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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1962-02-22

ROCKEFELLER VS.. KENNE-
DY? A smart politician is one
who assumes the Worst-that his
opponent also is smart.
The Democratic high command
and probably President Kennedy
himself-are currently giving us a
demonstration of their own politi-
cal shrewdness. They are looking
three years ahead and assuming
that the Republicans are smart
enough to put up Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller as their candidate for
President.
The Kennedys did not get where
they are by hit-or-miss political
operations. They planned for 1860
in August of 1856.
They realize, of course, that
there are many Republicans who
still long for the good old days of
Coolidge, Harding and Hoover-or
Mckinley. They hope that these
Republicans will prevail and put
up Sen. Barry Goldwater for Pres
ident. He is their favorite oppo-
nent.
But The White House does not
count on being accommodated in
this way. So they are taking no
chances.
Having decided that Gov. Rookie
Teller is the most formidable can
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1962-02-22

We excerpt a talk given last
month by Kenneth S. Toilet,
acting dean of Texas Southern
University in Houston and a
leading Negro educator, to the
Democratic Forum of the har-
ris County Democrats. He spoke
r. on communism and the NAACP.
Ed.
HOUSTON
There are always going to be
social problems and injustice, just
as there are always going to be
murderers and law violators, but
this conservative judgment is no
excuse for inaction. A vital effort
must always be made to correct
social injustice and crime, al
though it is very doubtful that a
perfect society can be brought
about on this earth.
THE PROBLEMS of man will
hardly be solved by self-righteous
:. indignation. Tolerance, though not
submissiveness; patience, though
not spinelessness; war; n S S,
Though not sentimentality; good
will. though not messianism; and
intelligence, though not dogmatism,
are the virtues to be exercised in
the solution of our problems.
He who is alienated and de-
prived becomes sick and desperate
if he sees no way of improving his
lot. Revolutions are borne of
desperate efforts to remold in
tractable and unjust social orders.
Communism is most alien to our
way of thinking because of the
intransigency Of its doctrines and
the unscrupulousness Of its meth
DDS. Orderly change is given up
as a possibility only when those
who thwart and impede your as
pirations deny that you have any
rights to any aspirations or refuse
to regard you as a human being
deserving of any recognition. II
you resist or impede the realiza-
ton of my human dignity, /
either become an abject sycophant
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1962-02-22

mands from the Soviet Union.
"A second reason for the failure
has been simply that the Party
has exploited Negro problems in
stead of trying to solve them"
"A commanding reason for fail
ure is one which the communists
seem unable to grasp. Yet it is
LUMINOSITY clear: the vast major
ity of American Negroes not only
believe in democracy but want
more of it; not less. The last thing
they want, after their long effort
to secure the full rights of free
people, is to find themselves under
a totalitarian dictatorship-even if
it is called the dictatorship of the
proletariat.'
J. EDGAR HOOVER writes in
his Masters of Deceit:
ut became obvious that the
Party, despite great efforts, had
failed to win over even a signifi-
cant minority of Negroes. Negroes
resented the Party's severe criti-
cism of Negro clergymen who had
been vigorously denouncing COM
munism American Negroes
had realized that the Party was
fraud and a deception and that
it was willing to betray the Negro
to better serve Soviet Russia :.
1.-THE Party has made vigorous
efforts to infiltrate the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People. This organiza-
ton in 1850 authorized it's board
of directors to revoke the charter
of any chapter found to be COM
munist controlled.
"'The NAACP's national leader
ship has vigorously denounced
communist attempts at lnflltra-
ton"
The dihector of the FIJI then
enumerates how effectively the
NAACP has resisted this infiltra-
ton.
THE IDEAL of our great demo-
cratic government is liberty and
justice for all. Those who would
use the threat Of communism as a
DOGGY for attacking the NAACP's
sincere and courageous effort to
realize this ideal betray the United
States Constitution and our way
of life. Is it really so un-Ameri-
can for Negroes and the NAACP
to want the rights Of citizenship,
justice, and equal opportunity?
KENNETH S. TOILETT. ..
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1962-02-22
. visiting the sins Of the fathers
on the children, ond on the
children's children
HOUSTON
Did you know that


Geneticsts estimate that tests of Hbombs alreddy
completed mag ultimately mean 49, 900 more detorn1ed
babies born? And that each ne10 TEST dddS u'le"o1o'
numbers to that tragic total? ...
The Council of Atomic Scientists IN Great Br1tdan
has alarmed that as many as $4,000 people may get
cancer as a result of tests already performed?
9235 scientists from many countries, ancfudng
Sc Nobel Prize aoiners haze called ending OF nuceor
tests "imperative"!
Diplomat George F. Kennan writes
"I haze expressly refrained from speaEng, m
connection auith these other matters OF that aspect OF
the atomic problem that nO1o Dorr1eS many OF my
cou7atry,aen most of all: namely, the damage 1hdt
man be done to human environment ana 10 me
0eetic makeup of human beings by the mere testing
of these fearful peapons, not to mention their actual
in 1Dar ,,, -,
"Surey it is better that many OF US shoMd al, die
somewhat before time, than that zoe should hDe
at the cost of predicing the conditions OF e t0r our
children So long therefore, the scientists dtsagree
about the effects of all this testing is our duty to
be guided By obligation to other generat1ons-'ot
lust O1Dn."
George F. KEENAN,, BIC
December I, 1857.
Write the President todoy stop the testing Of nuceor
ons And to find your comrodes the struggle ogonst
and for peace, write
The Fellowship Of Reconciliation
Box III Nyoek. n Y.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1962-02-22
Watch On Potomac

didate the opposition could put up,
the Democratic high command also
has decided that the time to beat"
Rockefeller is now - not three
years from now. If he cannot be
beaten for reelection they hope,
at least, to white down his ma
jority. They do not want him to
have such a commanding position
his nomination becomes inevitable
at the next Republican convention.
Such are the basic assumptions
that underlie Democratic National
Chairman Bailey's decision to seize
upon the rearranging of New
York's congressional districts as a
horrible example of political lar
ceny."
When a politician becomes moral
over redistricting, we must, of
course, look closely. The whole
apportionment system is, scam
dalous, as practiced in New York
and in states with Democratic Ad-
ministrations, too, such as CalifOr-
MIA and Florida. The lines of con-
gressional districts are drawn and
redrawn to keep the "ins" in and
the "outs" out.
That Rockefeller did not see fit
to exert leadership in reforming
this practice gave Mr.. Bailey the
opportunity he has long sought.
Unfortunately, Mr.. Bailey's prose
almost tripped him up.
In what the President once
called the Battle Of the Mimeo-
graph Machines, Bailey comment
ed that the New York redistrieting
was in the tradition Of "the robber
barons" and "Your gran d d d
would have been proud of you,
Nelson" This caused an adverse
reaction. Rockefeller may have
emerged relatively unscathed from
this first of what is the forerunner
of political brawls to come. But
Bailey will be back.
THE SIZING UP - Rockefeller
cannot hope to escape for long. He
has been marked for the same
treatment that The White House
group, variously known as the
KENNEDY Killers" or the Irish
Mafia," melted out to Hubert Hum
phrey in West Virginia and Adlai
Stevenson.
Whether it works and how it
works remains to be seen. The
sizing up process is now under
way. Naturally The White House
inner circle will not broadcast
what is planned for the future.
But this, submit, is fair sum-
ming up of the situation of what
Rockefeller has working for him
and against him as it now appears.
For him Gov. Rockefeller's
image" to use the favorite phrase,
is of a good, Woodworking man.
intelligent, warm hearted, dis
dainful of ordinary political be-
havior, moderately liberal, earnest
and, of course, wealthy.
Against him-He still seems to
be pretty much an amateur" in
politics partly because he lacks the
killer" instinct. His performance
last year Of going around from
state to state and getting the cold
shoulder from local Republicans
seemed almost masochistic. His in
ability to control the New York
Republican organization, as Tom
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1962-02-22
THE PETAL PAPER

ing, indeed, if an organization
which had chosen this most con-
sentative of conservative institu-
tons as its vehicle of progress
were substantially influenced by
radicals or composed of revolu-
tionaries.
THE OVERSTREETS in their
book, What We Must Know About
Communism, state: "A second per-
manent target (of eommunists)
has been the Negro community.
1t is basic tenet Of Leninism that
an underprivileged minority group
is ripe for revolution" One should
think the Negro is ripe for COM
munism. The cruelty, brutality,
and inhumanity to which the
Negro has been subjected would
certainly make group, less COM
mitted to democracy and the
American way of life than the
Negro, an easy target. 1t is diff
cult to make this clear in words.
One has to be Negro to really
understand how unhappy and dis
satisfied he is with his status
Read artists like James Baldwin
or the late Richard Wright to get
clear feel of the Negroes sense
of deprivation and mistreatment.
The Springfield, Illinois race
riot of 1908, in which several
Negroes were killed and practi-
cally all were burned out of their
homes, aroused many enlightened
white people to action. They set
up a conference in 1909 in New
York to discuss the sad and dis
graceful situation of the Negro in
America. The conference was
called on Lincoln's birthday and
the NAACP was launched the
next year as result.
The purpose of the NAACP was
and is to realize for the Negro
the enjoyment of rights of all citi-
zens, justice in the courts, and
equal opportunity in very cconom-
ic, social and political endeavor
These are hardly subversive OBJ
jectives. Lynching was on the
rampage during this period. Leg
islation in the Southern states was
Merchandising the Negro. He
was Disseminated against, segre-
gated, whipped, intimidated, ex-
plotted; his women were ravished.
Although these evils do not exist
to such an extent today, we know
the Negro is still seeking the ballot
in many parts Of the South, as
well as fair employment and edu-
cational opportunity. Many of the
evils have been corrected or abol-
ished through the fearless and
dedicated efforts of the NAACP.
Much remains to be done.
However, the communists missed
the mark. To quote the Over
streets:
"The communists claim over
whelming success for their work
among the Negroes. This claim is
itself a maneuver: an effort to in
still fear in the minds of white
Americans and thus to drive deep
er the wedge of anxiety and
prejudice between the races. In
this secondary effort they have
often succeeded far better than
they have in their primary effort
to win the Negroes. In this pri-
Oyvy
Evening star., 1962-01-21
LOCAL DRAMA GROUPS -
Majority Of One Set
ByMt. Vernon Players

ment. has seen very few
stAginss In this country.
Performances. at $50 PM,
are set tor Friday. Saturday,
Sunday and February 2 and
5 At the Garrett Park School,
In Garrett Park. Md. George
Detmold directs.
A sCARY ONE, The st.
MarsAset's Players offer q
mystety.dlama IAN Inspee-
tor Calls" At $50 pm. Fri
day ana Saturday.
Chuck Roberts plays the
title role In Director Raynor
Clark's east. Supporting &C.
tors include John Hall.
Bruce Bryan, Sallie Flickin-
ger. JAeeusline Aiaabel Neads.
Elaine pats and Archie Flick
inges.
Production Is at the st.
.MArsaret's Church. .Connec-
ticut avenue ana Bancroft
place INV.
fRYOUTS. Two groups
have oct aiternoon readings
to-day tor productions this
March. Theater Lobby holds
open tsyouts for Arthur Lau-
rents Invitation to a
March" at 3:3o o'clock at II
st. MsttheWs court NV, and
the chancel Players Of the
BethstaA Council Of
Churches hold similar pro-
eeedlngs Tor their Lenten play
Of : e'eiAek At the Bethesda
rsesbytefian Church. 1911
Clarendon read. Bethesda.
The latter drama. as. yet un-
titled, 10 based on the works
Of Michel ii QheldeYode.
Additions have been set for
Evening star., 1962-01-21

at the next cards. allow them
to substitute cards, and then
have them pick a card for
him. And In most cases the
players would lose.
He was a chain smoker.
When, before his marriage,
Miss Adams was enormously
advised by a doctor that she
was allergic to cigars, Ko-
vacs smiled and said: "Well,
then, Edie. we can always be
Just good friends" He asked
her never to use any per-
fume because then I couldn't
smell my cigars" When
George Jessel hoped to sell his
home to Kovacs. he put ci-
gars on all the trees and said:
See, Ernie? Cigars grow
here"
Boredom and stodginess
were the prime targets as his
way Of life scared. Once.
aboard the Liberte, he
phoned Irving Mansfield in
New York. introduced the
ships steward standing next
to him and offered to cut,
high card, with the steward
as witness. Kovacs lost 5000
that way, 1000 miles away.
He played In q weekly po-
ker game at a Los Angeles
hotel and when a police raid
Evening star., 1962-01-21
THE LYONS DEN
BY LEONARD LYONS
Hall Syndicate

NEW YORK. - I first met
Ernie Kovacs when he came
UP from Philadelphia as an
offbeat comic who wore
string ties and large rings as
a way Of being recognized.
He'd tried several stunts to
win quick recognition - even
wrestling with a jaguar on
TV. But he refused to lock
grips with q woman wrestler,
saying: I'm not mad. I don't
want to get killed.
Kovacs hit the big time
quickly. here and in Holly
wood, for his talents were
varied and comparable to
Jackie Gleason's except that
he never drank that much.
When he and Edie Adams
knew their love was sure, he
gave her an engagement ring.
She kept 1t in a vault for Is
months until his divorce de-
cree was final. And after their
marriage they were the most
ecstatic and colorful pair in
show business.
She's Different
After Miss Adams starred
for q season In Q barefoot
role in "Li'l Abner," all her
shoes became too small. Ko-
vacs said: Many an actress
has gotten a swelled head
starring on Broadway. My
wife's the first to get swelled
feet"
When Edie worked with q
UCLA drama group, did Ber-
thold Brecht's Mother Cour-
age" and read her lines about
hunger and poverty, she re-
ceived a message from Ko-
vacs - who was telephoning
from his car saying he'd
chartered a yacht for q cruise
they planned. They were the
Evening star., 1962-01-21
After Dark Set
Is Demanding

HOLLYWOOD (AP): -
Singer Tony Martin says
night club audiences want
much more for their money
these days.
There are only a handful
Of performers who can draw
customers-and even they
have to come up with new
ideas all the time"
Martin believes the trend
in niteries is toward jumbos
Or spectaculars. His next
show will have a cast of 20
or more. including Jose Greco
and his flamenco troupe.
Martin adds:
"One Of the most success
full engagements Joe E. Lewis
and I ever had was once in
Miami when a billing mis-
take put us in the same club
at the same time.
Instead Of either of us
getting perturbed. we both
performed. The audience,
reading the marquee, thought
Martin and Lewis were re-
united"
Evening star., 1962-01-21
THE LYONS DEN
Ernie Kovocs: Some
Memories of q Man

first to give a cocktail party
in a car: They served drinks
in their Rolls Royce to i8
friends. in groups Of six -
each group driving around
for so minutes.
Fancy Place Cards
They gave a dinner party
at the Seandia, where, on two
days notice, the manager had
the guests names cached
into the plasses instead Of
using place cards. Next
time" Kovacs said, "I'll give
you three days notice, so I
can have a small oil portrait
Of each guest"
His earning ability almost
matched his compulsive gam
bling. His Las Vegas employ
ers, knowing that he'd gam
BILE all he had, paid him his
salary In gross - making no
deductions for Social Securi-
ty, Withholding tax or unem-
ployment insurance. All they
asked was that he walk
across the casino, with its
temptations, to pick up his
check.
The House Wins
He gambled although he
knew the house had to win.
At The Sands. they let him
deal. blackjack - and he'd
permit the players to glance
Evening star., 1962-01-21

I pm. Wednesday and / pm.
Saturday by the Arlington
County Children's Theater
for its spring musical play,
"The Trouble With Tricks"
Those interested should meet
at the Arlington Recreation
Center, 800 North Park drive.
Virginia McKitrick directs.
HILL MEETING: The
Co n ngressional Secre-
taries Club, whose members,
for political reasons, have
recently been reunited, will
hold an organization meet
ing for its play group at $3.50
pm. Friday in Room 457 Of
the Old Senate Office Build
ing. Plans for their upcom-
ing season or session -
include a variety show and at
least one dramatic produc-
ton.
Evening star., 1962-01-21
BY BONNIE AIKMAN
star ststf writer

"A Majority Of One" the
Leonard Spigelgass comedy
which became q top Broad
way money-maker two sea-
sons ago. 10 the Mount Yer.
non Players choice for their
first producti6n Of lse3.
The play, which reports
with sentimental humcY On
the unlikely romance between
a Jewish widow from Brook
lyn and a Japanese business
man will have J. lo.p~EtoYsn>
anee run beginning THURSDAY,
Director w. Thomas Little-
ton has cast Jane Seaman
and Arthur Wentx In the
leading roles. Joining them
are Jill Landen, Bob ri.
Doris Rudder. Jehn Marietta.
Bill Brinkley. pavA Blakeslte.
Carmen Hazeh, Fred cassen.
Tom Kochery. Marjorie Mac.
Even. Kathleen SWenscsa,
Maria Herring and Jean KEEP
pier.
Play nights, ct UndeseYcft
Auditorium. 900 Masaachu.
sets avenue NV. are Thurs.
day through February 3. SUN.
day excepted. Curtain time 10
at Sis pm. with Q 7:So pm.
matinee set for saturday,
January 81.
A RARE ONE, Production
Of an early politiesl satire
by George Bernard shat
titled Press Cuttings" VII
get underway this week %
the Garrett Park Players.
The play, based In England
during the suftrssstte moves
Evening star., 1962-01-21

threatened. Kovacs disagreed
with the advice offered by
Greg Bautzer. the lawyer.
"Okay. Ernie" Bautzer final
ly said, what do you Sug-
gest?" Kovacs told the
poker players: IF the cops
come, let's all start dancing
with each other. The penal
ty for that is less than for
gambling"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-03
Rev. M. B. GurIey,
Episcopal Pastor
In Pennsylvania

The Rev. Melville B. Gurley,
70. a third-generation native of
Washington who was pastor Of
st. Johns Episcopal Church in
Bala -Cynwyd, Pa, died Thurs
day in Greenwich, Conn, after
a stroke.
Mr.. Gurley's grandfather was
the Rev, Phineas D. Gurley,
pastor of New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church when it
was attended by President Lin
coin.
Mr.. Gurley was a graduate of
the Sidwell Friends School. The
family later moved to Philadel-
phia.
Mr.. Gurley was a 1906 grad
uate of Yale University, and
later studied in Edinburgh, at
Princeton and at the Union
Theological Seminary in New
York City.
He was a member of the So
ciety of MayfloWer Descend
ants and of the Phi Alpha Ep-
Silon fraternity.
He leaves two brothers,
Charles E. Gurley of New York,
and the Rev. A. B. Gurley of
Ridley Park, Pa, and a sister,
Mrs. Warren Mccain of Phil
adelphia.
Services will be Monday in
Bala-CynWyd, with burial at
Nantucket Island, Mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-03
John Archer, Salesman
For GusIight Company

John R. Archer, SO, service
representative and salesman
for Washington Gaslight Co.
for 81 years, died Thursday in
Georgetown University Hospital
after a long illness.
Mr.. Archer, born in Franklin,
Ohio, came to the Washington
area in the late 1920s. He lived
at 1877 East Westmoreland
road, Falls Church, and had
been employed by the company
since 1895.
A member of the Quarter
Century Club at the company,
Mr.. Archer was also a director
of the credit union and a
charter member of the Blue
Flame Masonic Club there. He
was a 32d degree Mason in
the Alexandria ConSistory of
Scottish Rite. a past patron
Of Accia Chapter No. 81, Order
of the Eastern Star, a member
of Kemper Lodge No. "a, AT.
and AM, and of the Board of
DeaconS at Falls Church Pres
byterian Church.
Mr.. Archer leaves his wife,
Virginia, OF the home address;
a brother, Samuel of Dayton,
Ohio, and two sisters, Miss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-03
Carlton {. Lowe, u, Star
EmpIoye for as Years

Carlton E. Lowe, 70. a Star
employe for As years, died yes
terday in Midland Park, N. j.
He had been living there with
his son, Carlton H., for the last
year.
Mr.. Lowe was a real estate
advertising solicitor when he
retired in 1855. His wife,
Theresa, once chief of The
Stars church advertising Sec
ton, retired at the same time;
she died a year and a half ago.
Mr.. Lowe, Pappy to the
younger employees in the ad-
vertising department-came to
The Star in February of 1910,
and began work at the front
office business counter. 1t was
there he recalled having one of
his most embarrassing expe-
rienceS:
when I first came to work
for The Star, and before I got
to know the other employees
faces, one of the owners
stopped by the front counter
and asked for a paper. 1
couldn't give a free paper to
anyone, so I asked him if he
worked for us :"
After leaving the business
counter, Mr.. Lowe worked in
display advertising, and then
spent 20 years as assistant
cashier before going to the real
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-03
Miss Ruth Stout,
Histories Editor

Miss Ruth Stout, so, editor
Of several Army histories Of
World War II and Korea, died
Wednesday at her apartment,
$500 @ street NV.
Miss Stout, a native of Mis-
souri,, came to Washington in
1948 as a staff member of the
Army's Office of Military His
tory. Among the books she
edited are The Women's Army
Corps" Fall of the Philip
pines" "Stilwell's Mission to
China" and South to the Max
tong, North to the Yalu."
Before coming to Washing
ton, Miss Stout had been on
the staff of Swarthmore Col
lege, Swarthmore, Pa, where
she worked on publications in
the zoology department. She
was a graduate of Missouri
Valley College and also had
attended Northwestern Univer-
Sity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-03
W. A. Reader, E|ectronics
Expert, Missile Tester

William A. Reader, Sc, radio
electronics expert and instruc-
tor at Vitro Laboratories in
Silver Spring. died Thursday
following a heart attack.
Mr.. Reader, a graduate of
Catholic University, was ma
tive of New York City. He
came to the Washington area
to work in the Vitro training
department in 1851.
Before that Mr.. Reader had
worked on several guided mis-
sile projects, including the de-
velopment of maintenance tests
for the Nays Terrier missile.
He also was employed by sew
eral private companies includ-
ing Remington Rand OF Nor
walk, Conn.
Mr.. Reader, who served with
the 152nd Hospital Company
of the Connecticut National
Guard from 1925 to 1927, was
"a member of the American
Radio Relay League, Institute
Of Radio Engineers. American
Institute Of Electrical Engi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-03
6. T. II,
Blind Ex-Teucher

George T. Hartzell, II, a
former schoolteacher, who was
blind, died Thursday at his
home in Shepherdstown, w. Va.
Mr.. Hartzell, who studied as
child at the State School for
the Blind at Romney, w. Va.
was a graduate of Shepherd
College.
A teacher for eight years at
Leetown School near his home,
Mr.. Hartzell so highly de-
veloped his sense of hearing it
was said he could interpret the
slightest movements of his
pupils, even to detecting a gum
cheWer.
He leaves his wife Pearl and
three sisters, Mrs. Rose Cooley,
Mrs. Mary Dobbins and Mrs.
Catherine Rogers, all of Shep-
herdstown.
Funeral services and burial
we're to be in Shepherdstown
today.