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Evening star., 1961-01-30
LISBON.

A4S0\N.
II simply can't understand
1t. How your Navy can deal
this way with q gang of pi-
rates who have killed peo-
pie and stolen property is in
comprehensive. -''
In q country where most
people seem to speak in
whispers. the voice Of Remiro
Valadao was raised In indig-
nant protest, Clearly, the
latest turn of the Santa
Maria saga had struck q ten
der nerve somewhere. Sal
azar's Information Minister,
who looked aS If he had had
few pleasant moments in the
last week, was .incensed over
the plans for debarking the
passengers from the captured
cruise ship.
We are as worried about
the passengers as you are"
he said. But what about
the crew." They also rep
resent . human problem.
These 300 loyal men and
women must not be held
against their will. But no
body seems to be thinking
about them"
What seemed to irk the
Minister was the implication
that perhaps some or all of
the 300 crewmen might want
to stay aboard and make
common cause with Capt.
Henrique Galvao and his band
OF inSuIrectionists. The least
Americans could do, he
argued. was to insist that
everyone who wanted to
leave the ship would be al
lowed to do 50. trt
A protest along this line,
Valado said, had been drawn
up by trade unions and var
ious civic groups. It. would be
duly forwarded Ito your Presi-
dent, State Department and
your Embassy here" The
giSt, one gathered, was that
Admiral Dennison in his ne
gotiationS with Galvao had
not done as much as had
been hoped here to bring the
episode to q quick and happy
conclusion.
Embarrassment Grows
In fact the longer it goes
on the more acute the en-
barrassment becomes for the
Portuguese government. The
Seizing Of the Santa Maria
may be the most newsworthy
thing that has happened to
this country in years. But
1t Is hardly the kind Of story
that pleaseS people who take
themselves and life in general
very seriously. Jokes about
q modern Henry the Naviga- =
tor leave them cold. And not
unnaturally the Minister Of
Information seemed especially
sensitive to criticism of the
34-year-old Salazar dicta-
torship which the incident
has provoked in the foreign
press.
IT'S one thing to criticize, ("
he said. but what you must
Evening star., 1961-01-30
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destrians. I know I was able
to do my Saturday shopping
in comfort because Of the
clearing Of 50 many Of the
sidewalks.
There should be more such
good citizens.
Lillian Sinclair Large.
Evening star., 1961-05-22
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Democrats accused Eisenhower Of not "minding
the store It's different Kennedy tries to mind all
at take in the morning and sweep out
at night.
Washington may decide to race Moscow to the moon
Forrest would have said victory goes to the
one who gets there "fustest with the thrustest."
Therell be summit negotiation at Vienna. Kennedy
and Khrushchev just two old pen pals whoVe out
of stationery.
Republican Leader Drksen is accused Of pompous ver
bosity" Unfair Rather Drksens oraory has shmmering,
adhesive qualityke ping match played on fly paper
Senator Cotton fails to earmark cigarette taxes for
school aid Senate said "no-and butts about it.
At long last the Frontier has brought harmony to
the Penagon The generals and admrals all united
against Assistant Defense Secretary Sylvester.
Evening star., 1961-05-22
Puthos Seen in Adams Memoirs

austere senior Senator from
Ohio.
Everyone knew it was a
grim disillusionment" to Mr..
Eisenhower to learn. as he
did in the first four years,
that the Old Guard leaders
were using him and his popu-
larity to entrench themselves.
not the party. Mr.. Eisen-
hower's diSillusionment was
widely discussed in Washing
ton well before the first term
was done.
The Presidents political
ambivalence was also a COM
mon topic of discussion. Mr..
Adams tells us that Mr.. Eli
senhower privately was an
noyed because the party did
not organize and use the fine
young people with stars in
their eyes" who had voted and
worked for the G. o. P. in
1852. The Old Guard, which
had never been interested in
youthful ideals and enthusi-
asm, was still Of that mind.
Yet the President was OBJ
sessed with the idea that he
should not get down into the
often sordid mechanics and
grass-roots details of politics.
This he left to others. And
the others we're the Old
Guard. 1t was not until his
second term that the Presi-
dent was able to make him
self felt in leadership.
That Mr.. Eisenhower was
not in sympathy with the
Nixon campaign plans is an
other open secret which Mr..
Adams repeats. The Presiden
did think there should be SOM
primary competition and he
privately was known to have
doubts about some of the
campaign strategy all the way
down to the wire.
We can hope the second
chapter does not come as
Goldfine is sentenced.
Evening star., 1961-05-22
DORIS FLEESON
Kennedy Seen Forced to Act in Alabama
Despite Efforts to ConciIiute South

Once again an American
President has had to act
against mob violence left un-
curbed by State or local po-
lice power. President Ken
nedy's hand was forced in
Montgomery, Ala, by a race
riot in which his personal
emiSsary to the Governor and
police heads was badly in
jured.
About 400 armed United
States marshals are in Mont
gomery. under the direct
command Of Deputy Attorney
General White; Gov. Patter-
son is snorting birthstone, and
another one Of those situa-
tions so easy for a few to
provoke and so hard for
everybody to get out Of has
developed.
The President sought to
avoid the military aspect by
using the marshals, who are
court officers, instead of the
parachute troops President
Eisenhower sent to Little
Rock. But to do so, he had
to fall back on an 1871 law
in other words, a piece Of the
hated Reconstruction era
which left more bitterness in
Southern hearts than the
Civil War itself.
This simple fact suggests
the true dimension of the re-
sponsibility felt by an Amer
ican President today in these
Evening star., 1961-05-22
Fixinq Blame in Cuban Fiosco

tary staff here to pick flaws
in it for him, and they didn't
feel qualified to pass judg-
ment on what the Cubans
were doing and what the CIA
was doing.
It's a kind of situation that
is new to the American Gov
ernment, especially since,
on the one hand. it was
strictly a Cuban affair and,
on the other, it was so much
the concern of the United
States that it seems tragic
the decision wasn't made
either to go all-out with air
support and everything else
or stay out altogether. That's
perhaps hindsight, too.
1t would be unfortunate
to start looking for scape-
goats. Significantly. Senator
Morse, chairman of the Sem
ate Subcommittee which
heard Gen. Lemnitzer's testi-
mony, said afterwards to
reporters that the General
had given helpful testimony.
and added:
Il have complete conf
dence in the Joint Chiefs Of
Staff and their ability to
protect the security of the
country in connection with
any military matter over
which they have complete
Jurisdiction"
Reading between the lines,
this is but another way Of
emphasizing the real point
OF the controversy-namely.
that the Cuban invasion was
not a strictly military affair
which our own military men
planned and executed. 1t
was a mixture Of civilian
heSitancy-due to a fear Of
public opinion in Latin
America-and 'forbearance
by the military chiefs, who
were never given full re-
sponSibility for the project.
So, after all, maybe the
less said about it the better.
and maybe President Ken
nedy. who is studying now
through Gen. Maxwell D.
Taylor (retired). the best
way hereafter to carry on
such operations in the "cold
war" will come up with the
answer. For the Communists
are constantly engaged in
plotting such enterprises on
their side all over the world.
especially inside many a
country in Latin America.
tcopyriEht, 196l)
Evening star., 1961-05-22

in Confederate uniforms and
carrying muskets. will lead a
parade from the monument at
South Washington and Prince
streets to Christ Church for
memorial services. Two un-
known Confederate soldiers are
buried in the churchyard.
Representative Dorm. Demo-
crat Of South Carolina, will be
the main speaker. Descendants
Of Confederate generals and Of
persons present at the 1889
dedication will be honored.
The ceremonies have been
arranged by the Robert E. Lee
Camp, Sons of Confederate
Veterans, and the Mary Custis
Lee 18th Virginia Regiment
Chapter, United Daughters Of
the Confederacy.
Evening star., 1961-05-22
WILLIAM S. WHITE

The great risk being run
by President Kennedy in
agreeing to meet in June
with Nikita Khrushchev OF
the Soviet Union is not
whether he can control the
terrible issues lying between
them.
1t is not even whether he
can dominate any. large part
of the freshet of resulting
propaganda.
The President will be con-
tent if only he can keep in
the minds Of the public a
solitary point. This point is
that he did not accept the
conformation with the small
est hope Of doing anything
more than getting a first
hand, personal estimate Of hi
Soviet antagonist.
Mr.. Kennedy does not want
to discuss questions Of sub
stance. But his danger is
that Khrushchev will not ac-
commodate him and will be-
gin to feed out the line that
something good and basic
would have been done if only
the American President had
come down to cases"
AS to issues, there is no
slightest prospect of the
settlement of anything. AS
to propaganda in general
there is hardly the least pos
Sibility that Mr.. Kennedy can
prevent Mr.. Khrushchev from
selling to a very large part
of the world whatever eX-
traordinary bill of goods he
may choose.
Evening star., 1961-05-22

matters. For the distinguish
ing feature Of the week just
past. and indeed of the
months preceding it, has been
Mr.. Kennedy's efforts to
avoid another Little Rock Of
any description.
These efforts have been
open, active and constructive.
The lessons OF Little Rock
were we'll studied; political
risks were assumed, and all
avenues for Federal action
short Of armed intervention
within a State were explored.
At the same time the
President consistently obeyed
the axiom that a potential
antagonist must not be left
in doubt about ones inten-
tions. He accepted the Presi-
dents moral as well as legal
responsibility for peaceful
integration and made it
plain that he would act il
necessary.
This is on the record, and
a listing Of White House and
Justice Department tele-
phone calls in recent days
to Gov. Patterson and other
Alabama officials would re-
inforce that record in fasci-
mating detail. The Governor
often refused to answer, but
not always; he knew what
the Kennedy brothers. the
President and the Attorney
Evening star., 1961-05-22
Another State, Another President

General. thought Of their
responsibilities.
Few Presidents have at
tempted so much personal
diplomacy in their efforts to
conciliate the South. Even
Senator Byrd Of Virginia. to
whom Kennedy owes moth
ing, was not left unvisited
and in his own home too.
with the neighbors around
to admire the presidential
tribute. A segregationist sup
porter Of Gov. Patterson got
an important Federal post.
The Texas Vice President has
had more kind attention
from the White House than
any Vice President in his
tory.
Moderate and liberia !
Democrats had to swallow a
Kennedy refusal to back the
civil rights legislation prom
ised in the platform by the
convention which nominated
Kennedy and Johnson. All
channels for executive action
had to be tried first, they
were told.
In the showdown now
forced at Montgomery, Ala
bama officials face not a
general and men in uniform,
but a civil force led by a
quiet lawyer who is in person
a sports hero and a Rhodes
scholar. It remains to be
seen what Montgomery,
which made an international
hero Of DR.. Martin Luther
King, will do with such ma
terials.
Evening star., 1961-05-22
RALPH McGILL

There is somehow an ele-
ment of pathos in the men,
oirs of Sherman Adams. The
aroma Of sadness rises from
the first installment as If
the herbs of rosemary and
rue were pressed between the
pages. They do not have much
to say, if we judge from the
initial chapter.
Even when published later
in book form it is unlikely
they will add much to the
sum of human knowledge or
light the dark corners of the
political stage.
One has the uneasy sense
that the man who really
made Gen. Eisenhower the
dominant candidate for the
1852 nomination. by proving
that Senator Robert A. Taft
couldn't win in the New
Hampshire primary, allowed
his New England reticence to
hold back what might really
have interested us. He could
hardly have held the tremen-
dous power which was his for
so many years and learned so
little.
Mr.. Adams further had the
miserable luck to have his
old friend and benefactor,
Bernard Goldfine, Boston in
dustrialist, plead guilty to in
come tax evasion almost at
the hour the first issue of the
memoirs appeared. 1t was ac-
ceptance of Goldfine's gifts
which caused Mr.. Adams to
trip and fall from political
grace. This awkward timing
. of events left Mr.. Adams even
more spiritually naked to his
enemies. They did not hest
r tate to rub salt in the still
open wounds.
Psychologists will not fail
to notice that the first with
the harshest salt was former
Evening star., 1961-05-22
Yeshivo Appoints
Dr.. EuqIe Of NH

DR.. Harry Eagle, cell biology
specialist Of the National In
stitutes of Health, has been
named professor and chairman
Of the department Of cell BIZ
ology of the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, Yeshiva
University, New York.
DR.. Eagle Of 400l Dresden
street, Kensington, Md. is chief
Of the laboratory Of cell biology
Of the National Institute Of AL
lergy and Infectious Diseases.
He was named to the newly
created post by DR.. Samuel Bel
kin, president Of the university,
DR.. Eagle was graduated from
Johns Hopkins Medical School
in 1927. From 1885 to 1946 he
served as director Of the uni
versity laboratory Of experiment
tai therapeutics and was an ad-
junct professor Of biology there
He Joined the Public Health
Service in l947 and has served
as scientific director Of the re-
search branch Of the National
Cacer Institute. He is a for
Evening star., 1961-05-22
The Risk in Meeting Khrushche,

allied by these setbacks that
the President was afraid to
see Khrushchev?
Every man will decide for
himself the worth Of this
reasoning. This columnist's
own opinion, for what it
might be worth, is that while
the President is certainly
meeting Khrushchev while
American power is low in
the world, this alone is not
enough to forbid the meeting.
For it has long been plain
that sooner or later it simply
had to come. Accepting its
inevitability land this is only
accepting a fact of life) it
does not follow that it Will
be a total American failure.
Mr.. Kennedy is rightly SEN
sitive to his deep obligation
to try every honorable avenue
toward peace. If this leads
by some miracle to a changed
Khrushchev, then all will be
the gamers. If it leads to
a Khrushchev unalterably
hostile to all that we have
and are, Mr.. Kennedy will
know it. Duty to mankind
will have been served, and
we can go on from there to
face whatever must be faced.
Perhaps in these circum-
stances, even those who be-
lieve mere negotiation will
settle everything will at last
have had enough.
In a democracy people must
be led slowly. And clearly
it is doubtful that as of this
moment a majority Of the
American people would sup
port any wholly rational,
tough line toward interna-
tional communism.
Evening star., 1961-05-22
Premier Expected to Blame Kennedy
If Latter Avoids Talking Cases

The Communist bloc will,
of course, believe anything,
any time. It's so-called cor
respondents will be mere inky
drudges and human mega
phones within the Commu-
mist apparatus. The worlds
neutraliSts will tend to believe,
or pretend to, if only in eX-
ercise of their favorite sport.
This is the spectator sport
of endleSsly Furnishing the
West for the fact that many
years ago some Western colo
nial powers held some Of the
present neutrals in what
these neutrals now choose to
believe was dreadful slavery.
Why, then, does Mr.. Ken
nedy go at all to see Khru-
shchev, since the United
States Just took a defeat in
the failure of the Cuban pa
triots' invasion of Castro
Cuba and is on the short
end of the stick in trying
anti-Communist position in
Laos?
To these questions this
columnist attempts no an
swers of his own. Instead,
he gives here answers from
the White House-what may
be described as the official
view:
First, this is not a summit
conference, for such confer
ences are intended to settle
outstanding causes Of fric-
ton. No such settlement is
even contemplated here. Sec
ond, diplomatic discussions
for a Kennedy -KhruShchev
1 meeting such as this one, as
distinguished from a summit
meeting, had been going or
long before Cuba.
So-as the official explain
alton goes on-why permit
], Cuba or Laos to stand II
the way? Indeed, might no
a Kennedy refusal now Il
meet Khrushchev, because o
Cuba or Laos, suggest tina
this Nation was so demon
Evening star., 1961-05-22
Little New Found in First InstoIIment;
KnowIond Rubs Salt in the Wounds

Senator William Knowland.
The Californian also left the
Capital in bitterness of spirit
because he felt, repeatedly,
he was unappreciated by his
constituents. Their votes had
indicated a lack Of future in
terest in the Senator. He and
Mr.. Adams had engaged in a
number Of reaches for power
and each time Mr.. Adams had
had the longer arm. Until, of
course, the association be-
tween Goldfine and Mr..
Adams was revealed.
Mr.. Adams said in his men,
oirs that Mr.. Knowlands did
not give Mr.. Eisenhower all
the support to which the
President was entitled. The
salt of the Knowland reply
was strong:
II did strongly recommend
to the President on behalf Of
a large majority Of Repub-
lican Senators that Sherman
Adams connection with the
White House be terminated.
His continued tenure in the
White House was detrimental
to the Republican Party and
to the President.
Mr.. Adams added nothing
by saying that Mr.. Knowland
and other G. o. P. conserva-
tives had forsaken the Presi-
dent on many issues. This
was the public record. Nor
was it any secret they didn't
really want Mr.. Eisenhower in
1852. Their heart belonged to
Bob Taft. They accepted Mr..
Eisenhower as the nominee
only because they believed
what Mr.. Adams had proved
by his genius in the New
Hampshire primary-namely
that Gen. Eisenhower could
muster more votes than the
Evening star., 1961-05-22

Wisconsin and Western Branch:
535l WISCONSIN AVENUE, N. W.
Evening star., 1961-05-22
DAVID LAWRENCE

Maybe the less said about
the Cuban invasion" fiasco
the better. But when Sena-
tor Gore, Democrat of Ten
neSsee, blames the failure on
the Joint Chiefs of Staff and
openly urges that they be
replaced, then the subject
can hardly be ignored.
Perhaps if the British or
Canadian parliamentary sys-
TEN were in operation in the
United States today, there
also would be suggestions
that President Kennedy him
self be replaced or at least
subjected to the customary
vote of confidence" or no
confidence"
It should be noted that
Senator Gore made his COM
ment afteE listening to a sub
stantial part of the three
hours of testimony given to a
subcommittee of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
last Friday by Gen. Lyman
Lemnitzer, head of the Joint
Chiefs. Since this testimony
was secret, the public has no
way of judging whether Sen
ator Cores interpretation is
justified. Other Senators who
heard the testimony disagree
emphatically with the Ten
nessee Senator's verdict.
Where Is the press left in
these circumstances, and how
Is the country to know the
whole truth? For obviously,
while Gen. LemnitZer an
swered questions frankly and
listening Senators are con-
vinced he gave them truthful
answers, it was obvious to
them there were many things
that he was not provileged to
discuss. Also Allen Dulles,
head of the Central Intelli-
gence Agency. previously had
given the Senate committee
his explanation of the affair.
This, too. was secret, and the
press still has no way OF
Judging just who was or was
not responsible for what hap
pened in Cuba.
How then can the public
make up It's own mind? Re-
Gently there have been sug-
gestions from President Ken
nedy that perhaps there
should be censorship Of the
voluntary kind for the press.
Evening star., 1961-05-22
Senators Differ on Joint Chiefs Role;
Moybe the Less Said About 1t the Better

But isn't it the duty Of the
press to tell the people when
top-ranking officials in Gov
ernment, including the PreSi-
dent himself, have made some
serious mistakes? A member
of Congress familiar with the
facts, but himself not a par
ticipant, sums it all up with
this remark: 1T was a case
of cumulative stupidity"
This correspondent would
point out, however, that it
was a case of an unpreced-
ented nature for which
neither the President nor the
Congress has had occasion
heretofore to delegate or fix
responsibility. For 1t was.
outwardly at least. an opera
ton carried out by Cubans
as participants. Americans
acted as advisers. The C1A
helped to plan the project.
The Joint Chiefs were asked
their opinion beforehand and
gave it. But, while the theory
was all right and the plan
might really have succeeded
but for some hard luck at the
last moment, the failure
wouldn't have occurred if it
had been a strictly United
States military operation. 1t
came so near success anyway
that it is easy now to blame
this or that circumstance.
And, of course, hindsight is
always better than foresight.
One important factor has
not been fully explained. An
American aircraft carrier was
10 miles away from the land
ing point. At a crucial mo-
ment American air support
was needed. 1t had been
promised. When it was called
for by the Cubans, it didn't
materialize. Was this because
Of faulty communication be-
tween the Cuban expedition
and Washington? Was there
a lapse of several hours while
civilian advisers Of the Presi-
dent, who argued against the
idea, caused him to hesitate
and ultimately to decline to
authorize air support?
It's all academic now, but
it does seem as II the Presi-
dent might have looked at
the plan more penetratingly
himself in the first instance.
Maybe he relied on the mill
Evening star., 1961-05-22
Monument Rite
In Alexandra to
Open Centennial

At the same spot from which
400 Alexandria men marched
from the city 100 years ago to
join the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia, the towns Confederate
Monument will be rededicated
at $50 pm. Wednesday.
Rededication Of the 72-year-
old monument, inscribed with
the names of the 81 who did
not return from the war, will
officially begin the Civil War
Centennial commemoration in
Northern Virginia.
The 18th Virginia Infantry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-04
Berserk PuroIee
Stays Policeman

NEW YORK, Sept. 4 (AP).-
An eX convict, screaming
You'll never take me alive e.
I'm four time loser" shot to
death a young policeman who
surprised him early today
during a $50 grocery robbery.
The robber fired three shots
into the face of patrolman
Francis x. Walsh, 90, as Pa
trolman Walsh and Patrolman
Walter Vogel discovered the
robbery in the Use Lai Food
Market in Harlem.
Unscratched by Patrolman
Vogel's return fire, the gun
man fled into the street and
down a flight of stairs onto a
subway platform. There. after
furious struggle Patrolman
Vogel and two other officers
subdued him.
Police identified the gunman
as Frank Lott, %, a parolee
who had been free since last
May 5. He still owes five years
on an assault and robbery con-
viction. they said.
Lott was wrong about being
a four-time loser doomed to
life Imprisonment, police said.
He had three previous convic-
tons but only two were for
felOnieS.