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Evening star., 1961-12-03
Fecundity and the Future

The population of the United States
of America now exceeds 1875 million. AS
Commerce Secretary Hodges has pointed
out, this approximately doubles what
the total was so years ago. And we keep
on multiplying, we Americans, at a rate
Of at least 3 million every year.
This means that If the present pace
of growth continues as 1t almost
certainly will-our country will have
no fewer than 200 million inhabitants
five years from now. Actually, the
chances are that the figure will be
substantially higher than that in 1866,
and by the time the century ends-not
quite four decades hence-the people
of our Nation are likely to number we'll
over 800 million.
Mr.. Hodges, in commenting on this
outlook, has had this to say: "As we
grow in number by the millions each
year, the demand for goods and services
grows, too. Every year we need over a
million new dwelling units to house the
growing population. We need more
schools, more cars, more washing ma
chimes, more radios, more television sets,
and more of all the other things that
are part of our way of living. We need
more teachers, more doctors, and other
professionals, and more workers in
industry and commerce"
1t seems to us that the Secretary,
in saying this, has maSSively underStated
the case. In point of fact, politically,
economically, educationally, Sociologi-
cally, culturally, militarily and other
wise, the prospective growth of our
population - in conjunction with a
similar prospective growth throughout
the world-can hardly fail to have the
profoundest sort of impact on our way
of living, on our national society, on the
very nature and meaning of existence
for our children and our children'S
children. And the character of our
American system will have to be adjusted
accordingly
Certainly the multiplication of
human beings is becoming so extra
ordinarily rapid that the whole world
must marvel at it, worry over it and
try diligently to cope with the great
challenges it involves. Mr. Hodges has
addressed himself merely to the surface
of the problem in saying that it creates
a need, as far as our own country Is
concerned, for such things as more
cars, more .TV sets, more schools, etc.
The Secretary himself probably would
be the first to admit that this vastly
oversimplifies the situation, present and
prospective.
In any case there can be no doubt
that the multiplication Of human beings
throughout the globe (frighteningly so
in Red China) is enormously explosive
in its potentialitieS. A nuclear war, Of
course, could solve the problem readily
enough, but since no sane person
wants such war, some better way will
have to be found to cope with the
immense perplexities involved in man
kinds fecundity.
Evening star., 1961-12-03
Kuwoit and the KremIin

The Kremlin continues to fish,
almost oStentatiously, in the troubled
waters of the Middle East: Iraq would
like to annex KuWait, the former British
protectorate, and since this promises to
stir up things in that part of the world,
the Soviet veto has been used in the
Security Council to kill a proposal ad-
vocating that the little state be admitted
as the 104th member of the United
Nations.
All other members of the 11-nation
Security Council have voted in favor of
admission. They have done so in re-
sponSe to resolution sponsored by
President NasSer's United Arab Republic
and the entire Arab League, with the
single exception of Iraq. But the Krem-
lin, acting through Valerian Zorin, its
chief delegate to the U. N, has turned
thumbs down on the whole idea as an
unspeakable evil cooked up by capi-
taliStic 'imperialiSts" and "colonialists"
This must come as a surprise of
sorts to Mr.. NaSser of the UAR and to
the leaders of such other Middle Eastern
lands as Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia
and even Syria (Which recently sepa-
rated from Cairo). All of these countries,
together with the vast majority of the
U. NJ, including Yemen, Tunisia, Sudan,
Libya and Morocco, have favored
Kuwait's admission into membership,
but now they have been told by the
vetoing and lecturing Mr.. zorin that
they are supporters of Anglo American
imperialism"
What is particularly noteworthy
about this line of Soviet propaganda
which upends the truth, as usual-is
that it seems to indicate widening gulf
between Moscow and Cairo At any
rate, in supporting Iraq, with their 98th
use of the veto, the men of the Kremlin
have struck sort of voting dagger in
the back of Mr.. NaSSer'S UAR and the
Arab League as whole. More than that,
they have intimated that they are ready
to exploit the Iraqi-Kuwait dispute to
generate new trouble in the Middle East.
This is all in character, of course,
with the Kremlin's never ending drive
to agitate, infiltrate, subvert and eventu-
ally become the master of everything in
Evening star., 1961-12-03

ton even in the rebel COM
munities. They constitute a
military resource, and, being
such, that they should not
be turned over to the enemy
is too plain to discuss. :"
Cameron had sent the orig
inal of his report to the Pres
ident on November 80, 1861,
but Lincoln was too busy to
read it right away. The next
day.. Cameron mailed copies
to poStmasterS in various
cities for release to newspa-
pers. The original contained
these sentences: Those who
make war against the Gov
ernment forfeit all rights of
property. It is clearly a
right Of the Government to
arm slaves, when it may be-
come necessary, as it is to
use gunpowder taken from
the enemy. Whether it is ex-
pedient to do so is purely a
military question. If it shall
be found that the men who
have been held by the rebels
as slaves are capable of bear
ing arms and performing ef-
ficient military service, it is
the right, and may become
the duty, of the Government
to arm and equip them and
employ their service against
the rebels. :" Lincoln
made Cameron delete these
references to the slaves, but
they were already in print
in many parts of the country.
The President feared such
statements would add to the
Governments woes by alien
ating some States that were
neutral or even sympathetic
to the Union. This Incl
dent ended Cameron's useful
ness so far as Lincoln was
concerned. Not long aft
erward, Cameron was eased
out of the cabinet and made
Minister to Russia. On De-
cember 3, 1861, President
Lincoln sent his own first
annual message to Congress.
While it discussed all aspects
of the war and all the many
foreign and domestic prob
Evening star., 1961-12-03
Press Club Policy

John Cosgrove, president of
the National Press Club. was
quoted recently as saying
that he asked representatives
of women reporters to meet
him on October 81 to discuss
arrangements for covering
the Nehru luncheon.
The fact is that Mr.. Cos
grove asked" by putting the
following notice on the UPI
city ticker: Photographic,
radio and television coverage
will be worked out at a meet
ing of all interested agency
representatives in the Press
Club ballroom at 3 p.m.Tues-
day, Oct. 81" This notice
pointedy excluded newspaper
reporters, and for Mr.. Co.'S
grove to imply that women
reporters defaulted is a mis-
representation.
The only reference to re-
porters was the following:
"Non-member working re-
porters will be accommodated
in the gallery on a first
come. first-served basis as
space permits; space to be
allocated upon written appli-
cation to the Press Club for
tickets" My bureau chief
submitted a written applica-
tion the same day. It was
never even acknowledged.
For the record: Women re-
porters do not seek admission
to the National Press Club.
We only ask, as President
Evening star., 1961-12-03
Ribicoff vs.. Doctors

HEW Secretary Rlblcoff
has been attacking the med
ical profession in every con-
ceivable manner almost every
day. Listening to his
charges one would conclude
(if he didn't know better
that the doctors who make
up the American medical pro-
fession are the worst gang of
criminals, cheaters and sad
lists ever to see the light of
day. In April, 1861, he &C
cused the doctors of mis-
representing" and seeking
to frighten the American
people" regarding the admin
iStration's ultimate intentions
in the medical care field. In
June the headlines read,
"Ribicoff Raps Doctors Who
Fail Public Trust" This was
the theme OF a speech full OF
insults and smears delivered
at the California Medical
School graduation. Later in
the summer and again on No
vember 18 we find him max
ing the statement, 10000
members of the ANA are
not going to Illustrate the
will of 180 million Ameri-
cans"
One might properly ask:
Why all these attacks on the
doctors? Why are they por-
trayed as failing their trust"
or lacking "a full measure of
humanitarianism"? Why are
they branded as a heartless
group thwarting the will of
all the people? Aren't these
the same men and women
who supply some $658 million
worth of truly free medical
care. voluntarily. to the
American people each year?
Aren't these the same men
and women who, for all their
human frailty. have created
the best existing m edical
system in the world today?
Aren't these the same men
and women who devote so, 10
or 100 hours and more week
to the care of the Nations
sick? Doctors are human;
they have failings. But what
other group in this country
can claim any higher meas
ure of self-sacrifice and de-
votion to humanity? What
higher level of integrity? Ger
tainly not the average poll
tician.
The reason for these at
tacks is simple. The Depart
ment of Health, Education
and Welfare is attempting to
induce the public to give up
a little more of its freedom.
HEW is asking them to let
the Federal Government
make its first step into the
field of socialized medicine.
To prove this, all one has
to do is to read the proposed
legislation and review the
history of those who support
it. To accomplish this first
step, the average doctor must
be portrayed as something
less than honest, if not worse.
This is what is being done
today.
Malchior r n Savarese. MN.
Evening star., 1961-12-03
Our Growina Reoion

After two days of hearings on his
bill to establish specific machinery to
bring about Federal-agency decentrali-
cation, Representative ReuSs of Wiscon-
sin indicates that he might be satisfied
to leave this complex and difficult mat
ter to the White House. We believe this
Is wise decision.
For as Harold Seidman, a Budget
Bureau official, explained in testimony,
1t would be difficult indeed to develop
any general policy on dispersal which
could be applied across-the-b board to all
Federal agencies. Rather, he said, any
such criteria "can be useful only as
suggested guides" in evaluating the ne
eeSsity for each individual agency to be
located in the Washington area, accord
ing to its role and function. Mr.. Seid-
man assured the congressman that such
evaluationS now are being made, and
expressed the conviction that the PreSi-
dent has adequate authority to deal
with them.
Mr.. Ruess raised an entirely valid
point in questioning the effects of un-
limited growth in the Washington area
AS testimony brought out, however, the
Federal payroll is becoming progress
sively less of determining factor in
the economy of the region and, in fact,
in its growth. During the last eight
years, Federal employment here declined
by 10000 jobs, while private employ
ment grew by some 10000. BY the year
1000, the Federal share of total employ
ment in the area is expected to drop
from its present one-third to less than
fourth.
This does not mean, of course, that
the degree or the form of growth can
be ignored without endangering to the
SevereSt degree both the economy and
the functions of the Washington area.
On the contrary, the most determined
efforts in the fields of transportation,
land-uSe control and other aspects of
long-range planning must be made If
the area, which may attain population
of five million in the next four dec
AIDES, is to develop in a sound, attractive
and liveable manner. We hope that Mr..
ReusS will continue his interest in these
considerations when specific proposals
in which the Federal Government must
play part are brought to Capitol Hill.
Evening star., 1961-12-03
100 Years AGO
Fl0rian Edwards.

The Illustrations of the
Presidency had Abraham
Lincoln IN a dark mood a
century ago. Not only was
the Civil War threatening to
drag on interminably, but
his own official family was
adding fuel to the flames Of
diSunion. The culprit in par
ticular was Secretary of War
Simon Cameron, who at
tanned cabinet stature by
swinging a bloc of PennSyl-
vania votes that assured Lin
coins nomination as Presi-
dent. The President had
been dissatisfied for some
time with the way Cameron
was handling war contracts.
For example, Army inspectors
condemned $4,000 infantry
cots costing the Government
$167, ,000-in a single day
Again, Cameron had given
an old political crony author
ity to make military pur-
chaSes and he came up with
such amazing items as $21,-
900 worth of straw hats and
linen trousers for the troops,
along with generous supplies
of ale. porter, pickles and
tongue. The Ordnance De-
partment, under Cameron'S
jurisdiction, was misfiring in
all directions, leaving the
Federal Army in a bad way
for the right kind of guns
and ammunition to fit them.
On December S, 1861, The
Star printed Secretary Cam
eron's first annual report
but it was a watered-down
version of what he had writ
ten. Cameron went too far
by touching on the matter
of slavery, which Lincoln
considered more properly a
political subject not to be
kicked around by the War
Department. AS printed by
this paper, Cameron's report
said: 1T is already a grave
question what shall be done
with those slaves who are
abandoned by their owners
on the advance of our troops
into Southern territory. =.
Can we afford to send them
forward to their masters, to
be by them aroused against
us, or used in producing sup
plies to sustain rebellion?
Their labor may be useful to
us. Withheld from the en-
emy, it lessons his military
resources; and withholding
them has no tendency to re-
duce the horrors of insurrec-
Evening star., 1961-12-03

we are for, as we march in
the battalions for which the
very stars in their courses
fight. is the most inspiring
cause that ever comman7,
deered the utter devotion of
men.
For what is the American
Revolution? 1t is the tremen-.
dous proposition that the
common man possesses enor-
nous possibilities, that the
common man is qualified to
govern himself, that along
with other common men he
has the right to make the
rules and choose his leaders,
The American Revolution
means that all men are
created with equal opportuni-
ties, that under God all are
endowed by tn ir Creator
with certain rights which no
other man, or combination of
men, can either bestow or
take away.
One clear voice now calling
America to believe with body,
soul and spirit in the mission
of its own unfinished revolu-
ton, is that of an outstand%
ing spokesman for freedom in
all the world. DR.. Charles Ma
lik of Lebanon, former presi-
dent of the General Assembly
of the United Nations, now
on the faculty of American
University, is declaring to
great audiences in various
parts of the United States
this salient truth: "An au-
thentic Western Revolution
must be developed to counter
Communist revolution" Then
he asserts that those who
stand for freedom have inf
mite possibilities, short OF
war, of causing the Commu-
mist realm to disintegrate
from within. He lists the
moral and spiritual forces
that are not sufficiently mo-
bilized and brought to bear
in this global conquest. And,
what does he see emblazoned
on the banner which will at
last make tyranny tremble
and tumble just as Stalin's
colossal statue, weighing
thousands of tons, hurled
from its pedestal, lies shat
tered this day on the streets
of Prague? Here is what this
world statesman sees written
on the banner of freedom:
Freedom of thought and
conscience, free inquiry and
free criticism, the supremacy
of reason, the Intimacy of the
human person, the rule of
law. not arbitrary but uni
versal and independent of
partisan interests" That
cause, we must thunder to
the heavens, is what is fl
nally to win. -
The unfinished business OF
the American Revolution is
inspiringly put by Angela
Morgan:
Let US cry aloud from the
Steeple,
Let US shout Uhere the dark
ness is hurled,
Lo-look to the light of the
people
America, torch of the tDorld.
Evening star., 1961-12-03
Historic Alexandra

No doubt there are many
of us who enjoy and ap-
preciate Alexandria's charm,
but just don't take time to
let it be known publicly un-
til we get the inspiration
from a letter like Melbourn
Jackson's. We can we'll un-
derstand Mr.. Jackson's love
for King street, but we are
equally enthusiastic about
many of the other streets.
What a pity that our Gov
ernment did not do, years
ago, for Alexandria what
Mexico did for Taxco; namely
proclaim it a national mon
ument, forbidding the razing
Of fine, old buildings, and
the erecting of modern ones.
But that's all water under
the bridge now; the i'm
portant thing is to try to
save what's left.
Here's hoping the owners
of the few remaining beauti-
full, old homes on and near
Washington street will not be
enticed into selling them be-
cause of the value of
the land. Not many would
be so fortunate as to find a
purchaser like Robert v. New,
who bought and excellently
restored the handsome, his
toric Lloyd house at 220 N.
Washington. We Alexan-
drians should also be very
grateful to Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Barrett Lowe for
having George Washington's
Town House at 508 Cameron
so carefully reconstructed.
We moved here about a
year ago. One of the things
/ hated in my former home
town and State, st. Louis,
Mo-, were the many ugly big
billboards. How did the Alex
andria City Council allow
those four billboardS on Pow
hatan and Second street to
sneak in? I am distressed,
too, to see some occasionally
on our picturesque Virginia
highways!
We consider it a real priv
ilege to live in Alexandria,
Washington's home town,
surrounded by early Ameri-
can history and beauty which
we sincerely hope will be pre-
served with great care.
Irma Bresch.
Evening star., 1961-12-03
so Years Ago

Boards and moustaches
were still fashionable so years
ago, but the Nations pure
food champion, DR.. Harvey w.
Wiley, dealt those who wore
them a blow on the whiskerS
calculated to make them duck
in shame. Addressing the Ma
tional Irrigation Congress in
Chicago, DR.. Wiley was quot
ed by The Star of December
10, 1911: "Whiskers are un-
sanitary and are a bad thing
for their owner and the COM
munity at large. Those who
argue for boards are pleading
on the ground of beauty, and
beauty must not be sacrificed
to health. The great decrease
in the number of physicians
who wear boards is due to a
general recognition that
whiSkerS are unsanitary.
Twenty years ago, the young
physician considered a crop
Of hair on his chin essential
to his success. A better un-
derstanding of the dangers
of germs has enlightened him.
Nowadays, you will see
physicians and surgeons who
have passed the half-century
mark paying as careful at
tention to the removal of hair
from their faces as they do
to the removal of dirt from
their hands. 80"
Americas top forecaster,
having long brooded silently
amid a hail of brickbats be-
cause he had missed a pre-
diction here and there,
Stormed back at the ungrate-
full public so years ago. The
Star of December 10, 1911,
reported Willis L. Moore,
chief of the Weather Bu-
reau, had told the Missouri
State Society at a banquet:
Nobody ever thanks the
weatherman for fair weather.
He is scolded for foul
weather and for predictions
that do not hit the mark.
Notwithstanding that equa-
tions are always unstable, the
weather predictions are 80
per cent correct. Providence
help the poor forecaster who
predicts the wrong weather
on a national holiday. He
will never hear the end of
it, especially if he goes wrong
on Inauguration Day. ="
Evening star., 1961-12-03
Virqinio Blue Laws

The essence of our democ-
racy is that the will of the
people shall prevail and guar
antee individuals the right
to life. liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness. Do the
blue laws" of Virginia epit-
omize this magnificent ideal?
If it is truly the will of mod
ern Virginians that their
stores shall not be open on
Sunday, who is guilty of pa
tronizing the Virginia Stores
that have defied those "blue
laws? The 'patronizers must
be, for the most part, Vir-
ginianS who do not sanction
an infringement of their lib
erty and the pursuit Of their
happiness!
Then who advocates the
"blue laws" and their enforce
ment? 1t must be those who
do not believe in the spirit
OF democracy. 1t must be
those who would. by law, i'm
pose their religious beliefs on
others. 1t must be those who
would deny fellow Virginians
their rights to their liberty
and their pursuit of hap
piness. Surely this subordina-
ton of rights is only pos
sible because today's Virgini-
ans in their complacency are
unwilling to stand for rights
which the founding fathers of
Virginia struggled so nobly to
secure.
When Virginians rally to
rid themselves of their un-
just blue laws" of yester-
year, Sunday will remain a
day Of rest and worship for
those who so desire: and those
Virginians, who in the pur-
suit of their happiness, may
choose to make an occasional
purchase on Sunday, if it is
possible, will not significantly
disrupt a peaceful Virginia
Sunday. At least, it will be
democratic.
FIOPian Edwards
Evening star., 1961-12-03
Praises Police

There is always, it appears,
a certain amount of criti-
ciSm Of police work any,
where-a tendency to expect
and ignore the usual" and
routine" work done in the
ordinary. day-to-day sched-
ules Of a busy precinct. How
ever, one has only to be ex-
posed to conditions in some
other nearby cities to ap-
preciate how important these
usual" police services can be
when they are missing or in
effective.
This was brought wildly to
my attention during the past
holiday week end. AS on other
such occasions, we requested
and received a special "eye-
out" by the patrol on our
empty house while we were
out of town. Our hostess in
another city. when she learned
of this, was Mortified and
stated that in her case the
last persons she would in
form of her intention to be
gone for any length Of time
would be the police depart
ment and especially her own
local precinct (for the i'm
piled reason that this would
simply make her house more
vulnerable.
l would like, therefore, to
express my appreciation for
the courteous, prompt and
thorough police services avail
able in the District, and
especially in the area around
Precinct No. II with which I
am most familiar.
Mary J. GinOvsky.
Evening star., 1961-12-03

Pen names may be used IL
letters carry DriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
terS are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used tDtH be
returned only Dhen accom-
panied by self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1961-12-03

that region of the world. One can only
hope that the Iraqi government is aware
Of the danger and is not being hood
winked by the utter cynicism of the
latest Soviet veto.
Evening star., 1961-12-03

Kennedy said, that when a
foreign official is here as a
guest of the people of the
United States "all reporters
should be welcomed on the
basis of equality"
Bonnie Angelo.
Washington correspondent,
NEWSDAY