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Evening star., 1961-08-30
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

The religious issue isn't gone from politics after all
poll shows Republicans plan to again in Ga
and urge everybody to pray for miracle
Khrushchev vacations, while Kennedy and Macmillan
prefer long week ends At statesmen are run
ming this Berlin crisis under strict of the wage and
hour act.
The space agency prepares to launch Discovers XIV and
XXV1 If we get nothing else this space age we'll learn
how the Romans counted 1000 years ago.
It's keen race in the American League Mantle's
aneao IN RB1 razor blade innings but Maris boasts
gallon lead in after-shave lotion
Labor Secretary Goldberg settles labor dispute at the
metropolitan Opera You don't catch this Kennedy
gong through Berlin crisis without little Segfred and
Goetterdaemerung at the Met.
Evening star., 1961-08-30
WILLIAM S. WHITE

For the West, for America
and for President Kennedy
the hour Of real crisis over
Berlin is at last approaching.
This is the hour when we take
the fateful course of accept
ing negotiations with the
man who alone caused it all,
Nikita Khrushchev.
1t is not possible to deny
that the position in belea-
guered Berlin offers the end
less possibility of war, and
that something to ease the
strain is deeply needed. But
it also is not possible to deny
that this Western decision to
take the initiative toward ne
gotiation carries with it a
clear and desperate danger
that appeaSement of interna-
tlonal communism may be the
ultimate consequence.
Mr.. Khrushchev has given
many fair words of late to
Western visitors while he
again tries to picture himself
as just a pretty reasonable old
fellow, a kind of well-mean-
ing foxy grandpa. But on the
substance of the great issue
over Berlin he has not given
a single inch of ground. His
kind of negotiation still pre-
sumes what it did in the be-
ginning-that what is his will
remain his but that what is
rightfully the Vests will now
be open to bargaining.
In this situation the West
is damned if it does and
damned if it doesn't. 1t risks
war against an irresponsible
adversary if it does not nego-
tiate. And it risks the begin
ming of the end of Western
solidity and determination in
Europe when it does nego-
tiate.
No one who is only a COM
mentator - or a Senator,
either, for that matter - is
wise enough to say for GER
tain that Mr.. Kennedy's con-
cluSion to negotiate is the
Evening star., 1961-08-30
Defender of Berlin in 1o48 Warns Allies
Of Greater Need to Stand Firm Now

necessary. The winter of
1946-47 had been cruel. Vari-
GUS kinds of money were
circulating. The Russians
had similar printing plates.
Money was worthless. This
was the winter that cigarets
literally were money" One
could "buy" something with
even one cigaret. The cur
rency reform was RusSia's
public pretext for the Berlin
blockade.
Ten days after it began,
Gen. Clay called on the Rus
sian commander, Gen. Soko-
lovsky, with whom he had
once been on a basis so
friendly that the two families
had gone on picnics together.
How long will you keep up
the blockade?"
Until you halt your plans
for a West German govern
ment," said Gen. Sokolovsky.
Again we must go back to
history.
In May of 1946 Gen. Clay
had recommended to then
Secretary of State Byrnes
that the Allies be invited
to merge their zones with
the American to provide
more efficient administra-
tion. Only the British ac-
cepted.
There then appeared the
first postwar German state,
composed only of the Amer
1can and British zones. It
bore the curious name of
Bizonia. 1t had courts,
Evening star., 1961-08-30
High Level of Cooperation Achieved
In Sweden Cited as Goal for u. S.

position closely in export
markets.
The Swedish labor leader
also is insistent that workers
must moderate their wage
demands with respect to So
cial welfare measures. He sees
a growing competition be-
tween labor and government
in the field of social welfare.
He thinks that workers can
not have both - maximum
wage increases and generous
social welfare arrangements.
He would prefer to see the
government handle the whole
welfare problem.
1t has taken time for Mr..
Geijer to convince local labor
leaders of the long-range ad-
vantages of a moderate wage
policy and better cooperation
with management, but he is
making substantial progress.
He said, incidentally, that the
United States has a lot to
learn about the settling of
disputes with labor. But per-
hapS the real weakness is that
in America there is no ma
tional body-compoSed of la
Dor and management lead
ers-which can have a pow
erful moderating influence
on the different labor unions
and persuade management to
strive harder for the i'm
provement of wage scales.
So many large unions have
arisen that the AFL-CIO is
more of a co-ordinating body
today than a disciplinary in
stitution. 1t is rare that the
top labor leaders of the
United States exercise any
direct influence in unions
outside their own industries.
Mr.. Geijer, in his capacity
as chairman of the Inter 1a-
tional Federation of Free
Trade Unions, recently made
some interesting points in
this connection in an address
to the international labor
conference in Geneva. He
said:
Industrial expansion in the
economically developed coun-
tries is going very fast at
present. 1t is accompanied by
steady changes in the life of
the community. The function
ing of society is more and
more dependent on an in
creasingly elaborate machin-
cry. We know from recent ex-
perience that even relatively
small disputes in the labor
market can have quite disas-
trouS effects on the economy
of an individual country.
"One is therefore always
faced with the problem of
how to limit labor disputes,
strikes and lockouts by dem
ocratic means, in order to
benefit as much as possible
Evening star., 1961-08-30
No Weakness Seen in Allies Motivation
five Do Not Give Awoy What Is Ours

wrong decision. 1t is a fact
that negotiation as such is
never bad-iS at worst use
less - so long as negotiation
is accompanied by an iron
resolve backed by military
power not to negotiate away
what is ours by right. That
is, we ought not to fear ne
gotiation simply as negotia-
ton.
Moreover, those who will
easily denounce this course
should remember one thing:
1t is easier to talk of tough"
lines, of yielding no conces-
sion whatever, the farther
one is removed from that
place of awesome responsible
ity which is held by the lead
ers of the West.
But, equally, no one at all
not even the Western lead
ers themselves - is able to
say with certainty that this
agreement among the West
to go to Mr.. Khrushchev is
either wise or right. 1t may
we'll convince him - and this
is a crucial point - that we
are not willing to fight in any
circumstances. 1t may we'll
convince him, as Hitler was
convinced a decade and more
ago, that he has only to go on
demanding and that we will
retreat and retreat again.
What this correspondent is
saying, as one observer here,
is that he does not even pre-
tend to know exactly what
ought to be done and when
and how. He does believe,
however, that at least some
things are entirely plain.
Surely we ought, at minimum.
to find ways of restating in
the strongest possible way
that there will be a point at
which we will fight, if fight
we must.
Surely all Americans-or
rather some Americans
ought to stop acting as
Evening star., 1961-08-30
RALPH McGILL

Once, during a break in a
conference with Gen. Clay,
when he was military govern
or Of West Germany, a cor
respondent whispered, He
looks just like the imaginary
picture 1 have always had of
Julius Caesar"
Certainly Gen. Clay was,
in his military years, fit to
stand beside Caesar in bold
ness of initiative and execu-
ton. Just two of his 9deci-
Sions will illustrate this con-
CluSion. They are the Berlin
airlift and the 1948 currency
reform for West Germany.
Both were pivots of history.
When this hawk-faced,
partrician-looking man came
out of East Berlin a few days
ago he said:
IF we mean to hold
Europe against communism
we must not bulge. We can
take humiliation and pres
sure short of war in Berlin
without losing face. If we
withdraw, our position in
Europe is threatened"
The record of the past
teStifies that his judgement
is sound.
We are in an era when we,
and the Russians too, have
at command only limited
means to limited objectives.
We will suffer some humilia-
tions in Berlin. We will be
under constant pressureS. We
can hang on without losing
face. But humiliations must
be expected. Neither we nor
the Russians have superior
power. The nuclear weapons,
parodoxically, limit US both.
Short of war, we each are
limited as to means. Not be-
ing able to use the ultimate
force, we must use ideas.
We go back to history to
understand the present.
The Russians blockaded
all land routes into Berlin on
June 81, 1948.
There was no political So
luton to the blockade short
of war. Gen. Clay conceived
the airlift. How many plane
loads of food must necessarily
arrive during each "a hours
at Berlin'S two airports to
supply the city?
Slide rules came out. There
were 2.5 million people.
(There are 3.5 million in
1861 They required 1000
tons of food and fuel per day.
Planes began to fly into Ber-
lin that day. Hundreds more
lifted from airbases in the
United States and Europe
for the huge airport at
Rhein-Main near Frankfurt.
Five days later the small
CATS were taking in 80 tons
per day. BY September more
than 5000 tons were being
delivered. In December it was
well above 5000 tons. The
Russians were licked. They
hung on until May 70, 1949.
That day the routes were re-
opened. Not shot had been
fired.
The currency reform which
Gen. Clay instituted was, in
a sense, a brutal one. But
Evening star., 1961-08-30
Small Business Bill
Cleared by House
BY the Associated Press

An emergency bill to extend
the lending power of the Small
Business Administration cleared
the House by voice vote yester-
day.
Chairman Spence, Democrat
of Kentucky, of the Banking
Committee told the House that
without the measure SBA would
run out of lending authority in
about a week. Its regular au-
thorization bill is still pending.
The stopgap measure author
ICES $40 million lending. 1t now
goes to the Senate.
Evening star., 1961-08-30

"See what mean? You can't turn corner
In washington nowadays without humping into
a Harvard man."
Evening star., 1961-09-24
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90" wide per pr.
54" long

Whot Grandmother would have given for cuons like these!
Wide, bowy rufes. and the ceor, fresh look she loved
yet need to work them for hours with hot keep
them hot woy! It's oil due to DocronH Poyesters specio
virtues of course They're white Remember these
Arstocots sold only at The Hecht Co. and they're obor
testedl
Evening star., 1961-09-24
pei
81" wide per pr.
As" long

Here's bright deo for lighter SUMMER ond prvocy
too Shmrerine sheer Docron@ Poyeste curtons gently
yelling windows bestowine Ioveness that embraces
everything in the Fill in between panel droperies for
etro richness. And they're wnoeorh proeooI! Just
swish them through suds and hang then-in wink they're
dry without bit of bother obout ironing.
Evening star., 1961-02-15
Prime Minister Feted

The Danish Ambassador
and Countess Knuth-Winter-
feldt entertained at a dinner
last evening in honor Of Dan
ish Prime Minister Viggo
Kampmann. The 8 pm. party
took place at the embassy.
Among the guests were Sec
retary Of State Dean Rusk,
Secretary Of Commerce and
Mrs. Luther Hodges. Under
secretary of State and Mrs.
George Ball. Chairman Of the
Council Of Economic Advisors
and Mrs. Walter w. Heller
and Director Of the Central
Intelligence Agency and Mrs.
Allen Dulles.
Others were Managing Di-
rector Of the international
Monetary Fund and Mrs. Per
Jacobson, Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Lippman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chalmers Roberts. Mr.. and
Mrs. Anders Georg, Mr.. Kai
Johansen, head Of the Press
Division Of the Danish Min
istry for Foreign Affairs; DR..
Axel Serup, embassy counsel
Evening star., 1961-02-15
FIRST LADY
RETURNS TO
WHITE HOUSE

Mrs. Kennedy returned
= to the White House late
yesterday afternoon after
a long week end at Glen
, Ora.
The First Lady came by
car on the 42-mile trip.
, She was accompanied by
: her 3-year-old daughter
, Caroline and Caroline's
: nurse. Miss Maud Shaw.
.. Mr.. Pierre Salinger,
: press secretary to the
President, reported that
, Mrs. Kennedy is recovering
. from the cold she was suf-
fering from on Sunday.
! There were no further
details announced, with
the explanation that Presi-
dent and Mrs. Kennedy
plan to keep their trips to
Glen Ora as private as pos
sible.
Evening star., 1961-02-15

or; Economic Counselor and
Mrs. Tyge Dahlgaard. Mr..
Carlo Christensen, cultural
counselor and Miss Helen
SiousSat.
The Prime Minister was in
town just for the day and
leaves at noon today for Chi
cago. where tomorrow he will
open the Danish exhibition.
THE Art Of Denmark" at the
Art Institute Of Chicago.
Earlier yesterday Mr..
Kampmann had luncheon at
the White House with Presi-
dent Kennedy.
Evening star., 1961-02-15

Will include Maj. Gen. Donald
MCGOWAN, Chief Of the Ma
tional Guard Bureau, and
Mrs. MCGOWAN; Mai. Gen.
Winston p. Wilson, Bureau
Deputy Chief. and Mrs. Will
son; and Maj. Gen. Clayton
Kerr, Assistant Bureau Chief,
and Mrs. Kerr.
Mrs. Robert Terrill Is presi-
dent Of the club and Mrs.
r. P. Ries is chairman Of the
Valentine dance.
Evening star., 1961-02-15
Dance Set
Saturday

Members Of the National
Guard Officers Wives Club
will honor their husbands at
a Valentine dinner dance
Saturday at the Army Navy
Country Club.
The evening will begin
with cocktails at 7 pm, to be
followed by an 8 pm. dinner
and dancing.
Honor guests at the event
Evening star., 1961-02-15
Valentine Party

The 18th annual Valentine
Party for boys of st. Joseph's
Home took place last night
from 7 to 8 pm. at Dunbar
ton College. The party is
given by students of the col
lege for the boys, who range
In age from 5 to IA.
Evening star., 1961-02-15

ings. spoke on that subject
yesterday afternoon before
the Art Section of the Twen-
tieth Century Club, meeting
in the YWCA Assembly
Room.
Evening star., 1961-02-15
Art Restorer
Addresses Club

Mrs. Janice Hines, an au-
thorlty on the preservation
and restoration of oil paint
Evening star., 1961-02-15

Mrs. Hines, who is a men,
ber of the International In
stitute of Conservators, has
done restoration work for
the Smithsonian Institution
and other galleries.
Evening star., 1961-08-27
Mun-Mude Lake in Fairfax
Yeur-Round Playground

night camping groves, an arch
cry range, softball field, re-
freshment stand and dressing
room are other facilities on
the 100-acre reservation.
Both the young campers and
the public hike and take nature
walks through nearby wood
land.
Rental canoes and water
floats are also available.
Bass and bluegill are found
in the upper end of the lake
where skin divers can take ad-
vantage of the 45-foot depth
Shallower portions are ropeo
off for swimmers and life
guards patrol the beach with
walkie- -talkies. Several diving
boards fringe the shore ano
floats dot the water.
Mr.. Young intends to make
his playground a year-round
operation. Future budgets in
Evening star., 1961-08-27

cabin cruisers for the winter.
1t is big enough to house rs
or more. A 6,OOO-pound travel
ing crane will move them
about.
Outboards will be stored in
quonSet huts, several of which
we're left by the Navy. Each
will hold 10 boats in the IA
foot class.
| Even a PIT boat is being put
into use. With the addition of
a cabin it is becoming a sight
seeing craft.
One of the first tasks was
to turn the Navy recreation
hall into a restaurant. Then a
nine-room, ir-conditioned mo-
tel was created from the naval
dispenSary across the treet.
1 The bachelor officers quar-
ters became an eight-room mo-
tel while the main barracks is
having porch built complete
ly around it and will be made
into a 60-room air. conditioned
motel to be ready by spring
To feed all the guests ex-
pected on week ends, the
Evening star., 1961-08-27

A winter-summer playground
is emerging on a man-made
Fairfax County lake Is miles
from Washington.
The place is called Timber
lake, near Oakton.
1t is newsworthy because of
the variety of its activities,
Currently they include SWIM
ming, fishing, canoeing, skin
diving, camping, archery and
softball. Winter plans encom-
pass ice skating and indoor
sports like basketball.
The 17-acre lake was Scooped
out of a wooded Virginia hill
side by Developer Joseph
Young.
Each year, Mr.. Young has
added a new feature. Sandy
beaches for swimmers and sun
batherS and a coed day camp
for 8 to IA year 'olds were this
years additions.
GrillS for picnickers, over
Evening star., 1961-08-27

Navy's dining hall is be ing
renovated.
There also are tennis courts,
a handball court and badmin-
ton courts, all in good shape.
An old farmhouse, there when
the Navy took over and board
ed up since. will be torn down
to make way for a swimming
pool.
There is even theater with
projection room. 1t will be the
scene September 13 of a per-
formance by singers from the
Baltimore Civic Opera directed
by Rosa Ponselle. The program
is being sponsored by the st
Marys County Society for Re-
tarded Children.
Three wells with a 25,000-
gallon storage tank provi d {
water for the installation anc
the nearby cottages VIII ic h
were sold to private individuals
when the Navy departed. There
also are two separate sewerage
systems and the area again
has its own fire department
A used pumper was bought
Evening star., 1961-08-27

ing invested in improvements.
In any event, considerable
work already has been done.
Stoutly built Navy piers pro-
vided slips for 81 boats. Only
two of the slips now are COW
cred but II more will have
canopieS this fall. BY spring
the partners expect to have $50
berths and plan dredging oper-
ations that eventually will pro-
vide 200. Water depth is IL
feet.
An electric railway that
originally was built to haul 25-
ton boats has been rebuilt to
handle craft up to 10 tons.
The marina also has a gas
oline lift that will remove boats
weighing up to four tons from
the water.
In addition to the railway,
there is a carpenter shop. a
machine shop, a sheet metal
shop now used as a welding
shop and an electrical shop,
all in operating condition.
What was the old torpedo
workshop will be used to store
Evening star., 1961-08-27

can be used when bow and
sheer rail are higher than the
dock. Bow and stern lines are
cast loose. A crew member
places a fender on the inboard
side near the bow. The oper-
ator turns the helm so the
bow is headed toward the dock
and gently advances the throt-
tie with the boat in forward
gear. This will cause the stern
to swing free of the dock. The
operator can then shift into
forward gear after the crew
member has pushed the bow
away from the dock and pro-
ceed to clear the dock with
the engine shifted into forward
Evening star., 1961-08-27

so mooring lines may be Sc
cured.
The small boat handler
learns to use wind, tide and
current to his advantage rath-
er than permitting the effects
of these to Illustrate him.
When wind, tide or current
is of sufficient force to ap-
preciably affect a boats move
ment the outboard helmsman
should approach the dock into
wind, current or tide, which
ever is the stronger. In this
way, the wind or, water move
ment will act as a brake.
4 y
In pulling away from dock
remember any attempt to arc
away in forward gear is futile
If wind or current is blowing
away from the dock, the out
boarder should warm the boats
engine in neutral, then have
lines cast off and wait until
the boat has drifted free OF
the dock before moving away
in forward gear.
With wind or current hold
ing the boat to the dock, cast
away the stern line. Swing the
helm away from the dock, back
down until the stern swings
completely free of the dock
while the bow line is still Sc
cured. The bow line then may
be cast free and the boat op-
orator will have ample maneu-
vering room to move away in
forward gear.
A variation of this method
Evening star., 1961-08-27

remember is that an outboard
turns by swinging it's stern
away from the direction of the
bow.
This is the reverse Of steer
ing an automobile. The auto
mobiles rear wheels follow the
direction of the front wheels
and track in the same or near
ly the same arc. Because OF
this, one can park an auto
mobile with front and rear
wheels nearly touching tn {
curb, yet the car can move
away without rubbing front OF
rear tires against the curb.
The boatman quickly learns
that when he moors his boat
alongside a dock, he cannot
turn the helm away from the
dock and power off without
Evening star., 1961-08-27
MARNAs INDISPENSABLE NAM
g: Navy Vet Finds New Coreer-in Old Job
By CHARLES COVELL
outdoor Editor

John H. Dotterer has closed
out one career and is we'll
along in another-all in exact
ly the same job and exactly
the same place.
Dotterer is a retired Navy
chief warrant officer, a 30
year man who took part in the
invasion of Africa during
World War II and then served
in the Pacific.
In 1855 the Navy put him
in charge of it's torpedo test
ing station on st. Georges
Greek just off the Potomac at
Piney Point, Md.
The station, built in 1941
had. outlived its usefulness and
was being retired to caretaker
status. Chief Dotterrer was
given a Six-man maintenance
crew, a fire department of six
men and six guards.
Kept Station in Order
Dotterrer and his men kept
the 30-acre installation in ap-
pie pie order even though there
was no certainty the Navy ever
would use it again. The water
and sewerage systems remained
in full operation because of
the so adjacent homes occupied
by Patuxent Air Base personnel.
There was some talk that the
Navy would reopen the station
as a communications center
but the idea was abandoned
and eventually it was sold to
two enterprising partners from
Lexington Park.
They set about to turn it
into a marina and recreation
center-the biggest and best"
Arthur Buck" BriScoe, st.
Marys County's official pub
hcist, proclaims, on the whole
East Coast. The partners have
a long way to go but they
are making strides.
DOtterer Still on Job
And Chief Dotterer? Retired
from the Navy, he's still at
Piney Point with his family
(they won't leave he says
and still doing the same job.
William A. Chapman of st.
Marys City, who gave up his
auto parts business at Lexing-
ton Park to head the corpora
ton, soon found him the in
dispensable man. He knows
the location of every electrical
cable, every water connection"
Chapman says. I'VE couldn't
do without him"
John Passarelli of Lexington
Park is Chapman'S partner,
while Clarence Sonny Mel
vim operates the marina and
Lenny Rebarchick, the restau-
rant.
Briscoe says $25O,OOO is be-
Evening star., 1961-08-27

the stern banging into the dock
or swinging under it.
Once the new boatman ad-
justS to this difference he will
find that he will be able to
handle an outboard like a vet
eran with a few hours of prac-
tice.
X
All boatmen should approach
a landing at slow speed. 1t may
be impressive to charge up tC
a dock, suddenly drop the en-
gine into neutral, shift into
reverse, rev the engine madly
and use reverse gear as q
brake. However, engines car
and do stall. Often just one
such engine failure can leac
to an expensive hull repair job
If there is no wind or cur
rent to contend with, the out
board helmsman should maxi
his approach to a dock at ap
proXimately a 45-degree angle
Allow the boat to idle in fo.
the last 10 or IS yards. Whel
the bow of the boat is within
several feet of the dock ant
the boat has drifted to nearl,
a Standstill the helmSmal
should turn the wheel harC
toward the dock. Then by re
verSing the engine the Sterl
is drawn toward the dock an
the boat will maneuver into
position parallel to the doc
Evening star., 1961-08-27
Harp Is Youngest

ITHACA, N. Y. (SpeciaD -
Tom Harp, new head football
coach at Cornell, at 80 is the
youngest in the Ivy League.
He plans to install the lonely
end offenSe introduced at Army
where he was an assistant.
Evening star., 1961-08-27

clude an elaborate recreation
hall with movie room, arts and
craft shop and basketball court
and an ice-skating rink.
Evening star., 1961-08-27

from Lexington Park and a
volunteer company organized.
And in all this, a former
Navy chief has had a big hand.