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Evening star., 1962-02-14
Can French 'Ship' Survive Storm?
Foreign Correspondent Of The Sta
PARIS,

PARIS.
An essential quality of
leadership-particularly as it
is practiced by President de
Gaulle-is that of inspiring
confidence.
"As long as the helm is in
firm hands, the crew assures
the working of the ship and
the passengers remain conf
dent in their places" says
the general. "there is no
danger of Shipwreck. Because
of, and despite of everything,
we are proceeding under full
sail toward the goals which
we have set ourselves with
regard to our internal devel-
opment and our action
abroad as well as to the set
tlement of the Algerian af-
fair"
So far as much of the
world is concerned, there
would seem to be consider
able justification for this
confidence. From all reports,
the secret talks between the
French govern ent and
leaders of the Algerian ma
tionalistS, are now approach
ing their final stage. Within
a few weeks, or possibly
sooner, details of the formal
agreement are expected to be
made public. And at the
same time, a cease fire will
take effect, writing an end to
the long and bloody story of
the Algerian war.
And yet, curiously enough,
this seemingly hopeful pros
pect comedies with the most
serious crisis of confidence in
the leadership of Gen. de
Gaulle that France has
known since his return to
power four years ago. In
stead of staying in their
places. huge numbers of
passengers" are protesting
loudly about the way the
boat is being Steered. And
the captain has had to re-
sort to massive strong-arm
action by his crew to keep
the situation under a SEM
blance of control.
New Problem: Application
The reason for this crisis
of confidence is perhaps not
really as mysterious as it
may seem. So far as the "Al-
gerian affair" is concerned
the problem now is no longer
one of reaching an agree
ment with the Algerian reb-
els. The problem now is how
and under what circum-
stances such an agreement,
once arrived at, can be ap-
piled. And here the climate,
both in France and Algeria,
gives rise to serious qualmS
among the hardest sailors,
1t is not easy to define ex-
actly the mood in France to-
day. To some extent, at
least, the current clamor by
political leaders and the
press is misleading. Reports
of unbearable tension as a
result of daily acts of terror
ism are largely exaggerated.
So far, at least, the average
Frenchman has not been un-
duly disturbed by these at
tacks, though some recent
acts of indiscriminate ter
rorism have produced waves
of public anger, not only
against the terrorists them
selves, but also against the
failure of the government to
crush them.
At the same time the OBJ
vious dangers of the present
situation-the danger that
the present negotiations will
fall through, the danger of a
new assassination attempt
on Gen. de Gaulle, the dan
ger that one or another
group of extremists will take
Evening star., 1962-02-14
STRANGE PEOPLE. BY
Frank Edwards. (287 pp.
Lyle Stuart, $4.95.)

Frank Edwards Strange
People" is dedicated "to
Tommy Austin and Freddie
Lee, my two fishing buddies. "
Which is most appropriate,
for these brief tales of freaks,
ghosts, clairvoyants and the
possessed must be very enter
tanning on a hot summers
day when the fish aren't
biting. But as summaries of
events and strange presumed
talents, inexplicable in the
light Of present knowledge,
they are not to be taken SER
iously.
Mr.. Edwards is most care
less. He appears to be under
the impression that Gilbert
Stuart painted a single por-
trait Of George Washington.
1t is possible that he i'm
agines the Buchenwald con-
centration camp to have been
in or near the Hague, and he
may well think that the
Nazis were in the habit of
rushing prisoners injured in
the course of performing
manual labor to the finest
hospitals in the vicinity.
Take "The Predictions of
the Uncanny Robert Nixon"
There is an exact description
complete with colorful details
of a trance in which this
"idiotic son of the illiterate
Nixon family" predicted the
outcome of the Battle of
Bosworth. For the first time
he became aware of the
presence Of his awe-stricken
audience" writes Mr.. Ed
wards. 1.-THE battle is over,'
said young Nixon, and Henry
has won!"
THE DATE of the battle
of Bosworth, August %,
1885, is never mentioned.
One of the antagonists is
identified as Henry, the
Earl of Richmond" but never
as Henry VII, as most of us
know him. The other is King
Richard" whom Mr.. Ed
wards has deprived of his
iii" perhaps in the interest
of fast pace.
Mr.. Edwards tells us that
many of Nixon's predictions
have survived, thanks to the
Evening star., 1962-02-14
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used it
letters carry lDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
terS are subject to condenSG-
ton. Those not used Dill be
returned only Uhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1962-02-14


tribute to the sense of public
nervousness in France to-
day. 1t is an anxiety that
springs from the knowledge
that things cannot go on In
definitely in their present
precarious state. And the GER
tainty that the real test Is
still to come after the for
NAL agreement on Algeria is
reached.
But if the situation in
France is confused - the
more so after the riots and
public demonstrations of the
last few days-the situation
in Algeria is one in which
anarchy and violence have
become the accepted order Of
things. There is, after all, an
enormous difference in mood
of the two communities. In
France, terrorism is the
work of a tiny minority of
desperate men. In Algeria it
is supported by the over
whelming majority of the
European population. And
the authority of the state is
limited to areas where the
administration lives and op-
crates in what amounts to a
permanent state of siege.
Predictions Conflict
Against this background,
the most contradictory pre-
dictions of what is in store
for France are possible. Un-
doubtedly, the majority here
still continues to put its faith
in Gen. de Gaulle's leadership
and his proven ability to
overcome the successive crises
which he has faced in the
past.
This majority believes that
formal settlement of the AL
gerian problem will produce
a new and massive surge of
popular support for Gen. de
Gaulle in France. Loyalty of
the army in a showdown with
diehard extremists is still
counted on. And in Algeria
it is hoped that the psyche
logical shock of a ceaSe-fire
agreement may drastically
change the public climate in
which the settlement must
be applied.
Pessimists-Who include a
growing number of Gen. de
Gaulle's left-wing critics-be-
lieve that it is already too
late to apply a peaceful
solution" to the Algerian
problem. Whatever may be
agreed to between the French
government and the rebel
leaders, no practical Coop
Grafton can be imposed
against the determined re-
sistance Of the European mi
nority. The best that can
result in this pessimistic view
is an end to military opera
tions and the division Of AL
geria into two separate and
hostile communities-an ar
rangement which no one be-
lieves would provide more
than a highly temporary So
luton to the problem.
AS between these two pre-
dictions, the events of the
next few weeks will in all
probability provide the an
swers. So far as France is
concerned, the balance will
lie in the leadership that
Gen. de Gaulle can provide
for the solidarity of the
French people and the loyalty
of the armed forces. What
is clear enough is that the
tempest which shakes France
today is approaching it's cli-
max and, considering what
is at stake. the free world
can only keep it's fingers
crossed and hope that the
ship will, in fact, ride out
the storm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-13
MARY THOMAS
Executors
Seek Owner
Of$1O,OOO

Some $4,000 in real estate
and cash is waiting for a WASH
ington woman named Mary
Thomas who vanished 20 years
ago, an attorney disclosed yes
terday.
The bonanza house in
Northeast Washington and
$500 in accumulated rents
turned up in the estate Of q
real estate broker who died five
years ago.
When his client, Mary
Thomas, dropped from sight in
1912, the broker collected the
building rents. paid off the
mortgages and piled up the sur
plus.
Nov the brokers executors
want to settle the estate" At
torney Stuart H. Robson said,
"and If we can't find Mary
Thomas or her heirs. it will all
60 to the Government"
Mr.. Robson. who has been
trying to find Mary Thomas off
and on for five years, said she
lis colored, would be at least
middle-aged and used to live
near Seventeenth and U streets
NV.
Beyond that the attorney
would not go, for fear of bring
ing on a flood Of fraudulent
claimants. But he said he does
have some information about
Mary Thomas that only she or
her relatives would know.
He said he would be happy to
hear from the authentic Mary
Thomas or her heirs. His Of
flee address is 923 Twentieth
street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-13

Mr.. Hayes was the first Negro
ever to serve on the PUG.
It was only two years ago
that the District Bar AsSocia-
ton finally decided-after de-
bate over several years-to
admit Negroes to membership.
Mr.. Hayes will serve a two
year term on the associations
board of directors.
Taught at Howard
Mr.. Hayes received his law
degree from Howard University
in 1918 and taught at Howard
for 80 years. He lives at 1882
s street NV.
In other action last night,
the bar association failed to
come up with the necessary
two-thirds majority vote, there
by blocking passage of a pro-
posed measure that would give
the associations board of direc-
tors power to double the dues
of the organization, if neces-
sary.
The vote was SO for the
and IS against.
Mr.. Campbell presented hon.
orary membership to Deputy
Attorney General Nicholas
Katzenbach and District Court
Judge William B. Jones. Both
took office recently.
Also elected to the board Of
directors were David c. Bastian,
IT,, Paul F. McArdle, John P.
Arness and Milton I. Baldinger.
Samuel J. L'Hommodiu, jr.,
Paul r. Dean and Milton D.
norman were elected trustees
Of the association.
Chosen as delegates to the
American Bar Association we're
Justin l.. Edgerton, w. Cam
eron Burton, David G. Dress,
Thomas M. Raysor and F.
Joseph Donohue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-13
D. G. Bar Association
Elects Jackson, Hayes
By PHIL THOMAS
star Staff Writer

Thomas S. Jackson has been
elected president of the District
Bar Association.
The group named George E.
C. Hayes. former chairman of
the District Public Utilities
Commission, to its board of
directors. He is the first Negro
to hold an office in the aSso-
citation.
The results Of the annual
election of officers, which is
conducted through a mail
ballot. were announced last
night at the meeting of the
association at the Mayflower
Hotel. John H. Pratt was cleo
ted vice president; George H.
Goodrich. secretary, and Arthur
r. Pilkerton. treasurer.
Mr.. jackson, So. Of 1921
Franklin street, Kensington,
Md, is a native Of the District
and a graduate of.Central High
School, class of 1927.
General Trial Practice
He received his law degree
from the George Washington
University Law School In 1885
and is a member Of the law firm
of Jackson, Gray & Laskey,
specializing in general trial
practice-primarily civil law.
Mr.. Jackson, who has served
as vice president OF the District
Bar Association for the last
year, succeeds Edmund D.
Campbell.
Mr.. Hayes, 81, a veteran
washington lawyer, was chair
man of the Public Utilities
Commission until last fall,
when he returned to private |
practice with the firm Of Cobb,
Howard, Hayes g. Windsor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-13
Republican Tide
Hits Murtinsburo

MARTINSBURG, w. Va,
June Is (AP) MartinSburg
went Republican yesterday in
its municipal election for the
first time in 20 years.
Republican Carlton B.
Stuckey defeated Democratic
incumbent c. Leslie Golliday
3,210 to 1884. Six of the seven
councilmen elected also were
Republicans.
Martinsburg's 6-to-1 G. o. p
victory in the City Council
reverses the present 6-to-1
Democratic majority. Those
elected to the council were:
Decatur Young. George Mon
gan, DR.. Talmadge Farmer
Leroy Hollis, Harold Fretwell
and Charles Riker, all Re-
publicans, and incumbent Wal
lace Hesen. the lone Democrat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-13

could hear the steps Of Jack
booted East German border
guards overhead.
There was no confirmation
Of the escape from West Berlin
authorities. who follow policy
Of withholding all information
on tunnel escapes.
Last Saturday. IL East Ger
mans-two men, six women,
two boys 9 and 2 and q 4
month-old baby-were brought
out Of East Berlin through a
60-foot long tunnel dug by six
young West Berlin men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-13
By the Associated Press

With a strike deadline only
hours away. Federal mediators
persisted today in efforts to
settle a labor dispute between
three major airlines and the
flight engineers union.
The union has threatened to
strike at $50 pm. today.
Mediators, after a fruitleSs
eight-hour stint yesterday and
last night, resumed discussions
with the opposing parties this
morning.
A union spokesman said no
progress was made in the talks
which broke Up shortly before
midnight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-13
Old Soup Spoons
Help East Berlin
Trio to Escape

BERLIN, June Is APP
Three young East Germans dug
their way to the West with
old soup spoons and small coal
shoVels in the second tunnel
escape from East Berlin over
the Whitsun holiday week end,
informed sources said today.
The informants said the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-13

makeshift tunnel collapsed
after two of the men had
broken through to safety and
that they had to dig out their
friend. One Of the refugees
repeatedly gave this account:
The three, skilled labors 10
and 20 years old. locked them
selves in a factory on the
border Saturday. Then they
dug for 70 hours, without sleep
ing until their breakthrough
was completed.
They had no food and little
iresh air. AS they labored. they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-13
AirIines Strike Near,
Mediotors Push Talks

Involved in the dispute are
Pan American World Always,
Trans World Airlines and East
ern Air Lines on the one hand.
and the Flight Engineers In
ternational Association, ALL
ICIO. on the other.
The dispute concerns a pro-
posal that cockpit crews on
long--run jet planes be reduced
from four to three by combin-
ing duties Of one of the three
pilots with those of the flight
engineer. The principal ques-
ton is whether the combined
job will be held by a flight en-
gineer or a pilot.
The engineers contend they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-13

are being asked to step aside.
w. Willard Writ, Undersec-
Rotary of Labor. heads the
team Of mediators working to
head off the strike. While the
engineers have Cancelled strike
plans on several previous &C.
casions, they arrarently are
proceeding with walkout plans
at this time,
A strike by the engineers
would idle about $1,000 en-
ployes on the three airlines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-13
Gestution Varies

NEW YORK.-The average
woman's pregnancy lasts 28O
days. or 40 weeks. But only one
baby in 10 is born in exactly
$50 days. Ten per cent are born
a week or more before the date
the doctor predicts and 10 per
cent are born more than two
weeks after that date.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1962-09-07
High Holy Days Services
Scheduled At KiveI Home

Patients and residents of the
Kivel Nursing Home are anticipat-
ing the approaching High Holy
Days by arranging services to be
held in the HyInan Rubenstein AS
sembly Room on Friday evening,
Sept. %, Saturday morning and
evening Sept. 20, and on Sunday
morning, Sept. 30.
The Friday and Saturday serv-
ices will be conducted by volun-
teer young people from Temple
Beth Israel including a young man
to blow the Shofar. Sunday serv-
ices for the second day will be con-
Quoted by HirSh Kaplan, Kive
administrator.
YOM KIPPUR services also will
be conducted in the assembly room
where a portable Ark, loaned to
Kivel by Temple Sholom, has been
installed, as well as an Eternal
Light.
Isaac Teich and Daniel Kramer
have been put in charge of the
services by the Residents Coun-
Gil.
For Succoth, Kivel residents are
looking forward to a festival OF
music with an afternoon of music
of Jewish interest performed by
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1962-09-07

Jimmy Whittle and his orchestra.
THE PROGRAM, sponsorship
and arrangements are under the
direction of Mrs. Morris Meckler,
program expediter for Kivel social
activities and entertainment. Or
ganizations interested in sponsor
ing religious or civic holiday OBJ
servances at Kivel are urged to
contact Mrs. Meckler.
Dedication of the new pavilion al
Kivel has been set for Sunday aft
ernoon, Oct. %, at 2 p. M, on the
Kivel grounds. The public is in
vited.
The Kivel Candlelight Ball, an
annual festive and philanthropic
event, chaired this year by Mrs,
Harry Raskin, will take place al
the Biltmore Hotel on Saturday
evening, Nov. z.
Patients, residents, staff
members of the Kivel Board ex-
tend best wishes to the members
of the Jewish Community for a
happy and healthy New Year.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1962-09-07
GeIIer
Advisor
For Seniors

M. D. Brown, president, and DR..
Ted Barkin, executive director of
the Jewish Community Center have
announced the appointment of
Frances Geller as Center Seniors
Advisor.
Miss Geller received a B. A. de-
gree from the University of South
ern California, and an M. A. degree
from Arizona State University
She has taught at the Tolleson,
Ariz., Grammar School and most
recently was a faculty member al
Marietta (Ohio) College, in the
sociology department.
She has advised B'nai Birth
Girls, BrandeiS clubs, and campus
sororitieS. While living in Los An
geles she was member of the
Board of Trustees of the Los An
geles Jewish Community CenterS
The program with which Mis- S
Geller is involved concerns men
and women 60 years and over. A
five-day weekly program will be
initiated on Oct. Is, involving cur
rent events discussions, music ap-
probation, gerentology lectures,
calisthenics, choral group, arts and
crafts, painting, preparing cancer
dressings, and talks by rabbiS.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1962-09-07
Brooklyn Womon
Heads Mizrochi;
Endowment Voted

NEW YORK - Mrs. Eli Resnik-
off of Brooklyn was unanimously
elected national president of the
Mizrachi Women'S Organization of
America at the 37th annual con-
vention of the women'S religious
Zionist organization.
Delegates representing $4,000
members nationally also voted to
establish a million-dollar endow-
ment fund for children in memory
of the late Mrs. Bessie Gotsfeld, a
founder and honorary national
president of MiZrachi Women, who
died in Tel Aviv last July; adopted
budget of 81, ,285, 900 to carry for
ward child care, Youth Aliyah,
social service and educational ac-
tivities in the coming year; urged
a U. S. initiative for direct Israeli
Arab peace talks, and adopted
variety of resolutions on domestic
affairs.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1962-09-07
MEMORIAL SERVICE
PLANNED FOR OCT. 8

The Center Seniors will honor
those in the group who have re-
Gently passed away with a me
mortal service to be held Oct. 8 at
1 p. m.
The service will partly be sung
by Joe Field, member of the Cen
ter Seniors. Others participating
will be Mrs. Emelie. Kraemer,
president; Louis Wahl, member of
the Executive Committee, and DR..
Ted Barkin, executive director.
The program will close with the
attaching of a MezzuZah to the
doorway of the Center Seniors Day
Lounge. Refreshments will be serv-
ed by the older adult members of
the center.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1962-09-07
Kennedy Aide
Outlines Policy
On Mid-East

PITTSBURGH (JTA) - Chester
Bowles, President Kennedy's spe-
cial representative, told 1000 dele
gates to Hadassah's 48th national
convention that, despite the fact
that United States capacity to con-
troll specific events in the Middle
East ''is no more than marginal, I"
there is "much we can do to pro-
mote and underwrite a new sense
of hope throughout the Middle East
that alone can eventually bring a
relative measure of stability and
progress.
Bowles and Abraham Harman,
Israel ambassador to the United
States, spoke at the opening plen-
ary session of the Hadassah con-
vention at the Pittsburgh H n
Hotel. Characterizing the Middle
East as an area whose future
course of political development is
volatile and uncertain" Bowles
outlined these six ''basic ingred-
tents for a truly realistic Ameri-
can policy" toward the region:
81. 1T SEEMS to me that here,
as elsewhere, our paramount aim
must be to help all the nations Of
the area maintain their independ-
ence from Soviet aggressive de-
sign. This requires an adequate
and readily available United
States deterrent to military ag-
gression from outside the region.
"2. We must support the use of
all the instruments and ingenuity
of the United Nations for the re-
duction of political tensions with
in the region, and strive to pre-
vent the Arab-Israeli dispute from
developing into an open conflict
that could readily spread. In this
respect, the peace-keeping record
of the U. N. since 1866 should be
heartening to us all, and deserves
our earnest cooperation and sup
port.
"3. We can encourage all Middle
Eastern nations to devote less time
to angry propaganda debates and
to Subversive intrigues against
their neighbors, and more to the
solution of their own immense
problems of internal development,
"a. WE SHOULD be prepared to
give special priority assistance to
those countries which are genuine
ly concerned with improving the
lot of all their citizens, not only
the wealthy few. Our primary OBJ
jective is the development of pros
porous and stable societies
throughout the Middle East. whose
material benefits are spre a d
throughout every level of the econ
omy, and whose national interests
are served by an atmosphere of
live and let live. The emergence
of such societies is the only long
term key to Middle Eastern peace.
"5. We should continue our pa
tie n t, persistent efforts to find
some basis of economic coopera-
ton among neighboring Middle
Eastern nations, however tenta-
tive or restrictive the areas OF CO.
operation may be.
"6. We should relentlessly con-
tinue to support efforts to reach
an agreement on arms limitations
unofficial if not official, regional
if not universal. The present re-
gional arms race, eScalating as it
is now into the missile stage, is
profoundly dangerous and costly
for all concerned -
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1962-09-07
BITS OF NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas lSer,
longtime residents of Phoenix, re-
Gently moved to Los Angeles,
Calf. Before their departure the
Isers were honored at dinner
given by the Jewish War Veter-
ans.
Precedent was broken at First
National Bank of Arizona when a
woman staff member, Mrs. Charles
E. Greenwald Jr., was elected to
the position of vice president and
personnel officer. She has been on
the staff of First National n e
1856 and was with the Gary Ma
tional Bank (Gary, Ind) before
that
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1962-09-07
Degrees Received
By Mother, DAUGHTER

Mrs. Murray Gesshel, the for
mer Susan Kline, daughter of Mrs.
Harriet Kline, received her mas
ter's degree in history and Eng
lish. Mrs. Gesshel is teaching in
California.
Mrs. Kline received her masters
degree this year in school admin
stration with emphasis on public
relations.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-04-27

gated to naptime because of
their two-stage nature.
Otherwise if the piecrust
can be rolled and Unanswered
into the pan without encoun-
tering a half dozen poking
fingers, then the filling or
topping is bound to fall prey
to the urge to sample, smear
or splash on the kitchen floor.
After reading Sisters reci-
pc over again, | feel tempted,
though. By lunchtime on the
baking day, | remember there
would always be d doughnut
ready for dessert.
BY mid-2ft crnoon there
would be another, and the
dinner dessert for several days
to come would be happily re-
solved. The doughnuts never
lasted long enough to tire our
ualates. Once | remember the
great JOY of carrying a bagful
of freshly made doughnuts to
the lovely lady who was my
fifth grade teacher.
IT is ONE OF the happiest