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Evening star., 1962-10-01
Arrests for Investigation

A committee of three distinguished
lawyers, headed by Charles A. Horsky
sworn in at a White House ceremony
on Friday as the Presidents special
adviser on local affairs, reported to
the Commissioners last July on their
study of arrests for investigation"
The long established practice Of making
such arrests in Washington, they con-
cluded, is not sanctioned by local law
and violates the constitutional rights
of persons so arrested.
The Commissioners are now IN re-
ceipt of a report on the same subject
by Chief of Police Murray. 1t is a we'll
arranged presentation of the police
point of view, with citation OF cases
and court opinions which demonstrate
the essential Importance of interroga-
ton in police investigation of crime.
There are illustrations OF the positive
value of such Interrogation in the ap-
prehenSion of criminals as well as the
negative value, where interrogation has
cleared a suspect-without preferment
of charges-whom the police had reason
to question. One finding by the HorSky
committee was the small number OF
charges preferred in relation to the
number of arrests for investigation"
The police report, on the other hand,
points to the relatively small number
of arrests for investigation as compared
with total arrests on specific charges.
Both reports, in our opinion, are
unusually we'll done. The essential diff
ference in their conclusions is this
The HorSky report recommends the
practice should stop and stop
Immediately; the Murray report rec
ommends that If the practice Is aban-
doned, a workable substitute, supported
by statute or carefully defined regula-
tions, must be found. The Horsky report
recommended no specific substitute,
evidently in the belief that arrests for
nveStigation-rather than arrests on
legally sustainable probable cauSe-ac-
compliSh no important results. The
police report contends that mere aban-
donment of the practice would be highly
injurious in crime prevention and de-
lection and would add immensely to
the already complex problem in this
jurisdiction faced by the police.
Major Murray's report supports the
wisdom Of the Commissioners delay
thus far in accepting the chief recon-
mendation of the Horsky report-that
the practice be abandoned. 1t demon
Strates convincingly that If the Com
miSsioners decide to order abandonment
of arrests for investigation, they must
assume responsibility for finding a
workable substitute that permits de-
tention, If not ARREST" for reasonable
The search for this
substitute should now become their
objective. Merely to abandon arbitrarily
a practice in Washington, duplicated
under another name or form by police
everywhere, would invite a risk the
Commissioners should avoid.
Evening star., 1962-10-01
Career Teachers

A question of some impor-
tance which should be dis
cuSsed in the present con-
test for four seats on the
Montgomery County Board
of Education is one dealing
with the continuation Of the
career recognition system for
teachers. Should it be con-
tinued ct has been operating
for three years. or should it
be dropped? I dare say that
a vast majority Of the
tie achers of Montgomery
County would like to see it
abandoned. Why? Cd 1t can
be and has been in several
instances damaging to
teacher morale, affecting not
only the teachers who do not
achieve career recognition but
those who do; 90 the mem
bership of the review boards
is not made public; con-
sequently the teacher whose
application is reviewed by
one of these boards after it
first has been approved by
his principal and supervisor
does not know who is
Judging" his application
when it reaches Rockville:
(3) the system tends to en-
courage the applicant to
initiate or pad his application,
particularly in terms of his
teaching accomplishments:
and a. the career recogni-
ton system has added
to the bureaucracy Of the
Board of Education establish
ment, which is already inn
pressive in numbers, with a
full-time staff of admins
traitors and secretaries.
In short, career recognition
does far more harm than
good, and I can say this as
one who has taught for more
than 10 years in'Montgomery
County and who has
achieved" it. My recommen-
dation is that it should be
ended within the year. What
do the members of the Board
of Education who are up for
reelection and their oppo-
nents think?
Teacher.
Evening star., 1962-10-01

You make editorial men,
ton in "Air Tragedy" that
many MATS officers would
feel more comfortable if they
could control directly all of
the planes and their mechan-
les that carry military pas
Sengers."
The troop = carrying plane
that ditched in the Atlantic
did so as the result of three
engines having failed.
The loss of three engines
on one flight is rare. 1t is
possible that mechanical
maintenance could be in
volved.
However. 1t would be fair
to mention another posSibili-
ty that would come to the
minds Of most airmen: That
would be the speculation that
wrong or doctored fuel could
have been aboard the air
craft. Robert E. Trimble.
Evening star., 1962-10-01

issue, Mr.. French does bet
ter. He manages to explain
the relation between Harvard
and Radcliffe, the principle
and organization of the vari-
GUS centers for special
studies, methods Of teaching
in several of the professional
graduate schools, and such
Harvard peculiarities as the
Society of Fellows.
Best of all, he conveys .
measure of feeling for the
nature of a major university.
But he admits that it is not
easy to achieve this feeling
(much less convey it,, and
he does not claim that he
has fully succeeded.
PAET OF THE difficulty
comes simply from naiyete.
Mr.. French's idea Of the dif-
ference between the so-called
English and continental con-
cepts of the university is bad
ly confused. He is not aware
that the deliberate refusal to
formulate clear and binding
lines of authority, far from
being unique to Harvard Is
common among major pri-
vate universities. His UNDER
standing of the tenure sys-
tenn is far from complete.
More trouble results from
bad taste adopted as a con-
viction. Mr.. French seems
really to believe his daytime
erial-description of COM
mencement day at Harvard.
Then. from time to time. he
produces pseudo dramatic
montages designed to show us
life along the Charles. Since
the selection process used in
the manufacture Of these
cliches of the documentary
predetermines the result,
identical montages could
have been made with ma
terial from nearly any uni
versity. And so the result
does not show us Harvard.
And yet for all this, Mr..
French has performed q serv-
ice for American higher edu-
cation. Most people, includ-
ing most college and univer-
Sity graduates, do not know
what a university is. To a
considerable extent. they can
find out from THE Long
Reach" the books faults not
withstanding. Once they have
found out, they will under
stand the difference between
Harvard, which is one of the
worlds great universities, and
that celebrated institution.
1.-The college Of your choice"
which all too often is a sec
ond-rate high school in dis
guise. This understanding Is
p prerequisite to the intelli-
gent discussion of American
higher education.
Evening star., 1962-10-01
Nozis Here and There

Having recently completed
William L. Shirer'S THE
Rise and Fall of the Third
Reich" I was left with some
sobering thoughts. This doc
umentary chronology Of Nazi
Germany depicts the trans
formation of a highly civil
lied Christian nation, 1000
years in the building, to a
militaristic dictatorship
founded on hate within q
short span of q few years.
AS was inevitable, after
Hitler had brought the Ger
man people to q state Of
frenzy with his promises Of
the Greater Germany" and
the Master Race" this pent-
up hatred broke loose upon
the world with a degree Of
devastation, sadiSm and bru-
tality that the world had
never previously known.
Equally as inevitable. when
any nation Is built on q
foundation of hate, this hate
inherently is the very means
of that nations eventual de-
Struction.
However, before Hitler and
his gang could be stamped
out, millions Of innocent peo-
pie were to lose their lives
and liberty. There are many
widows, children and moth
ers throughout the world who
mourn, this very day. for q
loved one who gave his life
in stamping out the curse of
Nazi Germany and her Axis
partners. Having personally
felt the tragedy Of losing a
brother, in World War II. I
was concerned over the news
concerning the melee in front
of our White House on the
Tooth anniversary Of the
Emancipation Proclamation.
I wonder If any of these So
called storm Troopers" can
look into the eyes Of q moth
er or widow of q man who
died at Bastogne, or at AnZio,
and not feel shame.
When I was a cadet at
West Point, the greatest les
son that I learned was that
the great force of American
arms, from Saratoga to Ko-
rea, has been due to free men
who fought to maintain the
dignity of the individual, not
the state. If we should ever
forget this, the individual lib
erty we now so carelessly take
for granted will be lost.
George B. Pearce.
Carrollton, Md.
Evening star., 1962-10-01
NucIeor Policy Change Noted
Foreign Correspondent Of The Stcr

seems to be facing up TO this
problem.
But If Mr.. Bundy's change
of emphasis in Copenhagen
was important in terms Of
American nuclear policy
within the Western ALLIANCE,
another high level statement
may have been even more so
in terms Of what Secretary
Of Defense McNamara calls
the biggest potential crisis
since the Korean War
The Secretary's blunt
statement on his return from
Europe that the United
States would defend Berlin
with nuclear weapons II
necessary, amounts to an
other shift of emphasis that
is long overdue.
Again, If you will, 1t is
not a change in policy. The
United States has been say
ing the same thing for years.
But in, the last six months
it has been saying it in such
a way as to arouse ScepticiSnn
not only of its enemies but
even of its closest allies.
What the United States
has been saying in fact is
that while nuclear weapons
are essential to its defense,
their use in situations Of
limited war" is practically
inconceivable.
The administration has
been actively preaching q
buildup Of conventional
forces to provide an alterna-
tive to what President Ken
nedy has called Q choice
between a "nuclear holo-
caust or retreat" The United
States has talked about
"flexibility Of response" to
any possible Communist ag-
greSsion.
Credibility Weakened
No wonder the credibiIity
of the American nuclear de-
terrent in Berlin has been
seriously weakened by this
kind of talk. No wonder
either that this loss of credi-
bility amounts to the greatest
danger which faces the West
in what shapes UP as q pc
culiarly perilous autumn.
If Soviet Premier Khrush-
chev-as many Western Of
ficialS believe lis preparing
for a. new and perhaps criti-
cal round in Berlin 1t is most
certainly because he thinks
that the risks of precipitating
a nuclear war over Berlin
are very small indeed. To
convince him that the United
States will in fact use nuclear
weapons to defend Berlin it
is necessary to tell him so
clearly and bluntly and often.
This Mr.. Mcnamara, in a
shift of emphasis that will
certainly not go unnoticed,
has now done. AS in the case
Of Mr.. Bundy's speech, one
may hope that his statement
reflects a new awareness Of
the dangers involved In our
nuclear policy as 1t has been
applied in the past. And
that from now on admins
tration leaders will shape
their thinking accordingly.
Evening star., 1962-10-01
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condensd-
tion. Those not used tD.ll be
returned only lDhen accom-
panied BY self : addressed,
stamped enUelopes.
Evening star., 1962-10-01
A BOOK FOR TODAY
Behind a UnWersity's Mied Walls
By DONALD MINTZ
THE LONG REACH, A Re-

THE LONG REACH, A Re-
port on Harvard Today by
Peter French. 243 PIP. Gives
Washburn, Inc, 50
THE United States is COM
mitted to o vast effort to
raise its own standards Of
literacy and education."
writes Peter French, "and
there is perhaps no better
measure of that than the fact
that Americans each day buy
a million paperbound books"
OF course there is a better
measure: the number of good
books-hard or softbound-
that Americans read.
Elsewhere in "The Long
Reach" Mr.. French asks,
What kind of an elite does
Harvard want?" There is a
simple answer; the sort that
knows when an indefinite
article is superfluous.
These two examples of fuz-
zy thinking and sloppy writ
ing are hardly momentous in
themselves. Unfortunately,
however. they are symbolic of
far too much of Mr.. French'S
report on Harvard today"
"The Long Reach" is sup
posed to be a simple book by
a layman about q major uni
versity, an institution that
in part typifies Americas
great private universities and
in part typifies only itself.
Mr.. French is Managing News
Editor of Business Week.
With good fortune, the fact
that his outlook is so
thoroughly non academic
would have been a boon.
BUT CONFUSION intrudeS
far too often. Admissions
standards, for example, are
bound to be discussed in a
book like Mr.. French's. In
evitably there is an attempt
to scrutinize the concept of
intellectual excellence" Mr..
French virtually equates this
somewhat elusive quality with
the testing procedures that
are supposed to measure it.
Then he blends it with the
peculiar, notion that If the
humanitieS are to receive
their due the major univer-
stiles will have to undertake
to tolerate fools since any,
one with brains is a scientist.
In the meantime, the expan-
sion of graduate education is
brought into the picture.
Here, Mr.. French fails to dis
tinguish between profession
al scholars" and those grad
uate students who quite
frankly view advanced de-
grees as investment proper
ties, Within a few pages
the discussion is beyond hope.
Where complex and con-
troversial matters are not at
Evening star., 1962-10-01

Paris.
1t is an elementary prin-
ciple of modern government
that policy once adopted can
not be changed. Consistency
at all times seems more i'm
portant than candor. And
while preserving the appear
ance of consistency 1t is al
ways possible by changes Of
emphasis to change the prac-
tical meaning of policy as
circumstances demand.
Something of this sort hap
pened last week-not once
but twice. In both cases Amer
ican nuclear policy and top
administration spokesmen
were involved. In both cases
administration policy remains
officially intact. But the
change of emphasis was i'm
portant and long overdue.
In Copenhagen, McGeorge
Bundy, President Kennedy's
adviser on national security,
went out of his way to en-
phasize that the United
States was ready to cooper
ate in the creation Of Euro
pean nuclear force. While
the United States disapproval
of purely national forces was
strong as ever, this aversion
by no means applied to a
truly unified and mutilaterial
force effectively integrated
with its own in defense of the
NATO alliance.
Talk Dates Back
AS spokesmen in Washing
ton quickly pointed out, any
talk about the possibility of
a NATO nuclear force dates
back to the final days Of the
previous administration. But
at the same time the change
of emphasis and objective in
Mr.. Bundy'S statement was
striking.
Originally the idea Of
NATO nuclear force was that
it should be a substitute for
the French national nuclear
effort. At the same time
everything possible was done
to discourage the French and
to isolate them in their at
tempt to build up q modest
nuclear arsenal Of their own.
The predictable result has
been to increase the danger
Of an independent nuclear
force which the administra-
ton rightly fears.
McNamara's Statement
Mr.. Bundy's Copenhagen
speech seems to reflect be-
lated recognition of the fact
that this policy was wrong.
The European force" which
he foreSees can only be a
combined French German
effort with the eventual par
ticipation of Britain and pos
sibly other countries of the
Common Market Group. The
real problem all along has
been not how to thwart
French nuclear effort, but
how to integrate 1t safely
and efficiently into the over
all system of Western de-
fenSe, and again, somewhat
belatedly, the administration
Evening star., 1962-10-01
Convict Labor

of Washington.
Convict Labor
Prison inmates once spent
their time cracking rocks,
and many in the old days
regarded such work as quite
satisfactory. To-day the aim
is to equip the offender for
the life it is hoped he will
lead after his term expires.
In North Carolina, for ex-
ample, some 800 hundred
convicts have been placed in
a variety of jobs - among
others. as farmers, cooks, sec
retarieS and mechanics-be-
yond prison walls. Part of
their earnings go to reim-
burse the State for room and
board, the balance is divided
between dependents and a
trust fund for personal use
when released.
In Oregon, on the other
hand, a judge has ruled that
erection by convictS of a
greenhouse at q State hospi-
tai constitutes a violation Of
a law forbidding competition
b twee n private enterprise
and the inmates of a peniten-
tiary. A possibility even
exists that construction work
on a new prison for women
in that State may go for
ward only by grace Of the
AFL-CIO Building Trades
Council. That organization
has yet to extend its blessing
upon incarcerated labor,
however skilled.
Since it is essential to mo-
rale that convicted men not
languish in idleneSs, ways
evidently will have to be
sought to counter union OBJ
jectionS. One wonders If they
would be less pronounced If
dues paying arrangements
were to be included among
various liens on prisoner
earnings. To those ac-
quainted with labor'S gift
for arriving at compromises,
the answer should be OBJ
viouS.
To be sure, not every con-
vict would want to become a
union member. Any and all
such rugged individualists
might then be assigned to
such tasks - within prison
confines-as are still ex-
mpt from dispute. II
genuinely against the funda-
mental concept of unioniza- =
ton, they oughtn't to mind
the somewhat more circum-
scribed life they would lead
in contrast to their cell
mates. After all, espousing
a principle entails som e
measure of sacrifice.
Evening star., 1962-10-01

court building Is needed, but
must it-and should it-be
located on Lafayette Square?
And should it be acquired at
the cost Of one Of our few
remaining downtown thea
ters? We believe that Wash,
ington residents would be
overwhelmingly in favor of
saving the Belasco for use as
a children's theater and
would lend their support to
Congressman Dowdy's bill
when it comes to the floor of
the House for a vote. We
would expect the President
and the First Lady to indorse
such a constructive plan for
Lafayette Square, in view of
their avowed interest in
children-and culture.
Mrs. Samuel r.. Hook,
President, Children's Theater
of Washington.
Evening star., 1962-10-01
Air Tragedy

Thomas G. Morgansen
Evening star., 1962-10-01

Jackson Heights, N.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-09-27
WSSC Lets Water, Sewer Jobs

Sixteen contracts totaling
storm drainage construction
work in the suburban Maryland
area have been by the Wash.
ington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission.
Eight of the contracts were
for work in Montgomery
County and eight cover projects
in Prince Georges County.
The Montgomery County con-
tracts:
Madeira Engineering Corp,
Silver Spring, $13,S11 for water
sewer and storm drainage work
in Glenbrook Parkway, Bethes.
da.
Three Crowns Enterprises,
Inc, Washington, d. c., $26, 1853
for water and sewer construc-
ton in Randolph Road, Robbins
Lane, Springloch Road and
Court, Springwood.
Ventresca and Sons, Silver
Spring, $19,975 for storm drain
age construction in Keokuk
Street, Brookdale.
ADJUST Bros. Construction
Co., College Park, $1,000 for
water and sewer construction in
Glenhill Road, Carole Acres,
Colesville.
A. Lopez, Jr. Construction Co.,
Inc, Edmonston, $14, 72S for wa
ter and sewer construction in
Bartlett Street, Solan Street,
Crispin Way, Dowlais Drive and
Court, Aspen Hill Park.
Bright-Shepherd Co., Tuxedo,
$10,898 for storm drainage con-
struction in Keystone Avenue
and Battery Lane, Whitehall
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-09-27
Art Fair Award
Is Surprise to
Rockville Girl

Joan Norris. a 17-year-old
Richard Mont g omery High
School senior, has been selected
as the winner of an art contest
she didn't enter.
Without her knowledge Joan's
grandfather, Henry M. Jet, of
Herald Harbor, submitted her
landscape water color as an en-
try in the fine arts section of
the Anne Arundel County fair
after Joan had left it with him
during visit to his home near
Annapolis. When the exhibits
were judged last week, it was
chosen as the blue ribbon win.
ner in the landscape division.
The daughter of Mrs. HERNIA
Callahan, of 326 w. Edmonston
DIR. in Rockville, Joan has been
interested in sketching since she
was a small child but received
instructions for the first time
when she enrolled in an art
class at Richard Montgomery,
according to her mother. The
winning painting was among
those produced while participa-
ting in the class.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-09-27

Prominent among the courses
to be offered by the Institute is
Communism The Challenge
and the CONFORMATION" a course
exploring one of the more vital
issues of the time.
This course, one of four to be
Offered, will be presented by DIR.
Stanley S. GhOsh, graduate of
the University of Calcutta and
Indiana University. He is pre-.
sentIy political and economic
analyst attached to the United
States Information Agency.
Other courses offered by the
Institute will be History of the
OPERA" presented by Professor
Helmut Braunlich of Catholic
University and a former concert
master; PHILOSOPHY of Sci
ence," by DR.. George Fare of
the graduate schools of the Uni
versity of Paris and Johns Hop
kinS University; and Great
Books in American History" by
DR.. w. Richard Walsh, head of
the American History Depart
ment of Georgetown University.
Registration may be COM
pleted at the DeChantal School.
Courses cost $40 each.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-09-27
Bishop to Preach

Bishop John Wesley Lord of
the Washington Area of the
Methodist Church will be the
guest preacher at MILAN Memo
rial Methodist Church, Falkland
and Grenoble Drs., Rockville,
Sunday. He will conduct serv-
ices at 9 and 1910 and Ills
am.
Bishop Lord was assigned to
the responsibilities of churches
in Maryland Delaware, and the
District of Columbia i'm 1860
after supervising Methodist
Churches in New England since
appointed in 1913.
He is currently first vice pres
ident-at-large of the National
Council of Churches of Christ
in the United States and vice
president of the Board of Wis
itors of Harvard Divinity
School.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-09-27
Summers End
Fails to Halt
Beauty Tests

Summer ended officially on
Saturday, but the queen sea-
son" is still in effect according
to plans being prepared by the
Rockville Civitan Club for two
separate croWnings.
To be recognized officially on
Oct. Z at the clubs annual oys-
ter roast and turkey shoot at
Martins Diary Show Grounds
are Miss Civitan of 1862" and
Little Miss Indian Summer"
who will be chosen from quail
fled candidates from the Rock
vile area. The crownings are
scheduled for l pm. as high
lights Of the day-long benefit.
Miss Civilian" will be select
ed from a field of local lovelies
between the ages of 16 and 25
miss Indian Summer" will be
chosen from little ladies be-
tween 2 and 10. Contestants for
the two titles can arrange their
entries by contracting Mrs. Vir-
zinia Moore at GA. 1859.