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Evening star., 1962-09-24
ADA's Influence

The present administra-
ton and previous DEM
ocratic administrations have
attempted to minimize the in
fluence of an organization
called the Americans for
Democratic Action within
their ranks. The ADA is a
comparatively small group
which relies on the quality
rather than the quantity of
its membership. The Presi-
dent, it is always pointed out,
is not a member.
Actually this is extremely
misleading. In the revised
edition Of America: Listen!"
by Frank Kluckhohn, a
long list Of m e m bers
and former ADA members
is given, with a summary Of
their principal views. More
important is a consideration
of those of that persuasion
who hold high and influen-
tial positions in Government
and are therefore able to af-
feet American foreign and
domestic policy profoundly.
It is an interesting chap
ter of a good book and one,
which If read by enough
voters, could answer many
questions which cannot be
answered in other ways.
Questioning minds would i'm
mediately wonder how such
a group ever attained such
great power. Its cohorts are
found in the White House as
advisers, in the Cabinet and
in numerous key positions in
the present administration.
That the average voter is un-
aware of ADA's Importance
in the formulation Of public
policy is obvious. The average
Democrat is almost as un-
aware, judging by many pub
Lie writings and statements.
Owen Allen Keen.
Evening star., 1962-09-24
Help for the Pensioner

Congress has a chance to give a
great many retired Government en-
ployes a better pay day" If it acts
favorably on bills Endorsed by the Sen
ate and House Civil Service Commit
tees. There are some 100000 of these
pensioners or their survivors, perhaps
10000 to $4,000 Of them in the Washing
ton area.
AS presently proposed, the Senate
bill would increase annuities by per
cent, and the House version by 71a per
cent, both becoming effective January /.
All Civil Service employees who retire
before that date would benefit; those
who retire later, to lesser extent. A
sensible feature Of both bills provides
for another per cent increase If and
when the cost Of living rises to that
extent.
Congress last remembered the re-
tireeS with a raise in 1858. Between
January l Of that year and last July,
the cost of living, according to the
Bureau OF Labor Statistics, rose So per
cent. Making ends meet with fixed in
comes versus mounting prices has
worked a hardship on great many
whose annuities are based on salaries
smaller than today's. At present, retired
employees receive an average of S165 a
month. Survivors, such as widows, av-
erage only $50 month.
We think Congress should give con-
Sideration to raise equivalent to the
cost of living increase since 1858. This
would cost something like $56 million
the first year, diminishing each year
thereafter. This would involve a certain
inequity. Retired people covered by
Social Security have had the benefit of
some increase in Social Security pay
mentS. There are others, however, who
are not covered by Social Security, and
who have been living on pensions, If any,
since 1858 without any adjustment to
meet higher living costs. But this is
hardly valid argument against some
relief for Government retirees.
Evening star., 1962-09-24
Strategy for West

Ebert r. Sisson in his let
ter has rightly stressed the
need for more concern rel
ative to the morality Of
nuclear warfare. In my opin-
ion, a major responsibility of
the West in this connection
is the implementation of a
strategy designed to prevent
nuclear conflict without
compromising our defense.
To this end 1t is important,
but not enough. that we seek
an effective ban on nuclear
tests, and effective limita-
tions on nuclear as well as
other ornaments; and that
ESQ long as it may be neces-
sary) we maintain O nuclear
arsenal sufficient to deter
an enemy nuclear attack. 1t
would also seem to be indis-
pensable, as Gems. Max
well Taylor and Lucius Clay
have in fact urged, that we
avoid ultimate reliance upon
nuclear warfare as q defense
against conventional aggres-
sion.
In past years Secretary Of
State Dulles spoke Of "mas-
sive retaliation" More re-
Gently. although the Kennedy
administration has sought
greater flexibility in military
strength, Secretary McNa-
mara has warned Of resort
to thermonuclear warfare II
necessary against q massive
commitment Of enemy
ground forces - q warfare
which he hopes would be
limited in nature rather than
all-out. This policy is un-
questionably necessary as a
temporary or transitional
strategy, given our present
conventional military posture
relative to that of the
USSR. But the West ought
to move as rapidly as pos
sible toward a posture Of
solidarity and conventional
strength adequate to deter or
repel conventional aggres-
sion without ultimate resort
to nuclear power.
America and her allies,
charged with the defense of
freedom and Of religious and
humane values In the world
today, ought to embrace
whatever Of difficulty, ex-
pense. or sacrifice such a
strategy would require. Then
our nuclear arsenal could be
reserved exclusively for use as
a deterrent to an enemy
nuclear attack.
Kemp p. Marlborough,
st. Marys City. Md.
Evening star., 1962-09-24
Grondstond Idiocy

II may exclude the thou
sands Of sports fans who
conduct themselves with
self-respect, I should like to
pose the following question:
Does the purchase Of q base
ball ticket really give q per-
son the right to make an ass
Of himself by heckling, in
discriminate booing, and dis
turbfng others?
The recent Piersan incident
has focused attention on this
problem, and I believe it is
time we looked at this facet
Of our great American pas
time with some objectivity.
1t is evident that Americans
today are more mature in q
great many ways than were
their forebears. We don't
throw vegetables at actors
and singers anymore. I can't
recall a public figure getting
hit with an egg since Willkie.
People don't boo at track
meets or tennis matches.
There is hardly ever any
jeering at football or basket
ball games except when the
referees penalize one team
too much - but 1t is never
directed at the athletes. Only
at baseball games In this day
and age do spectators still
turn into snarling animals,
and only in baseball Is this
attitude defended with such
curious Vigor. 1t is consid-
cred by some to be q part
Of the game for some reason,
or to be more illogical. it is
depicted as an extension Of
our heritage of freedom.
1t has even been consid-
cred bad form for q player
to admit being disturbed by
a particularly vicious crowd.
Ted Williams, one Of the
games real greats. was Of
ten criticized in the press be-
cause he showed resentment
toward the behavior of GER
tain fans" in the outfield.
Piersall. too, has become a
target for abuse. Players in
general are called rabbit"
(for big ears) If they indi-
cate that they hear the crowd
getting on them and If they
react to it by being edgy.
It's about time spectators
gave baseball players the
same consideration they
would want If they them
selves, or their sons, were out
there on the field. 1t is ri
diculous that fans allow
golfers, tennis players. pole
vaulters and many other
athletes a fair chance to do
their best by being well-man-
nered as spectators, and then
60 to a baseball game and
act like idiots.
Sports Fan.
Evening star., 1962-09-24
THE WORLD
De GoulIe Vote Plan Stirs Foes
81 CKOSBY 5. NOYE'
Foreign Correspondent o. The stus

the change was supposed TO
be made in the National As
sembly. 1t was the narrowly
missed assassination attempt
last month that caused him
to change his mind and press
for action without delay.
All this may seem reason
able enough. And yet in all
political parties and almost
the whole French press there
is harsh criticism Of Gen.
de Gaulle's project, much Of
which is honest and quite
serious.
1t is argued in the first
place that in a country like
France, with many deeply
divided political parties, the
role Of the president should
be to unity the country in
stead Of increasing these di-
visions. The next president,
however, is likely to come
from the ranks of the political
leaders for whom Gen. de
Gaulle himself has much
open contempt. A president
with close partisan political
ties and armed with the.
enormous powers which the
constitution confers is not q
reasSuring prospect.
Extremist Competition Seen
The election of the presi-
dent by universal suffrage,
furthermore, is likely to en-
courage a murderous compe-
tition between the extremes
of the right and left. The
Communists themselves con-
troll automatically about 20
per cent of the vote and
probably a plurality in the
large field of candidates.
The election Of q Commu-
mist president may be pre-
vented by following the time
honored French tradition of
two ballots, on the second of
which only the two leading
candidates remain. But this
would not entirely eliminate
the hair-raising possibility
that Frenchmen might some-
day be asked to choose be-
tween Pierre Poujade and
Maurice Thorez or two other
extremist leaders of the right
and left.
The main criticism, per-
hapS, is that the coming re-
ferendum will put the final
stamp Of public approval on
Gen. de Gaulle's very extreme
Interpretation Of the present
constitution, especially where
the powers and prerogatives
Of the president are con-
cerned. The simple fact Is
+, that the general comes as
close to being q benevolent
despot as any national leader
in modern times. Conferring
the same authority on an
other man viii not produce
another De Gaulle. What it
might well produce is a dicta-
torship pure and simple and
an end to any semblance Of
democratic government in
France.
Serious as these criticisms
may be. they do not seem
likely to change the course
which Gen de Gaulle has set
for the country. Despite the
overwhelming opposition Of
the political parties and the
press, President de Gaulle is
given-even by his opponents
- four chances in five Of
pushing his reforms through.
Once again he has chosen his
battlefield with shrewdness
and caution. And once again
1t seems likely that the
French people. for better or
worse, will give him what he
wants. r-a
Evening star., 1962-09-24
ME FORGnTTEN PEnPIE

The FOHGOTTEN PEOPLE,
BY Seymour Freidin. 336
pp., illus, end-paper map.
(Charles Scribner's Sons,
$3.50
There are many vantage
points from which world poll
tics can be viewed. One can
stand way up high and try
to see things in the perspec-
tive of centuries. Or one can
come down a bit and observe
in terms of decades. Or one
can consider particular areas
without trying to understand
them as parts of q greater
whole.
Or, finally, one can take
note Of the lives and fates
Of individuals. 1t is general
ly and probably correctly
supposed that the last is
intellectually the easiest ap-
proach. But 1t is also spirit
ually the most difficult, for
1t brings one face to face
with the condition of fellow
human beings and prohibits
seeing them simply as alb
Stractions.
This is the approach taken
by Seymour Freidin, execu-
tive editor in charge of for
eign news for the New York
Herald Tribune, in his new
book THE Forgotten Peo-
ple." The title refers to the
100 million souls who in
habit the Soviet Unions
empire Of European satel-
lites. Mr.. Freidin knows
these people well, for from
the end of World War II until
very recently he Travelled
about the area observing and
reporting. Interviews, eye
witness reports and that ear
witness scuttlebutt that is of
such vast Importance in to-
talitarian states are the basis
Of the book.
THE PEOPLE of East Eur
ope form many different ma
tionS and ethnio groups and
they have preserved their in
dividuality. So Mr.. Freidin
must proceed nation by ma
ton.
At the same time, they have
in common, and a num-
Der Of dates are crucial in
the history Of all. The Cze-
choslovakian coup in 1948
consolidated Soviet power and
made 1t possible to seal
the entire western border of
the empire with the exception
Of those few, vital miles in
Berlin. After the coup, the
Evening star., 1962-09-24
Two-Heoded Monster

st. Augustine Fla.), Oldest
city in the United States, is
more modern than Washing
ton when it comes to park
ing meters. There. they have
double meters on a single
post. eliminating half the
meter posts to walk around.
Let us hope that the Dis
trict Government will con-
slider these modern double
meters when additional
meters are installed.
X. ID. VasS
Evening star., 1962-09-24

-Edfls.
President de Gaulle's pro-
posed changes In the French
constitution calling for cleo
ton Of future presidents by
universal suffrage amounts
to final and decisive declara-
ton Of the war between him
self and the political lead
ers Of the country.
This is not only because
these political leaders with
the exception Of those Of the
purely Gaullist Union for the
New Republic (UNR)-are
bitterly opposed to his pro-
ject Of constitutional reform.
It is also because the way
he proposes to do it-by
popular referendum instead
Of by parliamentary action
as the constitution itself pro-
vides-amounts in the eyes
Of these men to the ultimate
and intolerable usurpation
Of power from the elected
representatives Of the people.
Gen. de Gaulle most GER
tainly claims a very special
relationship with the present
constitution which was writ
ten at his own dictation IN
1858. When someone sug-
gested that his proposed
plan might violate the con-
stitution, his reported reply
was characteristic, If pos
sibly apocryphal:
Come. come" Gen. d.
Gaulle is supposed to have
said, "can one violate ones
wife?"
Fair on the Face Of II
It is not easy, perhaps. for
an American to understand
what all the fuss Is about. In
terms Of American politics,
nothing could be more ma
tural than the suggestion
that the head Of a state
should be elected by the
whole population. The pres
ent system Of electing him
through q kind Of electoral
college made up Of some
$4,000 national and local
elected representatives seems
cumbersome, anachronistic
and rather less than demo-
cratic.
Nor are Gen. de Gaulle's
reasons for demanding
change hard to understand.
He is perfectly aware that
his successor will not auto
matically benefit from the
unique personal relationship
that exists between himself
and the people. He is aware,
too, that at several critical
times 1t was only his own
authority, backed by the
powers conferred on him by
the constitution, that stood
between the country and
chaos.
Gen. de Gaulle is not seek
ing 9 new popular mandate
for himself because, as he
frankly admits, he has no
need for 1t. His demand that
the reform should go into
effect at the expiration of
his own term Of office in
January 1866 was virtually a
declaration that he would
not run again. Gen de
Gaulle is convinced that a
universal popular mandate Is
essential to give his success
sor the authority which the
constitution confers on him
and which he himself has
exercised.
Switched Viewpoint
At first he was persuaded
somewhat reluctantly, one
may suppose, to amend the
constitution by the normal
parliamentary route, which
Is quite obviously also the
mora lo0al rnlitA nrininaIlx,
Evening star., 1962-09-24
Fosten Those Belts!

Before long, the polite airline query,
"IS your Seatbelt fastened?" may be-
come standard procedure of friend wife
as hubby shoves off for work via auto.
This little admonition, accompanying
the wifely buss, will be SOP If the Dis
trict Commissioners agree with COM
petent witnesses that all private cars,
starting with the 1854 models, should
Evening star., 1962-09-24
Cold War Come
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. An let
ters are subject to condensd-
tton. Those not used lDsH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self : addressed,
stamped envelopes.
The Adak sun., 1962-12-17
COMPANY VA"
MARINE OF THE MON TIL

MARINE OF THE MoMIH
LCpl Joseph F. NEElETH has been Sc
lected as Marine Of the Month for
Company "a" for the month of December
1862. LCpl NElETH was selected for
itary appearance, leadership and pro-
fessiona1 effec tiveness aid, in addi-
ton, for his contrib buttons in extra
curri cular Gtivi ties for the Company.
Cpl Michael R. KANME was selected as
a close ru1ner-up for the title.
JOININGs
PFC William c. l44NTz is the compa-
MES newest arrival. PFC NANTZ was
Joined from Pensacola, FL orida. bined
from Comm1l e ctsco1, ACRDep, SIN Diego
were PFC's j. Z. BROWN, c. W. CARTER,
G. E. CARTWRIGHT, c. R. CH4VIs, and
D. G.. ChOMELL.
TRANSFERS
Congratu1 at ions are in order for
Cpl N R. KANll5 and LCpl T. a. GAUGHN
who have been sci &c ted by headquarters
Marine brps to at tend Language School
concen tr at ing in the ietnamese Ian
guage. Trey will report to Dir, Nav
Intelscol, Washington, D. c. during
March 1868.
The company bids adieu to two men
who we're transferred on 3ONov62 for
further transfer to new du ty stations.
Cpl Larry J CAMPBELL will report to
NIB, Brooklyn for further transfer to
Breme rhaven, Germany. AID Cpl William
A.. CARTER reports for duty with the
2dCompRadCo, RF, Camp LIE jeune, North
Carolina.
Corpo rails 5. j. BAZIDOIA, T. J.
BROOKS, L. D. NOZZLE, ". L. NOVATNY,
and J. N. SNODGRAS5 along with PFC
D. J. zOPFI were transferred to NIB,
Bremerton for separation on 4Deco2.
The Adak sun., 1962-12-17
MARINE BARRACKS
DEPARTURES

Compile ting their overseas tour Of
duty on Adak, the following Marines
departed, Saturday, 8 December, for
Marine Barracks, Bremerton, Washing
ton and release from active duty:
CPL n. G.. E5VENS II Err
Cpl R. G.. KINT
Cpl c. Vas .lUEz
CPL J. l.. WALSNORTH
LCpl L. K. DAVIS
LCpl j. W. HAYWARD
PFC D. 2. B DOLLHOUSE
PFC J. F. DGLGADO
Pvt W. J. DOTINGER
Pvt D. 4. FOLSOM
The Adak sun., 1962-12-17
EDUC .TION

LCpl P. L. SAYLES has recently CON-
pleted his US->FI College G1D test
with flying colors.
LCpl Il. T. SPENCER has recently
conple ted his lCI Course on Correc-
tions. For these tasks, they have
received letter Of con6ra tul ations
and Certificate Of Completion from
the Commanding Officer Of the Bar
racks.
MARINE R1PoRTER-Lcpl Jerry H LIDYAD
The Adak sun., 1962-12-17
MARINE OF The I4ONTH

Selected for the Marine Of the
Month award for November 1862 was
LCp1 William T. BUSH. Having been
selected for his peri ormance Of duty,
pers onal appearance and knowledge Of
military subj ects, LCpl BUSH has
demons ira ted an atti tude and charac-
teris tics desired in all Marines.
The ether Marines non mated and inter-
viewed for the Marine of the Month
award we're: LCp1's ?. D. HATTEN,
R. L. CLARK, J. II. EACDOWALD, P. L.
S44ILES, and G. K. COOLEY. Congratu-
lations are in store for all Marines
cnncprnad.
Evening star., 1962-01-12
Mary MoyIon
To Be Speaker

The Greater Washington
Area Chapter of Mercy Hos
pital Alumnae Baltimore,
Md will hold it's meeting
at 8 pm. Monday in the
Perpetual Building in
Bethesda.
Miss Mary Moylan, R.N.,
recently returned from a
tour of duty with the White
Sisters of Africa, will be the
speaker.
Evening star., 1962-01-12
Ruth Dean
Addresses Club

Miss Ruth Dean, reporter
for The Star, addressed the
Southampton Women's Club
Of Richmond, Va, last eve
ming. The topic of her speech
was Women in the Civil
War" a subject on which she
wrote a series of articles for
The Star.
Evening star., 1962-01-12
Democrats
Hear
DR.. Winston

DR.. Ellen Winston, director
of the North Carolina State
Department of Public We'll
fare, presented Facts versus
Fiction in Public Welfare
Programs" in an address yes
terday before the Woman's
National Democratic Club.
The overall approach is
fundamental in public well
fare, she stressed, in that it
places increased emphasis
upon preventive services and
upon helping those who can
to become self sustaining as
promptly as POSSIBLE.
Emphasis
Generally, however, she
noted, "aS we hear and read
about public welfare, the
emphasis is on public assist
ance rather than the whole
gamut of related public well
fare programs.
In public assistance, even
the SeveriSt critics admit that
problem cases are a small
proportion of the total load,
she declared.
Each OF these special cases,
however, she said. becomes
the focal point for deep con-
Germ and intensive work on
the part of the welfare
agency.
Administrative changes al
ready announced by Welfare
Secretary Ribicoff and legis-
lative changes now being de-
veloped within the Health,
Education and Welfare De-
partment are designed to
"Whittle down the small per-
centage of the more serious
problem cases." she contin-
ued.
Declaring that the public
has difficulty in distinguish
ing between people who re-
ceive public assistance checks
and some other type of Gov
ernment checks, DR.. Winston
added:
Facts Made Known
"Once the facts are avail
able, we have the same kind
of experience that grew out
of the Newburgh publicity.
Here we had a tremendous
buildup in terms of purported
public welfare costs but the
situation was found to be
completely different when
the facts were finally clari-
fled and the true situation
presented to the public"
The need to raise grants
to eligible needy people was
one of the recommendations
suggested by the speaker.
For example" she said.
"the better way to make in
roads upon the problem in
the District of Columbia of
aid to dependent children is
to pay adequate grants so
families will be able to live
decently and, with increased
help, to move themselves up
and out of the dependency
groups"
Evening star., 1962-01-12

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A Prudent Man

George Romney, Republican indus
trialiSt who is making his first entry
into big-time politics as the G. o. P.
nominee for Governor of Michigan, al
ready has learned some of the right lines
for his role.
Mr.. Romney told news conference
the other day that, IF I am elected
Governor of Michigan, I will not be
candidate for President in 1864. I ex-
pect to concentrate fully on the job
here =. 1 have never undertaken a Job
I did not finish and I don't intend to
do so (as GOVERNOR" AS for a draft, he
thinks 1t is only remote possibility
an answer which does leave that door
just little bit open.
All of this reflects the proper kinds
of virtue, determination and modesty-
as we'll as reassuring the Michigan
voters that he will be very happy to live
with them, particularly in the capital
city of Lansing. Even so, none of it
should be held against Mr.. Romney If
the Republicans should in fact become
fascinated with fresh face and figure
when their 1864 presidential convention
comes on stage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-24
$3.50 Item

The President was suitably grave,
we thought, in telling his news confer
ence of four bills due to be acted on in
Congress in the next few days. He thinks
they are Of great Importance to the
country's future, If not to the future
Of the world. These four are the farm
bill, the drug bill, the u. N. bond bill
and the reciprocal trade bill No doubt
about it; these are important and they
involve millions and billions of dollars.
What surprised us a bit was the
equal If not greater emphasis which
the President put on the proposed
amendment to outlaw the poll tax
This hoary measure is coming up for
vote in the House, and Mr.. Kennedy
bore down hard on the point that
two-thirds vote will be required to put
it through. Well, the poll tax, we sup
pose, is an invention of the devil and 1t
ought to be banished from this land
of the free and home of the brave. But
does it really belong in the same league
with the trade bill, the farm bill, and
such? 1t survives in mere five States.
In Virginia, for example, the yearly fee
is $1.50-which makes the poll tax
penny-ante entry in a billion dollar
poker game. But its political, which is
to say its bidding, price tag may
be something else again.