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Evening star., 1962-01-04
Matter of Tactics

AS recently as last week, the news
reports had President Kennedy all set
to side-step Congress and create a
Cabinet-level Department of Urban
Affairs and Housing through his own
powers of reorganization. Now, only
few days later, the forecasting cards
have been reShuffled. This weeks
word, as attributed widely to reliable"
sources, is that Mr.. Kennedy in fact is
quite content to leave the question of
the controversial new Cabinet post to
Congress. =
All this is quite fascinating, of
course, if somewhat indefinite, as a
matter of presidential congressional
maneuvering. And even more fasci-
mating are some of the reasons which
are cited to justify the twists and turns
of top-level policy.
According to the latest version, for
example, the President is escheWing the
reorganization route to attain an
Urban Department because he has been
assured" that Congress will pass the
legislation already before it. Well, as
welcome as this might sound to him, we
imagine that Mr.. Kennedy takes such
assurances" with grain of salt. For
despite its approval by committees in
both the House and Senate, the urban
bill by most accounts has a troublesome
route yet to travel, particularly in the
company of Southern Congressman.
Among it's immediate hurdles, further
more, is the House Rules Committee,
the nature of whose reception is by no
means certain.
All the same, it will be understand
able if the reorganization powers in this
instance are not brought into play.
Their use would not assure success.
Nor would they avert controversy on the
floor of either the House or Senate, as
Mr.. Kennedy discovered with several of
the regulatory Reorganization
plans he sent to Congress in the last
session. Indeed, as the President we'll
knows, the use of this authority by the
executive has never particularly en-
thralled members of Congress. If, for
the sake of the rest of his program, he
can avoid needless irritations this early
in the session, he surely can be excused
for doing so.
Evening star., 1962-01-04

struction of basement that could be
converted for shelter purposes later.
But, according to the Governments
new fallout pamphlet, multimegaton
H-bomb would cause so much destruc-
tion within ten miles of the target area
that shelters within that area would
afford little or no protection and only
the SturdieSt of shelters would survive
on the outer fringes. And Washington
is certainly prime target for such
bomb. A shelter that would pro-
tect against fallout would be useful
outside the blast and firestorm zone,
the pamphlet says. But the Defense
Department proposes community shell
tiers, to be paid for at least in part
with Federal funds.
The whole program will be debated
at the forthcoming session of Con-
greSS. Until the Federal program is
more definite, the States and counties
cannot proceed with any intelligent
shelter plans of their own.
Evening star., 1962-01-04
The Non-ReIuctont Droqon

Although its significance can be
exaggerated, the fact is worth noting
that Moscow and Peiping continue to
be rather fiercely at theological odds.
More specifically, they seem to be
drifting farther and farther apart on
the issue of whether or not war is
preferable to peace in the age of
atomic-hydrogen weapons.
Thus, in his personal New Years
message to President Kennedy, Soviet
Premier KhruShchev has emphatically
declared that the Kremlin will "do
everything in its power in order to in
sure durable and lasting peace on our
planet" Beyond that, in special
statement addressed to a japanese
newspaper, he has affirmed that the
most urgent issue of our time
\ because it is an issue that "affectS the
destinieS of all the peoples of the world,
the destiny of every individuaI"-iS to
avoid war.
BY way of contrast, speaking
through the foreign ministry in Pei
ping and such party-line organs as
Red Flag, Mao Tze-tung and his Chi
neSe Communist regime have made
point of greeting the new year with
statements of the most bellicose kind.
Unlike their Soviet comrades" they
take decidedly dim view of the thesis
that war is not inevitable and that
peaceful coexistence is possible be-
tween our world and the world of
Marxist-LeniniSt totalitarianism. They
insist, instead, that communism's "moSt
noble international obligation" is to
stir up and support armed conflict
wars of "liberation"-against "imperi-
alist and colonialist" powers that will
not fall unless hit"
In sum, breathing fire, Red China
apparently finds it desirable to pro-
claim, with increasing frequency and
stridency, that it is anything but a
reluctant dragon when it comes to
starting or inviting war. After all, the
country will have population of close
to billion men, women and children
in the relatively near future, and the
Mao regime has been quoted as say
ing that even if 800 or 400 million of
these were destroyed in a test of arms
with the free world, Peiping's Com
muniSt tyranny would still triumph.
Nikita KhruShchev, on the other
hand, takes far more realistic view
of all-out nuclear and thermonuclear
warfare. He knows what such warfare
could do to the world at large, includ-
ing the Communist empire. The fact
that Red Peiping is nonetheless pro-
war must seem to him, not less than
to the rest of us, to be highly dis
turbing measure of the Mao regimes
bloodthirsty recklessneSs.
Evening star., 1962-01-04
Mr.. Boiling Yields

In statement notable for it's blunt
ness and candor, Representative Boiling,
liberal Democrat from Missouri, has
announced that he is bowling out of the
race for the majority leadership of the
House. AS he put it, IT do not have a
chance to win"
Barring some unforeseen develop
ment, this means that harmony, at
least of the surface variety, will prevail
When the House Democrats organize
next week. Representative Mccormack
OF Massachusetts will succeed the late
Sam Rayburn as Speaker. At one stage
OF the game some of the liberal eager
beavers were trying to head him off.
When the hopeleSSneSS of this under
taking became apparent even to it's
sponsors, however, they fell back and
regrouped for their second move-the
effort to install Mr.. Boiling as majority
leader instead of Representative Albert
OF Oklahoma, to whom the post is
scheduled to go. Now, with the collapse
or this project, the way has been cleared
for election of new Democratic House
team-Mr. Mccormack as Speaker, Mr..
Albert as majority leader, and, in all
probability, Hale Boggs of Louisiana as
party whip.
This does not mean that the con-
servatives are in control In the main,
the new leaders have supported the
Presidents program, and doubtless they
will continue to do so. What it does
mean is that the climate in the next
House session will not be congenial from
the point of view of the ultra liberals.
Time and energy will not be spent on
futile Light Brigade charges. Instead,
the men in charge will devote themselves
to practical politics-the art of the
possible
Evening star., 1962-01-04
Golden Glow

Twenty-Five hundred dol
lars for a lamp pole for the
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge!
My reaction to this is un-
printable. Why should I, or
anyone for that matter, be
'happy" to pay income taxes
when we know that a bunch
of artistic jerks are throwing
our money away like this?
This highway robbery dis
guised as art is the most
ridiculous thing I have ever
heard of. I just hope the
star on the pole is nice and
bright - to give some drunk
en- drivers something to aim
at. My disrespect to the Fine
Arts Commission.
Charles Goodman.
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How awful to erect such
extravagant lamps on the
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge
when money is needed for
school lunches and hungry
children.
Mrs. ]. Monroe Hewlett.
Evening star., 1962-01-04
ENis and SheiIuh

Sheilah Graham, who dis
penSes chitchat of the film
colony. never misses a chance
to write in derision and Scorn
of Elvis Presley. In her
Christmas Day comments she
was at it again, her contempt
directed at the card she had
received from the star.
While not of Presley's gen.
Grafton, I am from his State
and share the wholehearted
admiration of his fellow Ten
nesseanS for the many fine
qualities of the actor. Why
does not Miss Graham write
of the clean life this young
man leads amid the squalors
and degradations of Holly
wood; why can she not men
tion his devotion to his family
or tell of the gracious home
he gave his parents, and
which is still occupied by his
father and stepmother? She
could write of the beds Elvis
endowed in the hospital where
his mother died, the play
ground he equipped and gave
to a small Mississippi town.
Miss Graham could also point
out that Presley has never
been involved in scandal, he
has no multi-marriageS and
divorces to his credit Cor dis
credit, he has never been
hailed into court on charges
of woman-beating, drunken
ness or drug addiction. Only
recently Miss Graham's own
personal memoirs made the
best seller list month after
month, regaling the sensa-
tion seekers with spicy and
racy details of her life. She
is disqualified, I think. from
castigating a fellow being.
The SinatraS, the Fondas
and others can push their off
spring rapidly up the ladder
Of fame; Elvis had no big
name back of him, no such
ready made success waiting.
He was an exemplary soldier.
his name is his own and not
the freakish concoction of a
smart press agent. He is an
American product, not a
highly touted import whose
sole claim to fame lies on the
physical side instead of the
thespian. L. H. Baker.
Evening star., 1962-01-04
BeIoted Breakdown

The role of Governor Tawes in the
breakdown on Maryland savings and
loan scandals was a ready-made issue
for the bitter struggle now under way
for the Democratic gubernatorial nomi-
nation 1t is no surprise, therefore, that
both the Governor and his opponents
nave begun to squeeze from the con-
troversy the last drop of political cream.
AS his own troops proclaim, Mr.
Tawes last year created the commission
which drafted the present regulatory,
bill. He supported it's findings and, when
the bill was threatened by a petition
movement, convened an emergency SeS-
sion of the Legislature to enact it. Since
then, his administration has moved
swiftly against the shocking weaknesses
and, in other cases, the corrupt prac-
ticeS that flourished in the absence of
savings and loan regulation and con-
troll. His campaign manager also claims
that both Governor TaweS and Attorney
General Finan have rejected lobbyists
attempts" to subvert the new law.
Where Mr.. Tawes is vulnerable,
however, is in the belatedness of his
actions. For his opponents have valid
point when they say that some of the
scandalouS abuses now disclosed might
well have been shut off a full year
earlier if the Governor had not vetoed
the TydingS regulatory bill IN 1860. No
doubt the Tydings bill had defects,
as Governor Tawes insists in defense of
his veto. Yet this bill at least would
have set regulatory and investigative
machinery into motion IL months ear
lier on a stop-gap basis.
This was delay which the opponents
OF the Governor will not allow the voters,
to forget in the months ahead. Whether
their charges will be effective, however,
might well depend upon the vigor and
the results of the current enforcement
program. Despite the scandals which
already have come to light, further in
vestigations need to move at top speed
for the sake of both investors and the
many honest Maryland associations. No
doubt there is room for expansion of the
inquiry, and Governor Tawes would be
wise to see that it takes place without
delay.
Evening star., 1962-01-04

"AOAA q olI SlCdl needle,
apparently without any ac-
companying danger. This
new technique is described
as a dramatic new tool for
investigation of the central
nervous system and for dag
noSiS of brain and nervous
maladies.
1t is described in a report
to the American Association
for the Advancement of Sci
ence by DR.. Vernon H. Mark
and his associates of Harvard
Medical School. Once the
probe is completed and the
desired observations made
the effect disappears COM
pletely and there is not even
the slightest temporary brain
damage.
Experiments with cats are
described in the report. There
have been no tests with hu-
mans, but presumably the ef-
tects would be the same. The
freezing probes, with a tenn
perature of about 5 cent?
grade, were introduced into
the third nerve nucleus on
the brains right side. This
particular minute brain area
controls dilation of the
pupils.
Fast Reaction Noted
The effect was apparent
in about 20 seconds, says the
report. The pupil on the
right side became dilated and
on the other side partially
dllated. But within As sec
ondS after the probe was
completed they returned en-
tirely to normal. Results with
three animals were exactly
the same.
Exploration of the brain
has been possible in the past
with several other procedures,
but all, according to the re-
port, have been fraught with
various dangers. Hemor-
rhageS can be produced or
the effects observed may be
irreverSible. With the freez-
ing probes apparently there
is no danger of this sort.
Cooling at zero centigrade.
however, probably would lead
to irreversible effects, the
report says. In previous
surgery, it is pointed out,
the temperature of the entire
body, including the brain, has
been lowered to 10 or Is CEN
tigrade for nearly an hour
without any perceptible brain
damage.
The method will be sub
iect to much further labora-
tory Investigation before it
is tested on humans, the
report says. The function of
many brain areas remains
unknown because of lack Of
means for exploration in the
past. This difficulty may we'll
be overcome.
Evening star., 1962-01-04

the tiny colony OF Goa is so
prominent in the news, the
following article published in
The Star of July IT, 1888,
may prove of interest to your
readers:
"St. Helena was discovered
by the Portuguese navigator
Joao de Nova on a voyage
home from India. He sighted
it on the feast day of st.
Helena, mother of the Roman
Emperor Constantine, and
named it for her. That was
in May, 1902. The Portu-
guese made no effort at COL
onization. Yet there was
one involuntary Portuguese
colonist, a sort of Robinson
Crusoe.
"A Portuguese soldier, Fer
nando Lopez, deserted at
Goa, renounced Christianity
and joined the Paynim. He
was surrendered to the
Portuguese by the Indians
on condition that he be
spared. Albuquerque did
spare his life, but he did not
think the terms of the sur
render would be violated if
he cut off his right hand, his
ears, his nose, and the thumb
of his left hand. Then he
took him aboard for the
homeward voyage and ma
rooned him on st. Helena,
which was totally uninhab-
tied. This was in 1913.
Lopez dug himself a cave
with what was left of his
left hand and managed to
live. The tale became known
and ships stopping for water
and wood for their galleys
would leave food for him. He
never appeared himself be-
cause, having been a proud
soldier, he was ashamed of
his deformities. When ships
returned they found the food
had always been taken and
they continued the practice.
At length he showed him
self in his old age and asked
to be taken home so he could
make pilgrimage to Rom e
and be forgiven his sins by
the Holy FatheI himself. By
then he had become a figure
of note and his request was
granted. But, shriven, he
elected to return, alone, to
his island"
A. Ueland.
Evening star., 1962-01-04
Esprit de Corps

The study quoted in Jo-
seph Young's Federal Spot
light, "Pentagon Data Backs
More Civilian Pay" begins
with the improper assump-
ton that apples and oranges
can somehow be equated.
Civil service was never in
tended to be compared with
military service. You may
say we are overpaid but don't
compare us with civil service.
This is not meant to dis
parage civil service workers,
most of whom are fine peo-
pie and whose contribution
is considerable. Raise their
pay if you want, but don't
compare us. Military service
and civil service are i'm
miscible.
The study must have been
a civil service workers union
effort. 1t alleges that in
many cases in duties of COM
parable Importance, civil
service employees draw less
take-home pay than their
military counterparts." This
is a little difficult to swal-
low as regards both COM
parable Importance and take
home pay.
Compare a GS-5 with a
sergeant first class or Navy
chief petty officer? A GS-12
with a major or lieutenant
colonel, or so on? Please, I
don't believe you can equate
a naval officer, command
ing a $50 million to 5000 mil
lion vessel, responsible for
its entire, performance and
the lives of its men, with a
GS anything. I know Marine
sergeantS with more real re-
sponsibility than 80 per cent
of the civil servants, and this
is the key-responSibility.
Take the duties of a Ma
rine staff sergeant drill in
structor for example. Along
with two other men he is
completely in charge of rs
recruits under commissioned
officer supervision. He prob
ably lives S to Is miles off
the base. His quarters al
lowance is withheld if in
Government quarters. If not,
he pays $85 to $10O plus
utilities. His quarters allow
Evening star., 1962-01-04

ance is $77.1O or $96.9O, de-
pending on number of de-
pendents. He leaves home at
$50 am. or earlier to get to
work on time. All three men
are with the platoon during
regular working hours and at
least one at all times. This
means one days full "a hours
duty in three! No time and
a half. No compensatory
time off. He bears the di-
rect responsibility for the
performance of his platoon.
If the platoon does we'll he
gets a word of praise, if not
he gets canned. No union
to bleat to and he doesn't
want one. Let the civil serv-
ice union worker digest that.
Marine Colonel.
Evening star., 1962-01-04
THE POLITICAL MILL
By GOULD LINCOLN
Kennedy to Aid Ohio Democrats

State Chairman William M.
Coleman. So far, the only
announced candidate is Mr..
McElroy. and apparently the
Disable supporters do not be-
lieve the attorney general is
too strong politically. The
Republicans appear bent on
nominating former Mayor of
Columbus Rhodes. They ques-
ton whether Gov. Disable,
himself, could hope for vic
tory. In some quarters the
suggestion has been advanced
that he would prefer an i'm
portant job in Washington,
to which he is no stranger,
having been head of the Of
flee of Price Administration
in Second World War days.
This is something both the
President and the Governor
may consider. 1t has even
been suggested that ii Secre-
tary of Health, Education
and Welfare Ribicoff resigns
to run for Senator in Con-
necticut, Gov. Disable might
fall heir to Mr.. Ribicoff's
place in the Cabinet.
Lausche ShOO-in Seen
When Robert Taft, jr., re-
Gently announced he would
run for Congressman-at-
large from Ohio, instead of
trying either for Governor or
Senator, he removed the pos
sibility of a colorful race for
Senator. A Taft against
Senator Frank J. Lausche
would have stirred up much
interest. Senator Lausche,
former Governor of Ohio,
has been greatly popular and
it is extremely doubtful that
any one could defeat him for
reelection. Always indie
pendent in dealing with pub
lie issues, Sen. LauSche in the
past received many Repub-
lican votes, as we'll as Demo-
cratic, and he probably will
do so when he stands Cor
reelection in November. So
far, no Democrat has come
forward to challenge him for
denomination. Organized la
Dor, never friendly to him,
has, it is said, been casting
around for some one to op-
pose him but so far without
success. Indeed, recent polls
have shown Senator LauSche
retains his popularity and he
is regarded almost as a shoo-
in. These same polls have in
dicated that Gov. Disable
has slipped badly, running
far behind Mr.. Rhodes in the
straw votes.
The Republicans have still
to fix upon a senatorial can
didate. State Senator Ross
Pepple of Lima, and Charles
E. Fry, a former FBf agent,
have put forward their
names. But neither is widely
known. Eventually, the Re-
publicans will have to settle
the matter of a candidate to
make the race against Sen.
LauSche. The G. o. P. in the
State is well organized, as
was shown in the 1860 elec-
tlons. 1t was a real reversal
from the 1858 elections which
saw Gov. Disable slide into
office and Senator Stephen
M. Young, Democrat, de-
feat former Senator John
Bricker.
Evening star., 1962-01-04
Premature Shelter Project

The Fairfax County School Board
showed good Judgment in calling
halt to plans for basement fallout
shelter in a new elementary school.
Until the Federal Government is able
to provide more detailed construction
plans for such group refugees and Con-
greSS decides to what extent such shell
ters may be Federally subsidized, local
authorities will be seriously handicapped
in planning and building shelters.
The Fairfax proposal was for con-
Evening star., 1962-01-04
Tolerant View Of Indio's Absorption of Goa

compliShed. The Asian and
African colonies, which re-
manned almost wholly native,
have been slower in request
ing the severance of the
chains that have for genera
tions bound them to a
foreign government. In more
recent years colonial people
especially those living in an
enclave, as in the case of
Goa, have longed to become
a part of their native land
and the people to whom
they are racially akin. The
choice between Nehru and
Salazar was perhaps not a
difficult one. Nehru for some
years past had continuously
tried to work out a peace
able solution with the Portu-
guese dictator, but without
success. In order to reab-
Sorb the Indian people of
Goa into the Indian mother
land from which they had
been artificially detached by
force of Portuguese arms. he
invited the cooperation of
his own armed forces to as
Sist him.
From all reports it appears
that this absorption was &C
complished with a minimum
of violence, little more than
a token resistance by the
Portuguese troops in Goa.
Within "a hours the change
had been completed and the
happy GoanS had resumed
their usual routineS of life
as an integral part of their
native land of India.
So far as the use of arms
was concerned it would ap-
pear that the violence in
volved was scarcely greater,
if at all, than that resulting
from police action against
strikers and demonstrators in
many of the leading nations
of the Western world. Ger
tainly the mild military ac-
ton that was taken should
not injure Mr.. Nehru's repu-
tation as a just and capable
statesman devoted to tn e
overall cause of peace. In
liberating his fellow Indians
from the deSpotism of Sala-
Ear he was only doing what
many liberal-minded Portu-
gueSe had been trying to do
for themselves.
Ed Burke.
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In view of the fact that