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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-26

accessories
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were comparable to now
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size fits oil; white, black,
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were comparable to now
so Cotton Knit Sport Shirts. Sizes 1895
to 20 in eroup------------- 2.99 sse
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Cotton Sport Coots. Sizes IA,
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Evening star., 1961-12-23
Defense and the ICBM

1t Is encouraging that the Army's
Nike ZeuS anti missile missile has
successfully tracked, intercepted and
scored kill" against another mis-
sile (the Nike-Hercules) travelling at
speed Of 5000 miles an hour. This
advance-achieved in a test over the
White Sands range in New Mexico
is the first of its kind announced by
any Of our armed services, and it un-
doubtedly indicates that the United
States is making significant progress
toward developing effective defenses
against sudden death from the sky
Everybody would be we'll advised,
however, to keep in mind that all
such progress is likely to proceed on
rather slow, step-by-step basis. Ac-
tually, the zeus systems most impor-
tant and most meaningful test will
not come until next summer At that
time, according to present plans, the
Army will fire the weapon at an
Atlas 1ntercontinental ballistic missile,
whose speed is in the neighborhood
Of 1900 miles an hour, or roughly
five, times that of the Hercules. Should
the shot succeed, of course, it will
be history making event demonstrat-
ing once again the validity of the old
military axiom about defense and Of
fense always catching up with each
other
>. In any event, even if next sum-
mer's projected test ends in failure,
the experts are confident that genu-
inely awesome, If not completely fool
proof, defenSes against ICBM attack
can. and will be established in due
course-asSuming, that is, that the
world does not blow itself up in the
next five years or so. These defenses
will make the most of numerous
maryels Of our almost too-marvelous
age:- They will combine fantastically
improved radar, for example, with
lightning fast electronic computing
machines in wondrous kind of auto
nation capable of sending up into
the high heavenS-in a matter of
seconds y nuclear and thermonuclear
weapons Of the zeus type to wipe
out invading missiles.
:, But all this is still quite bit in
the future. AS far as our own coun-
try is concerned, the Zeus weapon
represents only the trail-blazing phase
of development, and the Russians very
probably are in pretty much the same
defensive stage, even though there
are strong and highly disturbing indi-
cations that their recent extraordin-
ary series of massive atmospheric nu-
clear shots may have given them a
lead over us in the anti-miSsile field
There is hardly any need to add that
such a lead could imperil our ma
tional security in the gravest way.
Evening star., 1961-12-23

spinster aunt who imbued him with
a boyhood addiction to the theater,
MIR. Hart got off to flying start,
namely that Of knowing what he
wanted to be his destination.
The stage was his goal from the
moment he began to inventory the
various ways to spend life. It's CLAM
our, elegance and excitement were
for him from the moment he first
was exposed to them. This singleness
of purpose tempted him first into
acting but only for so long as 1t
took to discover that writing came
easier, promised more, and suited bet
ter his flair for warm and witty self
expression.
And, after writing, came the shaping
of other mems stage literature in the
role of director. Between the two
he made life framed by the CO.
authorship of the farce, "Once In A
Lifetime" to the direction Of MY
Fair Lady" and "Camelot." 1t re-
warded him richly but no more than
it rewarded the rest Of us.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Practical Planning

The full-dreSs presentation Of the
newly-proposed master plan for Mont
gomery County to members Of the
County Council the other day conSti-
tuted sensible effort to solicit their
advice while the plan is still in its
formative stages. BY doing so, the
Maryland National Capital Park and
Planning Commission hopes to avert
a repetition Of the knock-down drag
out fight which occurred several weeks
ago when the Council, by 80 vote,
repudiated three up-county watershed
plans after they had been approved
by the Planning Commission.
From the initial reactions, how
ever, it is obvious that the voice Of
the Council is far from unified. Some
members apparently feel the pro-
posals of the plan are headed in the
right direction. Others clearly have
reservations. Still others seem less
concerned with the details Of the
master plan than with their earlier
positions on the watershed plans. Un-
less these viewpoints somehow are
brought together in strong majority
Council will have little meaning.
Actually the Planning Commission,
after holding public hearings, would
not be legally bound by such rec
ommendation in approving the plan
And it is true, of course, that men,
bers of a future Council might feel
quite differently about the pattern OF
county development than the current
members. All the same, 1t is impor-
tant that at least an effort be made
to draft land-use controls with which
a majority of the County Council is
in sympathy, for 1t is the Council,
through it's exercise of zoning powers,
which has the ultimate authority to
implement all plans. The Council now
has been given the opportunity to
speak its piece. If 1t fails to respond,
there will be little justification for
complaints later, after the official plan
is adopted.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
UGF Looks Ahead

=. Undaunted by its failure to achieve
100 per cent success this year and
cheered by the fact that the recent
drive raised more money for charity
than ever before, the United Givers
Fund already Is making plans for next
years campaign. And the "give once
for all" agency is fortunate in secur-
inga a worthy successor to Charles E.
Phillips as president. He is Mark Sui
litan, jr, broker and former District
Commissioner.
: Under the leadership Of Mr.. Phil
lips, who Is retiring after two years
of outstanding service as its head,
the. UGF has made notable progress.
This year, for example, the goal was
placed higher than ever before-$7.8
million-and the campaign brought In
96, per cent of that amount, or nearly
$7,5O0000. The closest approach to
that amount was last years return
total of ST. million.
:, Mr.. Sullivan has been active in a
number of previous UGF drives and
was head of the important Advanced
Gifts Unit in the 1861 campaign. The
UGF thus is assured of experienced as
we'll as energetic leadership in an all
out effort to hit the 100 per cent
mark in 1862.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Error of Omission

In my recent letter on mil
itary pensions one line was
inadvertently omitted by you.
The error creates a wrong
impression by implying that
the benefits are available to
the deceased's widow regard
less of whether or not he dies
of the same disability for
which retired. The paragraph
in question should have read:
"The surviving widow may
receive indemnity and de-
pendency compensation at a
monthly rate Of $112 plus IL
per centum of the basic pay
of her deceased husband, pro-
vided he is retired for physi-
cal disability and his death is
the result of that disability.
But this same compensation
is payable to the surviving
widow of a civilian whose
death results from a service
connected disability"
If the cause of death is
other than the disability for
which retired the indemnity
and dependency compensa-
tion is not payable.
Russell F. Albert.
Colonel, AUS-Retired.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Stag at Boy

In a recent letter, a woman
writer expressed the opinion
that the stag nights" spon-
sored by several Washington
department stores were a
manifestation Of Grass COM
mercialism.
For several years, I have
derived a great deal of pleas
ure from attending these
stag nights" Shopping is far
more pleasant for a man on
these nights than on any eve
ming when the store Is filled
with women.
Salespeople are extremely
cordial; extra personnel are
stationed about to provide
guidance to the poor male in
this institution designed pri-
marily for a feminine popu-
lation; barberShop singing
groups and free soft drinks
provide diversion and re-
freshment. In short, I have
always considered stag
night" to be a Christmas
present from the department
stores to the male population.
A more serious charge is
made as the writer accuses
the customers of "ogling" the
models. I seriously suggest
that evil. like beauty, is in
the eye Of the beholder.
The unfair charges brought
by this woman are quite
probably a result of her be-
ing piqued at being left out
of the fun.
nnnL q DhuA
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Waves or Jets

If Jets are allowed to use
National Airport many resi-
Dental areas will be made
uninhabitable. The noise
level will be intolerable.
Most of the people in these
areas don't understand this
and when they read that the
Federal Aviation Agency is
contemplating letting jets
land at National they think
that it doesn't affect them.
How wrong they are! Do
they know that the Federal
Housing Administration will
not extend mortgage loans on
houses that fall within GER
tain areas adjacent to jet
runways! This area extends
out 312 miles from the end
of each and every runway.
National Airport is no place
for jets. The airport was
not designed for them and I
hope the neighboring COM
munities will not permit them
to land there.
Gretchen Klee.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Nehru's Halo Slips

The moment of truth has
come for those enlightened
souls who have openly or pri-
vately supported the peace
policies of the so-called neu-
tralist nations. Now that the
noblest of their knights of
peace" has fallen from his
high perch of righteousness,
it is time that they took a
realistic look at the world
they live in.
Even the most visionary
liberal will be hard-pressed to
find justification for Nehru's
unreasonable act of agrees
sion in Diu, Damo and Goa.
There is no halo of holiness
that they can rightfully at
tach to his war. Never again
can they use the name of Ne
hru as a sanity wedge for
their ungodly acts of ap-
peasement. 1t is no longer
possible for anyone to look
upon this sanctimonious sage
of do-goodism as the spokes-
man for world peace.
The time has come for all
clear-thinking Americans to
demand of their elected rep
resentatives a reappraisal of
our position in world politics
There is much to be gained
from Mr.. Nehru's duplicity
and the United Nations in
ability to curb it, if we but
heed the lesson.
Let us stop putting our
trust in false gods and false
doctrines. Let us support
those men and those coun-
tries who support us. Let us
continue to strive for peace
but peace on our terms, moi
thelr4. Robert w. Pease
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Close in Australia

AuStrallaS durable Prime Minister
Robert Gordon MenzieS, chief Of the
Commonwealth government since 1949,
is facing one of the most exacting tests
of his long political career IN the
months Immediately ahead. After nine
days of post-election uncertainty, while
mail votes still were being received
and counted, official results of the
December 8 balloting show that his
Liberal-Country Party coalition has
retained control of the House Of Repre-
sentatives by the smallest possible
majority, SO to 81. Selection Of nom
voting Speaker from Liberal-Country
ranks will leave the government with
only one-vote edge in the lower branch
of Parliament when 1t reconvenes IN
February.
Even this close division, with its
requirement of absolute discipline with
in the coalition bloc in the House, is
not the only threat to smooth sailing
for the Menzies government. On
June 30, when newly elected Senators
take their seats, control Of that branch
will pass to the opposition Labor Party.
Meanwhile, Mr. Menzies must replace
three cabinet members who lost their
seats in the December 9 voting. And
over all is an awareness that the Liberal
Country popular vote trailed that cast
for the opposition.
Actually, the result appears to
have, surprised virtually everybody-the
overconfident Liberal Country leaders,
the pollSterS, members Of the business
community whose protest vote against
the governments domestic economic
policies is being blamed for the close
tally, and even Labor Party spokesman
who made few predictions Of victory
and conceded defeat on election night
before the count was near an end.
Although foreign policy was not an
important issue in the campaign, there
is reason for the free world community
to be pleased that Mr.. Menzies will stay
in office. In all respects, the policies
of his government have amounted to
stout adherence to the cooperative
political, economic and defense ventures
of the free nations In general and an
increasingly close association with the
United States in particular. His COM
mitment to this course was summed
up best, perhaps, in an outspoken
denunciation of Soviet Premier Khru-
shchev personally and reminder that
the Western powers must "persistently
keep together exhibit their own
united strength E. and make 1t clear
that the people who believe in a free
life are not easily driven into fragments
by shabby Soviet maneuver."
With certain revisions in his govern
ment's controversial economic policies
already proposed, there are grounds for
hoping that Mr.. Menzies may be able
to rebuild the popularity Of his coalition
before another election date.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Minority Pressure

With regard to the pro-
posed Montgomery County
legislation to make 1t a
crime for a businessman to
refuse service to anyone on
account Of race, religion or
national origin: such a law
or ordinance would be dis
elimination against the en-
tire American system of free
enterprise.
Millions OF Americans are
alarmed by the tendency of
the politicians of some To-
calities and States and some
Federal politicians to bow
their heads and bend their
knees to the noisy minority
pressure groups in this Ma
tion who are demanding, un-
der the banner of freedom"
CD what really amounts to
not just creeping socialism.
but socialism at a headlong
gallop.
If this Nation continues to
be dictated to by minorities.
we will end up with the kind
of government that Nikita
Khrushchev boasted We
would have eventually, when
he predicted that our grand
children would live un d e r
communism.
If the labor bosses, the
NAACP, CORE. and all the
others of their ilk continue
to beat the tired horse. busi-
ness. it is going to drop dead
from exhaustion. And when
that happens there will be
no more business men willing
to beat their brains out
against the stone wall Of
Federal regimentation. Then
everything in America will be
run by the Government. ex-
actly as it is in Soviet Rus
sia. Whether they know it
or not, that is the road to
ruin down which the selfish
minorities in this Nation are
trying to drive the American
people.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
THE POLITICAL MILL
Christmas Gift to the G. O. p?
By GOULD LINCOLN

igan Committee, a nonparti-
san organization formed in
1859 to clean up the State,
financially and government
ally, boosted him into the
political spotlight and today
he is a delegate and hard
working member Of the Con-
stitutional Convention set up
to revise the States funda-
mental law. He has become
familiar with many Of the
States problems and needs.
If the revised constitution is
on the ballot for ratification
next year-and so is Mr..
Romney-he would have a
ready-made issue and plat
form. He has made himself
a wealthy man, so much so
that he could resign his pres
idency of American Motors
and give up his big salary
without too much injury to
his own interests. Should he
be elected, he would be Mich
igan's first Mormon Cover
nor.
Won Nomination
Forty-one years ago, Wen
dell L. Willkie, who made his
fame as president and spokes-
man for Commonwealth and
Southern Corporation, was
discovered" by some of the
financial moguls of the Re-
publican Party-and caught
on with public. The find"
did not pan out, though Mr..
Willkie and his followers were
able to stampede the Repub-
lican National Convention Of
1910 to win him a presiden-
tial nomination. Mr.. Romney,
if he becomes a real figure
in politics, is likely to prove
vastly different from Mr..
Willkie.
1t is scarcely fair to think
of him as a presidential can
didate, when he has still to
decide whether or not to run
for Governor. But some Re-
publicans are already cast
ing around for presidential
material. They see Gov. Rock
efeller of New York possibly
hamStrung because of an ap-
preaching divorce: former
Vice President Nixon, one
time presidential loser, en-
gagged in a desperate battle
for governor of California,
and Senator Goldwater Of
Arizona, spokesman for the
ultra conservatives, unlikely
to win a presidential election.
So they are inclined to turn
to something new on the po-
litical horizon. They do not
believe the fact Mr.. Romney
is a member of the Mormon
Church is a bar. They recall
that for the first time the
country elected a Roman
Catholic President in 1860.
1t is still a far cry to 1864.
Gov. Rockefeller may be tri-
umphantly reelected, and
Mr.. Nixon may win Califor-
MAS governorship, which
would make a very different
picture. It is easy to under
stand, however, that as 1861
draws to a close, the Repub-
hcans are giving hard thought
to a standard bearer three
years hence, and that Mr.
Romney may appeal to them
There is a huge labor vote
in Michigan-much of it con-
nected with the manufacture
ing of automobiles. Mr.. Rom.
ney, as head of a big motor
corporation. has lived alone
well with labor. and he re.
Gently agreed to a profit.
=. sharing plan for the worker.
r in his company. which shoulc
do him no harm If and wher
: he becomes a candidate fol
: political office.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Robert A. Mullen.
Mans BeostIiness

At this time Of year. when
Christians are preparing to
celebrate the birthday of the
Child who came into the
world to bring peace, love,
and mercy. it is particularly
upsetting to see pictures like
the one which appeared in
The Star in the sports sec
ton, December II. and to
read Charles Covell's story
of the bear hunt. Such a
picture and such a story are
sharp reminders of mans
endless thirst to kill and his
seemingly innate tendency to
barbaric cruelty.
In his book, THE Great
Chain of Life" Joseph Wood
Krutch says, Most wicked
deeds are done because the
doer proposes some good to
himself. The killer for
sport has no such compre-
hensible motive. He prefers
death to life, darkness to
light. He gets nothing except
the satisfaction of saying.
Something which wanted to
live is dead. There is that
much less vitality, conscious
ness, and, perhaps, joy in the
universe. I am the spirit that
denies When a man wanton-
ly destroys one of the works
of man we call him vandal.
When he (man wantonly
destroys one of the works Of
God we call him sportsman.
If to do evil not in the
hope of gain but for evils
sake involves the deepest guilt
by which man can be stained,
then killing for killings sake
is a terrifying phenomenon
and as strong proof as we
could have of that reality Of
evil with which present-day
theologians are again con-
cerned.
Between the human being
assumed to be only a species
of animal and any other
species no qualitative rather
than merely quantitative dis
tinction can logically be as
sumed to exist, and the wan
ton killing Of an animal diff
fers from the wanton killing
of a human being only in
degree. The two murders are
not equally wicked, but they
are not wholly different
either. Such wanton killing
of an animal out Of no nee
essity and not even for the
sake of a minor need is al
least a small murder-not
an innocent game"
Perhaps Christians nc
longer read the Bible very
thoughtfully. Perhaps they
have forgotten the passage il
the Book Of Isaiah: Fol al
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Spirit of Christmas?

Twas the week before
Christmas, and all through
the town Full many a citi-
zen nurtured a frown. ./And
the newspapers printed each
quotable reason/Why we
should abolish the signs Of
the season.
THE merchants ignore
what the churches have
taught, And the children be-
lieve anything can be bought.
Christmas baubles are pa
gan, extinguish st. Nick!/
And pray for a world so
commercially sick"
But others say, Don't
mention Jesus in school, ITS
not democratic. Let's make
1t the rule TO silence those
carols, in these there is dan
ger!/Forbid the display of
the Child in the manger."
Oh men of good will, must
you argue and scheme?/ The
world is in turmoil, and
peace is a dream For yes
terday's past. and tomorrow's
unsure-/But the spirit of
Christmas must ever endure.
Helen Jordan
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Extent of Immunity

I noted wit h amazement
the article by Star staff writ
er Sam Eastman regarding
a penalty to a First Secre-
tary of the British Embassy
for the failure to pay his wa
ter and sewer bill on time.
The amount: $1.62. Ronald A.
G. Clark of the British En-
bassy contends that he Is i'm
mune to such a penalty be-
cause of Il. international
law"
Is he also immune from
the payment of debts to
stores. service companies or
even individuals?
I recognize the reason be-
hind the general presumption
that a bona fide member of
the diplomatic corps should
have his person sacred and
free from arrests" but we
poor law-abiding taxpayers
of the District have been be-
set by the lack of considera-
tion Of many foreign diplo-
mats" who park illegally at
will. who do not pay their
debts on time and who gen.
orally assume that they enjoy
an immunity that citizens
and taxpayers Of course,
do not enjoy.
1t would seem that the
rights and privileges of mem
bers of the diplomatic staff
of an embassy might be sub
ject to review, as Corporation
Counsel Chester H. Gray's
observation suggests. I might
suggest that a closer scru-
tiny of applications for "DPL"
automobile tags be included
in the investigation.
Law-abiding foreign diplo-
mats here, as well as ours in
foreign countries, deserve to
be protected from harassment
by unfriendly governments
but they also have a respon-
sibility to be above reproach.
Robert F. Wilson.
Evening star., 1961-12-23

those things hath mine hand
made. and all those things
have been, saith the Lord; .
He that killeth an OK is as
If he slew a man; he that
sacrificeth a lamb, as If he
cut off a dogs neck" Isaiah
66:2 and 3.
When will Christians real
lie that when Christ said,
Blessed are the merciful, for
they shall receive mercy" he
surely included the defense
less animals of the earth?
Therese Ann Olson
Evening star., 1961-12-23
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