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Evening star., 1961-10-25
DORIS FLEEsoN
United Nations 10th Birthday

auer and practically nothing
with the Nationalist Chinese.
During the campaign last
year the President and his
associates were perfectly GER
tain that they could take the
whole government and for
eign policy in particular off
dead center and move ahead.
They have not so succeeded;
all the work of the best
brains" has not been accom-
panied by comparable opera
tional brilliance. It seems
still the kind of weak govern=
ment of the center which
Mr.. Kennedy found so de-
plorable in his predecessor.
81
Evening star., 1961-10-25
NO ONE WANTS
ST COUNCIL JOB
FOR $3.50 FEE

BLOUNTSTOwN, Fla.
(AP).-No one in Blounts-
town seems to want a ST.
a-year job at the going
cost Of $12.50.
Blountstown City Clerk
Joe Plummer has two va
cancies.
Mr.. Plummer said no one
has filed as yet for coun-
cilmen of Wards / and 2.
The deadline is 4 pm.
today.
The qualifying fee is $25
and the annual salary is
81. The term is two years.
The worried city clerk
said he didn't know what
would happen If no one
files.
81 don't even see any
prospects" he said. "Peo-
pie are not even talking
about It,"
Evening star., 1961-10-25

President Kennedy is well
aware that businessmen are
worried about the attitude
of his administration toward
business. So is his brother. At
torney General Robert Ken
nedy, whose activities in the
antitrust field have caused
shivers of apprehension in
the business community.
Indeed, one economist said
to this writer the other day
that all the good effects Of
speeches of reinsurance by
the President and the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury could be
wiped out in 80 minutes by
the address which the Attor-
ney General is scheduled to
deliver in New York before
the Economic Club on No
vember IS.
This presumes that Robert
Kennedy is anti-buSinesS. He
is, on the contrary, much too
good a politician to forget
that, If business is bad in
1864, the administration will
be defeated at the polls.
So 1t gets back to funda-
mentals. What is really max
ing businessmen worry? What
are the basic causes Of con-
Germ today about the out
look for business, and what
is the administration going
to do about these vital
factors?
First of all, businessmen
are being told by some statis-
ticians that corporate profits
in the early part of next year
will be unprecedentedly large
and yet that, in the second
half, there may be a down.
turn. Why should America be
subject to wide fluctuations
that bring on recessions and
reverses while billions Of po-
tential income are lost and
unemployment rises?
The simple answer is that
the whole economy is suffer-
ing from irresponsible actions
by economic groups.
Nobody wants to see COM
petition stifled by any mo-
nopolistic practices of busi-
Evening star., 1961-10-25
Conflicting Demands of Class Groups
Called Justification for u. S. to Act

ness or by violations Of the
antitrust laws. But what shall
be said Of q situation in
which a labor union monop-
oily fixes prices by fixing
costs. and why Is there no
law on the statute books
dealing with It? What Of the
power Of labor unions to in
f1ict damage amounting to
billions of dollars on the ma
tional economy by means of
a steel strike, as happened in
1859?
The American people are
not aware Of the damage
being done to them current
ly by strikes or by threats
that are equivalent to strikes
in forcing wage costs upward.
What is generally over
looked is cost stability. Much
is said about price stability,
but hardly anything Is said
about cost stability. Yet with
out cost stability, there can
be no stability in the price
level.
The tendency in som 9
quarters is to look at profits
as a sort of social evil. Labor
union politicians insist that
they must have a big share
of these profits, but they re-
fuse to bear any share Of the
losses.
AS a consequence Of this
inequitable situation, busi-
nessmen cannot very well
plan ahead. They are reluc-
tant, for instance, to buy
new plant and new equip
ment to replace worn-out or
obsolete machinery. Planning
Is difficult enough anyway.
but it becomes even more so
when there Is so much talk
about "fallout" shelters and
a nuclear war. Who wants to
float a loan or take on any
big commitment for expan-
sion when people are dis
cuSsing the possible destruc-
ton Of humanity? Yet Amer
!ca's power to deter a nuclear
war is sadly underestimated.
Evening star., 1961-10-25
Civic Betterment
Group Elects

Joseph Carter was elected
president Of the Civic Better
ment Association last night.
Others elected were Beatrice
Boardley. vice president; Mar
garet Carter. recording secre-
tary; Sylvester Green, outgo-
ing president. chaplain; and
Levester McClain, sergeant at
arms, and John Hudson, par
Humanitarian.
The meeting was held at
Nalle School, Fiftieth and C
streets Sc.
Evening star., 1961-10-25
DORIS FLEESON

No lucky accident nor for
tuitous circumstance occurred
to give the United Nations
a happy 18th birthda ay.
Analysts managed to find
some accomplishments to
balance failures. The more
charita Bile among them
stressed that the new diplo-
matte instrument has always
suffered from over-expecta-
ton.
Even the birthday celebra-
tions planned by well-wish-
ers to pierce the general
gloom seemed somewhat less
than inspired. These took the
form of large dinners devoted
to an international cuisine.
u. N. supporters viii really
have to do better than eat in
different languages If their
favorite child is to survive.
There is no immediate
threat to the u. MS future on
the American scene. Ameri-
cans feel frustrated by their
setbacks in foreign affairs;
many politicians believe that
this is the real reason for the
revival of the extreme right
which has such simple an
swers to everything.
Voter antagonism toward
the so-called neutral nations
may well be reflected in Con-
greSs when new international
ties are projected. President
Kennedy's plans for iHcreas-
ing reliance on the U. N. have
certainly suffered a setback.
Still. no responsible names
have yet lent themselves to
any organized effort directed
at curbing the U. N. or with
drawing funds from its sup
port.
The Presidents immediate
Evening star., 1961-01-15
WERE LONG ONES
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breathed easier when he discovered
that the Ethel Norman sequence
was OK.
We've switched things here" he
explained This is the Gershwin of
political satire and for OF Thee |
Sing we have Ethel playing Winter
green - Cornelia Wintergreen,
woman running for president"
Rest assured, too, that no one will
sing Il Got Rhythm" except Ethel.
This is done for the finale.
Hayward countered Miss Farrell's
detection by adding Maurice Che
Waller, who once squirrel wide-eyed
young Gershwin around Paris.
1t is in this sequence that Hayward
plans to employ "a new trick" to set
the mood Remember his use of still
photos for The Fabulous Fifties" last
season? That's out.
People would have said l was
copying myself and couldn't come up
with fresh idea"
The Commute special is NOT a
biography of Gershwin. even if CHS
bought The Gershwin Years." book
by Edward JablonSki and Laurence
Stewart with that in mind.
What's we've tried to do here is
take the Gershwin years-l9l6 to 1886
and use his songs to show how
Americans changed after World
War | from a narrow, inSular people.
Why in New York, people were sing
ing French songs; when Gershwin
went to Paris, they we're singing
American songs"
One of Richard Rodgers duties as
host, incidentally, will be to introduce
the stars and segments from Sights
Evening star., 1961-01-15

and Sounds Room" decorated with
player piano, ostrich feather wraps,
theater posters, trolley bells and other
symbols of the time.
He will also try to prove that
Gershwin's The Man | Love" is an
impossible song, musically speaking.
1T started out as ragtime num-
Der and was yanked out of three
shows. 1t wasn't until the tune was
slowed down-in Paris-that it be-
came a hit" Hayward said, Julie
London will sing it all right
One thing certain, no Gershwin
show would be official without La
Norman, who became star the first
moment her talented larnyx engaged
a Gershwin tune.
Evening star., 1961-11-17
Look AHkes?

How naive can you be,
when you put in an editorial,
President to President" -
How gratifying it is to see
such personal cordiality be-
tween two former Presidents,
ETC., as exists between Ken
nedy and Eisenhower"
Are you sure it is not par
tisan politics? AS far as some
can see, they are, and always
have been, of the same mind
and Eisenhower and his
close associates such as Mr..
Allen, were full-fledged New
Deal Democrats until at
the last moment (1952) when
it was evident the Republi-
cans would win. That year he
jumped over on the Republic
an ticket.
Did you think Eisenhower
campaigned for Nixon last
year? Again, how naive can
you be?
In appointing Eisenhower,
Kennedy is only carrying out
some of his campaign obliga-
tions.
How could we but lose in
New Jersey when they put
up a New Dealer like Mitch
ell? Again we had nothing to
vote for. Mrs. John Williams.
Evening star., 1961-11-17
What's Funny?

These Americans who visit
Russia and return with the
criticism that the people
there do very little smiling,
should do more observing in
their own country, especially
on the streets of the ,cities,
and they would find that a
lot of the people here also
do very little smiling.
The fact is, if one should
walk along the street of an
American city brightly smil-
ing, he would be stared at
by everyone he met, and also
would stand a good chance
of being picked up by the
police as a suspicious char
acter. 1t is hard to tell what
would happen to a "her" un-
der the circumstances.
The writer and a friend
recently visited a large city
and, after being there for a
few hours, the friend re-
marked that a. lot of the
people on the streets looked
as though their feet hurt
while others appeared to be
rehearsing for pall-bearing
jobs.
]. ]. Sperry.
Woodstock, Va.
Evening star., 1961-11-17

''unpopularity of views, their shocking
quality, their obnoxiouSneSS and even
their alarming impact" is not enough to
justify denying Rockwell permit to
make his speech. The lower court had
held that the First Amendments free
speech clause does not include protec-
ton of speech which is "an invitation
to public disorder, violence and even
incitement to murder"
We doubt that the judicial action
which finally closes this case puts a
stamp of approval on speech which can
fairly be said to constitute incitement
to murder. But it is perfectly clear that
Rockwell is free to preach his gospel Of
racial hatred to those who want to
listen. Perhaps the best hope is that no
one, or very few, will want to listen.
Should this prove to be the case, it would
finish him.
Evening star., 1961-11-17
IChiHina Scare

Speaking to his Communist
host The Premier made this
arrogant boast, The mighty
bomb We'll soon unfurl will
thwart the threat of the cap
italist world. He calmly fixed
the blasting date with dis
regard for human fate.
The United Nations over
whelming plea to keep the air
free from fall-out settled on
unsympathetic ears as they
planned to exploit human
fears. The bomb was trig-
gered according to plan, in
furiating people throughout
the land; the poison diffusing
over head engulfed mankind
with a terrible dread.
The crisis mushrooms hour
by hour as the Soviets flaunt
their missile power: we can
keep our mighty nation strong
and still distinguish right
from wrong. This nation built
on faith in God should use
this strength on the road we
trod. Mankind through the
simple power of prayer can
neutralize this chilling scare.
Richard E. Watkins.
Evening star., 1961-11-17
Atoms in the Classroom

With the completion of a unique
radiation instruction course here fol-
area science teachers, impetus has been
given plan for a nationwide crash
program to speed tagging atomic-energy
instruction in secondary schools. One
reason for the lag, it is said, has been
the lack of high school teachers
qualified to lecture on the atom and
its unleaShed powers. The course
recently held at the Carnegie Institu-
ton of Washington under auspices of
the Washington Academy of Sciences
and the Joint Board of Science Educa-
ton was designed to fill that need
locally-at least in part. The sponsoring
groups deserve commentator for their
initiative in planning and conducting
this highly worthwhile course.
The teachers have gone back to
their schools with fund of information
on the wonders-and the dangerS-of
radioactivity and, the scientists hope,
with determination to share their new
knowledge with other science teachers.
In turn, the indoctrinated teachers are
expected to give extra stress in their
claSsrooms to the Importance of the
split atom in both peace and war. And
the resultant increase in knowledge of
the aweSome powers of the atom might
well result in the saving of lives in
event of a nuclear holocaust.
AS the Academy of Sciences and the
Joint Board aptly put it, maximum
capability of living with radioactivity
is one of the most important problems
facing the Nation today" yet it is an
unfortunate fact that "the present level
of knowledge throughout the citizenry
is extremely low" The sponsors of the
course expressed the belief that eventu-
ally all students in the secondary
schools of the country should receive
expert instruction in the fundamentals
of radioactivity. Under normal routines
it would take many months or even
years to revise curricula and prepare
teachers for such new and difficult
subject. But the need for immediate
instruction is urgent That is why the
special course held here and the courses
planned elsewhere are so important.
The scientists participating in the plan
are rendering a significant public
service.
Evening star., 1961-11-17
Whose Ok Was Gored?

There is certain admirable majesty,
if nothing else, about Democratic
National Chairman Bailey's indignation
over the congressional redistricting in
New York. He makes it no secret, of
course, that the handspring of his
outrage is the fact that the map-making
voted by the Republican, controlled
Albany Legislature apparently will add
Republicans and subtract Democrats
from the Empire States delegation in
the House of Representatives. Not
surprisingly, he sees no parallel between
this G. o. P. skulduggery and an oppo-
site situation whereby California, which
is blessed with a Democratic State ad-
miniStration, will be favored by the
prospect of eight additional Democratic
seats.
Mr.. Bailey, normally genial prac-
titioner in politics, knows that this is
standard practice, bipartisan even if
not praiseWorthy, in our system of
representative democracy And when
these promised new Congressman, of
whatever party label, appear on Capitol
Hill, no doubt life will go on much as
before. Meanwhile, the Democratic
chairman is due a small accolade for
Frightening up the political dog-dayS
between campaigns. In our town, it
might become fearfully dull if the eX-
ercise of partisan wrath should fall
out of fashion.
Evening star., 1961-11-17
Priceless Art

1t has been said that some rare
works of art are priceless. What really
is meant is that there is no ready yard
stick by which the market value of
painting or a sculpture can be measured.
As Lord Duveen, the noted British art
authority, once remarked, picture is
worth what buyer is willing to pay for
it. No better illustration of the truth
of this observation can be had than the
latest-and presumably the final-Sale
at New York auction of Rembrandt'S
priced portrait of Aristotle Contem-
plating the Bust of Homer" The picture
brought an all-time high of $23 million
because the Metropolitan Museum of
Art wanted it badly enough to pay
almost any price for it. And it was
presumably for a like reason that the
National Gallery of Art here paid a
record price of $875, 900 for Fragonard
painting, LA LiSeuse," the charming
portrait of a pretty young woman
reading a book.
When Rembrandt, virtually bank
rupt, painted Aristotle in 1852 for a
client who specified only that the sub
ject be philosopher, he felt fortunate
on receiving 500 florins for it. That
would amount to about $1,000 today.
If the artist could have witnessed the
New York auction, he no doubt would
have done some philosophizing of his
own on art values through the years
that have passed since he laid aside his
brushes. The picture has changed
hands many times since. its original
owner, a Sicilian nobleman named
Antonio Ruffio, obtained it from the
artist. 1t was not until Aristotle" came
into the possession of the aStute Lord
Duveen in 1907, however, that the value
of the work began to soar by leaps and
bounds. In fact, the mere acquisition
of it by Duveen put stamp of authority
and rarity upon it that caused American
collectors to bid for it. He sold it first
to the Huntington family in California,
from which he bought it back 20 years
later, only to sell it again to Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred w. Erickson of New York for
$750,000 After the stock market crash
of 1929 Lord Duveen repurchaSed the
picture for $500,000, but later resold it
to the EricksonS for $590,000. 1t had
remained in the Erickson collection
until the recent auction sale.
Who is to say that Aristotle" was
not worth the price paid for it by any
of its previous owners? Each considered
that he had obtained a bargain. Ger
tainly the Metropolitan is we'll satisfied
with its purchase, just as the National
Gallery here is pleased with its newly
acquired Fragonard. And there can be
no doubt that the visitors to both
galleries will also be pleased that they
have been given the opportunity to see
these priceless" works of art, which for
many years have been revealed only to
a privileged few.
Evening star., 1961-11-17
Rockwell Wins

The Supreme Courts action in the
George Lincoln Rockwell case means
that the Arlington Nazi may, if he still
desires, deliver one of his hate speeches
in New York City's Union Square. If the
speech should tend to incite riot, it
will be up to the police, we suppose, to
protect Rockwell and maintain order
In refusing to review the case the
high court, in effect, sustained New
York appellate courts ruling in Rock
wells favor. That decision, which
reversed a lower judge, held that the
Evening star., 1961-11-17
New Congo Atrocity

The murder of 13 Italian airmen
and the reported diSmemberment of
some of them by CongoleSe troops is
perhaps the most shocking but by no
means the only atrocity to be laid at
the door of these Semi-SavageS. Murders,
beatingS, rapeS and looting have become
commonplace in communities which fall
into the hands of these So-called native
soldiers
The 13 Italians were members of
the United Nations command in the
Congo Upon completing a routine
flight into the. town of Kindu in Kivu
Province, they were seized, beaten and
killed by 100 or more of some 1000
CongoleSe troops who have mutinied
and detected to leftist Vice Premier
Antoine Gizenga. 1t is said that the
CongoleSe thought the Italians were
BelgianS-aS though that, had it been
true, would have satisfactorily explained
everything.
While this was going on, the Security
Council in New York was busy with
another matter 1t was debating an
Afro-ASian resolution which would have
the U. N. assist the central Congolese
government at Leopoldville in its at
tempt to invade and Subdue Noise
TShombe'S Katanga Province. We have
no particular brief for Noise Tshombe.
But at least he seems to be oriented
toward the West, and a reasonable
degree of order is maintained in his
province. Why the u NJ should even
consider helping to turn him and his
people over to the tender mercies of the
central Congolese troops is beyond our
comprehension. We do not say this to
indict Cyrille Adoula, Premier of the
Congo. His failure is not one of COM
plicity in the atrocities, but rather one
of apparent inability to control his
army and such nominal SubordinateS as
Antoine Gizenga
This, however, does not excuse the
United Nations command In the face
of repeated outrages,' it has talked
great deal but done very little. The
atrocities go on and on-and nothing
happens. Perhaps it is too much to
expect the U. N. force to put down the
pro-Gizenga rebellion. But at least it
should be able to protect its own people,
or to punish those responsible for their
slaughter. If it cannot or will not do
this much, it ought to give up the ghost
and get out. Certainly it ought not to
stay in the Congo if its real objective,
as considerable evidence suggests, is to
help subdue Katanga and drive out such
Belgians as may still be there.
Evening star., 1961-11-17
Price of Progress

What Maryland State pol
icy or law makes it possible
for the State Roads Commis-
sion to take from taxpayers
the land it wants for super
highways at the sub-market
prices it wants to pay?
Or, for a pittance to de-
mand an easement" which
enables it to chop down thou
sands of dollars worth Of
trees, destroy privately de-
veloped areas along streams
and generally mutilate the
homeowner's house lot, made
scenic through years of his
own sweat and time?
Building sites in the Burn
ing Tree Country Club area
sell on the open market for
$1,000 to $1,000 per half
acre. Since 1859 the Mont
gomery County Board of Ed
ucation has been paying from
$4,000 to $10,500 per acre for
large tracts for school sites
in the area. The State Roads
Commission pays only $500
per acre for what it is TAX
ing to build its truck high
way Capital beltway) and
pays little or nothing for
easement" areas to be grad
ed down into characterless
expanSes at each side of the
concrete cash. The home
owner is generously allowed
to claim ownership of these
denuded easement" lands
which he cannot personally
use again, and is required to
maintain them (keeping the
grass cut and pay taxes on
them.
Protest?, How many fam
lilies can stand the strain of
a long drawn-out court case,
especially when their home is
physically taken over by the
State, and the money for it
frozen until a court settle
ment is reached? With no
money to buy another house,
the taxpayer would be sad
died with rent (unless he
lived for a year in a tent
and with a lawyers fee. IT
seems simpler to let the State
rob you of several thousand
dollars. p. H.
Evening star., 1961-11-17
WATCHING THE WORLD
Sign of Change in Adenuuer Stand
By CROSBY S. NOYE!
Foreign Correspondent Of The stor

Naturally enough, a main
concern of the Bonn govern
ment has been to reaSsure the
Western allies that nothing
sinister has been going ON be-
hind their backs. This seems
to be the motive behind the
announcement that Mr.. Krol
was acting without specific
authorization in Moscow. Il
is alse, perhaps, the reason
for the quick visit here of
Karl Carstens, State Secre-
tary of the Foreign Ministry,
to French Foreign Minister
Couve de MurVille.
Speculation Remains
All this, however, has not
headed off speculation that
Mr.. Adenauer's adamant in
flexibility on the questions of
Russia and Berlin may have
been shaken by the events Of
the last few days. And that
he may be coming to Wash
ington in a rather less rigid
frame of mind than he had
shown in the months leading
up to his reelection.
If so, the change would un-
doubtedly be welcome in
Washington and could be a
key factor in breaking the
log jam that has prevented
the forging of a common
Western policy on Germany
since the outset of the Berlin
crisis. To expect President
Kennedy and Mr.. Adenauer
to see eye-to-eye on all
aspects of a possible approach
to Russia would be to expect
a minor miracle. But if even
a partial agreement is reached
and the earlier atmosphere of
suspicion cleared away, real
progress can at last be made.
The problem of French
President de Gaulle would of
course, remain. Until now,
the French attitude has been,
if anything, even more un-
yielding than that of the
Germans themselves. So far
there has been no sign that
Gen. de Gaulle has changed
his mind that negotiations
with the Russians under the
present circumstances could
only result in disastrous con-
cessions by the West.
On the other hand, there
is a fairly widespread belief
here that Gen. de Gaulle's
stand on this question has
been largely dictated by his
concern to preserve Franco
German solidarity at all cost.
A shift in the Chancellor's
own approach would leave
Gen. de Gaulle in an un-
comfortably isolated position.
Mr.. Adenauer is due to visit
France on November 30. And
the problem, provided it is
tactfully handled, may not
be insoluble.