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Evening star., 1961-06-12
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

United States prison Bennett blasts violence on Tv
Some OF his fveyear prisoners frightened by the
crime shows they're demanding to be kept in for life
KhruShchev is showing captastc tendencies At Vienna
Kennedy discovers the jolly undertaken regular Scarlet
O'Hara appetite for real estate
In the spirit of sacrifice of the Frontier era one
fellow has given his toes with it,
College glossary: Re-entry problem-How to
get back in the party you've just been thrown out Of
Kennedy reads eight papers every morning In
the old days. Presidents didn't start getting Confusing
advice until after breakfast
Evening star., 1961-06-12

And once such an attack
on the politician is made
anywhere, it spreads immedi-
ately everywhere. He is news.
He early accepts this situa-
tion as one of the unalterable
conditions Of his life, much
as an ordinary citizen looks
upon the burden Of the in
come tax.
Finally, it is a splendid
and wonderful fact that the
columnist has one enormous
advantage over the politi-
clan: He is not running for
anything. So the worst
they" the angry members of
the public, can do to him is
to call him names-which he
may never know about un-
less a particular shot hap
pens to fall in his home ter
rain.
But Mr.. Nixon, for all his
experience at taking it," will
be taking something as a
columnist he never took be-
fore. He will find (and as
a professional columnist I
cannot pretend unhappiness
at this) that people read COL
umns far more carefully on
the whole than they do poll
ticians' speeches.
Not only do they read
them; they remember them
and how they remember
them when a fellow has made
q mistake! Once in q COL
umn about Chancellor Ad-
enauer of West Germany an
intended reference to the old
gentleman as der alte,"
meaning "the old one," some
Evening star., 1961-06-12
WILLIAM S. WHITE
Nixon Faces PeriLs of CoIumnist

how came out as der att
without the "e." I was put
straight about this by letters
to at least Is papers Tin this
case I checked and counted)
and by many, many people
who wrote directly to me,
more in anger than in sor-
row. It SeemS-on the word
Of some who know the Ger
man language well-that the
column had called the Chan
cellor not an "old one," but
rather an alto singer.
And, Richard M. Nixon, you
will find that If readers
stand faithful sentinel over
spelling and diction, this is
nothing to the desperate con-
stancy Of their guard against
any inconsistency in ap-
proach or point of view.
When any politician makes
a policy address he can-and
very often does begin to
bend it a little here and
there in subsequent remarks
to suit to some extent the
developing mood of the
country or simply to take
care of important qualifica-
tionS he forgot in the first
place.
But Dick Nixon, let's face
1t. A column is a very small
and fragile thing. But, once
published, it becomes, in one
sense, engraved in stone.
You can't alter it by a
coma, in the minds of those
who read. And though the
thing surely would not have
been deeply missed if it never
had been printed at all,
once it is printed no one will
fail to hold you 20 every
syllable, even 10 years from
now if you should meet him
in the public streets.
Evening star., 1961-06-12
New-StyIe Latin Revolutions

could develop. 1t was this
growing economic power
which, in time, moved to take
political power from Spain.
The 10th century saw the
colonies of Spain fighting for
independence. Our own
Monroe policy" grew out of
the fear entertained most of
all by Britain. which had
captured most of the trade
that the European powers,
free finally of Napoleon's
threat, would move to assist
Spain in retaking her lost
possessions. France did in
wade Mexico, and held Mexi-
CO City for seven years while
the United States was busy
with civil war.
But as the student of New
World history learns, the in
dependence won from Spain
was largely a transfer Of pow
er from one ruling class to
another. There were magnifi-
cent patriots and fervent be-
levers in democracy among
the leaders who aroused the
colonized people of Central
and South America to break
with Spain. But for the aver
age person there was little
improvement. The new rulers
held, as had Spain, tight
control. A few families or
strong individuals held power.
Revolutions came and
went. Written constitutions
were pledged to democratic
processes. But the average
citizen was not helped.
(There was one exception:
Evening star., 1961-06-12
While Not as Dire as Those of Politics,
Readers Vigilance VIII Be Different

Though Richard Nixon's
decision to become a syndi-
Gated columnist for a while
is by no means the most
dangerous of his life, it may
well give him pause before
he is through with the job.
True enough, the semi
public life of a professional
columnist is incomparably
less h azardous than the
strictly public life of a pro-
fesSional politician. Those
who disagree even in the
most spirited way with the
columnist have compara-
lively few good clear shots
right smack at him.
They can, Of course, always
write to the paper and de-
nounce him in terms Of
earnest anger and honest
malice. But in the simple
mathematics Of the thing
any given shell is likely to
fall a long way from him
geographically. For though
he writes for many papers,
he lives in only one city. And
so his family and friends and
he himself are at any rate
unlikely to read on any given
day Of his infamy by way of
a letter to the editor"
True, too, these communi-
cations at the very worst
usually do not suggest that
the columniSt should simply
be shot, without benefit of
jury trial. Whereas any ma
tional politician, of course,
is at any stated moment be-
ing publicly denounced some
where as a fellow who is Of
fering an impertinence to
mankind by living at all.
Evening star., 1961-06-12

Guilty adding this up to a
Nixon-Brown race and a
hard one to win. Their spirits
are not improved by the re-
cent election of a maverick
Democrat, Sam Yorty, as
Mayor of Los Angeles. Yorty
supported Nixon last fall and
most leading Democrats op-
posed Yorty's candidacy this
year.
Nixon has made his first
move toward another cam
paign against President Ken
nedy by increasingly acid
criticisms of administration
actions. These will be fol-
lowed up with a series of
newspaper articles.
1t was never in the cards
that Nixon would wait
patiently on events; like Vice
President johnson he likes
to keep in motion. He has
been prodded also by various
developments.
One is the apparent inten-
tion Of former President
Eisenhower to make party
pronouncements, an unex-
pected step in the anti-Nixon
activity apparent within the
party. Nixon could cope with
Senator Goldwater as much
too far Right for national
party safety, but Eisenhower
is another story.
Then, too, Nixon's help was
declined in the party's biggest
post-November triumph, the
election of a Republican
Senator from Texas, while
Goldwater's was welcomed.
This was definitely unhelpful
to the Nixon ambitions.
In California, Gov. Brown
Evening star., 1961-06-12
Danger of War Seen in Conferences
Hastily Prepared, Excluding Advisers

cial statements is to claim
that what Mr.. Kennedy said
to Mr.. Khrushchev was not
a negotiation" but a dis
cusSion."
How could Mr.. Kennedy,
with his cursory knowledge
Of the official records of the
State Department, safely
make any statement orally in
talking with Mr.. Khrushchev
without months and months
OF briefing beforehand by
American experts familiar
with Russian affairs?
Even those American ex-
perts now resident in this
country are at a disadvan-
tage. Thus, Mr.. Khrushchev's
problems are not publicized
in the Soviet press. If he is
catering to or defying an op-
position, there is little oppor-
tunity for American observers
to know just what the latest
opposition viewpoint is and
how much influence it hap
pens to have with the Soviet
Premier in shaping his pol
icieS. How many American
officials know intimately the
background of Kremlin policy
over the years or the environ
ment in the Ukraine, for in
stance, which has played such
a controlling part in Mr..
Khrushchev's life and meth
DDS Of operation?
Yet an American President
with no previous experience
at all in international confer
enceS ventures forth to a sum-
init meeting and then pro-
claims to the world afterward
on a Nationwide television
network that mo major deci-
sion was either planned or
TAKEN" In the same address,
moreover, it was revealed
that Mr.. Kennedy delivered
a warning on West Berlin and
said the United States would
take "any risk" to defend our
rights there. Plainly this was
not just a discussion" but a
grave step in international
relations which could mean
war.
Should American Presi-
dents issue in personal con-
versationS-rather than in
writing-warnings that could
involve the country in war?
The Constitution gives only
to Congress the power to de-
clare war. Diplomatic ex-
changes can often bring COM
mitmentS that may provoke
war, and then Congress is
Evening star., 1961-06-12
DAVID LAWRENCE

Did President Kennedy
make a mistake in the tim
ing Of his visit with Nikita
Khrushchev? Should he have
delayed at least a year, and
should he have consented to
a meeting alone for several
hours with the Soviet Pre-
mier at which no steno-
graphic record was made of
what was said? Also, why
didn't Mr.. Kennedy disclose
to the American people the
two documents which the
Soviet government presented
at the Vienna conference
and now is making public
OF its own accord?
These questions are asked
because it is announced that
In a few days the Soviet
Premier is to present a re-
port to the Soviet people
giving his own interpreta-
ton Of the long discussions
at Vienna. Also, it is perti-
nent to inquire why as early
as February % - only a
month after his Inaugural
ton - President Kennedy
sent a letter to Premier
Khrushchev paving the way
for the meeting at Vienna.
At that time Mr.. Kennedy
could not possibly have be-
come familiar with all the
background of previous me-
gotiations as recorded in the
flle of reports from our am
bassadOrs abroad to the State
Department in the last sew
eral years. Nor had he spent
very much time getting at
firsthand Mr.. Eisenhower's
impressions of Nikita Khru-
shchev's tactics. Yet the pre-
ceding President had access
to every bit of information
gathered by intelligence
sources in the last several
years.
Mr.. Kennedy established a
precedent in his long periods
OF conference alone with the
Soviet Premier. Such a con-
ference means lot of risks
for this country. Thus, the
words Of an Ambassador are
constantly subject to review
by his superiors. They can
be disavowed or their mean
ing softened or hardened as
the case may be. When a
President speaks, however,
every word is authoritative
and final. 1t represents a
commitment and is part Of
q historic negotiation, even
though for political or other
reasons the tendency in Off
Evening star., 1961-06-12
Peace Corps Topic
At Suburban Club

Harold H. Flickinger Of the
Peace Corps will address the
Western Sububan Democratic
Club at $3.50 pm. tomorrow at
the Lynbrook Recreation Gen.
ter in Bethesda, Md.
A veteran Of 80 years in the
transportation industry, Mr..
Flickinger will discuss problems
facing the Peace Corps in its
efforts to place members in
some Of the worlds least &C
cesSible areas.
Evening star., 1961-06-12

Wisconsin and Western Branch:
1851 WISCONSIN AVENUE, N. ".
Evening star., 1961-06-12
Nixon for California Governor?

has shown increasing weak
ness, and while he may re-
coup before the critical
months next year, he pres
emily offers a tempting tar
get. The Governor himself
expects Nixon to be his op-
ponent.
Evening star., 1961-06-12

luton Of rising expectations. 1"
1t is this which is at work
in Latin America. (And Afri-
ca.) The old revolutions
didn't change much. The new
ones likely will.
Evening star., 1961-06-30

The termm could be heightened
to 40 years if the FLA COM
missioner felt the buyers in
come was inadequate to make
the payments under a 35-yeal
loan.
The down payment on
SIS, 900 house would be $3.50
Closing costs could be included
in the loan.
Sponsors Of the legislation
believe that the new terms will
fall well short of making ell
gible for homes all Of the II
million families in the $4,000
$4,000 annual income bracket
This is the group at which
the moderate income provision
Evening star., 1961-06-30

under the moderate income
family section.
FHA figures this will cut the
monthly payment on a $4,000
house-the most expensive the
agency will insure under the
new program-from $82.95 to
$74.85. The stretch-out also
would increase the total inter-
est the home buyer would pay
1t is this reduction in mon
thly payments which brought
the rough estimates of eligi-
bility under FHA income rules
for 3 million more families.
The bill would give the mod.
crate income family a 35-yeal
mortgage as a matter of right
Evening star., 1961-06-30

| is aimed, although these limits
are not mentioned specifically
in the bill.
But the sponsors think sew
eral million more may be able
to afford apartments that
could be built with a subsi-
died 3H per cent interest rate
and Government money under
the moderate income program.
Nonprofit organizations, such
as co-operatives and public
agencies other than public
housing authorities, could build
these.
The individual home buyer
above the $4,000 level also will
get easier terms on FILA loans
Evening star., 1961-06-30

nedy said, in effect. that the
housing needs of uper-bracket
families had been met in the
post World War II boom
mostly in new suburban de-
evlopments.
He called for legislation to
aid the IA million families he
said live in substandard and
deteriorating housing. The bill
is pointed toward this.
4O-Year Financing
The chief provision which
will make more families eligible
to buy homes is the extension
of the mortgage term from 80
years to a maximum of 40 years
Evening star., 1961-06-30
Aid to Millions Seen
In New Housing Act

These tentative estimates
came as the Housing and Home
Finance Agency took a close
look at the $5,646, 600, 900
measure sent to President
Kennedy Wednesday.
The White House said there
was a chance the President
may sign the bill today.
In his March housing mes
sage to Congress, Mr.. Ken
Evening star., 1961-06-30
BY the Associated Press

Administration officials esti-
mated today that the new
housing bill could make 8 mil
lion moderate income families
eligible to buy their own
homes.
Other millions may find bet
ter housing in moderate rem
tai apartments under the bills
new programs. ,.s
Evening star., 1961-06-30

under the general insurance
program.
He could obtain a 35-yeaI
mortgage, as compared with the
present 30-year ceiling. and
get an insured loan on a $25, ,00O
home as against the present
He also is given a somewhat
smaller down payment sched-
ule. This works out, for exam
pie, to $1,575 on a $22.500
house as compared with $2,205
under present law.
Evening star., 1961-06-30
Veterans Affairs
Director Is Honored

Waldron E. Leonard, head Of
the Districts Department oi
Veterans Affairs received 8
certificate yesterday for "out-
standing service" to the Mill
tary District of Washington. !
The certificate was present.
ed by Commissioner Walter N.
Tobriner during a ceremony in
the District Building.
Evening star., 1961-06-30
save IN this sleep Salel
3 days only. SAVINGS on
Bedding 6 sleep furniture
STARTS TOMORROW AT GREAT STORES

Here's your really generously opquo mattresses and
sleep These discontinued models that be cleared from
Quantities limited The ec Co. store
bright early tomorrow Remember you all The Hecht Co. services
tool
Evening star., 1961-01-24

rected to Bishop Robert r. Glib
son Of the Diocese Of Virginia,
asking for creation Of the mis-
sion composed Of the petition
ers as members.
Judge Mccarthy had been
Ielected to the vestry at q meet
ing on January l6 at which
differences developed among
Imemhers Of the congregation.
According to the Rev. John
| B. Reinheimer, rector Of st.
Mary's the 'sdissatisfied" mem
bers OF the church had circu-
lated alletter signed by o. Of
their group. Mr.. Reinheimer
said the key phrase Of the letter
was that o number Of the
church members had come to
the conclusion that st. Mary's
cannot effectively give Chris
tian witness under the leader
ship Of our present rector"
Two states Offered
| Mr.. Reinheimer said two
states were offered, one by the
Senior Warden. william c.
Rein, and the other by Mr.. Van
Wrinkle. Six Of the seven MEM
berS Of the Rein slate were
elected while Judge Mccarthy
was elected from the Van
Wrinkle slate, according to the
rector.
Although In the past I have
refused to give any information
to the press" he said, because
| I believe 1t Is an internal affair,
I now am willing to give the
facts. I think the facts will
develop into q genuine news
story in the days to come"
The petition for q mission Is
expected to be referred by
Bishop Gibson to the Depart
ment Of Missions Of the diocese
which Is scheduled to meet
February Z.
Evening star., 1961-01-24
Methodist Historical
Society Speaker

DR.. Edwin B. Henderson. re-
tired head Of the department
Of health. physical education
and safety in the District public
schools. win address the Meth
odist Historical Society Of
Northern Virginia ct 7:45 pm.
Thursday in Roberts Memorial
Methodist Church. 604 South
Washington street. Alexandria,
Va.
Earl N. Contee. lay leader In
the Virginia Washington Dis
trict Of the Methodist Church,
also will address the meeting.
He win discuss the history Of
Roberts Memorial Church, one
of the six churches which or.
ganized the Washington Con-
ference In 1854.
Evening star., 1961-01-24
Mother Freed
In Buby's Deuth

A charge Of involuntary man.
slaughter against Mrs. Ruth
Ulrich. 20, Of Quantico. Va. In
the death Of her 6-week-o
daughter September 16. 1860
has been dismissed by Federal
District Judge Albert v. Bryan
Of Alexandra.
Mrs. Ulrich, whose husband
is Q Marine corporal stationed
at the Quantico Marine Base,
was quoted BY the FBI as saying
she had placed o folded sheet
over. the baby's head until II
stopped crying and then she
returned to bed. She had an
other child, Bruce. 2.
Judge Bryan's order to dis
miss the charge was issued on
motion Of Assistant United
States Attorney Plato C.
Cacheris.
MIR. Cacheris said Mrs. Ulrich
was found mentally competent
to stand trial after an examina.
ton at st. Elizabeth's Hospital
He moved to dismiss the charge
he said. because the Govern
ment could not prove the
baby's death was caused by the
mothers act. go"
Evening star., 1961-01-24

the Twentieth road address,
and Roger Alan Strautman,, IS,
Of the Cleveland street address.
Police. who reported they
confiscated numerous number
slips, adding machine and other
equipment, accused the three
of running a $4,000 a week
lottery operation.
Each was released on $4,000
bond for an appearance in
County Court tomorrow.
Sergt. Burnett said detectives
employed the blackout ruse to
gain entry before evidence
could be destroyed.
In addition to him, detec-
tives participating in the raid
were W. K. Slower, Emmett
McLane. B. G. Cox, William
Moorefield and George Peaver.
Evening star., 1961-01-24
Virginia Voting Laws
AssoiIed at Heorinq

RICHMOND, Jan. "a (AP).-
"A Petersburg election Official
told the Virginia Commission oi
Registration yesterday that the
States voting laws should be
drastically changed so that il
win be easier for qualified per.
sons to vote.
Robert SHELTON Gillian, gen.
eral registrar for Petersburg
said he had read all the States
election laws.
THE impression I got" he
said, "is that they (the election
laws) are designed to keer
everyone from voting"
One of the sections Of the
election laws to which Mr.,
Gillian strenuously objected
was the section requiring ap-
plicants to furnish the registrar
with certain information on q
blank sheet Of paper. This is the
so-called ''blank sheet" law.
Evening star., 1961-01-24
Fuirfox Bor
RecoIIln1e ends
Fitzgerald

Fairfax Commemorative At.
torley Robert C. Fitzgerald
was recommended yesterday BY
the .co,llity,s bar association to
succeed Judge Harry L. Car
rico as Judge Of the 18th ju-
dicial circuit.
Mr. Fitzgerald won the In
dorsezaent: by q vote Of 44-3S
over County Supervisor James
Keith after . motion to rec
ominend both men had failed
on Q voice vote.
Bar associations In the cir
cults three other jurisdictions,
Alexandria, Falls Church and
Prince william County, are
expected to Join Fairfax In
their Endorsement Of Mr.. Fitz-
gerald.
But after the close vote yes
terday some supporters of Mr..
Keith indicated they may take
their fight for him directly tc
the Governor.
A motion to make the In
dorsement Of Mr.. Fitzgerald
unanimous failed when seven
Of the 90 members present
voted IL down.
Evening star., 1961-01-24
BY WILLIAM REDDIG, yr.
star Staff Writer

In the case Of the Washing
ton Golf and Country Club.
good fences don't make good
neighbors. despite what poet
Robert Frost says.
Neighbors Of the Arlington
golf course want the club to
take down the 6-foot wire
fence erected ON the northern
boundary along Rock Spring
road across from their homes
in expensive Country Club
Hills.
A suit filed in Arlington Cir
cult Court by Ross Shearer, OF
3125 North Abingdon street
added new fuel to the long
standing dispute this week.
The action asked the court to
reverse decisions by the Airing
ton zoning administrator and
Board Of Zoning Appeals per-
mitting the fence to be built
last September.
One of the complaining
neighbors (all Of whom are
members Of the club Is Attor-
ney Cornelius H. Doherty Of
4719 Rock Spring road. He says
Evening star., 1961-01-24
VIRGINIA. BRIEFS
Fire Ruins
Frunconiu
Area. Home

A three-alarm blaze today
destroyed . small frame house
in the Franconia area Of Fair
fax County.
The house, at t'Franconia. road
and Cannon street. was almost
engulfed by flames when fire.
men arrived.
They said the woman occu.
pant Of the house, identified
only as Mrs. Jones, was outside
hanging up clothes when she
discovered fire in the caves.
She rushed, inside and
brought out her small child be-
fore going to O nearby home to
call firemen.
Cause Of the, blaze was not
Immediately known.
Evening star., 1961-01-24
Neighbor Sues to Level
Country Clubs Fence

they find the fence unsightly
and unnecessary.
The neighbors opened fire
on the fence project in Sep
tember, 1859. when the club
first sought to build it. A suit
by DR.. Robert L. Norment
sought to block the project.
Judge John d. Butzner, jr.,
Of Fredericksburg ruled that
the country club could 90
ahead. He was brought in on
the case when the three Arling-
ton circuit judges-all mem
berS Of the club-disqualified
themselves.
In the meantime, the County
Board has amended the zoning
ordinance to rule out fences
higher than 31a feet along pub
lie roadways.
County Zoning Administrator
William H. Kennedy said that
1.-THE new law hadn't gone into
effect when he approved the
building permit on September
IL, 1860. Mr.. Doherty charges
that the intent Of the new
County Board decision existed
by then. a,5
Evening star., 1961-01-24
POLICE CUT LIGHTS =
3 Held as Gamblers
After BIockout Ruse

Arlington police arrested
three gambling suspects last
night after blacking out Their
apartments.
In simultaneous raids. detec-
tives pulled master switches
turning off lights in apartment.
in the $500 block of North
Twentieth road and in the 200C
block Of North Cleveland street
When occupants opened their
doors to learn the cause of the
iblackout. they were presented
search warrants and taken into
custody. according to Detective
Sergt. Joe Burnett.
Charged with operating q
lottery were Anthony Hugo
Celani. 80, Of the 1000 block OF
Seventeenth street NV, Miss
Fedora Ann Flanagan. "a. OF