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Evening star., 1961-01-29
Mrs. Soorinen
To'Give Lecture

Mrs. Aline Bernstein Saari-
men. art critic, author and
wife Of the architect. Zero
Saarinen, viii give a lecture
Tuesday under the sponsor
ship Of the Vassar Club Of
Washington.
The lecture. to be held at
$3.50 pm. in the auditorium
OF the Cosmos Club, is en-
titled, "The Architecture of
Zero Saarinen."
Mr.. Saarinen is the archi-
tect Of the new Dulles Air
port buildings. and Mrs. Saar-
inen will discuss the mobile
lounge concept he has in
troduced there.
The lecture viii also in
clude . movie, made by the
well-known designer. Charles
Eames. and slides illustrating
other facets of Mr. Saari-
mems work.
Among his other works are
Evening star., 1961-01-29


has received many awards
for her art criticism.
Before the lecture Mr.. and
Mrs. Saarinen win be hon..
ored at q small dinner party
given BY MIR. and Mrs. Wald.
ron Faulkner. Mrs. Faulkner
is q trustee Of Vassar College.
Mr.. Faulkner, q washington
architect. win introduce Mrs.
Saarinen.
Following the lecture, Mr..
and Mrs. Laughlin Phillips
will give Q reception for the
Saarinens in their Foxhail
road home. Guests win In
clude officials Of the Vassar
Club and Washingtonians
prominent In cultural and
artistic affairs.
Evening star., 1961-01-29

the new American Embassy
in London. Noyes House DOR
mitory at Vassar. the chapel
and auditorium at Massachu-
sets Institute Of Technology,
and the General Motors
Technical Center at Warren,
Mich.
A 1885 graduate of Vassar,
Mrs. Saarinen is being hon.
ored as one Of Vassar's most
outstanding alumnae.
Mrs. Saarinen, the mother
Of three. was for many years
associate art editor and crit
ic Of the New York Times.
She. is the author Of THE
Proud Possessors," q COM
pilation of stories Of famous
American art collectors and
collections. Her next book. on
the work Of the architect
Stanford White. win be pub
lished in the near future.
Mrs. Saariner was q Gug-
eenheim Fellow in 1857 and
Evening star., 1961-01-29

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Evening star., 1961-01-29
WEDDINGS
Souers-WenstruPl

Mr.. and Mrs, j. James
Wenstrup announce the mar
riage of their daughter Sally
Ann to Mr.. William Jack
Sauers. son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leon r. Sauers. The we'd
ding took place yesterday at
st. Michael's Roman Catholic
Church. Silver Spring. The
couple will live in Wyandotte,
Mich.
Evening star., 1961-01-29
Leoch-Soxon

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Saxon
Of Poughkeepsie, N. Y, an
nounce the marriage Of their
daughter Marjorie Elizabeth
to Mr.. Walter Dennison
Leach III, son of DR.. and
Mrs. Frank Gregg Kear of
Chevy Chase, Md. and the
late 1t. Leach, USN. The
wedding took place yesterday
In the Vassar College Chapel,
Poughkeepsie. The couple
will live in Poughkeepsie.
Evening star., 1961-01-29
New Members
To Be Inflicted

Nineteen new members viii
be initiated at the February
general meeting Of the Junior
Woman's Club Of Silver
Spring. The traditional can
die ceremony is set for S:l5
pm. Wednesday.
The co-chairmen Of the
membership committee. Mrs.
Ernest Gill and Mrs. Rita
Jenkins. win conduct the
ceremony.
Evening star., 1961-01-29
FoIse-McCorthy

Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard j.
Mccarthy Of Falls Church
announce the marriage Of
their daughter Nancy jose
phine to Mr.. Lawrence p.
Folse. son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel Folse Of Indianapolis.
The wedding took place jan
uary Il at Dulin Methodist
Church. Falls Church. The
couple win live In Blooming
ton, Ind.
Evening star., 1961-01-29
Inoold-Shirer

Mr.. and Mrs. John T.
Shirer Of Arlington announce
the marriage Of their daugh-
ter Eleanor Jean to Mr.. Nor
man Ingold, son Of Col. and
Mrs. Dee Ingold. also Of Ar
lington. The wedding took
place yesterday at Fort
Myer Chapel. The couple
viii live in Arlington.
Evening star., 1961-01-29

formerly Of Bethesda. am
nounce the marriage Of their
daughter Patricia Elizabeth
to Mr.. Donald Allison New
ton. son Of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Newton Of
Waynesboro. Pa. The we'd
ding took place yesterday at
Warner Memorial Presbyte-
rian Church. Kensington.
The couple will live in Silver
Spring. f4
Evening star., 1961-01-29
NeWton-SheIIer

I Dr.. and Mrs. Foster Frank
lin Shelter Of Culver. Ind.
Evening star., 1961-01-29
KossIer-O'NeiI

Col. and Mrs. James New
som oNeil of Alexandra an
nounce the marriage Of their
daughter Margaret Singleton
Evening star., 1961-07-18
The Georgia Peach

If Ty Cobb had not been a great
baseball player undoubtedly he would
have been great at something elsa
fbull-fighter, general of armies or an
tndustrialiSt where competition was
toughest. For the Georgia Peach" was
competitor par excellence-gifted in
both mind and muscle, flamboyant and
daring. Cobb'S unmatched overall rec
ord in nearly quarter of century of
major league baseball was the product
of much more than Skills that were
born to the man. To those natural abil-
tiles, possibly no greater than those
possessed by many another fine ball
player, the Georgian added a blazing
determination to win, to be always the
best. To satisfy himself on this score,
he made his baseball more than a
game-it was profession and science
in which he studied his own strategy
and tactics, and those of his opponents,
as carefully as any field marshal. He
was a perfectionist, and tireless one
During his colorful career, Cobb held or
tied more than 80 big league records. On
his death yesterday at "a, many of these
were still Ty Cobb's. Whatever happens
on the diamond or in the record books
of the future, it is unlikely that any
other ballplayer will replace him as the
greatest in his sport.
Evening star., 1961-07-18
What Firm Position?


The President, we imagine, will
want to take a long look at the pledge
of support in the Berlin situation which
has come from the loyal opposition. For
1t is pledge which, instead of strength
ening Mr.. Kennedy'S hand, may tend to
restrict his freedom of action.
The G. o. P. position was stated by
Senator Bridges, chairman of the Senate
Republican Policy Committee. The New
Hampshire Senator said that members
OF his party are opposed to ''any further
weakening Of the American position in
any part Of the world" Then, with re-
Spect to Berlin, he added: 1--WE Repub-
hcanS will stand behind the President if
he takes firm position"
This raises an obvious question
what Is meant by "firm position?" If
1t means that the Republicans will sup
port policy which rules out any attempt
by the Russians to force us out of Berlin,
that is one thing. A different situation
arises, however, If the intent of the
Bridges statement is that the G. o. P.
will oppose any effort by the President
to negotiate Berlin settlement which
would not involve what would amount
to a surrender of our rights there.
We do not think that MIR. Kennedy
has any intention Of selling West Berlin
down the river. If the alternative to
that is war, then there will be a war.
But 1t does not follow that the President
should be naneuvered into position of
inflexibility on this question: position
In which any concession would be
attacked as weakening Of the Ameri-
can position.
The fact of this matter is that the
Berlin issue and the larger German
question in all probability cannot be
resolved simply by taking a firm stand
to the effect that the West will concede
nothing. It may be true, of course, that
there is no solution, short Of war, for
these problems. But it seems to us,
given the consequences of war in this
nuclear age, that the highest duty Of
craftsmanship is to search for an accept
able alternative. Instead Of pledging
support to the President only if he takes
a firm position" it would be better If
Republicans, and all Americans, should
support him in what must be an an
guiShed search on his part for position
which will bring Berlin settlement
without deserting the West Berliners or
capitulating to Mr.. Khrushchev on any
point OF vital Importance.
Evening star., 1961-07-18

version, group of troopers" charged
out, caught him on the porch of a
neighboring house, and took him for
chilly into the headquarters, where he
was interrogated and handcuffed for a
brief period. Two other youngsters also
were caught and brought in. ALI were
released after Arlington police, respond
ing to an anonymous phone call, arrived
on the scene
The boys father Swore to warrants
charging two of the troopers with
feloniouS assault, and their trial has
been set for this Thursday. If the evi-
dence supports the charge, the two,
presumably, will be convicted and suit
ably punished. But in that event some
thing more still will be needed. If this
sort of thing is going on in Arlington,
the authorities, it seems to us, should
proceed against the Nazi organization
itself. If the headquarters cannot law
fully be closed down, those responsible
for its operation might at least be re-
quired to post a peace bond sufficient
to discourage any similar incidents in
the future.
Evening star., 1961-07-18
Party Feuding in Canada

Canada seems to have settled one
of its interparty fights over economic
policy. But this threatens to be only a
beginning, rather than the end, of a
political showdown. With the Parlia-
ment now in recess, Prime Minister
Diefenbaker and his fellow leaders of
the Progressive Conservative Party are
expected to take a reading during the
next few weeks on the advisability of
calling new general electionS-in effect,
asking vote of confidence-later this
year.
BaS1cally, the economic controversy
centers largely around the deficit
budget, easy-money position taken by
the Diefenbaker administration versus
high-interest-rate, tight-money phi
losophy, generally favored by the oppo-
Sition Liberal Party. The controversy
became perSonalized, however, with the
decision Of the Conservative Govern
ment to attempt the enforced custer
of James E. Coyne, Liberal-appointed
Governor of the Bank Of Canada and
principal spokesman for the tight
money advocates. The Conservative
dominated House of Commons, declin-
ing even to let Mr.. Coyne defend
himself before it's committees, approved
special legislation authorizing his dis
charge. The Senate, an appointed
body where Liberals currently are in
the majority, rejected this legislation
after its Bank and Commerce Commit
tee allowed Mr.. Coyne to make a
dramatic appeal for vindication of his
conduct in Office. In his plea, Mr..
Coyne told the committee that such
vindication would permit me to retire
honorably" (rather than being dis
missed). Accordingly, when the Senate
killed the bill and he felt that his name
had been cleared, he submitted his
resignation.
But If the Conservatives thereby
won battle Ito get Mr.. Coyne out),
they apparently do not feel assured
that they have won the war for public
support Of their economic policies The
test for Mr.. Diefenbaker and his COL
leagues now is to assess the chances
for such support in a general election
If they are rated as not good, and
unless some other issue forces an
earlier showdown, an election probably
will not be held until 1868. But if the
prospects look good, (and they would
be helped particularly If CanadaS
economy turns up in the next few
monthS) lively political campaign
may take place north of the border
this fall.
Evening star., 1961-07-18
Author Seeks Aid

/ am making a compilation
OF national political party
platforms, conventions, and
nominations for President
and Vice President of the
United States, in American
history. I am trying to OBJ
tain official or authentic
data on certain minor ma
tional parties, particularly
since the 1852 presidential
election through the 1860,
that I have been unable to
find.
Any official or authentic
information on the parties,
conventions (date, city =,
nominations, and platforms,
indicated by the names and
parties listed below, would be
greatly appreciated and ac-
knowledged.
Names: C. Benton Coiner,
Lar DAILY, VIM. Lloyd Smith,
Gabe Green, Syman Gould,
Agnes Waters, Rev. D. r. L.
Decker, and Bishop Homer A.
Tomlinson. Parties: America
First, Constitution, Church of
God Bible, Vegetarian, Wash
ington Peace, Poor Mans,
and any other little known
minor national party.
Julian Fahy,
1920 S Street NV,
Washington 8, D. c.
Evening star., 1961-07-18
Bad Timing on Home Rule

We had hoped President Kennedy
and the Commissioners would postpone
Whatever it is they intend to do about
nome rule until after Congress enacted
a good elections law, outlining how
Wash1ngtonianS are to vote for President
and Vice President in accordance with
the recently ratified Twenty third
Amendment.
For the two propositions are sep
arate and distinct. Home rule has
nothing to do with voting in national
elections, now permissible under the new
amendment. Until that newly-won right
has been spelled out in separate legis-
lat1on, the introduction of home rule
legislation merely complicates the STU
alton and serves no useful purpose.
The timing of the Presidents
- message to Congress on the home rule
legislation proposed by Commissioner
Tobriner could hardly be worse. The
!. bill itself has little chance of gaining
serious consideration until next year.
And some Of its provisions, if anybody
begins to study them, are sure to inter-
ject considerations that might prejudice
prompt action on the pending election
law proposals.
One or the alleged benefits of So
caled nome rule is to relieve Congress
OF the necessity of legislating in respect
ito matters of particular concern to the
District" This new bill, just sent to
Congress, goes further in that respect
than any of its many predecessors.
1t does not take away any of the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES powers Of Con-
gresS In exercising exclusive legislative
control over the District. Congress
could continue to do anything it chose
to do about local legislation. But in
delegating legislative powers to locally
elected City Council and Mayor, the bill
by-pasSes Congress entirely as a par
Z ticipant in the process. Legislation
approved by the Council would be sub
5ect to approval or veto by the Mayor,
who would submit them to the President,
for his approval or veto. Congress would
be relieved" in toto.
The same theory is applied in pro-
E viding for Federal payment, the size
OF which ESTIMATED at $40 million an
nually) would be computed by a formula
and the money for which would come
from unappropriated funds in the
Treasury, without specific approval of
the appropriations committees or of
Congress.
This, in our opinion, is unrealistic
in theory and would be unavoidable in
practice. But it is the untimeliness,
rather than the many questionable pro-
visions of this particular proposal, that,
is unfortunate now.
Evening star., 1961-07-18

checkmate of its own de-
vising. To rely on others to
meet this need must be hu-
initiating to a people that
considers itself outstanding
in its geographical area.
It could be, Of course, that
like the nuclear impasse ex-
isting between the United
States and the Soviet Union,
the rocket piles of Israel and
the United Arab Republic will
serve to prolong the present
uneasy peace. If so, history
may decree that we have
helped contribute to tran
guilty in a troubled region
while at the same time add
ing to our own export trade.
Thomas G. MOrgansen.
jackson Heights, N. Y.
Evening star., 1961-07-18
Against Home Rule

It is fortunate that Mr.
Reeves was not confirmed as
a District Commissioner
While I feel sure that he is an
honest and competent man,
the fact that he is so strongly
committed to home rule for
the District made his ap-
pointment undesirable.
The Constitution provides
that Congress shall exercise
exclusive jurisdiction over the
District. Thus it is clear that
it would require a conStitu-
tional amendment to give
home rule to the District.
In view Of the corruption
In city business which is
known to exist in many of
our larger cities it would
seem to be very undesirable
to toss the welfare of the
residents Of Washington into
the NAV of ward-heeler pol
itics. This is especially so in
a case where the white and
colored populations are so
evenly balanced as in the Dis
trict. It seems clear that we
would find ourselves consid-
ering questions from the
standpoint Of color lines
rather than from the stand
point Of what is best for the
community.
Any aspirant to the posi-
ton Of Commissioner should
be questioned vigorously as to
his attitude toward vigorous
crime control in the District.
The safety of our women
demands that this be done.
Frank G. Campbell.
Evening star., 1961-07-18
NAACP Pickets

The Star was inaccurate in
its July IL edition in stating
that the only pickets protest.
ing the arrival of the NAACP
delegates were from the
American Nazi Party. There
were also members of the
Fighting American National
lists maintaining a separate
picket line. The whole Incl
dence of the arrival of the
delegates at Union Station
was poorly reported.
What's more, The Star
does not seem to be as mill
family a conservative paper as
I had originally thought. The
Endorsement of a split ticket
in the Virginia Democratic
primary, favoring Boothe for
Lieutenant Governor, cannot
be justified by those who be-
lieve in the wisdom of con-
Servative principles of gov
ernment.
Ronald H. Harner.
Evening star., 1961-07-18
Short Haircut

Arguing with Congress for
authority to pay expert con-
sultantS more than $50 a day,
Secretary of Com m ere e
Hodges was quoted in the
press:
II just paid So for a hair
cut which took eight minutes.
At that rate the barber is
making about $40 a day. If
you want a man with expert
ence and sense you're going
to have to pay him a good
fee."
This statement, is not only
incorrect but was unjustified.
First, to become a barber, q
man must receive extensive
training to qualify him in
the field. Second, the price
of a haircut is SITS and a
"flat-top" 50. 1t takes a bar
Der on the average of Is to 20
minutes to perform an ade-
quate job. A barber is in his
shop 51a days a week, a total
of so hours. His working time
per day may total 3 hours
daily. which means that he
performs services for perhaps
IL patrons daily. The re-
mainder of his time is spent
waiting for patrons and at
tending to such things as
cleaning his equipment, for
which he is not compensated.
As you can see, even at the
rate Of $1.75 and 50 per hair
cut, a barber is fortunate to
earn from $50 to $50 per
week, not per day.
Charles J. BOveIIO,
Secretary Treasurer
Barber's Union No. 239.
Evening star., 1961-07-18

negotiations between the two
would force the Russians to
make concessions to her
satellites in the East and
West. These concessions
could not help but be in
the direction of political
liberalization, economic and
cultural exchange and a di-
miniShing of tension. Just
such concessions should be
among the objectives Of
United States foreign policy.
Our objective should not be
war with Russia which is
the direction in which we
are now headed.
There is also no use to
speak of the selling -out Of
many, smaller nations. Their
fortunes rise and fall with the
strength of their principal
allies. The worst possible Serv-
ice we could perform for them
would be their destruction or
our own. 1t is ridiculous to
expect satellite nations, COM
pletely overshadowed or en-
circled by Communist neigh
bors, to stand and be counted
for our cause. BY our own
analyses, these smaller ma
tions have been taught to
think of the next, war as
cataclysmic. No victor and
no vanquished but simply a
smoldering ruin under a
deathly rain of radioactivity.
They are offered the choice
of being live Communists or
dead capitalists or vice versa.
Perhaps the most significant
point of all is the fact that
their resources thrown either
way will not substantially af-
feet the outcome of missile
and nuclear hostilities.
Americans have always
been plagued by an inner
conflict of idealism which
weakens our foreign policy
and limits us to reaction in
stead of action against inter-
national thieves and murder
ers. To deal with such
elements is not to agree or
sympathize with them. To
try to ignore them-even un-
successfully so-gives them
another prop with which to
keep their masses behind
them.
Nothing will be lost by this
policy even if our overtures
are rejected. The enemy is
still there whether we ne
gotiate or not. To some, the
idea of recognizing Red China
will be just as callous and
cynical as the Stalin-Hitler
pact of 1899. There is no
similarity. however, for where
that turnabout precipitated
World War II, our turnabout
will be another constructive
effort toward averting World
War III. w, C, S,
Evening star., 1961-07-18
ArIington's Nozis

If the facts of 13-year-old Arling-
ton boys encounter with detachment
of George Lincoln Rockwell's storm
troopers have been accurately reported,
/ the offenders should be due for long
cooling off period-in jail. According to
the boy, he and several young friends
were walking past the Nazi headquarters
recently on their way home from a high
school dance. One of the group re-
marked: Look at that big Nazi flag"
With this, again according to the boys
Evening star., 1961-07-18
Critic to Critic

II SCcu1S lIlCT6QlDle CIl0G Jay
Carmody, . film critic with
normally high standards,
could make the statements
that he does about Holly
woods film treatments of
Hemingway novels. Mr.. Car
mody begins his column with
this amazing statement:
Among Ernest Hemingway's
lesser professional distinc-
tionS is that he was the
writer with whom Hollywood
did not tamper. Can Mr..
Carmody be serious? Anyone
who has read Hemingway's
novels with perception and
intelligence certainly must
conclude that there was no
writer whose works were tam
pered more with by Holly
wood than Mr.. Hemingway's.
Space does not permit a
lengthy discussion of where
the films fell short of the
spirit and meaning of the
novels, but Hemingway ad-
mirerS are in almost total
agreement that the second
version Of "A Farewell to
Arms" was one of the worst
movies ever made, a piece of
gushy SentimentaliSm COM
pared to the poignant tragic
quality of the book. Then
there was that disaster, 1.-THE
Killers" in which a sharp,
taut short story of $500
words was made into a
padded, overinflated film
two hours in length. AS for
"The Shows of Kilamanjaro,"
suffice it to say that Hem
ingway himself called this
film Of his most brilliant
story "The Shows of Zan-
uck." Again, the recent film
version Of 1.-THE Sun Also
Rises" resembled more a
travelogue on bull-fighting
than q story Of post-World
War I disillusionment, which
it was supposed to be. The
two movies which came the
closest to catching the spirit
Of the novels from which they
were adapted were the first
version Of "A Farewell to
Arms" and 1.-THE Short Happy
Life Of Francis Macomber."
Mr.. Carmody concludes his
column with this unbeliev-
able overstatement: Holly
woods triumphs with both
his short stories and his
novels were a matter of style,
Hemingway's." And what
characterizes this style?
"Leanness" and "tautness,"
according to Mr.. Carmody.
Actually most of the Heming-
way films are exactly the
opposite Of "lean" and "taut."
They tend to be aggressive,
padded, Slow-paced, and, in
general, loosely constructed
about as far removed from
the famous Hemingway style
as one can get. In addition
to this, not one Of these
movies succeeded in captur-
ing the subtle emotional un-
dertones Of Hemingway's best
stories.
Burling LOwrey.
Editors Note: Mr.. Car
mody amplifies: Perhaps Mr..
Lowrey would be less indig-
nant If I had written did
not tamper fatally" I thought
that fatally" was implied in
the tone of the column, how
ever. Next time, I shall try
to remember Mr.. Mencken's
warning that one cannot
trust the English language~.
Evening star., 1961-07-18
Postmen's Friend

A recent story in your
paper was titled "Postmen
Sizzle Over Hot Days: Ask 2
Hours Off," Jacksonville,
Florida.)
I will "buy" that idea. Ger
tainly I can wait 2 hours for
the delivery of my mail dur
ing sizzling weather, no mat
ter where I should reside. I
think this is an entirely rea-
sonable desire on the part of
postmen, and I hope it is
adopted generally in any
region at any time the ther-
mometer passes 80 degrees.
Lillian Sinclair Large.