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Evening star., 1962-06-10
Prince Georges PIonner

Herbert W. Reichelt, who lost his
race for reelection as Prince Georges
County Commissioner in the May pri-
mary, evidently is anxious to remain
in politics. We hope, however, that
some spot other than the Maryland
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission can be found for him.
Mr.. Reichelt has broad experience
in Prince Georges affairs. But his quail
ficationS as planner pale beside those
Of Herbert w. Wells, whose term as a
member. of the Planning Commission
expires this week, and who is seeking re-
appointment Currently the chairman
Of the bi-county planning agency, as
well as the head of the Prince Georges
Planning Board, Mr.. Wells has contrib
uted a great deal to the cause of good
planning over period of many years.
He fully deserves another term.
Evening star., 1962-06-10
G. O. p. Manifesto

The Republicans who drafted the
new manifesto of G.. o. P. principles
and policy" are so obviously delighted
at the result that it seems a shame for
anyone to diSparage their labors.
Accordingly, we won't. We will ad-
NIT, after first reading, to some puzzle
ment at the fact that IL responsible
members of Congress required four
months to put its $500 words together
Upon reflection, however, it becomes
obvious that this was no slap-dash job
AS an expression of the generalization,
and to the devil with the detail, it is
something of a masterpiece.
Consider, for example, this passage:
American strategy should be tested by
this standard: If it advances the cause
of freedom, do it. If it injuries that
cause, reject it," Or this: I'VE want
Government to be pro-business and pro-
labor" Or: Republicans understand the
workings of a free competitive econ
on1y. The present Administration does
not" And again: "The ever-increasing
maze Of red-tape fences across the farms
of this land must be torn down."
Finally: Republicans demand high
powered deeds, not high sounding
words"
Representative Laird of Wisconsin,
who headed the HouSe-Senate drafting
committee, believes that these are some
of the declarations of policy on which
all Republicans can run in November,
and that if they do so they will win.
At least he is half right Certainly
these are principles on which they all
can run.
Evening star., 1962-06-10
1t Didn'tHurt

There are those who profess to be-
lieve that Teddy Kennedy didn't win in
Massachusetts just because he is the
Presidents brother. Maybe not. But If
the relationship didn't help, it certainly
didn't hurt.
Teddy Kennedy is 80 years old and
an attractive young man. Does this
qualify him to represent Massachusetts
in the United States Senate? OF course
not. His qualification, or at least his
principal qualification, as he himself has
put it, is that he would be able to speak
with voice that would be heard in
Washington. He meant that it would be
heard, not only in the Senate, but also in
the White House. And this is a fact of
political life which should not be under
estimated
The loser in the Massachusetts,
Democratic convention was Eddie Nc
Cormack, who, being a nephew of the
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
also has important connections in Wash
ington. Young Mr.. Mccormack is Attor-
ney General of Massachusetts, and has
a much more solid political record than
young Mr.. Kennedy. But the latter's
Washington connections make for more
potent political medicine. This sort of
thing ought not to influence the chooS-
ing Of candidate for the United States
Senate. But it does.
Having lost in the convention, Mr.
Mccormack says he will take his case to
the Democrats of Massachusetts, in the
partys September primary. This is his
right, and we think he will fare better
with the Democratic people than he did
with the Democratic politicians. Still,
II we were in a betting mood, we'd put
our money on the candidate whose
brother lives in the White House.
Evening star., 1962-06-10
FROM THE STAR FILES. -.

Cat and Georgia Hyena,' she
sailed away, returning in a
short time with a package of
something good to eat The
guard allowed two large bas-
kets of food to be passed in
to the prisoners, but said he
was opposed to having them
gorged. Besides he said, 'if
you give them too much they
might hurt themselves; they
are not used to it, as Jack
sons whole army has not had
as much to eat as you have
given these prisoners An
orderly sergeant in the Union
Army pleaded with the guard
to allow delicacies to be
passed to the prisoners, but
the guard looked at him in
indignant surprise and said:
I was a prisoner in Rich
mond and I don't recollect
anyone ever offering me even
a crust Of bread!"
Evening star., 1962-06-10
so Years Ago

The month of June, 1912,
was a glorious one here for
baseball fans. The Washing
ton Senators, in their first
year under Manager Clark
Griffith, had an all-victo-
rious road trip that saw them
win 16 straight games. The
Star of June II, 1912, said:
Washington is baseball mad!
No baseball team ever re-
ceived a warmer welcome
than did the Nationals when
tney arrived at Union Station
from Cleveland this morn
ing. Fortunately for the play
ers. policemen were on hand
to clear the way to the auto
mobiles which were to take
them to their homes, or some
of the more enthusiastic fans
would have carried them on
their shoulders. A crowd of
more than 10000 is expected
to see the Senators try to
extend their streak tomorrow
against the world champion
Philadelphia Athletics. :"
The Senators did just that,
knocking off Connie Mack's
boys, 5 to 4, for II in q row.
The long string of victories
carried the Senators from
sixth place to second-just
one and a half games behind
the Boston Red Sox. Walter
johnson, Bob Groom and
Tom Hughes, the home clubs
top pitchers, each won four
games during the record road
trip. The bubble burst on
June 19, 1912, when the Sen
ators lost a doubleheader to
the Athletics.
Evening star., 1962-06-10
Court on Prayer

A recent case before the
Maryland Court of Appeals,
challenging the daily OPEN
ing religious exercises in
Baltimore schools as a viola
ton of the Constitution was
voted down in a surprising
four-to-three decision. Sur
prising for the fact that
three judges actually voted
for abolition of the Lords
Prayer. 1t is also terribly
frightening; frightening to
think that the principles
upon which this country
was founded are being doubt
ed by men in extremely i'm
portant positions.
The Maryland regulation
would excuse from the daily
prayer anyone not wishing
to participate therein. This
is fair. reasonable and with
in the constitutional frame
work of freedom of religious
action to everyone according
Evening star., 1962-06-10
News Analyst

Recent news items inform
us that: % The State De-
partment is sending military
equipment to Sukarno for
the liberation" of Dutch
New Guinea. 90 The U. N.
may use bond money to re-
invade Katanga to force un-
wanted coalition with the
Congo. (3) Unarmed Ameri-
can troops were landed in
Thailand. "a Legislation is
being sought to permit the
entry of several thousand
Chinese refugees to the Unit
ed States.
Those of us who feel the
State Department is not as
zealouSly pro-American as it
should be find little comfort
in these items.
If the State Department
has unneeded military equip
ment, why not give it to
Chang Kai-shek instead of
Sukarno? Chang undoubt-
edly could use it and some
money to invade mainland
China, organize an army and
free the Chinese people of
their Communist yoke. Then
the refugees could return to
their native land.
Laos and Thailand would
seem less important to the
United States than the pres
ence of Red Cuba, a stones
throw off our coast. Why not
clean up that situation be-
fore we begin the fourth
Democratic war, if we must
have one?
If we invest $100 million in
U.N. bonds to provide funds
for the second invasion of
Katanga, in violation of all
Evening star., 1962-06-10
Interesting Economics

The Redevelopment Land Agency
says 1t is merely coincidence that
o. Roy Chalk was able to buy back a
prime piece of Southwest urban renewal
land for fraction of the price at which
he sold it to the RIA. No doubt this is
true. But it is not surprising that this
deal has led at least one curious citizen,
Alvin G. Miller, to question the strange
economics at play in the urban renewal
program.
In brief, the RIA paid Mr. Chalk
$1.2 million (the appraised price, for
the site Of the old D. c. Transit Co.
Southwest carbarn, tract containing
87,921 square feet. This price was about
$14 foot. RIA subsequently increased
the size Of the tract to 211 1868 square
feet and set resale price Of $3.40 a
foot on the larger piece of land, to be
developed as a residential project. To
determine the developer, RIA held an
architectural competition. Eighteen bids
were turned over to the judges, without
disclosing the bidders. Mr.. Chalk won.
Thus, Mr.. Chalk has regained a tract
more than twice as big as the one he
sold, for little more than half the
appraised value of the initial tract.
In objecting to this deal, Mr.. Miller
told the RIA that "for once, would like
to see someone put money in the pot,
instead of dipping it out" AS he later
agreed, however, the basic issue is not
merely one Of land price For Mr.. Chalk
must develop the land in accordance
with redevelopment plan which Sc
verely limits, among other things, the
number Of dwelling units he can build
(290) and the amount of the land he
can cover. In turn, these restrictions
limit his economic return from the
project, and these factors, according to
RIA, are the basis on which the resale
Evening star., 1962-06-10

Three cheers for Sylvia
Porter's open letter to lives
tia: you're scared you're
worried we'll be able
to isolate you and bury you
and you know it," Wonder
full!
I say communism is al
ready dead although the
Communists don't seem to
know it or they are afraid to
take its pulse lest they find
that out. Communism has
failed economically, socially.
politically, spiritually, and its
people are sick and dying for
the want of bread and meat.
That Cuban fiasco may
yet prove to be the greatest
blessing that could happen to
the western Hemisphere.
Just look at what cursed
blight Castro has brought to
that once-beautiful isle; all
the Voice of America and
Alliance for Progress at their
potential best could not be-
gin to be so persuasive at
warding off that sickness
which is communism.
Let our State Department
point its finger at Cuba and
at China and at Russia it
self, again and again and
again, until everybody at
home and abroad at long last
sees what is so obvious:
Communism has failed mis-
erably.
Col. H. C. Hine, jr.
Evening star., 1962-06-10

in strategy and in the invin-
cibility of fragile dust. AS
these warriors of the air
surround their trusted leader,
the picture might be cap
toned, 1--WE, who are about
to die. salute you'll"
These American boys were
among many thousands of
those who, like the youths
of oxford, had been careless
lads at play. But when the
bugles of freedom sounded.
without a whimper they
turned from their games
To seek q bloody sod,
They gdUe their merry youth
aDGy
For country, and for Godl
Who, present in the United
States Senate, can ever for
get that June day when the
boys from our homes were
striking the blow on that fair
land where the grapes of
wrath were stored? AS the
Senators stood in that his
toric chamber, with bowed
heads and eyes where un-
ashamed tears gliStened,
they repeated the 23d Psalm
Though I walk through
the valley of the shadow Of
death!" Somehow the IA
miliar words burst into a new
and meaningful incandes-
cence.
Those embattled boys Of
ours bought this free June
for us as with fixed bayonets
they stormed that jungle of
iniquity. Near that beach
are ten thousand white crosses
speaking forever of those who
broke the back Of the foul
Nazi blasphemy.
In that June jungle it was
either victory or defeat. In
that same jungle we are still
fighting the same foe bent
on enSlaving the world. Our
aim now is what it was then
not accommodation but ex-
termination of the evil system
and the liberation Of its vic
tins. There can be no true
neutrals in this war to the
finish! There is no substitute
for victoryl Compromise is
surrender. AS a great religious
leader has recently said,
Either communism is true or
Christianity is true, but not
bothl Either God is or He is
not. CoexiStence is a pleasant
term but one Of these systems
is going down." The only final
question is which we, or
they2
In the spirit Of the June
D-Day, 1914, as we face the
same jungle Of bestial con-
spiracy, in a battle not yet
won, let us in this latest June
commander all our might
moral and material-to write
anew on our banners the
ancient prophecy Of scripture,
your covenant with death
shall be annulled, your agree
ment with hell shall not
stand, your refuge Of lies
shall be swept away-the
mouth of the Lord hath
spoken it!"
Evening star., 1962-06-10
Care for Aged

The really serious objec-
ton to the Social Security
program of health care for
the aged, from the doctors
point of view, is that-in
President Kennedy's words
"it will begin" The foot will
be in the door. After we have
relieved older people of their
responsibilities, and those Of
their families to them, the
next step will be to do the
same for people Of all ages.
Then it will no longer be
necessary or possible to teach
our children to plan for the
future.
I have spent six years en-
ployed in a medical school,
and it is not true, as many
believe, that most medical
students are sons of rich
men. Many of them work
part time; some on loans;
many not knowing whether
they will be able to return
the following year. Many de-
prive themselves Of marriage
and children until much too
late; all are much later be-
ginning to earn a living than
their contemporaries. The
long, hard pull of four years
of medical school plus four
or five years of additional
training has seemed worth
while to them because of the
ultimate satisfaction and
honor Of being a physician.
This will no longer be true
when the profession begins
to take on the aspect of a
9 to S drudge, more intent
on filling out forms than in
treating the sick. A doctor
cannot practice his profess
sion properly unless he can
make his own decisions re-
garding his patients, and
anyone who has spent even
a few years in the Wash
ington area knows that this
is not always possible where
the Government is involved.
Young men are already
ceasing to become interested
in studying medicine because
the future of the profession
is so uncertain. The next
step will be subsidized medi-
cal education. Secretary Ri
bicoff has already pointed
out (regarding the doctors in
New Jersey that since their
hospitals have accepted Gov
ernment funds, these doctors
cannot do exactly as they
please in these hospitals.
This is what will happen to
medical schools, with the
rather confused finger of the
Government poking into ev-
cry nook and corner.
It is never possible to get
something for nothing, and
if the people would only look
into the future they would
see that they are going to
pay more for less.
Mary L. Schewe
Evening star., 1962-06-10
Trode Expunsion

Shortly the House Ways
and Means Committee will
report out the Presidents
Trade Expansion bill. This
will be by a one-sided vote.
Much will then be made Of
this fact.
Another fact will be en-
tirely overlooked. This is that
since 1884 when the Trade
Agreements Act was first
passed, the Ways and Means
Committee has faithfully
done the bidding of the White
House and the leadership of
the Administration that hap
pened to be in power.
The present trade Act will
represent the 18th extension
of the trade program. There
fore the record of the ma
jority of the Ways and Means
Committee will remain un-
Sullied.
All changes of any conse-
quence in the trade bill in
the past % years, including
the adoption of the peril
point and the escape clause,
were adopted after the bill
left the Ways and Means
Committee.
Today an attempt will be
made, Joined in by the ele-
ments that support the bill,
to make it appear that the
sentiment in the Ways and
Means Committee represents
the sentiment of the House.
If it does so on this occasion
it will be an exception.
The majority of the COM
mittee was solidly behind the
administration version in
1855 when the House came
within one vote of upSetting
the whole program.
The fact is that the ma =
jority of the Ways and Means
Committee, particularly since
World War II, has been far
out of step with the senti-
ment of the House as was
clearly demonstrated on every
occasion when substantive
matters were put to a vote on
the floor.
Usually the tariff bill is
sent forward under a gag
rule that gives little leeway
on the floor. This again shows
a refusal by committee, in
this case the Rules Commit
tee, to give the House mem
bership a full opportunity to
express itself and to reflect
the sentiment of the voters
who sent them to Washing
ton.
Will we have another
closed rule on this occasion?
o. r. Strackbein,
Chairman, Nationwide Com
mittee of Industry, AgricuI-
ture and Labor on Import
Export Policy.
Evening star., 1962-06-10

form, the popularity con-
sisting in the fact that there
is no uniformity about it.
Some had a slight apology
for a uniform, others citi-
zens' clothes with common
flat brass buttons, and others
yet without even the brass
buttons to designate their
calling. We did not see any
two who were dressed exactly
alike; every man appeared
to be arrayed in such gar
ments as he could first find,
or as best suited his indi-
vidual fancy. The prisoners
were in charge of a detach-
ment of Co. E, 18th Pa. Regi-
ment, and were commanded
by Capt. McCurdy, who in
forms us that a very decided
secession sympathy was
manifested especially by the
women) while the train
stopped at Alexandria. Sew
eral arrests were made and
the feeling became so IN
tense that the provost mar
shall of Alexandria felt COM
PEELED to prohibit any inter
course or conversation what
ever between the citizens and
the prisoners. There was a
fair share of sympathy with
the rebels and their cause
also manifested in this city.
Women who stood aloof from
our sick and wounded desired
to be very asSiduous in their
attention to the prisoners.
Two young women named
Lancaster questione d the
prisoners as to the where
abouts Of a certain regiment
in which they said they were
proud and happy to have a
father and a brother fighting
for the cause of liberty and
the South. The guard re-
quested one of the Misses
Lancaster to stop that kind
Of talk and she, boiling over
with secesh wrath. gave vent
to her delicate feelings: Go
away, you nasty devil Smil-
ing charmingly at a Louisi-
ana Tiger a Virginia Wild
Evening star., 1962-06-10
Thirty Years From Now

In his commencement address at
Northern Michigan College, DR.. Glenn
T. Seaborg- chairman of the Atomic
Energy Commission and a Nobel laure-
ate in chemistry-haS had some rather
astonishing things to say about the fu-
ture. More specifically, as If he were
Buck Rogers come to life, he has told
the graduates to prepare themselves for
a great number Of fantastic possibilities
between now and their 30th annual re-
union in 1892.
These possibilities go far beyond the
conventional predictions, such as that
travel to Europe in the next few decades
will be matter of an hour or two via
SuperSonic jets or rocket transport. DR..
Seaborg takes all that pretty much for
granted; the main point he has made
to the graduates is that they must
reckon with numerous "other scientific
and chronological developments
which are even more startling and in
some ways unbelievable" The following
is but an outline of what he has in
mind:
(1) Thermonuclear electrical en-
ergy, with inexhaustible sources of
power in the seas and oceans of the
world. (2) Travel to places like Mars
(3) The development of self -lubricating
metals. (4) The production of materials
that reproduce themselves, like human
beings. (5) "Pharmaceuticals which
change and maintain human person.
ality at any desired level" (6) Revolu-
tionary new building blocks replacing
wood, brick and concrete. (D Effective
weather control. And (8) I'm virtually
every home in 1892 you may find con-
troll center of electronic computation,
for keeping budgets, planning menus,
figuring income taxes, reminding the
family Of appointments, and even help
ing the family to arrive at policy de-
ciSionS. :. Advances in the art may be
of such character and extent that ma
tional policy will be affected both di-
rectly and indirectly; computers may be
making some Of the most important de-
ciSionS on many levels. E. :"
AS he has made clear in his Mfhi-
gan address, this prospect does not fill
DR.. Seaborg with unqualified or bound
less enthusiasm. On the contrary, he
has warned that the wonders to come
'will raise problems to challenge the i'm
agination and resources of our new
social environment. In the final analysis
the great benefits which humans may
look forward to must be compile
mented by sociological. economic and
political adjustments"
1t is certainly true, in any event,
that the Acc chairman has not exag-
gerated the impact of the progress likely
to take place between now and 1892.
All Of us are living in world Of tre-
mendous change, and our children, and
our children'S children, will be the ones
most affected. AS DR.. Seaborg has sug-
gested, theirs will be the job Of keeping
things from getting out of hand. Best
of luck to them; they'll need it.
Evening star., 1962-06-10
100 Years AGO

A Union general, no less,
once called "Jeb" Stuart "the
best cavalry leader ever
foaled in North America"
James Ewell Brown Stuart
was indeed a spectacular
horse soldier, and it was at
this period a century ago that
he made his most sensational
ride of the Civil War. With
Gen. McClellan's Army of
the Potomac posted 100000
strong on the outskirts of
Richmond, Gen. Lee wanted
to know how the enemy'S
troops were disposed. On June
IL, 1862, he dispatched Gen.
Stuart with 1900 cavalrymen
and light artillery to make a
reconnaissance. Stuart was
gone three days. He had rid
den entirely around the Union
army. He brought back 165
prisoners and 260-odd horses
and mules, plus much infor-
nation. He lost one man.
He was hotly pursued by
Federal cavalry at the end
of his dash-the chase being
led by Stuart's own father-in-
law, Gen. Philip st. George
Cooke. The Confederates
weren't always that lucky in
their losses. The North took
its share Of prisoners, too.
The Star of June 16, 1862, re-
ported: More Secesh Prison.
ers-A train arrived on Mary
land avenue yesterday bring
ing 60 rebel prisoners belong
ing to Jackson's army, who
were captured at Port Repub-
lie. When questioned as to
what regiments they belonged
to, nearly all the Secesh re-
piled either: Tigers Wild
cats or 'Hyenas.' They had
very sanguinary names, but
being animals with their tails
cut off somewhat, they had
lost that look of ferocity
which they probab bly,
(thought they possessed
when they took the bloody
titles. One Of the prisoners,
who belonged to Ashby's
cavalry, informed US that
Gen. Ashby was positively
killed. He was shot through
the right breast while charg-
ing upon a body of Federal
infantry who were behind a
stone wall and was knocked
from his horse and instantly
killed. The prisoners are
a very ordinary looking lot
of men with one or two ex-
ceptions. AS usual with all
rebel prisoners, they were ar
rayed in their peculiar uni