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Evening star., 1961-01-03
The Dubious Summit

Nikita KhruShchev, in his New
Years message to PreSident-elect Ken
nedy, has extended "beSt wishes" and
expressed the hope that in the months
Immediately ahead relations between
the U. S. A. and the Soviet Union will
develop on a new and reasonable basis
on the basis of the joint desire Of
the peoples of our countries for peace
and friendship"
In some quarters, this message
(Which the PreSident-elect has answered
with correct cordiality, and also with
the wish that in 1861 relations between
our two great countries will be marked
by good will and a common desire for
peace') has been interpreted as further
evidence that the Soviet Premier is
vigorously intent upon persuading Mr..
Kennedy to join him at a summit
meeting as soon as possible after
Inauguration Day. In fact, more than
a few diplomatic sources have been
freely predicting, and confidently, that
such meeting will take place within
the next six months or so.
Perhaps this will prove to be the
case, but Mr. KhruShchev'S own conduct
suggests otherwise. Thus, within hours
after sending his message to Mr.. Ken
nedy, he has marked the second ami
versary of Fidel Castro's poisonous
revolution" by viciously libeling our
Government and echoing Havana's
monStrously untruthful propaganda
accusing aggressive United States
monopolists" Of planning to unleash
massive military attack on Cuba
before January 18. Thus, too, despite
all his fine words about wanting peace
and friendship with us, Mr.. K. and
his co-conspirators in Moscow have
been actively supporting the war-breed-
ing Communist effort to take over Laos
and spread civil strife and chaos
through places like the Congo.
Clearly, as long as the Kremlin
engages in these Supremely dangerous
activities in every corner of the globe,
American-Soviet relations, far from
improving, can hardly fail to get worse.
BY the same token, moreover, a sum-
NIT conference would seem to be out
of the question until Khrushchev and
Company switch to a line of better
behavior. Indeed, Mr.. Kennedy him
self has long since made clear that
he will participate in a heads-of-
government parley only if there is
some reason to believe that a meeting
of minds can be obtained" And Dean
Rusk, the incoming Secretary of State,
is on record as being strongly opposed
to summitry Of any kind, without the
most careful diplomatic preparation
offering solid assurances in advance
that significant measure of agreement
will be achieved.
Accordingly, barring a marked
change for the better in Soviet policy,
the outlook for summit meeting
either six months from now or even
year or more from now-would seem
to be altogether dubious at best. Ger
tainly, especially in view Of what hap
pened in Paris last May, Mr. Kennedy
will have every reason to be wary of
such venture, and to hold himself
severely aloof from it, until some
evidence of genuine good faith is
Forthcoming from Moscow.
Evening star., 1961-01-03

D. c. Highway Department
planner Douglas s. Brinkley
says, "You can build all the
transit facilities you want to.
Educating people to use them
Is another matter"
While it Is generally rec
ognized that experience is the
best teacher. without an efi-
cient transit system in exist
ence, it will be rather diff
cult to educate people to use
it through experience. Many
people are already educated
to standing, jam-packed, in
the grossly inadequate bus
and streetcar facilities now
provided. They prefer this
ordeal to the nerve-racking
task of driving their cars in
the rush-hour traff1c jams.
Too, ] understand that the
idea of another highway
bridge at Reaches Run, once
under study, has now been
shelved because Of no antici-
pated need for such q bridge
ever arising. Why? Simply be-
cause q rail rapid transit line
has been proposed to cross the
Potomac. It seems that this
double-track rail line will
obviate the need for a six
lane Highway Bridge in the
14th Street corridor. So, al
together, it would seem that
the education will not be too
difficult once we have the ia
cilities.
Mr.. Brinkley's understand
able concern over freeway
versus rapid transit is good
to see and quite heartening.
1t shows that he sees the
Handwriting on the wall"
and is starting a rearguard
action in an attempt to fore
stall and stave of the recon-
Evening star., 1961-01-03
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Chronic Woriers Have Sick Brains
By THOMAS r. HENRY

There is something physi-
cally wrong with the brains
Of chronic worriers.
Brain wave experiments
demonstrating this have Just
been reported to the Ameri-
can Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Science by Drs.
Charles E. Wells and Harold
G. Wolff Of Cornell Medical
Center.
In completely normal per-
sons the so-called alpha
electrical waves Of the brain
can be shut of almost COM
pletely by repeated flashing
in the eyes of a bright light.
There is no such response to
repeated loud sounds. per Sc.
II, however, the sounds are
made to precede the light
flashes by a second or so,
eventually these sounds alone
will shut off the alpha waves.
Some sort of conditioned re-
f1ex is established among the
brain cells.
Test Cases Reported
This association, however,
cannot be established in
persons with considerable
amounts of physical brain
damage. It also cannot be
established in chronically
anxious persons. The physical
similarity, the Cornell doctors
report, is a strong indication
that something is physically
wrong with the brains of the
worriers, although as yet
there is no clue as to where
the defect may be located. 1t
is probably, they believe,
somewhere in the top Of the
brain, the cerebral hemi-
spheres which are the organs
of all higher mental functions.
Experiments are reported
with Is persons who lex
pressed severe anxiety most
of the time and conspicuously
showed many signs Of it.
They complained of thinking
difficulties, low tolerance for
Illustrations, easy fatiguabil-
ity, and they were to some
extent depressed and hostile.
They were free, however, Of
the effects of drugs and Of
any demonstrable areas Of
degeneration or structural
defects in the two hemi-
spheres"
Nevertheless, the expert
menters say. the fact that
demonstable structural dam
age and chronic worry show
almost the same effects on
the purely physical phenom-
ena of brain waves indicates
that they must have some
Evening star., 1961-01-03

mendationS that the impend-
ing transit development pro-
gram will undoubtedly make
for expanded use Of rail
rapid transit in preference to
commuter use of bus and pd-
vate auto. Such q move
would spell the end of the
highwaymen's squandermania
for more and more freeways,
expressways. throughways, or
what have you.
This is in sharp contrast
with the fortnight statement
of State Road Commissioner
John B. Funk, of Maryland.
At a planning conference at
the University Of Maryland.
Mr.. Funk said that the mass
transportation problem will
never be solved unless an
other vehicle is found to re-
place the automobile. He
said, "Some of the great
brains Of the country need
to be directed to this prob
lem-the trip to work, rather
than trips to the MOON"
Shall our cities submit to
final and complete strangula-
tion by auto traffic conges-
ton fed by a vast and grow
ing maze Of overwhelming
concrete highways leading
from suburbs sprawling over
the whole countryside. and
with these autos pre-empting
acre after acre of the city's
area for multi-level parking
buildings, street-level and un-
derground parking lots plus
curbside parking and for gas
stations sprouting here, there
and everywhere?
In the past governments
local, State and national
Evening star., 1961-01-03
THE POLITICAL MILL
When Kennedy Faces CONGRESS
By GOULD LINCOLN

And to do so with great ra-
pidity. II the two wings Of
the two parties, liberal and
conservative, enter into q des-
perate battle over matters Of
procedure in the opening days
Of this new Congress-the
Kennedy administration may
find itself confronted with q
dificult situation and an
alignment In Congress that
will plague it for months and
years to come.
Fine Programs for Action
President-elect Kennedy
and the Democratic congress
sional leaders have agreed
on major items which they
will press for approval as
early as possible in the COM
ing session. They deal with
domestic problems. The new
President will, under the
Constitution, hold control
Of our foreign affairs in his
hands and will be expected
to handle them, coming to
Congress for support and pos
sible action only when he
sees At. Five items for legis-
lative action have been en-
phasized. Some Of them re-
quire speedy action, and
should receive it. They in
clude aid to the so-called
distressed areas, where un-
employment has continued
for q long time and business
has been in a state Of de.
preston. Medical aid for the
aged-who cannot afford the
cost Of such care-is q Sec
ond need. The other items
are stimulation Of industry,
an increase in the 81 mini
mum wage, and aid to edu-
cation.
There is wide difference Of
opinion over methods and
principles to carry out the
aims in this program. Mr..
Kennedy is pledged, for ex-
ample, to provide medical
care for the aged through
operation of the Social Sc
curity System now in effect.
This Is strongly opposed by
some Democratic members Of
Congress. as well as Repub-
licans. There is wide differ
ence, too, over the proposals
for aid to education-par-
ticularly over the proposed
use Of Federal funds to help
pay teachers. And there is
bound to be conflict over
proposals to stimulate indus
try. Some Of the Kennedy
advisers are anxious to put
through programs Of large
Government expenditures,
which will be resisted.
The President-elect has
been a member both Of the
House and Of the Senate. He
knows now the legislators
operate. He krows, too, it is
sometimes hard to drive them
against their own beliefs and
desires. He has in the Speak
er and the majority leader Of
the House and the president
and the majority leader Of
the Senate four of the best
qualified advisers and stra-
tegists, upon whom he can
depend.
No one will expect Mr..
Kennedy to abandon the
leadership he has himself
won at the hands Of the elec-
torate. And he will not.
Franklin D. Roosevelt did
not ever abandon such lead
ership-but after his first
term in the White House, he
learned that he could not
ride rough shod over Con-
gress.
Evening star., 1961-01-03

No4 wv StfSeA8 g9NA1Sy gSAAA
q little more than two weeks
hence o new President of the
United States takes office.
The history Of the country
has shown over and over
again q struggle for power
and for control Of the Fed
eral Government between the
legislative and the executive
branches-depending In large
part on the personality Of the
Chief Executive. Occasionally
the two branches have worked
in harmony-for q time. This
was true when the late Presi-
dent Franklin d. Roosevelt
took over as Chief Executive
in March, 1888. The country
then was in desperate straits
because Of the economic de-
preston. Mr.. Roosevelt had
been elected by large major
tiles In both the Electoral
College and in the popular
vote.
President-elect John r.
Kennedy. when he steps into
the White House January 20,
will face q Congress over
whelmingly Democratic In
both houses. On the surface,
he should be able to obtain
from the national legislature
just what he wants In the
matter Of laws and appro-
priations to help carry out
his programs. Just, indeed,
as did the late FDR. Three
differences in the compara-
tive situations at the time
FDR became President and
today. however. could make
MIR. Kennedy's task more dif-
f1cult. First, the country is
not faced with economic
disaster, although there has
been q slackening in business
and an upturn in unemploy-
ment. Second, Mr.. Kennedy is
a minority President-he did
not receive a majority of all
the popular votes cast in the
November 8 election. Third,
the Democratic Party in Con-
gress was not then facing a
bitter fight over civil rights,
nor was it 50 strongly divided
over economic policies as it Is
today. These are the in
gradients in the political
situation that may cause
trouble.
COalittOn Threat
President-elect Kennedy
has demonstrated he is q
strong. driving personality:
that he has unusual political
acumen, and that his sense of
timing is good. He is entering
the White House with the
good wishes Of a vast number
OF Americans, some Of whom
opposed his election but who
realize this is no time in the
Nations history for disastrous
warning at home. We all have
a common enemy-the Com
munist program for ruling
the world. including the
United States. With all these
facts in mind, there should be
reason to believe common
sense in both the Capitol and
the White House will prevail.
1t will not If the extreme lib
erals on the one hand and
the extreme conservatives on
the other have their way.
The extreme liberals are in
tent on changing the tradi-
tional methods Of doing busi-
ness in the Senate-and in a
lesser degree in the House
They are driving for a
kind Of majority rule that
will be in position to trample
a minority. and whatever
rights it may have, in the dust.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-07-08
Atlanta Water
Works Hires
First Negro
Meter Reader

ATLANTA - The Atlanta
Water Works hired its first
colored meter reader last
week.
He is Charles Ralph Ben
ton, who was among the
three colored applicants who
recently qualified on the ex-
animation which was opened
following a long fight initial
ed by the Citizens Committee
On Employment.
Benton's appointment was
announced by Paul Weir, gen.
eral manager of the Water
Works, who intimated that
the Is year-old former Clark
College star football player
may be the only one in the
department for a long time.
However, Benton's duties
will not be confined to SER
vicing only colored h o m e S,
according to Wendell R.
Campbell.
HE (Benton) will read
meters wherever m e t er S
are to be read" Campbell
said. eve don't have any all
colored areas"
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a program that will include
a Mixer on Saturday night;
an Educational Program, the
big feature of the convention,
on Sunday afternoon; a Luau
on Sunday night; a closed
banquet and dance on We'd
nesday night; an opportunity
to see a Light Operat (under
the stars) at the new Pitts
burgh Civic Arena Melody
Tent to see the production,
kiss Me Kate" starring Pa
tricia Morrison; a boat ride,
which will include a tour of
three rivers and a Bus tour
of the Convention city. A
Post-Convention Tour to Ber-
muda has been planned and a
large number of sorors and
their families are scheduled
to make the trip.
The business sessions will
be highlighted with reports.
discussions, plans for Iota's
growth and expansion, not
only nationally, but interna-
tionally as well; workshops,
recommendations and resolu-
tons.
Iota Phi Lambda Sorority
was founded 80 years ago by
Mrs. Lola M. Parker and six
other women of Chicago, Ill.
It's main detectives are to pro-
mote interest in Business Ed
ucation among high school
and college girls; to encour-
age higher education among
its members and to award
annually, national, regional
and local scholarships to girls
interested in business educa-
ton.
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Elmore brought the devotion
and Mrs. Fora Jones brought
the topic.
Others taking part in the
meeting were Mrs. Stella Ken
drick, Mrs. Katie James, Mrs.
Darts, Mrs. Flossie Myers, Mrs.
Sallie Jones, Eloise and Bette
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-07-08
KENNETH LEWIS
REPRESENTS KNOXVILLE
COLLEGE AT PURDUE
UNIVERSITY

Friends share with Mrs. Luz
Gle Miller, 1109 Carver Street,
the pride she must feel in
the knowledge that her son,
Kenneth Lewis, a freshman at
Knoxville College was chosen
to accompany the choir TO rep
resent their college at the Uni
ted Presbyterian Memorial
Union, held at Purdue Univer-
sity, Lafayette, Indiana, June
26, thru July 3. Young Lewis,
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NEGRO Medical -
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Nj e d C a = Sloan Founda-
ton scholarship, a student
must have demonstrated out
standing achievement in col
lege," be capable of scoring
high on the Medical College
Admission Test" and be a U.
S. citizen. A total of 10 Negro
medical students will study
medicine this fall under the
program, including the ten
who received awards last year.
Since its formation in 1916,
National Medical FellowshipS,
Inc. has raised Sill million to
assist Negroes with their med
ical education and careers.
The Alfred P. Sloan Founda-
ton was established in 1884 by
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., former
President and Chairman and
presently Honorary Chairman
of the Board of General Mo
tors Corporation. The Foun-
dation is a grant-making agen-
cy and supplies funds to uni
versities and other non-profit
organizations for scientific
and medical research, educa-
ton, and related purposes.
Among those receiving the
1861 scholarships was:
Harrison, Robert Walker III,
401 Calhoun Ave. Yazoo City,
Miss. Northwestern u. Medical
School, Chicago, Ill.
Born Oct. Is, 1941. Single.
Tougaloo Preparatory School,
Tougaloo, Miss, 1954-58; Toug-
aloo Southern Christian Col
lege 1957-61, B. S. Member,
Beta Kappa Chi Scientific
Honorary Society. Recipient of
scholarships at Tougaloo.
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One Minute
Reflections
George W0Ods)

All double-spaced typewrit-
ten quotes received from
readers of this publication
will be considered for pre-
sentation to a nationwide au-
dience through this column.
Success is not getting the
most you can, but giving the
best you can.
- Lille E. Davis
Be careful of your thoughts;
they may break into words
at any time.
Mrs. Savannah Wilkes
Troubles are often the tools
by which God fashions us for
better things.
= Henry Williams
Some peoples religion is so
thin that they use it only in
church for fear of wearing it
out.
Claudine Clayborne
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that they admit the arrests
were made "for attempting
to desegregate public carrier
terminal facilities in the city
of Jackson.
Defendants attorneys say
the request "calls for an
opinion or conclusion on the
part of witnesses"
Jackson officials had earl
Ter asked the court to throw
out the case on grounds that
they and the city are not the
proper defendants.
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Myers, Mrs. Eliza Robinson,
Mia Mae Jones, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roosevelt Jones of Chicago,
ILL.,, John Henry Lewis, and
Vera Marie Jones.
The next meeting will be
held with Mrs. Fora Jones,
1144 Banks Street.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-07-08

Membership Report
Members joining and renew
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who is possessed of a lovely
tenor voice returned for Pur-
due to Florida where he is
spending the summer with his
father, and will remain until
September 7.
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MRS. HATTIE ROGERS
HOSTESS TO SAMARITANS

HOSTESS TO SAMARITANS
Members of the Good Sa-
maritans Club No. 2 met last
week in the home of Mrs.
Hattie Rogers. Presiding over
the meeting was the second
vice president, Mrs. Grace
Adams.
The topic was taught by
Mrs. Georgia Thomas. Vsiit-
ing the club were Mrs. Beat
rice Gray and Mrs. Fannie
Sanders.
Members present were Mrs.
Annie Barrett, Mrs. Catherine
Burse, Mrs. Georgia Thames,
Mrs. Josie Ellis, Mrs. Grace
Adams, Mrs. Gladys Stewart,
Mrs. Mary Odell, Mrs. Laura
Williams, Mrs. MENDOZA Ste
wart, Mrs. Annie M. Deering,
Mrs. Fannie Sanders, Mrs.
Beatrice Gray, Earlist Nick
les and Elmo Smith.
The next meeting will be
held with Mrs. Georgia Than
es of 1856 Randolph street.
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Y. VIC. A. News
ACTIVITIES FOR THE
WEEK OF JULY 10, 1861

Day Camp = Monday thru
Friday $50 A. M. 3 P. M.
Sewing = Tuesday 10 P. M.
Tipping - Wednesday and
Friday 10-11 A. M.
Ceramics - Wednesday 10
P. M.
Young Adult Open House
Wednesday $40 P. M.
Piano Music - Tuesday and
Saturday 9-12 noon.
Chorus - Thursday 400
P. M.
Teen Age Canteen - Fri
day $40 P. M.
Ballet - Thursday 2-3 P. M.
Majorette Practice - Satur-
day 1000 A. M.
Creative Dances - Saturday
HOO A. M.
Membership Report
Members joining and renew
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ROSEMONT CIRCLE
WITH MRS. JONES
FOR MEETING

Members of Rosemont Cir
Gle No. / met last week in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Jones, 1910 Booker st. Mrs.
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ing this week are: Miss Zelma
Watson, Jestine Gardner, Peg
gy Buckner and Shirley Ann
Webster, Mrs. Catherine
Sharp.
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will hear the case July 10
in Jackson.
The defendants also object
ed to a motion by plaintiffs
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JOIN YOUR Y. w. C. A.
TODAY
A UNITED GIVERS AGENCY
Evening star., 1961-12-19
DEAR ABBY
BY ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

concerned he is still a mar
ried man, and ! refuse to en-
tertain a married man and
his lady friend" in my
home. What is proper?
STRAIGHT-LACED
You are right. Stick TO
your principles. II you are
among those hoping for a
reconciliation" entertaining
the man and his lady friend
wont help matters.
y y
DEAR ABBY: 1 want to
know from your readers II
they have ever had the same
thing said to them that my
daughter said to me. She Is
soon to be 13 and yesterday
she shouted she wished she
had never been born. Is this
natural for girls this age?
MRS. D.
It's natural" Almost all
of us have said it. Or thought
Evening star., 1961-12-19
Gold in Your Attic
Strange InterIude' Value Rises
BY VAN ALLEN BRADLEY

The limited edition of Eu-
gene O'Neill's trail blazing
play Strange Interlude" is
typical of the collectors
item created deliberately by
limiting the number of
copies available.
There were 10000 copies of
the first regular edition
printed in February, 1923.
But the publishers, aware of
O'Neill's still-growing stat
ure, put out a special linn
tied edition of IT'S copies a
month later. OF these, 75O
were for sale.
Their value has slowly
mounted over the years. The
current retail price ranges
from $50 to $50 for a fine
copy.
The title page reads, sim
ply:
STRAN INTERLUDE.
EUGENE O'NEILL. BONI
VERIG HIT. NEW
YORK. 1928.
Evening star., 1961-12-19
FAMOUS FABLES
By E. E. EDGAR

ENVY: English novelist
Sir Hugh Walpole suffered
two disappointments when
he went to Hollywood to write
for the movies. The pictures
were even worse than he had
anticipated, and the climate
did nothing to relieve his hay
fever.
One night, his producer,
who was filming a Grade B
tear jerker, invited the writer
to the projection room to
watch the days rushes. In
the middle of the m o S t
mawkish scene. Walpole's
hay fever suddenly acted up.
When the lights went on,
his eyes were red and watery.
He tried to muffle his sniff
fling with his handkerchief.
The producer put his arm
around Walpole's shoulder
and murmured sympatheti-
cally:
Don't be ashamed of your
feelings. I wish I could cry,
too."
Evening star., 1961-12-19

DEAR ABBY: A couple my
husband and I have known
for many years recently sep
arated. They are not di-
vorced, but it is being con-
sidered. They have small
children, so all their friends
are hoping for a reconcilia-
ton.
AS a friendly gesture I sug-
geSted we, invite this man
for dinner. His wife is out
of town. My husband issued
the invitation and the man
asked if he could bring a
lady friend" l blew my
stack and wanted to call the
whole thing off. My husband
says I am b elm 6 narrow
m in d I'd and should go
through with it because it is
rude to withdraw an invita-
ton. I don't know his LADY
friend" and don't care to
meet her. AS far as I am