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Navajo times., 1961-07-12
VOLUME II
is SUE Is


Wednesday. July 5th, saw the
continuation of the Indian Claims
Commission at Pennington, New
Mexico. This hearing was begun in
Washington on April 3rd and La sted
for approximately weeks. The
hearing is labeled the Navajo Tribe
versus the United States and con-
Germs lands surrounding the pre-
sent Navajo Reservation. including
the Canoncito area, even into the
south and north of that particular
spot. In the original hearing var
ious members of the Navajo Tribe,
and Tribal employees went to the
Capitol for the event. Muc h the
same plan is being carried out in
Pennington, with witnesses from
the Reservation and other areas in
volved being brought to Farming
ton.
Comm4s siOner Scottof the
Claims Commissions is presiding at
the hearing being held in the Farm
ingron Municipal Building.
Appearing as cOunS el for the
Navajo Tribe are MIR. Alexander of e
Washington and Walter Wolf of
Window Rock. Also appearing for
the Tribe are Lee Correll, Tribal
Anthropologist and Dave Brugge of
Land Investigation. Counsellor the
Havasupi Tribe is Royal Marks.
Others representing the Nj vajo
Tribe are Ned Hatathli. Director
of Resources, acting as interpre-
tor and Carl Beyal who is the Tri-
bal Interpreter. Mr.. Maxwell Yaz-
zie, a field representative for Tri-
bal Land Claims, is also there as
an interpreter.
Some twenty Navajos have been
called to be WitneS Ses in the
Tribes behalf in the hearing.
These witnesses are living in
camp north of Pennington.
The biggest portion of the first
two days of the hearings was spent
in technical matters; numbering of
maps and sites: "ground rules"
for questioning witnesses and other
matters.
An objection to Navajos being
used as interpreters was filed,
verbally, by Mr.. Rocco, Counsel
for the United States Government.
The answer from Tribal counsel
was this, ''the Cover ment has
personnel who are competent in the
Navajo language. Why doesn't the
Government use some of these peo-
pie if they are not sati sfied with our
interpreters And SO the actual
questioning of Witnesses began.
The first Tribal witness S on
Thursday was Jose Manuel Cha
vez, age II, of Canoncito. Ques-
tioning by Walter Wolf of the
Tribes legal Depa rtment took the
latter part of the afternoon.
AS the hearings proceed the Ma
VAJO TIMES will give you written
reports and pictures of the hear
ings.
Pictures of the hearings and the
camp are on page of this issue.
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love the Speaker. But these
men proved all too human in
the clinches.
For each hopes to succeed
him or at the very least to
be a kingmaker. None, there
fore, was willing to antago-
nize a potential supporter on
his own side of the aisle.
Indeed, in their intense self
absorption in their own flu
ture few bothered even to be
beastly to the Republicans.
This can be said in their
defense. House Democrats in
clude many able men, adept
at i14-fighting and certain to
capitalize on the smallest
blunder of any would-be
leader they oppose.
President Kennedy is cruel
ly placed in the present stu
alton. His stake in a respon-
sive House leadership is so
great he dare not merely
await its resolution by time,
even though he cannot open
ly intervene.
What he can do is to make
up his own mind with re-
spect to the tolerable alter
natives so that he can move
swiftly and precisely if need
be. If he does not do so, he
will be confronted with at
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DORIS FLEEsON
Royburn Ponders His Course

worst an accomplished fact
which is highly distasteful to
him or the necessity of in
tervening after all, but both
too little and too late to get
his real choice.
Mr.. Rayburn. who has been
Speaker longer than any 9TH
er man, has always been a
sensible realist in politics. He
has seen clearly the Presi-
dents he has served so we'll,
including the one he loved
best, Franklin Roosevelt. He
must know that President
Kennedy has so far shown
little taste for the subtle
maneuvering by which the
House is-or is not-handled.
1t was felt here for a long
time that Mr.. Rayburn could
choose his successor. and
many men have been men,
toned. He was described as
greatly admiring Representa-
tive Walter of Pennsylvania,
but that was before Mr.. Wal
ter became the embittered
chairman of the House IN
American Activities Commit
tee. Whip Albert of Okla
homa, Representatives Boggs
of Louisiana. Boiling of Mis-
souri, and Mills of Arkansas
are now included in any dis
cussion.
Any House predictions,
however, seem misplaced aft
er its record last September.
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CONSTANTINE BROWN
The Case for New-StyIe NeutroIs

rowed from the Russian sys-
tenn of government. But what
else can we do? To us look
ing from the outside you are
going through a chaotic
phase of social engineering in
the United States. You waver
in domestic and foreign poll
cieS. The Soviet Union fol-
lows a consistent line which
is brutal but at least con-
sistent."
A Middle Eastern states
man explained his country's
non involvement policy:
Frankly we are scared We
emerged only recently as a
sovereign state. The conse-
quences of opposing Moscow,
even automatically, might be
incalculable. The USSR does
not need to use a direct at
tack to crush us. Look what
happened to 1raq because of
King Faisals adherence to
the Baghdad Pact. Now watch
Iran. You did nothing to save
Iraq and won't do much to
save Iran.
My diplomatic acquain-
lance added smilingly:
After all, neutralism does
not hurt us. We are in the
Kremlin's good graceS and at
the same time the flow of
economic assistance from the
United States is not inter
rupted."
That may be the hard core
of the spread of neutralism.
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DORIS FLEESON
Veteran Speaker Reported Considering
Leadership Problems at Texas Home

In a handsome white farm
house amid the rolling fields
near Honham. Tex, one of
the truly responsible national
statesmen of the United
States has been rejecting on
what his own course should
be with respect to the prob
lens of leadership which be-
set the world.
Speaker Rayburn went
home before the dismal
homestretch of Congress be-
cause he was severely troubled
by lumbago. White House
Physician Travell had treated
him and she assured him she
could find no trace of the
dread killers.
In the absence of the loyal,
stubborn Speaker with his
devotion to the national in
tereSt. the House went off in
all directions. 1t concluded
with the insult direct to the
Senate. a petty gesture the
proud Mr.. Rayburn would not
have tolerated.
There are various centers
OF Democratic Party power in
the House, including men who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-03
Too Many Policy Spokesman

the-record conference a few
days ago with press represent
tatives, and afterward stories
were printed that he. too,
feels that de facto" recogni-
ton of the East German gov
eminent is inevitable. He
later issued a statement
denying that he had said any,
thing which could lead to the
belief that Americas position
on Berlin was weakening.
Then there was a state
ment in the press over the
week end by Justice William
o. Douglas of the Supreme
Court of the United States,
who has just returned from
visit to Outer Mongolia. He
urged that Outer Mongolia's
government be Immediately
recognized by the United
States and admitted prompt
" to the United Nations.
This happens to be at vari-
ance with the present policy
of the Department Of State
and happens also to be some
thing that antagonizeS the
Nationalist China government
in Formosa on whose army
America relies to help de-
fend the Far East If another
Korean type war should
arise there. Mr.. Douglas is
known to be a Democrat and
a friend Of President Ken
nedy.
Putting it all together, the
Communists may well wonder
whether these friends of the
President and fellow mem
uerS of his party are giving
hints as to future policy.
Anyone who knows anything
about diplomatic negotiation
is aware that it's hard to
negotiate if your adversary
knows from the start that
eventually you will give in
anyway. All such comments
naturally become news and
are widely printed.
But one wonders whether
these various spokesman
realize that, unlike the Re-
publicans-who have a nat
ural right to criticize and at
tack, and whose views are
discounted abroad-they, as.
members of the Presidents
own party, can by their ut
terances be construed to re-
fleet the administrations
real purposes despite its
Gtrong phrases. One wonders
also how much easier would
be the task of the Secretary
of State, Dean Rusk, If he
didn't have so many kibitzers
formulating foreign policy for
him in the press and over
the worldwide radio waves.
(copyright, 1861
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-03

ROME, Italy. After the
Belgrade conference of nom
aligned countries an observer
quipped: What is the differ
ence between an old-fash-
Toned neutral country and
new neutralist countries?"
The answer was: THE heads
of the new neutralist coun-
tries keep their bank accounts
in Switzerland"
What is now described in
official diplomatic language
as non-alignment is nothing
but old-faShioned isolation
ism as experienced in the
United States prior to Pearl
Harbor. But while isolation
ism was regarded by the
Roosevelt administration as
shameful, unpatriotic and
evil, neutralism is decreed
from the very top and is the
national policy of more than
Is governments with pros
poets of others to follow.
There is talk even among
some of our allies of pro
gresSive neutralism."
In the World War II era
some of Americas finest citi-
zens, such as Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh, were denounced
by the highest in the land as
"copperheads" because they
believed that Europe's wars
were not our concern. These
days, however, heads of state,
such as Nehru of India, Su-
karno of IndoneSia, Nkrumah
of Ghana and many others
who have proclaimed neutral
ism a national policy, are
held in high honor, not only
by the Kremlin but also by
Washington, which pours
money into their treasures.
American generosity does not
defect them from their de-
termined policies of neutral
ism, which is nothing but a
garden variety of isolation
ism.
I have spoken in the last
few weeks, especially since
the end of the Belgrade con-
ference, with quite a number
of diplomats of neutral coun-
tries over a cup of espresso
coffee or a glass of Strega. I
wanted to search out the real
reason for their attitude. 7
pointed out that it is difficult
to understand why their
countries adopted neutralism
which plays into the hands
of the enemies of freedom
which they cherish. My stock
question was: Why should
your country, which only re-
Gently obtained freedom with
United States support, want
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u. S. Strong Talk and Sometimes Retreat
Blamed for Their Realistic" Attitude

to give comfort to the enc
mics of freedom?"
The essence of the answer
of the men I talked with was:
I'VE are witnessing a gigantic
power struggle between
America and Soviet Russia
with Com muniSt China
watching in the background.
You like to describe this as
theological combat - a fight
between old-fashioned free
dom as exists to a limited ex-
tent in the West and the
oppression of man as exists
in Russia. You describe the
struggle from the economic
point of view as a fight be-
tween free enterprise and
authoritarian statism. p
This may be SO, although
we see strong indications in
the most liberal countries Of
increasing encroachments on
free enterprise by the state.
Look at Britain, France and
also at yourselves. Hence,
this theology leaves us cold.
But what interests us
and dictates our policies is
that we are in the presence
of a battle, not so much of
political ideologies but for
power. This battle will be
fought in all likelihood be-
tween you and the Russians.
We have just emerged as
free nations and don't want
to be caught in the middle
Of this gigantic combat. If
we were to align ourselves
with the Free World led by
the United States we risk
being destroyed by the Soviet
Union. We new neutraliSt
countries don't have the pow
er to resist the military ma
chine of the USSR.
I'VE have examples before
us of what would be in store
for those who remain your
firm friends. You talk strong,
go through the motions of
being strong and then you
give in. Look what happened
to the East Germans and
Hungarians when at your
bidding they tried to shake
off their Soviet-imposed gov
ernments. They received
your governments applause
and the fullest sympathy of
your people, but lost out to
Russian tanks. Look what
happened to the people of
Cuba.
I'VE admit, though not
publicly (an Asian was
Speaking, that our people
may not be prepared for full
independence. Hence, we
must take some steps Dor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-03
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Elderly fans ode to Roger Maris' 81 home runs: For
the old and for the oohless the world cod-but
Ruthless.
Americans -or Democratic Action rap President Ken
nedy for indifference" Many ADA members wealthy
berakind of the oppressed uptrodden Democratic
party.
Big furore in the California governorshp race as to
whether Dick Nixon offered Goode Knight job Poor Dick
Always bothered with major unemployment problems.
Washington conversation: B-"Whats the news today?"
Fred-Disastrous Bill-"Why do you say such
troversal things? It's impossible to argue with YOU"
What this Kennedy outfit needs is the two-platoon
system, one to for ofce-and to the office
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Talks by Democrats on Foreign Affairs
Viewed as Embarrassing the President

NSS' SHS ISSIASHG
a permanent one. Though he
stressed that he does not
speak for the Secretary of
State, the fact that Senator
Humphrey is assistant floor
leader of the Presidents party
in the Senate and chairman
of the Senate Disarmament
Subcommittee lends weight to
his words and gives the "neu-
tralist" world encouragement
in their support of Moscow's
position.
8. Senator Mike Mansfield
of Montana, floor leader of
the Democratic Party, also
has repeatedly indicated that
he thinks it would be all
right to change the status of
Berlin. He calls for a free
city" and comedies the posi-
bility of a change in its
status. The announced posi-
ton of the United States
involves no such concession.
4. Senator Edmund S.
Muskie of Maine, an influ-
entail member of the Presi-
dents party in the Senate
who recently returned from
a visit to Berlin, has just
told the press that the United
States should consider the
possibility of giving "de fac
to" recognition to East Ger
many. He added: "a change
in status for Berlin should
be explored, but in no case
should we agree to a change
which might weaken Berlin
economically, militarily or
politically" He said all this
after comforting with Gen.
LuciuS Clay, President Ken
nedy'S special representative
in West Berlin, and declared
he reached the conclusion
that both Gen. Clay and
President Kennedy have no
intention of sacrificing or
compromising any vital in
terest of the United States"
The West Germans, them
selves, indicate that they be-
lieve West Berlin will wither
on the vine naturally and
disintegrate from an econom-
ic standpoint if recognition
is given to the East German
government.
In addition to the forego-
ing spokeSmen-whose words
are carefully read in Moscow
and doubtless interpreted as
a sign that Mr.. Kennedy will
recede at the proper moment
there are others involved in
incidents reported in the
newspapers of the world.
Thus, Gen. Clay had an Off
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employed workers declined last
month to about 4 million, from
4,542,000 in August. The nor
NAL seasonal pattern would
have cut joblessneSs only to
AZ million.
The unemployment rate, ad-
justed for seasonal influences,
was SO per cent in August and
has stuck close to 7 per cent
since last December-despite
the economy's recovery from
the recession.
Mr.. Goldberg said he also
expected the September report
to show a good reduction in
the number of workers unem-
ployed for Is weeks or more.
There were 100000 of these
long-term employed in
August.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-03
DAVID LAWRENCE

Not long ago President
Kennedy talked about the
need for the press to be more
careful about what it printed
on military matters that
might become useful to an
enemy. But the President
now finds himself in an en-
barraSsing position because,
while his Secretary of De-
Tense has effectually muzzled
military officers so that they
can't discuss even abstract
ideologieS, no such restraint
has been applied to members
of the Presidents own party
in Congress who m axe
speeches that the Soviet
government, for instance,
can interpret as a sign of the
weakening Of American pol
icy in the current negotia-
tionS.
For while Mr.. Kennedy
uses strong and resolute
words, there are at least a
half-dozen unofficial Secre-
taries of State who give to
the "unaligned nations" as
we'll as to the Soviets. the i'm
preston that Mr.. Kennedy
may retreat after all.
Here are some of the
spokesman for the Democra-
tic Party in Congress and
some of the things they say:
/. Senator j. William Full
bright of Arkansas, chairman
of the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee. told a news
conference in London a few
days ago that the United
States is mot without fault"
in the Berlin controversy.
Just what he means isn't
clear, but he gave the impress
sion that the United States
has done something to pEec-
ipitate the Berlin crisis. He
is also quoted as saying later
that "a change in the status
quo Gin Berlin) might be
mutually valuable" to East
and West.
2. Senator Hubert Humph-
rey of Minnesota, in London
on a five-week fact-finding
tour of Europe which will
take him behind the Iron
Curtain, told reporters ques-
tionlng him about the Full
bright statement, that "our
position has not changed a
bit" He himself, however,
only a day earlier in Rome
had indicated that the United
States might negotiate" rec
ignition of the temporary
wartime boundary between
Poland and East Germany as
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Goldberg
Sees Gain in
Jobs Picture

The Nations job picture
improved substantially la S t
month, according to Labor
Secretary Goldberg.
Mr.. Goldberg predicted at a
news conference yesterday that
today's Labor Department re-
port would show better-tha
seasonal gains in September.
There were advance indica-
tons that the number of, I'M
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CAPITAL FOO7NOTES
johnson To the Rescue

decided to spend another
week on the project, in a
telephone poll of all Con-
gressional wives.
May IS is now the target
date. The women will collect
all the signatures obtained
up to that date, and formally
present them to the House
and Senate Congressional
leadership.
One Of the interesting dis
coveries the petition-circula-
tors have made, according to
Mrs. Frank Church, who
heads the project for the
Democratic group. is that
many people who opposed
the recess did so because
they didn't understand what
is involved.
Were not suggesting that
Congress work less months.
We only say they should
recognize they are not on a
year round basis, and should
take their vacation in the
summertime, like everyone
else" she said. "Once they
understand that, most people
come around"
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Margaret Price talks a lot.
about the grass roots" In
fact she just has launched
a big Democratic campaign
to get Just such support for
President Kennedy's legisla-
tive program.
Every once in a while, Mrs.
Price confesses, she gets so
sick of hearing about grass
roots that she threatens to
put some on her desk, where
everybody can see them.
She did once, too.
Some years ago, when she
wearied Of the words at a
series of meetings, she ac-
tually brought in a piece Of
sod, and placed it face down
on the meeting table, leaving
the roots waving in the
breeze,
TT didn't slow anybody
down a Bit" she says with
a sigh.
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Petition Report

Congressional wives who
are circulating a petition to
their husbands for a summer
recess Of Congress report
they have compiled about 200
signatures to date.
That was the target they
had set for themselves when
they started circulating the
petition a month ago. These
were obtained with such sur
prising ease. Just from men,
bers attending either the
Rep u blican Congressional
Wives Club or the Demo-
cratic Congressional Wives
Forum, that the women have
Evening star., 1961-05-07
By ISABELLE SHELTON
Str Stnff NUritAr

OtaA OIdAA "lAhCA
Vice President Lyndon B.
johnson has taken up the
cause of more and better
Government jobs for women.
The Vice President has
asked Mrs. Esther Peterson.
director of the Women's
Bureau. to compile a list for
him of women who have
received top jobs in the Ken
nedy administrations list
that is all too short, In the
view of women Democrats.
When he can sort his way
through some of his other
multitudinous duties, includ-
ing his Forthcoming Far
Eastern trip on behalf OF the
administration, the vic e
President plans to invite all
the women appointees to his
office for a conference on
what can be done to find
more top spots for women.
In arguing the cause of
women in the administration
the Vice President can point
out that he practices what
he breaches.
Newswoman Elizabeth Car
penter, who was named ex-
ecutive assistant to the Vice
President last month, is one
of the key members Of his
staff.
Also to the Vice Presidents
credit. say his admirers. is
the fact that the Advisory
Committee to the Peace
Corps, of which he is chair
man. has five women among
its 80 members, an unusually
high proportion.
Evening star., 1961-05-07

Close Decision

After the close Truman
Dewey race in 194S there was
a rash Of stories about voters
who went into the polling
booth intending to vote for
Mr.. Dewey but ended up
voting for Mr.. Truman.
The first story of that ma
ture on last falls photo fin
ish race was heard here the
other day, brought by one
of the editors attending
the American Society of
Newspaper Editors meetings.
1t seems the editor and his
wife didn't like either Mr..
Kennedy or Mr.. Nixon, but
felt they should vote.
At breakfast election morn
ing they finally decided.
in the absence of any other
compelling reason, to follow
the editorial guidance Of the
editors paper, and vote for
Mr.. Nixon.
During the drive to the
polling booth the wife had
second thoughts. Il don't
think following the paper is
a sound principle either" she
said flatly. The husband
agreed, so they decided not
to vote for President at all,
but simply for State and To-
cal candidates.
They drove home in 81
lence. AS they entered the
house, the wife said sheep
ishly, Il didn't keep my
word"
Neither did l." said her
husband.
Both had voted for Mr..
Kennedy.
No Solution
Like all other politicians,
/ Democratic Vice Chairman
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Whipper Home Open House Set

services to unwed mothers.
Shelter, medical care, coun-
selling and group instruction
are provided for approx
mately 100 girls each year.
Members of the Wives
Auxiliary Of the Robert T.
Freeman Dental Society and
the Whipper Home Volunteers
will serve as hostesses, with
Mrs. Grace Dupree acting as
hostess chairman.
Evening star., 1961-05-07

Mrs. Nina Trevvett. execu-
tive director Of the Commits
sioners' Youth Council. will
be the guest speaker today
at the annual open house
of the Ionia R. Whipper
Home at 2501 Twentieth
street NE.
Scheduled from 3 to 5 pm,
the open house will mark the
30th year Of Whipper Home
Evening star., 1961-05-07

Regular Luncheon
The Capitol Hill Club will
hold its regular. women's
luncheon at 1890 pm. Tues
day. Wives Of new Congress-
men who will be honored at
the event are Mrs. Paul
Findley. Mrs. Ralph F. Beer
mann, Mrs. David T. Martin,
and Mrs. James F. Battin.
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TUESDAY ~
Evening, Cont.
$50 @ DoBIE cILLIs.

Comedy. Pvt. Krebs bob DenVeL is
court-martiaIed for refusing to shave off
his beard. Dwayne Hickman stars.