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Evening star., 1961-01-19
Guests From France

A 69-year-old merchant from
Nice, France, who supplies all
the spirits. coffee and tea for
the Kennedy villa at Cap dan
tibes when the family is in
France, arrived as the guest of
Joseph P. Kennedy for the in
auguration.
Gottfried Muller. who boasts
more than $50 varieties of wine
in his establishment, said ne
mas found no store to compare
with his in Washington but he
loves our town.
1T has SO much charm, such
fine styling" he said.
Mr.. Muller, whose family
founded its wine business under
appointment from Queen Vic
toria in another era, is here
with his wife, Blanche.
The visit came about last
September when the father of
the President-elect said last
September, IF my son wins the
election, and / think he will,
I'd like to have you and your
wife over for the Inauguration.
Evening star., 1961-01-19
FROST SUGGESTS
HE'D BE TREE
UNDERSECRETARY

Poet laureate Robert
Frost last night put in an
informal bid for a position
in the new Kennedy ad-
tion-perhaps as an
Undersecretary of Interior,
so I can keep an eye on
all the trees and forests"
The white-haired poet
arrived at Union Station.
where he was met by Sec
retary-designate of Interior
Stewart L. Udall and his
wife.
Perhaps you can make
me an undersecretary. so
l can keep an eye on all
the trees and forests" Mr..
Frost said with a smile to
the former Arizona Con-
gresham.
Well see what we can
do" Mr.. Udall quipped.
then herded the poet into
a car which took them to
an informal dinner with
former President Truman
at the home of Mrs. Flor
ence Mahoney. $500 Pros
pect street NV.
During the swearing-in
ceremony tomorrow, Mr..
Frost will recite one of his
poems from the platform
on the east front Of the
Capitol.
Evening star., 1961-01-19
Medical Teams
And Hospitals
rePrepdred
PIons Also Made
For Emergencies
At Inauguration
BY CHARLES BROOKS
Star Staff Writer

Washington area hospitals
and doctors have been alerted
to cover any emergencies that
occur tomorrow during the In
augural Parade or the balls.
DR.. J. Lawn Thompson,
chairman of the Medical Care
and First Aid Committee, said
an elaborate string of eight
first-aid stations is being set
up along the parade route.
The armed services and the
United States Public Health
Service will staff each station
with two doctors. nurses and
first-aid workers. They will
also supply "a manned am
balances to rush accident VIC
Tins or other sick persons to
area hospitals. The District
Red Cross also will be on hand.
| All stations and ambulances
will be connected by radio and
telephone with each other and
the headquarters at Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Fourteenth
street NV.
Disaster Team Ready
I a
The District Medical Soci-
ety's medical emergency disas-
ter service, which consists of
40 doctors with disaster kits,
is also on call in case Of q
catastrophy. A Civil Defense
radio set will be working at
the society's Medical Bureau.
Telephone operators there can
reach all DO physicians within
Is minutes.
Area hospitals are also brac-
ing themselves for the worst,
should it happen. William
Bucher, executive director Of
the Hospital Council for the
National Capital Area, said all
Metropolitan Washington hos
pitals have been asked to be
ready to rush into effect their
disaster programs.
Mr.. Bucher said the council
will make hourly checks of
each hospital on the avail
ability of beds so ambulance
drivers will know where to go.
Hospital Center Ready
The closest hospitals are ex-
pected to be used first. The
Washington Hospital Center
win set up Is stretchers In its
outpatient department plus
portable oxygen and suction
machines and other special
emergency equipment.
Nine nurses, Is volunteers
and the entire resident staff
of the hospital will be on hand.
The George Washington Uni
yersity Hospital has arranged
for a senior member Of Its
surgical staff to be on hand
throughout the day to cover
the emergency room. Extra
nurses, interns and technicians
will also be standing by.
Extra beds are also being set
up at Casualty Hospital, which
reported itself as being fully
equipped and ready"
Another downtown hospital,
Sibley, reported it is pretty full
but that the staff is ready to
handle whatever may come.
Sibley also has extra beds and
personnel ready.
Evening star., 1961-01-19
INAUGURAL SIDELIGHTS
NovyDispIoyAdds
To- the Festivities

The Navy is heaving its an
chor into the inaugural festivi-
ties in the form of two Attain
tic Fleet destroyers and brace
of missiles, all of which will be
on display the rest of the week
at Piers 4 and S, Maine ave-
nue. S.W.
Both ships are attached to
Destroyer Division 102 and may
be seen from 10 am. to 4::30
pm. today through Sunday.
One of the ships is the USS
Joseph P. Kennedy, jr., named
in honor Of the President
elects brother, a naval aviator
lost on a combat mission over
Normandy during World War
II. The other warship, the USS
Warrington, is the holder of the
Navy's Battle Efficiency Award
for overall excellence.
Evening star., 1961-01-19
CAPITOL STANDS
FOR LINCOLN
FETE URGED

Representative Schwen-
gel, Republican Of Iowa,
has asked Congress to keep
inaugural. |. st n ds up
through March 4. Yester-
day, Mr.. Schwengel intro
duced a joint resolution to
commemorate and re-enact
the first Inauguration of
Abraham Lincoln-March
4, 1861. There would be a
joint session of Congress,
as we'll.
A provision of the reso-
luton would be to leave as
is the temporary speakers
platform as we'll as radio
and television stands.
Evening star., 1961-01-19
The
Rambler
g.. Isn't Going
To Stond In Again
By GEORGE KENNEDY


This Is the last time the
Rambler is going to stand in
for John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
That was not the Presi-
dent-elect who came down
Pennsylvania avenue yester-
day afternoon behind an es-
cort of six motorcycle police
men with sirens screaming.
1t was yours truly.
1t all started with a long
distance call from New York.
Morton Hochstein of the
National Broadcasting Co.
asked:
win you take the place
Of the President in a dry run
Wednesday afternoon?
"It ought to be a Kennedy"
he continued, and then with
something less than tact,
Il found that Bobby and
Teddy are both busy. Then
I thought of you"
The Rambler succumbed to
temptation. y
In 1949 his assignment in
the Truman Inauguration
was the teleyision coverage.
Then the industry had so
little equipment that the net
works pooled the whole show.
Six cameras owned by the
big three covered the swear
ing-in ceremony on the east
steps Of the Capitol and five
points along the line of
march.
The control equipment was
installed in q room in the
C&P Telephone Building at
Thirteenth and H streets
NV. There were six screens
showing, the pictures from
the six cameras, and a
seventh in the center show
ing the product that was
going into the homes.
Evening star., 1961-01-19

THE RAM LER WAS
SEATED in the rear of a
Pontiac convertible from
Hertz Rent-a-Car. A tall red
haired young man took the
other rear seat.
He said, a little resentfully:
Il was to have been the
President, until you came
along"
There were three men in
the car in addition to the
President (me). They were
all on leave from the military
services.
When we arrived at the
White House, the rendezvous,
where, according to the
mimeographed sheet held by
the driver, we were to meet
the Cadillac and the Lin
coin; something was wrong.
Neither was there.
Until this moment" the
driver said, II had no idea
that private enterprise could
top the military In a snafu."
We finally got to the Hill
and lined up with the Cadil-
lac and the Lincoln. Two
men were on the roof Of
each, the cameraman aim
ing his lens at me and the
microwave man aiming his
instrument at the electronic
target hanging from the bal
cony Of the Capitol dome.
We went down Pennsyl-
vania avenue at almost 30
miles an hour. The Ram
bier stood in the rear wav-
ing, but the crowd was dis
appointing and no one rec
ognized him except Joe Bieber
Of the Acme Liquor store.
At the end of the run the
Rambler was frozen. When
he heard there was to be
another he decided to walk
to the Press Club and said
to the red-haired young
man:
Take over. You're Presi-
dent"
Evening star., 1961-01-19
By MYRA MACPHERSON
Star Staff Writer

Frank Sinatra. hand over
ear to block out orchestra,
chorus, electricians, carpenters.
Milton Berle, joey Bishop,
Janet Leigh and Helen Traubel,
shouted into the Armory stage
phone.
Rehearsal? It's absolute
bedlam."
Mr.. Sinatra has said some
controversial things in his day,
but to this phrase there were
no dissenters.
At noon yesterday. he, Peter
Lawford. Tony Curtis. Miss
Leigh. Miss Traubel. Gene
Kelly, Mahalia Jackson and
Sidney Potter started walking
Down to Washington"
At Z pm. they were still
trying to get there-joined by
such well-known hitch mixers
as Milton Berle. Juliet Prowse,
Alan King, Harry Belafonte,
Pat Suzuki, Jimmy Durante,
Nat King Cole. joey Bishop.
In the six hours it took to
shape up the walking Down
to Washington" song and a 10
minute lode to the Inaugural"
finale there were such inter-
ruptions as dropped hammers,
dropped notes, dropped auto
graph pencils. dropped names.
Hollywood Handshakes
AS new Gala cast members
rushed from planes and trains
to the cavernous Armory. they
received the Hollywood hand
shake, which isn't a handshake
at all but two-armed hug and
one, two or three kisses, de-
pending on the time left in
rehearsal break.
But the job Of bringing stars,
orchestra and chorus together
for the first time was handled
for the most part with the
Evening star., 1961-01-19

regrets were received from all
but two of the other 155 In
vited intellectuals who were
unable to attend.
I'VE didn't hear from Faulk-
ner, I think he's in Europe.
and I can't remember the
other person" said Miss May
Walle, who has worked on the
project. {
Other out-of-town guests are
philosopher Jacques MaritaA.
Roger Sessions, w. H. Auden,
Harry Bertoia, Douglas Moore.
Rene D'Harmoncourt. Alfred
H. Barr, jr; Henry Allen Moe,
William Zorach, and Nobel
Prize winners in medicine DE-
Arthur Kornberg, DR.. Joshua
Lederberg and Andre Courman.
Also DR.. Paul Tillich, Ralph
Walker, James Sweeney. Zero
Saarinen, Allen Tate, Charles
Eames, Mark Rothko, Franz
Joseph Kline, Samuel Barber,
Leonard Bernstein. w. H. Brat
tain, Robert Lowell, Lincoln
KRISTEN, Rheinhold Niebuhr
and William Schuman.
They will stay in private
homes. A reception tea will be
given for them, as well as the
II invited Washington area
residents who have accepted,
today at the home of Walter
Lippmann.
All the kilograms applauded
the invitation. Pearl Buck,
who is out of the country, said
"it shows unprecedented presi-
Dental interest in the creators
of our American intellectual
and artistic life."
Tennessee Williams and
Ernest Hemingway, who are
both ill, said they were greatly
honored. Mr.. Hemingway tele
graphed from the Mayo Clinic.
II wish the administration all
success in its cultural program
and in all things.
Evening star., 1961-01-19
InteIIectuoIs Here

John Steinbeck, John Mer-
sey, Arthur Miller, Ralph
Bunche and Robert Frost are
among the 40 men and women
in the arts, sciences and hu-
manities who have accepted
John F. Kennedy's invitation
to attend his Inauguration.
kilograms of gratitude and.
Evening star., 1961-01-19
Kim Novuk Arriyinq

Movie Star Kim Novak was
due to arrive at National Air
port today strictly as a spec
tator" at inaugural festivities.
A spokesman for the actress
studio said Miss Novak will
stay at the Woodner and will
attend several parties but will
not take part in tonight'S In
augural Gala at the Armory.
Evening star., 1961-01-19
Long Ronee Planning

To be sure Of having space
in Washington during the
crowded Inauguration week,
the National Limestone Insti-
tute has booked rooms at the
Statler-Hilton Hotel for the
third week Of January for IA
years.
The members meet here at
the same period in non-Inau-
gural years to be sure Of good
facilities every fourth year.
The convention is planned to
end the day before Inaugural
ton. Thus, they have been
able to arrange rooms for the
comfort Of nearly 600 persons
this year.
Evening star., 1961-01-19
SEATS AVAILABLE
FOR TONIGHT

Seats for the Democratic
gala tonight at the Ma
tional Guard Armory were
still available this morn
ing but Democratic Ma
tional Headquarters re-
fused to estimate how
many of the 1000 seats
were still not sold.
An official said a SELL
out was hoped for" by
late afternoon but he
would not flatly predict it.
Evening star., 1961-01-19

THE DIRECTOR, or pro-
ducer, or whatever they call
him in television, watched
all six screens as well as the
seventh. He would say to
his assistants, "Cut in num-
ber two" or number four.
.TV has made great ad-
vances In the intervening
years. Yesterday the pro-
ducer, or director, or what
ever you call him, was watch
ing l6 screens. Over on the
left were three more labeled
WTOP, WMAL and WTTG.
Morton Hochstein said:
"1f the opposition is show
ing a better picture under
the same atmospheric con-
ditions, our chief engineer
will want to know why"
Two Of the 16 screens were
labeled Cad Dome" and
Lincoln Dome"
It was explained that the
pictures on those screens
were from mobile units, one
a Cadillac, the other a Lin
coin. Following the line Of
march they would bounce
their signals, or pictures,
from targets (for want of a
better word) hung on the
Capitol dome. Trucks could
carry more equipment but
the 1857 Inaugural Commit
tee ruled them out.
Finally all 16 screens were
giving a good picture ("sig-
nal") and the dry run started.
Outside were six Park
policemen on their motor
cycles. 1t was their day off
and they were working with
the permission of the Interior
Department to help NBC.
Evening star., 1961-06-15

take again, we can give
him private citizen status
nernnanent1v
Evening star., 1961-06-15
Upset in Alexandria

The one really surprising political
development in the nearby Virginia
town elections was the write-in victory
of Frank E. Mann in his brief but
spirited race with incumbent Leroy S.
Bendheim for mayor of Alexandria. It
is always newsworthy when a majority
OF voters write in the name of late
entry and thus ouSt an "in' who most
observers had thought was assured of
reelection. It Is especially newsworthy
when there Is no outstanding issue
confronting the voters-as appears to
have been the case In Alexandria There
were number of minor issues, it is
true, but the main reason underlying
Mr.. Bendheim's defeat seems simply to
have been the voters desire for
change"
Bearing on the final result were
such factors as citizen dissatisfaction
with the slow progress the city has been
making on port development, urban
renewal and other Improvements; con-
Germ over recent disclosures about
alleged conflict-of-interest activities of
certain municipal officials and the last
minute revelation by city councilman
that he had been offered, but had
rejected, $100 campaign contribution
by two building contractors check
having been presented by Mayor
Bendheim
To what extent the voters were
influenced by each of these factors
would be matter of conjecture. 1t was
evident, however, that they were favor
ably impressed by the announcement,
just ten days before the election, that
Mr.. Mann, prominent businessman
and former city councilman, had jumped
Evening star., 1961-06-15
Putting First Things Last

Federal officials, in apparent haste
to nail down a desirable Montgomery
County site for new research center
of the Department of Health, Education
and Welfare, unnecessarily stepped on
of consulting with these authorities first
and then announcing site decision, the
HEW, in effect, presented them with
decision and asked them to approve it.
They did-but not without understand
able complaint over the treatment &C
corded them.
Congress has provided for Federal
consultation with local governments in
the selection of building sites. 1t was
intended, however, that the consulta-
tion should take place in advance of
selection, so that the Government would
have the advantage of site suggestions
by regional agencies. But the HEW
repeatedly made its own choice and then
requested local approval of the site. This
is putting the cart before the horse.
The Fairfax County member of the
National Capital Regional Planning
Council was especially irked, because the
county had planned to recommend three
sites within its borders for consideration.
Belatedly, but with little hope that the
decision will be changed, the council has
requested HEW to withhold final Selec-
ton until the Fairfax County possibili-
ties have been explored. Why the Gov
ernment took a short cut in seeking a
suitable site is hard to understand, for, as
the Central Intelligence Agency learned
through similar mistake, the bypassing
of local authorities can be rather costly.
The CIA found county agencies unpre-
pared to supply adequate water, sani-
tation and other services. Orderly
planning procedures can save lot of
headaches for all concerned.
Evening star., 1961-06-15
Berlin: A Third Woy

In his search for third way" in
Berlin, Majority Leader Mike Mansfield
rests his case on the unasSailable pre-
mise that the deadlock there may push
the Western nations and the Soviet
Union into new vortex of irrationality
at whose center lies the graveyard of
humanity" Those on both sides who
say they want to stand pat on Berlin,
come what may, should give serious
consideration to this prospect.
We do not know whether Senator
Mansfield'S remarks were of the inspired
trial balloon" variety, or whether he
was speaking on his own responsibility.
And perhaps it doesn't matter. The
important thing is that his speech
makes sense.
AS matters stand, both the West
and the Soviet Union are adhering to
irreconcilable positions. These positions
take little account of the changes in
Europe since the end of World War II,
some 16 years ago. And they are also
positions which, far from serving real
interests, promise nothing better to all
concerned than the frightful conSe-
quenceS of a nuclear collision.
In this situation, the Montana
Senator calls for the taking of a new
look-a search for third way in Berlin.
Specifically, he thinks that this third
way may lie in the creation of a free
city which would encompass not just
West Berlin, but all of Berlin. This
free city would be "held in trust and in
peace by some international authority"
until such time as it can again serve
as the capital Of Germany, and its
access routes would be garriSoned by
international peace teams. Meanwhile,
the hope would be that the East and
the West Germans could work out their
own 1nification problem.
OF course, all Of this may be wishful
thinking. Senator Mansfield does not
pretend to know how Mr.. Khrushchev
would react to such proposal, If it
were put to him in formal fashion, and
there is little in the record to encourage
belief that the Soviet Premier would
respond favorably. STILL as the Majority
Leader has stated, uncertainty as to
MIR. Khrushchev'S reaction does not
relieve us of the obligation to explore
any and all avenues of peace "even
as we steel ourselves for what must
come If the way to peace cannot be
found"
What is at stake here is the future
of mankind-moSt certainly including
Americans, Russians and Germans.
Even so, we cannot yield to unilateral
action designed to force us out of Berlin.
If Mr.. KhruShchev will concede nothing,
then we-and he-must accept the
consequences. But such disaster should
not be called down upon the human
race simply because an obsessive attach
ment to old and outdated positions
precludes examination of rational al
ternatiVeS
Evening star., 1961-06-15
County Board Secrecy

The SO called study
group" or workshop" ses-
sionS of the Arlington County
Board not only raise serious
questions as to the propriety
Of the legislative process in
the County, but also are con-
trary to a long-standing
plank in the platform of the
ArlingtonianS for a Better
County (ABC), the nonpar-
tiSan local political party
which elected four of the
five board members and in
dorsed the election of the
fifth. In opposing these pri-
vate, closed gatherings of a
majority of the Board, the
senior member, Ralph Kaul,
who was twice elected as an
ABC candidate, has taken a
sound position in keeping
with a pledge which the ABC
has persistently made to the
people of Arlington County.
1t appears that the other
four members have been
meeting privately on the Fri
day nights before Saturday
morning board meetings to
discuss matters on the agcnda
for the following day. Despite
the most scrupulous efforts
of these able and honorable
gentlemen, it is difficult to
see how these regular pri-
vate deliberations can fail to
have a significant influence
on the positions aired pub
licly the next morning.
A leading advocate of the
Friday night board sessions
is Herbert L. Brown, who is
retiring from the board this
year. In 1857, when Mr..
Brown was the ABC candi-
date for the board, a cam
paign sheet carried Mr..
Browns picture and declared:
If elected, I pledge myself
to insist that all County
Board policy discussions be
conducted at open, public
meetings" OF the present
ABC candidate, Roye L.
Lowry. doesn't recall this, it
may be due to the fact that
1857 was the year he came
to Arlington0
All ABC platforms have
contained similar pledges, al
though last year in the cam
paign of ABC candidate
Thomas w. Richards this
plank was appropriately wa
tered down to state: "ABC
has insisted that all public
business must be carried on
in public meetings"
Last month at the ABC
Convention which nominated
Mr.. Lowry. the program as
serted: "ABC believes that
good Government is Govern
ment which operates in
such a way that its acts are
openly arrived at and subject
Evening star., 1961-06-15
Red Doctrine

In a letter, James Hedges
challenged the "misconcep-
tions" of your very able and
learned columnist Constan-
tine Brown, who stressed
the ir1compatibility of Chris
tianity and communism. Mr..
Hedges says they are COM
patible.
Communism - which Mr..
Hedges defines as an "eco-
nomic TERMS in fact a
philosophy, and a political
theory deriving from the lat
ter. Its dogmatic foundation
is dialectical materialism. Its
basic tenet and cornerstone
is scientific materialism."
According to communism,
there is no God, no future
life, man has no immortal
soul and is but matter. This
tenet is so fundamental, and
so essential to the function
ing of the society based on
this philosophy, that "scien-
tific atheism" is taught in
the USSR in schools and uni
versities. and propaganda in
scientific atheism" is subject
matter at teachers and other
pedagogical institutes. 1t is
disseminated by thousands of
specially trained government
or party appointed function
aries called "agitators." 1t is
the main objective of the
Soviet "All- Union Society for
the Dissemination of Politi-
cal and Scientific knowledge"
and its periodical Science and
Life" Sessions of the USSR
Academy of Sciences are ded-
icated to studying scientific
atheism" Soviet party and
government leaders con-
stantly remind the nation
that communism and belief
in God are incompatible, that
indeed any believer is an &C
tual, or at least potential,
enemy of communism. No be-
lever is permitted to join
the Communist Party.
By its own admission, COM
muniSm is incompatible not
only with the Christian re-
ligion, but with any faith in
God.
Nicolas de ROchef0rt.