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Evening star., 1962-09-20
Familiar Story

The anguiShed cries which have
greeted the $1.124 billion cut in foreign
aid would be more impressive II they
did not have such familiar ring.
President Kennedy says this slash
by the House Appropriations Committee,
deepest Of any year, is irresponsible"
ana threat to free world security"
Secretary of State Rusk says our foreign
policy objectives will be greatly en-
dangered" unless Congress votes the
fun $4.752 billion requested by the
President.
We are not so sure. For the record
on foreign aid, and former statements
made with respect to 1t, do not inspire
unlimited confidence.
Last year, for example, the sub
conmittee handling this matter recon-
nisaded $3.357 billion for the Mutual
Security program. Secretaries Rusk and
Mcnamara said q workable program
could not be maintained under the cut
proposed by the subcommittee. So Con-
gress finally appropriated $50 billion.
But only $S.19s billion was spent during
the year-$716 million less than Con-
gress appropriated and, believe 1t or not,
$15o million less than the amount rec
commended by the subcommittee-the
recommendation which brought the
protest from Messrs. Rusk and Nc
Nafnara.
All Of this is taken from this years
report Of the subcommittee headed by
Representative Passman of Louisiana,
and adopted by the full committee. As
fsrsas we know it is an accurate report.
And 1t shows other things.
The Presidents budget requests for
foreign aid are sent to Congress in
January. Not until two Inonnhs later
are foreign aid officials ready to testify
in support Of their requests. and even
then they cannot justify many items.
Does this mean that the Presidents
budget figures are mere guesses? During
this years hearings 1t was established
that 101 Of the 113 nations of the world
have been, are or will be recipients of
aid from the United States since the
END Of World War II. BY any standard,
thai is covering lot Of territory.
Finally, 1t is estimated that there was
$0712 billion in the foreign aid
pipeline" at the end of fiscal 1862. We
realize that this money is committed.
But the 1862 pipeline is almost 81 billion
more than the 1860 figure. And this
suggests to US that Congress has been
appropriating money faster than it can
be spent. 1t also raises doubts in our
mind that Mr.. Passman, his critics to
the contrary, really is bent on wrecking
the foreign aid program.
Perhaps this years cut is too deep
I'VE do not know. If so, If this can
be shown, some of the money should
be restored. The restriction which would
ban aid to Poland and Yugoslavia should
be knocked out on a point Of order.
This matter was decided earlier in the
session and, furthermore, 1t is legisla-
ton which has no place in an appro-
prtation bill. On the whole, however,
we think the committee did creditable
job. And we also believe its final action
was an accurate reflection of the temper
Of the country.
Evening star., 1962-09-20
THE POLITICAL MIL
The Kennedy Big Hurroh
BY GOULD LINCOLN

young Kennedy the indorse-
ment OF the Democratic state
Convention; that II TED had
not been the President's
brother, with his almost cam
plete lack Of experience, his
candidacy would have been
considered q Joke. The fact
that Mr.. Kennedy's brother
Is the President undoubtedly
helped him In the primary
election and win help him IN
the general election, Many
Massachusetts, voters win vote
Kennedy for that reason. It
should be said, however, that
young Ted Kennedy con-
Quoted an effective campaign,
that he is an attractive figure
and a good speaker.
Must Heal Party Wounds
Now that the primary Is
over, one job for the Demo-
Gratis Is to heal the party
wounds and then unite back
Of Mr.. Kennedy. Mr.. McCor-
mack, conceding his defeat
early Tuesday evening, an
nounced his support for Mr..
Kennedy in the coming elec-
ton and urged his own fol-
lowers to rally to him. The
tide of feeling was bitter, and
1t Is not entirely sure that
some Of the Mccormack slIp-
porters will forget or forgive.
But many practical politici-
ans win remember that the
power to pay and to punish
now lodged In the White
House Is great. The Demo-
Gratis also must take into
consideration that there Is
an independent in the race
for the Senate, q grandson
of the late Chief Justice
Charles Evans Hughes, who
has been q Democrat but
who is extremely critical
Of the Kennedy administra-
ton. 1t has been said that
Mr.. Hughes viii draw from
the COP. as well from the
Democratic Party-and that
the support he receives will
be negligible.
President Kennedy and his
brother, Attorney General
Robert F. Kennedy, did not
enter the primary campaign
other than to declare their
belief that their young
brother was qualified for the
Senate office. But they were
perhaps not unmindful that
the so-called Italian vote In
Massachusetts, is as large or
larger than the Irish vote.
The Presidents appointment
Of Mayor Celebrezze Of
Cleveland to be HEW Secre-
tary. and Mrs. Kennedy's va
cation in Italy during the
Massachusetts, primary fight
may have been coincidental.
but they may also have been
effective.
The nomination Of young
Mr.. Lodge has removed to Q
considerable degree the in
experience issue against Mr..
Kennedy, an issue which
Congressman Curtis could
have made with effect. But
Massachusetts, has had o
record Of electing youthful
Senators. Mr.. Lodges father.
Henry Cabot Lodge, was
elected Senator at the age Of
"a, and President Kennedy
was 35 years old when he de-
feated Mr.. Lodge in 1851 for
Senator.
Evening star., 1962-09-20

health. No doubt there are other areas,
however, in which a need remains for
further improvements, and for further
revisions Of programs. DR.. Grants rec
concentrations in this regard win be
awaited with considerable interest.
Evening star., 1962-04-27

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shoes light & flexible so you hardly
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cooler shoes mean more comfort
and pleasure all summer long.
Evening star., 1962-04-27
DORIS FLEEsON
Cost of a Literocy Bill Defeat

years of high employment
and comparative affluence.
they have acquired a political
sophistication with respect
to their civil rights problems,
and it puts an improved eco
nomic position first on the
must" list.
Republican argum e n t S
against Democratic econom-
les simply have not been
persuasive with minority vot-
ers. Despite repeated proof
of this, party leaders con-
tinue to talk Of better organ
ization in the cities, and not
Of economic and social prob
lens.
A fresh test of their out
look comes soon when a party
conference meets to draw up
a declaration of Republican
principles. 1t is designed to
overcome the rather stale
look of the Congressional
Record and the "Ev and
Charlie Show" Short of a
striking burst of pioneering
energy, it cannot do much
about the facts embedded in
the roll calls.
Evening star., 1962-04-27
Meaning of the Decision to Test

But even putting aside the
basic and mortal matter of
this country's security, are
such men wiser, on political
questions. than the whole
massive rank of professional
politicians who advised the
President TO go ahead
image" or no ''image?" This
correspondent, recognizing
the complete decency-if ex-
traordinary kind of logic
of the don't do it" people.
thinks that even in political
terms they will turn out
wrong.
For a favorable image"
if image" we simply must
have, cannot long last unless
it has one ingredient even
more priceless than the
worlds liking. This is the
worlds respect.
This being so, the greatest
hope of all from our renewal
of testing-somber though
that necessity is-is the hope
that as a nation we have done
for good with any idea that
We can kiss off any of our
manifest responsibilities in
this world simply because
those responsibilities will in
evitably carry pains and
perils.
Evening star., 1962-04-27
Government Impact on Business

or the other would have
affected, all other negotia-
tions and the economy itself.
There may be others more or
less like it. but not every
individual case.
@. Well, which are the
others that are more or less
like it?
A. I would say aluminium
following on would have some
relationship. I have not heard
it discussed in the admins
tration, so / don't want to
say that has been brought up.
@. Mr.. Secretary, for how
long is the steel industry pre-
cluded from raising its prices?
A. There is no preclusion.
I gather there is no decision
as to how long. They just
didn't raise them at the time
of this Qabor) settlement be-
cause it didn't seem to make
sense.
Now, the above statements
were made by Secretary
Hodges frankly and with an
intention to be helpful. But
many a businessman will
throw up mis- hands in despair
if he tries to find out from
these utteranceS what is 60
ing to happen to the price
structure, how much interfer-
ence will come from the Gov
ernment on prices and what
if any-interference is 60
ing to be exerted on the mat
ter of increasing wage costs.
Life under one-man gov
ernment. without benefit of
law, without benefit of hear
ings at which all sides can
be heard and economic facts
can be presented. is some
thing new. Even laws that
authorized wage-and-pric
control in wartime at least
provided a board of several
persons who functioned in a
quasi-judicial way. But the
latest system, or lack of Sys-
tenn, is a helter-skelter af-
fair that can only produce
economic anarchy. An exper-
imenting President and an
indifferent Congress must
soon clarity the situation SO
as to prevent more declines in
the markets and remove the
roadblocks in the way of
the capital-goods expansion
which is so necessary for eco
nomic recovery.
(Copyright, 1862
Evening star., 1962-04-27
Southern RoodbIock Is Seen Failing
To Dent Kennedy Record on Civil Rights

terly and Justly of this incon-
Sistency. They recall Candi-
date Kennedy's attacks on
President Eisenhower for not
signing such an order, and
his effective use of White
House inaction.
But they cannot capitalize
effectively upon administra-
ton failures or omissions in
civil rights for various rea-
sons. They do not have a
united or consistent line
themselves, and very often
in the clinches they furnish
the South with needed mar
gins.
Politically, they seem in
tent upon reinforcing the
party in the South, and their
only Southern Republican
Senator, John Tower of Tex
as, cast the sole Republican
mo" against the poll-tax
amendment. This is noted in
the places where it does them
presidentially the most harm
the industrial areas with
their big cities where Negroes
can and do vote.
The party is hurt most,
however. in such areas by it's
determined conservatism in
economic issues. MinoritieS
are the low-paid workers of
the national economy - the
'last-hired, first-to- fired"
contin gent. Through the
Evening star., 1962-04-27

Another debate billed as a
civil-rightS battle has opened
in the Senate. Whether it will
rate the billing depends en-
tirely upon the Democratic
leadership.
If it is willing to take the
time and effort, the party
leadership can get the votes
for the measure to limit State
literacy tests as a voting
qualification. But the old
roadblock-the difficulty of
invoking cloture to shut off
debate - remains, and the
South is ready to use it.
The strength of the South
erners lies not in the rule it
self but in their willingness
to take the rap without COM
plant for members ready to
settle for a sham battle. In
such an engagement, all par
ties go home with talking
points but no legislation.
Politically, the cost to the
administration will not be
high, for its executive vigor
in the civil rights field makes
up for the congressional lag.
The most conspicuous gap in
the Kennedy record is his
failure to sign an order end
ing discrimination in FEEDER
ally financed housing-an Or
der he and his party are
pledged to support.
Republicans complain bit
Evening star., 1962-04-27
Broad Political Support Here Cited
For Realism Before Imoqe Mokino'

forget the infinitely worse al
tentative of an earth over
shadowed by predominant
Soviet atomic power.
They have warned of all
sorts Of dreadful political
consequences to our i'm
age" abroad, and so on. But
this curious fact remains:
Men who ought really to
know something about po-
litical consequences. the poll
ticianS themselves, have been
at the forefront in urging the
President to go back to test
ing.
Strong support for his de-
cision has of course come
from the military in the
Pentagon. But it has come
no ounce less from the elect
ed politicians in Congress, in
both parties.
The Republican lie a ders
have been at the Presidents
ear for more than a year.
urging just such a course. So
have Democrats of high and
and low station. The Joint
Congressional Committee on
Atomic Energy - every man
of it a politician from way
back-has said repeatedly to
Mr.. Kennedy only one thing:
Go on with it." Senator
Henry NJ. Jackson of Wash
ington. for one. said Just
that to him on the very day
of his inauguration as Presi-
dent.
Among those who said
Don't do 1t" was United Ma
tons Amba ssador Adlai Ste
venson-though Stevenson'S
superior, Secretary OF State
Dean Rusk, was on the side
of test resumption. Another
was the Presidents chief SCI
entific adviser, jerome WleS-
ner
Evening star., 1962-04-27
WILLIAM S. WHITE

Oper alton Commonsense
has succeeded d Operation
Hope -and-Maybe at the pres
ent heart and center Of Amer
ican foreign and military
policy.
This is the profound, CEN
tral meaning of President
Kennedy'S resumption of nu-
clear testing. with total Re
publican support. SO as to
maintain in tact the free
worlds one ultimate shield
American superiority III
atomic weapons.
But there are other and
less obvious meanings as well.
Item: This country has de-
cided to put its last faith in
honest realism rather than
in "image-making" to please
world opinion" Item: This
country has d cided that
propaganda should follow
but not control policy itself.
Item: This country has de-
cided that while We wish
other peoples to continue to
like us. we cannot longer risk
the safety of this Nation
and the safety of other peo-
pies, in ncludin G some now
protesting" our action - by
a so-called moratorium on
testing alre dy long since
broken by the Soviet Union.
We have waited and waited
and appealed and negoti-
ated, in the face of more
than 40 new Russian blasts
after the armistice they dis
honored. At long last. we
have acted.
The effect here is bracing.
to all but those pacifists and
half-pacifists who have con-
vinced themselves that be-
cause fallout from tests is
bad we can somehow just
Evening star., 1962-04-27
DAVID LAWRENCE

When the stock market
takes a tumble costing share
holders about IS billion in
value in one day-as it did
this week-and the decline is
attributed to unSettling news
from Washington, the sensi-
tive relationship between gov
ernmental power and the op-
erations of American business
becomes all too evident.
One wonders if the people
in the Kennedy administra-
ton from the top down real
ize that one-man govern
ment. without benefit of law,
can really shake confidence
and hold back natural expan-
sion. For neither Short-range
nor long-range business plan
ming can be carried on with
out some degree of certainty
that such plans will not be
disrupted.
Now, Secretary of Com
merce Luther Hodges really
didn't issue any threats in
his Tuesday press conference,
but he tried in his own way
to define the Washington sit
uation as it relates to the
price problem. What came
over the news tickerS in con-
densed form, however, was
diSquieting-and again largely
because it is a novel thing to
try to run a business nova
days and set your own prices
while a threat of FBI detec-
tiveS and grand jury inveSti-
cations hangs over your head.
1t is important to read
exactly what Secretary
Hodges said, for. while he
certainly didn't intend to un-
settle anybody, he gave a
candid picture of the changed
situation that confronts
American business in setting
prices. Here are excerpts
from the recorded transcript
of his news conference:
@. Mr.. Secretary, would
you think that the events
have committed the Govern
ment to a more active role in
price and wage determination
than the administration had
anticipated or desired?
A. You know. I think it
could go the opposite way. I
Evening star., 1962-04-27
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

National Baby Week gets under way. It's this creeping
socialism. Now they're natonalizng babies
An American lands the back side of the
That's travel for vehicle 250000 miles
and still can't find a parking place out front
Science note: The population explosion is worldwide
and to embrace all primitive societies Eskmos
and Republicans
Khrushchev a Soviet Minister of Agriculture
This is of those sensitive jobs where nobody learns the
fellows until the day he's fired.
Americans will travel abroad this summer in record
numbers An estimated 10 million rolls of tourist film will
cnch place the worlds most overdeveoped country
Evening star., 1962-04-27
Bishop Dun to Be
Honor Guest of wv

The Young Women'S Chris
tian Association of the District
of Columbia will hold its an
nual meeting and luncheon at
1890 pm. Tuesday in the May
flower Hotel.
The Right Rev. Angus Dun,
Episcopal Bishop of Washing
ton. who retires May 6 after
I8 years in the post, will be
among the guests of honor.
Evening star., 1962-04-27
Reaction to Hodges News Talk Cited
As indicative of Sensitive Relationship

think that the fact that this
worked-c ertainly with a
little discussion and per-
SuaSion that this kind of
thing worked. could postpone
if there were to be any
legislation, to postpone that,
because I think this kind of
thing. the way the decision
was finally formulated. that
that would show that there
is not the same need that
some people may have been
saying these critical few days
of discussion.
@. Does that mean you
think we should have exec
utive price control?
A. No. it doesn't mean that
at all. I was trying to say the
other. and I have said pub
licly twice since this steel
discussion, that I thought one
of the worst things that could
happen to this country would
be for us to go into Govern
ment control, the Executive
couldn't have any control ex-
cept as authorized by the
Congress.
@. Mr.. Secretary, what l
was really trying to get at
was more concerned with the
Executive Branch only.
Wouldn't you say that now
the Executive Branch, the
administration, has to decide
every time there is a price
increase whether it is juSti-
fled and should be allowed
or whether it is unjustified
and the Government should
attempt to beat it down?
A. I was asked on the West
Coast Thursday or Friday a
repeated question five or six
times from a person who had
the idea that the President
or the administration was
going to decide each individ-
ual case where a firm was
going to raise prices. I
was sure the administration,
Mr.. Kennedy, was not inter-
eSted in getting into each
settlement and each detail.
What he did, what we did as
a whole was to discuss and
try to resolve a basic industry
such as steel because that is
and was a bellwether which
would have affected, one way
Evening star., 1962-04-27
Chambers Approved

The Senate Armed Services
Committee approved yesterday
the nomination of Justice M
Chambers, a West Virginian, to
be deputy director of the Office
of Emergency Planning. The ac-
ton came after a brief hearing
Evening star., 1962-04-12
TORSO TOSSING BALLET
: Sweotshirted Dancers E Entertain Shah

that Louis XIV founded in 1861.
Both display the vigor and
variety of Mr.. Robbins choreo-
graphic approach and both are
distinctly and unmistakably
American.
Haunting Quality
The trick is turned in the
Debussey Afternoon of a
Faun" by setting the story of a
faun's reveries in ballet re-
hearsal studio, with the audi
ence side of the stage repre-
Senting a mirror. This makes
for a haunting quality of lone
illness throughout an exceed
ingly amorous pas de deux.
The two dancers obviously are
more interested in their own
images in the mirror than in
each other, for all their ath-
letic endeavors.
IN. Y. Export. Op. Jazz" is,
as the title indicates. contem-
porary in theme. The Prince
music is firSt-rate evocation
of the sound and mood OF
American jazz. The exciting
Evening star., 1962-04-12
Teachers End Strike
In Face of Court Order

NEW YORK, April IL (AP)
The thousands of public
school teachers who struck yes
terady for higher pay returned
to their classrooms today in
response to a court order and
union instructions.
Also back at their desks were
the city's million public school
children, some of whom had
run riot during the walkout
for lack of classroom super
vision.
Operation of the school sys-
tenn appeared virtually normal
today.
How far the city will go in
meeting the teachers pay de-
mands has not been settled
Nor was it determined what
action, if any. will be taker
under the States Condon-
Wadlin law which provides for
dismissal of public employees
who strike.
Mayor Robert F. Wagner said
teachers back on duty would
not be penalized under the act
Max J. Rubin, president OF
the Board of Education, had
said yesterday the more than
10000 teachers who struck had
terminated their employment
automatically.
The decision to end the strike
was announced at $3.50 am
after a seven-hour meeting o1
the executive board of the AFL-
CIO United Federation o1
Teachers.
Union President Charles Co.
Evening star., 1962-04-12

You remember the message
Glenn got Just after launching
that his space craft was go
for seven orbits" Gen. Road
man said. He explained that,
while there had been no in
tention last February to ex-
tend Col Glenn's mission. the
orbit that had been achieved
was stable enough to last for
seven trips.
A Seven-orbit flight would
last roughly 1912 hours, based
on a nominal Commute orbit
Gen. Roadman said a great
deal of encouragement had
been taken from Col. Glenn's
ability to perform in orbit.
Evening star., 1962-04-12

emotionally and skillfully. The
entire company entered with
verve into IN. Y. Export"
with Erin Martin and Edward
Verso and Wilma Curley and
Mr.. Norman again giving
special flair to a pair of pas de
deuX.
Mr.. Robbins took the East
Room stage to introduce each
of his balletS, Gaping at mid
week one of the most memoir
able weeks of his life. On Mon
day night in Hollywood he won
two Academy Awards, a special
oscar and another for direct
ing with Robert Wise) West
Side Story" On Wednesday
night he dined at the White
House and presented his ballet
company in two of his own
ballets there.
He is easily the most elated
photographer in the country
right now and he has every
right to be. Last nights show
was one fit for a king. Or 6
Shah.
Evening star., 1962-04-12
Neighbors, Inc.
Meets Toniqht

Neighbors, Inc, a bi-racial
group working to keep the
Manor rk-Takoma area of
Northwest Washington a bal
anced" integrated neighbor-
hood, will meet tonight to dis
cusS neighborhood stabilization.
The meeting, at 8 pm. in
Tifereth Israel Synagogue,
Sixteenth and Juniper streets
NV, will be moderated by
Richard Bray, associate dean of
faculties at American Univer-
Sity.
Speakers in the panel dis
cussion will include a white and
a Negro realtor.
Evening star., 1962-04-12

and often turbulent choreog-
raphy is ideally matched to it.
Fresh and lusty. 1t is based on
dance steps performed by the
"cool" and rebellious young and
even includes a touch or two OF
the twist.
1t was pure imagination that
raised the eyebrows a trifle on
Stuart's Washington.
Performing in the Presidents
home for this VIP audience,
the dancers. as might have
been expected, went about
their work with high enthu-
siasm that swept them over
any problems caused by the
limited stage space. Those
spectacular chandeliers are not
likely to shed their light ever
on a more enthusiastic and
eager-to-please set of young
performers.
Dancers Praised
Kay Mazzo, a girl with talent
amazing for her mere 16 years
and Jay Norman danced the
Afternoon of a Faun" both