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Evening star., 1962-01-01

terminal as designed by FAA. This,
he said, was "a threat" And he ac-
cused the ajrlines, among other things,
of sending "a bunch of negotiating
gladiators in full armor, tied together
horse to hose, to throw spears at
their Government"
Well these are not unlike the
words often heard during the heat of
labor negotiationS-a parallel which
is not far-fetched. For it is not un-
reasonable that the FAA should seek
higher airport-use fees than the air
lines customarily pay in the Washing
ton area, for facilities which will be
far superior and infinitely more ex-
pensive to provide. And it is incon-
ceivable, of course, that the airlines
might not use the critically-needed
new jet airport. The airlines, on the
other hand, which have serious finan-
cial problems Of their own, can hardly
be blamed for bargaining for the
best deal they can make.
Such disputes can only be settled
by discussion. 1t is good news, therefore,
that the airlines and the Government
have agreed to get together January 9
and 10 for talks on the Dulles problem.
A little reasonable "airportmanship" on
both sides should help bring about an
amicable and workable solution.
Evening star., 1962-01-01
De GouIIe's Bold Plan

There is double significance to
President de GaulleS announcement
that he intends to withdraw the bulk of
French military forces from Algeria in
1862. The first is that he has yielded
neither in hope nor in determination that
this long crisis should be resolved by
negotiation rather than by continued
costly and eXhausting trial at arms.
The second is that, by returning a size
able portion of this military strength
to its homeland, he will be adding sub
Stantially to French and NATO power in
Western Europe.
To evaluate the real prospects of
resolving the Algerian crisis through dis
cuSSion with the North African national
ist leaders, rather than by further blood
shed, requires either passage of time
or fuller disclosure of what actually is
going on today. 1t has been reported
frequently in recent weeks that behind
the-sceneS talks are going on, and that
progress toward settlement is being
made. In effect, General de Gaulle
seems to have confirmed this possibility
by mentioning as fact" that the prob
lem "iS moving toward a common-sense
solution" though he offered no addi-
tional details.
There is, OF course, a wide gap be-
tween promise and fulfillment. The
protest rioting that followed General de
Gaulle'S pronouncement was only a
small symptom of the bitter resistance
toward Algerian independence that
exists in the European colony in Algeria
and is still found within rightist ele-
mentS in France itself and in certain
French military circles. Even so, it is
still in the Generals power to hold to
his course and, in the long run, to do so
in a way that will both protect the dis
sidentS and preserve the essential in
terestS" Of France.
To France proper and to her West
ern allies, the Generals prospectus
should have great appeal. The French
forces that have been in Algeria are the
nations best, and their return to the
continent will have obvious meaning to
friends and foes alike To this strength
in being, the soldier President further
proposes "modernization" of arrna-
ments-adding power to power. It is an
interesting coincidence, if not more, that
this prospective increase in the military
power OF France and the West European
community comes at a time of parallel
increase in economic vigor and strength.
In the years Immediately ahead, this
welcome evolution may have great bear
ing on world history.
Evening star., 1962-01-01

Federal Aviation Administrator Hal
aby apparently has hit a king-sized
air pocket in his negotiations with
the major airlines over the terms and
conditions of their use of the new
Dulles Airport. And, judging from his
statements, the FAA chief seems to
be experiencing difficulty in finding
the best approach to get back on
course.
At a recent news conference, Mr..
Halaby was all optimism, and anxious
to avoid "a hassle." Reminded that
the airlineS have not yet committed
themselves to use Dulles, he said he
felt that persuasion" and a certain
amount of "airportmanShip" would
turn the trick
In New York a day later, now
ever, the soft sell became the iron
fist. Declaring that the airlines would
find him at least "as tough as Pete
QueSada," his predecessor at FAA, Mr..
Halaby said they must submit their
space needs for the Dulles terminal
within two weeks or live with the
Evening star., 1962-01-01

first Kremlin-trained oper-
atives to arrive upon the
African scene in pursuance
of what is now we'll recog-
nized as a Communist scheme
to subvert Western influence
in that continent. His effort
to live in a sort of Coop
erative communal state with
the denizens of the jungle is
straight out Of Marxist-Len-
mist dogma. His relationship
with Jane in the absence of
holy matrimony can only be
described as part of his Com
mundStic atheistic plot. Con-
slider further his attacks on
the White hunters (Imperial-
istS) who sought to invade
his province to exploit and
plunder the wild life there.
Should there be any doubt
but that the Tarzan sagas
are part of the Communistic
folklore? These stories are
far more dangerous to our
young than Henry Miller's
"Tropic Of Cancer" Let us
not only ban Tarzan in this
country, but organize an ex-
pedition to journey to Darkest
Africa to save his ill-begotten
son, Boy.
Evening star., 1962-01-01
The Cost of Crime

Much has been said of the cost of
crime in terms of punishment of the
perpetrator, degradation of his family
and physical and other losses of his
victims. But FBI Director ]. Edgar
Hoover, in a copyrighted interview in
U. S. News and World Report, has cited
the cost in more tangible-and startling
terms, namely in dollars. He estimates
the annual cost of crime in this country
at $22 billion, counting losses of those
v1ct1mized and expenditures for law
enforcement at all levels. That is more
than America spends each year on edu-
cation. 1t averages $128 for every man,
woman and child.
And the worst of it is that the crime
trend continues ever upward-at a pace
far exceeding the increases in popula-
tion. During the past decade law viola
tionS have risen SO per cent, as compared
to population increase of 18 per cent.
Yet, according to Mr.. Hoover, law en-
forcement, Federal, State and local, has
improved in efficiency and personnel
strength
Why, then, is crime rising instead
of falling? The FBI chief blames declin-
ing moral standards both in the COM
munity at large and in the home. This
has brought an alarming increase in
juvenile vandalism hoodlumism and
outright criminality, he says. For one
thing" he said in the interview, there
is steady decline of parental authority
-. Because of adult delinquency young
people are not being given the proper
guidance. Public indifference to organ
lied vice has made it easy for the sales
men of the criminal empire to reach
young people with obscene material,
narcotics and other evils which weaken
their character
Mr.. Hoover'S indictment of the adult
generation is based on years of observa-
ton of crime trends and study of
individual cases. His accusation of
"adult delinquency" ought not to be
taken lightly by parents-many of whom
often seem to be too busy to concern
themselves with what their teen-age
children are doing at odd hours, who
their associates are or where they went
in the family car last night.
Evening star., 1962-01-01
0. and A. Stuff

In a Star advertisement,
on December 26, the people
Of the State Of Baja Califor-
mia ask, do the people of
the United States Of America
or does the President Of your
great Nation, instigated by
the selfish interests Of q few
Of your citizens and bureau
Gratis. possibly desire to de-
Stroy our lands, our economy
and our families?"
The answer, probably, is
yes. You're in someone's way
and you have to go. The
New Frontier is performing
on the cities Of America, or
at least this city. which it
is in full control of, the same
sort Of destruction it is prac-
ticing on Baja California. It
is wrecking this Mexican
state with brackish water Just
as 1t attempts to wreck
Washington with an accele-
rated freeway program, and
it is shameful that the peo-
pie Of this Mexican state do
not accept the destruction
Of their lands, their families
and their economy with bet
Evening star., 1962-01-01

I am certainly happy to
learn that someone has the
courage finally to do some
thing about those immoral
Tarzan books.
Much of our juvenile de-
linquency and utter disregard
among our young Of the
righteous morals that are the
backbone of our American
democracy must be blamed
on the accessibility of such
degrading literature.
And now that someone has
made a start in the right
direction, I should like to see
other books banned. Cinder-
ella, for instance. Can't you
just imagine the effect on our
nursery youngsters of a will
full, braZen girl chasing after
a prince she never met be-
fore? And losing her slipper
to boot! To say nothing Of
whatever else she lost in that
merry chase! Victim.
Il \ 4
Actually, TarZan (nee Ivan
Tarzanovich) was one of the
Evening star., 1962-01-01

Jewish people needs no ex-
planation indeed this
crime very deeply concerns
the vital interests of the
State Of Israel, and pursuant
to the protective principle
this state has the right to
punish the criminals. . The
State Of Israel, the sovereign
State Of the Jewish people,
performs through its legisla-
tion the task of carrying into
effect the right of the Jew
iSh people to punish the Grim
inals who killed their sons
with intent to put an end to
the survival of this people.
We are convinced that this
power conforms to the princi-
pies of the law of nations
in force. ="
The claim that the State
Of Israel is the sovereignty,
not only of its own citizens
but Of a body polite called
"the Jewish people" is the
classic Zionist position. New
er before has the State so
publicly declared that it was
entitled to invoke the prin-
ciple of self defense" if there
was an attack on "the Jew
ish people" and that it had
the right to legislate on be-
half Of "the Jewish people,"
This is dangerous doctrine
and the Eichmann case deci-
sion is being used as a We
hicle for making this doctrine
an accepted part of interna-
tional law.
But the fact is that the
overwhelming majority of
persons of the Jewish faith
are citizens of nations other
than Israel and completely
devoted to their home coun-
Evening star., 1962-01-01
Answers to Questions
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

mail, to any question Of fact By
writing The Star Information Bu-
reau, 636 = street NV, Washington
4, D. c. Please inclose return post
sSs.,o6s sSs or Self-addreSSed' stamped
Q. Why is the canyon of
the Gunnison River in Col
orado called the Black Cam
yon?-T. A.
A. Except at midday, the
bottom of this narrow, deep,
sheer-walled gorge is sun
less. 1t has been described
as shrouded in gloomy twi-
light. The darkness is in
tensified by the dark, wealth
cred color Of many of the
rocks that form the canyon
walls. The gorge ranges from
1,730 to 2,425 feet IN depth
in the National Monument
section of the canyon; at
their nearest approach, the
rims Of the gorge are only
1900 feet apart.
@. Did the United States
Government ever pay any
claims for damages caused
at Gettysburg by the Union
Army in the Civil War?
%. A.
A. The U. S. Court of
Claims has reported that
many cases were filed in
that court for property taken
and destroyed as a result of
the Civil War. and that many
claims were paid. On March
4, 1915, Congress enacted a
law known as the Crawford
Amendment, which took
from the Court of Claims all
jurisdiction over claims aris-
ing out Of or as a result of
the Civil War. Because of
this amendment all Civil War
claims then pending were
dismissed.
Evening star., 1962-01-01

tries. The State Of Israel,
foreign to most Of these peo-
pie. now confronts them with
the gratuitous undertaking Of
obligations in their behalf
and the bestowing of rights"
upon them. I, for one, am
convinced that the great ma
jority of American Jews re-
pudiate the Zionist-Israeli
claim that they are part of
a Jewish people" for whom
the Israeli State has the right
to speak. And whatever the
legal rationale on which Is
rael bases its right to try
Eichmann, there is absolutely
no legal or moral basis for
its claim to speak in this or
any other case for Jews liv-
ing outside the Israeli State.
There is, in fact, a very real
threat to the rights and
well-being Of Jews living in
other countries implicit in
this claim.
The extra territorial asser-
tions implicit in the Eich-
mann decision and other
statements issued by the Is
raeli government in recent
years represent a source of
genuine concern. They are
no service to a healthy, DEM
ocratic Israel or to Americans
Of Jewish faith. Further, they
are not without significance
for the sovereignty Of the
United States Government
which is required by our Con-
stitution to protect the rights
Of all Americans, whatever,
their religious faith or creed.
Max j. Fischer, MD.
Chairman, Washington Chap
ter, American Council for
Judaism.
Evening star., 1962-01-01
Analyses Zionist Position in Eichmonn Case

The Star is to be con-
graduated for the moral SEN
sitivity and detached critical
analysis Of its comments on
the Eichmann trial in the
editorial of December 16. The
moral sensitivity was directed
at the bestial crimes and the
criminal. The critical anal
ysis has probed questions Of
fundamental Importance to
mankind in that it bore on
processes of justice and the
implications of the trial for
that international law which
affects the future conduct Of
nations and men.
The soberly written judg-
ment of the Israeli court
demonstrates that the presid-
ing judges were also conscious
of the impact of the trial
upon legal precedents and
procedures for the future
even as they were of the
tragedy Of the pasta trag-
edy Eichmann was found
guilty of having contributed
to in a significant way. The
Star properly pointed out
one of the longer-range i'm
plicationS of the trial
whether or not an individual
and a nation or a system"
can be tried at one and the
same time.
There is another long
range aspect of the trial,
stated explicitly in the judg-
ment of the court, which
should invite misgivings of
responsible observers. The
precise language of the court
in this context was:
"The connection between
the State of Israel and the
Evening star., 1962-01-01
Indio's Aggression

Perhaps in our time we
shall never again witness a
more reprehenSible act than
Pandit Nehru's subjugation
of the tiny, peaceful Portu-
geSe enclave of Goa. What
makes it so reprehensible to
decent people the world over
is that it was for cheap po-
litical reasons to give Nehru
a victory" for vote-getting
purposes.
Cheap, because lacking in
courage to expel Red Chinese
troops occupying 10000
square miles of northern In
dian territory, Nehru chose
to invade defenseless Goa, a
peaceful colony extant by
treaty for $50 years.
A poSeur, Nehru showed his
true colors. Obviously he be-
lieves in ultimate Communist
victory over the West. His
acts prove it, as we'll as ut
terances at Belgrade, Moscow
and Washington.
And what can the United
States do about it? BY a
stroke of the pen, the Ken
nedy administration can
rectify a lot of the damage
by: Transferring a half bill
lion in foreign aid money al
located to India to Portugal,
to compensate her for the
loss of her Indian enclaves
and other "errors of judg-
ment" against the Portuguese
people. And if Nehru and the
deSpicable KriShna Menon
don't like it, let them go to
Russia for aid.
PrOthrOe Jones.
Dncfh1Yrny TY;n0i,oio
Evening star., 1962-01-01
Costly 'Boo-Boo'

Dupont Circle underpass-
that king size headache! /!
Why convert it into a shell
ter? Wouldn't it be more
fitting as a mausoleum-aS as a
future burial place for all
the bright minds who en-
gineered, designed and
planned this gigantic boo-boo
at a cost of $11 million yet?
1t should stand there forever
as a memorial to monumental
stupidity! Such a costly blum
der should be remembered for
all time.
Evening star., 1962-01-01

iph's story teller, to adorn
his vale of diamonds"
In moments of danger the
dramatist quickens the pace:
"At noon, they halted and
made a hasty repast; and
then bent their course so as
to regain the route from
which they had diverged.
They were now made senSi-
BILE of the danger from which
they had just escaped. There
were tracks of Indians, who
had evidently been in pur-
suit of them; but had recent
ly returned, baffled in their
search"
The moralizing common in
the literature of IrVing's time
is almost completely absent.
Occasionally though there is
a sharp malicious thrust:
"The whole time (of free
trappers' Indian wiVeS) is ex-
pended, and their ingenuity
taSked by endeavors to eclipse
each other in dress and dec
Grafton. The jealousieS and
heart-burnings thus occas-
ioned among these, so-styled,
children of nature, are equal
ly intense with those of the
rival leaders of style and
fashion in the luxurious
abodes Of civilized life"
Prof. Todd has furnished
the volume with a generous
number of we'll reproduced
illustrations. His footnotes
give the modern names of
geographical features men
toned in the text so that one
can follow the wanderings of
Bonneville a d the various
parties detached from his
main group provided one has
access to modern maps more
detailed than those included
in the book.
Evening star., 1962-01-01
Student 'Defector'

The article headed, NEGRO
Girl Returns From Russian
School," rates scrutinization
by every American. Too many
men died on foreign soil
since 1898 to protect the
precious rights and freedoms
of this country. The Ameri-
can people are making a mis-
take in permitting young
Ame.ican children such as
Hulda Clark to leave this
country as she did for Rus
sia, of all places, to receive
an education.
The girls father stated
publicly that he was thank
full to Khrushchev for CIV
ing his daughter the chance
to escape Jim Crowism here
in the United States of
America. There are many who
are not so thankful for what
Khrushchev and those who
preceded him as ruler of the
Communist bloc, have done
for them.
If William Clark and his
family think that going to
Russia will solve their prob
lens, let Americans help fl
nance a one-way ticket for
the family to Russia.
The National Association
for the Advancement of Col
ored People and the Congress
of Racial Equality should
invest some of the monies
spent for support Of sit-ins.
pickets, lawyers fees, fines
and bonds for the rabble-
rousers who have been ar
rested and begin to educate
their race.
William d. KiIIen.
Evening star., 1962-01-01
WATCHING THE WORLD
Years End Stirs Speculation
By CROSBY S. MOVES

1t would have been fine,
Of course. if Mr.. Kennedy's
meeting with Premier Khru-
shchev in Vienna last spring
had turned into a love feast;
on the other hand, it might
not have turned out so we'll
If Mr.. Kennedy had gone
home and decided to scrap
the American defense effort
and bring the boys home
from Europe.
AS for Berlin, there would
be no wall and very likely
no West Berlin either. If
decisions had gone the other
way we would quite certain
ly have been relieved of the
Berlin problem by this time,
and the residents of Mr..
KhruShchev's free city"
would be just exactly as free
as their friends in the eastern
sector Of town. The future
Of West Germany, however,
would be a good deal less Ger
tain and the danger Of full
scale war, one suspects, would
have been enormously in
creased.
Front Is Wide
The game can be played
anywhere from Southeast
Asia to Peking, from the
Congo to the United Nations.
No matter how bad the mess
may be at any particular
time and place, there is
some comfort in the thought
that it could have been a
good deal worse except for
courage and intelligence and
determination and luck.
There is some comfort too
in the thought that Mr..
Khrushchev, whose view Of
things is inclined to be the
reverse Of our own, also may
be wishing himself a happier
new year in 1862.
For the rest of it there
were a good many things
that turned out pretty well
in the end. We might have
been able to stand it if the
Yankees had lost the series
or if the Empress of Iran
had given birth to a daugh-
ter. But who could wish
that Uri Gagarin had blown
up on his launching pad,
that Brigitte Bardot had be-
come the patron saint of the
French ultras or that DR..
Vervoerd, instead of Chief
Lutuli, had won the Nobel
Prize?
Evening star., 1962-01-01
LETTERS TO THE STAR

ter grace than the people Of
the District Of Columbia.
We all need to realize that
the New Frontier, like mod
ern art. is welded to the
philosophy of John Dewey
which proclaims that only ac-
tivity itself is important; the
production Of results or the
necessity for the results to
be good are secondary and
tertiary in that order.
Peter GIickert.
Evening star., 1962-01-01

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDrtterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
tion. Those not used iDiIl be
returned only iUhen accom-
panied by selt = addressed.
ters ore subject to condersd-
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1962-01-01
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
In Vanguard of Westward Trend
By DONALD MINTZ

THE ADVENTURES OF
CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE,
U.S.A. IN THE ROCKY
MOUNTAINS AND THE
FAR WEST. DigeSted from
his journal by Washing
ton Irving. Edited and with
an introduction by Edge
ley w. Todd. university
of Oklahoma Press, $7.95.)
From 1882 to 1885 Capt.
Benjamin L. E. Bonneville
tramped about the Rocky
Mountain area making maps
and notes and hunting the
beaver. The Army had given
him leave for his expedition
but he overstayed, and was
dropped from the rolls. He
was subsequently reinstated
and eventually retired with
the rank of Brevet Briga-
dier General.
In March, 1886, Washing
ton Irving bought from
Bonneville a journal the ma
ture Of which is not clear,
and in 1887 the first edition
of his celebrated book ap-
peared. Thus the bare facts,
BONNEVILLE was a con-
troversial figure in his time
and he remains one today
Just what was he doing? Was
he a genuine explorer trap
ping merely in order to cover
his expenses, the Army having
specified that his expedition
was to be without cost to the
Government? Or was he mer-
ely attempting to succeed in
a financially and personally
dangerous business without
relinquishing the security of
his Army commission? Or was
he a hero whose real purpose
was to collect information on
British strength in the Ore
gon Territory for the War
Department?
Whatever the answers may
be, Bonneville did, indeed,
supply the War Department
with notes on geography and
the distribution of Indian
tribes and two fascinating
maps both reproduced in this
new edition Of Irving's min
or masterpiece.
And most important for
the general reader, his journ-
al was the principal source
for a classic in the history
Of American Western explor-
alton, a classic which is now
reprinted in a carefully an
notated edition by Prof. Todd
Of Colorado State University.
There is a never-ending
fascination in the incredible
marches of the mountain
men, their hardships and
their complex relations with
the Indians. Yet here one
thinks Of the writer as much
as of his subjects.
IRvING'S PROSE is spare
and unadorned by the stand
ards Of his times but it rings
with a magnificent and fresh
sorority: Far away over
the vast plains, and up the
steep sides of the lofty noun
tains, the snow lay spread in
dazzling whiteness; and
whenever the sun emerged in
the morning above the giant
peaks, or burst forth from
Qn1Ono PlOIIdc IN hie MID Jou
course, mountain and dell,
glazed rock and frosted tree,
glowed and sparkled with sur
passing lustre. The tall pines
seemed sprinkled with a sill
yer dust, and the willows,
studded with minute icicles
reflecting the prismatic rays,
brought to mind the fairy
trees covered up by the cal