Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-14
Comment on Columns

St'sfsS"S VII ~ StNb1IIIS
William White and Doris
Fleeson have both missed the
point in recent columns.
Miss Fleeson said it was
not only her opinion but
the opinion of all the ex-
perts that rural-dominated
State Legislatures are the
reason more and more people
are turning to Washington
to answer their problems.
II this were the case, Miss
Fleeson. New York City, Phil
adelphia and Chicago, which
don't have a rural Gotten
picker in their Government,
would have all their prob
lens solved.
II rural-dominated legis-
latures were the reason for
increased Government CEN
tralization. then a State like
Florida, which has the worst
apportionment in the Ma
ton, should have problems
far more monumental than
States like Tennessee whose
representation. in COMPARE
son. is much better.
No. Miss Fleeson, overpop-
ulation is the problem. Until
We somehow are willing to
face the problem OF cutting
down on the earth's popula-
ton. the demands on CEN
tralized Government will
grow and grow until dicta-
torShip may be the only an
swer.
For further Recommendation
on this score, read Brave
New World" or Brave New
World Revisited"
AS for William White. he
seems to think that the rea-
son many people are dissatis-
fled with President Kennedy
is because he is too middle
OF the road" and hasn't
pushed us to the brink of
economic ruin.
No, Mr.. White. I. and
many like myself who not
only voted for Mr.. Kennedy
but campaigned for him long
before he won the nomina-
ton. are becoming increas-
ing dissatisfied for quite a
different reason.
1t is because Mr.. Kennedy
is acting more like he was
in the Senate rather than
like ne was during the cam
paign. His vigor. his indie
pendence and color seem fast
disappearing.
He was a campaigner who
let us know his thoughts,
who responded to new ideas,
who inspired us with his
fresh and original approach
to problems.
During the campaign. he
would have mentioned some
thing about Charles Kamen.
He "ould have told us hon
estly why he wanted Judge
Morrissey for Federal Court.
He would really let us know
what is on his mind.
No, Mr.. White, we're not
dissatisfied for the reasons
you would-be Republicans
would like us to think we're
dissatisfied. We're dissatis-
fled because the President is
proving to be just as aloof,
just as secretive in his
thoughts, and Just as in
frequent in his press confer
ences as President Essen
hover was during his eight
years of office.
"a Voter"
1t must be quite a trial
when you are a columnist
who is Smitten with the
beauty and peace of the fall
and must write about the
horror and terror of war.
William s. White, however,
l thought managed quite
well.
Be 1t ever so maudlin there
is nothing like a mixed COL
umn. Next to a mixed me-
taphor it carries a message
which has no beginning and
no end. Seated in his study
luxuriating in the sight of
the golden brown foliage of
autumn outside his window,
the columnist suddenly re-
members his deadline on
scare 'em to death hit =
EN- where it. hurts" Halfway
through his mind wanders
to the beauties of nature and
the result appears next day
in print. not a song without
end but an end without song.
r. r. Eldridge.