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Evening star., 1962-04-17
DAVID LAWRENCE .s
Opposing Dictatorship Complex

editorial said that President
Kennedy has taken unto
himself a veto power fully as
weighty as that exercised by
the Soviet Union in the
United Nations" The edi-
torial added:
The efforts last night Of
some radio commentators to
impart a sense Of delicacy to
the Presidents breakdown on
Big Steel was almost laugh
able He waded in with both
fists flying, and never mind
the low blows.
Big Steel may yet salvage
something out Of this and
may, at a later date. justify
and secure the price increase
it claims essential. But it will
do so only with the concur
renee Of the man in the
White House. Like the song
goes: Big John! Big John!
Big John!"
Here in Washington, The
Evening Star in an editorial
decried the routing out Of
reporters at 8 o'clock in the
morning and the activities
Of Government agencies, in
cluding the orders given by
the Presidents brother to a
Federal grand jury. The edi-
torial added:
This power should be ex-
ercised only to investigate a
suspected criminal offense
and to prosecute the Offend
er If evidence of crime is de-
veloped. 1t should never be
used as an instrument Of re-
taliation by an outraged
President or an angered At
torney General"
Where, however, are the
conservatives of both the
Democratic and Republican
parties, the men who have
hitherto championed tn e
Constitution and foug h t
against autocracy in any
form? They surely cannot
succumb to the doctrine that,
because price rises are un-
popular, the "end justifies
the means" For what's pop
ular" today will not always
be popular tomorrow as the
people ultimately get all the
facts. If price and wage con-
trolls are necessary, Congress
alone has the power to i'm
pose them by law. 1t GER
tainly isn't the function Of
a President to make the laws
without Congress at least
not yet.
Copyright, 1862
Evening star., 1962-04-17
POTOMAC FEVER
Pete Wyma
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Football hall-of-fame day Washington Al-American
Byron CWhzzer White takes the oath Supreme Court
justice watched by Jack Kennedy quarterback of
Washingtons sudden death victory Pittsburgh
Steelers.
Frances cabinet plays musical chairs under the new
premier, Georges Pompidou. Motto "Nothings with
Pompidou"
Ode to Big Steel: There fellow named
Blough, on the ground of w-how But day
SPREE he shinnied tree-and sawed himself off with
bough.
House committee considers $100 million in the
space budget This aStronauts have fly tourist
class.
Baseball adage If first you don't succeed, you'll
get to second.
President Kennedy scored a victory over the steel in
dusy but it's dangerous game He risks losing the vote
OF everybody who happens to own steel mill.
Evening star., 1962-04-17
Effect on Administration of Texas Shift
By Ex-NoV Chief Connolly Is Studied

reading a prepared speech to
him. Its theme was that the
country needed a man on
horseback, not a boy riding
Caroline's tricycle."
Much more liberal news
papers also support Mr.. Con-
molly. But the conservative
trend Of his campaigning and
his business support have at
tracted wide attention.
It has also enabled Gov.
Price Daniel, seeking fourth
term after six years in office.
to pre-empt the vital center.
Gov. Daniel saw his chance
when Don Marlborough. an
avowed liberal, began to move
up in the primary calcula-
tions on a New Frontier pro-
gram.
The Governor, no liberal
favorite, took up center posi-
tionS and asserted himself
the friend, not of business or
labor primarily, but of the
little man" He may not be
able to make inroads on Mr..
Yarborough's hard core in
the first primary but if, as
seems likely, he meets Mr..
Connolly in the run-off, he
expects the liberals to prefer
him.
Last year Texas liberals
preferred sitting on their
hands to voting for an arch
conservative Democrat for
Senator. The result is Texas
Republican Senator John
Tower.
Today's liberals insist that
Mr.. Marlborough has a good
chance. An established State
wide poll reflects the more
common opinion that a close
contest between Gov. Daniel
and Mr.. Connolly and then
a run-off between them is in
prospect.
Evening star., 1962-04-17
DORIS FLEESON

Washington inevitably in
terprets Texas politics in
terms of Vice President john
sons political future. It's not
easy in the light Of dis
patches from the State only
three weeks before the guber-
material primary. There is
even evidence that it won't
be easy for the Vice Presi-
dent, either. no matter how
it comes out.
What has happened is
that the Vice Presidents
close associate, John B. Con-
molly, jr., President Kennedy's
first Secretary of the Navy,
has shifted his political
ground far to the rear Of the
New Frontier in his effort
to be Governor.
This may be good for
Texas, but there is some
question that it is either
good for the New Frontier or
for a political sponsor whose
protege seems so forgetful
of past indulgence. 1t seems
to have gone beyond the
kind of cajoling and COM
promising that was to be
expected in so faction-ridden
a State party.
Latest right-wing recruit to
Mr.. Connolly is the Dallas
News, an articulate publica-
tion whose marriage to Gen.
Walker, it seemed here, was
surely made in heaven. The
News Endorsed Mr.. Connolly
for being against so much Of
the New Frontier program
and argued he shouldn't be
disqualified as a personal
friend of the President and
Vice President.
The Dallas News publisher,
Ted Dealey, long since at
tracted the Presidents at
tention by rising at a White
House luncheon party and
Evening star., 1962-04-17
Kennedy Names
2Arts Advisers

President Kennedy late yes
terday added Norman Cousins
editor of the Saturday Review
and r. Philip Hanes, jr., Wins
ton-Salem, IN. c. manufac-
turer, to the Advisory Com
mittee on the Arts of the
National Cultural Center.
Evening star., 1962-04-17
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Evening star., 1962-04-17
RALPH McGILL

what you might call the
moral conscience of the Ken
nedy administration is SYM
bolized best by two men,"
said a longtime observer of
the Washington scene. zone
is Secretary Of Labor Arthur
Goldberg. He brings to Gov
ernment the ethical qualities
of a Talmudic or rabbinical
scholar.
THE other is Robert Ken
nedy, the United States At
torney General. He has not
failed to impress all who
have met and talked with
him. Those who have seen
him go relentlessly after un-
derworld powers, dig into the
corruption Of the Teamsters
Union, and move strongly
against injustices, say of him
that he is an outstanding
Calvinist in his uncompro-
missing code of morality in
Government. The gamblers,
the bribers, the underworld
tycoons and smart operators
in general, are learning that
no compromise is possible.
"These two men, one arm
ed with the Old Testament
ethics. and the other with his
Christian concept Of public
morality, Calvinist-like in its
severity, have stamped the
administration with these
qualities"
This observation Is apro-
pos. Both men are increas-
ingly influential because of
their integrity and their
willingness to accept respon-
sibilities posed by moral
issues.
This moral principle is in
volved in Robert Kennedy's
support Of legislation to es-
tablish uniform literacy tests
in several States. Whether or
not the act will, if adopted,
prove constitutional is for the
courts. Opinions differ. The
fact that Endorsement of the
move to broaden the fran
chise for the Southern Ne
gro is also good politics
doesn't change or detract
from the moral strength of
it.
Unhappily, it is Southern
Congressman who offer the
most defiant resistance, COM
bined with threats to filibus-
ter. Here again, Southern op-
position stands on States
rights and. thereby, defends
immoral practices in the area
of voter registration. The
protesting Congressman an
grily assert that the Consti-
tuition gives the States the
rights to determine "the
time, places and manner" for
holding elections involving
United States Senators and
Representatives And so it
does.
But the Justice Depart
ment files have undenied evil
dence of discriminating use
of State Hteracy tests to deny
the right Of registration. The
most flagrant and indefen-
sible examples of such dis
elimination are in MissiSsip-
pi and Alabama, though no
Deep South State is guiltless.
College-educated Negroes,
including teachers in Negro
universities, have been denied
the right to register because,
ordered to copy several pages
of a State Constitution, a
comma was omitted, or a
word overlooked. Literacy
tests requiring "interpreta-
ton" of the Constitutions
Evening star., 1962-04-17
Ethical and Moral Standards of Pair
In Corruption and Rights Fight Louded

permit local officials to say
unsatisfactory" and deny
the right to register. There
are other forms Of abuses Of
State tests that undeniably
are discriminatory.
The latest comprehensive
statistics show, for example,
that in 16 Southern counties
of large Negro populations,
not a single Negro was reg
istered to vote in 1859. In still
other counties, the same year,
fewer than five per cent Of
eligible Negro citizens were
registered. ,
The Southefner who be-
lieves in States rights must
ask himself If this Is an exer-
else Of rights" or If the
rights are not being abused.
The Southern position in
this matter may be based on
an honest belief in States
rights. But by not having
protested or sought to have
eliminated the injustices i'm
posed by abuses of the right,
the Congressman who now
oppose the Justice Depart
ment are in an uncomfortable
position. Their argument al
lows the rest Of the Nation to
see the inconsistency Of the
States rights principle. Once
again, the Southern position
is one which, on the face Of
it, supports continuation of
known inequities in the right
to vote.
The Justice Department
supports a law that would
declare completion of six
Evening star., 1962-04-17

Mr.. Cousins, who lives in
New Canaan, Conn, has been
with the Saturday Review since
1910 and editor since 1912.
Mr.. HaneS is active in cul-
tural affairs in Winston Salem,
having served as a member of
the board of directors of the
Winston Salem Symphony,
little theater, Arts and Crafts
Association and Gallery of
Fine Arts.
Evening star., 1962-04-17
DAVID LAWRENCE

Maybe the conservatives in
Congress in both political
parties win wake up in due
time and put up a fight
against the dictatorship COM
plex that seems to have
seized the Kennedy admins
tration. For the way the
steel dispute was almost en-
tirely neglected last week by
those who customarily criti-
cize the arbitrary use Of
power by government is dis
quieting to the many people
who still believe in a govern
ment of laws and a written
Constitution.
Congress has a duty to ex-
pose usurpation Of power
when it develops anywhere in
this country. 1t has a right
to investigate the facts. Will
it now summon all the cab
met secretaries and their as
sistants to find out Just what
did happen in the 72 hours
between the time the U. S.
Steel Corp. announced a
price increase and the time
the same company capitu-
lated, as its competitors were
subjected to pressure and in
timidation unparalleled in
American history? If the
Executive branch of the Gov
ernment should order its Of
ficials to take the Fifth
Amendment" and to refuse to
give the information on the
ground that it is privileged"
this in itself would be Signifi-
cant. Meanwhile, this will not
stop the press from finding
out the facts and telling them
to the American people.
The whole situation is best
described in a Wall Street
journal editorial on Monday
of this week, which said in
part:
"In a long life not without
its share of amazementS, we
never saw anything like it.
"On Tuesday one of the
country'S steel companies an
nounced it was going to try
to get more money for its
product. And promptly all
hell busted loose.
The President of the Uni
ted States went into what
can only be described as a
TRADE. Not only had the COM
pany changed its price list
without consulting him but
it had also set a price which,
in his opinion, was wholly
unjuStified.' With a long pre-
amble in which he rang in
Evening star., 1962-04-17
Detection of New Frontiersmon

The Vice Presidents rela-
tions with Gov. Daniel have
been friendly but not so close
as with Mr.. Connolly, who
managed many State races
ami his presidential cam
paign for him. Mr.. Connolly.
attractive and energetic, is
running as "a new face" 1t
has caused all the more COM
ment that it may be new but
apparently not New Frontier.
Evening star., 1962-04-17
Failure of Some in Congress to Criticize
Crockdown on Steel Called Disturbing

the Berlin crisis, the soldiers
killed the other day in Wet
Nam, the wives and mothers
separated from their hus-
bands by the reserve Gallup
all of which he cast at the
feet Of these irresponsible
steel officials-he wound up
by crying that these men had
shown their utter contempt
for the welfare Of the coun-
try.
The response in Washing
ton was instantaneous. The
Justice Department, the Fed
eral Trade Commission, the
congressional inquisitors all
leaped to arms.
Then came the night rid
ers. At 3 am. Thursday
morning a reporter for the
Associated Press was awak-
ened by Government agents
unable to wait even for reg
ular office hours in their
driven haste to find out what
testimony he could give about
the criminal conduct of these
steel officials. At S am. it
was the turn of our own re-
porter in Philadelphia. At
$50 am. the scene was re-
peated in Wilmington, Del,
for a reporter on the Eve
ming Journal. All this without
any warrants, only orders
from the Attorney General
Of the United States.
by mid Thursday morning
the U. S. Steel Corp. had
been subpoenaed for all
documents bearing on the
crime and had learned that
a Federal grand jury would
move swiftly to see what laws
had been violated by asking
three tenths of accent q
pound more for a piece OF
steel.
I'm such a climate it was
not at all surprising what the
mailed fist could do. All day
Friday steel company offices
were awash with Government
agents, while the threats OF
punishment we're mingled
with promises of reward fol-
doing the rulers bidding. II
is a technique Of government
not unknown elsewhere in the
world, and it is a combination
almost irresistible. So by Fri
day night Mr.. Kennedy had
his victory"
There were some caustic
comments from other cities
across the Nation. The
Tampa (Fla.) Times in an
Evening star., 1962-04-17

IKE SAYS COP CAN
WIN IN "a
A lot Of politicians think JFK will bs
a shoo.in in "a. Not so, says eisen-
hover. But he admits there's plenty
ofroom for improvement in his party.
In this weeks Post, Ike analyzes the
soft spots in the COP organization.
Comments on the prospects Of Nixon,
Rockefeller and George Romney. And
tells why there's no room for right.
wing extremists within the COP.
The Saturday EreniHR
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Evening star., 1962-09-30
Copt. Kangaroo
AT Press Club

children's television charac-
ter Captain Kangaroo will
highligft entertainment at the
National Press Clubs father
daughter dinner Friday in the
Press Club ballroom.
More than 200 members and
their daughter win attend The
master of ceremonies wiz bt
WTOP-Tv's Ranger Hal.
Other entertainment win bt
provided by Phillip Kennedy
a staff member Of the Archiye;
of Folk Songs at the Library
of Congress; Gene. the Magic
Clown; Katny Oliver; and thl
Tiny Meeker Trio.
Evening star., 1962-09-30
By OVID A. MARTIN
Aasneiated Press staff Writer

Last year brought new dis
appointments to farm planners
in the Soviet Union and most
other European Communist
countries as output fell short
of high official goals, the
Agriculture Department said
yesterday.
For the Soviet Union, 1861
was the third successive disap-
pointing year.
A report on the farm situa-
ton in Communist areas of
Eastern Europe said serious food
shortages developed in many
of these countries, especially in
animal products.
Little improvement Is fore
seen this year.
Unfavorable weather ag-
gravated lack of incentives,
shortages Of capital and other
shortcomings resulting from the
collectivization and Govern
ment policy Of preferential
treatment to industry" the de-
partment said.
Yet, collectivization Of farms
was extended in 1861 in a num-
Der Of these countries.
An exception to the unfa-
vorable farm developments, the
report said. was Poland, where
private farming has largely re-
placed collective agriculture.
The department said, how
ever. that the food situation
in the Soviet Union has not
been critical.
Instead Of an improvement
in the starchy Russian diet,
which has been promised fire.
quently, shortages Of animal
products, particularly meat,
we're officially acknowledged, I"
the report said.
prices paid to farmers for
certain commodities were in
creased in the Soviet Union and
some other East European
countries, but inauspicious
prospects for the 1862 harvest
Evening star., 1962-09-30
Kennedy Signs
Banking Bills
By the Associated Press

Three bills affecting National
banks were signed yesterday
by President Kennedy.
One increases the amount
National banks can lend on
real estate mortgages from SO
per cent to 70 per cent Of their
time and savings deposits. It
is estimated this viii make an
additional "a billion available
for building loans.
The bill also increases the
maximum length Of construc-
ton loans on residential and
farm dwellings from 9 to 1e
months.
Another bill allows q Ma
tional bank resulting from q
merger to retain all the branch
banks 1t operated before thC
merger. The third bill places
authority over the trust power
Of National banks in the Con.
troller Of the Currency. It was
formerly In the Federal Re-
serve Board.
Evening star., 1962-09-30
Farm Output Still Poor
In Russio, ], Red Bloc

made it unlikely that the ag-
ricultural and food difficulties
viii be overcome soon"
The report was issued while
the Soviet Minister Of Agricul-
ture and several aides are max
ing a tour of United States
farm areas in the Midwest and
West to learn how American
agriculture, with its abundant
production, functions.
Evening star., 1962-09-30
SCIENCE
CALENDAR

This Information Is sup
Piled By the Joint COMMITTEES
on Press Relations of the
District Of Columbia Council
on Engineering and ATchi-
teeturdl Societies and the
Washington Academy of Sci
encesJ
Evening star., 1962-09-30
WEDNESDAY,

Ths washingtsn ssciety sk Knxi-
neers-s pm. meeting in the John
smith Of the Oak Ridee fnstifute q
Euelesr Studies viii speak on This
Atomic World"
Evening star., 1962-09-30
THURSDAY

Ths Research EnEinserinx MANAGE
msnt Rsundtsble-7:30 pm. meeting
at Brookinss Institution auditorium,
.1775 Massachusetts, avenue NV. -Four
speakers VIII discuss '@The RoIs Of ths
Office Of Science and Technology. {"
Speakers win be DR.. Jerome B. wies-
ner, Mr.. John H. Rubsl. DR.. Geoffery
Keller and Harold seidman. Public
invited.
Evening star., 1962-09-30

Ths Botanical sseiuty q Washlnatsn
-s pm. meeting in the John wesley
Powell Auditorium. 2170 Florida aye-
ns crops dsy,1ion A "a ths y 70. 81
Agriculture VIA speak on The Nuts
Among Us." Public Invited.
Evening star., 1962-09-30
TOMORROW

American Society Of Military Comp
trslIers-sixth annual convention be-
gins at 1880 pm. In Room 5A-1O7O,
Pentagon. Assistant Secretary Of De-
fense qnstaIlations and Loeisticsl
Thomas d. Morris VIII be the principal
speaker Other speakers include Barry
]. Shillito, president Of Logistics Man
aeement Institute, and Paul A. volcker.
director Of the financial analysis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-03
White House Curator to Resign Post

cred her connections with
the Smithsonian as well.
However, Mrs. Pearce has
been asked to continue to
serve the White House as a
member of the Advisory
Committee to the Fine Arts
Committee.
The release from the
White House said that Gin
accepting the resignation,
Mrs. Kennedy stated that
Mrs. Pearce had performed
an immeasurable service as
the first Curator of the
White House in giving so
freely of her knowledge, time
and enthusiasm in the early,
difficult days of establishing
the restoration program"
1t also recognized Mrs.
Pearce for her work in writ
ing the text for the newly
released guide book of the
Executive nsion, The
White House" stating that
the scholarship which she
Mrs. Pearce) devoted to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-03

Mrs. Lorraine w. Pearce
has resigned from her job
as White House Curator for
what is described as per
sonal reasons"
The White House gave
this explanation yesterday of
the resignation of Mrs.
Pearce which is effec civ e
September l.
The announcement also
stated that Mrs. Pearce is
presently on a months leave.
Mrs. Pearce. in private life
Mrs. John N. Pearce, be-
came the first Curator at
the White House in March
of 1861 on loan from the
Smithsonian Institution at
the request of Mrs. Kennedy.
Under Smithsonian
The job actually was Gre
ated under the Smithsonian,
with Mrs. Pearce listed as
registrar historian on loan
to the White House.
Yesterdays announcement
said that she had also sew
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-03
Rockville Club
Holds Elections

Mrs. VIII Stackhouse, jr.,
was installed as president Of
the Woman's Club of Rock
vile at their recent annual
luncheon meeting held at
the Shady Grove Country
Club. Arrangements for the
buffet were made by Mrs.
William Frank. Mrs. James
c. Fail. outgoing president,
presided.
Mrs. Stackhouse is a past
president of the Inquiry Club,
is currently an officer of the
Dandy-Lions of Rockville and
has been active in the P.T.A.
Mrs. ONeal M. johnson,
president Of the Fifth Dis
trict of the Montgomery
County Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs, installed the fol-
lowing new officers: Mrs.
Gordon M. Dunning, I'd vice
president: Mrs. Russell e.
Cogan, recording secretary;
Mrs. E. o. Gardner, CORE
spending secretary; Mrs.
James S. Moulden, treasurer;
Mrs. Roger L. Black, director;
Mrs. William P. Sherman,
parliamentarian; and Mrs.
]. o. Morton, Chaplain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-03
PQscureIIis
Celebrate
At Party

The christening Of Lucio
Giovanni Emilio Pascarelli,
the infant son of Press Coun-
Selor at the Italian Embassy
and Mrs. Elio Pascarelli, was
held yesterday, with Mrs.
Fenoaltea, the wife of the
Italian Ambassador, serving
as the child's godmother.
The baptism took place at
the New Chapel Of the Apos-
tolic Delegation with His
Excellency Msgr. Egidio
Vagnozzi administering the
sacrament.
The 5 o'clock christening
was followed by a reception
at the PaScarelli home. The
child, whose godfather is
Representative Emilio @.
Daddario of Connecticut, was
born July 10 at the George
town University Hospital. It
is the couples first baby.