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Evening star., 1961-12-06
Guide for Federal Unions

The task force report on Federal
management employe relations is a
valuable guide in the special, limited
and sometimes difficult field of or
ganized employe activities in the Gov
eminent. While no essentially new
policies are laid down in the report as
approved by President Kennedy, there
is presented for the first time general
policy statement for the information of
both administrators and labor organ
izerS. The overall program calls for
full recognition of the right of Federal
workers to band together and, within
specified limits, to bargain with agency
officials in matters related to "the
public interest" At the same time, it is
made clear that certain matters are not
negotiable, including pay and benefits
within the diSpenSatory powers of Con-
gresS. And, of course, the code is strictly
in line with statutory bans on strikes
against the Government.
President Kennedy in making public
the recommendations of a committee
headed by Labor Secretary Goldberg,
summed up the negative aspects of
Federal policy regarding management
labor relations in this way: THE report
clearly recognizes that Federal employees
do not have the right to strike, that
both union shop and the closed shop
are inappropriate in the Federal Gov
ernment, that where salaries and other
conditions of employment are fixed by
Congress these matters are not subject
to negotiation, and that all agreements
must be consistent with merit system
principles" The report stressed that
any employe not wishing to join a union
or other employe organization may not
be compelled to do so. And no organ
ization Of subversive or corrupt nature
will be recognized for bargaining pur-
poses.
On the positive Side-and all of
these privileges already exist in one or
more OF the departments and agencies
employees may bargain through or
ganized groups for improved working
conditions not requiring congressional
approval, may carry grievances to super
viSorS and may appeal, on the same basis
as is now afforded to veterans, from
adverse actions of supervisors. Only the
FBI, the CIA and other intelligence
agencies are excepted from the plan.
The President expressed his belief
that faithful adherence to the principles
set forth in the report will result in
better morale and efficiency of the Fed
eral working force, with consequent
benefits to the Government and the
public at large. This optimistic view is
justified only if the employe unions do
not take the new guidebook as an en-
couragement to press further and
further for concessions which, while
they may be in the immediate interest
of the employees and of some self-serving
union leaders, may not be in the general
public interest. Where the interests of
the Government and of employe groups
clash, the Federal interest always must
prevail
Evening star., 1961-12-06
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
The Last Days of Dr.. DooIey
By DONALD MINTZ

BEFORE I SLEEP, THE
LAST DAYS OF DR.. TOM
DOOLEY. Edited with a
foreword by James Mona
han. 275 PIP. CNew York,
Farrar. Straus and Cud-
ahy; $4.50)
DR.. Tom Dooley died on
January Is, 1861. His works
live and so to an extent does
the controversy about him.
Now, James Monahan. a
senior editor of Readers Di-
gest, has written a chronicle
of DR.. Dooley's last days. be-
ginning with his televised
cancer operation in August,
1859, and ending with his
death.
Thus concludes the official
Dooley canon. In earlier books,
the doctor himself described
his participation in the res
cue of refugees fleeing the
onrushing Wet Mimi in Indo-
China, his subsequent resig-
nation from the Navy, the
work of establishing medical
services in the Laotian jun
gle and the extension of these
services to other parts of the
underdeveloped world.
DR.. Dooley's organization Is
Medico. The telescoped word
is a symbol of his world. The
tinny clatter of public rela-
tions is unmistakable. But
Medical International Co.
operation. the groups official
name. is not a Madison Ave-
nue. chimera but a dedicated
reality now operating medi-
cal facilities in 13 nations,
most of them in Southeast
Asia.
EFORE SLEEP"
pieced together from the
recollections of those who
were close to DR.. Doo-
ley during his final ill
ness, reflects this dichotomy.
Here are DR.. Dooley and his
physician ending a discus
sion of his case not in the
normal. reflective quiet, but
in front Of the cameras of
CHS televiSion. DR.. Dooley
asks: There's no sense in
my even thinking about liv-
ing one year or two years or
five years or ten years-just
go ahead and continue living
each day as I should?"
And the doctor comes back
with, Just as you always
have. Toni think that's
always been your policy,
hasn't it?"
And then the climax. DR..
Dooley. says Mr.. Monohan,
nodded thoughtfully, and
said:
walt Whitman, I think,
said that it's not so important
what you do with the years
of your life, but it's very i'm
portant how you use each
hour. That's how I'll live"
This is perhaps over-dra-
matte but it should not OBJ
scure the fundamental re-
ality. When most of us would
have been in bed. suffering
and waiting anxiously for the
final hour, DR.. Tom Dooley
was scurrying around South
east Asia working at a pace
Evening star., 1961-12-06
Matter of Economics

If George Marshall's Red
skins are chased out of the
new District of Columbia
Stadium, and if several of
the Armory shows implement
their threats to quit the Ar
mory, what is going to at
tract people willing to pay
that one dollar parking fee
in sufficient numbers to meet
the bond interest on the Sta
dump
Samuel Shapiro.
Evening star., 1961-12-06
Price of Progress

AS a resident not only of
the threatened area (the en-
tire lower end of Forty fourth
street and Archbold-G Glover
Park but also of the Dis
trict of Columbia, I protest,
vehemently, the planned de-
Struction of this street and
and park and of any other
similar remnants of the ira
ditional beauty and dignity of
Washington.
In a growing metropolis
only the number of cars in
creases steadily. but also the
number of children land
adults for whom gardens,
trees and good park facil-
tiles become ever more ur-
gent. Far from being de-
Stroyed, Glover Archbold
Park, which was given this
city expressly for park pur-
poses, should be improved,
and its Potomac section made
usable again, thus integral
ing it into a city-wide park
system embracing Rock Creek
and the tow-path. Their Joint
beauty and recreational IA
cilities would then be prof.
ected all the way to Great
Falls, and we should have
really. rather than potenti-
ally, the finest park system
of any capital in the world
and one of the loveliest as
well as historically unique
river fronts.
Obviously, additional
bridges are needed. However,
in view of the planned Cabin
John Bridge and of the pos
sibility Of widening Key and
Chain Bridges, wouldn't new
bridges closer to the goal
of our traffic bulk, the Capt.
tol Hill area, relieve far more
pressure than one at Three
Sisters? And would any num-
ber Of new bridges ever more
than postpone this city's
deepest need for a swift and
adequate subway and shuttle
train system, which could
well serve the dual purpose
of a city-wide shelter against
atomic attack?
This is no time for tenn
porary solutions" especially
not for hideous constructions
by nibbling at the Districts
last green residential and rec
reational islands. Washing
tons Northwest must remain
an area of tree-lined streets
and Of parks and gardens, all
of which enrich the Nations
Capital as much as do the
fine period houses of George
town. that are its architect.
ural pride.
This city's beauty belongs
to the Nation. Moreover, it
is a tangible illustration of
the American dream realized
at least in spots. Maximum
efficiency in the wrong places
could quickly distort that
dream, and too late we would
awake to find ourselves look
ing more like New Moscow
than a new Washington.
ElinOr C. Briefs,
Evening star., 1961-12-06
Tribute to Bridqes

The untimely death of
Senator Styles Bridges is
more of a blow to the cause
OF freedom in the United
States and in the world than
is probably generally realized.
During recent decades we
have found that strong lead
ership in the carrying on of
the struggle against the
Communist conspiracy has
found itself vested in elder
statesmen.
Styles Bridges played an
especially important part
during the past 16 years with
his active, unyielding and
uncompromising patriotism.
. A case in point to which
1 can bear personal witness
was manifested on December
8. 1949, on a Town Meeting
OF the Air program in a de-
bate on the subject, Shall
the United States Recognize
Communist China?", broad
cast to Is million listeners
in the United States. Sen
ator Bridges accepted an in
vitation to be one of the two
appearing on the negative
of this debate. I, then a re-
tired Admiral of the Navy,
was urged and accepted
George Denny's invitation to
be the other member of the
negative.
It was the conviction of
Senator Bridges as well as
myself that the recognition
of Communist China, involv-
ing as it must, the loss of
Formosa, of all Eastern Asia,
and the control of the West
ern Pacific, would present a
serious threat to the secur-
ity and interests of the
United States.
Charles M. Cooke.
Admiral United States
Navy (Ret.).
Sonoma, Calf.
Evening star., 1961-12-06

that would have been in
credible for a healthy man
working on behalf of the peo-
pie of the jungle.
Or he was in the United
States dashing from place to
place, making what can only
be described as personal ap-
pearances, using every du-
biouS weapon in the profess
Sional money raiSer's armory
all this again on behalf Of
the people of the jungle.
THE RECOLLECTIONS
and tributes in the book re-
fleet the split world of Tom
Dooley. There are the
sober recollections of Travis
Fletcher of the American
Emergency Committee for
Tibetan Refugees and the
eloquent words of Norman
Cousins. And there are
maudlin "reminiscences. -
Perhaps it is too soon to
assay DR.. Dooley's character.
One sees clearly that the mar
riage of hucksterism and
saintliness in DR.. Dooley was
not the result of conscious
analysis. At no point did he
seem to say to himself that in
the modern world those who
would do good works must
learn to promote. He appears
to have had a deep personal
need for both.
1t is discomforting. Obvi-
ously he was not really COM
penSated" in any but the
broadest sense of that curl
Gus word. But then most
people do not give up pros
porous and pleasant living for
regimens Of unremitting sac
rifice.
Now DR.. Dooley is dead.
One hopes that someday a
perceptive writer will probe
the depths Of his personality.
But this personality and the
controversies it engendered
are in the last analysis less
important than his work,
and the work goes on.
Evening star., 1961-12-06
PARIS.

PARIS.
In the light of recent his
tory. it is perhaps a little early
to join in a chorus of optimism
from Geneva as the confer
ence on Laos draws to a close.
1t is true that Averell Har-
riman, who has now returned
to Washington, can congrat-
ulate himself on having
solved a tricky and difficult
diplomatic problem. 1t is true
also that the results already
pinned down are better than
could have been predicted in
the course of the seven
month negotiation, and that
the remaining questions to be
settled seem to present no
insurmountable o b tacles.
On the other hand, it is
going a bit far to claim, as
Mr.. Harriman's successor,
William H. Sullivan, has
claimed, that the agreement
in Geneva represents "a pat
tern for peace not only in
Laos, not only in Southeast
Asia. but throughout the
whole world" To believe this
is to read into the Geneva
agreement an implication Of
Communist good will on a
global basis that nothing in
the agreements on Laos
would seem to justify.
1t may even be going too
far to hope that the agree
ment reached in Geneva will
in the long run have much
practical effect on the fate of
that small unhappy country.
In the past, international
agreements of this kind have
had little bearing on the
struggle for power which is
already tipped strongly in ia
vor of the Communists.
Point Of Agreement
Essentially, what has been
agreed to is the powers of
the International Control
Commission which is sup
posed to insure the inde-
pendence and neutrality OF
Laos. Composed Of Indians,
Canadians and Poles, the
commission, after earlier
Communist objections, now
has the power to investigate
violations of Laotian neu-
trality whenever they may
occur. And although it was
agreed that reports Of the
commission should be made
unanimously the provision
for minority reports has ap-
parently satisfied the West
ern negotiators that a Com
munist veto cannot be effec-
lively imposed on the COM
mission.
In theory. at least. the
commission is in a position to
prevent the great powers
from turning Laos into a
major theater of conflict
With Wet Nam Communists
intervening directly, with
Russia and the United States
supplying the opposing forces
within the country and with
both the SEATO powers and
Evening star., 1961-12-06
LETTERS TO THE STAR
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Pen names may be used u
letters carry tprtters' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condensa-
tion. Those not used ,DtH be
returned only when accom-
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stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1961-12-06
Inside Berlin


Inside Berlin
I received a letter from
a friend living in West Ber-
lin. written on November 26,
1861, and his description Of
conditions there is so graphic
that I thought 1t might in
terest your readers. In per-
tinent part. the letter reads:
THE walls around West
Berlin have become fortifi-
cations in the last few weeks.
Still. it is possible to stray
accidentally into Soviet-held
territory. I have seen a
stretch of the border where a
large sign on French Sector
territory indicates that the
Eastern walls and wire coils
are set farther back from
the actual borderline, so that
a person approaching the
former is guilty of violating
the sovereignty Of the Ger
man Democratic Republic
and. of course. liable to ar
rest. 1t is dreadful to read
that with the temperature
lowering around the freez-
ing point. there are still men
and women who try to swim
across the rivers or canals
which separate in part the
East from the West. It Is
not only the hopelessness of
conditions in the East, but
also the contrast between
conditions in West Berlin
and West Germany, which
are as free and prosperous
as anywhere in the world,
which drives people to such
acts Of desperation. There is
one border street which per-
tains to the French Sector,
while one row Of buildings
on this street are in the
Soviet Sector. On the side
walk in front of these build
ings there are three wooden
or iron crosses with many
flowers and garlands to mark
the sites where people jumped
from their homes and were
killed. This Sunday is de-
voted to the memory of the
dead in this country. but no
West Berliner will be able
to visit graves in East Berlin
or the surroundings of Ber-
lin.
There are many curious
angles in this divided city
besides the tragic ones, such
as the separation of fam
lilies. The elevated or city
RR is controlled from the
East, but services both halves
of the city. The Communists
are always trying to build
up the tracks in the West
ern Sectors into a basis for
the Communist police, which
has, of course, no legitimate
business in West Berlin. The
West Berlin population is
boycotting the elevated RR
to a large extent. Watch
towers are being built by both
parties on both sides of the
wall, and tear gas lombard
mentS occur daily. Yet, life
is going on and the opera on
the Western side as we'll as
on the Eastern side is flour
iShing.
("There was a freedom
demonstration in the East
ern opera the other day.
thought The regime would
collapse the same day that
Russian support is with
drawn, but this will never
happen. This unnatural sit
uation will drag on INTERIM
inably."
The above doesn't tell us
much we don't already know
but, couched in the words of
a native German who served
in the United States Army
during World War II and is
now a naturalized American
citizen, it seems to me to
contain pathos not present
in the every day news ac-
counts of conditions in West
Berlin. Mary p. Clark.
Evening star., 1961-12-06
Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

A. reader can get an answer. BY
mail, to any question Of fact BY
writing The Star Information Bu-
reau, 636 F street NV. WASHINGTON
4, D. c. Please inclose return post
age or self-addressed, stamped
envelope. :.
Evening star., 1961-12-06
Novel Idea

What would happen if the
name of Nikita Khrushchev,
the Kremlin, Moscow, USSR,
were added to every Christ
mas card list being compiled
by Americans this holiday
season? Many greeting cards
state specifically the wish for
Peace on earth. good will
toward men," All of them are
sent in that spirit.
Such a gesture, if made by
even 10 per cent of us. would
provide massive evidence of
our genuine desire for peace.
Evening star., 1961-12-06
Active ArIinqtonion

Supporters Of public educa-
tion in Arlington County, and
throughout Virginia, owe a
deep and lasting debt of gra-
titude to School Board men,
ber L. Lee Bean, whose pres
ent term expires on December
81, 1861.
-Four years ago, when At.
torney Bean was appointed to
the School Board, a much
heralded Statewide policy of
massive resistance" to Fed
eral Court orders had just
been launched. Legislation to
close schools gravely imper-
lied public education in the
Old Dominion.
Mr.. Bean voted consistently
to keep Arlington's schools
open when the school-clos-
ing laws could have been i'm
posed. He invariably sup
ported motions resulting in a
smooth transition from seq
regated to integrated schools.
Mr.. Bean consistently voted
for a budget providing signif-
lcant increases in salaries for
school personnel. He has &C
lively supported both bond
issues proposed for school
and county improvements. He
voted against a motion to
impose a loyalty oath" for
teachers. Save for this vote,
such a special oath, distate-
full to most teachers, would
have been required. He helped
initiate a public kindergarten
program in Arlington, intro
duced reforms in the teach
ing of English and social
studies, and has been instru-
mental in the extension Of
foreign language instruction
in the elementary grades.
During his tenure, Mr..
Bean has attended scores of
meetings with educators. par
ents and lay groups. OF the
10l official School Board
meetings he has attended SO
"a phenomenal record.
In addition to this impress
sive record. there is the man
himself - eminently fair
minded, impartial, good-hu-
mored, keenly intelligent and
dedicated to the public service.
Dean E. Brundage.
Evening star., 1961-03-09
Looks Like You Spoiled Him.!

DEAR ABBY: We have
been married quite a few
years and I have always had
to be the first one up in
the morning when the alarm
went off. If I didn't get up
and wake my husband he
would never get to work In
the morning. He says he
would rather lose q days
work than be a little late.
We have had both coal
stoves and coal furnaces.
More recently we have had
gas and oil heat. But, be-
lieve me, a coal stove was
no fun. When I had been
sick and was just home from
the hospital, it didn't mat
teri was still the first one
up. But on Saturdays. oh
boy! If he'd had q fishing
date, getting up all by him.
self at $3.50 am. was no prob
lem at all. Why?
DAILY READER.
You can't blame q man for
bouncing out of bed faster
to 90 fishing than to work.
You are married to q spoiled
little boy. But don't be too
hard on him. You spoiled
him.
DEAR ABBY: I'm a nerv-
Gus wreck. My husband has
a habit of taking things. He
calls it borrowing" but he
never returns what he takes.
If he sees q tool or some
thing at the shop where he
works, he Just takes it. I keep
seeing more and more things
around the house that I
know do not belong to him.
He got into some trouble
over this habit some years
back. but his boss felt sorry
for me and the children so
nothing was done about it.
We have q nice home in q
nice neighborhood and could
buy anything we really
needed. so I can't understand
why he risks his Job and rep
utation this way.
I feel that the world is
closing in on me, Abby. Can
] get help?
AFRAID.
Your husband could have
an emotional problem which
he himself dOes not UNDER
stand. Tell your doctor the
whole story and ask his ad-
Evening star., 1961-03-09
THE COUNCILS VIEW

Unshorn locks may have
been part of the strength OF
Samson and Hercules, but
they're Fred'S "weakness!"-
on ladies, that is.
But to Ina, the long. hair
Is a bore. It's heavy and its
upkeep is a burden. Sham
pooS become engineering
projects, involving unsnarl-
ing and currying.
The decision mere should
be 1na's. Is she a woman or
a mannequin? It's her hair,
it bothers her, shed like to
try it short. .'
If, ex post facto, they're
both miserable over the
shearing. the misery is emf
nently remediable. As any.
barber with a broom can tell
them. there's plenty more .
where that came from.
Tomorrow: ShunS poIS. -
Evening star., 1961-03-09
FAMOUS FABLES
BY Z. Z. EDGAR

ACCIDENT: Shortly after
her marriage to Publisher
George Palmer Putnam, Avi-
atrix Amelia Earhart con-
tracted to fly an autogiro.
the forerunner Of the heli.
copter, across the country.
Her husband, left behina.
worried about her flying in
this newest experiment in
aviation. recalls Paul L.
BRAND. jr.. in Daughter Of
the Sky, the Story of Amelia
Earhart.
When Amelia was head
ing back East on her trip,
Putnam went to Detroit to
meet her. Stands had been
erected on the field, and
from them long support
wires had been stretched
and Staked into the ground.
Putnam talked with q group
Of people who had gathered.
Then he heard q loud
crash. Putnam spun around.
The giro lay broken in q
cloud Of smoke. He ran to-
ward the wreck and struck
one Of the support wires. He
flew up and hit the ground
flat on his back.
Amelia emerged from the
accident without injury. She
saw her husband Sprawled
on the ground and ran to
him.
$50 flying Is the safest,
after all!' she teased him.
If you had been with me.
you wouldn't have been
hurt
Putnam turned to get up,
but his face was creased in
pain. He had cracked three
of his ribs"
Evening star., 1961-03-09

I selected her as my phan-
tom Of delight" and each
day I'm more certain that
my choice was justified.
As an artist, I have devel-
oped certain standards. I try
not to impose these dog
matically on Ina. But maybe
I'm q bit like "'eury 'igginS"
in the play. because I've
usually been able to per-
suade Ina that following
my ideas can bring her
new confidence and new
SatiSfactions.
She hasn't gone wrong yet.
In selecting her hats, I've
saved her from looking like
a cartoon. Ina has little sales
resistance.
But having her flowing
treSses cut off would break
my heart. I'm one of those
husbands who never had a
sister and always longed to
have a really feminine
woman in my home.
Evening star., 1961-03-09

adoring. too admiring, but
I'm beginning to feel like
Liza Doolittle in "Pygmalion."
Fred Is making me over"
and is delighted with his
results!
I've gotten used to his
correcting my speech, my
grammar or my posture. And
I defer to his judgment In
matters of eye shadow, bath
ing suits, spike heels. 1 even
give him the final say when
I buy q hat. though Fred
likes tricorneS.
But now I'm rebelling. He's
a commercial artist and il
lustrates stories for the mag
aZines. All his heroines wear
their hair down to the waist
or up in chignons. But this
heroine is sick of it? Yet
Fred goes into shock when
I broach a haircut for me.
Fred Z.-Ina will admit
that I have taste, good taste.
The highest proof Of 1t Is that
Evening star., 1961-03-09

II I didn't they would. Now
neither my husband nor son
will speak to me. Frankly I
am sick of both of them.
Should I walk out?
READY TO LEAVE.
Yes, and on the way out
tell them to let you know
when they are ready to settle
their differences In q civil.
lied manner and you'll be
glad to return.
"What'S your problem?"
For a personal reply from
Abby, send a selt-GddreSSed,
stamped enpelope to ABBY,
in care OF The Evening Star.
Who pays for Whdt7 For
Abby'S pamphlet, Hon To
Haze A LoUely Wedding"
send Soc to ABBY, Boz 1855.
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