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Arizona tribune., 1962-03-09
EDUCATOR SAYS
NEGROES SHOULD
BECOME VOTERS

TALLAHASSEE = DR.. Alonzo
Stephens, professor of history at
Tennessee A & IState University,
Nashville. spoke on "A Redidi-
cation of the New Negro to Amer
lea in 1862" The Florida A & M
graduate and native of St. Peters,
burg was the guest speaker for
the Negro History Weekprogram
in the Charles Winter Wood The
atre on the Florida A&M Uni
versity campus.
Il have the assumption that
all teachers must have a con-
cern with Negro History because
they work with teachers, STU
dents. parents, and community
leaders who are just plain peo-
ple," stated the speaker.
The Negro must first gain the
ballot. He must be taught to like
voting. to understand it's value
and comprehend its power. Every
phase of American life is reg
ulated or conditioned by poll
tics" DR.. Stephens said.
"As he goes to the polls. he
must not vote blindly as bloc
voter, but he must vote on is
sues, platforms, programs, and
for the best party or person who
best promises political and &C.
onomic advance ment," he
warned.
Arizona tribune., 1962-03-09
PATTERSON OkAYS
LISTON BOUT SOON

NEW YORK Heavyweight
Champion Floyd Patterson,
breaking his long silence con-
firmed what everyone suspected
he intends to defend his heavy
weight boxing championship
against Sonny Liston.
There will be a fight in the
SUMNER" said Patterson from
his training camp in Highland
Mill. 1T will be with Liston.
1t may be in June. but ! can't
say for sure. Maybe in July"
Arizona tribune., 1962-03-09

Junior Temple is sponsoring
another fund raising dance Mar.
10 at the Masonic Hall, o-l.
$50 *##AA
Next regular Grand Canyon
Temple 437 meeting will be on
Mar. l6 at 8 pm.
y ***
Past Exalted Rulers Council
go will meet Mar. Is at Yuma.
*** **##
Past Daughter Rulers Council
is sponsoring ''Toddlers Fash
ion Show" Sun. Mar. Is. Dona-
tion SOC. Mrs. Josephine Smith
is the chairman.
$50 $50
Dt. Lille ]. Hall will celebrate
her 10th birthday on Mar. 26.
She is one Of the few remaining
active charter members who
started our group in 1926. She
is also life member.
Other birthdays this month in
clude Dts. Gertrude Albert, Joan
Davis. Lillian eagle. Gladys Ste
venson and Pearl Bonner.
*** ***&
We are glad to know that DIT.
Susie Oby will be released soon
from the hospital. She will not
need surgery. No visitors pleaseH
$3.50 $50
We extend sympathies to Sgt.
John Lynch whose six month old
SON passed recently in Los An
geles. Funeral services will be
held in Phoenix.
Sgt. Lynch is the son of DIT.
Legusta Lynch and the brother
of DIR. Legusta Moss.
Charlesetta McClammy
Reporter
Evening star., 1962-05-07
Common Sense in the Law

The Senate Judiciary Committee,
exercising what 1t aptly calls common
sense" has moved to close big loop
hole in the SubverSive Activities Control
Act. The loophole, opened by a strained
ruling of the Supreme Court in 1857,
already has enabled more than a dozen
known Communists to evade conviction
for violation of the act And proSecu-
ton of other Red leaders has been ham
pered by the courts Interpretation of
the meaning of one word in the control
law, otherwise known as the Smith Act.
The high court, in split decision,
with Justice Clark writing vigorous
dissenting opinion, held that the con-
viction of group of California members
Of the Communist Party for "organiz-
ing" activities was In error because the
word as used in the law referred only
to original formation of the party, not
to subsequent recruiting and organizing
work with which they were charged.
The Department of Justice thereupon
was forced to drop number of indict-
ments in similar cases.
To remedy the situation, the de-
partment asked Congress to amend the
Smith Act so as to make it clear that
organizing" activities include recruit
ment and formation of new units. The
House already has approved the pro-
posed amendment. The Senate, in the
interest Of common sense, should
complete enactment of this legislation.
Evening star., 1962-05-07
Top-Hot Toxis

There are many things about New
York City that Washington does not
need. An exception might be noted, how
ever, in the example OF a pair of pioneer
hackers who report that everyone
loves" their imported high-top London
cabs.
why not3 Certainly there is po-
tential fan following here among those
who have suffered ungracefully through
the crawling-in and falling-out exercise
Of patronizing our local low-Slung taxiS.
Our cabbieS too, might be interested in
the performance statistics of New York'S
cheese boxes" AS reported by the New
York Times, via interview, the Austin
built jobs have four cylinder, fifty
horsepower, air-cooled Diesel engines,
averaging up to % miles on gallon of
fuel oil Cutting fuel charges in half.
Maintenance savings are estimated at
$40O yearly. For the patrons, the saving
in dignity could be beyond monetary
calculation.
Evening star., 1962-05-07
Time for Pressure

With work on the Dulles tIriterna-
tional Airport at Chantilly far behind
the original schedule, Federal Aviation
Administrator Halaby had good cause
to demand an accelerated pace by all
concerned with completion of the prof.
ect. TO the Metropolitan Washington
Board of Trade, several representatives
of which recently expressed doubt that
the airport would open this year, Mr..
Halaby has sent word that "the pressure
is on" 1t should be kept on until the
big terminal is ready for operation
tentatively about October /.
Under a schedule long since aban-
doned, the airport was to have been
opened on July l of last year. There
was a shakeup of FAA supervisory per-
Sonnel when it became evident that the
schedule could not be met and that at
least part of the delay could not be
blamed on the contractors. When Mr..
Halaby assumed charge of the FAA and
the airport program he set the October
deadline for completion. That he means
to keep that deadline is indicated by his
announcement that, following confer
ences with the contractors, work viii be
pushed on a double-shift basis from
now on. If that is done, and barring
Evening star., 1962-05-07
Arts Need Money

I wish hereby to add my
voice to those welcoming Au-
gust Heckscher to the Dis
trict Of Columbia, and to wish
that his stay among us may
be both happy and fruitful.
His coming las cultural aide
to the White House) gives all
Of us new hope that this fair
city will one day take its
place beside other capital
cities Of the world in the arts
and other cultural activities.
In his 1860 report for the
Presidents Committee on
National Goals, Mr.. Heck
scher wrote: THE cultural
life Of a free people must be
sought out" He can begin
his voyage of discovery here,
because there are q number
of new and significant art
groups in Washington as well
as the long established Cor
coran Gallery and the Ma
tional Symphony. Washing
tons culture is not all
brought in and pasted on,
nor is Washington a thick
town"
The arts need money, how
ever. Scores Of United States
cities have recognized this
and literally support their
local organizations such as
orchestras, art galleries, and
drama and opera activities.
Washington should do as
much certainly as San Fran
cisco, Baltimore. and Phila-
delphia. Instead. the District
of Columbia budget for fiscal
year 1853 provides less than
$2s Thousand for art, and
e8S million for highways in
( its S263-million grand total.
It Is most encouraging that
Senator Morse has intro
duced q bill to set aside for
local cultural activities l mill
out of each 81 OF tax revenue
of the Government Of the
District Of Columbia for such
/. cultural purposes as advane-
ing the arts in the schools Of
the District and to defray In
part the expenses Of such
non-profit local art activities
as those carried on by the
National Symphony Or
chestra and the Corcoran
Gallery Of Art. Perhaps Mr..
Heckscher can persuade
President Kennedy to sup
port this great arts bill which
Senator Morse has sponsored,
This would provide an aus
picious beginning for his
great cultural mission.
Betty HicksOn.
Evening star., 1962-05-07
THE PASSING SCENE
Is u. S. Slightly PoH-Hoppy?
By WILLIAM S. WHIT

deeply displeaSing to the
party that hired them.
But, putting aside all such
suggestions as unworthy Of
the graph-and-figures era in
which we live. what is ac-
tually learned from this ex-
tremely refined form Of poll
ing? Well, q recent Demo-
cratic poll" in New York dis
covered that If only Mayor
Robert Wagner would con-
sent to accept the Demo-
cratic gubernatorial nomina-
ton he would be favored by
the voters over Republican
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller by
a current ratio of So per cent
to Al per cent, with I6 per
cent undecided.
Now, in the face Of these
figures Mayor Wagner could
readily hope to defeat Gov.
Rockefeller not only handily
but also maSsively. But what
did Mayor Wagner then do?
He announced his final and
irreVocable decision" not to
run against Gov. Rockefeller
in any circumstances-nor
even permit himself to be
drafted.
Republican Survey
Shortly, there appeared q
Republican poll" This one
discovered that Gov. Rookie
feller had scarcely been hurt
at all by matters like his
divorce. Its central message
was that the Governor could
hardly do worse for re-elec-
ton this year than he did in
his landslide triumph Of last
time. Indeed, there was some
suggestion that quite prob
ably he would do better.
OF course, it well may be
that Mayor Wagner Is simply
not interested in the gover-
norship because he has other
fish to fry. And it well may
be that Gov. Rockefeller
really believes the import Of
this latest Republican poll, I"
though it is hard to suppose
that no bloom whatsoever Is
off the rose of his extra
ordinary popularity Of 1858.
At any rate, the interesting
point is this: Clearly. neither
Mayor Wagner nor Gov.
Rockefeller is himself pro-
foundly moved by the poll
made in his behalf.
Evening star., 1962-05-07
On New York Politics

The Presidents decision
not to draft Mayor Wagner
for the gubernatorial race in
New York State may be the
best news that the Democrats
have had for some time.
If now the President can
engineer q convincing public
reconciliation between Mayor
Wagner and Controller
Levitt early enough. he could
be wen on his way to heal
ing the party rmalaise that
otherwise may cost him New
York's electoral vote two
years from now. plus Q seat
in the Senate.
Mayor Wagner. Of course,
controls New York's Demo-
cratic nominations. But Levitt
very possibly controls a DEM
ocratic victory in the State
election. The upstate cities
and school districts and the
upstate independent Republic
cans and civil service fam
lilies, Of course, are the key
to a State Democratic victory.
BY primary time. It may
be mandatory for the Demo-
Gratis to nominate q man
known for sound financial
administration. With the
Republican Party controlling
a major portion Of the up
state press, it could be that
Levitt Is the only real pos
sibility for Governor that the
Democrats have in the EN-
pire State. Eight weeks. as
Rockefeller shrewdly calcu-
lated. give very little time for
q Statewide buildup Of q
gubernatorial candidate.
Opening the door for Wag-
ner to indorse Levitt and
splintering the independent
Republicans away from the
growing g. o. P. right-wing
movement in New York State
may prove to be one Of the
sagest political decisions that
the President has yet made,
Lester A. Blumner,
Greenburgh, N. Y
Evening star., 1962-05-07
Boosts Subwuys

Recently l waited twenty
five minutes for a bus, then
took the first Of three iden-
tically marked buses which
came in rapid succession.
Connections were so bad by
this time that it took me
ninety minutes to travel the
seven miles to my home. Lest
it be thought that this was
indeed a singular case. I
should add that fifty minutes
is the best I have succeeded
in doing so far.
These ninety minutes gave
me not only time to get a lit
tie angry, but also to reflect
upon the national disgrace
which our public TRANSPORTS
ton system in Greater WASH
ington really is, Other great
national capitals - London.
Paris, Moscow. for instance
have subway systems OF
which they are justly proud.
If it is objected that these
are much larger population
centers, / will agree, but win
also insist on bringing Great
er Boston to your attention.
The population of the last Is
not so greatly different from
Washington-but Boston has
O very effective, If somewhat
unusual subway system.
without which its transporta-
ton problem would be well
nigh impossible.
The expense Of providing
Washington with an adequ-
ate public transportation
system would be huge-but
as the metropolitan area
grows, the cost will grow even
faster, When do we face up
to the situation and do some
thing about it? The alterna-
tive is to let automobile traf-
fic completely choke the city
las it nearly has now (haye
you ever tried to drive home
from work IN inclement
weather - especially . light
snowy.
C. Keith McLane
Evening star., 1962-05-07
Make 'Em Ride Buses!

Representative Vanik of Ohio is
having lot Of fun, we suspect, with his
plan for dramatic demonstration"
of the value of mass transit by closing
all Federal parking lots and declaring a
two-week moratorium on curb parking
in central Washington. Playing to his
audience, however, Mr.. Vanik processes
to take umbrage at the fact that no
one seems willing to consider his pro-
poSal. Let us do so.
The Vanik plan Is filled with in
triguing possibilities. 1t must be as
sumed at the outset, for example, that
members of Congress would be perfectly
delighted, as an example to other Fed
eral employees, to surrender the hundreds
of prime parking spaces they enjoy on
Capitol Hill This, however, is pros
pect upon which Mr.. Vanik has chosen
not to dwell
Including Capitol Hill, according to
the District Motor Vehicle Parking
Agency, there are Government off-street
parking spaces for some 14,264 cars in
the area between the Potomac River
and P street NV. A switch of the oc-
cupants Of these cars to buses (at an
average Of two per carr would require
about ATS additional 60-passenger buses
Mr.. Vanik sees this as problem by no
means inSurmountable. For, he says,
there must be countless Government
buses on the military reservations OF
the area which could be pressed into
emergency cornmuter service, not to
mention ambulanceS. For that matter,
why not trucks?
Actually, however, our surmise is
that few If any additional buses would
be required on many Of the routes. For
certainly most of the Government en-
ployes who, drive today could be counted
upon to continue to do so under the
Vanik plan If that were at all possible.
The major difference is that the $500
spaces in the commercial parking lots
and garages Of the area in question
would be jammed solid by am. This
would leave, among others, the house
wife who drives downtown to shop at
10 am. in something of quandary.
Then there is the matter of blocking
off the 5076 curb spaces In the same
area on which there now are no park
ing restrictions. Some of these, at least,
presumably are in residential neighbor-
hoods where night-workers customarily
park in front of their homes while they
sleep in the day. Must these people go
sleepless2 What about retired couples
who have no place to go? Must they go
anyway?
ALI in all, it must be admitted that
the Vanik plan poses problems. We
would hope that MIR. Vanik, when the
washington area mass transit plan now
being developed by the National Capital
Transportation Agency is completed,
win throw his weight behind it. If he
is unwilling to wait, our advice is that
he abandon his proposal in favor of the
spur -of the moment alternative ad-
yanced by Representative Multer Of New
York-that a toll charge of IS be levied
on every car entering central Washing
ton The Multer plan is not only more
direct approach than the Vanik plan;
1t has the virtue Of producing profit.
And it is equally unlikely to see the
light of day,
Evening star., 1962-05-07
Treotinq Alcoholism

Recently, Justin McCar-
thy. member Of the Board Of
Directors, Washington Area
Council on Alcoholism, made
the statement: "It is gen.
orally recognized so far al
coholism is an incurable
disease. but that this illness
can successfully be arrested"
First, I should like to ex-
plain that alcoholism Is not
a disease in the sense that
we have here a specific
cause, pathology and treat
ment. Frequently there has
been a tendency to confuse
the secondary pathology
caused by the toxic effects Of
alcoholism as evidence Of q
specific disease.
Alcohol is a palliative
and alcoholism is generally
symptomatic Of underlying
emotional disturbances with
in an individual. There are
as many causes for alcohol
ism as there are for human
unhappiness and pain. 1t is
trlIe that an alcoholic may
attain abstinence and fail to
resolve the causative emo
tional problems. There are
many individuals who have
been helped by Alcoholics
Anonymous to the point
where they have achieved
abstinence, but unfortunately
there has been q tendency in
that organization not to fos-
ter an adequate resolution Of
the underlying emotional dis
orders. This is illustrated by
a number Of patients I have
had who have attended A-A.
and who have remarked that,
although they have attained
abstinence, they were still
unhappy. For many of these,
alcohol represents a relief for
a troubled spirit or a panied
body, and without it they
still retain some of their suf-
fering.
The successful treatment
of the alcoholic requires q
three-pronged approach
First, the medical restoration
Of the patient; secondly. psy-
chotherapy in communion
with social rehabilitative
Evening star., 1962-05-07
Strenqtheninq NATO

Although couched in generalized
language, the communique just issued
by the foreign and defense ministers
Of the 15-nation North Atlantic Treaty
Organization is nonetheleSS reaSsuring.
This is so because it plainly indicates
that their four-day meeting in Athens
has further strengthened the alliance
as political, economic and military
instrument designed to safeguard the
free world from Communist subversion
and aggression.
The ministers, as they usually do
at these Semi-annual sessions, have
dealt with wide variety of matters.
They have considered and Endorsed,
for example, continuation of help to
underdeveloped lands, and they have
agreed to study urgently" the problem
Of bolStering the economies of Greece
and Turkey, key members of NATO. In
addition, they have reached a meeting
OF minds in support Of the American
view-reportedly expressed quite bluntly
by Defense Secretary McNamara-that
some of the allies, including Britain,
are not abiding by their obligations to
beef up" their conventional armed
forces.
Most important of all, however,
NATO'S ministerial council has made
good use Of its spring session to fortify
the alliance in two vital particulars:
Q) A concert of policies in connection
with the ever-exploSive Kremlin- created
Berlin crisis. And (2) firm new assur-
ances and commitments by the United
States as regards the use Of nuclear
weapons to defend free Europe against
Soviet attack. The assurances and
commitments include special proce-
dures" for exchanging information as
to the numbers of such weapons, their
location, their deStructiveneSS and their
potential targets. Almost needless to
say, these instruments, including the
80 missiles aboard the five Polaris sub
marines assigned to NATO at the Athens
meeting, are formidable in the extreme,
and the hope iS-a reasonable hope
that they will deter the Kremlin from
launching an assault on the West.
Even so, things have been less than
unanimous in Athens. France particu-
larly, and perhaps not without reason,
has taken a highly reserved view of
the probing" talks being carried on
with the Russians by Secretary of State
Rusk in an effort to arrive at Berlin
solution. Moreover, President de Gaulle
and his government apparently feel
that the new nuclear arrangements
under which command decisions would,
of course, still remain with the PreSi-
dent of the United States-are Of no
great significance, even though they
provide, within the necessarily restric-
tive framework Of our own American
law, for an unprecedented sharing Of
secrets and for prior inter-allied con-
sultation on the use of atomic-hydrogen
arms in the event of Soviet aggression.
However, despite these French res
ervations, which are shared in part by
the West Germans, there can be little
doubt that NATO'S meeting in Athens
where all the members have reaffirmed
their resolve to maintain the freedom
of Berlin at whatever cost-haS served
to make the alliance stronger than ever
In that respect, NATo's optimistic Sec
retary General Striker has not exag-
gerated in declaring that the alliance
has made several strides forward.
Evening star., 1962-05-07
On Voting Literocy

Senator Mansfield threat
ems the Congress that If no
action is taken on literaey
tests for voting, initiative win
pass to the Federal courts
and to the President.
This seems strange in Q
Republic which we are told
was created by and is sup
poSedly governed by a Con- :
stitution in which all legis-
lative power is delegated to
the elected representatives Of
the people, the Congress Of.
the United States. It seems
strange that we have reached,
a point in history in which
the judicial interpretations
of a few men or the executive
orders of one President have
equal weight with duly en-
acted laws by those elected
solely for this law-making
purpose.
Congress has been very elo-
quent by its silence on what
some please to call civil
rights. Contrary to the daily
expressed views Of the lib
erals, it Is not merely the
Southern bloc which has
caused such paralysis. Al
though these issues are al
ways confused in the press it
is obvious that there are not
enough votes in Congress
from the South In either
house to prevent action If
such were really desired.
Conservatives generally op-
pose amending the Constitu-
ton by a mere legislative act
because they believe such Is
clearly unconstitutional. Con-
servatives generally oppose
any form OF. racisrn in re-
verse which is designed
purely to attract voting
blocs in urban and industrial
areas and not to secure the
rights Of anybody.
Literacy tests are clearly
legal and are in use in many
States North and South and
have been for years. There
are adequate laws available
and litigations are now in
progress where people COM
plain Of discrimination and
Northumberland. Present.
ly contemplated legislation is
for another purpose.
Owen Allen Keen.