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Evening star., 1961-11-28
AH-Out for Culture

President Kennedy has given the
National Cultural Center project the
boost it needs to succeed. The under
taking, grand in concept and purpose,
got off to good start with congressional
backing until it ran head=on into the
problem of raising the millions required
to make the dream reality. The
staggering early estimates of the, cost
of creating in steel and stone the i'm
posing riverside Notwithstanding up to
$40 million-dampened the enthusiasm
of some of the center's sponsors. Now
that the plan has been scaled down,
both in cost and magnitude, and has
been promised the Presidents personal
support and the aid of a distinguished
committee, the prospects for success of
an all-out fund drive for $50 million
are much brighter.
AS President Kennedy stressed at
White House meeting of the center's
trustees and advisory group, it is highly
important that the American people
be informed of the fact that the Cultural
Center will be truly a national institu-
ton, not local enterprise in any sense.
Being a project in which all Americans
can take pride, one which will put this
country on a par with other nations
noted for the en1inence of their per-
forming arts and the theaterS to house
them, it should appeal to all citizens
And they should be happy for the
opportunity to become partners in
financing it.
This opportunity will come though
the Nationwide fund-raiSing campaign
to be conducted by the board of trustees
and the advisory committee, representa-
tive of a croSS-section of American
citizenry. The highlight of the drive
will be forecast series of dinners
featuring a closed-circuit televiSion
broadcast next May, with the President
heading a stellar list of speakers and
entertainers for the program. Center
officials hope that several millions will
be raised from these dinners. With this
NEST egg" in hand, the sponsors will be
in strong position to appeal to various
private foundations for substantial
contributions.
There is no time to lose in preparing
for the money-raising activities, for
Congress has set the end of next year
as the deadline for the private fund
efforts. If the required amount has not
been subscribed by that time, the
legislative authorization for the center
will die-unIess the deadline should be
extended However, extension should
not be necessary if the public at large is
sufficiently informed of the Importance
of the center and the necessity for its
wholehearted support, financially as
we'll as otherwise.
Evening star., 1961-11-28
Postponement for Finland

After conferring with him at
NovoSibirsk, Premier Khrushchev has
permitted President Kekkonen to return
to Helsinki with good news of a sort
namely, that the Kremlin has postponed
its call for prompt Soviet-Finnish mil
itary consultations"
This has UNDERSTANDABLE filled the
Firms with sense of relief. For they
have had ample reason to fear-ever
since MoscowS October 80 note on the
subject-that such discussions might
involve territorial demands of the type
that led to the RuSSo-FinniSh Winter
War of 1939-40. Mr.. KhruShchev, how
ever, despite the KremlinS recent as
Sertion that the talks were exceedingly
unavoidable" because of an immediate"
West German threat to the security of
both the Soviet Union and Finland, has
expressed satisfaction with Mr.. Kek-
konen'S assurances and the policy of
neutrality being practiced by the
Helsinki government. Accordingly, he
has decided that the military con-
sultations" can be put off for the time
being at least.
Nevertheless, gratifying though it
is, the postponement is one of those
things that can be brought to an end
at any moment, whenever Moscow feels
so disposed. Moreover, the assurances
of neutrality delivered to Mr.. Khru-
shchev have been accompanied in Fin
land with certain developments that
diminish or circumscribe, If not end, the
internal political freedom of parties and
personalities unpleasing to the Kremlin
Thus, apparently because he is one
such personality, Olavi Honka, Mr.. Kek-
konen'S sole prospective opponent in
the January presidential election, has
voluntarily withdrawn from the race
And Mr.. Kekkonen himself has called
upon all anti-Soviet politicians not to
run for office, but to retire from the
scene in order to serve "the highest
purpose of a citizen-the security Of
their own country"
These words are a bit vague but
they strongly suggest that Mr.. Khru-
shchev has intimated to Mr.. Kekkonen
that Finland cannot elect candidates
hostile to the USSR and communism
without harm to itself. In that sense,
the neutral independence of the Firms
would seem to be something less than
wholly free.
Evening star., 1961-11-28
Answers Meony

AFL-CIO President George
Meany, in a reported speech
at an Equal Opportunity
Day" luncheon at the May
flower Hotel, made a bid for
Negro special interest groups
to join with labor union spe-
cial interest groups in crush
ing those people of the South
who are opposed to both COM
pulsory unionism and COM
pdlsoEy race integration. Mr..
Meany dubbed the South as
the common enemy" of both
the Negro and the working
man, and labeled as "un-
American" the resistance of
Southerners to coercion and
to loss of individual freedom
To many Southerners the
only difference between COM
pulSory union membership
and compulsory race-mixing
is that the one symbolizes
the tyranny of the majority
over the minority, while the
other the tyranny of the mi
nority over the majority. Both
forms of tyranny are equally
repulsive to Americans who
treasure individual liberty.
Harvey III. Hewitt.
Evening star., 1961-11-28
Georgia Civil Rights

Georgia Republicans de-
serve much applause for lit
orally opening the doors of
their party to members of the
colored race. The move, of
course, will be seen by some
as simply a cynical bid for a
growing bloc of votes. To
others it will appear as a
genuine effort to improve the
civil rights Of the Negro. Un-
derlying motives, however,
do not seem so important
here as the fact that Negroes
have gained another inch or
two of ground in their strug-
gle for equality.
OF further significance is
the fact that Republicans
have finally scored we'll on a
civil rights matter and in a
part of the country where the
Negro vote can only grow
both in size and in proportion
to the total vote. This in it
self would seem to indicate
that unless the Southern
Democrats swiftly remove the
White Only" sign hanging
so conspicuously over their
party headquarters they may
find their long control of
Southern politics seriously
threatened. For them the
hour is very late.
James T. Diffin
Evening star., 1961-11-28

Highway Department to isolated areas
as in the current case-rather than to
the city as whole. What this suggests,
in our opinion, is the need for a city
wide master plan of one-way streets,
a plan which might be followed as
circumstances, such as the removal of
street car tracks, permit. There was
hope that such a broad-scale program
might emerge a few years ago, when
there was a widespread reorganization
of traffic management in the District.
But this hope has borne few fruits.
According to Engineer Commissioner
Clarke, the plan for Fifteenth and
Seventeenth streets is the "forerunner
of more extensive use of one-way
patterns" We trust that this prediction
materializeS in more comprehensive,
imaginative schemes than thus far have
taken shape
Evening star., 1961-11-28
Shutting the Lineup

The changes made over the past
week end in top posts at the State De-
partment offer reasonable promise of a
renewed vigor and freshness in both the
making and execution of the Kennedy
administrations policies on foreign
affairs. Involving in some cases switch
between the White House and the
department, and representing more a
change of offices than a change of
interests, the Shakeup should broaden
the channels for even closer daily CO.
ordination between the President and
Secretary of State Rusk
'o' For example, two of the transfereeS
from the White HouSe-Walt w. RoStow
to be State Department counselor and
chairman of the Policy Planning Council
and Richard N. Goodwin to be Deputy
Assistant Secretary Of State for Inter
American AffairS-will be directing
their attention to very much the same
matters that have preoccupied them in
their roles as special assistants to the
President. At the same time, the eleva-
ltion of George w. Ball, who had been
iUndersecretary of State for Economic
affairs, to the departments Number Two
spot as UnderSecretary gives him the
title that more nearly fits the work he
has been doing for several months. While
international economic policy continues
to be Mr.. Balls field of special qualifica-
ton, he has demonstrated the willing
ness and ability to assume broader
jurisdiction in the department. Some
OF this load will be shared also, by trans
ferring George c. McGhee, who has
been counselor and chairman of policy
planning, to the recently vacant post
of Undersecretary of State for Political
Affairs.
s While the next duties of some of
those involved in the shifts have not
yet been announced, the greatest in
terest has centered upon Chester BowleS,
outgoing Undersecretary. Mr.. Bowles
has his principal base of support in the
liberal wing of the Democratic Party,
and in the past has served ably as an
Ambassador and in other public posts.
As UnderSecretary, he was under fire
on both administrative and policy
making grounds. In recent months, he
has been more of a rowing ambassador
than a desk man, and the White House
announcement last night establishes
that he will continue in this sort Of
capacity with special attention to Latin
America and to the under er-developed
countries of Asia and Africa-a field in
which he already has demonstrated his
personal interest.
This is, incidentally, the first Shuf-
fling of the Kennedy team near the top
level. 1t comes after ten months of
testing, and with the advantage that
both the President and the Secretary of
State have had adequate opportunity to
observe and to decide on moves which
might better match job requirements
and personal abilities. If this is the
result, it will be all to the good.
Evening star., 1961-11-28

Unless President Kennedy
takes effective action to re-
store and expand the rail-
way facilities of the United
States, lack of internal mo-
bility, in the event of war,
will continue to be the
Achilles heel of our defense
posture. 1t is automatic that
we will never impress the So
Wet Union, with our ability to
fight a sustained war If We
continue to undermine our
ability to keep Americas
wheels rolling. Everyone con-
nected with military logistics
or the petroleum industry
must know that substantially
increased output of military
aviation and rocket fuels
would substantially reduce
the supplies of petroleum
available for making auto
motive gasoline, diesel oil
and petrochemicals for syn
thetic rubber tires.
Instead of making our
selves less dependent on
petroleum and rubber, we are
doing just the reverse. In the
Nations Capital, of all places,
StreetcarS, consuming coal by
wire, and having no rubber
tires. are being replaced by
buses consuming both petro-
leum and rubber! Because
so many cities already have
made the same mistake, the
domestic market for street.
cars is meager, and many
surplus cars from Washing
ton and elsewhere are to be
cut up for scrap. Tracks
have been and are being
torn up or covered-to make
automobile riding more COM
fortable-and power diStribu-
ton facilities are being, or
are to be, dismantled. If
any transit system tries to
rectify it's mistakes, it will
have to wait one year to OBJ
tain new streetcars. If a
sizable number of systems
attempts rehabilitation and
reconstruction at the same
time. the car-manufacturing
lead-time will be longer than
one year. If the systems
managements cannot agree
on a high degree of stand
ardization of specifications,
some orders will have to
gather considerable dust.
To make matters worse, in
connection with the reorgan-
ization of the Office of Civil
Defense Mobilization Cnow
the Office of Defense Plan
ning), the position of Deputy
Assistant Director for Trans
portation has been abolished.
and, for all practical pur-
poses, OCDM's transport
function has been eliminated.
With the exception of one
man and his secretary, the
transportation staff no longer
exists. Whittier the civilian
transport mobilization re-
sponSibility? Does it rest
with highway planners?
Consider the foregoing in
conjunction with our urban
transport capabilities and
policies early in World War
Evening star., 1961-11-28

New Hampshire New Battlefield
BY GOULD LINCOLN

The death of Senator Styles
Bridges. veteran Republican
conservative and chairman Of
his party's Policy Committee
in the Senate, is likely to
throw New Hampshire poll
tics into an uproar-and also
to bring a battle among Sem
ate Republicans for the i'm
portant posts he occupied.
Instead of the quiet sena-
torial election to which the
State was looking forward
next year, with Senator Nor
ris Cotton seeking re-elec-
ton, it now becomes neces-
sary to elect two Senators.
There may be-indeed, there
probably will be - a real
struggle for the Republican
nomination to fill the Bridges
vacancy, and then a brisk
campaign by the Democrats
to wrest this seat away from
the G. o. P. The last Demo-
cratic Senator from New
Hampshire - Fred Brown -
served from 1888 to 1889.
President Kennedy, however.
may take a keen interest in
the senatorial elections in
New Hampshire, which has
been referred to as his own
backyard and where he ran
we'll in 1860, although he lost
the State to Richard Nixon,
his Republican opponent, by
10000 votes.
Republican Gov. Wesley
Powell, stormy petrol of Re-
publican politics for years, is
expected to seek Mr.. Bridges
Senate seat. While New
Hampshire Republican lead
ers still are catching their
breath, it is no secret that
two popular and able Con-
gressmen, Chester E. Morrow
of the lst district and Per-
kins Bass of the I'd, both
Republicans, may get into the
race for the Senate nomi-
nation-one of them, in any
case. Former Gov. Hugh
Gregg also might take an in
tereSt in this nomination,
Gov. Powell was an assistant
to Senator Bridges a dozen
years ago. He returned to the
State to seek the Republican
senatorial nomination in 1850
against the late Senator
Charles Tobey (who had lit
tie trouble winning renomi-
nation, however,. Later Gov
Powell ran as an independent
in the general election but
got nowhere and Senator To-
hey was reelected. In 1854
Gov. Powell again sought q
senatorial nomination, in a
three-cornered race. He fin
ished third, and Senator
Cotton was nominated. His
next try was for a guberna-
torial nomination, which he
lost to former Gov. Dwinell
in 1856. Powell finally won
for Governor in 1858 and
again in 1860.
Widows Appointment Urged
The Manchester Union
Manchester, N. h in a
front page editorial yester-
day urged Gov. Powell to ap-
point Senator Bridges
widow to serve until an cleo
tion is held next November
1t also suggested that Gov
Evening star., 1961-11-28
Transit Complaint

The Capital of the biggest
Nation in the world has the
worst transportation system
in the world.
Seventy-five per cent Of
the populace uses private
transportation, the thorough
fares are clogged, parking
lots overcrowded and over
priced, everybody is frustrat-
ed by the effort spent on get
ting to and from work, tenn
pers are short, nerves are
tight.
A case in point is the d.
and D4 line after 5 pm. Ac-
cording to schedule these
buses ought to come by every
six minutes from 4::30 pm.
on. Try getting one of these
buses after 5 pm. without
waiting Is to Is minutes!
And even if they do show up,
they are so much behind
schedule and so crowded they
don't even stop on some cor
ners to pick up passengers.
Or try telling the D. c.
Transit System that some of
these buses ought to come
through w street Northwest
to save the commuters of
these parts a climb of three
to six blocks up the hill to
reach them!
Washington has grown so
in population and has spread
so much that it is high time
to get some action concern
ing transportation. Subway,
monorail, helicopter service,
anything at all-but soonl
NADIA Rode.
Evening star., 1961-11-28
Freeing Streets

The decision to convert Fifteenth
and Seventeenth streets NV. to one
way traffic use is based on an interesting
theory of dual benefits. Availability of
the full width of these streets for one
way movement, combined with more
precise attention to the timing of
traffic signals, is expected to increase
and speed the flow Of traffic subStan-
tally. simultaneously, it is hoped that
the increased attractiveneSS of these
flanking streets as private-car routes
may take some of the strain off Six
tenth street, and make that major
artery more efficient as public transit
route.
On the face of it, this is an expert
rr1ent worth trying. Indeed, the queS-
ton that occurs to many of the motorists
who daily fight their way through the
city is why there is not far wider use
Of such traffic-expediting programs
not only one-way streets but, especially
during rush hours, greater restrictions
on left-turns and more rigidly-enforced
parking bans.
Z For years now, highway planning
officials have been saying that there
is. good deal of capacity still untapped
IN the downtown street system. Surely
1t is important that this capacity be
freed, especially since to do so involves
none of the disruption or damage which
accompanies street widenings and major
reconstruction. The trouble is, however,
that efforts in this direction seem to
have been limited in the thinking Of the
Evening star., 1961-11-28
Poqo EditorioIizes'

Your recent radio advertise
ment lauding the objectivity
and quality of The Star in
terested me, and so 1 began
studying your paper more
carefully to determine
whether it was what it was
defended to be by the radio
ads. 1t is-largely. The news
reporting is news reporting,
the matters of opinion are
signed, and the editorials are
on the editorial page
largely. There is, however, at
least a single important ex-
ception. Pogo.
Mr.. Kellys charming strip
about little woodland crea-
lures in their all-too-real
world enjoyed an almost me-
teoric rise to popularity very
shortly after it first appeared.
1t has appeared in daily and
Sunday papers, comic books,
books and on phoncgYaph re-
cords, and all the while, with
the single notable exception Of
it's view of "McCarthysim, ="
has been perhaps only mildly
opinionated. At least it mas
queraded effectively as a gen.
uine comic. Now, however,
the masks have been ripped
off, and the masquerade is
over, and there is no longer
any doubt that POGO does
not belong in the comic sec
ton, if indeed it belongs in
your paper; it belongs on
the editorial page, and no
mistake about it.
If subliminal advertising is
illegal in other mediums, it
should also be barred from
newspapers, and what other
name, pray tell, can be given
to editorial vitriol garbed in
humor? While it must be re-
cognized tn at there are
moderate and extreme de-
grees of the activity which
that strip is presently criti-
cizing, it makes a near-miss
of attempting to diScredit
any shade of patriotism .
this when patriotism is at a
low ebb among so many seq
mentS of the society, and so
badly needed for the pre-
servation of our way of life,
if not of our country.
Neil Phelps-MunsOn
Evening star., 1961-11-28
Chess With Statues

Now comes Secretary Of the
Interior Stewart L. Udall.
with his self-ordained CEN
sorship of which historic
characters shall be memorial
lied in Washington.
Not content with his re-
cent consignment of the
statue of the Great Com
moner," William Jennings
Bryan, to limbo, Mr.. Udall
would remove from the
Washington scene the statue
Of one of the most notable
pioneers in medical history,
DR.. Benjamin Rush.
One is almost forced to the
conclusion that every time
the Secretary drives down the
thoroughfares of the Nations
Capital and beholds a statue,
like the Argonaut, Jason, with
his dragons teeth in ancient
Greek mythology, he draws
his sword to decapitate Nit.
And, while so doing, his de-
meanor is like unto that por-
trayed in Shakespeare's Jul
ius Caesar" in which one Of
the Senators exclaims: "Yon
Cassius has a lean and hun
cry look"
Fortunately, the Washing
ton Monument is too high,
while Lincoln and jefferson,
protected as they are by
mammoth marble mauSo-
leums, are safe from molesta-
ton. However, it is rumored
that the Marines recently
have placed a special guard
around the historic Two Jima
masterpiece. Perhaps they
should extend it to the gates
Of Arlington Cemetery as
we'll.
When the Interior Secre-
tary climbed Fujiyama, no
doubt his japanese guides
steered him away from the
gigantic bronze statue of the
Great Buddha. Fortunately,
his itinerary did not include
Egypt, else Nasser no doubt
would have deployed his ia
nous Arabian horsemen
around the Sphinx and the
Pyramids of Gizeh.
But think of what a won-
derful holiday it would be
for him should he Join
Khrushchev in demolishing
the many statues Of the in
glorious Stain.
We can all be thankful
that the Fine Arts Commits
sion, the Navy Department,
the American Medical Asso-
ciation, the press generally.
and many citizens are alert
and in opposition to Mr..
Udall's rough-shod methods.
Carl B. Fritsche
Evening star., 1961-11-28
Speakers Function

There seems to be an i'm
preston that the Speaker of
the House to quote from a
recent editorial in the New
York Times-"is, or should
be, the Presidents principal
advocate in the House"
The Constitution of the
United States expressly pro-
vides three separate divisions
of the Government, each su-
preme in its own sphere:
executive. legislative and ju-
dicial. The President wields
the leadership of the execu-
tive branch, the Speaker of
the House is the ranking Of
ficer of the legislative
branch, the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court is the
foremost official of the judi
cial branch.
Each of these departments
of the Government is sepa-
rate and independent. 1t was
neither provided nor intended
that the Speaker of the
House should be the Presi-
dents principal legislative ad-
vocate.
Provision is made for the
President to address the Con-
greSS whenever he sees fit,
making such recommended
tions as he believes to be the
best interest of the country.
1t is thus the privilege nay,
the duty-of the Congress to
adopt, to ignore or to change
proposals submitted by the
President. The President is
supposed to administer the
laws as passed by the Con-
gress and as interpreted by
the Judiciary. The President
Is not supposed to, dictate
the laws to be passed. al
though he is free at all times
to recommend.
The Speaker of the House
presides over that chamber.
He is entitled. of course, to
his individual views, but in
no proper sense is he either
the supporter or the advo-
cate of the Presidents rec
concentrations.
1t is true that in some
recent administrations there
has been serious departure
from tn eSe constitutional
provisions. 1t is true that
some Presidents have sought
to make the Executive
Department supreme, to die
tate both to the legislative
and the judiciary. Fortu-
nately those attempts many
times have been rebuked. Do
we want a Khrushchev, a
Stain or a Hitler, advanced
to supreme and unquestioned.
power in America? If we do
not want a dictatorship we
must abide by the terms of
the Constitution.
JOuett ShOuse,
Evening star., 1961-11-28
Leqion's Bunny Hunt

I read a letter about a
Bunny Bodybuilding rab-
bits to death after they have
been driven up against a
wire fence.
1 never thought such cruel
ty could be perpetrated in a
Christian country. One feels
that the people of North
Carolina's American" Legion
Post No. 1l3 must be retro
grading into an uncivilized
state Of barbarism.
Anne G. BOrjes
Editors note: In response
to protests, the Legion post
called off this years clubbing
foray, but another group has
sponsored it,