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Evening star., 1961-10-02

party's specialist on defense
affairs. Mr.. Brown is a close
associate of party leader Hugh
Gaitskell-the man who be-
lieveS the next national elec-
ton will make him Prime Min
lister of Britain.
Mr.. Gaitskell has swung the
party away from the old left
wing line that Britain should
give up its nuclear weapons re-
gardless of what the United
States and the Soviet Union do
The party left-wingers, how
ever, still have couple of clubs
with which they hope to beat
the Gaitskell moderates.
The moderates are committed
to full British participation ir
the North Atlantic Alliance.
Hope to Change Policy
The left-wingers hope tc
change this policy by winning
the conferences approval fol
resolutions calling for:
/. The immediate closing
down of the United States Po-
laris submarine base in Holy
Loeb near Glasgow.
2. A prohibition against the
further training of West Ger
man troops on British soil such
as was done recently in South
Wales.
Still another major issue -
the question whether Britain
should join the six-nation Com.
mon Market-hangs over the
week-long conference in this
Lancashire seaside resort.
Mr.. Gaitskell hopes the dele.
gates will avoid committing
themselves too deeply on this
question. He wants to stand or
the sidelines and watch Prime
Minister Macmillan's ConServa.
tives fight among themselve!
about the Common Market.
If Mr.. Macmillan has trouble
keeping the Conservatives ir
line he may have to call for 6
national election next spring
a turn of events Mr.. Gaitskel
hopes will come about.
/ Recent public opinion poll
show that the Labor Party
which has been out Of power 70,
10 years. now is gaining on thI
/ Conservatives.
Evening star., 1961-10-02
RockCreek
Day Events
Draw 5000

More than 5000 persons saw
Rock Creek at its loveliest yes
terday at the sixth annual OBJ
servance of Rock Greek Day.
A continuous entertainment
program was sponsored by
more than so civic groups at
various places in the 2,900-acre
park in the heart of the Ma
tons Capital. Highlight of the
program was the presentation
of a special citation to Supreme
Court Justice William o. Doug
las.
Mrs. Douglas accepted the
award for her husband, who is
just back from a trip to Outer
Mongolia and was unable to
attend because Of his prepara-
tions for the opening of the
Supreme Court today.
Park visitors, enjoying a
pleasant fall day unmarried by
the rain that is predicted fol-
tdoay, tonight and tomorrow
saw Ranger Hal, Smokey the
Bear and Oswald Rabbit. They
watched camping and tepee
demonstrations, looked at
demonstrations of horSeman-
ship, saw movies and heard
talks about animals. There also
were demonstrations of Indian
sand-painting and the work OF
Park Police horse and dos
units. More than 5000 persons
attended the demonstrations
near the Carter Baron Amphi-
theater and another 1000 went
to the Nature Center.
C. j. S. Durham headed the
steering committee for the ac.
tivltleS program.
Evening star., 1961-10-02

Gently sent $5 with a note, IT
want to correct a slight error
in tax computation, in hind
sight" And "A Lover of Hon
esty" in Long Island City, N. Y,
sent $85 in currency for in
come taxes for 1926, 1927 and
1928 at 6 per cent to date"
A Washington clergyman sent
S1,5OO a couple of years ago. 1t
was payment on gift tax which
1 believe to be due" he wrote.
Not all sums are for the sins
of omission.
| Thus a woman in Miami,
Fla, wrote, These were
| brought home by my son. AS
suming they were stolen, I am
returning them to this depart
ment."
From the envelope fell a
quantity of postage stamps.
Evening star., 1961-10-02
By ROBERT GRUENBERG
Star Staff Writer

The Internal Revenue Serv-
ice, as everyone knows, depends
on more than a taxpayers con-
science to collect its due.
Specifically, the service en-
ploys more than $1,000 special
agents, auditors, tax examiners
and others to see that Uncle
Sam collects.
But there is a small corps of
customers who are driven, nei-
ther by law nor by love of the
IRIS, to make contributions of
money, however tardy.
These are the conscience
stricken taxpayers, nagged by
the small voice of self-re-
proach for failing to pay in
prior years. Some of these
voices, as the mail to Mrs
Betty Scarlet, chief of the IRIS
fiscal section, will attest, have
been nagging some of the tax
payers since the l920s.
Their yearly contributions
amount to a dewdrop ($1.65O
in. 1960-61, a bad" year, com
pared to the current S92 bill
! lion which flows into the IRIS,
Forty S1O0 Bills
The tardy citizens address
their letters merely, IRIS,
Washington, D. c." or just
IRIS" in their home towns
Often they enclose a letter or
note telling why they're paying
up.
Sometimes it's just the money
alone-one $4,000 in S10O bills
fell out of an envelope opened
in the mailroom of the IRIS
here, Mrs. Scarlet said.
The envelope bore, in a crude
scrawl, Treasury Dept, Wash
ington. D. c., $4,000 cash. "
Nothing more.
THE messenger who opened
it turned white, as the bills
fluttered to the floor" said
Mrs. Scariot. A supervisor was
called Immediately to count the
money-and reassure the mes
Senger.
Evening star., 1961-10-02
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Evening star., 1961-10-02
PTA to Hear Ford

w. Harold Ford, Assistant
Superintendent of Instruction
of Fairfax County Schools, will
discuss the areas educational
television station, at a meet
ing of the Parent-Teacher
Association Of Woodley Hills
School at 8 o'clock tonight in
the school. Ait Old Mount
Vernon road, Alexandria, Va.
Evening star., 1961-10-02
Dr.. Wilson to Retire

BALTIMORE, Oct 2 (AP)-
The president of the University
OF Baltimore, DR.. Theodore H,
Wilson, announced plans this
weekend to retire December 81
Mr.. Wilson, n, has been presi-
dent of the university for 81
years. A successor has not
been named.
Evening star., 1961-10-02

disaffiliated from the Labor
Party, a social democratic or
ganiZation.
The party's executive COM
mittee Friday kicked out the
union and drafted a resolution
explaining the reasons for its
action.
The committees decision was
subject to ratification by the
entire conference. 1t received
that approval by a vote of s.
$4,000 to $4,000. The 1925
delegates at the conference cast
votes. for the entire member
ship of the organization they
represent.
Earlier, a high court had
found the Communists guilty
of ballot-rigging in an electri-
cal union election. Subsequent
ly the Trades Union Congress
the central body of British
organized labor-expelled the
union.
The delegation which the
union sent to the Labor Party
conference was not seated.
However, one representative,
Sam, Goldberg, was invited
from the gallery to address the
delegates.
Protests Expulsion
He described the expulsion of
his union from the party as
"an unprecedented and danger
Gus STEP" He also denied that
Communists dictated union
policy.
Ray Gunter, a member of
Parliament speaking for the
executive committee, said the
expulsion was necessary to pro-
tect the political philosophy of
the Labor Party from Commu-
mist infiltratiCn.
The Labor Party later this
week turns to international af-
fairs, and is expected to pro-
pose a measure of Western
recognition of Communist East
Germany.
This would be part of a plan
to eatse the Berlin crisis. Other
proposals would include firm
Soviet guarantees for the free
dom of West Berlin and West
ern access rights to the city.
A Labor source described
this approach "as a recogni-
ton Of existing realities" The
proposals are included in 6
special resolution prepared by
the party's executive commit
tee,
Evening star., 1961-10-02
British Loborites Back
Expulsion Of Union

! BLACKPOOL, England Oct. (AP)-Britains Labor
Party today overwhelmingly approved the expulsion of the
10000 Electrical Trades Union the grounds it is
manipulated by Communists
The action at stormy opening session of the parys
annual conference the first time any union has been
Evening star., 1961-10-02
Support Expected

Informants predict that the
resolution will receive wide
spread support from the 1925
delegates when it is brought
before the conference, probably
Wednesday.
The resolution will be intro
duced by George Brown, the
Evening star., 1961-10-02

NOw-twO can fly abroad on Pan Am Jet Econ
Omy fares for the price of firSt-class ticket!
You can fly Pan Am Jet Clippers to Europe for
as little as $3.50 round trip on Pan ANS 17-day
Jet Economy Rainbow fares. And for just S515
the round-trip fare to Rome-you may visit 16
additional citieS-including London, Paris and
Frankfurt-at no extra fare! You'll see more of
Europe, and you'll see Europe's Europe without
the summer crowds. You'll thrill to the excite
ment of opening nights. You'll be welcomed to
the festivals and all the other lively activities
that make travel abroad so special this time of
year
Evening star., 1961-05-11
Americonism

We are grateful to Billy
Graham's secretary for set
ting us straight as to what
the evangelist has said about
communism being taught in
our schools. Mr.. Graham has
suggested that the evils Of
communism" be taught-not
communism" be taught, as
was reported on a recent
news broadcast. This puts an
entirely different light on
the subject.
Nevertheless, should there
not be more teaching on the
true meaning of our Ameri-
can way of life? What do
the words republic" de
mocracy." patriotism" ETC..
mean to the average Ameri-
can of today? If the faith
of our fathers burned in our
heart Stoday, with love for
God and country, there
would be no fear Of the can
cerous tentacles Of commu-
nism destroying our way of
life. But ws have becom e
soft, complacent and materi-
ahStic with an attitude Of
Let George do it."
For our children's sake, our
country's sake and for free
dom's sake, let's wake up! 1t
is later than we think.
Kathryn T. BOwsher.
Evening star., 1961-05-11
Whittier TV?

There is much in Mr.. MinoW'S
speech to the National Association of
BroadcasterS which will evoke a hearty
amen from many members Of the
televiSion viewing public. There are
also statements, or intimationS, in the
speech which call for some re-thinking
The remarks of the new FEC
chairman, while encompaSsing radio,
were addressed primarily to the tele-
vision industry. His central theme was
that much of the fare offered the
viewing public is no better than vast
wasteland" of junk, some Of the COM
mercialS included. He thinks that the
industry can and should do better-an
opinion which we share and which we
believe is shared by most broadcasters.
BaSically, however, Mr.. Minow was
saying that the TV industry should
make available more of what the public
ought to watch, not necessarily what
industry thinks the viewers want to
watch. BY way of illustration, he said
he would not argue against the prop
oSition that more people, given choice,
would prefer Western to symphony.
But your obligations" he told the
broadcasterS, "are not satisfied if you
look only to popularity as a test of
what to broadcast"
From this, it seems to us, two
inferenceS flow. One is that the people
are to be given less choice-that, again
ilustratively, II they watch TV at all
they will watch fewer Westerns and
more symphonies. The second is
whether those people who prefer
Westerns will not simply turn off their
sets rather than watch a higher type
program. No one knows, Of course,
whether this would be the case or not
But it certainly poses problem for the
industry-one of those tough problems"
which Mr.. MinoW comedies are not
susceptible to easy answers
There is also the element of
threatened coercion which, as we read
it, runs through Mr.. Minow's talk. He
said he is "unalterably opposed" to
governmental censorship, and that
there will be no suppression of pro-
gramming which does not meet with
bureaucratic tastes" Two paragraphs
later he added: II say to you now;
renewal of broadcasting licensesl will
not be pro forma in the future. There
is nothing permanent or sacred about a
broadcast license" The import of this
we think, will be clear enough to the
industry.
There are, perhaps, two main roads
out of this vast wasteland." One is
for the industry to make greater efforts
to improve the quality of its program
ming. The other is for the FEC to
assist and encourage these efforts, with
out, at the same time, setting itself up
as an arbitrary judge of what the
public ought to watch and what the
industry can afford to show.
Evening star., 1961-05-11
Thoughts While Ridinq

Dwight D. Eisenhower's first maga-
zine article since leaving the White
House provides a fascinating and not
at all surprising insight into the un-
pretentious personality Of the former
President.
Writing in the current issue of the
Saturday Evening Post, General Eisen-
hover recalls his thoughts of last
January 20, when he ended, with
mixed feelings Of satisfaction and
regret" almost half-century of public
service. He has learned once more
for example, how to dial telephone
and how to drive modern automobile
small chores that had been done for
him for so many years. And he writes
humorouSly of the "puzZlement" obvi-
ouSly bothering others about how to
address him-aS Mr.. President, as Gen.
eral, as Ike or even just Mr.. Eisenhower
But it was during his automobile
ride with Mrs. Eisenhower, over the
familiar route from Washington to
Gettysburg, that lot of memories and
a lot of questions, about small matters
and large ones, went through his mind.
Perhaps most typical of his personality
and his longtime sense of duty, perhaps
most predictable of any decision he will
be called upon to make, is his Simple
conclusion" to the question of what
next?" as they arrived at. the front
door of the Gettysburg farmhouse
These are his own words:
There is little reason for me or anyone
else to think and talk of or to live in the
past, smugly hugging to himself memories
Of successes or futilely bewailing setbacks.
The task is to use the past and its experiences
to help us peer more clearly into the future
and to do our best to make it better.
This, in my own way I shall try to do
whether I talk or write about farming, Fed
eral aid and grants. mutual security govern
mental organization, foreign relations or of
political doctrines, political parties or, in
fact, just plain politics.
I think it will be fun; hope it will
be useful.
For our part, we hope it will be
fun. And we have no doubt that, out
of that half-century of service and of
study, General Eisenhowers further
reflections and opinions will be most
useful.
Evening star., 1961-05-11
LETTERS TO THE STAR

flooded Syria and Egypt in
the Mideast arms race. 1t is
obvious that the Russians do
this for a reason, and Cuba
is the most recent example
Of this reason. This helps to
dilute any ban" on COM
munism in Arab countries.
When one thinks of COM
munism, one can also think
of slavery. 1t is known that
for many years, slaves have
been shipped from Africa to
Saudi Arabia by Arab slave
traders. Therefore, If PRO
Bono Publico" is concerned
with the small Communist
Party in Israel, he certainly
must also be alarmed over
the African slaves that have
been captured and sold by
the Arabs.
Pro Bono Everybody.
Evening star., 1961-05-11
Defends Israel

May I comment on the
lettere entitled ARAB Aspi-
rations" by PRO Bono Pub
lico" which appeared in The
Star recently.
It was mentioned that the
Communist Party is out
lawed in the United Arab
Republic and many Com
munists have been jailed.
Also 1t was stated that the
Communist Party is banned
in all the countries Of that
area except one, Israel.
What should be added to
clarity this is the fact that
Israel has free elections and
is a Western-type democracy
and there is no dictatorship
or absolute monarchy as
there is in many Arab coun-
tries. The Communist Party
in Israel is understandably
small, and its delegates to
the Israeli Parliament have
been elected with the help of
many Arab votes.
Another fact to be noted
Is that Russian arms have
Evening star., 1961-05-11
Go Slow on the Jets

The Federal Aviation Agency has
shown good judgment in refusing to be
rushed in deciding whether to permit
use of the National Airport by some jet
airliners. Pressure for such permission
is expected to increase this summer
with the rise in medium-jet operations,
particularly after United Air Lines puts
its new Caravelle Jet aircraft into
service.
The FAA in the past has held that
runways at Gravelly Point were not
designed to handle large jet airliners-
an objection which does not hold much
weight with regard to the medium-jet
Caravelle and American Airlines' Boeing
72O. Another reason for barring jets
at the old airport has been the traffic
pattern congestion there. The Situa-
tion could be aggravated by admitting
Jet airliners into the pattern.
Aside from the obvious technical
difficulties, however, is the serious
problem Of Jet noise. District and
Virginia residents already have pro-
tested repeatedly the roar Of propeller
driven planes taking off or landing at
NdGlOIldl 4Llc IlOAoC IuA0oAANS "N"AN NC
compounded if jets were taking of or
landing in the area.
The airlines are underStandably dis
appointed at the delay in opening the
new Dulles international Airport at
Chantilly. The big terminal originally
was scheduled to be ready in july but
construction difficulties have neceSSi
tated poStponement of the opening until
sometime next year. However, the FAA
is justified in taking time to study
carefully all the problems involved in
letting medium jets use the National
Airport on even a temporary basis.
The general public interest, from the
Evening star., 1961-05-11

Your editorial Time to
File and Forget" begins with
an amazing false premise.
From 1884 to 1910, inclusive,
for example, unemployment
never did drop below 14.3 per
cent and the average for
those years was close to 1T
per cent" Your figures are
true enough, but they give a
false picture of the effective
ness of the New Deal spend
ing measures. You did not
tell your readers. for instance
that even taking your aver
age of 1T per cent unem-
ployment dropped from the
1888 level of 24.9 per cent.
Even more impressive is the
drop from 24.9 per cent of
1888 to the 9 per cent of l94l.
We went to war in December
in 194l, so we were not then
on a war footing, although
the draft was in effect in
1910. So let's stop with the
14.6 of 1910 "a 10-point
drop. Let's look also at those
continuing deficits" a little.
I find the yearly average
deficit from 1888 to 1899, in
elusive, was something like
SO billion. How does that
compare with the $9,449, ,000,-
900 of the 1853 Eisenhower
year?
It is true that while we
are only in a "cold war" at
the same time we are having
to expend huge sums for
keeping up our deterrent
strength" which accounts for
much of the said Eisenhower
deficit. But remember, too,
that it also accounts for the
relatively lower rate of unem-
ployment of (estimated) 2.5
per cent in 1858. The infla-
ton has been caused by the
demand for goods and Serv-
ices following the Korean
War, and the tremendous in
crease in the number of per-
sons employed in the United
States since that time.
If there ever was a time
when Government is justi-
fled in "pump-priming," it is
when the economy is faltering
and unemployment is dan
gerously high. When business
is better, then the Govern
ment can afford to cut down
on spending and pay off as
much of its debt as possible.
Walter b. Hanly.
\ Il
In your editorial, Time to
File and Forget" of May 5,
1861, your data on per cent
unemployment from 1884 to
1910 has been twisted.
You claim that from 1884
to 1910, unemployment never
dropped below 14.3%, and
then tossed in the overall
unemployment average of
17.7%o to further confuse the
Evening star., 1961-05-11
Aid to Children

The League Of Women
Voters of the District of
Columbia appreciates the in
terest The Star has shown
in the amendments to the
Aid to Dependent Children
provisions recently enacted
by the Congress. We believe
these amendments to the
Social Security Act to be
important because they are
the beginning Of q national
relief program based on fam
lily need, rather than on the
absence of fathers. The legis-
lation is aimed at keeping
families together rather than
encouraging desertion Of
fathers, as now occurs.
Using an extremely narrow
definition of an unemployed
parent. the implementation
of the amendments in the
District would require we'll
over a million dollars Of Dis
trict funds for fiscal year
1862. Federal matching funds
would become available, but
inclusion Of the necessary
amount in the District bud
get soon to be considered by
the Congress is essential.
Our organization has re-
Gently completed a study Of
public welfare in the District.
We have found our services
to be shockingly inadequate.
both in terms of actual need
and in comparison with en-
lightened public welfare pro-
grams in other cities and
States. Recent Congressional
hearings may have given the
impression that our program
is liberal; If so. it is to be
greatly regretted. The truth
OF the matter is that in the
entire United States. only 13
States and the District Of
Columbia now refuse aid to
the unemployed employable:
further. the District is less
generous in the amounts of
aid it does give and in the
eligibility requirements it
imposes than most other
Jurisdictions.
Mitigation of the effects Of
the previous Aid to Depend
ent Children provisions was
a major recommendation of
the What Price Dependency
report of the District Of
Columbia Health and We'll
fare Council, but the finan-
cial burden for the District
was too great without Fed
eral assistance. The new
legislation provides us with
an opportunity to make a
beginning toward raising our
standards of public welfare,
and to secure the help of
Federal matching funds. We
urge citizen support of this
program.
Mrs. Haskell ROSenblum.
President, League of Wom-
en- Voters Of the District of
Columbia.
Evening star., 1961-05-11

ach Of an honest man. Was
1t ever done any other way?
Owen Allen Keen
-
I read an AP release, in
your very excellent paper,
where our young Attorney
General, Robert F. Kennedy,
told a Georgia audience that
he would prosecute civil rights
violators.
The Attorney General is
quoted as saying that there
are those in the East who
criticize the South for dis
elimination and then belong
to institutions where no Ne
groes or Jews are allowed and
their children attend private
schools where no Negro stu
dents are enrolled"
II I interpret his statement
correctly, individuals criticize
others and then have the ef-
frontery, the gall, the temer-
ity, the audacity to choose
their own friends and associ-
ates. How dare they deprive
these minority groups of their
civil rights by choosing their
own social circle! 1t is incon-
ceivable that anyone could be
so intolerant as to desire to
pick the companions Of his
children. The Government is
certainly more qualified than
they.
I know that the Attorney
General is not guilty OF any
Of the above violations, but
in order to show the way for
the reactionaries to follow,
perhaps he could give them
a record Of the number Of
social contacts that his fam
lily has with those whose civil
rights are being deprived
the number of institutions he
is active in that are inte-
grated, etc.
II he refuses certainly
shouldn't blame him because
1t is none Of my business.
Ray AlcOrn.