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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-03

Maryland is your outdoor liv-
ing room. You don't toss papers
on the floor indoors-why do it
outdoors? Be a good citizen.
Help Keep Maryland Beautiful.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-03
AUTHORIZATION

Hlbben--ReltOn
Mrs. Margaret Lovett Hibben
and DR.. Walter J. Pelton were
married August 2 at st. Fran.
els Church, Potomac, Md. The
Reverend Martin T. Lord off,
ciated at the 1:30 pm. service,
Witnesses at the ceremony
were the Surgeon General OF
the United States and Mrs,
Luther Terry of Rockville, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Miller of Be
thesda. Mrs. Polly Pelton, DR.,
Pelton's mother, was also there,
Following a three week
honeymoon at Myrtle Beach,
s. c., the couple will live at
'Ren Roc" DR.. Pelton's River
I'd. home.
Around the World
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Gwen are
leaving soon for an around the
world trip in seven weeks. Their
plans will take them to Homo.
lulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Thai.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-03
Sewing Course
Begins Monday

A two-week course for teen.
ayers in the Bishop sewing
method will begin Monday at
Western Junior High School.
The classes will be held Mon.
day through Friday from 9 to
II am. under the direction of
Mrs. Charles Merrill. Further
information can be obtained
from the Montgomery County
Recreation Department, Poplar
2-5040.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-03

Following too closely causes
nearly Is per cent of all traffic
accidents, according to the Lib
erty Mutual Insurance Co.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-03

The Venetians of the 14OOs
are credited with having invent
ed the double entry system of
bookkeeping.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-03
County Business Briefs
BY. Joel Thomas

ton District as government sales
supervisor for the past five
years.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-03

last weeks Montgomery Count
Science-InduStry Showcase.
Evening star., 1961-01-30
Walter Puts
Reds in u. S.
At25,OOO
By the Associated Pres

Representative Walter, DEM
ocrat Of Pennsylvania, says 25.-
900 hard core Communists are
working in the United States to
loverthrow the Government.
Mr.. Walter, chairman Of the
House Committee on Un-AmeF-
ican Activities, says all 25,0o0
are skilled revoiutienaries who
take their orders directly from
Moscow.
He made the statement i'd an
interview taped for use yester-
day by western New York tele-
vision stations.
According to Mr.. Walter, the
Communist Party in the United
States was on the run until a
1857 Supreme Court decision
made it harder to obtain con-
victions for Smith Act viola
tions.
The Smith Act made it q
crime to advocate overthrow
Of the United States Govern
ment. -t
The 1857 Supreme Court de-
cision, however. said preach
ing abstractly" the forcible
overthrow of the Government
is no crime under the 1910
anti-subversive act. 1t is q
crime only when preaching
overthrow of the Government
is advocacy of action to that
end" the court said. "a
Evening star., 1961-01-30
POTOMAC FEVER.
BY FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ed Murrow. chain-smokins commentator is the new
United States Information Agency chief Murow expected
to dispense radoand make our propaganda by smoke
signals. Ft =
The cost Of living again. This hstorys only
recession in which couldn't live on Job YOU
found one.
magazine has exclusive rights the real story Of the
liner Santa Maria Title: New Frontier Bride: Married
Portuguese Pirate" -
President Kennedy presents first Union
message Theme Things neither the Demo-
Gratis pictured them last fanor bright as they'll paint
them in "a.
With all the eggheads in the Kennedy administration
Washington Is having real Phi weather. Shows Piled High
and Deep.
Conservative Senator Godwaer gets treatments from
Kennedys doctor His back hurt And would yours If you
Jet pilot trying to deceerate enough to get back
to the horse and buggy days. -
Evening star., 1961-01-30
S. WHITE
Even COP. Reminders Thot Not All
is Rosy Called Welcome TO Kennedy

The last Of the post-Ina,I.
gural gaiety,, the hey-hey
and the gee-whiz now leaves
the Washington scene. The
new" Kennedy administra-
ton now becomes just "the
administration" confronting
hard and far from jovial
problems in a cold war still
unthawed., f,. -.
The massive and menacing
ice field has perhaps cracked,
by the width of a small
thumb in the release of the
two American flyers - but
surely by no more than that.
The last Of all the parties
Is all over. The last Of the
celebrating visitors has de-
parted, clutching an ach-
ing head. The officials have
all gone solidly back to work.
The atmosphere Is not quite
that of the morning-after.
But it is one Of sober care
and restraint.
It is no longer a time of
exultation, but rather a time
for deliberate attempts to
check the over-enthusiasm of
a people given, to worrying
either too much or far too
little. "'t - -
President Kennedy himself
has taken the lead, from the
moment Of his Inauguration
to date, in this effort to eau
tion that nothing fundamen-
al has changed. There is yet
no slightest sign of pie for
us IN the world sky. :
In the Inaugural speech
itself he warned that the job
Of finding true peace with
justice would not be finished
within the first hundred-or
the first thousand-days of
his tenure. All he promised
was "a long twilight strug-
gle year in and year out"
Again. in announcing the
Russians had freed the inn
prisoned airmen, he took
great pains to. emphasize
that this was only a small if
happy. incident. The cold
war still remained. the SOM
ber fact Of the worlds life.
Glum Republican voices
meantime are raised to prove
not only this point, If it
needed more proving, but,
also to show that champagne
no longer flows in a political
honeymoon already over. A
senior Republican Senator,
Styles Bridges of'New Hamp-
shire. demands to know
Evening star., 1961-01-30

whether there was ANY
deal" with the Soviet Union
in the fliers' liberation.
Probably Bridges does not
really think there was; all
the same he believes the
point worth raising. Now
this may seem at first glance
to be hardly a pally gesture
toward President Kennedy.
But actually it is not a bad
thing at all.
For the Kennedy admins
tration has been given an
extraordinarily enthusiastic
public reception. This is
right and good. to all who
are more concerned with the
country than with small
partisan feelings. But it is
an enthusiasm which could
readily be carried too far
for the country's good and
for Mr., Kennedy's personal
good. e,, o.. 49,. -
For . potential danger to
his Administrations is our ma
tional capacity for extreme
optimism in times Of dra-
matte changes in leadership.
This might lead the public to
expect the impossible and so
at length to turn on leaders
who never promised, the i'm
possible.
This is an hour for under
statement, never for over
statement. The President
himself is fully aware Of this,
as those who have recently
seen him we'll know. But not
all his own cautions have
yet quieted public expecta-
tions that are still far too
rosy.
Thus, the introduction of
a little salt and vinegar into
the national diet, from
whatever source, is fer from
unwelcome to him.
Our tirelessly critical Eu-
ropean friends therefore are
doing their bit, too. in point
ing out that. releasing two
airmen does not release
Soviet pressure being ap-.
piled against us all around
the earth. These European
friends are quite right here,
Evening star., 1961-01-30
DAVID LAWRENCE

Confusion is perhaps too
strong q word to character
ize the first week Of Presi-
dent Kennedy's administra-
tion, but . lack of co-ordina-
tion was palpably evident.
Adlai Stevenson, for in
stance. as Ambassador to the
United Nations. made inn
portant comments at q press
conference in. New York about
getting friendly with Red
China and on other points
Of policy that one would think
should probably have come
either from the Secretary Of
State or from the President.
Mr. Stevenson said he
guessed" that Mr.. Kennedy
would like to have q confer
ence soon with Mr.. KhruSh-
ScheY.
Secretary Rusk, on his part,
was busy the same day ex-
planning to the press in
Washington that some Of
the things he had written .
, few months ago about the
undesirability Of summit"
conferences as q means Of
practical diplomacy should
be viewed in q new light.
He said that ION principle"
the summit conference idea
shouldn't be excluded and
that "ths flexibilities We need
in the conduct Of diplomacy"
shouldn't be limited.
The White House let it be
known promptly, moreover.
that Mr.. Stevenson wasn't
reflecting the Presidents
views about a Khrushchev
visit. Now everybody knows
that il the Soviet Premier
comes to the United Nations
meetings in New York. he
would probably have to be
invited to Washington. But
there's a big difference be-
tween virtually inviting or
urging the Soviet dictator
publicly to come and dealing
with the matter in diplomatic
fashion once he is here.
Then there was the. spec
tacular incident in which Mr..
Kennedy participated - the
welcome to the returned
flyers. The President himself
handled the problem Of what
to do about letting the RB-47
flyers talk to the press. He
conferred with them at the
airport, and the word i'm
Evening star., 1961-01-30
The Administration S First Week

public the opinion polls con-
cerning American prestige"
abroad. This arose as an
issue during the campaign,
and the State Department
then remained silent.
Mr.. Kennedy attacked the
departments policy. Natural
ly. when he took office the
reporters pressed for the
same information. So he
ordered the data revealed.
Does. this mean that here
after every opinion poll will
be made public even if it
shows that the Kennedy ad-
ministration has not lifted
American prestige" abroad
high enough TO meet popular
expectations at home'
Then there IL the matter
of the censorship Of the
speeches OF the military
chiefs. As Is customary. one
Of the addresses was sent last
week to the White HOUSE. for
advance perusal. but it was
suggested there that refer
ences to the Soviet in Ad-
miral Burke's speech, be
toned down. The idea seems
to be to curry favor with the
Communists .tnst now. It. may
be. Wise always to keep the
military folks from, tndulgihg
in international politics by
their speeches, but was IL
wise to emphasize a routine
procedure? Why wasn't
censorship imposed on how
the admiral's address was
handled? For the impression
now given is that all speeches
by high officials are to be
censored primarily to meet
a new specification which
says in effect, BE kind to
Khrushchev."
This seems q strange way
to start dealing with a man
who gets tougher when his
opponent seems to soften. It
seems strange, too, to be en-
couraging the Soviet Premier
to make q trip to America
when the whole world knows
that he insulted the Presi-
dent Of the United States
and deliberately broke up the
last summit conference be-
cause this suited his propa-
ganda game. There are many
here who. recalling past be-
haVor Of the Moscow die
tator, think that to kowtow to
him can only mean humilia-
tioh Is in store for the United
States-and perhaps war at
the end Of the road II the
spirit of Munich is revived.
.(copyriKht, 1851
Evening star., 1961-01-30
Presidents Message Linked to Efforts
To Avert Blockade Of Welfare Bills


to alter, or to amend. the ar
rangemsnt now being sought.
For the role, Of the Rules
Committee aS traffic police
man for legislation Is neither
. constitutional function nor
. moral issue. It Is only q tac-
tical weapon which the House
can alter or discard at will.
The extent to which this
is largely forgotten Is seen
in the offer of Rules Chair
man Smith to "let" certain
items Of the Kennedy pro-
gram reach the floor. Such
generosity indicates that the
Virginia Congressman has
himself confused with q high
er power than the American
voters or the elected Presi-
dent.
For what Representative
Smith has actually done is
to demand that the President
must make . treaty with him
personally and on his terms
before the Kennedy 1egis1a-
tive program can be made
effective. Nor can it be pre-
sumed that should Smith
succeed, he would be any
more reasonable than he has
been in the past.
The essential absurdity of
the Smith position is that
most Americans are scarcely
aware Of the power the pres
ent system gives him. In
Evening star., 1961-01-30
RALPH McGuL
Deeply Religious Jackson Not Happy
In Army, But His Men Did the Impossjble

January is celebrated as
the natal month for Ben
Franklin and Gen. Robert E.
Lee. It Is also the birth
month Of one of the most
austere men and one OF the
greatest soldiers of our time,
Thomas Jonathan Jackson.
familiarly known as Stone
wall, and not much attention
is paid him. He was a strange
man and he was in Lees
shadow, yet Lees most i'm
portant victories were made
possible by him.
He was born In what, Is
now West Virginia, near
Clarksburg, Of parents who
were desperately poor and
who died Of heartbreak and
worry when their four chill
dren were little more than
babies. An uncle, Cummins
Jackson, took young Thomas.
(The name Jonathan" was
added, for some reason never
explained, by Jackson him
self when he was almost
groWn.)
Jackson was poorly pre-
pared for a West Point ca
detShip, which Uncle Cum
minis obtained for him In
1842. but he studied hard and
developed then the ability to
retire within himself and de-
vote his whole being to what
ever Job was at hand. He so
deeply dug into his work that
he said. in later years. he did
not believe he spoke to d sin
gle woman in the four years
he was at the Academy, and
his words with fellow cadets
were few. In i846 he was
graduated nth in a class Of
SO.
He was not too happy In
the Army, and vas not, there
fore. too much interested IN
Evening star., 1961-01-30
RALPH McGILL ..'," >.. >...
Stonewal- One of the Greatest

OF his own men in darkness
at Charlottesville in May Of
1863, his name was action. He
was a severe disciplinarian.
His most trusted lieutenant.
Gen. Richard Ewell. never
doubted but that Jackson
was somewhat insane. In
combat his eyes blazed. but
he was never at a loss. His
men never really loved him,
but respected him and trusted
him without question. For
that reason they often did
the impossible. and cheered
him for making them achieve
it.
Once 10000 of them COW.
cred So miles on foot In a
little less than 2 days and
then fought and won a great
battle for him. (Second Man
assas.)
His men. called him "Old
Jack" He was 80 years old,
but bearded, solemn. often
In, prayer. Dressed in q
weather = beaten cap, long
boots, a plain, uniform, and
riding an ugly horse. he
looked old and the men came
to think OF him as one of
the bearded prophets because
Of his habit Of stretching his
right arm heavenward. ct
grew cramped from holding
the .reins and he was merely
stretching it,
His Valley Campaign In
1862 Ia regarded by military
men today as the most per-
feet display Of strategic SCI
epce In American history.
His last smashing victory
was at Chaneellorsyille, where
another magnificent march
put him behind Hooker and
turned the tide Of battle.
The Army Of Northern Vir-
ginia was never the same,
nor did Lee ever find another
lieutenant who. understood so
well what was needed and
how to do 1t.
Evening star., 1961-01-30
DORIS ELEEsoN .. ... , ..'
The State of the Rules Battle

fact. every presidential elec-
ton since 1924-six years be-
fore he was elected to the
first Of his, Is HOUSE terms
had specifically repudiated
the Smith views, Not even
the losers In presidential
F., races since 1924 have held
them. tt
Thus. from the standpoint
Of national policy. Smith and
Others Ike him have nine
times received q vote OF "no
confidence" nationally and
from both parties.
Smiths power stems from
another artificial device-the
seniority system governing
committee assignments. It's
imperfections have rarely
been more glaringly illus
trated. but the prevailing
% view Is that they are less than
? the imperfections Of any
other system.
That the present Rules sit
uation seems tolerable. even
desirable. to many decent and
intelligent conservatives re-
sides In o complex of politi-
cal and theological factors.
One Of the most defensible is
that it represents q hedge
. against extremism by a DEM
agogue with Illicit appeal to
the least responsible masses
Of voters.
The description does not
seem to fit Kennedy and the
successful intellectuals gath
cred around him.
Evening star., 1961-01-30
DORIS ELEESON

President Kennedy is en-
gagged In . valiant and well
plotted effort to keep the in
itiative OF government in his
own hands.
The timing Of his state-of-
the-Union message is direct
ed at the fight to demolish
the House Rules Committee
blockade Of welfare legisla-
ton.
The personal presence Of
the President will remind
Democrats that he is their
President with power to
grant or withhold many ia
vors important to them and
their constituents. It will
suggest to Republicans from
urban areas his proved appeal
in their districts.
To such statesmen as may
be present 1t should also
bring reminders Of what hap
pens when democratic gov
ernment proves ineffective
and cannot make good on its
promises. Any devotees of
fair play might even remem-
Der that o new President de-
serves . chance without. ad-
vance veto from Congress
men representing small
handfuls Of voters.
Should Kennedy or Speak
er Rayburn prove tyrannical,
q new House of Representa-
tives to be elected in 81
months will have the power
Evening star., 1961-01-30

it. He served well in Mexico,
even brilliantly. but in 1851
resigned to take the chair OF
military tactics and natural
philosophy at Virginia Mill
tary Institute at Lexington.
He was not q good teacher.
The cadets thought him
queer. They called him tom
Fool"e jackson and played
many a joke on him.
He was 50 deeply religious
that even devout people
= thought him a little fana-
tical. CHe would not mail q
letter If it were to travel on
the Sabbath He was always
"an iron saber vowed to an
iron god" He married two
daug h ters of Presbyterian
ministers, his first wife hav-
ing lived but IA months after
marriage. ~
Natural philosophy inter-
ested him more than military
tactics. He took trips to see
notable scenic marvels. He
toured Europe, but saw only
the great sights and visited
none Of the military camps.
He liked the talk Of "divines
and spent much time in their
company.
Jackson cared nothing for
public affairs, but his ad-
herence to and respect for
duty were strong. He COM
manded the cadet corps al
the hanging OF John Brown,
the abolitionist who had been
captured by q company of
Marines commanded by an
officer named Robert z. Lee.
He does not appear again
until April, 1891.
From that hour onward
Until his death from pneu-
monia, brought on by wounds
sustained from the rifle fire
Evening star., 1961-01-30
Coordination Held Lacking on Issues
: OF Summit, Censorship, Prestige Polls

mediately went forth that
: no reporters would be allowed
to interview them.
The impression given was
that any Information. made
public might hurt Soviet
American relations. Just why
this should be so is a mys-
terry. Certainly when the U-2
incident occurred. Mr.. Ken
nedy was vocal and 50 were
other Democrats. They de-
manded to know the whole
truth, and the Senate For
eign Relations Committee,
after an extensive inquiry.
made a lengthy report Of
criticism on the subject. 1t
can be taken for granted that
no such investigation will be
made now, eager though the
Republicans, led by Senator
Styles Bridges, the able Sen
ator from New Hampshire,
may be to get at the truth.
The American people have
been told now for several
years by the Democrats that
they have q right to know"
what's going on. But the gag
on the returned flyers ap-
) pears to be a glaring excep-
ton. Maybe there is q good
reason. Did the American
plane really venture too close
to Soviet territory? The
United States regards every
thing beyond the three-mile
limit in coastal water as IN
ternationai and open to the
aircraft and ships Of all
countries except in time of
declared war. But the Soviet
Union considers 10 miles to be
the limit in peacetime. Was
the American plane far be-
yond 10 miles? II 50, why
doesn't the United States
say so and offer the evidence
that the returned flyers can
give-if, indeed, they can
state positively where they
were when shot down?
The world needs to know
whether they were downed
without a chance to 60 back
and also to be advised what
happened to the other flyers
reported missing. But the
censorship now imposed pre-
vents it. Maybe 1t will be
lifted later on.
Mr.. Kennedy himself did
something else which he later
may regret. He told the
State Department to make
Evening star., 1961-01-30

here last week. mas turned
down the post. he told report
ers yesterday. He didn't say
why.
Informed quarters predicted
DR.. Hector David Castro would
now be offered the post.
Evening star., 1961-01-30

Wisconsin and Western Branch:
s35l WISCONSIN AVENUE, N. W.
Evening star., 1961-01-30
Checking Excess Enthusiasm

but there is a certain sour
irony here, too.
These same critics spent
years denouncing the Eisen-
hover administration as too
rigid" Now that we have
another administration they
are already worrying that it
may be too unrigid. About
this they were wrong before:
they will be even more
wrong now.
Evening star., 1961-01-30
SoIvodor.'s Envoy
Won't Come Here

SAN SALVADOR, Ell Saliva
dor. Jan. 80 (AP DIR. Rey-
naldo Galindo Pohl. named
Ambassador to- Washington by
the junta which seized power
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-01
Senate Gives
 McNabb the OK For Resi- ignatiOn

JUNEAU LR - The Alaska State Senate Tuesday turned down a recommendation of its Commit tee on Committees and permitted Sen. George McNabb to resign from the Senate Finance Commit tee.
 The Committee on Committees had recommended that McNabb, only Fairbanks area senator on the Finance Committee, be re- quired to keep his seat.
 The recommendation was turn ed down 6-14.
 Sen. Lester Bronson then moved that McNabb's resignation be ac- cepted. The motion sailed through by an 18-2 count, with only Sens. B. J. Logan and John McNees casting negative votes.
 McNabb asked last Wednesday that he be permitted to resign from finance, telling the Senate he had never served on the com mittee in tn past and had no in- terest in serving on it.
 Last Friday, the Committee on Committees recommended that the resignation be turned down, ex- blaming it would necessarily re- suit in a reshuffling of commit tee assignments.
 T Simply Resign"
 Before the Senate turned down the committee recommendation McNabb told the upper chamber:
 "When I resigned, I simply re- signed. The chair asked if I was asking for unanimous consent. In deference to the chair, I asked for unanimous consent. No ob- jection was heard and the journal reflects it. Therefore, it is my contention that my resignation was accepted and the committee report is out of order.'
 Senate President Frank Pera- trovich ruled, however, that the committee report was in order, but it failed to win approval
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-01
Youth Admits Dropping 8-Year-Old Boy to His Death from Hotel Roof

LOS ANGELES lR - A boy. r, admitted dropping boy, 8, Mon day night from a hotel roof to his death on the sidewalk five floors below, police reported.
 Killed was Christopher May field from San Jose.
 Police said Christopher and his brother Brian, 5, were watching television in the hotel lobby when the 17-year- invited Chris topher to go up on the roof to play The mother, Yolande May field was writing a letter at a desk.
 The older boy told police he said to Christopher on the roof: Let's look at the scenery"
 "They leaned over the parapet," ]" Sgt. P. R. Brooks said in describ- ing the 17-year-old's account. He said, then we started wrestling around. The boy was hanging over the side of the roof and I let him go."
 "We asked him why and he doesn't have an answer. There's no response to that question"
 The 17-year-old, identified as John B. Raleigh of Los Angeles, was booked on suspicion of mur- der.