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Evening star., 1961-06-19
WILLIAM S. WHITE
Administration Test Is Near

far better coin, the coin Of
collective strength and Sc
curity. This is a coin we must
have, for the cold war in
sober truth has never been
so menacing as now.
The President will require,
and is fully aware that he
will require. not Democratic"
support, not liberal" sup.
port, not Republican" sup
port, not conservative"
support. He will require a
national, repeat national, and
non-political backing. This
is no high school piece Of
politics; this is the adult, the
payoff, game in q world we
never made but must begin
to control before it begins
wholly to control us and our
destiny.
Knowing all this, the
President in every other ques-
ton before Congress has
avoided crying must" and
avoided going directly to the
country. It is well that this
has been so; that he has not
gone over Congress head
thus far. For this time he
may need to do Just that.
And if he does, he is entitled,
this time, to be listened to
by Democrats, Republicans,
liberals, conservatives and
even socialists or what not.
For this time it will be as
much an Eisenhower speech
as a Kennedy speech, as
much a chamber of COM
merce speech as a labor un-
ion speech. This time he will
be speaking not for a man
and a party and not for
some big or little dectrinaire
pressure group; but for the
United States Of America
and for its vital interests.
Evening star., 1961-06-19
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

The State Department publishes papers of the Cairo
Teheran conferences Republicans ublant They the
old the Democrats aren't cut out for
diplomacy than they
Sherman Adams Kes old assistant publishes his men,
ors. Adams thrifty Yankee He had the Presidents
ear, thus saving one of his to be thrown out
Modern moral: Hitch your wagon to star. Then you
collect unemployment compensation for the horse.
Kennedy rejects Russas plan to merge Attest ban talks
in disarmament parley Kennedy feels the would
violate antitrust policy under which he's learning
antitrust Khrushchev just about everything.
Chancellor Adenauer Khrushchev for free elections
in Germany. Khrush will retort they're already free
date.
Evening star., 1961-06-19
DORIS FLEESON

Republicans have begun
their campaign to increase
their congressional strength
next year with a provocative
assault on President Ken
nedy's handling Of the Cuban
invasion. Fresh chapters deal
ing with the prisoners-for-
tractors exchange can be ex-
pected momentarily.
This is largely the handi-
work of the new national
chairman, Repres n t a tive
Miller of New York, and will
surprise only those unfamiliar
with his career as chairman
of the House Republican
Campaign Committee, a job
he still holds. While atten-
ton was focused on the high
level Kennedy-NiXon debates
last year, Representative
Miller bore down heavily on
the Korean War and related
matters in his localized ef-
fort to augment the slender
Republican House minority.
He got results. Kennedy
won. but Republicans gained
% new House seats with
predominantly conservative
candidates and came close in
many others. This record
helped elect Miller to succeed
the more eaSy-going Senator
Morton, who retired as ma
tional chairman because he
must run for reelection next
fall.
A Nixon man in 1860, Rep
Evening star., 1961-06-19

The supreme test for the
Kennedy administration, but
even more for this country, is
now approaching, the time to
divide the men from the boys,
the big from the little.
Soon now, when all the
minimum-wage and public
housing and other compare
lively two-bit issues have
been laid to rest one way or
the other, the truly big one
will come before Congress.
This is President Kennedy's
new. wholly revised, 81 bill
lion foreign aid program.
If he gets what he really
needs here, which is not
merely money but the au-
thority to spend it how and
where it counts the most, this
will be a stronger Nation in
an already excessively dang
erous world. If he winds up
skimped and fettered we
shall be a weaker Nation in a
world even more dangerous
than now.
1t is hardly too much to
say, indeed, that the mo-
ment when Congress makes
its final decision on this bill
will be a moment of truth
the Presidents moment of
truth, yes; but also the mo-
ment of truth for this coun-
try and for the Western
world.
Given the right kind of
bill, his preSidency-and this
Nation-may be said to have
been q success in the first
half of this year. Given the
wrong kind Of bill, this first
half-year may be said to
have been largely a failure.
Evening star., 1961-06-19
Miller Now Seen Preparing to Attack
Kennedy Handling of Tractors Issue

resentative Miller had first
to make his peace with Gov.
Rockefeller. Curiously, he has
since celebrated his chair
manship by seeking to shove
Nixon into the California race
against Gov. Brown. Opinion
differs as to whether this is
a kindness to Nixon. 1t is of
course, a fact that California.
with eight new House seats
next year due to population
gains, is the richest political
prize in the 1862 spectrum.
The next strictly party ma
neuver takes place in the
House soon when Miller's sue
cessor as House chairman is
named by a conference of one
member from each State
which has one or more Re-
publicanS in its delegation.
The dominant figure in the
choice, however, is House Re-
publican Leader Halleck, with
Miller compelled to walk
softly. Halleck is mouse
trapped by the fact that Rep
resentative Rhodes of Ari-
zona, a Goldwater man, and
Representative Wilson of CAL
fornia, who is vehemently
pro-Nixon, are the leading
contenderS. Some trial bal
looms have been floated for
others without much result;
Representative Westland of
Washington is the latest be-
ing pushed, on the theory
that no hint of favoritism
toward any presidential can
didate should be shown.
Rhodes and Wilson strongly
supported Halleck in the
coup by which he took the
House leadership from Rep
resentative Martin, a fact
their friends often mention to
Halleck.
Republicans say that the
new House Republican Cam
paign Committee chairman is
Evening star., 1961-06-19
Foreign Aid Program Dependent
On National Non-PoIiticoI Buckinu

For not all the rest Of the
Kennedy record, however
favorable to him it may be
claimed to be, can really
overbalance a refusal by this
country to arm itself and its
friends. economically and
militarily and pSychologically.
with the right kind of foreign
aid program.
The old, the existing, pro-
gram is out of date. It is
wasteful and in some parts
simply silly. 1t is too costly
for the return it brings; for
the future it simply will not
do. The Presidents new plan
frankly recognizes all this. It
is sound and practical. No
banker or businessman, as
suming he accepts in the first
place the necessity for col
lective strength in the West,
will find upon examination
more than the irreducible
minimum of bureaucratic or
theological nonsense in it.
It is, moreover, not Dem
ocratic" and not "Republi-
can" 1t ought to stand, and
can stand, on its own bottom,
whatever one may think Of
any or all of the Presidents
other legislative recommen-
dations. It is an American
policy which has the twin
virtues of cleaning up an un-
tidy past in foreign aid and
instituting a strong and hope
full future.
If it cost three times what
1t does, it would still be, in
the deepest sense, a truly
conservative plan. It is a case
of sending good money, and
admittedly a lot Of it, after
Evening star., 1961-06-19
DAVID LAWRENCE

A shameful chapter in
American history now has
been revealed after II years
Of secrecy. Documents just
published by the State De-
partment show that a Presi-
dent of the United States
went to a summit conference
during World War II and
made a deal with the Com
munist dictator-Josef Stain
whereby much of Poland's
territory was deliberately
conceded to Russia and the
way was paved for similar
deals that permitted the
Communists to grab small
countries.
What was even worse, a
President of the United
States told a foreign ruler
that his own decisions were
related to a fear he might
not retain a bloc of votes
of American citizens of Polish
extraction and that, for this
reason, the deal had to be
kept secret-at least until a
presidential election was
over. Actually, these facts
were not disclosed until now.
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Democrat, was the President
of the United States who
participated in these secret
negotiations in 1943 at
Teheran, Iran. He disregarded
the rule of the Constitution
which says that the Chief
Executive shall have power
by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate to
make treaties, provided two
thirds of the Senators pres
ent concur"
1t is out of this clause in
the Constitution that a Pres
ident derives his power to
conduct foreign policy. The
right to make temporary
agreements or understand
ings directly related to the
military conduct of a war
has never been questioned,
but any pact which is as far
reaching as a division of ter
ritory after a war certainly
comes within the category of
a treaty. The Senate should
have been consulted.
The carving up of terri
tory - utterly disregarding
the wishes of the people and
their future opportunities for
self-government - is some
thing associated usually with
the absolute monarch. A
President of the United
Evening star., 1961-06-19
Roosevelt Remarks to Stain Linking
Polish Border, Politics Held Shameful

States is supposed to be the
champion of freedom and Of
the self-determination Of
peoples. The Polish people
didn't start World War II.
On the contrary, it was Hit
ler'S attack on Poland that
drew Britain into the con-
flict. Yet President Roose-
velt was later a party to the
partitioning of Poland so as
to satisfy Communist Rus
Sia, which had seized a large
part of Poland in 1899 while
a partner of Hitler.
It might be asked why a
Democratic administration in
Washington today makes
public hitherto undiscloSed
documents that reflect so
gravely on the conduct of
foreign policy by a previous
Democratic administration.
The reason may be inferred
from an Associated Press dis
patch Of February II last
quoting from an exclusive
story in the New York Daily
News which stated that Pres
ident Eisenhower, on leav-
ing the White House, took
with him proof sheets of the
papers on the Teheran con-
ference. The article said
that Republican leaders, who
had conferred with Mr.. Eli
senhower, asked him to keep
a copy Of the papers indefi-
nitely to see whether they
would be withheld or released
in part by the State Depart
ment. So apparently the
Kennedy administration had
no choice but to give them in
full to the press.
Much of the Teheran story
has been told over the years,
but never have the American
people learned the details of
the secret deal between Pres
ident Roosevelt and Marshal
Stain. 1t so happens that
Charles E. Bohlen, who at the
time was First Secretary Of
the American Embassy in
Moscow and acted as inter-
prefer for Mr. Roosevelt, &C
companied President Kennedy
at his recent conference in
Vienna with Nikita Khru-
shchev.
The State Departments
published record-based on
Mr.. Bohlen's extensive notes
now shows Mr.. Roosevelt
discussing the Polish ques-
ton in a private talk with
Marshal Stain on December
/, 1943, as follows:
"The President said he had
Evening star., 1961-06-19
Rebels Wives Paid

PARIS, June 10 (AP).-The
wives of ex-Gens. Maurice
Challe and Andre Zeller will
receive widows pensions while
their husbands are serving 15-
year prison sentences for lead
ing the unsuccessful April
military revolt in Algiers.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Lee Claims Lakewood Plot
SOUGHT to Panic Members

said the offices "also are used
substantially by Robert C. Buff
kin, James Thomas Benn, Del
mar Beman and others"
Mr.. Buffkin and Mr.. Benn
have been described by Mr..
Allen as officers of Inter-
American Products, a firm
which he said plans to help
with financing to complete
country club projects near Bal
timore and Pittsburgh.
Mr.. Beman, brother of a
prominent amateur golfer of
Montgomery county, is man.
ager of the Baltimore project
and was a salesman in the
Lakewood project.
Mr.. Lee also said that the
very survival" of the club de-
pends on obtaining an exemp-
ton from the Federal Govern
ment of corporation tax claims
against it.
The Bureau Of Internal Rev.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
MARYLAND BRIEFS
u. ofM. Unit
Dedicated
By Tuwes

Gov. Tawes dedicated a new
University of Maryland class
room building yesterday as IAN
expression of the willingness of
the people of Maryland to sup
port this institution"
The SIS million structure Of
the College of Business and
Public Administration has been
in use since February.
DR.. Freeman Pyle, dean,
noting that enrolment in
the college has risen from less
than 400 to more than 1000
since he came here in 1912,
said this is only the begin
ming"
DR.. c. Candy Balderston, vice
chairman Of the board of gov
ernors of the Federal Reserve
System, principal speaker, de-
plored the shady business prac-
tices which have prompted
creation of supervisory and reg
ulatory agencies.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
BY PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer

A campaign by the developers
to incite members against the
new Lakewood Country Club
board Of directors has been
charged by the court-appointed
conservator in papers filed in
District Court.
The accusation was made by
Vinton Lee in response to a
motion by the developers to
oust him as conservator Of the
country club project.
An insurgent membership
ousted the old board of direc-
tors last December. After the
new membership filed suit to
gain control Of the club opera
tions, Mr.. Lee was appointed
by the court to handle the buSi-
ness Of the four corporations
involved in its operation and
construction.
The developers-Troy v. Post,
jr., Bill M. Allen and Leroy w.
Pickett-have asked the court
to dismiss Mr.. Lee. They claim
he is biased against them and
has not handled the matter
fairly.
Plot to Panic Meeting Charged
In his reply to the move, Mr..
Lee said that prior to a men,
bership meeting on April 8 a
campaign had been conducted
to "incite certain of the men,
bers against the board Of di-
rectors."
He said Robert c. Buffkin,
who has worked with the Post
Allen-Pickett group on country
club and other projects, had
scheduled a rendezvous" at a
restaurant Ito meet with GER
tain Of the members to further
organize them prior to attend
ing the meeting to panic the
meeting"
Mr.. Lee filed letters to the
court which he said he wrote
to MesSrs. Post. Allen, Pickett
and Buffkin after learning of
the Campaign" in which he
warned them not to panic the
Evening star., 1961-05-07

meeting or make a spectacle
out Of it."
The new board Of directors
was elected after work on the
clubhouse stopped for lack Of
funds. The board claims that
sufficient money was collected
by the developers to complete
the project and that large
amounts Of money went to the
developers and others for ad-
visory and management fees
and loans.
Stops Paying Rent for Offices
The papers filed by Mr.. Lee
disclosed that he has stopped
paying the rent on quarters
occupied by the Post-Allen-
Pickett group in the Bender
Building on Connecticut avenue
and for four cars leased by the
group.
THE conservator in addition
to being without funds, upon
consideration, determined that
the continued rental for the
suite of offices and the auto
mobiles was not necessary for
the purposes Of the conservator
or the four corporations" Mr..
Lee said.
The four corporations re-
ferred to are Lakewood Coun-
try Club, Inc, Lakewood Man.
agement Corp, Country Club
Developers Corp. and PAP (for
Post-Allen-Picket) Inc, all of
which were involved in the
Lakewood project.
A letter to the Maryland car
leasing company Cancelled the
lease on a 1860 Thunderbird
used by Mr.. Post, a 1860 Cadil-
lac used by Mr.. Pickett and a
1860 Valiant used at a Balti-
more country club project of
the developers.
Others Use Offices, Lee Says
Mr.. Lee said that the offices
in the Bender Building ARE
the headquarters Of Messrs.
Post, Allen and Pickett and
were not limited to the use of
the four corporations" involved
in the Lakewood project. He
Evening star., 1961-05-07

enue claims corporation taxes
are due because the club was
operated "for the profit of"
Mr.. Post, Mr.. Allen and Mr..
Pickett and the corporations
they controlled.
A tax lien of $419,041, which
includes interest and penalties,
has been filed against the club.
The Government claims that
agreements turning over opera
tionS to Post st-Allen-Pickett con-
trolled corporations takes the
club out of the non-profit, tax
exempt status.
Mr.. Lee said in the papers
filed yesterday that if the court
determines that the contracts
and agreements were void from
the beginning the tax claim
might be dropped.
Evening star., 1961-05-07

rear Of the barge, Capt. Sher-
man C. Martin leaned on a
heavy black tiller, steering his
craft in the middle Of the
canal.
She's a lot easier to handle
than the old one we'd been
using up to last October" he
said. Here. you want to try
it?"
The barge veered sharply to
the left bank.
Now you got to swing her
back to the middle" he said,
retaining the tiller.
In this barge we have music,
electricity. a loud speaker, and
a larger snack bar. She just
Evening star., 1961-05-07
New Police Chief

OCEAN CITY, Md, May 6
(AP).-Officials Of this resort
community have begun reor-
ganizing the police force to i'm
prove relations with the towns
summer population.
Mayor Hugh Cropper, jr., an
nounced yesterday the appoint
ment Of a Baltimore investi-
gator, Vernon J. Phillips, as the
new chief Of police. He succeeds
former Chief Ollie Hudson vino
became a captain under the
reorganization.
Evening star., 1961-05-07

Of the troop, afterwards ex-
planned that they had just had
a cookie sale to pay for the
tickets on the clipper trip.
"On July 4, 1928, President
John Quincy Adams dug the
first spadeful Of the canal e.
he said it would be one Of the
greatest wonders Of the world, !"
Mr.. Lucero was saying.
And the canal was finished
to Cumberland. Md. in 1880"
The music from an old fash
ioned piano was played over
the loud speaker system, as the
Brownies opened their sand
wiches.
On a raised platform at the
Evening star., 1961-05-07
MIsHAP MARS MAIDEN TRIP
Brownies Brave Canal Despite Rain
BY MARGARET JOHNSON
Hant-4h,,k,,.. NTy,st..

SoubIlputlI1b WElIeI
Even for Kate and Dick two
stole mules. it wasn't much of
q day for a maiden voyage.
A light rain was scattering
the water as the mules slowly
set out yesterday along the tow
path of the old CheSapeak and
Ohio Canal. They were pulling
q new beige-and-black clipper
barge.
Aboard were a Scout group
Of 20 Brownies. three tourists,
and several couples huddled to-
gether in raincoats.
The barge, large enough to
carry 100 passengers, cast off
from Georgetown about 8 am.
and squeezed into the lock.
AS the heavy doors swung
shut, the Brownies sitting in
the front folding chairs pulled
their rain caps over their heads
and gasped at the water falling
from the upper level an arms
length away.
MAN OverbOard!"
THE waterfall is going
down." said one.
mo. we're going up" cor
Hcted her friend.
Nov I can see some shoes
the edge of a raincoat, q
face of a man watching US.
We're up!" said another.
For the first two blacks Of
the trip through Georgetown
the barge was pulled by five
men at the end Of ropes. AS
they began climbing up the
slippery cobble stones, a large
splash was heard.
Man overboard!" yelled the
captain. Hold on to the rope!"
Jack Booster, one of the tow
men, was hauled into the barge,
his grey sweat shirt clinging to
him and his navy blue cap still
on his head.
Now we have chriStened the
boat" a passenger said.
Nov don't feel sorry for the !
mules, girls" said the park hisI
torian as Dick and Kate re-
placed the men and began
plodding up the tow path.
They've been pulling barges
on the canal for six years, and
they've just had a six months
vacation"
Sing National Anthem
"Of course you all know who
Francis Scott Key was.-the
man this bridge was named |
for" continued Historian An
thony J. Lucero.
The passengers peeked up at |
the concrete curves of the ap-
proacheS to Key Bridge. Then
Brownie Troop 334 from Bail
eys Cross Roads, Fairfax Coun-
ty, stood up and sang the Star
Spangled Banner, each voice
in its favorite key.
Mrs. Dean J. Barron, leader
Evening star., 1961-05-07

needs a few things smoothed
out" the captain said.
"Okey girls" Mr.. Lucero said
over the loud speaker system,
Here we are in Brookmont
where we turn the barge
around. You can get out now
and pet the mules If you want"
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Old Salem Is Topic

Robert r. Garvey, jr., Of the
National Trust for Historic
Preservation, will speak on "Old
Salem and the Outdoor Muse
um Aspects of Historic Preser-
vation" at a meeting of the
Alexandria Association at 8:15
pm. tomorrow at Gadsby's
Tavern.
Evening star., 1961-06-18
J. A. Monaco,
D. {. EnnpIoye

Joseph Albert "Al" Monaco,
81, an employe of the District
Recreation Department for the
past eight years, died Thursday
of cancer at Providence HoSpi-
tai.
Mr.. Monaco was recreation
supervisor of Hillcrest Play
ground. He also was well-known
in local Softball circles, his
sporting speciality with the
Recreation Department, having
played the game in high school.
the armed services and as a
team member against some of
the count1y's finer softball
teams.
A District native, he entered
the Marine Corps soon after
World War II. After two years
in the service. he took a job with
the Western Electric Co. here
before going with the Recrea-
ton Department.
Mr.. Monaco was a member
of the American Recreation So
ciety and the Hilltop Recreation
Council. He also was a member
of the Commissioners Youth
Council.
He belonged to the Wood
ridge Club and the Holy Name
Society of St. CamilluS
Church of Silver Spring.
He leaves his wife, Laura,
and two children, Mary Pa
tricia, 2, and Joseph Albert II,
/, of the home address, 8219
Eighteenth avenue, Hyattsville;
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
Evening star., 1961-06-18
Robert N. Lewis, File Clerk
For House Group 81 Years

Robert M. Lewis, 81, for 81
years a file clerk with the
House Appropriations Commit
tee, died Friday at Washington
Hospital Center after a brief
illness.
Mr.. Lewis was first appointed
a clerk of the committee by
then committee chairman, Mar
tin B. Madden, in 1923. During
his 81 years with~the COM
mittee, he served under eight
different chairmen.
During this time. Mr.. Lewis
earned the reputation of hav-
ing a passion for order and a
prodigous memory; both of
which, along with a pleasant
disposition, served him in good
stead through the years.
A District native, he was
graduated from the old M
Street School and later studied
at Howard University and the
Massachusetts, College of Phar-
macy before being appointed
to his congressional post.
Mr.. Lewis was a member of
Peoples Congregational Church,
the Friendly Circle Club and
the Pigskin Club. At the time
of his death. he was associated
with the Parks Real Estate Co.
He leaves his wife. Emma,
of the home adde's, All u street
NV; a daughter, Mrs. Meta
Trivers of 1929 Elvans road
Sc, and two sisters, Mrs.
Evening star., 1961-06-18

Seph F. Monaco of Carrollton,
Nd; three sisters. Mrs. Mary
jeanette Humphreys of Land
over Hills. Md, Mary Ellen and
Angelina NJ. of the parents ad-
dress, and two brothers. Mich
ael j. and James E. of the par
ents' address.
Rosary will be offered by the
Holy Name Society of st.
Camillus Church at 8 o'clock
tonight at the GaSch Funeral
Home, 4739 Baltimore avenue.
HyattSville. Requiem mass will
be offered at st. Camillus
Church at 9:15 am. tomorrow.
Burial will be in Arlington
Cemetery.
The family requests that ex-
pressions of sympathy be in
the form of contributions to
the Providence Hospital Cancer
Clinic.