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Evening star., 1961-03-30
DistostefuI Subject

Billy Graham recommends
that communism be taught
in our schools so that it
might be better understood.
What a victory for the Reds!
At a time when school au-
thoritieS are deploring the
fact that patriotism is at low
ebb. Americas leading evan
gelist suggests that the false,
materiahstic ideologies of
communism be taught to the
youth of our land. The Bible
says, Neither give place to
the devil" (Ephesians 4:27)
Let all those who cherish
our glorious heritage Of free
dom be ever alert to the sub
tie maneuvers Of our enemy.
Goddess communism. Let us
urge our school authorities
that fervent patriotism be
taught in our schools. Let us
insist that all textbooks be
searched diligently for the
infiltration Of Communist
teaching. Let all ministers,
leaders Of youth and parents
instill love Of country in the
hearts and minds Of our
youth. But waste precious
time, energy and the taxpay-
er's money teaching them the
Satanic doctrines Of COM
munis1n? God forbid!
Kathryn T. BOWsher
Evening star., 1961-03-30
Live and Let Live

Must persons who have
reached an age somewhat
older than is the average
newspaper reporter be sub
jected to the indignity Of
being termed "recluse," sim
ply because they live alone
either from choice or neces-
sity? And whose business
is it how they live and dress?
After all. this is the United
States Of America and its
citizens have been guaranteed
under the Constitution the
right Of life, liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness!
In general, those Of the
older generation do not have
the strength to go about as
frequently as they might de-
sire, and in some cases, have
lost, by death, relatives and
friends and, therefore, have
few visitors. They find the
peace, quiet and comparative
safety-to which they are so
justly entitled-in the place
they elect to call home,
Shopping for clothes be-
comes a difficult task for the
aged and IAN old green coat
and head scarf" are, perhaps
in some instances. sufficient
raiment. At least it is not
for Others to Judge.
Shakespeare wrote:
"As you are I used to be
As ! am you soon will be-"
Indignant.
Evening star., 1961-03-30
Rowdies in Florida

Youth must be served. Youth must
run its course. Youth must act with
abandon on occasion. And so maybe
the elders among us, instead of feeling
sense of outrage, ought to be smilingly
tolerant of things like the rioting that
has just taken place at Fort Lauderdale,
Florida.
Over the past decade or so, this fine
community has become Mecca of sorts
for students on spring vacation from
colleges and universities spread through
out the Midwest and the East. Last
year, for example, no fewer than $4,000
of them flocked to the place for rela-
lively brief Easter holiday, and there is
a similar influx this year. Not all of
these collegians, however, have turned
out to be charming or welcome visitors.
On the contrary, from time to time in
the past, more than few of them have
made nuisances of themselves and run
into trouble with the local authorities.
And now, in manner never before
experienced down there, some $500 Of
them have put on thoroughly ugly
show Of wild, disorderly conduct. And
why? To protest against the closing Of
an unlighted beach, favorite romano
ing area.
Boys will be boys, of course, but that
does not entitle them to act as disgrace
fully as they have in this instance. Even
at the risk Of seeming to be filled with
the querulousness Of Grabbed age, elders
have reason to shake their heads over
such rowdyism and agree with Francis
Bacon's observation: young men, in
the conduct and manage of actions,
embrace more than they can hold, stir
more than they can quiet, fly to the end
without considering the means"
Evening star., 1961-03-30

Committee on National Representation,
brought into being in the teens by a
Star campaign under Mr.. Noyes, and
headed by Jesse c. Suter, veteran of
many battles for the cause, now nearing
80 and living in retirement from The
Star, moved into the picture again. Mr..
Suter resigned as chairman and was
succeeded by F. Elwood Davis, who had
identified himself with the cause years
ago when he was active in the Junior
Chamber of Commerce. The committee
had the financial benefit of Noyes
bequeSt, helped organize hearings in
House and Senate and opened an office
which became clearing house for Or
ganized citizen support of the amend
ment. Without the leadership which
Mr.. Davis gave it, there would have been
little II any such support. But once the
amendment was on its way to the States,
Mr.. Davis quickly gained support from
the Republican and Democratic local
organizations, which went to work on
their partisan brethren in the States
and were highly influential from Stur-
gis Warner, active in the home-rule
campaign, and from others, including
even our respected neighbor, the Wash
ington Post and Times Herald, which
abandoned the dark and brooding skep-
ticiSm so evident during the battle in
Congress and suddenly began to demon
strate the hot zeal of convert.
In 1918, his final year as Great
Britain'S most distinguished Ambassa-
dor to the United States, the late James
Bryce wrote an article about Washing
ton for the National Geographic Maga-
zine, which contained this passage:
What you want is to have city which
everyone who comes from Maine, Texas,
Florida, Arkansas or Oregon can admire
as being something finer and more
beautiful than he had ever dreamed of
before; something which makes him
even more proud to be an American"
We believe the thousands Of Ameri-
can tourists now pouring into Washing
ton to see their Capital in springtime,
especially the youngsters on vacation
from schools throughout the land, are
more proud to be Americans because
of what they find here.
And the Twenty-third Amendment
makes us, who live here, bit prouder,
too, to be Americans.
Evening star., 1961-03-30
McGiH on Fake Mail

The length to- which some
people will go in order to
prove a point is clearly dem
onstrated by Ralph McGill in
his column entitled, Fake
Mail Floods Capitol Hill"
Mr.. McGill wishes to prove
that the mass of letters which
Representatives and Senators
receive from their constitu-
ents expressing views with
which Mr.. McGill does not
agree are all faxed" "Or-
ganizations for a fee will add
any persons name to a form
letter" +" "They even advertise
in magazines expressing
the extreme right wing of
American conservatism" Mr..
McGill then proceeds to mis-
quote from an ada copy of
which / have before me-
changing the words care
fully timed" to carefully
written" letters. He goes on
from here to say that "for a
fee" conservative groups are
composing letters, forging
signatures and duping masses
Of people. In short, Mr..
.McGill appears to believe that
the dishonesty and folly Of
people who hold different
political views from his own
can hardly be exaggerated.
Mr.. McGill states that "the
polls show q very substantial
percentage Of the American
people like what President
Kennedy is doing" The fall
libility Of such spot checks
has been amply proved. Our
best guide is how the people
vote. BY no stretch Of the i'm
agination can last November's
vote be construed as a Sub
stantial percentage" in favor
Of President Kennedy's pro-
gram.
Doris Fielding Reid.
80 = e
Mr.. McGill should pay q
little, closer attention to what
he reads when quoting paid
ads from the conservative
magazine for literate people,
National Review"
= Besides there's n nothing
subversive about ghost writ
ers anyway, Ralph. Lots Of
organizations try to influence
Congress. Even holier-than-
thou liberals get their digs
in Americans for Demo-
cratic Action, SANE, Com
mittee for an Effective Con-
gress, etc.
Eunice Roberts.
Evening star., 1961-03-30
MiHtoYCurbs

The presidential directive
restricting buying by military
personnel and dependents
overseas is certainly timely
and should prove helpful in
curtailing the outflow Of
United States gold.
However, the directive ito
make greatest possible re-
duction in the number of
foreign personnel employed
in post exchanges, officers
clubs and the like, and to use
dependents and off duty
United States military per-
Sonnel in their place" is Ger
tainly worthy Of question as
to propriety and value of re-
suits.
First, the employment Of
local foreign labor provides
a contribution to the econ
omy Of the host foreign
country and usually at q
wage scale much lower than
the United States scale, serv-
icemen included. Therefore,
it does serve a very beneficial
purpose to the United States
in furthering amicable rela-
tions with the host country.
Secondly. the amount Of
gold outflow which would be
saved is questionably limited
when compared with that to
be realized from the buying
restrictions.
Thirdly, the employment Of
off-duty enlisted men In Off
GERS clubs which are operated
primarily by non-appropriated
funds is definitely open to
question. This practice tends
to violate one of the funda-
mentals of a healthy military
organization. that is, basic
ally, non-fraternization and
Notwithstanding of enlisted
men and officers socially. It
is respectfully submitted that
the Presidents directive
would tend to violate this
fundamental principle.
u. S. Naval Officer.
Evening star., 1961-03-30
Jury Histrionics

Your perceptive editorial
Of March IS, "It Shouldn't
Happen Here" on the at
tempted television re-enact-
ment by nine Baltimore
jurors Of their deliberations
in the Melvin Rees trial
brought to mind my days as
a cub reporter. when ! served
for a time as q juror in the
District Of Columbia Federal
Court Of the late Justice
Wendell Phillips Stafford.
Judge Stafford impressed
me by his august appearance,
scholarship and judicial
bearing. He had a highly
effective smile and an even
more effective frown. I hoped
that my performance as a
juror would justify that
smile.
In the jury room, I had a
simple formula. I tried to
decide, on the basis Of all the
evidence presented, whether
the defendant was guilty "be-
yond q reasonable doubt" II
so, I voted to convict him:
II not, I voted to acquit him.
On several occasions, after
the jury delivered its verdict,
persons unknown to me came
up and asked how the verdict
was reached. Some. obvious
ly interested personally, sug-
gested doubts about my san
ity. In response. to all such
questions, / pointed out that
my duty was limited to say
ing guilty" or mot guilty"
and that any further COM
ment would have to come
from the Judge. My impress
sion is that my fellow jurors
did the same.
Perhaps ! did not always
measure up to Judge Stat
ford'S ideal Of q juror, par
ticularly when I tried to
punch a fellow juror in the
nose. But, looking back on
the experience, I am con-
vinced that one intelligent
thing / did was to button
my lip after leaving the jury
room and to keep it buttoned
thereafter, except perhaps in
conversation with q few
trusted friends. II I had done
Evening star., 1961-03-30

transition took place In
Africa. The actual human
race, that is. originated
there. This thesis was put
forward by Charles Darwin
in his original exposition of
the theory of evolution. The
majority of the primates
still are found on the African
continent.
But, says DR.. Leaky, cal
culations Of the generations
which have elapsed in a half
million or more years, makes
man no more than q mil
lionth cousin to gorilla or
chimpanzee. 1t long since
has been established that
there was no direct ancestral
relation. This common an
cester doubtless was as diff
ferent from a gorilla or
chimpanzee as from q man.
Each species has followed its
own line Of evolution.
One Simple Invention
At least one species Of
Tanganyikan n man, DR..
Leake says, not only was an
inventor but could pass on
details of his invention to
others. The one invention
uncovered by the excavations
seems simple enough-just q
stone with q sharp, jagged
edge. 1t appears frequently
enough to show that 1t was
used by several individuals.
perhaps Of different genera
tions. a-s
However simple, 1t appears
to have been one of the great
inventions OF all history. It
enabled man, with small
dull teeth and weak finger
nails, for the first time to
become a meat eater. Prev
iously 1t would have been
impossible for him to have
skinned any animal.
But this skinning could be
done quite easily with the
ancient ''knife" Of Clipped
stone, DR.. Leakey himself
has demonstrated many times.
Previously the diet Of hui
man-like creatures had been
restricted to fruits, nuts and
the like.
The inventive genius Of 9
half million years ago over
came one Of the great dis
abilities Of his kind and
perhaps made possible its
survival.
Evening star., 1961-03-30
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
New Definition of True Man.
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

Man is no more than a
millionth cousin Of any of
the great apes.
Although all the primate
family doubtless had a COM
mon ancestor, this common
ancestor was very remote in
time from any extant species.
This is the conclusion of
DR.. A. c. Leakey, director of
the Nairobi. east Africa
Museum. whose excavations
in a Tanganyikan gorge dur
ing the past decade have un-
covered two species of hu-
man-like primates which he
considers the earliest actual
men" yet known. The fossils
are about 100000 years old.
In evaluating his finds DR..
Leakey presents a new defi-
milton Of true mana crea-
ture walking erect with free
use of its hands, capable
l not only of invention but of
passing on the details of an
invention to others of its
kind and to future genera
tions by means of some sort
of language. At least one
species Of the so-called Aus
tralopithecus almost certainly
fitted this pattern, he is
convinced.
Big Step Forward
There were earlier man
like creatures, such as the
well-known pithecanthropus
of Java, estimated to have
lived at least 100000 years
ago. This was a grotesque
creature, man-like in form
which walked erect, and with
a relatively quite small brain
case. 1t probably could "in-
vent" that is modify its be-
havior according to circum-
stance and make use Of
stones and sticks as tools.
But it almost certainly had
no means of passing on its
inventions" to others. Every
individual was on its own.
Ability in some way to
communicate the details Of
an invention, however prim-
tive and simple, DR.. Leakey
says. constituted an enor-
nous step forward and marks
the dividing line between
men and "pre-men," the
human-like forms extending
at least q million years into
the past.
There can be little doubt,
he says, that the momentoua
Evening star., 1961-03-30


enthusiasm and gratitude
for the efficiency, compe-
tence, and courtesy Of the
state Departments local
passport office, and to point
out to the American people
how unique our passport
privileges are.
Recently my husband and
I applied for passports on
Friday afternoon of one week,
and received them by mail on
Tuesday morning of the next
week. This means that we
obtained our passports with
in little more than one work.
ing dayl
Such promptness is prob
ably taken for granted by
most American citizens. But
to q person used to the ways
Of foreign countries it is
astonishing. I know Of lands
where 1t takes weeks, even
months, to get a passport;
and this is not to mention
that foreign passport nego-
tiations often entail favorit-
ism and petty red tape. The
passport-seeker in many an
other country approaches the
passport office with a heavy
heart. He knows that a pass
port may. for no reason at
all, be denied him. And he
knows that, alas, he can do
little about 1t!
One sometimes hears COM
plants of abridgment Of
freedom. ] hope the citizens
of the United States appre-
ciate one area where there
are no abridgments, either Of
courtesy, freedom, or promp-
titude. The example set by
the United States passport
office is an outstanding in
stance Of how our Govern
ment is verify "of the people,
by the people, and for the
people,"
Ora KENNY.
Evening star., 1961-03-30
Makes Better Grades

I made it! Success at last!
With the help of your articles
on "You Can Make Better
Grades" I finally made an
"a" on my biology test.
I found especially helpful,
the hints on how to prepare
for science tests.
My friends at Calvin Cool
idge High School and I have
found your articles very help
full. I have all Is articles and
! know ! shall often refer to
them. Yvonne Bowman.
Evening star., 1961-03-30

Robert Kennedy is Attorney
General, and we can predict
that Jimmy Hoffa will soon
be sweating.
For the latest straw in the
wind see Evening Star, March
rs. 1861, page B-3, column 5,
Recent building permits is
sued by the District f.. In
ternational Brotherhood of
Teamsters installation Of
Turkish bath facilities in
basement area, IS Louisiana
avenue NV. :"
Charles E. Fox.
Evening star., 1961-03-30
Bloody Reds

According to press reports,
the Soviet delegate to the
United Nations, Andrei Gro
myko, has denounced Dag
Hammarskjold as an accom-
plice and organizer of the
Staying of the deposed Con-
golese leader, Patrice Lu-
mumba. The reasoning Of Mr..
Gromyko is devious, weird,
and without foundation. It
Ill becomes the representative
of a country in which poll
tical liquidation" is not ex-
actly unknown. BY the way,
just what did become of the
Romanoff family and Leon
Trotsky?
Angus Sinclair.
Evening star., 1961-03-30

any promiscuous talking, I
might have found myself
staring fearfully at Judge
Stafford's frown, which to me
at that time would have been
a punishment almost as bad
as going to Jail.
Felix Gotten
Evening star., 1961-03-30
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names nlGy be used II
letters carry tOrtters' correct
names and addresses. An let
ters are subject to condenSd-
tton. Those not used tDill be
returned only iDhen accom-
panied by self - addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1961-03-30
Summary Of Costs

Conservative D e ocrats
and Republicans in Congress
say frankly they will scru-
tinize carefully all the pro-
posed increases in spending
and the new programs and If
they are convinced some are
too great or unwise, they will
fight them in both the House
and Senate. The Republican
National Committee has put
out a summary of estimated
costs Of some Of the Ken
nedy programs. 1t figures the
Presidents Federal aid to ed
ucation program will cost 81
billion for the first year and
$4.6 billion over a five-year
period; housing. $5.4 billion
over a five-year period; high
ways, 81 billion the first year
and $11.5 billion over II
years; distressed areas, STA
million the first year and
1899 million for the whole
program; temporary unem-
ployment insurance extension,
$760 million the first year,
and $3.50 million for the
whole program ending June,
1862; aid to dependent chill
dren Of unemployed, $244
million the first year and
$305 million for a 15-month
period; medical care for the
aged, 81 billion the first year
and $50 billion for a five
year period; other social
security changes, 81 billion
the first year and IS billion
for five years, and emergency
feed grains, $500 million.
The totals given by this
summary for the first year
are $5.7 billion, and for the
total programs over varying
periods $34 billion. These
expenditures are entirely out
side the expenditures fol
national defense. The Ken
nedy budget proposes about
So billion more for the COM
ing fiscal year than did the
Eisenhower budget, for the
armed services. nuclear de-
velopment, etc.
Evening star., 1961-03-30

The Kennedy New From
tiers" are going to cost
money. This is no surprise.
However, the Kennedy
budget" containing many
increases over the budget
which former President Ell
senhower submitted in jan
uary shortly before Mr.. Ken
nedy entered the White
House, and new programs, !"
some for the coming year and
others ranging over periods
up to five and 10 years, are
making it more and more
clear that the cost is going to
be great. The big spending,
the Kennedy administration
and its economic advisers in
sist. will be offset in large
part by increases in employ
ment, production and busi-
ness. producing much greater
revenues for the Federal Gov
ernment. This last is, of
course, a guess. Congress, on
the other hand, has to face
the hard fact it must author
ize these proposed programs
and expenditures and actually
appropriate the money.
Some of the proposed pro-
grams and expenditures are
needed. There has been a re-
cession economically. There
is large unemployment. There
are chronic depressed areas. p"
However, while the admins
tration is asking for authority
to make these big expendi-
lures and for the money, some
administration officials are
speaking hopefully Of an up
turn in business as spring
advances.
Evening star., 1961-03-30
THE POLITICAL MILL
Big Spenders Making Heodwoy
By GOULD LINCOLN

These programs and pro-
posed expenditures do not
include all the proposals Of
the New Frontiersmen. But
they give some idea Of what
the country faces. At present
the public debt stands some
where around $295 billion.
Until the tax returns are
made next month, both from
personal income taxes and
from business taxes, the pic
ture is still clouded so far as
the revenues Of the Govern
ment for the calendar year
1861 are to be. In the opinion
Of some Of the legislators, due
to the recession last year,
the receipts will reflect a re-
duction in revenue. President
Kennedy already has pre-
dicted a considerable deficit
for fiscal year 1861, which
ends June 80 - where Mr..
Eisenhower had estimated q
surplus of SIC million. Also,
Mr.. Kennedy has estimated
a deficit of $2.S billion for
fiscal year 1862 as compared
to the SIS billion surplus
estimated by his predecessor.
President Kennedy has said
he will take another look in
April at the unemployment
situation. He has been urged
by some organized labor lead
ers to demand a cut in taxes
unless there is an upturn in
business and employment, on
the theory that such a cut
would place more money in
the hands Of consumers and
bolster the economy Of the
country. There is a tax meas
ure coming. but it is designed
to Close so-called loopholeS
in the present tax laws and
: so produce more revenue for
the Government.
ONLY One Defeat
So far. President Kennedy
has suffered only one real
defeat on a major measure
Of his social economic pro-
gramS-when the House de-
feated his minimum wage
bill and substituted one Of
its own providing for an In
crease in the minimum wage
from 81 to $1.15 an hour,
instead Of the Kennedy pro-
posal to increase the mini
mum wage to $1.25 over q
two-year period. His bill for
emergency unemployment in
surance extension of 13
weeks has passed. The Sen
ate has put through the de-
pressed areas measure, and
so has the House. The pros
poets for his spending bills
are regarded as good, al
though he may have to take
a cut here and there. Take it
by and large, spending is
popular.
There will be hard fights
over some Of Mr.. Kennedy's
programs. however, particu-
larly his bill for Federal aid
to education and his plan for
medical care for the aged,
tied as 1t is to the Social Sc
curity System. And some Of
these programs may be de-
layed until the Congress
meets next year for its sec
ond session. The fact that
next year is an election year
with all of the House mem
bers and one-third Of the
Senate coming up for re-
election could have q good
deal Of influence in favor Of
free spending and social pro-
grams. On the other hand,
should there be a real major
improvement in the economy,
with good business and plenty
Of employment there will be
resistance to some Of the aid
programs.
Evening star., 1961-03-30
Stamp of Approval

U. s. Naval Office
Evening star., 1961-03-30
Heats On Hoffn

Felix Gotten
Evening star., 1961-12-29

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