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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-24
Unfair EXCHANGE

Unless telephone users get
busy now, they'll soon face
the herculean task of trying
to memorize a string of seven
numbers to dial.
Instead of dialing EXecu-
tive $1,000 to get Hotel Stat
Ter or Lincoln $4,000, for
The Star, you'll have to re-
member 393-1O00 for the no.
tel, and an awkward SAB
5000 for The Star, and other
sticky combinations.
Why should the C&P
Telephone Co. or maybe its
holding company, A.T.&T.,
annoy its customers this
way? What can be done to
get restored the three letter,
four digit combination like
EXE-10O0 or North 1900 like
they have in London, such
as HENdon 300, or oxford
3130, or HAYmarket 1880?
This correspondent was
told when he protested to the
Federal Communications
Com SSion: There's
nothing you can do about it,
or that the FEC can do.
That's the way the phone
company wants it. They say
they can get many more COM
binations if they use three
digits for the exchange, and
four for the actual number"
"That's a snow job they
gave you" I replied. 1--WE Of
fered to name exchanges for
them, using easy-to-under-
understand words for the
three letters, and digits, but
they ignored it. And whom
do you represent? The public
or the phone company"
Try the dictionary, and pick
out easy-sounding words that
would make good telephone
exchange names. You'll be
able to find several hundred.
Here are a few: ABBOT,
ABBEY, ABAcus. Alb Ate,
BACON, BACardi, BABEL,
Bachelor, Cabin, Gable,
Cabinet, CABooSe.
Or take The Stars future
number, 543- 5000. Isn't Life
guard 5000 much easier to
remember? (The Star may
well be our lifeguard; GER
tainly we can easily associate
the word with the nameO
Charles p. BeaZIey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-24
Federated Citizens

DeSegregaClOn, not only IN
neighborhood associations but
also in the declarations to
which they belong, is a basic
policy of the Lamond-Riggs
Citizens Association, D. C.'s
largest Q,10O paid family
membership neighborhood
group.
Unanimously instructed by
the membership, Lamond-
Riggs delegates recently in
troduced a constitutional
amendment to eliminate the
white requirement for mem
bership in the Federation of
Citizens Associations. Com
menting on this move in a talk
before the almost 100 per cent
Negro Federation of Civic As
sociations, the editor of the
Afro-American has repeatedly
advised this federation to re-
main separate in order to re-
tain its political influence as
ar ethnic group. The La
mond-Riggs Citizens Associa-
ton. which has been inte-
grated for the past seven
years, unanimously opposes
any such counter iscrimina-
ton.
Citizenship alone should be
sufficient to belong to as
sociations which concern
themselves with community
problems. Color should not
bar a citizen from expressing
his opinions through his local
association.
When an organization of
any kind restricts attendance
or membership for reason of
race, creed, color, or national
origin, it necessarily restricts
its level of attainment or sue
cess. Harvard, Cambridge and
Oxford, for example, are out
standing educational inStitu-
tons because they encourage
and receive participation by
individuals of all colors,
countries and races.
Indignation does not mean
the abolition of racial iden-
tity, loyalty, or ideas; it
means a joining of hands
to meet the challenges of our
time. Just as companies merge
to serve economic needs and
eliminate duplication of eff
fort, ideas and abilities should
also be merged to serve COM
munity and national needs.
Prejudice is not inherited:
1t is acquired by the individ-
ual or instilled by parents
or educators. It can, therefore,
be overcome by learning.
There are many decent, in
telligent white individuals who
have learned that desegrega-
ton is the final recognition
of the equality of man.
Theodore X. Chamberlain,
Walter E. Douglas, Herbert
HI. Henderson, Henry HI.
Jones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-24
VIS7AS IN SCIENCE
Wild Colombia Area Studied by Air
By THOMAS r. HENRY

ter-American Geodetic
Survey (Army Map Service
engineers have just started
a photo reconnaissance of
one of the worlds most diff
ficult areaS-the land of the
Motilones.
This is the State of
Goadjira in northern Colon
bia on the Venezuelan bor-
der. The Indians of its more
remote areas remain after
nearly five centuries the most
hostile of all red men. It
very likely would prove fatal
to venture into their land
with ground surveying instru-
ments. Naturally the ge-
ography of the country re-
mains very largely unknown.
A few oil explorers have been
killed.
The area is basically hot,
desert and mountainous ter
rain inhabited largely with
these savage Indians whose
customs and dress have not
changed materially since the
first Spaniards reached the
country. Only within the past
two years have the first sue
ceSsful approaches to them in
two centuries been made,
principally by Franciscan
missionaries.
Less Hostile Now
The hostility still remains,
they report, although per-
haps less pronounced among
the younger generation.
While it remains, however,
there will be a major gap in
the map of northern South
America. The hatred was not
particularly strong with the
first white contacts but was
aroused by cruel treatment
of the Motilones by Spanish
troops.
There are only the
sketchiest of notes on the
Motilone ways of life, gath
cred by a few anthropolo-
gists. Government policies
have been to leave them
strictly alone, when they stay
within their own dreary land.
And now, says a Venezuelan
government report, little by
little fear and suspicion are
giving away to curiosity. Bet
ter relations have developed
as flights over their terri
tory have become more fire.
quent.
THE men look physically
strong and rather lean. Both
men and women have finer
features. than most Vene-
zuelan Indians. The entire
population of a Motilone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-24
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used IT
letters carry iDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensa-
ton. Those not used will be
returned only Uhen accom-
panied by self = addressed,
stamped envelopeS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-24

Kennedy may be put on the
spot If he fails to give Mr..
Weaver the job. And If he
does appoint Mr.. Weaver, the
Republicans in the Senate
will vote solidly for Mr..
Weaver's confirmation.
An alternative for the ad-
ministration would be for
Secretary Ribicoff to stay
where he is and not run for
Senator against Republican
Senator Prescott Bush. But
the Democrats in Connecti-
cut - Democratic National
Chairman John M. Bailey at
their head-have been anx-
ious to have Mr.. Ribicoff on
the State ticket this year.
running for Senator, in the
hope of retiring Senator Bush
who has twice been elected
Senator. Mr.. Ribicoff has
gone right to the edge OF
formally announcing his can
didacy for the senatorial
nomination. and If he now
retreats and remains in the
cabinet, the maneuver will
have all the earmarks Of an
other move by the Kennedy
administration to keep the
race issue alive against the
Republicans in the coming
campaign.
SOutherner's Position
Proponents of the Urban
Affairs Department program
assert with great gusto that
the Democrats in the House
and Senate have voted
against the program solely
because Mr.. Kennedy an
nounced he would appoint
Mr.. Weaver to head the de-
partment. Apparently they
have not taken the time to
inquire. Southern Democratic
leaders in Congress say IS
per cent of the members from
their section are opposed to
the creation of the depart
ment because it would entail
the expenditure of billions
of dollars of the taxpayers
money and further add
to an already huge Federal
bureaucracy, with power cen
tralized in Washington, and
would have voted against it
if Mr.. Weaver's name had
never been mentioned for
the job.
While the administration
had been told that President
Kennedy's proposal for the
Urban Affairs Department
would be vetoed in the House,
the extent of the vote against
the department was a shock.
1t was killed, 264 to $50.
Almost as many Democrats
voted against the Kennedy
program as voted for it
and a score of the Democratic
opponents were not from the
South. The Democratic vote
was Ill against and 1877 for
the department. On the Re-
publican side, 1877 voted
against the department and
Is for it.
The proposed new depart
ment appears dead for the
remainder of the present
session of Congress. What
happens in the elections next
fall is likely to affect the
chances of the proposed
department in the new Con-
gress which will convene in
January, 1868. Meanwhile the.
administration will do it's
best to rally the big city vote
for members of the House
and Senate willing to create
the proposed department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-24
Will Weaver Get the HEW Post?

The Department Of Urban
Affairs proposed by President
Kennedy has been a political
football almost from its in
ception. The kickoff it got
in the House of Representa-
tives Wednesday went out Of
bounds about the 40-yard
line. Mr.. Kennedy, however,
takes the position that even
tually he will carry the ball
over for a touchdown. Fun
bles may cause trouble, how
ever. as they did before the
House vote. The Presidents
effort to put the Republicans,
who opposed the bill on its
merits, in a political hole by
thrusting the race issue to
the fore-announcing he in
tended to appoint Housing
Administrator Robert C.
Weaver, a Negro, to head the
new department-br Dug h t
loud cries of political black
mail.
The administration also
made a bad tumble in the
Senate, where it had hoped
to have the Presidents pro-
gram voted upl The attempt
to get a vote for the program
there before the HOUSE voted
and so influence the vote
in that chamber - fizzled
badly. The administrations
move to discharge" the Com
mittee on Government Opera
lions from further conSidera-
ton of the Presidents pro-
posal was defeated, SO to AZ.
If the Kennedy desire was
to get the opponents of the
new department on the record
as voting directly against it,
it failed dismally. There is
even doubt now that he could
have a favorable vote in the
Senate on the proposal itself.
According to administration
supporters, the politics of this
defeat in Congress is all in
favor of the President. They
believe-and Mr.. Weaver has
virtually said so-that the
Negro vote will now solidify
throughout the country
against Republican congress
Sional candidates. They also
contend that voters in the
big cities will resent the &C
ton of the House in vetoing
the Presidents program for
an Urban Affairs Department
and they add that 10 per
cent of the population now
lives in the cities, and that's
where the big vote is.
Chance of tumble on HEW
There is a chance of a
tumble by the administration,
however, if Secretary of
Health, Education and We'll
fare Ribicoff leaves the cabi-
net and runs for Senator in
his home State-Connecticut
AS he is now expected to do.
Already demand has been
made by Chairman Bob Will
son, of the Republican Con-
gressional Campaign Com
mittee. that the President
appoint Mr.. Weaver to sue
coed Mr.. Ribicoff as head of
HEW, making him the first
Negro member of the cabinet.
President Kennedy has at
tempted to discount such a
suggestion on the ground that
Mr.. Weaver is especially
qualified to head a Depart
ment of Urban Affairs, deal
ing with housing problems.
1t goes almost without say
ing, however, that if there is
a cabinet vacancy, such as
the HEW Department, Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-24
Police Chase

Would a policeman shoot
into a crowd of people in an
attempt to stop a criminal,
risking possible injury or
death to innocent bystand-
ers? No? Why then should he
chase a teen-ager at the
"murderous" speed of over
100 miles an hour?
In the latest incident of
this sort an 18-year-old boy
was seriously injured when he
was frightened" into going
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-24
u. S. On Offensive?

John H. McManl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-01
'Soft-SeF Russian

For what it may be worth, it is
interesting to note that Premier Khru-
shchev has delegated Vastly v. Kuznet-
SOW, First Deputy Foreign Minister, to
carry out the exceptionally important
special assignment Of being the key
Soviet representative in the United Ma
tons negotiations aimed at putting a
definitive end to the Cuban crisis Mr..
KuznetSov, who has flown into New York
from Moscow, is well and favorably
known both in U. N. and American
circles. A participant in the San Fran
cisco Conference that founded the world
organization, he has the reputation Of
being "Soft-sell" agent of the Krem-
lin-a quite personable and affable man
who eschews invective and who man
ages, when debating an issue, to disagree
rather agreeably.
There may be little significance in
any Of this, but it is nonetheless note
worthy that the Kremlin has sent such
a personality to deal with us on Cuba.
OF course, in all probability heis as hard
a Communist as Nikita KhruShchev
himself or Valerian Zorin, MoscowS
chief delegate to the U. N. But Mr..
Kuznetsov is more "Americanized," so
to speak, than most of his Soviet col
leagues. Anyhow, back in the early 193Os,
he spent more than a few years among
us, first as student who received
masters degree at the Carnegie Insti-
tuition of Technology in Pittsburgh, and
later as a worker for the Ford Motor
Company. In the process he can hardly
fail to have learned a good deal about
our national nature and psychologist
fact that can be helpful in promoting
a genuinely sound agreement between
his country and ours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-01
Not Much HeIp

The arrangement which has been
worked out between United States At
torney Acheson and Police Chief Murray
makes nine experienced prosecutors
available to advise police officers when
a preliminary hearing is necessary in
the case of an arrested suspect in rape
and homicide cases. In some situations
this guidance may be useful But it will
do little or nothing to ease the problem
which results from the Supreme Courts
1857 ruling in the Mallory case and
subsequent appellate decisions enlarg-
ing and tightening that rule
~ Under this expanded Mallory rule,
the police, for all practical purposes,
are forbidden to arrest and question
suspects with a view to obtaining a
confession. They must arraign a suspect
without unnecessary delay. If they in
terrogate him instead and he admits his
guilt, the confession and all supporting
evidence goes out the window.
It is said that convictions should
be obtained by methods which "com-
mend themselves to progressive and
Self-confident society,"" We do not know
what these methods are. No one has
ever said. 1t would be very useful,
however, if some Mallory rule advocate
would spell out the methods by which
the recent murder of Miksa MerSon
could have been solved without violation
OF the Mallory rule. The fact is that it
was police violation of the rule which
resulted in the arrest and conviction
NYyhn n111hI he
concert pianist to death on the street
in front of his home. Without the vio-
lation, there is every probability that
the killer would still be at large And
his conviction may yet be set aside on
appeal.
The effect of literal compliance
with the Mallory rule, in many in
stances, will be to leave the public
exposed to vicious criminals It is con-
coded that compliance with the Mallory
rule may impair police efficiency, but
the champions of the rule say this is
necessary to insure freedom.
How can this be? Was there no
freedom in the Nations Capital prior
to 1857, when the Mallory rule was laid
down? Is there no freedom in the SO
States, in none of which the Mallory
rule applies?
The test Of the admisSibility of a
confession in the States is whether it
was voluntary or involuntary. If volun-
tary, point to be determined by Judge
or jury, it can be used at the trial. If
involuntary, it is thrown out. This used
to be the rule in the District and it
ought to be revived.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-01
Exit q 'NeutroIist'

v. K. Krishna Menon, one of the
best friends that Communist China and
the Soviet Union have ever had, now
has been dismissed from his job as In
dia's Minister of Defense. This has hap
pened to him because of lamentable
failure to equip his country's troops
with weapons modern enough, and
clothing sufficiently warm, to cope with
the Red Chinese aggression in the
Himalayas.
Apparently his failure in that re-
spect can be attributed in large part
to the fact that most of his energy in
recent years has been spent on his role
as midas chief representative to the
United Nations. This has been a role
in which he has almost invariably used
New Delhi's "neutralism" as a club
against our own country and the free
world as whole. And at the same time,
of course, as needs hardly be added, he
has been most energetic, If not sinister,
in welding that club in support of
Moscow and Peiping.
So now events themselves, in their
memorable way, have caught up with this
BGuGlSIIldu dIlu lS1G IllLl lOOhIllS WOIo0
than foolish before the eyes of the whole
world. AS result, and probably more in
sorrow than in anger, Prime Minister
Nehru has decided to remove his most
intimate friend and confidant from the
post bearing most directly on midas
safety. But the heave-ho has been ex-
ecuted in muted manner; Mr. Krishna
Menon has not been tossed out entirely;
he will still linger on in the Indian
scheme of things as Minister of Defense
Production" Presumably the production
will include the arms and clothing that
he has failed to provide for thus far.
Clearly enough, If outsiders may be
permitted to offer unsolicited advice, the
United States-which is undertaking to
supply India with emergency military
aid-has reason to ask Mr.. Nehru wheth-
er it might not be better to keep Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-01
THE POLITICAL MILL
The Issue Which Refuses to Die
By GOULD LINCOLN

clear threat rapidly was
building up in the island,
with Soviet aid and Soviet
weapons.
One handicap the Republic
can speakers have. They
must, for the sake of Amer
lean unity, declare their sup
port of President Kennedy
and their pleasure because Of
his firm action. President
Kennedy, for his part, has
wisely turned away from the
course pursued by another
Democratic President during
a congressional campaign
while the country was at war.
President Woodrow Wilson in
that campaign personally
urged the voters to elect q
Democratic Congress to SUP
port him. The result was
great resentment because the
Republicans were supporting
Fundamentally with their
sons in military service) the
war effort against Kaiser
Wilhelm and the Central
Powers. When the whole
country, including the Re
publicans, hailed President
Kennedy's action in this
Cuban crisis, he quickly an
nounced he would no longer
continue his own drive to
elect more Democrats and to
defeat Republicans in this
congressional election. Wood
row Wilson was not a clever
politician.
Public interest in this Gu
ban issue will not die, al
though it appears that Mr..
Kennedy has called Mr..
Khrushchev'S hand and sue
cessfully turned aside a nu-
clear war. Until all the de-
tails are in evidence II the
withdrawal Of the long-range
missiles and their warheads
and the demolition Of the
missile bases in Cuba-the
people will remain restless
and uncertain to some de-
gree. We have gained both
in Latin America and in the
rest of the free world by fac
ing down the Khrushchev
threats of nuclear war. But
the fact that Mr.. Khrushchev
has proved himself a con-
summate liar-he insisted to
the President that no long
range or distinctly offensive
missiles were being installed
in Cuba-makes the people
wary of any deals with the
Russian Communist.
Unpleasant Prospect
Further, Mr.. Castro still
remains our problem, even if
the long-range missiles and
their bases in Cuba are re-
moved, and it is not a pleas
ant prospect. 1t looks as
though, for the sake of peace
we must continue to agree
that Cuba remain a Russian
dominated Communist satel-
lite. Already Mr.. Castro is
seeking to advance the Com
munist cause in other Latin
American countries by sub
version and infiltration. His
agents are widespread. He
has boasted that Castro sup
porters have bombed a very
considerable part of Venezue-
las oil production, and that
he will aid Communist up
risings in other American
republics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-01

The Antarctic ice cap
which almost completely
covers the south polar CONT
nent consists of more than
seven million cubic miles Of
ice. 1t accounts for about 95
per cent of all the ice on the
earth's surface and for about
two per cent of all the water
in the world, including the
oceans. 1t governs the pres
ent relationship between sea
and land in all the coastal
areas of the world.
Study of its physical prop
critics, behavior and environ
mental relationships will be
an important part of United
States scientific activities in
the Antarctic. Four main
areas of investigation have
been outlined.
Projects Outlined
First will be general de-
Scription-the extent of the
great ice sheet, its surface
elevations and topography,
location of individual fea-
lures, thickness of the ice
and topography of the land
underlying the ice.
Second will be the mass
balance-decline or increase
in the sheet in accordance
with the seasons weather.
There also will be studies of
the movement of glaciers
within the ice sheet.
The fourth notable project
will be the history of Ant
arctic glaciation-the layers
of snow and underlying ice,
the present margins of the
ice sheet, analysis Of sur
rounding ocean sediments
and observations of the re-
Spouse of the earth's crust
to the great burden of the
ice upon it.
The major part of the
work will be by scientists of
the Institute of Polar Studies
of Ohio State University. An
important part of the glaciol-
ogy of Antarctica is whether
the ice volume of the con-
tinent is increasing or de-
creasing. A technique has
been evolved for doing this
by a network of surface
markers and air photogra-
ply.
The Ohio field party will
proceed to Byrd station in
mid-November and lay out
a pattern of ice movement
markers near the station.
The group then will set out
on an over-ice traverse
toward the Whitmore Noun
tains, about 225 miles away,
placing a 15-marker net
work at intervals of about
40 miles, aerial photographs
will then be taken over the
network. This will be re-
peated in future years to
determine the displacement
of fixed points.