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Evening star., 1961-04-27
PriYiLeded Porkers

California Place is one
block long. Angle parking is
permitted on both sides. The
street, which Is almost a
geographical part Of Union
Station, lies within 300 feet
Of an operating unit of the
City Post Office. Only Union
Station lies between Cali
fornia Place and the Main
Post Office Building.
For years employees Of the
City Post Office, railway
workers. and others shared
this parking facility on a
first-come, first-served basis.
During the day there would
be a steady turnover of space
tenants. But that was some
time ago.
Acting in the name Of the
United States Senate, the
sergeant at arms of that
body has commandeered Cali
fornia Place. mo TrespasS-
ing" signs have been erected.
The public has been warned
that, henceforth. only per-
NIT holders will be allowed to
park here.
The might Of the sergeant
I cannot question. Backed
by the prestige Of the Senate
he is invincible. His lega!
right I also leave unchal-
lenged. However I believe
there is some question about
the ethics involved.
OF course, parking is eriti-
cal in this area. But is 1t any
less so for others than for
Senate employees? Is 1t ex-
actly playing the game to
drive one group Of workers
from a parking area simply
to make room for another?
And, Furthermore, do the
privileged workers actually
want to park so far from
their place of employment? =?
1t would seem not, since per-
NIT holders are making only
limited use Of this additional
facility.
In my humble opinion. use
Of the power and prestige of
the United States Senate, in
order to gain special privilege
for employees Of that body, is
not exactly in the democratic
tradition.
Samuel TAYLOR,
Evening star., 1961-04-27
Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKINS SERVICE

@. How long has the Post
Office Department had parcel
post service?-C. E.
A. Parcels have been car
ried by the Department
since its establishment. The
limit Of weight was four
pounds at the time the Par
eel Post Law was enacted
august "a, 1922; this act
provided for the extension Of
limits of weights Of parcels
and provided zone rates. It
also contained provisions for
the establishment Of COD.
and insured services.
Evening star., 1961-04-27
Cuban Misudventure

It is q fair guess that about
10 per cent Of the United
States effort expended on
Laos 10000 miles away
would have been 100 per cent
effective in Cuba.
Inform Castro - In the
clearest, briefest, politest Ian
guage - that we have the
same sort and degree Of in
terest in Cuba today as we
had 60-odd years ago when
we fought for, and brought,
freedom to that lovely is
land. That We hope he will
understand our continuing
interest and will, therefore.
agree to have free elections
there within four months .
that he will welcome obServ-
ers from all American coun-
tries to be at the polls.
II he is unwilling to do this,
we (not the q. NJ should go
in and see that the elections
are held and invite the afore-
said observers to be present.
Otherwise freedom of Gu
bans and other human beings
everywhere will be further
nibbled away as we sit and
shuttle and reshuffle our
morals" and fears.
The picture of Uncle Sam
as a gauche. dazed or fear
full giant has been permitted
to develop quite far enough.
Courage always has been
and ever will be the para
mount condition necessary
for freedoms survival. I
have the greatest respect and
admiration for President
Kennedy's personal courage,
but l hope he will soon begin
matching his undoubted per-
Sonal courage with an Of
ficial courage. If he is not
permitted to do this, then,
in very truth, all the mag
nificent efforts of past gen.
erations that have willingly
fought and died for freedom
will be gone with the
wind. Donald Owen Webb
Adlai Stevenson denied the
Cuban charges that the
United States armed and
transported the counter-rev-
olutionarieS. We now know
that the Cuban charges were
true. George Sherman, in The
Sunday Star, says 1T is now
admitted that the pilot who
landed in Miami last week
end in a battle-scarred plane
bearing Cuban insignia was
Evening star., 1961-04-27

not a 'defector' from the Gu
ban Air Force. That was a
cover to hide the fact that
he was part of the rebel
forces stationed at an air
strip in Guatemala" We now
have o "B-26 incident"
We were caught lying
about the U-2, and now we
have been exposed before the
world on the Cuban crisis.
The British press is almost
100 per cent against us.
Prime Minister Nehru de-
nounced us, as did Saudi
Arabia. Mali, Ecuador, not
to mention the Communists,
as well as many other coun-
tries. And don't overlook the
demonstrations at the o. N.
this past week, and here in
Washington last Saturday.
Not all Of the United States,
as President Kennedy says,
supports the CIA interven-
tion. nor does the rest of the
world.
Our country became great
on its democratic ideals. Lies
before the world, and the in
tervention in a country Of
SIS million people, smack Of
totalitarianism. What is
worse Is that instead Of the
United States apologizing, it
is rattling its weapons,
threatening q true United
States invasion in a country
that has seen the Marines
more than once on it's shores
this century. Cuba and the
people Of the world will not
stand for this again. The
threat Of nuclear war Is
great.
Let the Cubans, not ths
United States or the people
that it arms, decide their
own destiny. Hands off Cuba!
William J. Reeves.
Evening star., 1961-04-27
A Stronger France

strange chapter of the now-ended
generals inSurrection In Algeria may
find evidence in this incredible event of
a new national strength.
If the people of France had any
doubts since General de Gaulle assumed
power In early 1858, they have had
demonstration in time Of crisis Of the
soundneSS of his constitutional reforms
and OF his personal capacity for
determined and uncompromiSing action.
For in this emergency the French presi-
dent went directly to the authority
specifically granted by the new conStitu-
tion for assumption Of unquestionable
presidential power In circumstances
that would have brought the downfall
Of earlier postwar French governments,
this occasion reinforced the authority
of the chief of state.
In this setting, De Gaulle himself
proved that there has been no softening
of his mettle or impairment of his skillS
at enlisting the emotions of the French
people. His address to the nation on
Sunday was brief, but passionate in It's
denunciation of those who sought to
set up an "inSurrectional power"
gravely threatening new disasters. And
when he closed with the appeal,
"F'renchwomen, Frenchmen, help me-"
he set in motion public response that
was decisive in the events that followed
For while it probably Is true that there
still are countless people in France who
remain deeply distressed at the pos
Sibility Of an Algeria no longer an
integral part Of the French community,
1t has become completely clear that
there is an utter weariness with the
cost and bloodShed Of this conflict. It
was so voted in the referendum of last
January, and reaf1rmed In the public
reaction of last week end.
There should also be comfort to
France in the swift rallying of its friends
in the Western alliance, most notably
the United States and Britain, who let
it be known promptly that their
sympathieS and, if needed, their ma
terial assistance were available to the
De Gaulle government.
And finally. In critical testing.
there was all-important evidence Of a
renewed sense of discipline and loyalty
in the military service itself. The
generals who led this revolt. however
wrong-headed, still were men who had
served France with honor It was their
belief, presumably, that what they were
trying to do was right and that, in
combination with their personal appeal,
this would enlist effective support from
the military at large. They were
thoroughly mistaken-even about the
Army, to say nothing of the Navy and
Air Force which gave them no aid what
ever. If this result has, by chance,
ended the long-Standing belief by seq
mentS Of the French military that they
have the privilege Of functioning as a
supra government, the week end adven-
ture has had constructive value.
What is left now is to settle, by
negotiation and not by arms, the
Algerian problem. President de Gaulle's
willingness to do this has been given
new Endorsement by the outcome Of
these recent events. The nationalist
leaders in Algeria itself should recognize
now more than ever that he is their best
hope for achieving q brave mans
peace" in their homeland
Evening star., 1961-04-27
OAR on Peace Corps

The story by Betty Miles
entitled OAR Condemns
Peace Corps" deserves COM
mendation for her accurate
reporting.
The resolution Of the
daughters, however, is a most
outd a ted, selfish, short
sighted document, unworthy
even Of q backward group
like the OAR. If closed eyes
and Self-interest had for one
moment given way to logic
and regard for the interest of
the majority Of the American
pleople, this resolution would
not have been passed.
The OAR would do well to
first find out what the Peace
Corps is and what it is des-
tined to do in the service
Of the American people and
the world community as a
whole. and then express an
opinion.
I cannot understand what
principles of the Constitution
the OAR has in mind when
1t talks about the unconstitu-
tionality Of the Peace Corps.
1t is high time the OAR woke
up to the realities and neces-
stiles Of existence in this
competitive world. The Peace
Corps is one progressive and
democratic measure to insure
the future security Of the
United States, even though
the present security must be
left to the strength Of arms
and prayer to the Almighty
to guide such miSled groups
as the OAR, whose revolu-
tionary fathers, if alive today,
would disclaim them.
I would like to commend
Mrs. j. T, Sears of Glen Falls,
New York. who stood up for
the Peace Corps. Her name
belongs in Mr.. Kennedy's
"Profiles of Courage" A. M.
Evening star., 1961-04-27
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry tortterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
terS are subject to condenSd- =
tion. Those not used iDiH be
returned only tDhen accom- =
panied By self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1961-04-27

was his statement, made
when Castro began scream
ing invasion" that this
country would not send mill
tary forces to intervene in
Cuba. Senator Humphrey of
Minnesota, Democratic whip
OF the Senate, following q
breakfast of the Democratic
congressional leaders with the
President on Tuesday. is re-
ported to have reiterated
there will be no United States
invasion of Cuba. Why
should such assertions be
made? Especially when it
may turn out invasion is the
only way in which to deal
with this Communist men
ace in Cuba. Why give Castro
and his Russian hackers this
assurance and so encourage
them to strengthen the hold
OF Communist dictatorship in
Cuba, militarily and other
wise?
Proposals for Action
Meanwhile, various pro-
posals Of what to do about
Cuba have been advanced.
One is to cut off all trade
between this country and
Cuba-already almost entire
ly curtailed. A second is an
economic blockade. A third,
suggested by a Republican
member Of the Foreign Rela-
ttons Committee, Senator
Hickenlooper of Iowa, is for
an immediate meeting of the
Latin American heads Of GOV
ernment. in conjunction with
representatives Of this coun-
try. perhaps in Venezuela, to
discuss the Cuban issue and
to arrive at an agreement on
what should be done. A fourth
proposal came from Senator
Dodd, Democrat of Connec-
ticut. who told the Senate
there should be an immediate
blockade of arms shipments
from Soviet Russia to Castro's
Cuba, and a stern warning
that Soviet military aircraft
will not be tolerated over
Caribbean waters.
The Connecticut Senator
said that II this country had
given the Cuban Freedom
Fighters the proper air sup
port, their invasion Of Cuba
last week would have sue
ceeded. He added: Il say we
should have done so, and that
we should be prepared to do
so. We can no longer tolerate
a situation in which q Quis-
ling totalitarian regime, di-
. rected at the subverSion Of
the entire Western Hemis-
phere, is able to maintain its
hold over the Cuban people
because Of massive guam
titles of arms placed in its
hands by the Kremlin."
Castro and the Communists
in Cuba are, at the present,
much more Of a threat to the
Latin American republics in
the Caribbean and South
America than they are to the
United States-which Castro
has not the force to attack.
He might. indeed, be able by
subversion and force Of arms
to overthrow some Of those
other governments and make
possible Communist regimes,
unless he is effectually
checked. Eight Of these Lat
in American countries have
no diplomatic relations with
the Castro government, six
have broken such relations,
two not having had such re-
lations. The six which have
broken off relations with Cas-
tro are the Dominican Re
public, Guatemala, El Saliva
dor. Nicaragua, Peru and
Honduras. Haiti and Para
quay have not had such
relations.
Evening star., 1961-04-27
Double Trouble

The contrast between the handling
by the District Committees of the House
and the Senate Of the National Capitals
fiscal needs could hardly be more sharply
drawn. In the House, before the
svldence was in, a decision was made to
approve 1-cent increase in the local
sales tax. Period. Senator Bible, on the
other hand has initiated a top-to-
bottom study of the entire budgetary
mess. And in one respect particularly,
we believe he is firmly on the right
track.
. This Is not to say that Senator
Bible has solution in mind as yet or
even, perhaps, that he fully understands
all the intricacies of the problem. The
budget has become so complicated by
now, and its provisions have been
presented In so many versions, that
even the District experts themselves
have trouble keeping it straight.
One way to explain the current
dilemma, however, is that the Com
mlSsionerS feel that in order to meet
essential needs Of the city during the
next year they will require a Federal
payment appropriation of $50 million
81 million more than they received
this year-pluS increased local taxes
Of $143 million. OF this latter amount,
the sales tax increase would provide
about SO million. What the Commits
aoners now are asking the Bible Com
mlttee to do, therefore, is to concur In
the higher sales tax and also to legiSlate
something in the neighborhood Of $5.3
million more in other tax boosts
But, as Senator Bible has warned,
the solution is by no means that simple,
for the answer does not rest entirely
With his committee. Equally important
With the tax program is whether the
appropriations Committee will do its
part, especially In the provision of the
full Federal payment that is needed If
the city once again is to be shortchanged
in this respect, essential city services
and improvements must be curtailed
just as inevitably as If no new tax in
creaseS at all are levied.
There is considerable merit, there
fore, to Senator Bibles determination
to proceed with caution on the tax pro-
gram until he can learn from the Ap-
propriations Committee whether we
are all going in the same direction"
AS a member of the Appropriations
Committee, there is much. that Senator
Bible can do personally. In addition,
there is no reason for the stats Of the
two committees not to coordinate their
efforts closely to assure that whatever
new tax or borrowing obligations are
imposed on local citizens will be matched
with an equitable Federal payment:
In discussing the budget before the
Bible Committee this week, one witness
noted that it virtually has been neces-
Sary during recent years for the District
to demonstrate insolvency" in order
to obtain substantial increase in the
Federal payment. That is poor
criterion for Congress to use in meeting
its obligation to the Nations Capital. It
Is condition, however, which certainly
can be demonstrated this year, If the
services and facilities of Washington
are to be maintained at a decent level
Evening star., 1961-04-27

success. In the circumstances, it is
interesting, and almost reassuring, to
know that the Russians seem to be not
unlike us in that they suffer an organiza-
tional headache comparable to ours.
Evening star., 1961-04-27
THE POLITICAL MILL
Cure For Costroism Still Elusive
By GOULD LINCOLN

The search for a scapegoat
in the failure Of the Cuban
anti-Castro invasion may be
interesting, and even valu-
able, but it is not going to
settle the problem which a
Communist Cuba presents.
Eventually the United States,
either with or without the
support Of the rest of the
American republics. will have
to act to get rid Of Fidel Cas-
tro and his government or
resign itself to seeing world
communism-with Soviet
Russia in its forefront-move
in a big way into the Western
Hemisphere. Since the days
OF President Monroe the
United States has been firm
in its determination to pre-
vent the encroachment Of
any European country upon
the soil of the Western Hemi-
sphere. Spain'S grip on South
and Central America was
broken by the efforts of the
peoples Of these Latin Amer
ican countries. And in 1898
the United States went to
war with Spain and set Cuba
free. 1t would be tragic, and
probably fatal to our own
freedom, to allow Russia to
move in and take the dicta-
torial position which Spain
once occupied in this West
ern Hemisphere.
How long can the United
StateS-and the other Amer
ican republicS-afford to wait
before acting? The Monroe
Doctrine. enunciated by the
United States so long ago,
and the Caracas agreement
entered into by the American
republics in 1854. both pledg-
ing to prevent foreign ad-
vanceS into the Western
Hemisphere. are solid grounds
for action. President Kennedy
has sought the support of the
principal political leaders Of
this country, Republican and
Democratic, in this crisis.
These leaders. including for
mer President Eisenhower,
former Vice President Nixon
and Gov. Nelson A. Rookie
feller Of New York, all Re-
publicans. have said the
President must be supported.
What steps the President will
decide upon are still to be
revealed.
Stops Partisan Politics
President Kennedy has as
sumed full responsibility for
not preventing the Inflated
Cuban invasion by anti-Cas-
tro forces. trained and armed
here in the United States
and in other not-too- distant
places. He has not sought to
place the blame for United
States policy in this respect
on former President Eisen-
hover and his adminiStra- =
ton. He stepped promptly on
his Secretary of the Interior,
former Representative Udall
OF Arizona, when Mr.. Udall
in q television broadcast
commented that the plans
for the invasion had been
made in one administration
(the Eisenhower adminiStra-
tom and then turned over
to the Kennedy administra-
ton to be carried out. This
was seized upon by several
Republican spokesmen as a
partisan political move on
the part of a Kennedy cab
met member. This Is no time
for partisan politics.
One reason for the failure
Of the anti-Castro Cuban in
vasion lay in the fact that
there was no second line
either of attack or defense.
If there was one, 1t appears
to have been abandoned.
President Kennedy'S error
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Cardinals OF The Americas Receive
Pope Gives
IndOnesia
Hierarchy

VATICAN CITY - Pope
John XIII has set up a Cath
Ollie hierarchy in Indonesia,
erecting six archdiocese and
II dioceses.
The Indoneslan republic
thus becomes the second
Asian country whose increas-
ing ecclesiastical maturity the
Holy See has given such eX-
pIicit recognition in little less
than two months. Pope John
erected a hierarchy for Wet
nam late last November.
The step means that the adj
ministrators of Church juris-
dictions in mission territories
are advanced to the rank of
Ordinary, with full powers of
jurisdiction Of a bishop over
his diocese.
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when last week a Father
from another mission, who
was here on a visit, was de-
layed on account of the rains,
he had to stay the night with
us for elephants had been re-
ported along the road which
he had TO travel to get back
10 his station.
WITH FOUR PRIESTS and
two lay brothers we have
opened a territory of about
$4,000 square miles in which
10000 Nasal lead their roam
ing pastoral life. They are APP
athletic and stoically satisfied
with what they have, herding
their cattle and living on the
blood and milk of their cows.
On long protracted tricks
through hundreds of miles Of
wilderness and vast desoIate
expanses of open prairies, |
have visited them, talked with
them, tried 10 establish friend
ly relations with them - but
the only response | got was a
cool condescending converse
ton about cattle, the
weather, and the coming in
dependence.
"As soon as one turns the
conversation towards religion,
the reaction is the same as
that OF the old Greeks TO st.
Paul on the areopagus: eve
will hear you about that
another day"
WITH SWARMs OF FLIES
buzzing around ones head,
squatting in a manyatta Ia
group Of eight or ten huts
surrounded by a fence where
the cowdung lies one foot
deep, one realizes how hard
work is among the Nasal.
II reminds one of similar
beginnings by men like Bre-
boeuf and Jogues among the
American Indians.
"We have to start with
nothing, absolutely nothing:
no churches, no schools, no
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quest for prayers for one OF
the school children who the
previous week had been kill
ed by a lion.
LAST WEEK ONE OF our
school teachers at another
mission came TO ask permis-
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CARDINAL RITTER:
Indignation Is
Christ-Like

British bishop from Africa
visited him in st. Louis and
recounted the integ r
problems in his own diocese.
The prelate from Africa said
they do what they can but
that often they have to go
along with the government
and as a result are often criti-
cized.
But he also told the Arch
bishop Of st. Louis that the
indignation of schools in st.
Louis had a great impact in
his own African diocese.
Newsmen and photograph
ers swarmed around Cardinal
Ritter as he walked to Clam
pino Airport's reception room.
He posed patiently for cam
eras and television.
he SAID: I'm COMING to
Rome for this happy occasion
of my life / am deeply NOV
ed by this great honor which
the Holy Father has designed
to beStow on me. / want to
take the occasion to pledge
once more my loyalty, love
and devotion, and also my
gratitude, to the Holy Father.
He has conferred a great
honor on the United States
and our people are overjoy-
ed. | would like to say also
that it has been a great con-
ISOLATION to me to be accom-
panied by so many bishops,
laity and friends. We had a
comfortable and p pleasant
flight across the waters"
Cardinal Ritter left the air
port by car, accompanied by
Archbishop O'Connor. They
drove to the North American
College, whre Cardinal Ritter
stayed while in Rome.
AMONG THE MORE THAN
a hundred people accompany
ing the Cardinal-elect from
the United States were his
sister, Sister Marie Catherine
of the Daughters of Charity,
and his brother, DR.. Harry N.
Ritter of Louisville, KY, and
his wife.
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converts, no hospitals, no con-
verts. | did not even find a
house for myself on my arri-
val in my Prefecture. Since
there are no Christians, there
is no income, and any new
step we want to take or any
new venture we want to inau-
gurate will have to be financ-
ed from outside"
PERHAPS YOU WOULD
like to make y sacrifice to the
Holy Father for this and
similar missions. You could
build a chapel in an area like
this for as little as $500.
What a JOY it will be to know
that somewhere on this earth,
our Lord in the Eucharist is
being adored for the first
time. MOI many of our
readers can afford $500,
but we know a thousand can.
For the millions we ask only
a dime a day in the name of
the Sacred Heart. AT the end
of each month send your of
fering to the Holy Father
through his Society for the
Propagation of the Faith.
Cut out this column, pin
your sacrifice to ii and mail
it to Most Rev. Fulton j.
Sheen. National Director of
the Society for the Propaga-
ton of the Faith. or your Di-
ocesan Director, Msgr. James
Kulp, 246 f. Town ST., Colum
bus Is, Ohio.