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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-11

panese during World War H. John Archer,
Marguerite Chapman. Harry Lauter and Lyle
Talbot l2:55I9
Saturday AM.
"RENEGADES OF THE WEST" 1882. okay
western Tom Keane. 1905
FORT APACHE" le4s Large-scae John Ford
western. John Wayne, Henry Fonda and
Shirley Temple 11:00-5
Saturday P.M.
FIRE MAIDENs FROM OUTER SPACE"
1856 tBritishJ Fair science-fietion thriller.
Anthony Dexter and Susan Shaw. 1:00-5
MOT WANTED ON VOYAGE" 1857. tBritish.)
sharp ships steward teaches beginner
the ropes Ronald Sinner and Brian Rlk
ZOO
ROYAL WEDDING" 1851. Merry musical
romance with lovely dances by Astaire and
good chirpins by Jane Powell. Also Peter
Lawford. 2:30-
BELOVED BACHELOR" 1881. A sculptor
adopts little girl who. years later. battles
a rival for his love- Fair eomedy-drama. Paul
Iukas ana Dorothy JORDAN. 5:UU-9
WHITE WITCH DOCTOR" 1853 About an
American nurse who hopes to establish
medical mission among Afriea's Bakuba
tribesmen Susan Hayward and Robert
Mitchum. 300
SITTING PRETTY" le4s. First and best of
the hilarious Mr.. BeVedere group. Clifton
Webb. 11:00-5
"SHE'S WORKING HER WAY THROUGH COL
lEGE." 1852. burlesque queen goes to
college. The best thing about this movie is
the dancing. Virginia Mayo and Gene Nelson.
lilo
"BH0WANI JUNCTION." 1856. tFirst-Run)
Anti-British violence erupts around an Anglo
Indian girl and British army officer in
postwar Pakistan. Ava Gardner and Stewart
Granger. Ills
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-09

five planets have moved from the rare
and ominous lineup which started the
forebodings. With an eclipse of the
sun thrown in for good measure, it is
no wonder that the astrologers had a
field day over the week end.
But who are we to make light of
doomsday forecasts in an era marked
by mans mastery of means to destroy
himself and his civilization in some
nuclear doomsday of his own making?
Nor would we have to await another
century or so for similar conjunction
of the planets. An accidental triggering
of intercontinental missiles might do
the job effectively and quickly, not to
mention the dreaded possibility of a
calculated attack in some cataclysmic
Armageddon. In short, as long as men
and nations continue their race for
atomic superiority, the forecasts Of the
aStrologers conceivably could come true
in the end-that is, the end of the world
as we know it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-09
'ShieIdinq' the Censors

The President has done the right
thing, we believe, in invoking the doc
trine Of executive privilege to prevent
questioning of individual speech censors
by the Stennis subcommittee. We also
believe, however, that the subcommittee
was justified in insisting upon it's right
to question these individuals unless the
constitutional doctrine should be in
voked.
Speaking for the Defense Depart
rnent, Secretary Mcnamara had ad-
vanced persuasive reasons for his unwill-
ingneSs to subject the censors to
subcommittee questioning. In brief, he
said that they were acting pursuant to
his instructions, that their testimony
was not necessary to the conduct of the
inquiry, that he assumed personal
responsibility for deletions made in
speeches, and that it would make for
poor administration for him, in effect,
to pass the buck to his subordinates.
In the absence of claim of execu-
tive privilege, however, it seems obvious
that it was for the subcommittee, not
Mr.. Mcnamara, to decide what was
desirable and necessary in the pursuit
Of its investigation. To yield this func-
ton to witness, no matter how good
his intentions, could serve only to
weaken If not undermine Congress-
important investigative function. There
fore, we think Chairman Stennis and
his subcommittee had ample reason to
stand their ground-despite the obvious,
though somewhat ineXplicable, reluc-
tance of Mr.. Mcnamara and the Presi-
dent to invoke doctrine which has
been used many times in the past by
other Presidents
Mr.. Kennedy has served notice that
this same doctrine will be invoked in
the case of the State Department cen
sors, and the Justification, we think, is
no less strong. OF course, this may
hamper the attempt to show that cen
sorship in some instances was unwar-.
ranted. It is our belief, however, that
the errors were errors Of judgment, not
the product Of some sinister design.
And the remedy, it seems to US, is not
to call names, but to improve necessary
censorship procedures. Consequently,
nothing is gained when the President
suggests that the subcommittee wanted
to subject the cenSors to "harassment,"
or when Senator Thurmond accuses Mr..
Kennedy and Mr.. Mcnamara of plan
ming to shield the censorS behind the
Executive Fifth Amendment"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-09
COURAGE In Finland

F1nlandS voters nave once again
displayed the same stubborn courage
that has marked that small nations
relations since 1917 with neighboring
and vastly more powerful Communist
Russia With a record 81.27 per cent of
those eligible casting their ballots, the
electorate has swung the balance of
parliamentary power away from the
left-wing parties, of which the Commu-
mist is the largest, to give parties of the
center and the right the seats needed to
control the government.
Returns of the Sunday-Monday
voting show that the centrist Agrarian
Party of recently reelected President
Kekkonen gained seven seats to give it
total of SIS, the largest bloc in the 200
man legislature. At the same time the
Liberal and Conservative Parties, both
to the right of center, made smaller
gains, while the Communists dropped
three places and the left-leaning So
cial Democrats and Socialists suffered
a net loss of ten. In the Parliament
which President Kekkonen dissolved last
fall, the leftist combination totaled 101
seats, bare majority which tolerated
but always threatened the minority
Agrarian government. There is a pros
pect now that President Kekkonen may
strengthen his position further by in
viting representatives of other right or
center parties into his cabinet
This display of voter sentiment does
not mean, of course, that the Finnish
government has been given a mandate
to "talk tough" to the Soviet Union
That would be foolhardy in tiny coun-
try so clearly under threat of military
or economic pressure, and with the in
ternal Communist Party still large and
we'll organized. Mr.. Kekkonen has based
his foreign policy on neutrality in the
cold war, although he explained pub
licly during visit to Washington last
October that this neutrality is more a
way of resolving a security problem
(posed by the Soviet Union) than an
theological attitude. Only by fragrant
intervention and intimidation could
Moscow now attempt to veto the in
dorsement given to the realism and in
dependence displayed by President Kek-
konen and his Agrarian Party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-09
Strike!

I must confess to a selfish
interest in the article and pic
lures entitled big Game for
Little Players" which ap-
peared in the January 81
issue of Sunday, The Star
Magazine.
However, my interest was
far from being entirely self
ish. I saw it. too, as a parent
and as an appreciative long
time subscriber to The Star,
which to me not only is q
great newspaper. but a Wash
ington institution.
The children's bowling fea-
ture, with its excellent pres
entation. was just another
example Of The Stars con-
sistent enterprise in abetting
activities healthful to the
community.
Please believe me when I
say that our children's pro-
gram is dear to all of us at
the Bethesda Bowling Center
for other than business rea-
sons.
I am certain that the 48
businessmen of Bethesda who
sponsor the program, and the
children'S parents, join me in
this expression of apprecia-
ton.
Pat TrOianO.
Proprietor, Bethesda Bowling
Center.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-09
Communication in SPACE

In his identical letters to Vice Pres
ident Johnson and Speaker Mccormack,
President Kennedy has drawn bright
picture of what mankind can expect in
the field Of communications telephone,
telegraph, radio and television) through
the use of earth-orbiting vehicles in
space. AS he has put it, our research
and development "have brought us to
the point where we are now certain of
the technical feasibility of transmitting
messages to any part of the world by
directing them to satellites for relay"
and he has predicted that such system
will shower invaluable" economic, edu-
cational and political benefits on peoples
everywhere.
Accordingly, the President has en-
closed with his letters draft legislation
"a measure of immense long-range i'm
portance"-designed to bring this gilt
tering promise to fulfillment in the rela-
lively near future. Among other things,
although it would impose understand
ably strict governmental controls on
many operations Cncluding the launch
ing of spacecraft), the proposed bill
would establish the whole undertaking
as a profit-making private enterprise.
That is to say, several American COM
panies now competing in communica-
lions would be partners Of sorts in run
ming the potentially revolutionary bust
ness, which would be known as the
Communications Satellite Corporation"
These partners, however, although
they would be owners of stock in the
corporation, would receive no cash divi-
dendS, nor would their holdings entitle
them to the customary voting rights of
people who possess securities. But the
individual American investor, under the
legislation proposed by Mr.. Kennedy,
would have such rights if he owned any
shares "a total of ST billion Is to be
offered to the public at price of 81 900
per share) in the project, which Mr.
Kennedy has rightly described as a
thing of vital Importance to both our
national and international interests and
policies" Certainly it is project full Of
great entialities-enough so that our
country has every reason to carry it out
with the utmost speed and vigor.
All this, to be sure, is not so simple
as it may seem at first glance, and the
President has taken due note of that
fact. Among other things, for example,
there is the problem of working out CO.
operative arrangements with countries
like the Soviet Union to safeguard the
Communications Satellite Corporation"
against interference of type that could
L. l.
for reasons best known to itself, will re-
fuse to collaborate and thus make
things difficult for the projected corpo-
ration. Even so, something like the
Presidents proposed legislation deserves
prompt and favorable action in Con-
greSs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-09
House-Hunter?

Alexei Adzhubei. on his sec
ond visit to the U. s. A. in
less than six months, brought
the little woman" along this
time.
Mr.. K. Mr.. Adzhubei's
father-in-law, told us our
grandchildren would live I'M
der socialism. He also stated
that, 1--WE cannot expect
Americans to jump from cap
italism to communism, but
we can assist their elected
leaders In giving Americans
small doses of socialism, I'M
til they awake to find they
have communism"
With the very evident Com
munist gains abroad and the
large doses Of socialism the
Kennedy administration
stands for and will stop at
nothing to ram through Con-
gress, one cannot help WON
dering If the little woman"
is house hunting.
Ruth C. Bales.
Louisville, XIV,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-09

Tor doing 1t and the way
in which it is done" And art
gains thereby.
These thoughts, impalpa-
BILE when stated in summary,
are demonstrated most spe-
officially in analyses of the
writings Of Yeats, lola,
Shelley, Flaubert, Ibsen and
others, and several paintings
by Delraux.
The second major thesis
concerns the application of
Freudian and ost-Freudian
concepts to life and art, espe-
cially those involving the
Oedipus complex and its sub
Sequent reversal, for ito re-
verse or overcome the avoid
ance of the female ds
essentiaD before adult re-
production becomes possible"
THESE THOUGHTS are
the point of departure for a
series Of analyses Of art and
literature-and Of social his
tory for that matter-in
Freudian "hard-centred"
terms. DR.. Comfort is funda-
mentally hostile to impor-
tant aspects of western cul-
ture which operate a selec-
tive censorship against nor
mality." Its erotic books
therefore deal, as a rule,
not with love but with hate,
the cult OF sexual and gen.
eral violence, and the ghoul-
iSh."
This "selective censorship
against normality" is ap-
parently at its root a failure
to make appropriate Oedipal
reversal. The naked lady"
Of the title is the SYM
Dol of Hindu iconography,
more particularly of the
erotic sculpture of several
10th century temples. THE
temple builders capitalized
-. human Oedipal responses
as a source Of energy-we do
likewise. but in a reverse
sense; their theology got its
motive power from the res
olution of the Oedipal fear,
ours from the anxiety it
generates"
DR.. Comfort avoids a simple
statement Of recommended
tons, but it seems clear that
what he proposes is "a scien-
tific, hard-centred culture
with strong erotic interests"
There is a good deal of
admittedly speculative ma
terial in the book. Further
more. virtually all readers
will take exception to some
violently overStated obiter
dicta. There are probably the
unavoidable incidentals of a
most unorthodox position,
and the reader must be as
cautious about overestimat-
ing their Importance to the
basic argument as about &C
cepting them uncritically.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-09
WATCHING THE WORLD
Helping q New Nation Not Easy
BY CROSBY S. MOVE.
Foreign Correspondent Of The stsr

ways has run UP q net loss
estimated at about $40 mil
lion. And President Nkru-
nah. somewhat disenchanted
by his experiment In global
transportation, Is reported
dickering to trade-in his
Illyushins for farm equip
ment.
Besides the airline fiasco,
q rather impressive amount
Of money has been squan-
dered on prestige" enter
priseS of one kind or another
and imposing buildings. Ac-
cra's Black Star Square, with
its triumphal arches and huge
reviewing stands, was COM
pleted in time for the recent
visit Of Queen Elizabeth at
a cost Of over 50 million.
Since achieving its independ-
ence in 1947. Ghana's foreign
exchange reserves have dwin-
died from nearly $500 mil
lion to less than $3.50 mil
lion today. But fortunately
for DR.. Nkrumah there has
been no lack of investment
capital eagerly thrust upon
him by interested outsiders.
Profit From Cold War
Indeed, Ghanians, who are
the first to denounce the
evils of the cold war, have
profited enormously by the
rivalry between East and
West. In the competition, the
Russians, it is encouraging
to note, have not been out
Standingly successful. Though
they have offered free ed
locations for 5000 Ghanian
students, only some 400 have
actually gone to Moscow,
against nearly 1000 training
in Western countries. The
major Russian success to date
is a newly announced agree
ment for construction of $40
miles of railroad linking
Ghana and the Upper Volta
at a cost of some $45 mil
lion.
Far more important to the
economic development of the
country is the Western
backed Volta River project
which. when completed six
years from now, will provide
Ghana with an important
aluminium industry and in
crease the country's present
electrical output 20 times. Be-
tween them the United
States. Britain and the In
ternational Bank have put
up some $198 million in loans
and guarantees toward the
construction of the 2,100-
foot dam and aluminium
Smelter.
AS most Western diplo-
mats here see it, the Volta
project, accepted by Wash
ington after considerable hes
itation. is the best insurance
against Ghana and other
like-minded countries in Af-
RIGA hitching themselves too
closely to the Russian star.
It is also, in terms Of
African ambitions, a type Of
political and economic in
vestment vitality needed in
this part of the world. "You
can call it a bride, I
suppose" said one diplomat
philosophically. But as long
as it pays off, it will be we'll
worth it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-09
Protests Bad Turn

I have written to the
Maryland Roads Commission
protesting about the sharp
turn from Bradley lane di-
rectly onto Brookville road.
I received a polite white
wash from them stating that
not enough people had COM
planned about it!
Therefore, I am writing
this letter in the hope Of
stirring up some action. It
is a very difficult turn into
Brookville road and some
one is going to have an &C
cident if something isn't done
to correct this condition.
How about writing letters
to the commission, you Be-
thesdanS and Chevy Chasites!
julius s. Piver, MD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-09
Military Censorship

The key questions in the
military censorship contro-
versy are: What are the
guidelines, who established
the guidelines, and what Is
the background of the CEN
sors and their superiors?
I have the uneasy feeling
that the speeches of our
top military men are subject
to foggy-minded caprices Of
weak-willed State Depart
ment types.
President Kennedy should
take immediate steps to
spread on the record the
guidelines given the censors
and their superiors as well
as the backgrounds of both.
c. T. Hellmuth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-09
Riqht to Vote

Am I not as a citizen of
the United States entitled
to life, liberty, and the pur-
suit Of happiness" as we'll as
certain inalienable rights?
Can my right of franchise be
denied to me because of a
lack of education or an in
ability to pass a literacy
test through no fault of my
own? AS an American, I think
not, unless Americans, less
American than myself, deny
me this right, deeming to do
so for the progress of their
party rather than for the
protection Of the United
States.
In the 1864 election the
voices of various influential
ethnic groups will be most
important in determining the
outcome. The 18th Amend
ment of the Constitution
states: THE right of citizens
of the United States to vote
shall not be denied or abridged
by the United States or by
any State on account of race,
color or previous condition
of servitude." Senators Dirk
sens and Mansfield's pro-
posal to make a sixth-grade
education qualification to
vote, therefore, is an effort to
circumvent this amendment
in hopes of denying a sector
OF the American population
its right to vote for obvious
political purposes.
Liberty and the pursuit of
happiness" are also involved
in this state of affairs. Deny
ing one the liberty of fran
chise would most certainly
simultaneously usurp ones
pursuit Of happiness, since a
constituents welfare depends
upon those whom he chooses
for public office.
Joan C. Hesse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-09
Until No Longer a Menace

In ordering the Imprisonment of
convicted kidnap-killer Joseph H. Alvey
until he is no longer a menace to
society,"" Federal Judge Roszel c. Thorn
sen was mindful of the fact that Alvey's
conviction in an earlier child-molesta-
ton case did not keep him behind bars
long enough to prevent him from COM
hitting the Condetti atrocity. Although
Alvey ordinarily would be eligible for
parole after serving only Is years of his
life sentence, the court justifiably rec
commended against the prisoners release
until the parole board is certain that
he will never be danger to our children
or our children's children"
There was no question Is the minds
of the jurors as to Alvey's guilt in the
November, 1860, abduction and Staying
of seven-year Michael Condetti in
nearby Maryland. And others who fol-
lowed the damaging case built up by
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
could have no doubt that Alvey COM
mitted the crime. In effect, Alvey con-
yicted himself when he re-enacted the
KIDNAPPING and fatal attack on the boy
for the information of FBI agents who
had arrested him. During that re-enact-
inent he pointed out store to which
he had taken the boy before setting off
by bus for what proved to be the murder
scene. And nobody knew about the
store angle except FBI investigators and
the actual kidnaper.
The crime was solved by relentless
and painstaking Investigations by the
FBI and cooperating local authorities
a good example of effective law enforce
ment by all concerned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-09
Mission to Moscow

OdVlu hdWreIlCe, discussing
a growing image of an adj
ministration policy of
whats good for the political
machine is good for Ameri-
ca" raised this point:
Why were our established
diplomatic CHI annelS by
passed to suddenly send the
Presidents press secretary
who neither speaks Russian
nor has had experience in the
foreign service - to under
take direct negotiations with
a top Soviet personality ION
the matter of exchanging
television and other Soviet
information programs"
Exactly. And this brings
up another question. Why do
we even consider bringing
Communist TV information"
programs into millions of
American homes in the midst
of a political campaign year
in the first place? Most Of us
want to make intelligent de-
ciSionS on what is best for
our country. Issues are con-
fused and difficult enough
to understand without hav-
ing to worry about the pos
sibility of Red noses on our
TV to boot.
Our Secretary of State has
just warned that the Reds are
stepping up a concentrated
drive to "subvert" the West
ern Hemisphere throug h
propaganda and other meth
DDS. According to Webster's,
this would mean an about
effort to undermine our
principles cause our
downfall :" and so on.
1t would seem more to the
point to have some Soviet
information" programs of our
own on TV. The kind, for
example, that delve deep
into the methods the willy
Commies have used so sue
cessfully to capture and hold
one third of mankind behind
policed walls of one kind or
another.
Lila d. Sonnemann.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-09
Public Service

When wallets are lost Cor
stolen and only the money is
wanted, if the wallets Cus-
ually containing papers
and Identification cards val
liable only to the owner are
deposited in mailboxeS, the
Post Office will see to it that
they are returned to their
owners. The owner may have
a very hard time replacing
the identification cards, pic
lures, keys, etc, and because
of this be delighted to have
the wallet returned even
though the money has been
extracted.
Anxious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-09
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry Driters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used will be
returned only when accom- =
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.