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Evening star., 1961-11-12
BY CECIL HOLLAND
star Staff writer

Senator Carl Hayden of Ari-
zona, who win be honored at a
testimonial dinner in Phoenix this
week for so years of Congressional
service, first came to Congress five
years before President Kennedy
was born.
When he stepped into the well
Of the House on February 10, 1912,
to become the representative of
the newly admitted 48th State,
Vice President Johnson, with
whom he has worked closely in
many Senate battle, was a four
year-old playing under the Texas
cottonwoods. His Arizona Re-
publican colleague, Senator Gold
water, was three. At least is of
the Arizona Democrats Senate
colleagues had not been born.
The nonpartisan dinner for the
Senate's Nestor is expected to at
tract 1.200 people. The President
will make it an important port
of call on his Western swing. Vice
President johnson viii be there,
too, and win join in the tributes
to the 84-year-old Senator whose
record Of accomplishments win be
found written in the law books
and appropriation bills and not
in the flamboyance Of Senate de-
bate.
SeIf-Effocing Service
The gathering will be more
than tribute to Senator Hayden
personally. 1t will be a recogni-
tion Of an elusive quality, a ira
dition of elf-effacing public serv-
ice which, more than oratory, has
made the Senate what it is.
Aside from the imposing length
Of his service in the Senate and
House, Senator Hayden stands
apart from many Of his COL
leagues. AS far as his associates
can recall, he has never called a
news conference.
And he has never found it
necessary to get out weekly news
letters to the people back home,
as many Senators do. Except dur
ing campaigns he has not both
cred to make weekly visits to the
Senate Recording room to tape
interviews and reports for use by
the television and radio stations
in his home State.
Until recently he never felt the
need for a public relations aide
on his staff. He has one now.
Some of the Senator's friends"
an associate explained, thought
that other fellow was getting all
the publicity" The other fellow
is Senator Goldwater, who has
become recognized as the articu-
late spokesman Of the Republican
party's conservative wing and a
possible candidate for the presi-
Dental nomination in 1864.
There's no Madison Avenue
touch in Senator Hayden's public
relations efforts. 1t Is definitely
low-keyed.
Senator Hayden, who served
seven successive terms in the
Evening star., 1961-11-12

Return government to the
hands of the people," cried anti
Metro forces, pointing out their
amendments eliminat ated the
county manager and restored an
elected sheriff.
Help for Metro
Civic groups such as the League
Of Women Voters and Chamber
of Commerce rallied to Metros
support, charging the Mcleod
amendments were a deliberate at
tempt to wreck metropolitan gov
ernment.
They pointed out that by lin
iting Metros powers solely to the
unincorporated area, the amend
mentS removed the new govern
ment's biggest reason for exist
ence.
After the vote which brought
a larger turnout than expected
for a ballot on abstract principles
with no candidates Mcleod
hackers ominously limited they
would try again.
Can Metro solve it's two-horned
dilemma and survive?
Mr.. McNayr has counseled that
some means be found to give the
cities a bill of rights" against
too drastic measures by Metro.
Yet it is in this very area that
progress must come.
For instance, Metro set up an
elaborate police communications
system but thus far only nine
cities have been willing to drop
their own and come in. A new
Metro jail building, as modern as
any in the Nation, is big enough
to take this function over from
the cities, but arguments over
cost-sharing have baked the
move.
One indisputed burden was
lifted from Miami itself when
Metro took over the long kicked
around job of building new SEA-
port for the area. Work is well
along but the estimated 20-mil-
lion dollar cost is forcing support
from Metros ad valorem tax
base.
About 18 months ago Metro
took over the task Of traffic en-
Evening star., 1961-11-12

House before moving to the Sen
ate, likely is thinking about run
ming for a seventh full six-year
term in the Senate where he is
president pro tenn and chairman
of the powerful Senate Appropri-
ations Committee which must
provide the funds for Mr.. Ken
nedy's expanding new frontier"
When Senator Hayden, who had
served two terms as sheriff of
Maricopa County, first came to
Congress he looked around and
remarked: This is a pretty good
place. How does one stay here?"
An old-timer of the day supplied
the answer. You take care Of
your people and the people will
take care of you
Another thing Senator Hayden
recalls being told was:
There are two kinds of Con-
gressmen- show horses and work
horses. If you want to get your
Evening star., 1961-11-12
SENATOR HAYDENs so YEARS
Service Beyond Oratory Is What Matters

in the newspapers. The Senator
has never found it necessary to
cultivate newspapermen. In talk
ing with them he is courteous, If
a Nlittle wry. Looking owlishly
over the rims Of his glasses, he
will answer questions and little
more. Senator Hayden" said
one veteran Capitol Hill reporter,
"is not one you would think of
passing the time Of day with in
hopes Of picking up a little news"
When Congress adjourns and
many Of the members fly off to
different parts Of the world, Sen
ator Hayden usually goes home
to Arizona. Always his political
fences have been in good repair.
In this connection this writer has
an unforgettable picture Of Ssn-
ator Hayden. AS q party Of re-
porters accompanying former Vice
President Nixon on d cross-coun-
try political tour rushed into a
Phoenix hotel for a thunderous
rally, Senator Hayden ambled out,
serenely confident in his bearing,
smiling family and extending a
quiet greeting to those he recog-
nized. Memory may be faulty but
it seems that the Republican Or
ator Of the day was careful to
avoid any reference to the veteran
lawmaker whose hold on the af-
fections Of Arizona voters goes
back nearly 70 the turn Of the
century.
Served as County Treasurer
Senator Hayden was born Oc-
tober 2, 1877, at Hayden's Ferry
(now Tempe) and was educated
in the public schools, Normal
School of Arizona and Stanford
University. Before being elected
sheriff he served term as county
treasurer.
In the vanishing frontier Of his
day Senator Hayden was no gun
singing peace officer in the Hol-
lywood tradition. Being sheriff,
Senator Hayden says, required
common sense rather than gun
play"
In his long years in Washington
the Senator has Stunned the Cap
ital's social swim. He seldom went
out. The Senator whose wife is
dead, continues to live in an
apartment hard by the Senate,
and his life, said a longtime as
sociate, is "a lot Of work."
Hes always been a wonderful
person to work for" said another, i,
Hes never autocratic. Some
other impressions from those who
have worked with him over the.
years: "He has no political ma
chine He's just an individual"
"He has never been a man to
blow off lot of steam"
When the distinguished group,
Republicans as well as Democrats,
gathers in Phoenix to pay him
honor, it would be a safe bet to
say that Senator Hayden, as
usual, will not have much to say.
He will not blow off steam" He
will just be, as he has become,
"Mr. Senate"
Evening star., 1961-11-12
The Marrow Margin

The question very naturally
raised by the narrow margin
only 8,193 votes-of Metros VIC
tory in its latest test at the Dade
Evening star., 1961-11-12

motorists with the candidate. Ra-
dio in the resort areas was used
to remind voters of the Demo-
cratic record in preventing beach
erosion and keeping beaches clean.
Mr.. Burkhardt reports that the
best break of the campaign came
when Mr.. Mitchell refused to de-
bate with Mr.. Hughes on any,
thing. More than 500 invitations
to debate were accepted by Mr..
Hughes, Mr.. Burkhardt says, with
the understanding that Mr..
Mitchell would be there. He never
was.
Another technique Mr.. Burk-
hardt used was mass letter writ
ing. There was someone with the
candidate at all times, taking
down names of everyone he met.
Later the handshaker would get
a personal letter from the can
didate, saying how nice it was
to meet him, etc.
Mr.. Burkhardt reveals that no
real issues ever developed during
the campaign.
''Meyner made a good Gov
ernor," Mr.. Burkhardt admits,
"and there was no real issue that
the Republicans could get hold of.
We had made progress on the
Philadelphia and New York COM
muter problems and the State
was in good shape from an eco
nomic and growth standpoint"
Position on Toxes
Mr.. Burkhardt said that Mr..
Hughes position on taxes-that
he would not sacrifice education
or other State services to cut
taxes-was popular.
Following the local county cam
paigns of the summer, Mr.. Burk-
hardt directed a big push through
election day in the urban areas
of the State, using newspapers,
radio and television and large
rallies.
This, he said, finished up the
job of acquainting the people Of
New Jersey with the candidate.
in a peculiar campaign Of this
kind, without any real issues" he
said, ''it is q simple matter Of
which candidate makes the best
impression on the most people,
and by the results, it looks as
though we did"
AS for plans for the future, Mr..
Burkhardt is silent, as all good
politicians should be.
Right now," he says, "I'll settle
for q few days rest on our little
farm in Central Valley, New
York"
Evening star., 1961-11-12
Canadians Puzzled
Over New Worheods

heads for these missiles, the Bo-
mares will sit utterly uselss on
their launching pads-each Bo-
marc a half million dollar pilot
less airplane that could bring
down an enemy bomber only
through the unlikely fluke of COL
lding with it.
The warheads Of these missiles
are tremendously sophisticated
as, Of course, is the entire missile
with its built-in radar and nav
igational systems. It is thus not
practical in terms of time and
cost for the Canadian govern
ment to consider designing de-
veloping and manufacturing a
HE Bomarc warhead for the 56
missiles that will be installed at
North Bay and La Macaza,
Quebec.
'FutuFistic Scorecrows'
It is even more absurd to con-
template 56 dud Bomarcs propped
up like futuristic scarecrows while
Russian bomber navigators set
their target courses via North
Bay and La Macaza, the holes
in the Americans atomic Bo-
marc line.
"The two Bomarc squadrons,"
Mr.. HarkneSs said last month,
"are =. part of chain Of 10
which protect all of the eastern
part Of this continent from bomb
er attack"
Mr.. Hardness told Parliament
that the cost to Canada of the
two Bomarc bases would be only
$13,993, $50, because of the large
United States share in the cost Of
establishing these Bomarc de-
fenses to protect eastern Ameri-
can cities and USAF Strategic
Air Command bases.
But by accepting this bargain
in defense, the Canadian govern
ment has committed itself to op-
pose the threat Of Russian bomb
ers with nuclear Bomarcs because
there are no other kind Of Bo-
mares in operational use.
This is the cold hard fact that
reached the Canadian conscious
ness last week. and no amount
of descending by the Canadian
government, Of pretending that
Canada can still have Bomarc
defenses without nuolear war
heads can alter the fact.
In the period up to the gen.
eral election, which is now ex-
pected not later than June, the
administration political foes will
belabor the issue, making it
doubtful if the Diefenbaker gov
ernment will gain much credit for
eschewing nuclear warheads
while arming with weapons that
are useless without them.
Evening star., 1961-11-12
By GERALD WARING
Contributing Writer

OTTAWA.-Time and again in
the last couple Of years, Prime
Minister John Diefenbaker and
his defense ministers implied that
even If Canada didn't accept
United States atomic warheads
for Bomarc missiles based in this
country, the Bomarcs with con-
ventional high explosive warheads
would still be mighty useful
weapons.
They did this by admitting
that "the full potential" of the
weapon could not be realized
without atomic warheads; that
with high explosive warheads its
maximum effectiveness" would
not be achieved.
I. THE full potential of these de-
fensive weapons is achieved only
when they are armed with nu-
clear warheads," Diefenbaker told
Parliament in 1859.
Last month Defense Minister
Douglas Harkness said that
whether or not they are ever
actually armed with nuclear war
heads we are getting great
er amount of protection and value
from these two Bomarc bases,
per dollar invested in them, than
from any other kind of equip
ment."
It is true that the Bomarc A,
the 250-mile, liquid-fueled first
model of this Boeing ground-to-
air missile, was designed to take
either a nuclear warhead or a
conventional HE warhead. But
this is not the missile Canada is
getting the first two Of which
were delivered at the new Bo-
marc base at North Bay. On
tario, last week.
Worheod-Atomic'
The Canadian Bomarcs are the
B models-range, 400 miles; pro-
pellent, solid fuel; warhead,
atomic.
Except that no warheads are
coming with them: the Canadian
government has not yet an
nounced a decision on whether it
will accept atomic warheads.
But the news that no alter
native warhead exists for the Bo-
marc 3 has only now seeped out.
Many Canadians are shocked
both by the news and the fact
that their government encour-
aged them in the false belief
that Bomarcs in a non-nuclear
Canada would have high explosive
warheads.
The blunt fact is that If the
Canadian government does not
accept United States nuclear war
Evening star., 1961-11-12
He Is q Listener

municipal officeholders played a
part.
But what almost killed Metro
this last time was a requirement
in its charter that countrywide
tax reassessment be completed
and put into effect during 1861.
Metro frankly sought to broad
en- its tax base by lifting anti
quated assessment levels. Florida
law gives the homeowner a
$1,000 exemption on his property
to start off. Since Dade property
on the average was assessed at AZ
per cent of market value, a man
could live in a $4,000 home and
pay virtually no taxes to run the
county government.
By lifting levels under reas-
sessment to 80 or 85 per cent of
actual market value, Metro would
have added an estimated 40,-
900 exempt small homeowners to
the rolls.
Not surprisingly, after new as
Sessments were announced last
spring. the Metro tax office was
bombarded with the phone calls
and visits from thousands of
property owners. Most were con-
vinced that tax bills the follow
ing November would be doubled,
in spite of a "hold-the-line"
promise on the budget by Metro
commissioners.
Point of Controversy
Foes of Metro saw their oppor-
tunity. Their rallying point was
well known and controversial
former county commissioner
named John Mcleod. Elected to
office prior to Metro, Mcleod had
been a holdover on it's first COM
mission. On the outs with Miami
newspapers, he chose not to run
again when his term expired.
Selling the opportune moment,
Mr.. Mcleod collected 10000 sig
natures on a referendum petition
calling for elimination of reas-
sessment and drastic changes in
the form of Metro.
At this critical juncture, new
county manager appeared on the
Dade scene. He was 47-year-old
Irving G. McNayr, a former
County Manager in Montgomery
County, Md, and a professional
municipal administrator. An in
.defatigable civic speaker with a
flair for sensing the public pulse,
Mr.. McNayr was Metros saviour.
Mr.. McNayr's master stroke was
recommendation to his Metro
Commission that they call ref
erendum on reaSSessment itself
prior to voting on the Mcleod
amendments. After the new man
ager insisted the massive job of
setting new values had been done
too hastily and contained errors,
the commission agreed.
Last August, with Mr.. Nc
Nayr pushing for the action, Dade
voters went to the polls and
threw out mandatory reassess-
ment by a 10-to-1 vote. This nat
urally took some wind out of MIR.
McLeod's sails.
NonetheleSs, Mcleod forces at
tackled vigorously with charges
that the county manager had be-
come dictator" and that Met
ro still meant TO saddle small
homeowners with the tax burden.
Evening star., 1961-11-12
BY VERNE WILLIAMS
Contributing Writer

MIAMI.-To voters Of Dade
County, Fla, a swelling subtrop-
ical metropolis of a million citi-
zens with Miami as its heart,
the term Metro" has come to
be an almost common sight on a
referendum.
Metro is the name for Dade's
bold four-year-old experiment in
metropolitan government, sort
Of super-county with sweeping
local powers.
The experiment came perilously
close to ending recently when for
the third time since Metros in
ception, voters went to the polls
in a life-or-death ballot on its
powers.
Metro squeaked through but
there were nearly as many mega
tive votes as affirmative. A to-
tai of 104,573 Dade residents fa-
vored Metro, but almost as many
go, ,380-voted to reduce Metro
to the status Of an ordinary
county government.
Since Dade County is the only
area in the Nation that has &C
tually tried true metropolitan
government, its ups and downs
there are watched elsewhere with
much interest.
SimiIor Experiments
Seattle has a more limited form
of boundary-crossing local gov
eminent and two Canadian met
ropolitan areas - Toronto, Ont.
and Winnipeg, Man.-have set UP
successful Metro systems. Many
other areas in the United States
beset with local problems among
them Baltimore, Cleveland, Nash
vile, Memphis and st. Louis
have vocal advocates for Metro
type approach to their troubles.
Metro was put across in the
Miami area on the theory that
it could take over major area
wide problems such as traffic,
transportation, sewage and plan
ming while providing tax savings
through trimming duplication Of
services.
AS in most big city area, local
services commonly ended at the
boundaries. of a hodgepodge Of
municipalities. Dade's sprawling
10-by- -30-mile periphery included
no less than 26 cities as well as a
vast unincorporated area. Ad-
Gates of Metro argued it could
do certain taks more efficiently
and cheaply than if they were
handled by each city hall on
its own.
Another selling point for Metro
was that it would provide home
rule" for Dade. It would no longer
be necessary for towns and other
local bodies to go to the State
legislature every two years for
local laws. The Metro Commis-
sion would, in effect, become a
little legislature.
The Marrow Margin
The question very naturally
raised by the narrow margin
only 8,193 votes-d Metros VIC
tory in its latest test at the Dade
Evening star., 1961-11-12

name in the papers, be a show
horse. If you want to gain the
respect Of your colleagues, keep
quiet and be work horse"
Senator Hayden took the advice
to heart. He chose to be a work
horse. In his IA years in the
House and long years in the Sen
ate he labored nightly in the
committees and still does. He
seldom speaks on the Senate floor
and only then on matters affect
ing Arizona or the West, or in
guiding an appropriation bill or
some related legislation through
the tortuous paths of Senate de-
bate.
He Is q Listener
He doesn't sit in the front row
of the Democratic side of the Sen
ate with the Democratic leader and
other Senate veterans which his
Evening star., 1961-11-12
Hughes Victory:
The Jersey Formula
By JOHN c. DAVIES
contrihuting Writer


When New Jersey Republicans
late this spring nominated former
Secretary Of Labor James P. Mitch
ell for Governor and. Democrats
picked q relatively unknown ju-
'rist, Richard j. Hughes, to face
him, nearly every political pundit
took sharp pencil and scratched
out the same answer: Mitchell
would win handily.
As the campaign progressed,
this view gathered such momen-
tum that nothing could stop it
nothing, that is, except a fatal
collision with cold election sta
tistics.
The department of second
guesses is, Of course, now work
ing overtime, trying to determine
what happened. However, insiders
from New Jersey admit that pros
poets looked bleak until June
when Robert Burkhardt, a pro-
fessional political fireman and
tactician of formidable proper
ton quit an assistant postmaster
generalShip in Washington to re-
turn to the New Jersey political
wars as Mr.. Hughes campaign
manager.
Mr.. Burkhardt, q 24-hour dy-
namo Of 46, bubbling over with
political savvy, yielded to pressure
from the Democratic National
Committee and the State commit
tee in Trenton to return after
nearly q year away from Jersey
politics, following break with
Gov. Robert Meyner, whom he
had served as executive secretary.
Split With Meyner
The split came during last
years presidential convention
when Mr.. Meyner refused to get
on the Kennedy bandwagon un-
til it was too late to gain any
political advantage. Mr.. Burk-
hardt had supported the Kennedy
nomination early in the game and
worked for his election as di-
rector Of the national committees
registration drive. After the elec-
ton he was appointed executive
director Of the Inaugural Com
mittee and in January was made
Assistant Postmaster General.
Returning to New Jersey, he
found himself on familiar ground,
having directed the first and sec
ond Meyner campaigns and the
campaign Of Senator Harrison
Williams.
Morale was low among Jersey
Democrats and it was evident that
the campaign had not yet been
organized when Mr.. Burkhardt
arrived.
Although Mr.. Hughes was rela-
lively unknown, Mr.. Burkhardt
,'ealized that the long stretch in
Jersey politics between spring
nomination and fall election
could be used to advantage in
getting the candidate known.
I'VE had the time" he said,
"and we used it to the hilt. In
reality, we conducted local cam
paign in 81 counties, sending the
candidate to every party, clam
bake and meeting we heard about.
I'VE sent flowers to every host
ess in New jersey" he said. II
suspect our campaign flower bill
is the highest in the history Of
any campaign in the country.
But it certainly paid for ITSELF"
Billboard Promotion
Mr.. Burkhardt described how he
used summer dog days to ad-
vantage during the campaign. A
gigantic billboard promotion was
launched to acquaint millions of
Evening star., 1961-11-12

polls on October II is whether it
failed to fulfill its promise.
Today in Dade, hackers of
Metro are themselves taking a
long hard look at its faults in
the light of their sobering expert
ence with the voters. All agree
that the narrow victory cannot
be considered a vote Of conf
dence.
As one Metro official put it:
"AIl the voters did was give
us a reprieve. If we don't produce,
the implication is obvious"
A special Charter Review Board
is already at work. Composed of
a half = dozen businessmen and
civic leaders, it viii certainly try
to iron out some contested points.
One of these is whether the size
of the present Metro governing
body, the Metro Commission,
should be reduced from 13 men,
bers to something more manage
able like seven.
But the dilemma facing Metro
really lies in solving two funda-
mental issues that spawn most
of it troubles.
How to improve and add
sorely needed services without
hitting the voters wallet in such
a way that it hurts.
How to get along with the
municipalities while taking away
some of their functions.
Mistakes in these areas created
the climate leading to each test
of Metro at the polls and op-
ponents simply took advantage of
them.
Tex Reussessment
Thus, local pundits agree, the
wrath exhibited by the voters on
the last occasion was stirred up
largely by mishandling of one
task property reasSeSSment.
There were other complaints,
ranging from poor trash pickup
to motorist reaction against a
new countrywide model traffic
court which imposed mandatory
appearance before a Judge for
virtually all driving offenses. In
addition, emnity on the par of
Evening star., 1961-06-06
E. 1. Sipes, 54,
House Painter

Elton L. Sipes, 54, died Sunday
at Prince Georges Hospital after
a long illness.
A native of Davis, w. Va, Mr.
SipeS has been an area resi-
dent for the last 19 years. He
was a house painter.
He leaves two daughters,
Mrs. Dorsey w. Austin of 740l
Eighteenth avenue, Hyattsville,
and Mrs. Charles S. Gerrior OF
Amarillo, Tex. Mr.. Sipes also
leaves four brothers, Cecil G.,
of 1903 Upshur street, Brent
wood; Raymond, of 1905 Elev-
enth street. Arlington; Chester
of Roanoke, Va, and Richard,
of North Dakota, and a sister,
Mrs. Natole Brais, of 1922 Bu-
chanan street, Mount Rainier,
and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 pm. to-
morrow at Chambers funeral
home, 5801 Cleveland avenue,
Riverdale. with burial in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.