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Evening star., 1962-05-14
WORDS, Wit
AND WISDOM
ed AND LOIS
FREDDY
MUTT AND JEFF
UNCLE CHARLIE
SCAMP
BY WILLIAM MORRIS

Q. There is talk among par
ents and police Of our town
about establishing a curfew for
teen-agers. Where did the first
''curfew" occur?
: A. No one knows when the
first curfew took place, for the
custom was common through
out Europe during the Middle
Ages. At that time the danger
Of fire spreading through a vii.
lage or town was obviously very
great, so at q given hour o1
night q signal-usually a loud
bell-was sounded, warning al
citizens to put out their fires
The word curfew comes direci
from the French "couvre feu,'
cover the fire.
Legend has it that the prac.
tice was introduced into Eng.
land by William the Conqueror
as o method of political repres.
sion, but there seems little evi.
dence to support this theory.
@. I like to reread the clas.
sics-particularly Dickens ant
Thackeray-but find that
occasionally come upon an ex.
preston not familiar to me
Here's one that has me baf-
lied cupboard love-" What is
It's meaning?
A. Cupboard love" is love
that has more than a bit Of
self -itnerest involved. 1t can
best be described as the love Of
b child for an older person who
may be in a position to crafty
Evening star., 1962-05-14
FAMOUS FABLES
By E. E. EDGAR

HISTORY: During the
years when he was courting
Bess Wallace, former Presi-
dent Truman carried on a
voluTninous corr espondence
with his bride-to-be, relates
Alfred Steinberg In "The Man
From Missouri"
zone day, after he had left
the White House, he walked
into the living room and
found Bess burning papers on
the hearth. When he asked
her what she was doing. she
replied:
"'I'm burning your letters
to me-
'Bess,' he told her, you
oughtn't to do that.
Why not? I've read them
several times
But think Of historyI' he
protested.
at have said Bess."
Evening star., 1962-05-14
White PIGS Accepted
BY Rups

TAIPEI. Formosa. May ID
Officials say education
is gradually eliminating the
prejudice Of Formosan farmers
against raising White York
shire and White Hampshire
pigs. White is the color Of
mourning to Formosans.
Evening star., 1962-05-14
jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
Ex-Sports Writer Happy Now

point Of writing a magazine
article, or he will do a piece
on the first Masters Tourna-
ment. which he covered in
1894. He wrote q schmaltzy
lead for that one: Drama
Strode the billowing fairways
Of the Augusta National to-
day as the pack, sensing the
kill, closed in on the falter-
ing Emperor Jones'" He
meant that Bobby Jones had
lost the touch.
Always. always he found
man to be q mean animal
who promises good and de-
hvers evil. Brumby quit the
big time again and again. He
retreated to o little island off
Florida called Caladesi.
Sometimes. in the still Of the
evening, he would play poker
with Ed Hunt. manager Of q
hotel there.
Once. he fell in love. The
girl was q dancer. q pretty
thing who understood his
sincerity and his peevishness
with life. They were engaged
to be married when the war
started. BrlImby went to
Guadalcanal for ms and
begged the girl to wait. She
promised.
At Guadalcanal, Brumby
died o little. He saw young
faces in jungle grass staring
unblinking at the sun. The
war was too big: death was
too constant. He filed stories
and he drank. He awakened
in q hospital In Honolulu.
Brumby had malaria. He re-
ceived two notes. One was
from his editor, stopping his
salary. The other was from
the dancer: She had mar
ried.
Bob came back to New
York. He ghosted articles for
Ben Hogan, for Frank Lahey,
for Babe Didrikson. He did
broadcasts for Mutual. But
always-always he went back
to the island. In July 1860,
he tired Of that too. The
tourists had discovered his
hideaway.
He got q message from Ed
Hunt. His poker adversary
was managing the Jack Tar
Hotel ct West End. Bahama.
It was q white elephant.
Would Brumhy like to come
over. and take charge Of
publicity? he said yes. What
could he lose?
Little bits began to appear
in newspapers. People began
to seek the big air-condi-
toned hotel in the jungle.
Bob began to meet the native
Bahamians. people with
quaint names like Poppa
Skeeter, Shotgun John
Smith, Chicken Fat, Sir
Thomas Upton, Granville
Garvey. Jimmy Bowlegs and
Onward Jones.
INCH By INCH, he learned
to believe in these people.
They offered respect and
asked nothing. Brumby be-
gan to relax. He began to
feel that this was the final
retreat from man. He began
to live.
Last week Bob stood OUT
side o native cemetery filled
with chipped. tilted head
stones. He had q talk with
Poppa Skeeter. when my
time comes" he said. ''T'd
like to sleep here. Would you
sell me q plot?" Poppa
Skeeter shook his head. mo
sir" he said. "You our friend.
We want you to be with US"
Copyright. 1863. King Features
Evening star., 1962-05-14
Livestock Disease
Coins in MARYLAND

BALTIMORE, May Il (AP).
- The Maryland Veterinary
Medical Association reports an
increased number of anaplas-
mosis in livestock. particularly
along the Eastern Shore,
Southern Maryland and other
areas close to water.
The disease is spread pfi-
marily by ticks. mosquitoes
and horse flies and causes de-
struction of red blood cells. It
kills more than half Of the
affected animals.
Evening star., 1962-05-14
BY Walt Disney

leaving Louis XIV. Marechal
Villars is supposed to have
said: Defend me from my
friends; ! can defend myself
from my enemies" And George
Canning wrote:
'iQlve me the ayowed, the erect,
the manly foe,
his blowi
But Of ali plasues, Good Heaven. thy
wrath can send,
Save. save. On save me from the
candid friendp'
Evening star., 1962-05-14

DEAR ABBY: You say it Is
all right for an executive to
have pictures Of his wife and
family on exhibition at his
office. III bet YOU don't
have pictures Of YOUR hus-
band and children all over
YOUR office.
SNOOPY"
III bet I have!
DEAR ABBY: In regard to
pictures on desks: Your
philosophy is good. but I dis
agree. My husband adores
his family. but he win NOT
put our pictures on his desk.
A good executives wife
should accept her husbands
Judgment pertaining to his
work. After all, anyone who
visits his desk daily surely
knows whether or not he is
proud Of his family.
EXECUTIVES WIFE
e So
DEAR ABBY: For my
part, pictures Of the loved
ones belong in q mans
wallet. And should stay there
until he is asked to show
them.
"CYNIC"
H&
DEAR ABBY: I Just love
to see q mans family proudly
displayed in pictorial form in
his place Of business. And
the more the merrier. They
say one picture is worth
10000 words.
FOR PICTURES
HoiD's the iDorld treating
yon? For a personal, tsRpub-
hshed reply. send a seIf-Gd-
dressed, stamped envelope to
ABBY. care OF The EUeHinO
Star.
Distributed BY McNauvht syndicate.
Evening star., 1962-05-14

its whims with presents Of del
icacies from her cupboard.
@. A current witticism runs:
with a friend like you, who
needs enemies2" / have heard
1t expressed differently before.
Can you tell me where and by
whom?-T. L., Washington.
D. C.
A. This notion has been COM
monplace for centuries. When
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-12
Western Union
Robbed Of $50

The branch manager of q
Western Union office in North
west Washington yesterday was
forced to open the office safe
at pistol point by two men
who escaped with $50.
In the course of the rob-
berry at 1923 Forty First street
NV, Roy jenkins, a messen-
ger, was slugged by one of the
holdup men.
1t happened about 1880
am, according to the man.
ager, Mrs. Mary v. McHargue.
She said she and Mr.. Jenkins
were in the office when the
pair came in, one of them
brandishing a long -barreled
pistol. d.
They ordered her to open the
safe. Mrs. McHargue said, and
struck Mr.. Jenkins when he
disobeyed their order not to
look at them. The men or
dered the two employees into a
back room before escaping,
Mrs. McHargue said.
The armed man was a Negro,
40 to As. 5 feet IL, with a thin
build and was wearing a black
suit and black hat. His COM
panion, also a Negro, was be.
tween 80 and 35. and wore
brown clothing. according to
the police lookout.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-12
Civic Group Hits
Housing Hearings

The recent hearings on pub
lie housing sites in the District
were meaningless" q civic
group said last night.
The Brookland Civic Associa.
ton said "the hearings were
meaningless (because) plans
were already made before the
hearing" George w. Dorsey,
president Of the group, reported.
In other business, the as.
ISOLATION voted to urge the
commissioners to speed up
building a new District teachers
college. Present plans call for
a new college in 1868, Mr..
Dorsey said.
The 40 persons attending the
meeting at Moves Elementary
School also discussed a fund
raising cabaret dance for next
spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-12
Presbyterians
laud Kennedy
Anti-bias Edict.

The Washington City Pres-
bytery yesterday praised Presi-
dent Kennedy for "his execu-
tive order ending racial dis
elimination in the use of tax
funds for housing" y
A companion resolution APP
proved an action taken by the
1862 general assembly Of the
United Presbyterian Church;
U. s. A., calling for public and
private action to eliminate rae.
ial segregation" =
Ministers Prompted
Ministers Of the denomina-
ton were urged to study the
general aSsembly's message
aimed at roofing out every
trace of prejudice, bias and hos
tility to other men who are
different in race or culture than
himself" o
In an earlier action the elders
and ministerial commissioners
Endorsed the proposed move of
+Gunton Temple Presbyterian
Church from 1907 Monroe
street NV, to q site still to be
selected in Montgomery County:
Tied in with permission Of
the congregation to sell its
church was a stipulation that
some Of the proceeds, not less
than $4,000, would be left to
work in the community vacated.
1t Is anticipated the church will
be sold for approximately
$3.50, 900.
DR.. Arthur M. Romig, stated
clerk Of presbytery, hailed this
as "a precedent breaking move"
of great significance. g
F.. Flight Of Churches
I'm this case the money will
be determined by an agreement
between presbytery and the
local church session." he ex-
planned. This Is for ministry
to the city. We are concerned
about the flight of churches
from the CITY,"
DR.. George M. Docherty, mod
orator Of presbytery and min.
lister Of New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church. told the gath
ering the Christian church is
not living up to its obligation
in meeting the migration prob
lem.
Evening star., 1962-11-28
Stability Is Called the Notions Need
For Greatest Impetus in Decades

same thinking Is prevailed
in the 1s30s, when the en-
phaSis was on the slogan:
Spend and spend. tax and
tax. and elect and elect" But
1t didn't cure unemployment
then. Government spending
helped to increase consumer
spending, but it didn't en-
courage the heavy-goods in
dustrieS.
Today the administration
has gone back to the policies
that failed in the 1930s.
Stress is again placed on
consumer spending. The tax
cut is to be across the
board" with the biggest re-
ductions probably in the
lower brackets. The expecta-
ton is that people in the
upper bracketS-who will get
some reduction In tax rates
will promptly invest their
money to enable companies
to add new plant and equip
ment.
But the indubitable fact is
that today there is no lack
Of money to invest. There is
instead q lack of will to in
vest. The monopoly power of
labor Is so strong that it
threatens the whole system
of planning for q fair rate
Of profit out of which a rea-
sonable dividend rate can be
paid.
Congress, Of course, is ex-
pected to grant the Presi-
dents request for q tax cut
because this is supposed to
be politically popular. But
increasing consumer spend
ing will not change the busi-
ness picture or prevent an
increase in unemployment.
In this age Of chronological
improvement, the need is for
better equipment. But unless
Evening star., 1962-11-28
Housing Bias
BanSupported
81 the Associated Press

The Veterans Administration
took . major step yesterday
toward putting into effect Pres
ident Kennedy's new anti-bias
housing order
A spokesman said the effect
Of an amendment to VA regu-
lations published in the Fed
eral Register will require all
sponsors. builders and sellers of
proposed new dwelling units
backed by the VA to sign q
pledge not to discriminate on
grounds Of race. color or creed
In sale Of housing.
The amendment would apply
to groups Of existing houses
which may have been built for
some time but never sold nor
occupied. It would not apply to
individual existing housing.
The sponsors. builders and
sellers would be required to
sign such pledges in connec-
ton with their appraisal re-
quests for each new project or
development. This would not
apply to the bank which makes
the actual loans.
A VA spokesman said all 81
regional offices have been noti-
fled that the order was effec-
tive as Of November 81. The
nom discrimination pledge will
be required for loan appraisal
requests filed on or after that
date. but will not be required
for applications filed prior to
that time but still not procesSed.
Evening star., 1962-11-28
---- INTERPRETIVE REPORT -
Red Chinese Army Strong
Despite Nations Troubles

retary of State for Far Eastern
Affairs, Averell Hartman, was
dispatched to New Delhi al
most at the very instant Mr..
Nehru had to determine wheth-
er or not to negotiate with Pc
king - and If so = on what
! terms.
Japan Takes Note
In Japan. the No. / industrial
power in Asia. the cease-fire
was noted carefully. Japanese
military and political quarters
have been increasingly appre-
hensive over Red China's grow
ing military might, and espe-
cially Peking's reported "im-
minent" acquisition of the
atomic bomb. At the same
time. a high-powered Japanese
trade mission to Peking had
earlier this month concluded q
five-year trade understanding
with Red China, the first since
trade negotiations between Ja-
pan and Communist China
were broken off in 1858.
Indonesia, whose President
Sukarno was ending a lengthy
vacation in Japan, had only
recently secured approval from
Red China Of q proposed Sec
ond B dung Conference of
Afro-Asian nations in 1868.
China'S Chou En-lai was the
cynosure Of attention at the
first Bandung, Indonesia, meet
ing seven years ago. At that
time 1t was generally believed
that Chou's presence eclipsed
even that of India's Nehru who
also attended.
Mr.. Chou and Mr.. Nehru, in
cidentally. co-sponsored in 1855
the so-called Five Principles Of
Peaceful Co-existence. consid-
cred to have been the chief
casualty in the border fighting
between the two nations.
Evening star., 1962-11-28
Russians Said to Have
30 Missile Submarines

LONDON. Nov. 2S (AP).-
An authoritative British naval
journal reported yesterday the
Soviet Union has 80 missile
launching submarines - twice
as many as the United States.
The figures given by James
Fighting Ships indicate the
United States missile launch
ing submarines pack q more
powerful punch, with 9 Of the
IA in operation capable Of fir
ing Polaris rockets while SUBJ
merged at targets 1.725 miles
away.
The publication said the
Soviet Union will start trials
Of a nuclear submarine armed
with Polaris-type missiles prob
ably before the end Of 1868. II
also said the nuclear ice-break-
er Lenin is actually a parent
ship for the nuclear-powereC
submarine floatilla."
James said the United States
will have 81 nuclear submarines
operating by 1867. OF these. Al
will be equipped with Polaris
missiles.
Describing the fleet led by
the United States nuclear air.
craft carrier Enterprise, James
said this is "the most imposing
array of warships the world has
ever known in peacetime."
1t reported the range of mis-
siles carried by Soviet subma-
rines as about $50 miles, but
probably is being increased"
\ The British bible on warships
In its 1o62-63 edition said the
Russians have a total Of 46S
submarines-more than three
Evening star., 1962-11-28

times as many as the United
States-with II Of them nu-
clear-powered.
The United States has about
142 subs In operation-27 nu-
clear-powered.
The Soviet Navy has in
creas It's submarine fleet by
about IS underwater craft in
the last year. the British survey
showed.
The book said the Red Navy
is reducing the number OF
cruisers in commission but Is
beefing UP those which remain
with guided missiles and turn
ing out missile Launching SUBJ
marines at the rate of 5 or
a year.
James said the British Navy
that once ruled the waves has
been so reduced in size in recent
years that 1t is in danger OF
sinking Ito the status of a
second-class naval power with
an insular fleet largely COM
posed of frigates and mine
sweepers."
From being an adequate
trade-route police force for
peacetime duties and consti-
tuting a reasonable potential
for war;" the publication added.
"the Royal Navy appears to be
barely equal even to the task
Of the bruShfire type of local
warfare for which in recent
years 1t has been redesigned. "
The book noted, however,
that "the Royal Navy is now
an inetegral part of NATO, and
its mantle of world policeman
is now worn by the United
States"
Evening star., 1962-11-28
BY ALBERT AXELBANK
Special to The Star


TOKYO. Nov. %. Western
military observers say Commu-
mist China has emerged from
the Sino-Indian border conflict
as the undisputed No. land
power in Asia.
They reached this conclusion
concerning the month-long
border strife between the
worlds most populous nations
because despite three back-to-
back years Of pool agricultural
harvests and acute food short
ages. Peking was able to field
large armies and score impress
sive victories on widely scat
tered fronts in the Himalayas,
the site of some of Asia's most
rugged terrain.
Also. China's military victo-
ries were attributed to the pres
ence Of Marshal Lin Piao, a
veteran Of many campaigns in
the long Chinese civil war.
Battle-Scarred. Marshal Lin is
a major hero in Red China.
He reportedly had taken per-
sonal command Of Chinese
troops in the border warfare.
Guard COastIine
Despite the fact that Red
China keeps an estimated SO0,-
900 men along its coastline fac
ing Formosa to guard against
hostilities with Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek, these sources
said that Peking had hurried
100, 900 additional troops to the
India China border areas. But
Communist China, with an
army said to be in excess Of
3 million men, could afford to
do this. She has at least 500,-
900 men under arms in North
China and Manchuria, and pos
sibly that number on her bor-
ders with Southeast Asian ma
tions.
These other assessments were
Evening star., 1962-11-28

made Of the recent border
fighting and Peking's unilat-
eral cease-fire call:
l. Red China demonstrated
that reports of growing disaf-
lection within her armies we're
false.
a China had enough re-
sources in reserve - despite the
food and other shortages -
to wage war on a large scale
and Withstand the resultant
drain on the economy.
8 The cease-fire indicated
that Peking's territorial ambi-
tions were limited, apparently,
to the several thousand square
miles of Indian soil which
China claims as her own.
A. Red China appeared to
have begun and ended her fight
with India without consulting
the Soviet Union. with whom
she has q military alliance.
1t is debatable whether Red
China's prestige has risen or
fallen among the majority of
ro-Asian nations on account
OF the progress = and apparent
cessation = of Sino Indian
hostilities. Certainty, China's
c e Sc = fire announcement
caught most Western and Afro
Asian nations unaware. But
shortly before the Peking an
nouncement, Premier Chou En-
lai took the unusual step of
writing the heads Of dozens Of
nations throughout the world,
giving China's position in de-
tail and urging them to use
their influence on Indian Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to
get him to stop the fighting
and agree to Peking's terms.
Mr.. Chou had written:
There is no reason whatso-
ever for China and India to
fight on account Of the bound
ary question"
United States Assistant Sec
Evening star., 1962-11-28
DAVID LAWRENCE
Uncertainty for u. S. Business
-

a large volume Of sales is in
sight and the national econ
omy. in all its segments, can
improve. the risks Of expan-
sion win not be taken and
the unemployment situation
will not improve.
Today. according to official
figures. personal incomes
have risen to record heights.
But somehow this doesn't
help. for instance. to recover
jobs for the nearly 100000
workers in the steel indus
try who have been thrown
out Of work ever since the
administration began tam
pering with the price struc-
ture.
It looks now as II the tax
cut legislation may be en-
acted sometime in the spring
of 1868, and the full effects
probably will not be felt un-
til later in the year. But
also during 1868. if a gen.
eral tax reform" bill is
passed. there are many busi-
nesses which will be hurt.
Lots Of individuals will have
deductions taken away from
them and many persons who
look only at the saving OBJ
tanned In their own overall
tax rate will discover that
they have had an increase in
taxable income due to the
so-called reforms"
What can be done to bring
prosperity? The answer lies
in one word - stability. If
tax rates. wage rates and in
terest rates were stabilized.
and If political misuse of
Government funds called d
welfare spending" were dis
continued and the budget
balanced, business would
gradually increase its rate of
profit. investors would be en-
couraged. and job creation
the biggest need Of the coun-
try today-would be given its
greatest impetus in decades.
icopyrisht. 1882
Evening star., 1962-11-28
POTOMAC FEVER
BY FLETCHER KNEBEL

Inspection makes slow progress in Cuba. Thus the
only secret weapon to leave the island without arpauln
over it is Anastas Mikoyan.
Some experts predict business boom year That's
the trouble with this country Somebody always threaten
ing to put you to work.
The Army is increased by 1000 It's that kind of
news that makes it hard these days young man to keep
q civil tongue in his head.
fellow who %Mutiny the Bounty" reports that
Inns Bounty sank after three houror hour after the
audience asss
Trouble with Of this years musical toys the manu.
tacter neglected to include an LIP record Of instructions
how to assemble them
Evening star., 1962-11-28

Everyone who knows any
thing about the operations of
American businesses knows
that uncertainty is the big
geSt barrier of all to careful
planning.
Uncertainty is increasing.
There is talk of a tax cut.
There Is talk Of tax "re-
form" which will add to va
rious expenses and wipe out
certain deductions. There is
talk Of a tightening Of in
terest rates. There is talk of
larger deficits in the Treas
ury possibly the largest in
peacetime. There is talk Of
q bigger and bigger outflow
of gold from this country
and q serious impact on the
value of the dollar abroad.
On top of this is the talk
Of a 35-hour week and higher
wage demands, which, in
turn. has led to talk of rails
ing prices soon after the tax
cut occurs and spending"
Is stimulated.
All the talk adds up to more
and more uncertainty about
the future. For several
months now the trend has
been characterized as defla-
tionary. Now there are fears
Of initiation.
What is lacking. of course,
is a broad-gauged approach
that will bring stability and
allow for some long-range
planning. But politically
minded persons in Washing
ton are, for the time being,
interested only in what kind
Of condition will prevail in
the economy 20 months from
now when the next presiden-
tial campaign viii be under
way.
So the usual course in poll
tics is being followed = the
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