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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-20
Uttered City

The Burleith Citizens As
ISOLATION has been most in
terested in the recent edito-
rails and letters in The
Star entitled signs Of the
Times" However, we are dis
appointed in the position your
paper takes on the problems
of litter in the Nations Cap
ital.
Why refer to the National
Park Service as being "obvi-
ously nuts" when they use a
gimmick in the form Of a
big htterbug TO try and i'm
press both adult and young
ster against the dropping of
trash, litter and garbage
about our Capital City? Lit
terbug Pete has suffered phys
ical damages at the hands
Of vandals as well as having
been the target of verbal
abuse but isn't the big bug
better than a thousand more
signs, or would you prefer
more signs? Our citizens here
in Burleith have been carry
ing on an anti-litter educa-
tional campaign for several
years. We encourage the in
dividual home owners to CO.
operate more fully with the
Department of Sanitation in
keeping our streets and alleys
in a clean and attractive con-
dition.
1t may be true that our
city has far too many signs
of various description, but
we agree with Mr.. Wirth, di-
rector Of the National Park
Service, that most are neces-
Sary for public safety. It Is
so easy to be critical but CO.
operation is what is needed
If we are to check litter and
vandalism in the National
Capital.
To follow through with the
signs Of the Times" why
not publish a few pictures,
so easy to obtain, Of our lit
tered streets and parks on
Monday morning, or our
schools with dozens Of broken
windows? These actual
signs" show the need for a
real educational program to
impress our youngsters (and
unfortunately sometim e S
their parents) that theirs is
the right to enjoy-not to
destroy.
The Star could be most
helpful in promoting q city
wide educational progra m.
Several commercial concerns
have already volunteered as
SiStance with TV programs,
posters and litter bags. Your
cooperation is requested -
not to destroy Litter Bug
Pete" and the good he ap-
pears to be doing, but to i'm
press on everyone to: Think
Before You Throw"
Kurt F. Blady,
President, Burleith Citizens
Association,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-20
Improved Service

I should like to congratu-
late and commend the Wash
ington Metropolitan Are a
Transit Commission on its
apparent success in persuad-
ing the bus companies to i'm
prove their service in vari-
Gus important ways.
When fare increases were
granted to some companies
last year, the commission
announced that it would
: work for improved service
from the companies in return.
But there were some, includ-
ing myself, who felt that this
was putting the cart before
the horse. 1t is a pleasure,
therefore, to see the horse of
improved service finally be-
ing led out in front where he
belongs.
In particular, I should like
to commend the AB&W
Transit Company for abolish
ing its five-cent charge for
intra-line transfers, and con-
graduate the commission on
the properly discreet exercise
of its powers of persuasion
in achieving this result. AS
the "AB&W Transiteer" pro-
claims, it will now be pos
isble for patrons to "use the
complete services of the COM
pany upon the payment Of
the proper zone fare from
point Of origin to point of
destination" This removes
an inequity Of long standing.
I hope the Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit
Commission will continue its
good work behind the scenes.
There is still plenty Of room
for Improvement in service to
the public. For example. the
rush-hour scheduling is in
adequate on some lines. And
we need to do everything pos
sible to persuade people to
ride the buses.
Ernest w. Grove.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-20
Days of Mythology

According to President
Kennedy's speech at Yale, we
are back in the days Of my
thology. In those days If any
thing turned out good, the
king took credit, but If it
turned out bad, it was blamed
on some terrible god. The
people were expected to be-
lieve some great god pushed
up the mountains and sank
the valleys. Today we are
expected to believe some ter
rible god pushed up the ma
tional debt and sank indus
try. Those Greeks were not
so dumb for believing in their
mythical gods. Today we are
expected to believe the United
States Treasury has a con
tinuous never-ending stream
of credit that never needs to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-20
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
Floyd Potterson's Victory
By DONALD MINTZ

to life and to develop a nor
NAL PERSONAL---VERY. short, to
become a human being. He
has never become an extro-
vert. He prefers to grapple
with himself in quiet, and as
he seems to recognize in his
description Of his behavior
after the first JohanSson
fight, the quiet can border on
neuroSiS.
Most of the book is devoted
to Mr.. Patterson's career in
boxing, his opinions of his
various fights and other ma
terial of particular interest
to fight fans.
Boxing has been Mr.. Pat
terson's road to humanity and
dignity. Yet it is a sport in,
which the avowed and sole
object is to inflict bodily
harm on an opponent, a
proceeding not usually con-
sldered particularly humane
or dignified.
THIS APPEARS TO PUZL
ZLE HIM. THE strangest
part of it all is that I hate
violence and yet I have found
myself as a person in the
ring" And later: Boxing is
supposed to be a dirty busi-
ness, but it has made me
clean and enabled me to do
good for Others" .
The story of the three
fights with Ingemar Johans-
son has an interest that
transcends boxing. There is
keen insight into the curious
psychology of a man prepar-
ing for an event that will be
brief and yet decide what for
him is virtually everything.
Mr.. Patterson's remarks,
about segregation are curl
ously mild. He resents it of;
course. He reSentS it deeply
what human being would
not?
Yet he does not seem awareS
OF even a fraction of the per-
sonal and economic power.
and influence he possesses.
He has refused to fight befSyeI
segregated houses. That,
seems to be about all. Other;
wise, it appears that his in
stinct to hide reasSerts itself !
Floyd Patterson's story isl
a rags-to-riches story. But it'll
is not a Horatio Alger fable.
The street urchin that was
Floyd Patterson was rescued
largely by his own efforts.
But without the aid of Wilt
wyck and the special "6OO".
schools of the New York City
public school system, hei
would not have been aware
that any effort was needed.
In this case at least, society
made amends for a situation
for which it was largely re-
sponsible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-20

On June 4, you printed an
article by Allen M. Smythe,
on the use of foreign steel
in United States naval YES
sells. Vice Admiral George F.
BeardSley, chief Of the Of
flee Of Naval Materiel, stated
the Navy saved $153,000 over
domestic prices. This article
merely illustrates the prob
lens today being faced by
Shipyard workers and by the
entire American shipbuilding
and repair industry, because
of the obsolescence of our
yards and the lack of work
in them.
The article states that the
Navy has recently ordered
Admiral Ralph K. James,
chief of the Bureau of Ships,
to visit the modern ship
yards and steel mills of Eu-
rope to discover how their
methods and equipment are
better than ours, and what
can be done to raise our in
dustry from the morass of
antiquity into which IL has
fallen.
Certainly, Admiral James
and Vice Admiral Boards
ley, who are most conscien-
tious and dedicated officers
carrying out the will of the
Congress, are faced with an
almost intolerable situation
when they are asked to oper-
ate with outmoded and antique
plants and material.
We seem today in the ship
building and repair industry,
to have worked ourselves into
a vicious circle. Construc-
ton of vessels is expensive
because our yards are antique
and obSoleScent, and because
so few vessels are being built;
and on the other hand, so
few vessels are being built
because construction Of YES
sells is expensive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-20
THE WORLD
By CROSBY S. MOVES
France and the Atom Bomb
Foreign Correspondent Of The Stor

out OF his way, time ana Time
again, to emphasize the vital
necessity of an independent
French nuclear force. Now
more than ever it is a matter
of simple necessity that
France should dispose Of its
own means Of Defense" he
said.
Because for a country like
ours, there would be no all
liances that could last in the
long run if we merely are q
protectorate." 81
OutfIank De Gaulle? =
If Gen. de Gaulle is I'M
shakable, then where else can
Mr.. RuSk look for support
for his campaign against q
French nuclear deterrent? e;
In some quarters, the idea
has grown recently of "outa
thanking" Gen. de Gaulle-'
of appealing over his head
to his other European allies
in an effort to mobilize them
actively against the French
nuclear policy in the name
of Atlantic solidarity. z
There is little prospect,
however, that if it were tried
such as appeal would stand
much chance Of success. No
doubt the European allies, If
they were confronted with the
hard-boiled alternatives Of
cooperating with Gen. de
Gaulle or with the United
States, would follow the
American lead.
Promising as they may be,
the perSpectives of European
solidarity have not yet
reached the point where Eu-
rope can dispense with the
essential guarantees Of the
Atlantic alliance. -
But there is no doubt
either that the allies will do
everything in their power to
avoid making any such
choice at this point. In their
own attitude toward the
French nuclear effort, most
Of them have pointedly-
avoided getting involved in
theoretical disputes with
Gen. de Gaulle. Indeed the
idea Of an independent Eu-
ropean nuclear force within
the framework of the At
lantic alliance is gaining re-
spectacle currency in both
Britain and Germany.
In short. the problem
which the Kennedy admins
tration should be working on
is not how to prevent the de-
velopment Of a French nu-
clear deterrent-which seems
virtually inevitable-but how
to live with it once IL is ere
ated.
To the extent that it Isl
successful, an attempt to-
isolate France from the rest
Of its European partners and
within the alliance itself can
only, in the long run, CONS
plicate the problem of limit
ing the menace of an inde-
pendent force and tying the
French deterrent into the
overall pattern of Western
defense. n
How this might be done is
a matter Of lively discussion,
in Europe today. And the
possibilitieS-perhaps some
what less gloomy than they
have been drawn-will be
discussed in a subsequent
column. 49,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-20

Our shipyards were most
ly built for construction dur
ing World Wars I and II,
whereas European yards have
been constructed after World
War II. They are modernized
and up to date. Facilities
have not been modernized in
the United States to the same
extent because there is in
sufficient work to pay for the
amortization of moderniza-
ton.
We must end this vicious
circle. Certainly, given the
modern equipment of foreign
yards, the United States ship
yard worker could outproduce
the foreign shipyard worker
at any time. We saw this
during World War II, when,
because of production line
methods and the expansion
OF the industry, we were able
to build ships that cost less
per ton than vessels built
abroad, despite our higher
wages and better working
conditions. With design re-
search and the planned re-
placement of our obsolete
fleet, this could still be eff
fective.
Prof. Edward B. Shills,
associate chairman Of the
geography and industry de-
partment of the Wharton
School of Finance and Com
merce, pointed up the stu
alton when he stated: "Expen-
ditures for payroll for foreign
seamen, capital expenditures
for the construction of vessels
in foreign yards, repair in
foreign ports and the cost of
shipping American goods in
the vessels of other nations,
all contribute to a flow of
American dollars abroad in
huge amounts"
1t is time that the ma
tional welfare of the United
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-20
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used If
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. Al let
tiers are subject to condensd-
ton. Those not used DiIl be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-20
VICTORY OVER MYS

VICTORY OVER MYSELF.
BY Floyd Patterson, with
Milton Cross. Bernard Gels
Associates; $3.50
BY and large "as told to"
autobiographieS are books in
appearance and mammoth
publicity orgies in intent and
effect.
The press releases accom-
panying prize fighter Floyd
Patterson's Victory Over
Myself" would pain even the
case-hardened. The book it
self however is another mat
ter.
Messrs. Patterson and
Gross have done a more than
respectable job of telling a
fascinating and in many
ways encouraging story. The
false clang of hokum is
usually absent and is muted
when present.
This is not to say that
there are no diSingenuouS
notes here and there. Gus
D'Amato, Mr.. Patterson'S
strange - and suspended -
manager, remains a Shadowy
figure, and one suspects that
some personal quarrels are
treated with something less
than candor.
But autobiography, like
official biography, almost
never tells the whole truth
and nothing but the truth,
and the reader who confuses
such books with exhaustive
and definitive biography is
naive indeed.
AS a boy, Mr.. Patterson was
perpetually afraid, and, it
seems, almost totally uncom-
pretending. He hid in cellars,
in movie houses and even in
a tool storage room in a sub
way tunnel. There was q
metal ladder to get up into
it, and once you were in you
locked the door behind you
and there was total black
ness. There was no noise
except when the trains went
by. 1t became my cave, my
hideaway-a safe hole in the
wall away from the bitterness
of the world. I'd spread
papers on the floor and I'd go
to sleep and find peace"
This horrid world of a terri
fled child is recreated with
simplicity and vividness.
IN 1945 AT THE AGE OF
10, Mr.. Patterson had the
good fortune to be taken off
the streets (and out Of the
tunneD and sent to the Wilt
wyck School for Boys in
ESopus, New York. Some
people would call it a reform
atory," he says. ut reformed
me, but I wouldn't put it in
that class"
Here the boy began to come
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-20

be replenished and every one
who partakes of that stream
shall never want for any,
thing. Mr.. Kennedy is right,
we are back in the days of
mythology.
George A. BirdsalI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-20

Secretary Of State Rusk's
success as a builder for the
Atlantic Alliance would seem
to depend primarily on the
flexibility Of his architectural
ideas.
At least he viii find a good
many builders already hard
at work. The problem of
NATO today is not really one
of starting a lively exam
ination" of where the alliance
should 60 from here. 1t is
rather g question Of deciding
whether the American-built
foundations will be able in
the long run to support the
superstructure being rapidly
added by Americas European
allies.
In this connection, one
point energies starkly from
the buildup for the Secre-
tary'S trip. After all that has
been said, there can be little
doubt that the one problem
which threatens the founda-
tons Of the alliance above
all others is the nuclear
policy Of France.
Since Secretary of Defense
McNamara's speech last week
end, it is clear that a new
dimension has been added in
the long-standing hostility
of the United States toward
an independent French nu-
clear deterrent.
Unfriendly Sound
Indeed, as it was read in
Europe, Mr.. McNamara's
speech sounded almost like
a declaration of war. In
effect, his argument was that
a French nuclear deterrent
besides being expensive and
useless, was actually a men,
ace to the security of the
United States.
Great nuclear powers, said
Mr.. Mcnamara, could con-
centrate their force in case
Of war against military tar
gets with the possibility of
sparing civilian populations.
Small powers, like France,
could use their limited ar
senals only against cities,
thus counting suicide not only
for themselves, but presum-
ably for the allies as well.
From this a further infer
ence is being drawn in Eu-
rope: The Kennedy admins
tration, far from helping
France to attain its nuclear
detectives, is now embarked
on a course of actively op-
posing them by all practical
means. Rightly or wrongly
this is widely believed to be
one Of the primary motives
behind Mr.. Rusk's present
mission in Europe.
But If it is the purpose Of
American policy to prevent
the development Of French
nuclear power, where should
Mr.. RuSk begin?
Not presumably, where he
has begun, with President de
Gaulle. With the Algerian
problem settled in his own
mind and recently returned
from a refreshing grassroots
tour Of the country, Gen. de
Gaulle has rarely been surer
Of himself or more confident
in the course that he has set
for the future.
During his tour he went
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-20
About Laos

President Kennedy and Nj
kita Khrushchev both regis
ter extreme satisfaction with
the settlement, so-called, in
Laos. What is called a coali-
ton government is actually
dominated by a known dedi-
Gated Communist; this fact
can hardly be questioned.
The Communists who are in
control Of this government
have already begun attack
ing the United States as
"imperialist warmongers. -
The interesting thing is that,
as is the case with other
Communist countries tha t
are benefited by American
foreign aid, this costly cam
paign Of hate and distortion
will be paid for by the Ameri-
can taxpayer.
1t is not difficult to un-
derStand why Mr.. Khru-
Shchev is so satisfied with
this arrangement; it would be
strange indeed II he were
not. It is a little harder to
understand the elation Of the
President.
Katherine Keen.
= 49,
Khrushchev and Kennedy
may be, and doubtless are,
pleased, though I expect for
somewhat different reasons,
over our contemplate giving
way to gradual, never-ceasing
Communist pressure. I refer,
at present of course, to our
acceding to a neutral" Gov
eminent for Laos.
And while Kennedy and
Khrushchev and the Kenne-
dy advisers who are leftist
oriented, or just plain weak
kneed, may be pleased over
our breaking our word to
Laos, decent citizens who ex-
pect to be able to take pride
in the honor of their coun-
try are not pleased! It is not
necessary to state whom such
honest Americans are hold
ing responsible for this dis
gushing state of affairs
whose administration is this
and who is in office!
ClarkSOn ]. BealI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-20
Plea to Save American ShipbuiIdinq Indust,

CIarkSOn ]. BeaH.
Evening star., 1962-03-07
AttucheSets
Air Force
Day Party

The Air Attache of Italy,
Col. Luigi Violante, and Mrs.
Violante, are giving a late
afternoon reception March %
in celebration of italian Air
Force Day.
The gala party will COM
memorate the 29th anniver-
sary of their country's Air
Force.
The Commander, Office of
Aerospace Research, Mai.
Gen. Daniel E. Hooks is CIV
ing a luncheon at noon
March 16 in Boiling Air Force
Base Officers Club in honor
of DR.. Gertrude Blanch.
DR.. Blanch, who has been
living in New York, will now
be attached to the Aero
space Research Laboratory,
Wright Patterson Air Force
Base, Dayton, Ohio. She has
the distinct honor of being
the first woman to be ap-
pointed by a branch of the
armed services to one of the
special civil services posi-
tions.
Mai. Anne M. Doering,
WAC, will leave the United
States by air March 27 for
Wet Nam, the first woman
to be sent as an instructor
on non-military subjects. She
has been assigned to Military
Assistance Advisory Group.
Maj. Doering left Wash
ington last Wednesday to
spend a month with her
stepfather and mother, Mr..
and Mrs. B. E. Solomon, in
Georgetown, Tex.
Evening star., 1962-03-07
First Lady Reacts
We'll to I reQtn1ent

press secretary Pamela Turn
ure, reported.
She is much improved"
but not completely. over the
infection and will continue to
take medication during her
March 9-29 trip abroad, Miss
Turnure added.
Mrs. Kennedy shortened
her trip to India and Pakis-
tan by eight days on the ad-
vice Of DR.. Taylor and White
House physician Janet Ira
veil, the White House an
nounced Feb. 26. At the time,
White House Press Secretary
Pierre Salinger said Mrs.
Kennedy had been suffering
for several months from a
low grade sinus infection
which caused her intermit-
tent low fevers.
Evening star., 1962-03-07
English Girl Wins
Pancake Race Title

third successive time because
this is the last time I will be
able to enter"
Miss Vorley, who now has
three inscribed frying pans as
gifts from the people of Lib
eral, was only one-tenth Of
a second yesterday behind
the transatlantic record set
up by Mrs. Binnie Dick of
Liberal in 1855.
Pancake racing supposedly
began in Olney in 1445 or
thereabouts, but last night
the Vicar of this Bucking-
hamshire town, the Rev.
Ronald Collins. said it has a
20th-century meaning.
ut has resulted" said the
Vicar, "in a firm bond of
friendship between two COM
munities thousands of miles
apart"
Evening star., 1962-03-07
BY FRANCES LIDE
Star Staff Writer

Lady Baden-Powell, whose
name is synonymous with
Scouting. arrived in WASH
ington yesterday in the midst
Of a Observation-Disclosures to
be here for the local observ-
ance of the Golden Jubilee
of the Girl Scouts of the
u. S. A.
A motor trip through the
storm from Richm on d
(where "our car had to be
dug out of a blanket of
SNOWY had failed to dampen
the enthusiasm of the World
Chief Guide Of the Girl
Guides, who will make the
commemorative address Sun
day in anniversary cere-
monies scheduled for 3 pm.
in the Departmental Audito-
rum.
Widow of the founder of
the Boy Scouts and Girl
Guides, Lady B-P," as. she
affectionately is known, has
been combining a tour of
Canada and the United
States since her arrival in
September.
Had Heart Attack
After visits to Girl Scouts
in New York, Philadelphia,
Buffalo, Rochester and Bos-
ton, she said, she had gotten
as far as Novia Scotia, New
Brunswick and Newfound-
land when she had a heart
attack in october.
The indominitable Girl
Guide leader was forced to
cancel the rest of her Cana
dian tour and an official
United States tour to the
West Coast.
1T was maddening," she
said yesterday. But I had
to knock off for a while.
Otherwise, they might have
had to bury mel"
Knocking off," for 73-
year-old Lady B-P included
a two-month tour of "your
lovely country"
II travelled from Maine to
Southern California 'incog-
nito'-I called myself Mrs.
Brown" she said with a de-
lighted chuckle. "Then, in
January. I started work
again"
A Wonderful Tour
Since then she has carried
out a modified schedule"
Evening star., 1962-03-07
YOURS
Capital Still Produces
Real Drama On Scene

gene Milligan; a sable scarf
from Maximilian, large pearl
and gold earrings from Sea-
man Schepp, a week for two
in Bermuda at Glencoe Ho-
tel, a beaded evening bag
from Saks Fifth Avenue, and
dinner and champagne for
four at the Jockey Club.
~ X y =
WASHINGTON SOCIETY
was shocked and saddened
by the sudden passing of
Spanish Ambassador Mar
iano Yturralde. He and his
wife, Isabel, who will leave
Washington this evening for
good, made a host of devoted
friends in their year-and-a-
half here. The continuous
stream of officials and resi-
dents, including Secretary of
State and Mrs. Rusk and the
entire ambassadorial corps,
who called at the Embassy
yesterday to pay their re-
Spects, was but a small indi-
cation of the widespread
affection this couple instilled.
The Ambassador will be
remembered for his outgiv-
ing warmth, dignity and the
affable ease with which he
conducted his affairs. He and
his wife, among the most
loved, most devoted and most
respected of diplomatic
couples, will leave a void hard
to fill. His widow takes back
with her Washington'S deep
est sympathy.