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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02

ing Wendell Paris letter. I
am a 17-year-old boy seek
ing employment who is also
a member Of a minority
group. I am Jewish.
I have been interviewed by
Negroes and Negroes were
hired by them in preference
to me. Were they just as well
qualified or was I being dis
eliminated against?
For a father and an edu-
Gator to say, II could give
him no tangible proof that
there was a reward for juve-
nile decency" is not only
shocking, it is immoral. I
have walked the streets of
this town many times in
search Of work and not once
was I tempted to turn to
crime for I was taught that
decency has its own reward.
1t is tough to be a Negro. But
it is tough to be a member Of
any minority group.
After looking once, I Just
went out and started to look
some more. Discrimination is
a terrible thing, but let us
not lose our sense Of values.
Mitchell Levin.
= y 4 +
I read the agonizing letter
of the heart-broken Negro
father whose son, after a
whole day of looking for work
came home empty-handed
The cruelest blow of all to
father and son came, it
seems, when the boy was told
at several places, they pre-
ferred to hire white people.
This fine, outstanding CO.
lored boy is, I am sure, de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02

he Is taxing IL up because ne
must. And he Is taking
something else. too con-
siderable risk.
For nothing among the
present realities in Congress
suggests that, tough" PreSi-
Dental line or not, he viii
be able to win as many legis-
lative innings from here on
out this year as he will lose.
Thus he Is putting all his
prestige on the line in a game
which, on any cold reckoning;
he has not too much chance
to win.
Reverse Course
Some Of his more con-
sentative advisers have long
thought that once the really
big things were out Of the
way-foreign aid, the foreign
trade program and whatever
tax measures he might be
able to get-he would be wise
to look the other way and let
Congress quietly forget about
medical care and the like for
this year.
Now, however, he has COM
mitted himself to the reverse
course, in a public demand
that Congress not only stay
on the job indefinitely but
that it act right across the
board on a whole range OF
controversial items. The Pres
ident who used to be so
scrupulously careful to say
that Congress business was
largely only Congress busi-
ness now says quite plainly
that it is his business, too,
IN the most intense way.
All this is likely to mean
that If he campaigns this fall
in aid of Democratic candi-
dates, he already will have
foreclosed any opportunity to
point with anything like to-
tai pride to the existing DEM
ocratic Congress. Indeed, how
he is going to avoid actually
viewing with some alarm is
hard to see; for he is be-
coming increasingly and
openly critical of the con-
sentative wing Of his own
party.
And nothing that can con-
ceivably happen in the Con-
gressional elections can do
more than dent the power
Of that wing, which, In an
other year, is not likely to
take a certain measure of
revenge upon him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02
NucIeur Tests

Although the current nu-
clear testing in the Pacific
has been ordered with great
reluctance on the part Of the
administration, the casual
disdain with which these ex-
periments are being reported
to the world is a bit fright
ening. When a proposed at
mospheric defamation Of a
nuclear device assumes the
proportions Of a man-in-
space launching, when the
morbidly curious are apa-
thetic to the lessons Of an
atomic holocaust, when a
failure to spawn a lethal
cloud is termed "a national
embarrassment" by irrespon-
sible segments Of a well-in-
formed citizenry, then the
fearsome specter is not so
much the explosion as the
moral erosion that would
threaten again to destroy the
best of mans hopes.
Ralph Cohen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02
Who's Intimidoted?

When the 10th Congress convened
on January 8, 1889, two of its fresh
man" Republican members in the
House were Karl E. Mundt of South
Dakota and Carl T. Curtis of Nebraska.
In the years since, both have served
to the satisfaction of their constituents
and have moved on to seats in the Sem
ate. Neither is running for reelection
until 1865.
Appropriately, again in the interests
of their constituents, both have been
alert to "the farm problem" and, as
it happens, they are the minority mem
bers Of what is called the Senate Per-
manent Subcommittee on investigations,
currently headed by Democratic Sena-
tor Mcclellan of Arkansas. It is only fair
to assume that both Mr.. Mundt and
Mr.. Curtis, in the light of their long
tenure in elective office, have become
experienced and sophisticated in the
ways of political life.
AS of now, the Mcclellan committee
is probing the get-rich-quick career of
one Billie Sol Estes Of Texas, whose
make-it-yourself money seems to have
its origin largely in dealings with the
Department of Agriculture. Understand
ably, this has put the Secretary of Ag-
riculture, Democratic Orville Freeman,
somewhere close to "the spot" and
neither Mr.. Mundt nor Mr.. Curtis should
be misunderstood in their apparent in
tereSt in making little partisan polit-
ical hay out of the matter. But per-
hapS Mr. Freeman, or at least his loyal
aides, should not be misunderstood for
taking defensive action.
In this case, an aide of Mr.. Free
man, with or without the knowledge Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02
Safety Belt Edict

ACCORDING 10 1ne SCdr,
VirginianS will soon be told
to have installed, or COM
PEELED by the State to pur-
chase. safety belts for all
automobiles Of 1868 and sub
sequent year models. That is,
If they expect to pass the
safety inspection and there
by drive their automobile.
After reading of this law
I fail to see the reasoning
behind it. I can understand
the need for workable brakes,
headlights, good tires, horn
or windshield wipers because
the failure Of any Of these
could be the cause Of damage
to innocent second parties or
public property. But why
the need for safety belts?
Whether an automobile own
er has or does not have,
wears or does not wear q
safety belt, does not jeop-
ardize public property or the
potential victim Of his reck-
lessness assuming he is
without passengers). Rather.
it seems that the absence Of
a safety belt jeopardizes only
himself. Therefore, has not
the State, in effect. decided
to protect the car-owner
from himself? What about
the man who doesn't want
this protection, or the man
who simply does not want
safety belts? Looks like you
have had it, Virginians. 1t
isn't your choice anymore.
Granted safety belts are
effective, they m ay save
lives, and no one doubts the
advantages of having them
or do they2 Too late. my
friends with the personal
property tax, the State has
commanded. MY question to
the "Virginians" then, is not
whether your law is good,
but is it just?
Marylander.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02
THE PASSING SCENE
Kennedys AmiobiIity Is Changing
By WILLIAM S. WHIT

President Kennedy's atti-
tude toward Congress is
turning for the first time
from the velvet glove ap-
proach to something akin
to challenge and criticism.
From Inauguration Day up
to now his general stance has
been one of amiable under
standing toward both polit-
ical friends and enemies on
Capitol Hill, where he him
self spent his earlier career,
first as a member Of the
House and then Of the Sem
ate.
Hit hard in this or that
vote, he would make 1t clear
that while he certainly did
not enjoy the blow, he was
by nature forgiving and SYM
pathetic to the home prob
lens Of even the most rebel
lious of conservative Demo-
Gratis. He would only shake
his head and go on about his
business.
Shakes His Finger
Not so now. The President
no longer shakes his head in
mild regret. Instead he is
beginning to shake an adj
monishing finger-and at a
Congress which is officially
Democratic, though less and
less willing to follow his
leadership on welfare issues
while remaining pretty faith
full on most world issues.
Some Of this altered mood
no doubt would have come at
any rate, since this is a Con-
gresSional election year and
since the nature Of the politi-
cal animal is to become more
strident the nearer the ap-
proach Of any campaign test.
But the change in the Presi-
dents position is dictated by
more than the looming No
vember. His Congressional
opposition for the first time
drew real blood in the unex-
pected defeat in the House
Of his new farm program
and the opposition likes the
the taste. Losing the close
ones can become q habit, in
politics as in baseball, and
the President is concerned
that this particular habit
does not become ingrained.
Thus he is taking up a
tougher" line not primarily
from free choice and not even
primarily because Of the No
vember elections. Basically,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02

The understandable gr1ev-
ance Of Wendall A. Paris.
a respected member Of our
D. c. Public School system,
puts a finger on a serious
problem faced by young col
ored men in our Nations
Capital (and in many other
large cities of the Nation
tool, but makes no mention
of the cause of the problem
namely, there is an over
whelming over-supply of
Negro manpower, much Of it
unframed or trained for the
wrong kind of jobs.
But racial discrimination
is not the only kind of job
discrimination. I know some
white men in their fifties who
fought and bled for this Ma
ton in World War II (when
the present crop Of teen
ayers were in their diapers)
who have been laid off by
private industry and the Fed
eral Government and cannot
get work regardless of their
skills, their training and
their education. After years
of faithful service, they were
just turned out with nothing
more than their severance
pay. And their future is
pretty dark and hopeless be-
cause they are over so and
seemingly nobody wants
them any more. So let's not
shed too many tears in any
one place; no one race or re-
ligion has a monopoly on
misfortune.
Robert A. Mullen.
y 4 4 4
I was shocked after read
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02
Child Welfare

The League Of Women
Voters of the District of Co
lumbia CONNIE ends most
highly both the District
Commissioners and Mr.. Shea,
Director of Public Welfare,
for their new Aid to Depend
ent Children proposals, as
presented to the House Sub
committee on Appropria-
tons. We are delighted that
the District has now asked
to share in the Federal Aid
to Dependent Children of
Unemployed Parents pro-
gram.
It is most unfortunate,
however, that the subcom-
mittee has turned down
these proposals, along with
requests for other public
welfare improvements, ap-
parently because of both in
adequate cost estimates and
hostility Of subcommittee
members toward welfare
needs in this city.
Refusing to provide chill
dren with food, shelter, and
clothing in their own homes
will not make Washington
less a welfare city" It will
only insure that welfare ex-
penditures will not be made
under the public assistance
program where they can do
most good. Instead, these ex-
penditures will be made in
three times as expensive in
stitutional care, twice as ex-
pensive foster care for chill
dren; in medical treatment
for illnesses resulting from
malnutrition and physical
and emotional neglect; in
supporting police, courts, and
correctional institutions to
repress activity of human
beings made desperate by
want.
The money will go out Of
the pockets Of victims Of
larceny or their insurance
companies. 1t will go to pay
housing inspectors who can
not stem the tide Of over
crowding and other housing
violations because families
cannot pay rent for decent
quarters. It will go to sup
port. future generations of
damaged, inadequate human
beings who. as children,
never stayed in 'one home
long enough to attend one
school regularly, enough to
obtain continuity in educa-
ton; whose parents were so
overwhelmed by the prob
lens of keeping a roof over
their heads sand fighting
hunger that they had
neither time, energy, nor
hope to help their children
develop toward a better
future.
To save families from
restitution, despair, and dis
indignation is what our col
lective conscience requires
and is also an eminently
sound investment in the flu
ture. The community owes
its heartfelt thanks to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02
Doctors PIiqht

Thomas E. M ttingly,
MD, after contributing to
the United Negro College
fund, supporting the aboli-
ton of racial covenants, the
indignation Of our public
schools, the admission Of
Negro doctors to the medical
society, and the indignation
of our hospitals. now finds
that because he apparently
has not gone far enough to
suit the colored residents Of
his neighborhood, he is being
needed and prosecuted by
the lawless racists of a Negro
majority, simply because he
is taking the position that
he, and he alone, shall have
the right to choose or reject
those whom he will serve.
The good Doctor Mating
ly should now make an APP
plication to the NAACP for
q crying towel.
r.. M, Shank,
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was set aside. The others
were not punished even to
that extent.
Mr.. Thomas is properly
bitter about this. "a grocer
on the jury that convicted
Mayor) Schmitz suffered a
permanent falling-off in BUSH
ness amounting to $500 q
week. Charles Boxton "a
member Of the Board of
Supervisory was relieved of
his teaching position and saw
his dental practice dwindle.
These were a few Of those
who paid the price of the
struggle.
ION the other hand, none
OF the indicted corporation
officials lost caste socially or
forfeited the esteem Of the
commercial community"
THE TRIALS induced San
Franciscans to elect a reform
mayor In 1908. Across the
continent The Star remarked:
1T remains to be seen how
San Francisco, having purged
itself Of its corruption and
given evidence Of q desire to
continue the good work (of
the trials, win hold UP un-
der the test of protracted
performance"
This seems cautious to a
fault. But The Star was
right; at the next election a
group closely associated with
the presumably discredited
grafters came into power.
and the trials languished and
died. Two years of civic virtue
had been enough.
Mr.: Thomas exposition of
the confused and confusing
history Of the period is as
clear as q carefully con-
structed outline. He has used
some older secondary material
as guides, but has turned to
newspaper files and court
records for most Of his ma
terial. AS a result, the books
clarity is matched by its vi
witness. Sometimes the moral
implications Of the story are
explicit; more often they are
implicit. They neither inter-
fere with the inherent excite
ment Of the situation nor is
this excitement permitted to
override them. The book, in
short, is a complete success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condeDSG-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
Profile of Slick Political Boss
By DONALD MINTZ

ADEBONAIR SCOUNDREL
An Episode In the Moral His
tory Of San Francisco by
Lately Thomas. 422pp., illus.
Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
$5.95.
The great San Francisco
earthquake and fire took
place on April IS, 1906. And
at Just about the same time,
the city was rocked by a Sc
ries Of political shocks that
was not to end until nearly
four years later.
These tremorS were caused
by the investigation Of graft
in high places and the trials
that followed. At the center
was Abraham Ruef, the poll
tical boss Of the city and the
principal subject Of Lately
Thomas "a Debonair Scoun-
drel."
In the course Of the pro-
ceedings, these things hap
pened: Ruef had himself APP
pointed District Attorney.
apparently with the idea Of
prosecuting his own indict-
ment though he could not
make the appointment hold;
the Court Of Appeals and the
Supreme Court set aside q
number of convictions and
indictments on grounds too
specious to be even partly
credible; the prosecutor was
shot; his assailant committed
suicide or was murdered in
his jail cell; the Southern
Pacific Railroad virtually
set up its own chain Of news
papers to attack the prose-
cution; jurymen were lamp
cred with; q reform police
chief fell from a police launch
into San Francisco Bay I'M
der mysterious circumstance
and was drowned.
THIS is FAR from a COM
plete list of the tangled
maze Of improbabilities
through which Mr.. Thomas
has made his way. It does
little more than give some
slight idea Of the fantastic
moral and financial corrup-
ton that set the tone Of ths
great city in the early years
Of our century.
On the other side, there
was a dedication fully a.
great. Francis j. Heney, who
served as special prosecutor
worked without pay. The in
vestigation that made thu
trials possible was privatel!
financed by Rudolph Spree
kels and the detective worl
was done by William j
Burns and his men. The city
and State contributed almoS
nothing except q few homes
and courageous judges. BuI
this in itself was more thar
q small blessing.
Spreckels, Henry and Ere.
mont Older, editor of thu
crusading San Francisco Bull
letin, were well aware tina
there was more to this thar
q question of general ethic'
and the proper use of au'
thority. The political bos'
and the city fathers tool
graft but the money CAM
from the wealthiest and mos
respectable citizens, men in
terested in things like stree
car franchises and utilit.
rates.
But wealth put one abovI
the law, for the indicted
millionaires represented per
sonal or corporate wealth ex
ceeding $500 million, it wa
estimated" Only one of thes'
men, Louis Glass, vice presi
dent of the Pacific Telephon'
& Telegraph Company, wa
convicted and that conviction
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02

@. Is the name Of the
Great Charter spelled Magma
Carta or Charta?-P. H.
A. Both forms have been
in common use, but 'tCarta"
is now the official spelling.
On May 9, 1916, the House
of Lords decided to drop the
letter al" after learning that
it did not appear In the
original document which was
signed at Runnymede IN
1915.
@. What kind Of medical
preparation is a cerate2--
Y.B.
A. Cerates are ointment
like preparations made some
what more solid by the addi-
ton Of wax Cor waxlike sub
stances) as a stiffening
agent. They may be spread
at ordinary temperatures
upon cloth, and applied to
the skin in much the same
way as plasterers. They
soften but do not melt when
so applied. 20 X
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02

present Board of Commits
sioners for its forward look
ing action.
Let us hope that new and
accurate program cost esti-
mates will impel the appro-
priations committees to fol-
low the Commissioners lead.
Mrs. Richard C. SimOns0n.
President, D. c. League o
Women Voters
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By THE HASKIN SERVICE

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East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1962-12-27

DEAR GORDON: Please
don't worry. Everything worked
out fine. We found just the
place we wanted. All the better
realtors advertise here.
Evening star., 1962-10-06
Indonesiun
Fete Held

The Indonesian Embassy
was the scene of a party last
evening that had several rea-
sons for being given.
The first and most import
ant reason was the celebra-
ton of the 18th anniversary
of the Indonesian Armed
Forces and the second was to
say hail and farewell to some
of the embassy service staff.
Hosts at the 7 to 9 pm. re-
ception and buffet were the
three service attaches and
their wives, the Military At
tache and Mrs. S. Soerjoser-
arso, the Air Attache and
Mrs. S. Sarjanto and the
Naval Attache and Mrs.
Budojo. The latter couple are
leaving shortly for their
home land.
The party also honored the
departing Assistant Military
Attache and Mrs. MunJhe
and his new replacement,
Mai. and Mrs. Hartomo.
Evening star., 1962-10-06
Ambassador
Is Honored

The French Ambassador
and Mrs. Alphand enter
tanned at a dinner last eve
ming in honor of the new
United States Ambassador to
France and Mrs. Charles E.
Bohlen.
The black tie party took
place at the Embassy.
Guests included Secretary
of the Treasury and Mrs. c.
Douglas Dillon, Attorney
General and Mrs. Robert F.
Kennedy, Undersecretary Of
State and Mrs. George w.
Ball, Director of the Central
Intelligence agency and Mrs.
John A. McCone and Assist
ant Secretary of State and
Mrs. Averell Hartman.
Others we're Mrs. r. Sar-
gent Shriver, jr., and Mrs.
Stephen E. Smith, sisters of
the President; Assistant Sec
retary of State and Mrs. Will
liam R. Tyler. Gen. Godfrey
McHugh. Air Force Aide to
the President. Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Oxenburg and Mr..
Carter Brown of the National
Gallery of Art.
Evening star., 1962-10-06
Opera Season Rapport

to house the modern repro
ductions of ancient Peruvian
art. The artist who created
the original work was sent
to Peru under the old Point
Four program.
Other Trustees
Proud of "her children" as
she calls them was Mrs. Con-
stance Mellen, costume de-
signer for the company. She
is also the company second
vice president and assistant
manager of the company.
Other trustees were presi-
dent, Hobart A. Spalding,
Mrs. John F. Simmons, and
husband, former Chief of
Protocol; Mr.. Oscar Cox with
Mrs. Cox and their son. War
rem. The Coxes were hosts at
a pre-opera dinner party at
their home.
Opera director Bliss He
bert, technical director James
Waring and chorus master
John Moriarty received ac-
colades for the smooth per-
formance. New to her job is
Miss Ruth Hider, here just a
month as a Ford Foundation
administrative intern.
Evening star., 1962-10-06
Social Contacts Warm to Occasion

Fritz Shepherd, aunt and
uncle of astronaut Alan
Shepherd, jr., whose family
are old friends.
Frequent Stories
A raconteur with a new
story a minute, Mrs. Ching
had one for Commissioner of
Patents David l.. Ladd. No
telling what it's raison d'etre,
but the invention she de-
scribed was probably still in
the mill after 20 years ac-
cording to Undersecretary
Guderman.
Others from the music
world included Mrs. Howard
Mitchell, wife of the National
Symphony Director. He is
too busy with rehearsals for
his own opening program to
be able to attend many par
ties. With her came her son,
Glenn whose wife, Sylvia,
daughter of the Austrian
Ambassador, was home with
a cold.
The Berckemeyers' collec-
ton of art objects worked in
silver and wood repeatedly
will have a new home in Peru.
A museum is being planned
Evening star., 1962-10-06

Kennedy, Mrs. Douglas said
that she held great hope that
the necessary funds will be
raised although she believes
it may be long, difficult job.
Guest at Supper
Mrs. Douglas, who had
dined earlier with Federal
Aviation Agency Administra-
tor and Mrs. Najeeb E. Hal
aby and Mrs. John Gates,
was among those who went
on to the home of Peruvian
Ambassador and Mrs. Bercke-
meyer for supper after the
performance.
Undersecretary of Com
merce and Mrs. Edward
Gudeman were also guests.
With them was their son,
Stephen, in his second year
of postgraduate work at
Kings College in England,
where he will soon return.
He is studying to be an an
thropologist.
Mrs. Cyrus S. Ching, wife
of the former United States
labor counciliator and both
a trustee of the society and
an officer of its woman's
board, told of an upcoming
visit from Mr.. and Mrs.
Evening star., 1962-10-06
Boches- -PoIinqer

Mr.. and Mrs. oscar L. Pol
niger of Takoma Park an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Brenda Jean, to
Mr.. Frank M. Boches. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward M. Bo-
ches of Dorchester, Mass.
The wedding took place Au-
gust 10 at Congregation Har
Tzeon, Silver Spring. TIL e
couple are living in West
Hartford, Conn.