan.
Evening star., 1961-09-12
Whose Subs?

The recent Soviet warning
about certain unidentified
submarines getting too close
to Soviet shores is most in
tereSting. The Soviets should
tread cautiously in their
avowed attempt to destroy
these subs. 1t may we'll be
that these subs are those
Soviet U-boats which were so
unceremoniously thrown out
of Albania recently and are
now somewhat ashamed to
resurface in their Soviet
pens. On the other hand, the
Soviets should ponder care
fully whether these subs may
not be Red Chinese. Since
unofficial sources have re-
Gently reported that chop
sticks have now disappeared
completely from the mess at
the Soviet Admiralty, this
possibility should not be re-
garded lightly. Also, Red
Chinese Vice-Admiral Chou
Tse-Nakhimov, writing in
"Jen Min Sub Gum Pow
Boom" Peoples 'U-boat
Commune ForwardD, stated
recently: "As is we'll known,
the recent pronouncements
by the leader of the camp of
peace on the nutritional
quality of horse meat, has
caused a furry of excitement
among sea-horses in the ter
ritorial waters of many So
cialist states. Sailors who
vigilantly guard the coasts of
our wonderlands should be
careful to distinguish between
fleeing sea horses and sub
marines"
Neptune.
Evening star., 1961-09-12
PLAYING News
Neptune.

1 was both surprised and
irritated at your headline
"Envoy's Wife and Mauled
and Robbed" and the ap-
parent emphasis on crime
rather than news of signifi-
cant national or interna-
tional Importance. While 1
fully agree that such a crime
should get coverage in a
responsible paper, I fail to
see why it should earn a
headline at a time when
political developments in
Berlin and Brazil appear to
be a great deal more signifi-
cant and pressing.
This type of coverage
strikes me as coming close to
sensationalism not worthy
of a paper with the reputa-
ton of The Star, and ex-
pected only in one of the
sensational pictorial dailies.
In contrast, the New York
Times published the same
story on page 46 of their
Sunday issue.
This reader would appreci-
ate a great emphasis on
news of significant national
and International Importance
with an outstanding analysis
of such news, while crime
and accidents be relegated
to the interior pages where
they belong. I believe that
such a policy would help to
restore the former prestige
of The Star as a responsible
newspaper.
Ronald A. HOfmann,
Second lieutenant, United
States Army.
Evening star., 1961-09-12
Our Fair City

Recently your paper car
ried an article stating that
Commissioner Tobriner had
suggested a tax lien plan to
compel owners of vacant lots
to clear out weeds.
Can the Commissioner be
serious? Where has he been
in an ivory tower somewhere?
Walk through the heart of
the downtown section and
what do you see? Weeds and
grass two and three feet tall
around a great many of our
tree plots, on Pennsylvania
avenue, F street, G street,
Connecticut avenue, in the
business district. Grass is
growing at the base of our
light standards, in our gut
ters, up against our loading
platforms. The concrete
pavements around our multi
million dollar public build
ings are being defaced and
damaged by tufts Of grass
growing in the cracks. The
brick plaza at Union Station
has a carpet of grass, which
has recently been dried up
either by the heat or by the
application of some weed
killer.
Property owners cannot be
blamed for this neglect.
This is the business of the
District Government, and it
is being shirked. Visitors to
our city must wonder at such
conditions which would
probably not be found in any
other capital city in the
world. If there were any
proper check-up on the local
labor force such conditions
could not exist. We need
more intelligent supervision.
We are paying out morey in
all directions for work that
is only half done, or left un-
done, and no one seems to
notice it except some who
are sensitive to such needless
ugliness. We are not getting
our moneys worth out of
the District budget.
The explanation might be
that it is the Highway De-
partment which seems really
to be running our city, and
they are too busy chopping
down good trees and laying
more concrete to bother with
the care of our streets.
There should be some au-
thority with enough pride in
our Capital City to keep it
tidy. 1t has a neglected ap-
pearance, and seems to be in
a perpetual mess. I speak as
a native Washingtonian.
Vera E. Adams.
Evening star., 1961-09-12
Carlos Rampage

can appreciate the ordeal which the
people of the Texas and Louisiana coast
areas are undergoing at the slaShing
hands of Hurricane Carla' We who have
been through several disastrous hurri-
canes in recent years know how ferocious
and destructive such Caribbean born
storms can be. And some very old timers
in Galveston can remember a similar
blow Just 81 years ago this month that
cost 5000 lives and caused more than
SIT million in property damage. They
can be thankful that this time an ade-
quate warning system and a we'll
organized evacuation plan have kept
fatalities to a minimum.
The great hurricane of September
80, 1900, hit Galveston with little ad-
vance warning of it's potential wind and
tidal wave" powers. Most of the lives
were lost through drowning, as residents
of the little island sought to flee across
low cauSewayS to the mainland. After
that disaster Galveston erected higher
cauSeways and concrete bulwarks
against the fury of future storms. Carla,
with winds of 173 miles an hour (as
compared with 1876 miles an hour in
1900) managed to Surmount these
defenseS with 15-foot tideS-but most
of the residents already had fled to
safety inland
All of which prompts us on the
Atlantic coast to wonder why we have
been spared the tropical storms which
only few years ago were hitting us
with too much frequency. The record
shows that there has been no damaging
hurricane along the Eastern Seaboard
since the big years of 1854 and 1855.
Recent hurricane threats to our area
have fizzled. Their continued fizzling
will be appreciated.
A new radar warning system comes
into use in the midst of what me-
teorologistS call the hurricane season,
which begins in August and carries
through October. For the past six years,
however, the Atlantic coast has been
free from any major Caribbean-born
storm. But in 1854 and 1855 the East
had more than enough to make up for
past and prospective deficiencies. The
'54 destroyers we're Carol, Edna and
Hazel and the IS visitors were Connie,
Diane and lone. Three of these struck
in August (Carol, Connie and Diane),
two in September EDNA, Ione) and one
in October: (HazeD. This does not take
into account several hurricanes in the
Gulf area
With the so-called hurricane season
about one-half over, we can hope that
the Caribbean's "easterly waves" will
remain no more than that for the
remainder of the season. It is reas-
Suring, nevertheless, to have the
Weather Bureaus radarmen on watch
Apparently their vigilance paid off
handsomely in the case of Carla.
Evening star., 1961-09-12

AS its school bells ring in
the autumn term for 1861,
the Nation finds itself with
a desperate need for 10000
additional clasSrooms - and
the paradox of $4,000 which
have been abandoned.
Those which stand empty
are monuments to folly and
politics. They are found in
rural areas from which so
much population has moved
away that the classroomS are
not needed. The children
aren't there. Some of these
unused rooms are in new
plants, built by local politi-
clans who knew the steady
loss of population, but did
not want to lose the State
money available for construc-
ton.
Nor is this all the picture.
The rural decline will con-
tinue. The issue is one of
common sense. It is not at
all one of the city VS.. the
country, despite the fact that
some of the more irrational
seek to make it so. The
United States, like the rest
Of the world, is becoming an
urban industrial Nation. Few
er and fewer persons are
necessary to do farm work.
City Schools Crowded
The total number of farms
declines with each year, and
nowhere is this as true as in
the Southeast. It is an in
exorable process. The cities
do not encourage it, nor are
they enriched by it. They are
almost overwhelmed by the
increase in population which
overcrowds schools, places
heavier burdens on social well
fare agencies, charity hos
pitfalls, and police.
There really isn't a true
rural area. in the old sense
of the word, left in this
country. There are some re-
mote backward areas, but
good roads and the automo-
bile have brought urbaniza-
ton to all but the more iSo-
lated locations. The FBI
crime statistics reveal that
rural crime grows annually,
as does that in cities.
Change is all about us. No
environment in America is
what it was even 20 years
ago. And we all know what
happens to any species of
man. beast or nature, which
cannot adapt itself to such
changes. The farms will re-
main. But they already are
conforming to the implacable
Evening star., 1961-09-12

Charles w. Cobb, jr., says
in a letter that CORE mem
bers are mot defying all laws,
but only those racially re-
strictive laws which it believes
to be immoral and uncon-
stitutional." He states further
that there are some cases
where law defiance is a good
thing"
If everyone in the United
States followed the procedure
Of obeylng only the laws they
like and defying all others,
the result would be immedi-
ate breakdown of the entire
concept of law and govern
ment, and anarchy would
enSue.
There is nothing in the
Constitution or anywhere else
GndI gives PERMISSION TO any
person to choose the laws he
will obey and the laws he
will defy. Nor does any in
dividual have the right to
decide which laws are i'm
moral or unconstitutional.
This is not the prerogative
of the individual, or of any
group of individuals such as
CORE. Any person or group
who chooses the laws he will
obey and defy, and whose
cardinal principle" as pub
ltcly stated by Mr.. Cobb is
that law defiance is a good
thing, but of course should
be non-Violent," is dangerous
and a menace to the country.
They should be prosecuted
Evening star., 1961-09-12
Extend the Parkway

Extension of the George Washing
ton Memorial Parkway from Mount
Vernon to nearby Woodlawn Plantation
would be logical and very practicable
The cost of converting into a parkway
the present three-mile State highway
connecting Washington's home with the
home of his adopted daughter, Nellie
Custis, would be relatively modest. And
the historic associations of the park
way, which would also provide access
to the restored George Washingtons
Grist Mill, Justify preservation of the
Evening star., 1961-09-12
Coffee Crisis

This new Brazilian crisis
poses an alarming threat to
all America. This Nations
coffee supply is at stake.
Taking the cherished "cof-
fee break" away from so mil
lion employees of American
business might we'll prove
catastrophe. 1t is over the
hot cup of coffee where COL
lective employees gather and
generate their most liberal
and brilliant ideas on how
the business of their COM
pany ought to be run.
J. V. Case.
Evening star., 1961-09-12
THE PASSING SCENE
Sees Schools Victimized by Politics
By RALPH McGILL

demands of new situations.
The machines, the hybrids,
the processes. are not what
they we're a few years ago. =
Nothing could be more
harmful to us as a Nation
than to have reckless men
continue to try and create
friction between town and
country. We are all in this
boat together. -"
Education must have help
unless we choose to penalize
the children in the States
with less income. If local
control cannot, or (as is
often the case) will not pay
the price, shall we then sac
rifice the futures of children
in a competitive world? Un-''
less there is Federal aid,
generations of inadequatelyi
educated children will grow
up into disenchanted adults
who. lacking the skills to
participate in this nations 5
opportunity, will become a
political force Of discomfort
to harry the conservatives
increasingly. The So-called0
conservatives. by their oppo- =
sition to equal educational
opportunity, are sure to Gre
ate radical discomfort.
The school rooms are but
a part of this imperative
need-this problem of almost
desperate urgency.
School attendance, in pub
lie and private schools, will
set a record for 1961-62.
There will be is million more
pupils this year than last.
Acute Teacher Shortage
The best estimate is that
we are short some $4,000
teachers, as we'll as 100000
classrooms as the bells begin
to bring children back to
school. Who will teach the
record breaking attendance?
Where is the urban public
school which will not have
some crowded. double ses-
sions?
There is another factor.
Since 1957-5S the cost Of
operating the nations public
elementary and secondary
schools has increased-as has
the cost of shoes. clothing, !.
food, ct cetera-by a whop-
ping 50 billion.
We are up against reality,
not theory.
This Nation will cheat and
deprive millions of its chill
dren of an equal opportunity
in education at its peril. The,
crop of adults thereby Gre
ated will not be healthy for
the American way of life. .-
Evening star., 1961-09-12
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used If
letters carry WrtterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
terS are SUBJECT to cOndenSd-
ton. Those not used ptH be
returned only tChen accom-
panied By self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1961-09-12
Answers to Questions
By THE HASKINS SERVICE

Q. Is the Pacific Crest Trail
maintained by the Govern.
ment?-HF.
A. The Pacific Crest Trail
system is largely in national
forest lands, and its routes
and shelters are maintained
by the Forest Service. The
trail stretches more than o.
600 miles from the Canadian
border to Mexico, following
the crest of the Cascade and
Sierra ranges much as the
Appalachian Trail follows
the crest of the Appalachians
from Maine to Georgia.
Evening star., 1961-09-12

If the Russians had a real
need to resume nuclear tests
for military purposes. watt
ing a, few months until grass
roots pressure forced our ad-
ministration to resume tests
first would have given the
Communists one of those
propaganda victories" with
the so-called neutralists..
On the surface, the Com
munists lost a lot and gained
little: therefore, the action is
illogical and deserves some
close analysis.
Could this move have been
planned to give the neutrals
an opportunity to send APP
propriate disapproving noises
toward Moscow for a change?
This might quiet extremist"
voices both in and cut of
Congress who are asking if
foreign aid funds are effec-
tive when country after
country slips behind the Iron
Curtain and the "neutrals"
vote with Moscow and against
us about 900 of the time in
the United Nations.
What if United States "ex-
tremists" have their way in
calling the bluff of the neu-
tralists who lately have been
voicing threats that they'll
get aid from the Soviet Union
if we don't increase our
handouts?
Russia cannot afford to
have this happen. If we stop
playing Santa Claus, the in
ability of the USSR to sup
port the economies of Hun
gary, Poland, Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia, etc. will be
exposed. The Soviets can't
provide the endless stream
of money and materials need
ed to keep the socialist coun-
tries of India, PakiStan,
Ghana, Egypt. Cuba, etc.
from collapsing. The Soviets,
with 479o of their work force
on the farms, can't even feed
their own people. While the
real truth about their eco
romic development is hidden
behind the glamour of scien-
tific side shows produced
with missiles and rockets,
they must come to the United
States for precision ball bear
ings. chemicals. a steel plant
for Poland and other strate-
gic goods.
While we have handed out
almost $l00 billion since 1945,
the Soviet Union has strain
ed to supply window dressing
foreign aid grants Of one or
three billion depending on
how exchange rates are fig
ured.
Can this be the real reason
the Soviets made the very il
logical move of reSuming nu-
clear tests now. so that their
neutraliSt friends can stay
on the United States gravy
train?
John A. Stormer.
Florissant, Mo.
4 4
Your editorial, mo Other
Choice" would be considered
an ample justification for the
United States to resume un-
derground nuclear testing
we're it keeping equal or su-
perior to RuSsia's ability to
destroy with thermonuclear
bombs the sole criterion. But
is it? The answer is NO"
The finest attributes of
man are moral values and
ideals, and intelligence. Re-
spect for and protection of
human life rank first in moral
value. The police system of a
city or country is based upon
this value. 1
Evening star., 1961-09-12

and punished Just as any
other lawbreaker would be.
E. B. P.
Evening star., 1961-09-12
Law Defiance

Frances M. Hibbard
Evening star., 1961-10-26

A complete house plant soil. VIII NOT
pock, horeen or crock, even under
the most UnfovorobIs growing con-
ditons.
Evening star., 1961-10-26

ATTENTION., csnon toilet proportions. lussoss. efoes.
se and swsr clocks ~etehs svhse' OK 'oE under
Federal inssrno Revenue Aa effective April !, 1854.
Evening star., 1961-10-26

SPECIAL PAGES shs cd effective In oil stores in Msope
tan Woshneen tvnsss Otherwise specified ihrv So'Vdoy,
October 40. 1851. Right reserved to limit qUeniiss.
Evening star., 1961-10-26

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ond comfortable eoryins. Mode Of durobIs
permo-eoIor, impoct sYrens pIoste.