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Coy Candidates.?

President Kennedy saw a lot of
Democrats in New York City last week
end, but II the partyS candidates for
Governor and United States Senator
in next falls elections were among them
they were not so identified. While the
President appeared before large audi
fences in Madison Square Garden on
two consecutive evenings, the smoke
filled rooms repeatedly were well popu-
lated with party managerS-both city
and State. Indicating something more
than purely local interest was the pres
ence Of Attorney General Robert F.
Kennedy and Democratic National
Chairman John M. Bailey, pair of the
Presidents top advisers on affairs polit-
ical
With all this, there were no COM
mitments publicly revealed and perhaps
none privately made or given. In his
public addresses, the President talked
politics only on the high plateau where
Republicans in general are considered
obstructionists and Democrats are dedi-
Gated to the national welfare and
particularly, on this occasion, to the
ailing aged He was reported dispensing
firm handshakes and pleasant words
to potential Democratic candidates who
might have been hoping for more. At
this point, however, the score stands
that Mayor Bob Wagner of New York
City, entitled since his reelection to the
designation of the States No. One Dem
ocrat, has said that he is not a candidate
for Governor this year, and Representa-
tive Sam Stratton of Schenectady says
that he is. Several other possibilities
are saying little or nothing, no matter
what they are hoping.
If any conclusion may be drawn, it
is that none of the hopefulS wishes to
set himself up as target too soon
either for fellow Democrats or for
Governor Rockefeller and Senator
JavitS, Republicans. This may, in fact,
be good strategy until further maneu-
vering is required more closely to the
date of the Democratic State conven-
tion in mid-September. For their part,
with things in pretty good shape, the
Republicans probably are quite happy
to let the Democrats worry things out
along these lines.
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objections While an effort was made
to exert pressure on the Zoning Com
mission through the White House, it
has become clear that there was neither
very much steam nor any real substance
behind that move
Professor Moretti, meanwhile, has
returned to Rome to resume his normal
pursuits. We are sorry to see him go.
Washington has a sufficient number of
other architectural, eSthetic and COM
mission problems to occupy a man of
his talents for a considerable time.
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Welcome Reversal

Professor Luigi Moretti of the Uni
versity Of Rome evidently is man of
strong persuasive powers. When he met
in New York the other day with mem
berS Of the Fine Arts Commission, no
one would have given a plugged nickel
for his chances of gaining their support
for his architectural design of the
Watergate ToWne project in Foggy Bot
tom. 1t is unlikely, moreover, that any
startling new evidence was introduced.
Yet within few hours the opposition
OF the architect-memberS of the COM
mission was converted at least to
friendly acquiescence
Whatever happened behind the
closed doors of the Union League Club
in New York, we think the Fine Arts
members made a wise decision. The
real danger was not that the Watergate
project would violate esthetic values of
Washington, but that if this develop
ment had been blocked some far less
desirable commercial project would
have taken its place. In our opinion the
dramatic architectural features of the
project will be an asset to the city. And
indeed there is possibility that a
superior finished product will result
from the controversy. For the conces-
sions obtained from the developers in
New York will trim the overall scale
OF the project to a slight extent, al
though fortunately without sacrificing
its basic concepts.
If, as expected, the informal agree
ment is ratified by the full Fine Arts
Commission in mail poll this week,
the District zoning Commission at it's
meeting next Tuesday should grant the
rezoning requests which are necessary
for the project to proceed. The reser-
vations expressed by the Fine Arts
group constituted the only meaningful
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A New AGE Is Duwnino

Astronaut Scott Carpenters triple
orbit flight around the earth, with its
suSpenSeful but successful ending, pro-
videS further evidence of the enormous
strides toward the conquest of space
that we have made since the historic
launching of Americas first little satel-
lite a bit over four years ago. Lieu
tenant Commander Carpenter chose an
appropriate name for his compact
Spacecraft-Aurora-for we are at the
dawn OF mans ventures out Of this
world. And, while yesterdays flight in
dicated that we are yet in the Model
T stages of space travel, 1t also is plain
that we are on our way to epochal
achievements.
We have come long way since we
thrilled to the launching of the first
OF our long series of satellites at Cape
Canaveral on January 81, 1858. That
was the initial Explorer, a 184-pound
midget compared to the ton-and-a-half
Aurora which carried the Navy officer
around the globe at better than 1880
miles an hour. Three months before
that Russia had beaten us to the punch
with Sputnik I, larger vehicle requiring
much greater thrust than any of our
rockets could produce Since then, how
ever, we have sent so many unnamed
satellites into orbit that the launchings
have become almost commonplace And
we have launched four man-carrying
pacecraft-including Colonel Glenn's
orbital Friendship 7 and Lieutenant
Commander Carpenters Aurora 7.
We still have long way to go,
OF course, before there will be any
journeys to the moon or planets beyond.
There were bugs" in Colonel Glenn's
flight that were corrected as a result
OF lessons learned during his pioneer
orbits. And there we're bugs" during
the latest ride that will have to be cor
rected before more manned capsules
are blasted aloft. For example, there
were stabilizing troubles yesterday, Just
as there were during the Glenn mission,
and these troubles were blamed largely
for the 250-mile overshooting Of the
target area. But, thanks to the courage
and reSourcefulneSS of the astronaut
and the effective work Of all who
sweated 1t out while directing or en-
gaging in the rescue operation, every
thing ended A-OK
There is no doubt that the difficult
ties OF the dawn age Of space travel
will be overcome-although there may
by tragic setbackS-and that future
generations will look back with some
amusement, but also with pride, on our
first steps into space. For, as future
explorers of the sky embark on lunar
or other far-out adventures, they will
know that their successes were made
possible by the derring-do of such early
aStronauts as Colonel Glenn and Lieu
tenant Commander Carpenter.
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thinks Of mediation" and
negotiation. His repeatedly
stated position has been that
he will negotiate" with the
Dutch on one condition-that
they first consent, in ad-
vance, to hand over West
New Guinea to him.
So the Dutch now stand
all alone. The Australians.
who will live to see the day
when West New Guinea. in
Mr.. Sukarno's hands will
threaten Australian A New
Guinea as well, would like to
help. But they are unwilling
to go it alone to assist the
Dutch, for the very good rea-
son that they cannot con-
template what this would
bring: The shrill condemna-
ton Of that conscience of
mankind" the United Ma
tons, which already loaded
the dice Of history against
any and every Western power
which may now or later fall
under the diSpleaSure of the
eX-colonial lands
A Stirring Of Wrath
Perhaps we, the United
States, might ourselves be
willing to do something, ex-
cept for this. But while the
ex-colonial powers have the
world and the U. N. by the
tail in a downhill pull, it is
still conceivable that at last
they will overreach them
selves. In the U. S. Senate,
as well as elsewhere, there is
a deep stirring Of wrath
against the progressive per-
version of a great institution.
the United Nations, into an,
agency of sick hypocrisy and
racial demagoguery.
Already this has been
shown in the unprecedented
vote OF the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee for a
mandatory 10 per cent cut
In aid planned for India, as
a public rebuke to Mr.. Nehru.
And a member of that COM
mittee, Senator Thomas Dodd
OF Connecticut, is demand
ing an inquiry into what is
happening in West New
Guinea.
Maybe it won't come now:
but come it will some day, on
this or another issue of ag-
gression by the ex-colonials.
Critical examination of this
kind may be the only way to
save the United Nations from
the elf-destructive folly OF
a present course which makes
a crude parody of right and
justice.
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Why the Switch?

The about-face by Commissioners
Tobriner and Duncan on the east leg
or the inner loop freeway is aStoniSh-
ing in view Of their record with respect
to this project. This is especially true,
we think, in the case of Mr.. Tobriner
For the issues raised today are the
same as those that existed last Novem-
Der IA when, after formal public hear
ing, the District Commissioners ap-
proved the specific location of the free
way in the vicinity Of Eleventh street
Sc. As result of that action, they
then approved request for funds to
build the highway, as a part of the
District budget sent to Congress by the
President in January. On at least one
occasion shortly thereafter they were
called upon by the White House to
support their position. And on April 18-
barely more than a month ago-Mr.
Tobriner transmitted to the White
House letter which once again upheld
the Eleventh street location over pos
Sible alternative routes.
What led Mr.. Tobriner last Monday,
without consulting his fellow Commits
SionerS, to suddenly ask the House Dis
trict Appropriations Subcommittee to
kill the project? Had Mr.. Tobriner, be-
fore the project was approved, not
visited the site of the proposed freeway
to see at first hand its effects? Was
the approval not voted by the Commits
sioners only after alternatives were
thoroughly investigated, and only after
the Eleventh street route was indorSed
by the National Capital Planning Com
mission? Is this not little late to pull
the rug from under a project for which
Congress first appropriated money in
1858, for which the Commissioners
sought and received $14 million last
summer for land acquisition, and for
which other highway projects, includ-
ing the Eleventh street Anacostia River
Bridge now under construction, are de-
pendent for maximum efficiency? These
are questions which should interest the
House subcommittee.
In explaining his reversal to the
subcommittee, Mr.. Tobriner repeatedly
expressed concern over the relocation of
families who would be displaced from
the Eleventh street corridor. If this was
his sole concern, however, we think the
better course would have been to accept
the appropriation, and simultaneously
to make its expenditure dependent on
development of an effective relocation
program that would assure adequate
assistance to the displacees.
AS to Mr. Tobriner's proposal that
the eastern side Of the inner loop free
way be moved to the banks Of the Ana
costa River, 1t must be remembered that
such route would be almost entirely
within the boundaries of Federal park
lands. AS the letter transmitted by Mr..
Tobriner to the White House last month
pointed out, "you must be aware of how
carefully the National Park Service
guards against encroachment, especially
by highways" 1t is all very well to say
that Congress by law could make these
parks available for the freeway. But in
view Of the park-highway controversies
of the past, we will be convinced that
such route is available when the leg
iSlation is signed and Sealed-not before.
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nsleo the Smithsonian In
stltution to question which
would be to lay hands on tht
Ark Of the Covenant"
And what ever induced Mr.
Justice Swayne to utter tht
platitude: IF the foundation
fails the entire superstructure
reared upon 1t must fall"P
There are several pages
devoted to the lawyer him
self. Mr.. Justice jackson at
least once looked on the
fraternity with diStaste. "To
bring in a lawyer means a
real peril to solution of the
crime because. under our ad-
versary system, he deems
that his sole duty is to pro-
tect his client-guilty or in
nocent-and that in such a
capacity he owes no duty
whatever to help society solve
its crime problem"
Mr.. Justice Black Viewed
1t somewhat differently: THE
right to counsel guaranteed
by the Constitution contem-
plates the service Of an at
torney solely devoted to the
interest Of his client"
THERE is some homely
wisdom like this comment
from Mr.. Justice Holmes:
"Details are apt to seem sor-
did and uninteresting, but a
horse must eat hay as well
as oats and it is in trans
figuring details that a man
shows his power"
Nevertheless, details can
be a nuisance, and Mr.. JUS
tice Cardozo once wrote.
There is an accuracy that
defeats itself by the over
emphasis Of details"
From time to time the
Justices have had to consider
public opinion and its force.
In his Miscellaneous Writ
ings" Of 1885, Mr.. Justice
Story wrote that I'VE need
not be told, how often the
popular delusions Of the day
are seized upon, to deprive
the patriots Of their just re-
ward, and to secure the tri-
umph Of the selfish, the cum
ming, and the timeserving."
But Mr.. Justice McKenna
had his version Of the proverb
about the so million French
men: "The universal sense
Of a people cannot be acci-
dental; its persistence saves
it from the charge Of un-
considered impulse"
And in a presumably weary
moment the same Justice
W r o t e: Disappointment
crowds fast upon human
footsteps, in whatever paths
they tread"
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THE PASSING SCENE
u. N. Aiding Assault on u. S. AIIy
BY WILLIAM S. WHIT

The Alice in Wonderland
justice Of the present United
Nations is not merely con-
doning but actually assisting
a naked assault upon a
Western power which is an
American ally, the Neither
lands.
This is the inescapable
meaning Of the refusal of the
U. N. Secretary General, U
Thant Of Burma, to lift a
finger against the open in
vaSion of Dutch West New
Guinea by another Of the
sacred bulls Of the Orient
President Sukarno of Indo-
nesia.
For in declining even to
ask the Indonesians please
to halt their marauding
paratroop forces-lest this
should suggest that he was
taking sideS"-U Thant has
in fact encouraged Mr.. Su-
karno before the whole world
to go ahead and do his worst.
And lest he take Sides" U
Thant will not even send a
U. N. observer to the scene.
Mr.. Sukarno thus happily
joins Prime Minister Nehru
of India, another famous
"neutralist" and ex-colonial
preacher Of peace" in the
club Of automatically pro-
tected aggression which
United Nations policy" is
raising up in Asia and Africa.
But though a junior mem
Der Of the club in point of
time, IndoneSia really must
be said to hold the senior
membership in truth. For
when Mr.. Nehru overran the
tiny Portuguese colony of Goa,
the U. N. at least made small
t1sh-tiSh noises. But to Mr..
Sukarno, Mr.. U Thant, the
embodied voice of "the con-
science Of mankind, utters
no tut-tuts whatever. To the
contrary. he says in sub
stance to Mr.. Sukarno: 60
get EN-"
A Hopeless Mission
In this shameful, this un-
believable, scene what does
the United States do for its
Allies, the Dutch? We provide
the services as Intermediary
OF a retired American diplo-
mat. Ellsworth Bunker. He is
is an able and honorable
man; but his mission is
doomed to hopeless futility.
For Mr.. Sukarno, in seizing
a country which is no part of
1ndonesia and is wholly un-
related to it in language, has
a dozen times shown what he
Evening star., 1962-05-25

Why is a son Of Charles
Dickens buried In Trinity
Church cemetery in New
York Ciy?-K. S.
A. Alfred Tennyson Die
kens Q845-1912), eldest son
of Charles Dickens, died in
New York City, on January
2, 1912, after an attack of
acute indigestion while on a
lecture tour. Friends commu-
nicated with his sister in
Australia (his wife had died
some years previously and
she approved his interment
in the Trinity Church grave
yard. Dickens had lived in
Australia for IS years.
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A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
Sort of a 'Borrister's BortIett'
BY DONALD MINTZ
THE WISDOM OF THE SU.

IHE WISDOM OF THE SU-
PREME COURT, selected
and arranged by Percival
E. jackson. 524 PIP. Nor
man, University Of Okla
homa Press, $8.95.)
"The Wisdom Of the ST.
preme Court" may sound like
a collection Of opinions Sc
lected more for their sagacity
than for the influence they
have had in establishing rules
of law.
But it is not that. The book
is a collection of brief say
ings, often no more than a
single sentence and some
times less, from opinions and
other writings Of justices of
the Supreme Court arranged
under convenient rubrics like
insolvency" right" "coal
industry" stare decis,"
re medy Qegat)" and
rights" THE Wisdom Of the
Supreme Court" then Is a
reference book, the barrister's
Bartlett.
Suppose the last vestige of
your front yard is about to
disappear because the powers
that be have decided to re-
place the eight-lane traffic
jam in front of your house
with one a glorious ten lanes
wide. Your counsel may
glance in "The Wisdom Of
the Supreme Court" and
sonorously declaim, THE
exercise Of the power Of
eminent domain is against
common right. 1t subverts the
usual attributes Of power. I"
Mr.. Justice McKenna wrote
that a long time ago.
II the state feels the neces-
sity Of responding in kind
and 1t probably won't it,
too, may look under eminent
domain" and come up with:
THE power of eminent do
main is essential to a sover-
eign government" This is Mr..
Justice Burton, and it was
written not so long ago-in
1916 to be exact.
THE WORD wisdom" is
aptly chosen. AS one glances
through this book, one is
amazed at the number Of dis
tillations Of profound truths.
Imitation Is a necessity Of
human nature" wrote Mr..
Justice Holmes.
Mr.. Justice Cardozo, con-
templating the shibboleths by
which we live, remarked.
"Catchwords and labels, such
as the words protective tariff
are subject to the dangers
that lurk in metaphors and
symbols, and must be watched
with circumspection lest they
put us off our guard"
Though Mr.. jackson, a dis
tinguished New York lawyer,
often quotes conflicting views,
THE Wisdom of the Supreme
Court" is more a compilation
for today's needs than a
historical work. Roger Taney's
majority decision in the Dred
Scott case, for example, is
not excerpted-at least not
under the heading slavery"
We are offered instead a
sentence by Mr.. Justice Nc
Lean in the same case: "All
slavery has its origin in
power, and is against right"
At times one wonders what
kind of case could have pro-
voked some of the Justices
words. On one occasion Oliver
Wendell Holmes found it
necessary to announce that
Congress long ago estab-
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as you place the figure within the
picture area. Sometimes slight change
Of camera angle or just taking a step
from one side to another makes world
Of difference. If you're stuck with
busy background poles, vines, tree
branches, houses, or what have you =
try this method, which often use in
my portraits of children. Use wide
lens opening, focus carefully on the
subject (use the catch4ights in the
eyes as a target), and throw the back.
ground out of focus. Details that were
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painting not what he sass, but what
he felt. A photographer, too, has the
power to redraw reality, to express what
he feels about subject, not merely to
copy it literally. The. use of slow shut
ter speeds and the resulting streaks Of
motion is one tool which can help give
him this power. In the beginning, Of
course, most amateurs are concerned
with making their pictures as sharp as
possible = to avoid the blur caused by
a shaking camera or movement Of the
subject. But once this skill is mastered,
you'll find there are times when the
effect of unstOpPed motion blur will
produce a more. interesting, informa-
tive picture than one in which all move
ment is arrested. An unfrOzen image
can suggest motion and emotion, can
convey sense Of life and immediacy.
1t can vary, from just touch of move.
ment in moving hand or foot to over
all movement in which the subject be-
comes a visual symbol. Learn, by ex-
pertinent, to control the degree Of blur
to make it work for you - and you
can have made valuable addition to
your Photographic potential.
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ugly and distracting can become soft
and beautiful. Handled this way, the
background turns into design, lends
an aura to the picture, and frames the
subject. Most important, the back
ground is played down and attention is
directed where it belongs ON the
sharply-fOcused subject.
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~WGtch de background"

II OOR BACKGROUNDS
can spoil an otherwise
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choose a plain, simple
One, such as a bare wall
indoors; sky, sea, or
grass outdoors. Study
your viewfinder very
carefully really look
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author who writes and then ruthlessly
edits to achieve a polished manuscript.
| don't mean you should shoot indis-
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machine gun.
You must give advance thought to
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