davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Senate Democrats Await Caucus

did not want what they re-
garded as Executive intru-
sion into Senate affairs. His
proposal that Mr.. johnson
should be invited to preside
over Democratic caucuSes was
so Objectionable he had to
accept q compromise which
provided that the Vice PreSi-
dent might attend and that
anyone present might be
invited to preside.
A dauntless II voted against
the compromise and m O ny
others said privately that they
would have done so except
they did not want to make
any display Of discord before
the new President could even
be inaugurated.
Senator Mansfield Is able,
experienced and well liked.
He is also sensitive to people
and political currents as a
rule. It sc m s the more
strange that he does not rec
ognize the pattern which is
forming in the group he leads.
Republicans find 1t all very
interesting and are not dis
posed to be particularly tact
full about it. A speech by
Senator Fong Of H rail-.
deeply critical Of what seems
to him Democratic inaction,
has been put in the Congress
sional Record, with words Of
high praise from Senator
Bush Of Connecticut. The
honeymoon Is clearly over on
the minority side.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
DORIS FLEEsON

The Senate Democratic
majority will hold its first
caucus on the Kennedy pro-
gram next Monday with Vice
President johnson presiding
by invitation Of Majority
Leader Mansfield. The pros
pect Is that some influential
absentees will signal the
groups inner discomfort and
disharmony which are o po-
tential threat to the sue
cess Of the program.
The Southern wing, op-
posed to so much Of 1t. Is
presently in the position Of
the squeaky wheel which gets
the most patronage grease.
With blithe unconcern for
issues. 1t has with hard
acumen aggressively pressed
the White House for ap-
pointments, led by the Vice
President. himself.
The party liberals like the
program. many Of them be-
fore the President moved to
the fore, but have been ig-
nored by him to the point
where they are today some
thing less than the militant
shock absorbers which may
be vital in the clinches.
The need for cloakroom
commandos on tough issues
is an old story. The late
Fiorello LAGuardia once put
it that he could always use
Evening star., 1961-02-24
U.s.. Ransom for RB-47 Flyers?

The only American COM
pany with O. certificate to
fly to Moscow direct is Pan
American Airways. which OBJ
tanned this back in 1947.
Doubtless, there would be
plenty Of American pas
Sengers nowadays desirouS Of
flying directly to the Soviet
Union, but the big question
is what the Russians will per-
NIT in the way Of passengers
or cargo for the return
flights, especially since there
is q curious policy Of limita-
ton on the travel Of Rus
sian citizens out Of the Soviet
Union.
The subject has been Of
such Importance right along
to the Soviets that they
brought it up first at the
summit" meeting at Geneva
in 1855. Then in the u. S.
Soviet agreement on cultural
exchanges in 1858, there was
q reference to the desirability
of q bilateral air agreement.
ARRANGEMENTS for the dis
cuSsion looking toward the
signing Of such an agree
ment were made early in
1860. The talks were to have
taken place in Washington
last July. One man who was
conversant with the situa-
ton then says: "The Rus
SLAMS were practically at the
airport when we cancelled
the meeting"
It is conceded that the re-
lease Of the RB-47 flyers has
to use President Kennedy'S
words-"removed o serious
obstacle in the way Of peace
full relations between the
Soviet Union and the United
States" But it will be won
dered why, when the Sow
lets commit an inhumane
act and violate the rules Of
international law, it then
becomes incumbent on the
United States-the victim Of
the attack-to make con-
cessions to the aggressor.
This will hardly be con-
Strued abroad as a sign Of
American resolutenesS. and
could easily be miSinterpreted
by the Russians as Q meas.
ure Of American weakness.
(copyright, 19eD
Evening star., 1961-02-24
RALPH McGILL
The Ex-Droqon Strikes Back

being violated. The phrase
forced segregation" Is q
part Of the deception Of
those sincere persons who do
not like the school decision
and who seek a way out. It
is. by its very phrasing, an
Indictment to defiance of
courts and processes Of law.
Thoughtful persons, who
may not like the school
decision, but who put their
country and its welfare first,
will not fail to see how the
worst elements of anti-semi-
ticism and other unwhole-
some attitudes are drawn
like magnets to those who
encourage defiance Of Fed
eral law. They sense a kinship
which they believe they can
join.
Mr.. Hendrix knows this.
One would assume it would
be difficult to deceive him.
After Is years in the inner
most circles Of khan work and
thought he ought to know.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
KIon Chief Who Quit Over Violence
Cites Misconceptions on Segregation

would pay off. My statement
was merely the facts and the
truth. Integration is now the
law Of the land and a person
can stop 1t only by violating
the law. I take note that since
I first wrote, the entire
political conglomeration Of
Georgia has passed local op-
ton laws. These bills will be
knocked out by the courts.
The truth is a person can
maintain segregation only by
moving to q section where
there are no Negroes this
Is not against the law.
80 far as their grand
dragons are concerned, they
have about so that I know Of.
We used to give out badges
to grand dragons to keep
them from organizing each
other. I have q letter from
their Imperial Wizard, writ
ten q couple Of years back,
in which he wanted to come
in with US because he liked
our system better. We told
him to organize and If they
measured up we'd work with
them. There are now
some eight khan groups in
Atlanta and Georgia and
they are keeping busy fight
ing one another. ! personally
rate the United States Klan
at the bottom Of the heap.
II still say I am for segre-
cation. But I also am for law
and order and until the
courts or the Congress
change the present law then
integration will be the law Of
the land. No State has the
right to violate Federal law"
Mr.. Hendrix says 1t well
and plainly. There is no
forced integration. The same
laws apply equally to each Of
the fifty States. Orders to
admit qualified pupils come
from courts. They are a part
OF the due process Of law.
They are not punitive. They
are never issued unless, as
the ex-Grand Dragon Of the
Florida Klans says, a law is
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Southern-Northern BIoc's Conversion
Or Defeat Held Key to PToqrom

munities refusing to deSegre-
gate.
8. Many spokesmen for
church and private schools,
notably Catholic dignitaries,
are profoundly opposed to
any bill granting benefits to
public schools and excluding
the parochial and private
schools. But this Is exactly
what the Kennedy bill would
do. And the fact that the
President is himself q Cath
olic is q delicate added human
factor.
(The congressional Repub-
licans are sharply divided.
On the whole, however. they
will not be anxious to assist
any Operation K enne dy-
Ribicoff here.)
How, then, does Secretary
Ribicoff propose to take up
arms In this sea of troubles?
Those who talk to him find
him in that curiously blended
mood Of worry about and
eagernesS for the combat, of
realism and high hope, which
Seizes any good politician
when the vital action i'm
pepdS.
His greatest asset is his
simplest. Mr.. Ribicoff is the
ablest professional politician
within the administration,
excepting the President, him.
self. His years in Congress
and later as Governor Of
Connecticut give one assur-
ance to the White House at
any rate. In Mr.. Ribicoff the
President has sent for a man,
and not a boy, for this job.
Thus armed with high po-
litical savvy, Secretary Ribi-
coff's battle plan follows ma
turally. He has selected the
Southerners as his targets Of
maximum opportunity. He
has stoutly refused to see ed
ucation aid made the carry
Evening star., 1961-02-24
WILLIAM S. WHITE
Battle Objective on Education Aid

all for segregation. Let aid
60 forward on its own merits,
he says. Let segregation be
fought out where it belongs,
in the courts and by admins
trative actions separate from
the education bill.
Too, he tells the South
erners-and rightly-that the
principle Of States Rights is
not absent from the admins
tration's bill. For, he points
out, each individual State
would in itself decide how
much, if any, Federal money
would go to teachers pay
and how much to school con-
struction. Finally, he tells
the Southerners that their
States would draw larger Fed
eral aid - because on the
whole they are poorer-than
would the States Of the North.
Now if Mr.. Ribicoff can
carry the South he will win.
Of he can't, all bets are off,
anyhow For given heavy
Southern backing in Con-
gresS-where he is well-liked
because he is no South-hater
he can simply say to the
Northern extremists that If
they really want aid to edu-
cation, they will forget their
segregation riders.
True, the objections Of re-
ligious groups would no doubt
remain. They could hardly
be decisive. however, in these
circumstances.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
POTOMAC FEVER
By Pete Wyms
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

White House servants sign papers, agreeing not to sell
their memoirs The Kennedys want mad to the pub
fishers After all. there be enough competition between
Jack and Bobby
The New Frontier won't reveal Defense Boss McNamaras
study Of missiles Reason If there aren't many missiles
they don't want to tip off the Russians If there lots
they don't want to tip off the Republicans.
Switzerland mixes Earl Smith of Palm Beach AmbasSa
dor. State Department ode: Jack had neghbor named
Smith, proper export to the Swiss He from Palm
Beach, good manners and speech but Smith found the Swiss
his abyss"
Graduate school, The place where young scholar
off his dads payroll-and on to his wife's.
Evening star., 1961-02-24

The, great battle Of the
year for the Kennedy admin
iStration Is about to open over
Federal aid to education.
The central problem Of the
President and of Secretary Of
Health, Education and Wei
fare Abraham Ribicoff can be
put In a short, ironical SEN
tence. But it will require q
long lot Of doing to overcome.
They have got either to
convert or to defeat, head-on.
the very same. two oddly
mixed groups-the conServa-
tive South and the great
pockets Of extreme liberalism
in the North-which elected
Mr.. Kennedy In the first
place.
II they can do neither
convert nor defeat-then
they will have to surrender.
They will have to accept an
education plan running far
short Of what they want-or
nothing at all.
And, for good measure,
there Is yet another compli-
cation, that Of religious diff
ferenceS.
On the surface, the big
issue would seem to be the
money involved In the Presi-
dents program-$5.6 billions
over several years. But on
the inside, the difficulties are
far more complicated than
money. They come to these:
/. Many c on greSSion nal
Southerners who loyalty sup
ported the Kennedy johnson
ticket want Federal assist
ance to the States to stop
at school construction. The
administration wants to in
clude aid for teacher salaries.
2. Many Northern Demo-
cratic liberals want school aid
Amy kind Of school aid-to
be denied to Southern com.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
RALPH McGJLL

Some weeks ago Bill Hen
dirk, a veteran Of at least q
quarter-century aS a major
and active leader and organ
izer in the South's revival Of
the Ku Klux Klan. publicly
resigned as Grand Dragon in
Florida. He said he did so be-
cause he could not "go along"
with the membership which
was, he said, being led by
men who planned and con-
doned bombings Of churches
and schools, and other vio-
lence as well.
A comment here on this
fortnight and frankly stated
decision, brought q letter
from Mr.. Hendrix. It was
published and q second has
now been received from him
at Oldsmar, Fla. He there
bases, as I learn from his
letterhead, THE National Sc
cret Agency" I have never
met Mr.. Hendrix, but in the
old days, as we say, he was
a frequent and severe critic.
I confess to an interest in
being what might be called
a pen-pal with the ex-dragon,
especially since one may so
sincerely admire the forth
rightness Of his resignation
and the motivations for 1t.
He writes:
Since you mentioned me
in your column I have really
received letters from all over
the Nation. The United States
Klans must be badly misin-
formed because the letters I
receive from their so-called
members are really stupid.
These fellows are not really
Klan members. They are q
combination Of what the
klan should not be. They
paid $40 to act big and know
nothing.
II have been accused by
some Of them Of selling out
to the NAACP. the Jews, the
Communists and selling out
to you. Fact is, I don't know
what I had to sell and II you
or any OF those groups owe
me anything I wish they
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Resumption of Talks on Moscow-N. Y.
Air Service Believed Concession to Reds

sent by airlineS Of other
countries from New York to
European cities, whence they
are flown to Moscow, run the
risk Of being intercepted on
the way. A direct line Is
much safer.
The Russians have been
more eager to see the air
link set up than has the
United States. They have
been pressing for it during
the last several years, and,
Notwithstanding the U-2
incident and the collapse Of
the summit" conference at
Paris last May, the prelimin-
airy discussions by the Soviets
for negotiations to set UP the
new airline were continued.
What President Eisenhower
did, in suspending all negoti-
'ations when the RB-47 flyers
were shot down, surprised the
Russians, for they thought
the way had been paved for
an early agreement.
Asked this week about the
status of the negotiations,
one aviation official said:
1.-The main basis for not
negotiating now has been
removed. The whole question
is getting q new look on both
sides"
Naturally, American Off
cials do not care to discuss
in what way the release Of the
RB-47 flyers contributed to
the resumption Of the negoti-
ationS. The American people
probably viii never know the
whole story. For this is the
kind Of thing that usually is
not put into writing. In fact,
q hint that the Moscow-to-
New York airline might be
established could have been
given in one conversation
between American and Rus
sian diplomats, and arrange
ments for release Of the RIB
~ flyers could have been dis
cuSsed on o separate occasion.
This may have been done so
as to make it possible for
both sides to deny publicly
that any ransom" or Quid
pro quo was involved.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
DAVID LAWRENCE

Did the United States pay
q ransom" for the release
Of the two survivors Of the
RB-47 which was shot down
over international waters by
Russian airmen?
This question, which mem
bers of Congress started ask
ing four weeks ago, now may
be answered circumstantially
by the news that the United
States has agreed to resume
negotiations with the Soviet
government for the establish
ment Of q MoScow-to-New
York commercial air service
These negotiations were
suspended by President Eisen-
hover last July when the
Moscow government i'm
prisoned the two American
fliers and refused to allow
them even to be interviewed
by American embassy Off
cialS.
The order to resume nego-
tiations for the MoScow-to-
New York flights is said to
have come from President
Kennedy himself direct to the
Civil Aeronautics Board q few
days ago. Some members OF
Congress who heard about 1t
were surprised and inquired
at the State Department. only
to be told at first that Off
cials there knew nothing
about 1t.
The facts, however, are
leaking opt. It develops that
the Communist regime Is
very anxious to have direct
access by air to New York
City. This means that mail
pouches from the Russian
embassy and the Russian
Headquarters in New York at
the United Nations can be
transported by Jet airplane
direct to Moscow In q few
hours. Obviously, too, II the
Russian spy system uncoverS
anything Of vital importance
on the military side, the In
formation can be conveyed
the same day to the Kremlin
and the military staff there.
Confidential communications
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Cookie Distribution

Two young representatives Of
the Washington's area Girl
Scouts and Brownies will pre-
sent cookies to the patients OF
Children's Hospital at 2 pm.
Wednesday. The presentation
of the cookies to the hospital
is being made prior to the an
nual Girl Scout Cookie Sale,
to begin March 8.
NF|n
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-21
GrisSOm to Take a Rest

GRAND BAHAMA Island R - Smiling and seemingly relaxed astronaut Virgil Grissom arrived on this island today for 48 hours of rest after his space flight.
 He stepped down from an orange and silver plane to be greeted by James T. Webb. Ad- ministrator of the National Space Agency.
 Noting that Grissom rode in the co-pilot's seat of the plane that brought him from the air craft carrier Randolph, Webb re- marked:
 q see you are not tired of flying"
 Mot bit," Grissom replied.
 Girssom, wearing an orange flying suit and silver boots, rode to the hospital about mile away where he had to take medical ex- aminations and start giving his full report on the flight.
 Jimmy Edwards, son of Herk Edwards, is home for a short va cation with his two children from Grand Bahama, Florida.
 Jimmy is meteorology super intendent for Pan American Air ways at this site which is the first of the missile tracking sites south of Cape Canaveral. Pan American Airways has the con- tract for the weather stations in connection with the operation of guided missiles fired from Cape Canaveral.
 He plans to start on his return to Florida tomorrow.
 Grand Bahama is the island where astronaut Virgil Grissom was landed today after his return from space flight today
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-21
US. Achieves Second Sub-Orbital Flight . :. Crissom Plucked from Sea

launch area which prevented camera tracking of the Redstone rocket during powered flight.
 Calling on his many years of experience as a combat and test pilot, Grissom performed a va riety of tasks on the pulSe-pound- ing flight.
 For brief periods, he controlled the two-ton space ship by switch ing it's roll, pitch and yaw. Throughout the flight Grissona, of Mitchell, Ind, radioed assur- ances that his condition was good and that all capsule systems per formed normally.
 l9-Inch Picture Window
 Through his 19-inch picture window, he reported seeing the East Coast of the United States but was unable to identify land marks because of the bright sun.
 s h Ou Ii ng encouragement to Grissom from the ground was the astronaut who preceded him to the threshold of infinity Alan B. Shepard was at the vital capsule communicator post in the control tower.
 The two fellow astronauts main tained almost constant voice com munication throughout the flight
 The success gives the United States two spacemen to the So. viet Unions one. Both Grisson and Shepard gained valuable ex perience for later orbital mis sions feat already accom- plished by Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union. Gagarin circled the globe once at a maximum alti- tude of 187 miles at speed of more than 17,000 miles an hour last April 12.
 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration hopes to orbit an American late this year or early in 1862
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-21
RENEE GUERIN INVITED TO PERFORM TANANA FAIR

JUNEAU R - Gov. Egan's of flee said today Renee Guerin, a Juneau-born singing star now on Broadway, had been invited to be featured performer at the Panama Valley Fair in Fairbanks Aug. 10-13.
 Egan's office said Miss Guerin was invited to return to her home state as a star performer after Kent Brandley, fair association manager, had asked the states help in obtaining some star for the fair.
 Miss Guerin is currently under study to Mary Martin in the hit Broadway show Sound of Music"
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-21
Buffalo Hunt In
 Delta Junction Area Will Not Be Cancelled

JUNEAU lR - The state is de- finitely going ahead with plans for a controlled hunt of buffalo in the Delta Junction area this fall, Director Jim Brooks of the Division of Game said yesterday.
 There is no reason to cancel the hunt" Brooks said.
 Residents of the Delta Junction area sent petition to Gov. Egan last week asking that the state call off plans for the bison hunt. The petition contained 300 sig natures.
 Actually, the number of ami mals we plan to take, 50, is few CT than the number of calves born in the herd this spring." Brooks said. tso the harvest won't even mean reduction in the herd"
 The buffalo herd has been esti- mater at $50 animals.
 Brooks said more than 50 calves were counted alone this  spring in the portion of the herd which ranges along the Delta River.
 Calves in other sections of the herd, in the Gerstle River and Healy Lake areas, were not count ed, the states game chief said.
 More than 5000 applications were filed for a drawing held today at Delta Junction to deter mine the winners of the 50 buff falo permits. ''We consider the large number of applications filed as public ac- ceptance of our decision to man. age the buffalo as a game animal Brooks said.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-21
French Smash Into Embattled BiZerte

TUNIS LR - Tunisian govern ment officials reported that a massive French assault smashed into embattled Bizerte tonight by land, sea and air.
 The officials and witnesses near the scene said knots of Tunisian infantrymen were shooting in the hearth of the barricaded city, which sits astride the narrow channel leading to the Bay of Bizerte
 French paratroopers, backed by tanks, were said to be approach ing the central square of Bizerte while launches from three war ships disembarked French troops inside the bay.
 The reported new fighting came after a hull following a French drive which pushed Tunisian forces back from the besieged naval base.
 President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia called for foreign volun- teers to step up his undeclared war against France. He ordered seizure of French oil pipeline in south ern Tunisia.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-21
SelectiVe Service
 Orders Pool of Men Increased to 100000

WASHINGTON R - SelectiVe Service officials have ordered the pool of men available for draft ing increased to 100000 but the Army has not requested any boost in the number actually to be drafted.
 Several states have reported they are enlarging their pools of available men - ordering them to report for examination - but Selective Service spokesman said today the August draft quota had not been changed from the 5000 announced.
 The spokesman said there is mo direct relationship" between the order increasing the pool and the Berlin crisis.
 "There is no significance to the increase he said. He added that the latest check showed about 10000 men in the available pool.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-21
HOFFA'S DAUGHTER TO WED COMPANY MAN

DETROIT R-The daughter of James R. Hoffa will marry management man in October.
 Pretty, green-eyed Barbara Hof- ia, 23, is bethrothed to Robert E. Crancer, "A, son of president Les Crancer of the Valley Steel Co. of St. Louis after a speedy court ship. They met three weeks ago at the Teamsters convention in Miami Beach, Fla.
 Robert is manager of his fathers Dallas, Tex, plant. Barbara, an Albion, Mich. college graduate, has taught in junior high school in Detroit.
 My father hasn't leased me about choosing a company man, but Robert has," Barbara said.