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Evening star., 1961-04-23

to project their probable reac-
tionS. Furthermore twice the num-
ber Of recruits needed for each
project will be taken into initial
training and only the best will
be sent.
The Corps has already moved
toward the creation of a camp in
Puerto Rico that will initiate the
English outward Bound Schools"
a wartime technique to give men
physical and internal stamina
after 26 days of training. This
camp, to open on September Is,
will provide broad range of con-
centrated activities from calls
themes to jungle survival to COM
munity Improvement projects. Its
basic purpose is to stimulate the
qualities Of self-reliance, adapt
ability, initiative, and personal
inspiration.
Keeps Program Fluid
Mr.. Shriver is rejecting bureau
cratic pressures to proceed to an
early formaliZation of his pro-
gram. He wants to keep it fluid
long enough to evoke every pos
sible suggestion from the univer-
sites and private agencies desir-
ing to participate and to have the
opportunity to choose, when his
initial program is finally drafted
for presentation to Congress, be-
tween as many good ideas as pos
sible.
The Corps, it is plain already, is
going to have many problems. How
do you handle sleeping sickness in
Tanganyika? What do you say
to the friendly That's who press
their daughters upon the Ameri-
cans who settle in their villages?
How do you determine living
standard that are possible for the
Americans and still typical of the
various regions?
Evening star., 1961-04-23

pete in world markets. The reason:
Japan and certain West European
countries have substantially mod
ernized their plants since the end
of World War II.
To bring American prices down
and productivity up, more modern
plants, with labor saving, auto
mated devices are needed. BY pro-
viding tax credits, the administra-
ton would give substantial en-
couragement to an early solution
to this problem.
But Mr.. Kennedy is seeking to
do more than cut down the bal
ance-of of-payments deficit. He be-
lieves his plan will promote an
increase in our rate of economic
growth and provide rising num-
ber Of jobs.
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so in 1925 and was graduated the
next year with honorS. In the
process he was elected to the
scholastic "Order Of the Golf"
Again he taught at Leland but
soon went to Arkansas AMSSN
College at Pine Bluff where he
became dean and professor of
English and international rela-
tions.
He was on his way.
But something interfered with
his rapid rise as an educator. 1t
was his love of the law. In 1880
he said goodbye to friends in
Arkansas and Joined two friends
in forming a law partnership.
They established their head
quarters in Houston, Tex, a move
he was to never regret.
Why?
Because in the next few years,
James Madison Nabrit, jr., was to
figure prominently in court deci-
sions which would give a new
meaning to the Constitution of
the United States.
Since then, he has either argued
or participated in the preparation
OF briefs on nearly every significant
case involving civil rights. Among
them have been Gaines V. Mis-
souri,, McLaurin V. Oklahoma.
Sweat v. Painter, all involving
the right of Negroes to enter State
universities; Terry V. Adams, a
white primary case; Lane V.
Wilson, voter registration, and
Boiling V. Sharpe, public school
segregation. The letter was a sig
nificant preliminary to the history
Supreme Court decision of 1854,
and was hailed in law circles as
a major legal achievement"
BoundIess Energy
That DR.. Nabrit was able to take
such an active role in legal work
regardless Of its nature-Was, in
itself, an achievement, but his
energy was boundlesS. In 1896 he
had joined the faculty of Howard
University's law school and already
was working a full professors
schedule. 1t also was at Howard
that he instituted the first formal
law school course in civil rights
legislation
In his "a years with the law
school the eventually became
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But beneath this caution the
fact is that the Peace Corps is off
to a highly promising start in
which the major fears of the
early days have failed to materi-
alize. The worst Of these was that
foreign nations, perhaps fearful
that the Peace Corps would be
no more than a front for United
States intelligence, would shrink
from its potential for assistance.
But the reaction has been
quite the contrary and the most
significant aspect of the heavy
volume Of foreign invitations has
been the interest of neutral coun-
tries like India and Burma. The
Burmese shrank even from the
ministrations of the United States
aid program but they have urged
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For one major part of the Ken
nedy tax package there probably
will be little opposition-save from
the less enlightened elements of
Big Labor
This is the plan to grant credits
OF some SIT billion to businesses
that modernize their plants and
production machinery.
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The National Scene

up collections on dividends and
interest.
Il think it will be a hard fight,
because the plan was intended
to secure as much revenue as may
have been lost because of the tax
credit plan and, of course, those
people are going to object-the
expense accounts and the dividend
credits and so on. :"
Thus. did the President frankly
estimate the outlook in Congress
for his long awaited special mes
sage on taxes and its recommended
innovations. Few observers would
argue with his conclusion, stated
at news conference on Friday.
Evening star., 1961-04-23
Ford's Advice

Meanwhile, as the first phase
of the Senate Antitrust Subcom-
mittee's inquiry into the electrical
industry price-fixing scandal came
to a close, American business was
given Dutch uncle" lecture by
one of its leading figures-Henry
Ford I'd.
Rejecting the idea that it is
not wise for business to wash It's
dirty linen in public" Mr.. Ford
told corporation executives to
keep their own houses in order
lest the job be put in less friendly
hands.
Evening star., 1961-04-23
On Competition

Mr.. Kennedy and his economic
advisers are convinced that one of
the key causes Of our balance-of
international-payments deficit lies
in the fact that some American in
dustrial firms can no longer COM
Evening star., 1961-04-23

he was one for many years-a
fitting recognition by Howard of
ficials Of the crucial role teachers
must play in the future develop
ment of the university. One Of
his first acts was to order every
department head-if practical
to teach at least one class.
only in that way can you re-
main in touch with the educa-
tional pulse" he told them.
DR.. Nabrit'S inauguration will
mark a milestone in an eventful
career. but to him achievement is
nothing new.
AS lawyer he pioneered in
civil rights jurisprudence.
AS an educator he installed the
first formal course in civil rights
legislation in an American school.
AS a responsible and respected
citizen he sat with President
Eisenhower's select committee on
equal job opportunities.
And as a servant of his Nation.
he has acted as an American
representative at International
labor parleys.
Born in Atlanta, on Septem-
ber 4, 1860, he is the son and the
Oldest Of eight children Of the late
Rev. James Madison Nabrit, a
Baptist minister who served Geor-
gia pastorates in Augusta, Ameri-
Gus, Macon and Atlanta, and in
Memphis and Nashville. Tenn. At
one time, the father served as
president Of the American Baptist
Seminary in Nashville.
Wos on Athlete, Too
After graduating from high
school, the younger Nabrit entered
Morehouse College in Atlanta
where he followed in his fathers
footsteps as an outstanding
scholar and athlete. His special
ties were football, baseball and
debating, and in 1928 he was
graduated with honors.
DR.. Nabrit then enrolled at
Northwestern University's Law
School, but his marriage to Norma
Walton Of Jacksonville, Fla, ad-
mittedly strapped my finances"
so he had to withdraw.
Undaunted, he taught English
at Leland College, Baker, La.
until he could save enough money
to return to Northwestern. He did
Evening star., 1961-04-23

Isaac Franck is executive di-
rector of the Jewish Community
Council of Greater Washington.
In a recent speech to the Dele
gates Assembly of the Council
he summarized the case for the
Eichmann trial. A partial text,
including the main points of his
argument, is given here.
Evening star., 1961-04-23
Taxes:
New Message

President Kennedy on Thurs
day sent Congress his promised
tax-incentive plan for capital
expenditures by business and
recommendations for tightening
Evening star., 1961-04-23
Howord's New President Is a ReoIist

dean, post he held when he was
named last summer to be presi~
denb DR.. Nabrit developed a Syl-
labus from which a number of Law
courses-include civil rights-are
patterned in other American uni.
versities.
But he also is noted admins
traitor, despite his modesty.
In 1888, two years after he
arrived, he was named DR.. john
sons administrative assistant. A
year later he was made university
secretary. In 1910 he was ap-
pointed director of public rela-
tions, a position he held, with one
brief respite, until 1858. That year
he was named dean of the Law
School.
Yet he was active elsewhere,
too.
During World War II he was a
member of the District Selective
Service Board, and in 1854 he
served as legal adviser to the Gov
eminent of the Virgin Islands dur
ing reorganization of the islands
executive branch. He was a dele
gate to the International Labor
Conference in Geneva in both
1859 and 1860, and he still is a
member of the Presidents Com
mittee on Government Contracts,
He has served there since 1854.
His honors are many. Among
them are Omega Psi Phi fratern-
ityS Achievement Award and
Man of the Year" citation, both
in 1854; Actors Guild of America
Award, 1854; honorary degree of
doctor of Jaws, Morehouse COL
lege, 1855; the District Federation
Of Civil Associations Award, 1856,
and the RusSwurm Award of the
National Newspaper Publishers
Association, 1861.
Brother College Head
Despite these achievements,
DR.. Nabrit was not the first
member of his family to become
a college president. That honor
goes to his brother Samuel, who
has hea ded Texas Southern
University at Houston since
1855. The latter will be present
at Wednesdays ceremony. An
other Nabrit brother, Henry is
pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Memphis. All are
Morehouse graduates. The other
five children we're girls, four OF
whom are living. Two are teach
ers, one is a social worker and
the other is a businessWoman.
DR.. and Mrs. Nabrit have one
son, James M. Nabrit III. A
graduate of Bates College and
Yale University Law School, he
is a member of the legal staff
Of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People in New York City.
1t Is q gigantic task winch Dr.
Nabrit faces at Howard.
In his efforts to make the
university a leading national
institution, he is a man with a
grand dream and a curious
problem. one observer said. His
dream is developing Howard.
His problem is the raising OF
academic standards while keep
ing the door open to an increaS-
ing number of applicants from
Southern States who have been
handicapped by poor academic
preparation.
Somehow, it is believed. DR..
Nabrit will find the answers.
Hes the kind of man who
does" the observer explained.
The esteem in which many
educators hold him should at
least give him encouragement.
Among those present at the
Wednesday ceremony will be the
presidents of So colleges and
universities, some of them from
as far away as Illinois and Ar
kansas. Included will be the
heads Of all universities in the
Washington area.
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Continued From Page B-1
turns to the political wars, he on-
served that the American people
do not want economic measures
"aS far to the left" as those Of
the New Frontier.
Evening star., 1961-04-23
A PORTRAIT OF DR.. NABRIT
BY JOHN ROSSON
Star staff Writer

Pretty soon the colleges and
universities will be asked to teach
pig latin Just because some stu
dent decides he'd like to take it,
the educator said.
But I will tell you this. From
now on, if Johnny wants to go to
college he'll have to choose from
the subjects already being taught.
American colleges and universities
have been fitting the program to
the student instead of fitting the
student to the program.
THE result" he continued, has
been the sad production-through
lack of academic discipline-of a
large number of students who
know little about a lot of things
and nothing much about any one
thing"
This has got to end, and I
think the colleges are ending it"
The speaker, somewhat disap-
pointed but not in the least
harried by such staggering educa-
tional problems in this go-to-
college era, was DR.. James M.
Nabrit. jr., new president of
Howard University.
"Pampered students, some of
them too stupid or just too lazy
to want to do anything but take
snap course" are hampering
educational progress at many an
American university, DR.. Nabrit
declared. But to him they are
Just one of the many problems
he will have to cope with from
now on.
DR.. Nabrit. whose energy and
drive belle his so years, will be-
come Howard's president officially
at a big inauguration ceremony
Wednesday morning. Some 10000
students and educators are to be
on hand at 10 o'clock in Cramton
Auditorium.
Already Acting os President
From that moment on, the
problems at Howard, as well as
those Of American education in
general, will be his officially. In
a way they are already. DR..
Nabrit has actively served as
president since last July when DR..
Mordecai w. johnson retired.
What is DR.. Nabrit like? What
is the impression now that he has
had a chance to show his policies
and talents in administering the
largest predominantly Negro uni
versity in the country?
Asked for an evaluation Of his
new boss. a leading Howard
spokesman put it this way:
If anyone can solve our prob
lens here it is DR.. Nabrit
While he is strict. he is not
unbending. While he's a perfec-
zionist, he is also a realist, and
while he's determined, he is soft
spoken, almost gentle. He also is
a lively personality and not at all
bookiSh.
And to top it off, he's a law
yer and has an orderly mind; he's
an educator and has the ability to
dream, and in one sense he's a
preacher and believes that success
is inevitable If one will only work"
1t is all these things, perhaps,
that makes Dr. Nabrit decry the
fact that American education has
become so general"
I'VE cannot teach students ev-
erything, nor can we teach them
everything about any one thing"
he said. 80 we must give them the
tools and the interest and they
will do the work themselves. If
they're interested they'll learn pig
latin on their own"
importance of Teachers
DR.. Nabrit also is modest. On
assuming the presidency last sum-
mer he told reporters that Il may
not be a good administrator, but
I think 1 am a good teacher" He
considers the selection Of a teacher
Evening star., 1961-04-23
BY CHARLES BARTLETT
Contributing Writer

Real innovations in govern
ment are few and the Peace Corps
pioneers are riding the crest of
the enthusiasm and watching
warily for the storms which in
evitably attend such an effort.
The Peace Corps is in fact the
first significant new project with
major public interest in govern
ment since the European Recov-
cry Program began in 1948. BY
coincidence the Corps is moving
into the same offices which Paul
Hoffman and his ERP aides oc-
cupied 13 years ago and the at
mosphere of bustling enthusiasm
and high hopes is reminiscent.
Peace Corps Administrator
Sargent Shriver is an innately
buoyant personality and one Of
the qualifications which he brings
to his role is a talent of lively
salesmanship. But he is temper
ing these talents in a cautious
approach to the task ahead to
avoid being type-cast on the
Washington stage as one of those
fuzzy minded do-gooders, one Of
the bubbling enthusiasts for a
better life.
A Promising Stort
He is seeking also TO avoid the
recruitment of such personalities
in the framework Of his organi-
zation and tapping the coolest and
toughest minds he can find. He
is zealously seeking out his critics
and listening to their fears and
suggestions. He knows he is
launching a movement which
would be crushed through a bad
misstep and is highly mindful of
the necessary defensive measures.
Evening star., 1961-04-23
importance of Teachers

DR.. Nabrit also is modest. On
assuming the presidency last sum-
mer he told reporters that Il may
not be good administrator, but
I think I am a good teacher" He
considers the selection Of a teacher
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1961-02-24
Eins+ein's Views
Expressed In
New Volume
Rv BORIS SINCLAIR

EINSTEIN'S VIEWS: Professor
Einstein's views on Israel, and the
Arab-Israel problem, as related by
him in correspondence with Zionist
leaders and with an important In
dian personality with whom he fire.
quently corresponded on world af-
fairs, are presented in "Einstein
on Peace" book just published
by Simon & Schuster T.. The 700
page volumn is a collection of Prof.
Einstein's writings on war, peace
and the atom bomb, including
many personal letters, edited by
Otto Nathan and Heinz Norden,
and prefaced by Bertram Russell
For the first time, it is re-
vealed in the book that Einstein
despised former Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles :. "This man
Dulles" he wrote to his Indian
friend in 1855, lis a real misfor-
tune" Among other things,
Prof. Einstein accused Secretary
Dulles in seeking "to win SYM
pathy of the Arab nations by sac
rificing Israeli "As a conse-
quence, tne very existence Oh Is
rael has become seriously imperil-
ed by the armament efforts of her
enemies" he stressed In a
letter to Xvi Lurie, member of the
Jewish Agency executive, P f.
Einstein wrote: eve (the State of
Israeli must adopt a policy of neu-
trality concerning the international
antagonism between East and
West" It establishes that when
he was over 40 and already world
famous, he became convinced that
the survival of the Jews as a rec
ognizable, independent cultural
group depended on the establish
ment of their own national home
land In this belief he never
wavered and was always willing to
lend a helping hand, whenever he
felt it might be useful, the edi-
tors of the book emphasize
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1961-02-24

son, drug store employee who
defied the boycott by sending two
of his six children to the deSegre-
grated school, had been ordered to
vacate his apartment by his land
lady.
:. HE AND HIS family learned what
it meant to face mob hostility and
violence. But he was not altogether
without support. I am glad to say
that, among other evidences of ap-
probation from fe=.ow Americans,
he received this telegram from
Rabbi Joseph P. Glaser of Menlo
Park, California.
"Your stand on school Segrega-
ton hailed here as heroic and high
level. If you need help of any kind
do not hesitate to call collect"
A recent item in the Detroit Jew
ish News reports that Mr.. Thomp-
son has received an out-of-town
transfer from his employer and is
leaving New Orleans with his fam
lily.
And so his part in the drama Of
southern school deSegregation is
over. But its impact on the newt
able denouement the sure
triumph of human dignity over
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1961-02-24

readers.
The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee quizzed Philip M. Klutz-
nick on his appointment as u. S.
Minister to the United Nations
Economic and Social Council (UNE
SCO).
Chief questioner was Senator
Fulbright of Arkansas, chairman
of the committee. He asked whether
or not Klutznick could take an
objective and impartial view" and
If he had prejudice against Arab
countries"
Klutznick replied, according to a
Jewish Telegraphic Agency dis
patch, that he favored assistance
to underdeveloped nations and
would not exclude anyone from
such assistance on a basis of re-
Igion.
Arabs are cousins of the Jews,
he reminded the senator, and he
is ready to work with them toward
peace and mutual understanding.
He said he hoped his service
would demonstrate his just dealing
with Arab nations.
KlutZnick has announced that he
would resign as general chairman
of the United Jewish Appeal and
as chairman of the National Council
and honorary president of B'nai
Birth and would also divest himself
Of his interests in the development
of the city of Ashdod in Israel.
Despite several side remarks by
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1961-02-24
The World Over

bigotry-may prove to have been
as significant as it was heroic.
FOLLOWING UP MY note about
the appearance in English transla-
ton of Andre Schwartz-bart's "The
Last of the JUST, I am very
pleased to report that the novel is
selling very well.
In fact, for the past weeks,
Publishers Weekly has listed it
among the nations top best-sellers.
Since the beginning of February,
it has been third on the list.
This book tells the story of the
Nazi era in an unusual way. Athe-
neum PubliSherS-a new company
is to be congratulated on its sue
cess.
MEDICAL CARE FOR the aged
will be the concern of Congress in
it's present session. Does the nation
al government have a responsibility
for such care? Is the use of the
social security mechanism govern
ment's best tool for this help?
DR.. Abraham J. HeSchel believes
that it is. Speaking for all major
Jewish religious organizations at
the 1861 White House Conference on
Aging, the Jewish Theological
Seminary professor said in addi-
ton:
IA nation should be ready to sell,
if necessary, the treasures from its
art collections and sacred objects
from its houses of worship to help
one sick man.
'Is there anything as holy, as
urgent, as noble, as the effort of
whole nation to provide medical
care for the aged?
"The ancient sages realized that
it was not enough to trust to in
d i v d u benevolence and that
caring for the sick was response
bility of the community"
A BIT OF behind-the-Co Congress
discussion will be of interest to our
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1961-02-24
First Menoroh
Award Given
In Arizona

The first Menorah Award to be
made in Arizona was presented at
Temple Sholom Friday night, Feb.
10, to Denice Gordon, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. David Gordon, 1925
West Meadowbrook. Attending the
services were Boy Scout Troops
from the Jewish Community Center
and North Congregational Church
and members of Girl Scout troop
No. 556.
The Menorah Award is given to a
Girl Scout for achievements in
Jewish life, history, and religion.
The minimum time necessary to
earn such an award is six months.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1961-02-24

the chairman, the members of
Senate Foreign Relations Conn
tee expressed enthusiasm over
Klutznick's capabilities, and
appointment was confirmed.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1961-02-24
Duskin Is CPA

Bernard c. Duskin, 4811 Nc
18th Avenue, son of Mr.. and n
Eric Duskin, recently passed
necessary examinations entitl
him to practice his profession 8
certified public accountant. +
offices are at SO6 North 7th A
nue..
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1961-02-24

was not in it.
P e r h a p S they
were thinking of
the white boy
colt" of desegre-
gated schools and
wondering if their
city had reason to
celebrate at this
time.
Meanwhile. it
was reported that
T0hn M ThOOnn-
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1961-02-24
By DEBORAH JAFFA METZ
(The News OWn ColIImnistl

= TIF INUWN NVN7H N1''''ItEI''E'tI
Rex was "King of the Carnival
and Monarch of Merriment" in
New Orleans, Louisiana, last week.
But the annual Mardi Gras, with
all it's pomp and pageantry, was
reported to have been less joyous
this year than usual.
Perhaps the heart of the people
Evening star., 1961-09-11
Miss Shirley Pittnon
Weds Mr.. Seymour

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Dale
Pittman of this city and De
Leon, Tex, announce the
marriage of their daughter,
Shirley Gail, to Mr.. Samuel
Heath Seymour, son of Mrs.
Marie j. Seymour of Wash
ington, and Mr.. Samuel L.
Seymour of Falls Church,
Va.
The wedding took place
Saturday in st. Thomas
Apostle Church. with the
Rev. John E. Murphy, S.J.,
of Loyola University, officiat-
ing. A reception followed in
the Cotillion Room of the
Sheraton Park Hotel.
Miss Joan Wiley was maid
of honor. Other bridal at
tendantS were Miss Alicia
Moran, Miss Lee Sawyer.
Miss Mary Jane Goodrich, all
of Washington, and Mrs.
Richard Merlo of Norfolk.
Mr.. Richard M. Coleman
was best man. The ushers
were Mr.. Talbot w. Huey,
Mr.. George Duncan, Mr..
Ronald A. Rankin of Bos-
ton, and DR.. John Kilfeather
of Philadelphia.
The bride was graduated
from Holton Arms School,
and from Pennsylvania State
University. She did graduate