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Evening star., 1961-04-05
Rambler
Hasn't Anything
But Will TruveI
By GEORGE KENNEDY

For several days now, the
Rambler has been trying to
find out what this Peace
Corps is all about.
He attended the hearings
before the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee on the
nomination of r. Sargent
Shriver.
And he attended a more re-
cent press conference given
in the Peace Corps offices at
806 Connecticut avenue by
Forrest EvaShevSki, Michi-
gan All America quarter
back before the war and
now conSultant to the corps
on physical fitness. The Ram
bier even asked some queS-
tions but he didn't find out
much about the shape of
things to come. No one seems
to know.
He asked for an application
blank, and was told one would
be sent to him as soon as they
were printed and yesterday
one arrived in the mail.
He's a do gooder, has phil
anthropic impulses. Call him
Abou Ben Adhem. Perhaps
would help. But to be intro
Spectively frank about it, his
principal motivation is a de-
sire to travel-Something he
can't afford.
The Rambler would like to
go to Tibet. There is a map
of the world on his wall and
he has long been fascinated
by the vast area in central
Asia that is colored purple
that means more than two
miles high.
Evening star., 1961-04-05

"I favor this program. . You
have got a big job on your
hands. 1 realize that it is
not going to be easy in a city
like Washington"
Representative Fenton, Re-
publican of Pennsylvania
wished agency officials sue
cess in this necessary" under
taking for the area.
But both committee mem
bers joined with Representa-
tive Jensen, Republican of
Iowa, in giving notice that
Congress expected an econom-
ical transportation program
drafted by a hard-working
staff.
Portions Earmarked
The agency, created last
year, asked for $975,000. OF
this 62.5 per cent would pay
for a staff of IS, II per cent
would cover contract jobs and
20.5 per cent would be taken
by administrative expenses.
Congress authorized the
agency to prepare e. mass
transit development program,
which now emissions a sub
way. and recommended financ-
ing and organizational meth
ods by November /. 1862.
Special congressional direc-
tives called for study of ex-
panded use of transit and
railroad facilities, the role OF
today's streetcars, a Union
Station-to- downtown subway
the question of whether express
Evening star., 1961-04-05
Give Lund to County

Ten acres of stream valley
land on Accotink Creek above
Eakin Park have been given to
the Fairfax County Park Au-
thority by Sigman Goldblatt
and Douglas Rosenbaum, de-
veloperS of Manuta Hills sub
division.
Evening star., 1961-04-05
Transit Agency
Gets Friendly Tips
From House Unit
Members Urge Accurate Estimates
And Warn on Overstoffinq

The infant National Capital Transportation Agency has
well wishes of House Appropriations Committeeman
pered with warnings against loose cost estimates and
stating.
In transcripts of House hearings released today
Subcommittee Chairman Kirwan of Ohio said:
Evening star., 1961-04-06
Presidents Helper

Senator DirkSen, the Republican
Majority Leader, is the kind of man
who likes to lend helping hand, even
to the political opposition. Currently,
he is warning against the setting up of
coalition government in Laos, con-
tending that this would only postpone
the evil day."
The President, we suppose, duly
appreciates this advice and counsel. He
would appreciate it even more if Senator
DirkSen would do two things-pledge
full Republican support for sending
American troops to Laos so that coali-
tion government will not become neces-
sary, and, if this is done, promise that
the G. o. P. will not make political
issue Of the Kennedy war" in Laos
when the next election rolls around.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
Congo Gain

Delicate political questions would be
involved in the use of force by United
Nations troops in the Congo. There is
no doubt about that. But it is equally
certain that the U. N. will not be able
to discharge its mission if its troops are
to be attacked and otherwise kicked
around by undiSciplined CongoleSe
troops and unruly civilians
For this reason, the firm stand re-
portedly taken by General Sean Nc
Keown in the clash with President Noise
Tshombe of Katanga province should
be welcomed. General McKeown'S warn
ing that new violence would bring swift
action came after mob whipped to a
frenzy by Tshombe had attacked
Swedish contingent holding the Elisa
bethville Airport. Any renewal of this,
General McKeown said, would bring
Indian troops to the Katanga capital
move which certainly would not be
relished by President TShombe.
The Gurkha Indian troops, sta
toned at the Katanga base at Kamina,
are very tough fighting men. Their
commander, 1t. Col. S. E. Maitra, who
says he is not political soldier" has
issued this warning: "We have been told
we are on peace mission. But if one
bullet is fired on my GurkhaS they will
fire back. Many heads will be lost, that
promise you"
The GurkhaS, we imagine, will be
treated with reSpect-in Katanga or
wherever they may be stationed. And
the same would be true of other U. N.
contingents if their commanders were
equally determined that their troops will
not submit to abuse.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
Throws Faster Eqqs

Hurray! I see by the paper
that a rabbit bit an 11-year-
old boy on Easter morning,
and it's about time. If
enough bunnies would Or
ganize and bite enough dumb
kids each Easter this foolish
ness Of mistreating rabbits
would stop.
Just how rabbits, colored
eggs, dyed chickens and
flashy clothes took over a
religious holiday I don't
know, but 1t ought to stop.
Next Easter instead of dye
ing baby chicks why not dye
the children's parents?
1t wouldn't be any more
irreverent to have groups of
red, green, and orange people
walking up and down Con-
necticut avenue than the
clothes horses that parade
there on Easter anyway.
Sad Eyes.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
Saved in the Nick of Time

One of the last acts of the Maryland
General Assembly was to pass an
emergency measure" described as
necessary for the immediate preserva-
ton of the public health and safety"
Under this law, the public health and
safety are to be safeguarded by forcing
GEM, a discount department store in
Prince Georges County, to surrender it's
license to sell alcoholic beverages to its
restricted clientele. GEM offers cut
rate prices on nearly everything to
Federal employees and military personnel,
either active or retired.
The emergency seems to have been
whipped up by the Prince Georges
County Packaged Liquor Dealers Associ-
alton, which urged the county delega-
ton at'Annapolis to sponsor the measure.
While the legislation did not specifically
mention GEM, it was so worded as to
affect only the GEM. liquor store.
We have tried hard-but in vain
to understand why this emergency act
will have the effect of saving the
people of Maryland from any threat
to their health or safety. AS far as we
can see, its chief accomplishment will
be to save the countys other liquor
dealers from the cut-price competition
of the GEM. store At the same time,
the customers of GEM. will be deprived
of the advantage they have had of
buying alcoholic beverages at reduced
rates.
The GEM. organization was duly
sell alcoholic beverages in Prince
Evening star., 1961-04-06
Time for Action

1t is much easier to recognize the
Nations number one economic problem
than to devise, or to agree upon, a Solu-
ton.
The problem, in brief, is that despite
record high employment there is an
ominouSly high rate of unemployment
chronic roll-call of job shortages for
which cyclical upturn in business
activity apparently promises no sig
nif1cant improvement. The simplest
explanation of this dilemma is only that
people are pouring into the work force
faster than new jobs are being created.
Latest figures from the Labor
Department tell the story. In March of
this year, employment reached a record
postwar high for the month of 65, sic, 900
and showed more than the normal
seasonal Improvement over February.
At the same time, while unemployment
dropped, the decline was less than
normal on a seasonal basis and
actually reflected a slight worSening
percentagewiSe in relation to the total
labor force.
The administration has promised a
full-dreSS, fresh look at the state Of the
economy this month. It's spokesmen
already have said that they believe the
recession has "bottomed-o and that
an upturn is about to begin. They have
emphasized from the beginning, how
ever, that the rate of economic growth"
must be stimulated. Up to now, action
has been almost entirely in the so-called
public sector of proposing increased
Government spending. The employ
ment-unemployment record of 1884
l941, the New Deal period of massive
Government pump-priming, indicates
that reliance on this type of economic
therapy is not assured of success.
The White House has now announced
that President Kennedy will send Con-
gress a special message next week on
the BROAD field" of taxation. Mr.. Ken
nedy has said, during his campaign and
since, that he feels greater incentive
should be provided through tax reform
for capital investment, which in many
ways could contribute greatly to the
creation of more jobs. We hope that
he will make recommendations of this
nature next week, and that Congress will
take action promptly and vigorously.
Evening star., 1961-04-06

Two most refreshing and
encouraging pieces of
news: /. The declaration of
Raymond j. Feyre of Holy
oke, Mass. upon the birth of
quadruplets, that he was
their father and he would
support them (along with
his 6 other children). 2. The
announcement by little Italy,
Texas, that despite the de-
structive h hurricane they
wanted no handout from the
Federal Government! 1t was
such spirit that made
America great and the star
tling lack of it now will one
day wreck it, unless our pol
iticians stop buying votes of
the weaklings by promising
more and more free-loading.
A. L. X.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
Eyes Right in Texas

The voters of Texas failed to elect
a United States Senator this week, but
they said couple of rather interesting
things by way of their ballots One was
that the Republican Party label by itself
no longer marks statewide candidate
for automatic defeat. The second was
that, in the current atmosphere of ma
tional affairs, Texas prefers conserva-
tism to liberalism.
Dividing all but a minute percentage
OF their votes among six candidates in a
field of 70, the Texans made 35-year-
old Republican John G. Tower their
strong first choice for the seat once held
by Vice President Lyndon Johnson.
With most of the vote counted, Mr.
Tower had approximately 316 per cent
OF the total and lead of about $4,000
over incumbent Democratic Senator
William A. Blakley, now serving by
appointment Mr.. Blakley, in turn, had
a margin of about 10000 over his next
nearest rival, Representative James C.
Wright but the fact that no candidate
polled an outright majority of the total
leaves the final result to a Tower
O1oAACy 4u4IO44, pIOUdUly III early June.
The fact that both Mr. Tower and
Mr.. Blakley are Staunch conservatives
appears to reflect the Texas mood of
the moment-a circumstance which
offers no comfort to the New Frontiers
men. The third and fourth contenderS
were identified as "moderates," with the
liberal" camp able to claim only the
fifth and sixth places. This rough divi-
sion, however, is likely to work in Mr.
Blakley's favor in the runoff when the
States normal habit of voting Demo-
cratic is more apt to prevail
Nevertheless, the Republicans have
reason to feel pleased thus far and not
unduly peSSimiStic about the showdown
in June. Mr.. Tower made a strong race
against Senator Johnson last November,
polling more than Al per cent of the
vote total, and the latest campaign has
demonstrated that he is not a flash in
the political pan. Former Vice PreSi-
dent Nixon repeatedly has promised to
campaign for Mr.. Tower next month and
the G. o. P. obviously feels that it is at
least threatening major breakthrough
in the Lone Star State.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
For Adults OnIy:9

Constantine Brown is to be
congratulated. Not only is the
whole scheme utterly ridicu-
lous, but these young Ameri-
can college graduates" will
have a ball-under the guise
Of the Peace Corps-because
surely they wouldn't put a
curfew on these grownup
youths? And who is to be
the judge of which ones are
tit and which ones are not?
And who gave President
Kennedy the idea that only
college graduates are fit to
represent the United States,
overseas or at home? Today
there are civilians scurrying
to put in applications for
jobs in the administrative,
supervisory and other fields
so they will be among the
first to get on the gravy
train" In the meanwhile we
are reducing our military
forces all over the world.
There's an old saying-"Nev-
er send a boy up to do a
mans job" and never was
this more pertinent.
Mrs. r.. j. ScanIOn.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
Not in Utopiu

Escapists who dream of moving to
some lush faraway isle, there to enjoy
a Utopian existence, would do we'll to
listen to Charles Harrison, jr., lately of
the Galapagos Islands, but now Of Ken
more, Washington.
A year ago, full of high hopes and
spirit of adventure, Mr. Harrison and
his wife and two sons joined some $50
other persons and set sail from Seattle
for the Galapagos off the coast of Ecua-
dor This they did in response to an
advertisement inviting so families "to
establish model community on a
beautiful Pacific island"-a new colony
where Everybody could get away from
1t all" and create small, happy society
in lovely surroundings far from the
madding crowd and from the noise,
traffic, fumes and pressures of urban
living.
Alas, though, as Mr.. Harrison tells
the story, this effort to build Paradise
on earth quickly turned out to be worse
than futile, and all the once-hopeful
families participating in it have since
returned to the United States-each
utterly disillusioned, each older but
wiser, and each poorer by thousands Of
dollars. They have learned, the hard
way, that one pursues will-o-t -the-wisp
when he seeks to find happier world
in an escapist frame of mind. These
lines from Wordsworth sum up the
whole matter:
Not In Utopia, Subterranean fields,
or some Secreted island, HeaUen knowS
Dherel
But in the Uery Uorld, lDhtch is the world
OF all OF uS,-the place where In the end
We find our happiness, or not at all!
Evening star., 1961-04-06

politicians-skilled in the art
OF the possible. The budget
sent to them by the lame
duck District Commissioners
may have been sent without
regard to political realities of
its possible acceptance but
rather for political reasons
to embarrass the new admin
istration. This, of course, puts
District residents in a bad
hole from which we may not
be able to get out of for
awhile.
Commissioner Tobriner
may work us out of this hole
in another year. I'm i'm
pressed with his view that
his first order of business was
to establish some rapport
with Chairman Mcmillan and
others on Capitol Hill. Well
be lucky, as matters stand
now, if we don't get less
money for next year than we
had for the one we are in
now.
Chairman Mcmillan can't
help but view public express
slons by District officials as
part Of a pattern that goes
against his grain. For ex-
ample, the D. C. Recreation
Department now is advocat-
ing bowling and square dane
ing for retired people and the
D. C. Motor Vehicle Depart
ment wants an electronic
computer to, among other
things, help its director make
up his mind on the merits of
allowing teenagers to drive in
the District. What costly
fluff! When Chairman Nc
MILAN urges that economy be
practiced by the District Gov
ernment, he knows what he's
talking about.
I hope that Commissioner
Tobriner continues to con-
suit with the gentlemen on
Capitol Hill for help and un-
derstanding so we can be
led out of this wilderness.
He ought not to pass up that
Zero" budgeting idea either,
Lots of useless things are
done by the various District
Government offices and bu-
reaus. There's lots of unnec-
essary administration on top
OF administration that could
be cut out with saving to the
District taxpayers.
Congressman Auchincloss is
now asking for a little
Hoover Commission" to look
into waste and inefficiency
in the District Government.
Commissioner Tobriner
should welcome this with
open arms: Maybe he can
step up the D. c. Govern
ment to ninety per cent ef-
ficiency to match the approx
innate ninety per cent tax
load now coming from Dis
trict residents pockets.
H. l. Preston.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
THE POLITICAL MILL
Republican In Texas Run-OH Race
By GOULD LINCOLN

election and six others sought
to withdraw. 1t cost only
$50 to file for Senator in
this, special election. Hence,
the record number of can
didates. Running next to
Senator Blakley was Repre-
sentative James C. Wright Of
Fort Worth, a middle-of- 1.-The
road candidate. Then came
Attorney General Will Wilson
in the same category. and
then two liberals, State SEN
ator Henry B. Gonzales and
Maury Maverick, jr., both
liberals. Vice President
johnson took no part in the
campaign. 1t remains to be
seen what he will do in the
run-off campaign. Democrats
here now regard the elec-
ton as virtually over. They
say it is now cut and dried.
They believe Senator Blak-
ley will receive all the con-
servative Democratic vote
and that Mr.. Tower can
not hope for any other votes
from the Democrats. In short,
they say that to give Mr..
Tower a chance for final
victory, one of the liberals
would have had to be in the
run-off. The professionals
take this view of the situa-
ton.
st. Louis Pleases G. o. P.
Republican leaders seem
even more pleased with the
way the mayoralty election
went in st. Louis, Mo-, al
though the Democrats elected
their candidates by a wide
margin. What pleases the
G. o. P. is the fact that it
cut into the huge majorities
by which the Democrats have
been carrying this big city
in recent years. For ex-
ample, in 1857, the Demo-
Gratis won the mayoralty race
by a score of 31a to l. In
the election on Tuesday the
ratio of Democratic victory
was cut to S to 3. The Re-
publicans went from % per
cent in the st. Louis 1857
vote to 81 per cent of the vote
this time. They contend that
if the G. o. P. could have
made such a showing in st.
Louis in the presidential elec-
ton last November, Mr..
Nixon, not Mr.. Kennedy
would have carried that
State.
A major project of the
Republican National Com
mittee today is to cut into
the Democratic majorities in
the big cities of the country
indeed, into the city vote,
no matter the size of the
city. They estimate cor
rectly that it was this city
vote which cost the G. o. P.
the presidential election last
November. They say 4 or S
per cent of that vote, had
it been transferred to the
Nixon column, would have
put the former Vice President
in the White. House. They
are hopeful their campaign
for organization in the cities
will continue to work out.
Recently in Danbury, Conn,
the Republicans threw out
the Democratic mayor and
replaced him with a Repub-
lican, and elected IL of the
IS member City Council,
which had been controlled
by the Democrats.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
Only Fitness Counts

Emigration OF large num-
bers of white people to the
suburbs and immigration of
many Negroes to the District
of Columbia during recent
years have altered the per-
centage of Negroes living here
from about 80 per cent to So
per cent Of the population.
There is reason to believe
that transportation difficult
ties, plus inconvenience of
suburban living, may soon be
responsible for the return to
the city of many disillusioned
families. This will cause an
other alteration Of popula-
tion percentages, and the ma
jority will again be white.
The argument then that a
Negro District Commissioner
be appointed because of a
Negro majority will have no
weight. There is, of course,
no good reason why a Com
missioner be appointed be-
cause he is a member of a
large group. 1t would be just
as sensible to appoint an au-
toist, bridge player, a base
ball fan, a golfer, a TV
watcher, an alcohol absorber,
a cigarette smoker, or a poor
individual solely because he
is a member of a large seq
ment.
Gone are the days when
the Commissioners principal
duty was to decorate the
chicken croquette circuit or
have their pictures taken with
visiting cuties of the stage
and screen. Washington is a
big girl now and requires the
best available talent to deal
with her multifarious prob
lens. If the person who meets
these requirements is a Negro,
l say appoint him and sup
port him. He must be the
best available candidate, but
he must not be selected be-
cause of preponderance of his
race at the present time-or
for other political reasons.
During my IL years as a
member of the Board of Edu-
cation 1 made many valued
friends among the Negro per-
sonnel, and I was conscious
OF an appreciation of their
competence and outstanding
human traits. My other as
sociations with the race have
been equally rewarding, so I
cannot be fairly accused of
prejudice.
The next Commissioner
should be selected because of
competence, regardless of race.
creed or color.
James A. Cannon, ST., MD.
Evening star., 1961-04-06

can only say that I would be
overjoyed to participate, pro-
vided I could use live am
munition! To me a Yankee
would present his most pleas
ing aspect when viewed over
the sights of a rifle!
Macon Fry.
Evening star., 1961-04-06
District Findncind

1t would very probably be
a profitable thing for our
local government to be a
little more careful in demol-
ishing property. On the sur
face, at least, it appears that
the District Government
wasted money in two projects
recently. Those of us who
have been a part of the
Washington community all
of our lives and have taken
some interest in community
affairs hated to see Garfield
Hospital and the old Busi-
ness High School demolished.
The former site would have
made an ideal institution for
the chronically i'll, with reas-
enable renovationS. The fine
masonry and superior mater
ial found in the old Business
High School certainly should
have remained to be re-
modelled and put to some
good public use.
1t might be that Congress
man Mcmillan and others
have observed this apparent
waste and are, therefore, not
sympathetic toward the Dis
trict of Columbia and refuse
to help us, as we think they
should. There seems to be q
none-too-rosy future ahead
in our relationships with the
Congress.
C. Herbert Marshall, jr., MD.
When Chairman Mcmillan
OF the House District Com
mittee recently told the Dis
trict officials that the sales
tax rise was all they we're
going to get this year, he
could hardly be blamed. This
gentleman doesn't operate in
a vacuum. He gets a pretty
good chance to know some
thing about what's going on
in running of the District
Government.
When the District budget
was sent in some time back,
it was so obviously full of
"fat" that the District budget
officer should have turned in
his calculator and desk set
and retired in shame to an
other field of endeavor. In
term Commissioner Sullivan
seemed appalled, that such a
budget should have been
drawn up without benefit of
what he called Zero" budget
tng-meaning a review of ex-
penditures from the ground
up. The latest budget was
apparently drawn up by ac-
cepting the prior years ex-
penditures without question
and building from there. This
foolish approach, of course,
led to an inflated budget.
Like it or not, the gentle
men on Capitol Hill have a
large voice in the conduct of
District affairs. And they're