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Evening star., 1961-09-13

SldIlS SIOppeO Ill shipping on
the Danube. About that time
found that all Austrian, Yugo-
slav-Hungarian, and other river
barges had been moved up to
Linz by the Germans in the
closing days of the war. There
fore, they were in the American
zone.
Boundary Extended
The Russians persuaded
Washington to extend their
boundary to the Danube in the
Linz area; so I moved the
barges farther up river to the
American zone of Germany fol-
safekeeping. I sensed that they
would be an ace up our sleeve
in bargaining with the Com
munistS because barges would
be essential when river traffic
was resumed.
The Communists almost i'm
mediately pressured us to re-
turn the barges. On a trip back
to Washington, I discussed the
barges and gained the impress
sion that everyone concerned,
including President Truman,
agreed that we should hold
them. At a conference with
me President Truman said,
Mark, I heartily agree with
you. You hang on to those
barges."
Upon my return to Vienna,
however, I received a message
from the State Department,
instructing me to return the
Yugoslav barges. I replied that
I was under the distinct i'm
preston that I had approval
for holding the barges as a
bargaining point. The Secre-
tary Of State said to turn the
barges over to the Yugoslavs.
I turned them over.
Many Similar Incidents
There have been many SINH
lar incidents in our dealings
with the Communists. They
demonstrate that strength and
determination are two things
Communists respect and, skill
fully applied, will prevent COM
muniSm from achieving its goal
of world domination that to-
day threatens free people
everywhere.
Fortunately, there seems to
be a refreshing awakening to
this fact. This is indicated by
strengthening our military
posture, and by the firm stand
that President Kennedy has
taken on the Berlin issue. His
reinforcing our Berlin garrison
and his fortnight statement
concerning the consequences of
interfering with free Allied ac-
cess to Berlin are the kinds of
actions the Russians under
stand.
His sending Vice President
johnson and Gen. Lucius D.
Clay to bolster the morale of
the West Germans and DEM
onstrate our vested interest in
Berlin was also the kind Of ac-
tion that will not be lost on
the Communists.
1t is my hope that this ap-
proach signals that America
has awakened, and that our
country will pursue a courage
GUS policy for firmness. With
out such a policy we can never
effectively negotiate with the
Communists.
Marshal Konev once revealed
their frustrating negotiating
technique to me at a party in
Vienna. After he had a couple
of drinks of vodka, I asked him
what would happen if the
following morning I accepted
all the preposterous Soviet de-
then under discussion.
He laughed and said he would
have 10 new ones to submit to
me the next day.
In the face of such turbulence,
the free world must remain
steadfast.
Let us have peace in our
time, but not at the price of
Communist slavery for ensuing
generations.
Evening star., 1961-09-13
PONTIAC TEMPEST GETS A SOFT TOP

dead and wounded another who
tried to draw his gun.
The Russians violently pro-
tested the shooting, but the in
terruptions in our train service
ceased.
These and many similar ex-
perienceS I had with Commu-
niStS around the world demon
strated to me the necessity OF
using unmistakable determina-
ton when dealing with repre-
sentativeS Of the Kremlin.
An incident involving Danube
River barges illustrates, how
ever, that we did not always
follow this policy. Shortly after
our arrival in Austria, the Rus
slams stopped all shipping on
the Danube. About that time
found that all Austrian, Yugo-
slav-Hungarian, and other river
barges had been moved up to
Linz by the Germans in the
closing days Of the war. There
fore, they were in the American
zone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02
Timely Recognition

David V. Aud, District director of
sanitary engineering, has earned the
merit citation awarded him by the
American Public Works Association. It
is very timely recognition for his
aggressive and effective work in behalf
of cleaning up the befouled Potomac
River, source of WaShington'S water
supply. Although recently having re-
tired as chairman of the Potomac River
Commission, Mr.. Aud has promised to
continue his fight for a cleaner river
until the Potomac is reasonably free
from raw sewage, industrial waste and
silt.
He is concentrating now on two
major tasks. One is the separation of
the citys old joint storm sanitary
sewer setup in the downtown area-an
outmoded system that sends tons of
untreated sewage into the river when
ever a rainStorm overloadS the lines.
The other job is the construction of an
interceptor sewer from Dulles Airport
and adjacent areas to city main con-
nected with the District treatment
plant at Blue Plains. Both projects
will be major factors in making the
Potomac a safer, more pleasant river.
1t is gratifying to learn that former
Engineer Commissioner Alvin c. yelling,
who played in important role in the
antipollution campaign during his Dis
trict Building service, has been honored
by the association, too-although for
other achievements General yelling
L,ac oil 60 &c afeiIN tn
national defense as supervisor of con-
struction of 10 iptercontinental ballistic
missile bases throughout the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02
Unified Air Control

The Federal Aviation Agency has
proposed legislation which could be the
basis for unified system of peacetime
air traffic control for both civil and
military aviation. The plan, embodied
in a bill introduced by Senator Mon
roney, of Oklahoma, provides for a
single Federal air control agency de-
signed specifically for service in war
time or other national emergency.
However, the FAA long has been trying
to coordinate civil and military air
traffic control as regular routine-in
the interest of aviation safety Such
coordination makes sense not only from
the safety standpoint but from the
additional standpointS of efficiency and
economy. .'l
Federal Aviation Administrator
Halaby has obtained Defense Depart
ment agreement on the emergency con-
troll plan. The Monroney bill would
make the proposal attractive to civilian
tower operators by giving them certain
additional retirement and other benefits
for service under military jurisdiction
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02

in wartime. The plan calls for transfer
of the whole air-traffic control system
to the Defense Department in an
emergency.
The unified system should be
Just as valuable in normal times, how
ever. At present the civil and military
aviation control towers are operated
Independently, although they are sup
posed to keep in close touch with
each other. Despite the presumed CO.
operation, there has been conflict in
aircraft operations at times, with some
near-miSs incidents involving military
and civilian planes. A single control
arrangement would eliminate such con-
flict and thus reduce the danger of
accidents. We hope that the FAA mil
itary authorities will be able to work
out a permanent merger of all air
control ServiceS-with the exception,
perhaps, of occasional classified oper-
ations essential to the national security.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02
Two Marks to Aim For

Roger Maris of the New York
Yankees has achieved the remarkable
feat of setting new home run record
for the major leagues without upSetting
the historic 60-homer mark Of the great
Babe Ruth. While the husky young
slugger failed by one home run to equal
Ruth's 1927 total for 154-game season,
he set record of his own that will be
hard to beat-61 und-trippers in a
season of 1862 games. That ought to
assure Roger niche in the Baseball
Hall of Fame, regardless of what he does
in the future. And with many more years
of baseball presumably lying ahead for
him, who knows what further batting
records he may set?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02
Post-Mortem on Revolt

While it is still too early to post
a permanent balance sheet on the
Syrian rebellion, it is possible to record
some entries on the plus side. Others
must await the testing of time and per-
Torrance.
This was, for example, virtually
bloodleSs uprising, and the wounds in
flicted by sharp exchange of bitter
words are far less apt to leave infecti-
Gus scars than those inflicted by bull
lets. For this, credit apparently may be
divided. The revolutionary movement
itself evidently was well-planned and
efficiently set in motion. After an mi
tial order to suppress it by military
force, which probably would not have
succeeded anyway, President Nasser in
Cairo wisely decided not to fight. The
controlling military clique in Damascus
matched this reasonability by calling
upon a civilian group to take over the
powers of government, and by ordering
the peaceful evacuation of Egyptian
military and civilian personnel from the
Syrian Region.
This does not mean, of course, that
the transition to a new order, or more
accurately the return to an old one,
has been completed without danger of
further troubles in the trouble-prone
Middle East. AS the principal spokes-
man for Pan-ArabiSm Colonel NasSer
has been successfully challenged -
fact which not only pleaSeS some of his
rivals Gncluding non-Arab ones) in
the Middle East community, but may
encourage efforts to capitalize on it,
The fact that the Syrian-Egyptian mer-
ger into the United Arab Republic, an
artificial union to begin with and never
really successful, came about through
Syrian initiative and not through Egyp-
tan may be conveniently overlooked
in current evaluations of Col Nasser's
prestige, or even of his popularity in
Egypt itself.
AS far as the separated parts of the
United Arab Republic are concerned,
the burden is now upon Syria to DEM
onstrate that its choice is a wise one.
AS an independent state from the end
of World War II until it entered into
the union with Egypt in 1868, 1t dis
played neither political stability nor
economic strength. 1t was, in fact,
dangerously increasing Communist in
fluence in politics and government that
prompted Syrian leaders, with the sup
port of popular referendum, to seek
the union with Egypt. The new civilian
cabinet is taking office with good Gre
dentials and praiseworthy promises.
Presumably it does not underestimate
the tasks ahead of it, or the potential
impact of this revolutionary movement
upon the insecure balancing of power
in the Middle East as whole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02
Fair Disclosure

.n Clarence Mitchell, Washington di-
rector of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People, is
on weak ground, to say the least, in
protesting as unfair" the Post Office
which led to the dismissal of w. W.
Law, head of the Georgia NAACP, from
his, job as a Savannah letter carrier.
'sa Six weeks ago, when the charges
(at that time undisclosed) were filed,
Mr. Mitchell declared that Mr.. Law
was being Disseminated against because
of anti-segregationist activity, and that
this real motive" was being hidden by
"a number of picayune charges"
,. In making public the charges last
week, the department said it was doing
so reluctantly" and only after "perSis-
tent and repeated" accusations against
the, department along the line taken
by Mr.. Mitchell.
While the charges that have been
made public are not "picayune,' the
question of whether they are adequate
grounds for dismissal will be decided
by the proper authorities. AS to the dis
closure of the charges, however, the
record is clear that the Post Office De-
partment kept them secret until, in the
face of continued Misrepresentation
hswaS forced to reveal them.
In denying that NAACP activity
had anything to do with the firing,
Postmaster General Day has made the
point that "the fact that he (Mr. Law
is leader of the NAACP does not make
him immune from normal and ordi-
nary department procedures That, of
course, is the real crux of the matter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02
Civil Defense Directors BIost Brings FaILout

Regarding your article
Home Survival Course is
Dropped After Row." I have
just finished a five-week
course in home survival"
The class was organized by
a housewife. Mrs. Miriam No
wick, with the assistance of
Mrs. Julie Martin. The group
met once a week for two
hours at the Takoma Park
Coop.
We saw films on fire
fighting in the event of dis
aster. A Red Cross nurse gave
us a talk on radiation sick
ness and what to do for it.
Another Red Cross nurse
with wide disaster experience
talked with us and answered
questions. A member of the
Montgomery County Health
Department talked about
water and supplies. We dis
cussed shelters. We saw an
excellent film of people be-
ing rescued from under COL
lapsed buildings in Sweden
during World War II. An
other fine film showed us
the effects of major disaster
on the behavior Of soldiers
under combat conditions, and
how temporary psychological
numbness and shock can be
alleViated.
I am grateful that the Civil
Defense people of Montgom-
cry County, the Health De-
partment, the Red Cross, and
interested citizens all joined
together to cooperate with
two fine housewives who saw
a need and tried to do some
thing about it.
If people do need to have
a "wet-nurse" as Mr.. Silver,
chief of Civil Defense in
Prince Georges County, calls
such classes if people
do need wet-nursing to help
them get started in realizing
that there really is some
thing they can do to protect
themselves in the event of
nuclear war, then I'm for it.
If such a course will lead
people by the hand and tell
them what size can of beans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02

county were properly man.
aged, the commissioners
might find that their public
relations did not require a
$4,000 a year propaganda
expert"
Regardless Of high
sounding titles or pious deni-
ais, most clear thinking citi-
zens will realize this is a
blatant attempt to establish
a Bureau of Propaganda for
the machine, financed with
tax money.
AS we will undoubtedly see
during the coming months,
the goal of this office will be
to fight charter, fight merit
tcivil service type hiring Of
county employees, and to fight
anything or anyone who
might tend to undermine the
m a C hine and modernize
Prince Georges.
When the grand jury made
their tat best naive state
ment that Prince Georges
County had few problems
that cannot be solved with
money" is this what they
had in mind?
w. Gordon Gemeny.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02

Attorney Robert ]. Harlan
writes. "All prosecuted mi
norities. including the Amer
lean Negro, must be bene-
fitted" Here in our Nations
Capital, the Negro happens
to be the majority race.
If any people are a perse-
cuted minority, it is us white
people.
Mr.. Harlan wrote: 1.-The
Supreme Court has ruled that
any efforts to restrict the
sale of property because of
racial or ethnic origin is I'M
constitutional" The Supreme
Court has never made such a
ruling and cannot, because
it would itself be violating
the Constitution to do so.
There is nothing in the Con-
stitution which compels Ell
ther a private property own
er or even a State to sell
property to someone it does
not want to. The only ruling
by the Supreme Court was
that if a private property
owner violated the terms of
a restrictive covenant by SELL
ing his property to an I'M
wanted neighbor, the other
neighbors could not haul him
into court to compel him to
live up to the terms of the
covenant.
The only time a property
owner has no right to sell
to a purchaser of his choice
is when he is delinquent with
his taxes and the city sells
it at auction to satisfy the
tax claim; or again, when a
city, State or the Federal
Government exercises the
right of eminent domain and
acquires the property by con-
domination; but even so, it
must pay the owner what a
court of law says is a fair
price.
Robert A. Mullen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02
Silence on the Left

- = The case of the resignation from
the United States Forest Service of Don
sCaron provides an interesting study in
contrasting attitudes.
~ Mr.. Caron, a district ranger in the
State of Washington, was both an
deficient forester and vigorous critic
of communism. In his spare time he had
been writing a weekly column for the
Okanogan (Washington) Independent
exposing the evils and the dangers, as
he saw them, of the Communist move
flent
* In August he was told by his Gov
eminent superiors that he would have
to- discontinue his column because he
was writing on controversial matter
that could cause alienation of groups or
individuals" Constituting this as an
attemp to gag him, Mr.. Caron chose to
resign from the service.
Senator Strom Thurmond has taken
an interest in what he calls this
sforced resignation" and has asked the
Chief of the Forest Service by what
authority the regional forester de-
manded that Mr.. Caron discontinue his
column. An investigation by the Forest
Service is under way and it may be that
the ban on the Caron column will be
lifted
- The interesting point is that not
sore liberal" voice, as far as we are
aware, has been raised in Mr.. Caron's
Behalf, although Senator Thurmond's
protest was made on the Senate floor
and appeared in the Congressional
Record Had the situation been turned
around, however, if Mr.. Caron had been
forced to resign his Government job or
abandon an effort to describe what he
considered to be the merits of commu-
nism, we suspect that the alarm bells
would have been ringing from coast
to coast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02
Trolley Passes

The case for Streetcar"
presented by Leo E. Chand-
Ter (Star. September \26)
while very plausible repre-
sentS a desire to return to
outmoded, uneconomical and
relatively unproductive Sit
uationS such as are frequent
ly saddled on industry in the
countries noted. The remed-
les taken seem to be mere pal
liativeS with only temporary
amelioration. The visits Of
production teams in various
fields from Western Europe
have not infrequently dis
closed that the industries and
related transport have be-
come so loaded down with
obsolete equipment and
practices that radical steps
have to be taken in each in
dustry to reattain a COM
petitive production position
in international trade with
out overemphasis on heavy
subsidies and tariff barriers.
The increasing readiness Of
American industry to recog-
nize obsolescence in equip
ment and practices and to
decide upon replacement has
beer a marvel to the foreign
productivity teams. The
streetcar, moving upon fixed
tracks in streets, is a deter
rent to the free and effec-
tive flow of traffic, as has
now been recognized for
some years after the removal
of the streetcar tracks from
H st. NE. and to recognize
the dodolike obsoleScence Of
the streetcar moving on fixed
tracks, in the streets. can be
nothing more than a credit
to American ingenuity that
has made America what it
is. James B. Childs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02

to buy" then ! think that Is
good. Without this, too many
people might not have a can
of beans at all, no food at all,
nothing at all at a time Of
atomic disaster. Some people
can absorb what they need
to know from Government
booklets. Others flourish bet
ter with the use of films,
discussion and the stimulat-
ing exchange of questions and
ideas.
This is no game-this is a
matter of survival.
Jane HarwOOd HOag.
-
I was disappointed that
the home survival" course
in Prince Georges County
was being dropped. I at
tended one myself. I am a
housewife but at the courses
I attended there were re-
spected business men, PTA
leaders and many others. /
can assure you it was not
a panic group" and none of
us needed to be, as Mr.. Silver
said, "wet-nursed along" We
had speakers who are rec
ognized experts in their
fields. Many movies of i'm
portance relating to the sub
ject were shown. In general,
much knowledge was gained
by listening. observing and
from the opinions of others.
This cannot all be obtained
from books, as Mr.. Silver
states.
While Mr.. Silver does not
seem interested in the classes
obviously the general public
doesn't feel this way. The
attendance of some 40 people
at the very first meeting
shows this. AS meetings be-
came publicized, the attend
ance grew.
BY Mr.. Silver's statements
it is evident that he hasn't
much of an idea how such
civil defense meetings are
conducted. How is a program
that doesn't charge, and
meets in a public meeting
place without charge, vast
ing the civil defense dollar?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02
Laws of the Land

A letter by Charles w.
Carter equates the custom in
India of removing the shoes
when entering the Tai Mahal,
said custom applying to all
of the people, with the GUS
tom of segregation in Amer
lea. The entire basis of seq
regation in this country is
the belief or assumption on
the part of the segregators
that the segregated are I'M
fit. undesirable or inferior.
Mr.. Carter expresses the
hope that we train our dip
lomats to respect the laws
and customs of the countries
to which they are sent and
asks if 1t too much to ex-
pect diplomats from other
countries to respect our laws
and customs. I doubt seri-
ously If our diplomats are
trained or even expected to
concur with any opinion ex-
pressed in any foreign land
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-02

Is it within the realm Of Mr..
Silver's responsibility to de-
eide which aspects of civil
defense information and
problems the public shall be
permitted to study and dis
cusS?
Is Mr.. Silver's comment
regarding "emotionally bank
rupt people" what one would
expect from a responsible
public official who is in a
position to foster a great deal
of good Cor harm
Donna AdcOck.
y \
How utterly demoralizing
and what a setback my in
tellegence has suffered since
reading the article by James
B. Rowland, to find that
because I am interested in
attending "home survival"
classes in order to learn first
hand how to prepare to safe
guard my loved ones-in my
home I am considered
"emotionally bankrup t."
must be "wet-nursed" and
am a cause for annoyance to
our director of civil defense
here in Prince Georges
County,
Is it not the duty of the
director to encourage and
lead us in matters pertaining
to civil defense rather than
ridicule us?
These classes, held at
night, make it possible for
many men and working
mothers to attend. I am one
and I am sure there are
many, who cannot absorb
from printed manuals, what
I can digest from listen
ing to qualified speakers
explaining in laymen'S Ian
guage, what can be done and
what should be done to pre-
pare my family and home
for survival in the event of
enemy attack.
Mr.. Silver's statements
make one wonder if, serving
as our director of civil de-
Tense in Prince Georges
County, he has our best in
terest at heart.
Mrs. Gather L. Woodland.