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Evening star., 1962-05-11

Decision for Western Authority

President Kennedy b q s
given notice to the whole
Allied world that O new
American doctrine Is emerg-
ing amid the endless per-
plexities Of the cold war.
Its substance is that the
United States simply does
not propose to go on carry
ing the burden Of respon-
sibility for all the West
without adequate authority
to discharge that response
bility.
This is not remotely a
threat to go it alone. It is,
however, plain warning that
while we win continue to give
every respect to the wishes
Of all our associates, there
win be at the allied council
table Of ultimate decision
no nonsense about precisely
equal votes for manifestly
unequal partners.
Can't Operate by 'PoII"
Cold war pSlicy is not
going to be run on some in
ternational Gallup Poll. The
President. in fact, has now
introduced into this troubled
area the principle Of repre-
sentative government. Fate
and circumstances have
given the United States the
most power and the most to
lose. and the other West
ern nations have thankfully
elected us the leader.
TIL ese unaiterable facts
having given it leadership,
this country proposes to dis
charge the duties of that
leadership. Happily. this will
be with the fun consent of
our associates. If, unhappily,
that consent is not fully
given. we shall go ON with
our duties Of leadership all
the same.
This Is the sense of Mr..
Kennedy's historic statement
OF purpose. at his recent press
conference. in our current
probing negotiations with the
Russians over Berlin. It was
made specifically in reply to
questions as to disagreements
on approach between us and
the West Germans.
But it applied equally
strongly to France, where
President Charles de Gaulle
has been so critical Of our
diplomacy. And It could ap-
ply quite as well to Britain.
which has also often been q
somewhat querulous back
seat driver.
Ever since he came to of
flee, Mr.. Kennedy has spent
endless concern in trying to
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yellow yockets'

A few weeks ago, The Star
published q dramatic and
soul-stirring account Of the
arrival Of so ransomed pris-
oners from the Communist
island Of. Cuba Just off our
shores. These were q remnant
Of the nearly 1000 young
Cubans who storTned into the
Bay Of Pigs in the months
past, without air-cover, to
clear their island of the ty-
rant, Castro, and his Russian
and Chinese cohorts. The in
vasion failed, as all modern
tnvasions must do, unaided
by planes. At long last came
the trial and the sentence:
Thirty years at hard labor
or a ransom Of $50, 900, 900.
In the years since the end
ing of World War II, Amer
lea has lost the image Of the
hero. There are q few fight
ing in the rice fields and
jungles Of Wet Nam, q world
away. Those who watched the
sixty wounded prisoners land
in the Miami Airport. on
April 14th, were looking at
flesh-and-blood heroes. Men
who were willing to suffer
and die-for q cause. Those
who are well enough are
planning to tour the country
asking for contributions for
the ransom Of their comrades
in Cuban prisons, their lives
mortgaged because they took
arms against tyranny.
Here is one American reac-
ton: Don't listen to the
dramatic appeals from the
released Cuban invaders"
says Mary Curtis in The Star
of May 8. She speaks Of the
project Of ransom as "nau-
seating and down-grading."
Since when, Mary Curtis, has
it been considered nauseat-
ing and disgusting to ransom
those held by hrigands? We
ransom kidnapped children
and adults. We can ransom
human flesh from tyrants.
The flesh Of heroes. Let there
be no worry about Castro get
ting $50, 900, 900 for his Com
muniSt schemes, needs and
plans. He win get all he needs
in due time from Russia and
China. They are not going TO
lose the chance to hold what
they now have, q Communist
satellite 90 miles from q. s.
shores. Sixty million dollars
will not turn the tide for US
In Kidding Cuba Of Commun-
ist tyranny. Let Americans
not hesitate to answer the
plea of so brave men. Help
ransom the 1,179 prisoners
who attacked tyranny. You
will have q dividend in own
ing even q tiny part Of q hero.
It win make you feel prOuder,
and bigger.
These soldiers Of the Bay
Of Pigs were wearing bright
yellow shirts when they
landed In Miami. They ex-
planned that Castro gave
them the shirts to wear be-
cause they were towards. We
need towards like them. Our
boys could well wear bright
yellow shirts with CUBAN
LIBERATION written on the
backs In large black letters.
Let US get back of the Cuban
yellow Jackets" Their price
can't be calculated in dollars
and cents. Edith Mirick
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Tysons Town
John Shacochi

John Shacochis, president
of the West Lewinsville
Heights-Rosemont Civic AS
sociation, fondly referred to
in the courthouse as the
Mayor Of Lewinsville. desires
to incorporate the Tysons
Corner area into o town. This
win be met by citizen opposi-
ton in this area ] am sure.
for the citizens feel our taxes
are high enough now and dis
satisfaction with Fairfax
County appears to be present
only with a few diehards.
most of whom are political
foes Of the incumbent super
visor Leigh).
This blind rampaging OF
public domain Is as close as
one can get to nonsense. Tt,
seems tnconCelVaDle 70 me
that those Of us who love the
county as it is. and viii be
in the future, cam hardly &C.
cept this in the light Of any
thing but pure fantasy. It is
high time that all citizens
examine their own role in the
light Of public interest as well
as that Of their supervisor.
Their own actions speak as
loud as words. ! trust that in
the future all of us will be
able to accept decisions
gracefully while continuing
to expect and demand our
own civil liberties. We must
not surrender our rights but
the manner Of expressing
ourselves as well as the cor1-
tent involved must be con-
sidered on an equal level.
Herbert r. Fountain.
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@. James Mcneil Whistler
made his mother famous by
painting her portrait. What
Is known about his fathera--
J. NJ.
A. The artists father,
George Washington Whistler,
was born in 1900 at Fort
Wayne, Indiana. After grad
uation from West Point he
worked with the army as q
topographic engineer. In 1926
he began o distinguished
career in railroading. He
made the preliminary surveys
for the Baltimore q Ohio
Railroad. studied railroading
In England, and In 1843 went
TO Russia to start q railroad
for Gear Nicholas !. He died
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Happy Teetotulers

] was surprised to read DR..
Michael Miller's claim In your
columns that he has O cure
for chronic alcoholism. I was
equally surprised to read his
intimation that many who
regain their sohriety through
Alcoholics Anonymous are
not happy in their sohriety.
DR.. Miller is Of course free
to make any claims be wishes
but in the interest Of truth
these assertions should not
go unchallenged.
For IL years ! have been a
member of Alcoholics Anony-
nous, both here and in YER
mont. I have q host Of AA
friends all along the Atlantic
Seaboard, as well as many
doctors who are my friends
and have studied the nature
of this illness. It is their con-
sidered Judgment that alco-
holiSm is a sickness which
cannot be cured but can be
arrested.
No one speaks for AA, but
DR.. Miller's picture Of AA as
a group Of sober but unhappy
people, is an irresponsible dis
tortion Of the truth. II he
means gay, seventh-cloud
happy people ! might agree.
But we are, for the most part.
contented people who are
grateful for our sobriety and
know that we can lead sober
useful lives one day at q
time-with q kind Of lnappi-
ness that is down to earth
and real.
One of the most often re-
peated assertions of active
AA members is that they en-
joy a contented, really happy
sobriety. Conversely, we also
hear members tell how they
regained their sobriety
through pyschiatry. or on
their own. and knew only
loneliness and unhappiness
until they Joined AA. Today
psychiatry pretty generally
recognizes that its ministra-
tions, coupled with AA mem
bership and participation
following treatment. Is a
winning combination.
n r. w
Evening star., 1962-05-11
A BOOK FOR TODAY
PoIiticoI Bioqrophy Of q Socialist
BY DONALD MINTZ

raphy of his party. For very
complex reasons shout which
Mr.. Seidler has thought hard
and well, left wing parties are
more subject to factionalism
and suicidal intra party
uuarrels than most political
parties. It is therefore Seid-
ler's task to lead his readers
through this morass and he
acuuits himself nobly.
THE MAIN issue was
communism. No true So
cialist was ever q Communist,
but In the first half Of the
3Os the Old Guard Of the
American Socialist Party felt
that the ''militants" were In
favor Of o policy that bore
far too close o resemblance
to Soviet pronouncements
In addition, Thomas and the
men around him for q time
felt that under certain cir
cumstances cautious and very
limited alliance with COM
munists could be possible.
Despite this brief and ten
tative Irritation, Mr.. Thomas
was q consistent critic Of the
Soviet Union, and q far more
intelligent critic than most:
mo society can be decent,
certainly no society can be
Socialist, under the regime Of
the totalitarian state ruled by
the iron hand of the dictator
Of q monolithic party, which
party from the beginning
professed to believe that the
end completely justifies the
means and that good faith is
q contemplate bourgeois vir-
tue" Mr.. Thomas wrote that
in 1898.
Prof. Seidler emphasizes
Mr.. Thomas opposition to
the New Deal and his dis
trust of Franklin D. Roose-
velt. "Over and over again
Thomas was asked, Isn't it
true that President Roosevelt
carried out your Socialist pro-
gram?' His standard reply
was, Yes, on q stretcher.'"
This, like many Of the
quotations lavishly strewn
throughout the book, brings
alive the wit as well as the
wisdom Of Norman Thomas.
Prof. Soldiers writing is
pedestrian, but blessedIy free
Of the cant so much In favor
In academic political science
circles. He and the Syracuse
University Press have given
us q fascinating book about
a fascinating and important
American.
Evening star., 1962-05-11

Almost obScured by the
news Of the Titanic dis
aster in The Star Of April,
1912, were stories and photos
Of the religious leader Abdul
BAHIA who Travelled from Per-
sia to this country spreading
his fathers message the
oneness Of mankind and uni
versal peace through religion
as the basis. From New York
to San Francisco he taught
the Baha's faith which in
1863 had been founded by
his father Baha'u,llah,
meaning the Glory Of God.
April, 1892. marked the
50th anniversary Of Abdul
Baha's visit to this country.
In universities, churches,
other public places and in
private homes, he addressed
diverse groups from the OAR
to the NAACP. always EN-
phasizing the danger Of ma
terial progress and the lag
ging Of q spiritual civiliza-
ton.
A world congress viii be
held In London in April, 1858,
to mark the Tooth anniver-
sary Of the declaration Of
the mission Of BAHIA a'u'llah.
Nine thousand Bahais rep
resenting nearly 1000 Bahai
centers located on all five
continents and the major is
land groups of the world viii
attend. Coming from all ma
tional and tribal origins, this
event viii represent the
greatest admixture Of peo-
Piles ever gathered together.
The congress also win mark
the completion OF o 1O-year
world crusade during which
the Baha'i Faith spread
from 12s to 256 countries and
territories. Bahai houses Of
wors hip Of architectural
splendor have been dedicated
on the American, African,
and Australian continents.
The latest win be dedicated
in Frankfurt, Germany be-
fore the congress convenes.
Nearly 500 Baha'is from
the United States have gone
to various parts of the world,
winning adherents from all
classes castes, nationalities,
racial and religious back
grounds. thereby laying the
foundation for q world So
ciety free from prejudice and
injustice based upon divine
laws for this millennium.
Helen w. Harris.
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keep everything tidy as be-
tween us and the Germans,
us and the French and US
and the British. The British
have almost constantly urged
him TO deal more readily with
the Russians than he has
thought wise. The Germans
and French have almost con-
stantly urged him to act as
though there were no chance
at all OF making any decent
accommodation over Berlin.
The Germans and French
may well turn out right, as
,the President has no hesita-
ton in conceding. Conceiv-
ably, the British, too. may be
right - though this, even
academically, is a much more
dubious proposition. But the
big point is that both sets Of
view, the British view and
the French German view,
cannot possibly be right, all
at once.
The President to now has
leaned as far as he could
without appeasement toward
the British opinion, in the
notion that talking, after all,
costs nothing and ought to
be tried to the last mile.
Equally, he has totally ac-
cepted the bedrock French
German position against any
surrender df any vital Vest
ern interest.
Time for Decision
Inevitably, neither the
British side nor the French
German side has been really
satisfied. Still, there does
come a time when somebody
has got to be captain Of the
team-and when the cap
tain has got TO call the sig
mails II any kind Of sensible
game Is going to be played.
It is this time that the
President has now reached.
This Is not to say simply that
"his Irish is up": the position
cannot be described in juve-
nile cliches. But IL Is to say
that he knows absolutely who
the captain is and must be,
and has no slightest inten-
tion Of allowing the signals
TO become so confused that
the only possible winner
would be the Russian team.
In this determination he
win undoubtedly be sup
ported. by all the United
States Of America, no matter
how many of US may dis
agree with him on one or o
dozen merely domestic issues.
No foreign friends Of ours
should make any mistake
about this. ]
Evening star., 1962-05-11

I would like to invite your
attention to what ! believe Is
a gross error in fair report
ing In The Sunday Star TV
program listings for May 8.
The Tv program indicated
that Bugs Bunny was to be
seen on Channel Q from
10:30 to 1855 am, May 6.
It is O fact that In accord
ance with the equal time law.
WTOP provided q special
"City Side" show from 11:4O
to 1855 am. on Channel .,
May 6, for Democratic candi-
date for Maryland Congress-
man-at-large William A. AL
baugh. Failure to correct
your Tv schedule to make
allowance for this special
saCity Side" program totally
defeated the spirit Of the
equal time law with regard to
providing all candidates equal
access to the public's mass
media.
I believe in fairness to my
candidacy ] deserve o public
apology from your paper.
william A. Albaugh.
Editors Note: The pro-
gram change was effected
two days past the publica-
tion deadline Of our TV
Magazine. Unfortunately the
station failed to notify us, 50
that no correction was made
elsewhere in the paper. Apol-
ogies to Candidate Albaugh0
Evening star., 1962-05-11

out great promise in terms Of both alb
stract and applied science. OF course,
as our Defense Department has indi-
Gated, certain Of our operations in space
must remain secret for security reasons,
but there still remain wide areas of
exploration and exploition where joint
international efforts can be carried out
safely and to the mutual advantage of
all participating.
Evening star., 1962-05-11
NORMAN THoNGAs, Be

NOR m AN THOMAS, RE-
SPECTABLE REBEL. BY
Murray B. Seidler. "a men
and movements book /,
(Syracuse University Press;
1853 pp., Illus; $500.
Until recently, the United
States had the curious dis
tinction Of being the only in
dustrial nation In the world
without @ major political
party committed to the pub
Lie ownership Of q substantial
part Of the means Of produc-
ton. Yet the long term leader
Of our very insubstantial So
cialist Party has become, an
important figure on the
American scene, and more
over q man universally re-
spected from left to right.
The man. Of course, Is Nor
man Thomas, who though he
has written much has never
previously been honored with
an "e xtended published
treatment Of (his) political
leadership" This gap in the
study of American politics
and political movements has
now been filled by Murray
Seidler, an associate profess
sor Of political science at
Wayne State University In
Detroit.
Mr.. Soldiers book is o poll
tical biography. Mr.. Thomas
personal life Is touched on
only occasionally and then
only for the purpose Of illu-
minating an aspect Of his
political character.
MIR. SEIDLER is prop
erly eager to emphasize
that Mr.. Thomas had q
happy Midwest boyhood, and
like his father became q
Presbyterian minister. He
was introduced to poverty
through settlement house
work after his graduation
from Union Theological Sem
mary. The assumptions that
nourished him on his long
journey to the Socialist Party
were derived from principles
Of Christian ethics not from
principles Of Marxist econom-
les. Thomas socialism Is ac-
cordingIy essentially O do
Inestic product.
For many years, MIR.
Thomas was the Socialist
Party for most non- Socialist
Americans. His political BIZ
ograpny is largely the biog-
Evening star., 1962-05-11
in 1S49 from cholera con-
tracted in Russia.

In 1849 from cholera con-
tracted in Russia.
@. Who first discovered
that . day Is either gained
or lost by travelling entirely
around the world?-A. r.
A. This was discovered by.
the officers Of Magellan's his
toric voyage, which began on
September 20, 1919. They
sailed from Spain westward
across the Atlantic Ocean,
around Cape Horn and back
to Spain. and during the voy-
age kept an accurate count
Of the elapsed days. To their
surprise they found on their
return to port that their date
was a day behind that Of the
people at home.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condensa-
tion. Those not used aDtll be
returned only aDheR accom-
panied By self : addressed,
stamped eRDelopes.
Evening star., 1962-05-11
Questions and Answers
BY THE HAsKIN SERvIC


to of
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So Major T'itov did not see
God or any angels! ! under
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C. G. W.
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Our Timing Off

Marquis r. Seide
Evening star., 1962-10-08
PoIicemun's
Shot Wounds
District Man

A man who ran out Of a
District police station as he was
about to be booked was shot
by a policeman and seriously
wounded early this morning.
In undetermined condition at
District General Hospital, with
a bullet lodged near his spine,
was Gerald Melvin. 81. Of the
1400 block Of Clifton street NV.
He was shot outside the
18th precinct house in the
900 block of U street NV, by
Pvt. Peter j. Peluso, rs.
According to Inspector Otto
P. Fuss, midnight supervisor
of police, Melvin pushed Pvt.
Peluso down and ran out Of
the station and across the
street. After shouting to him
to stop, Pvt. Peluso fired, In
spector Fuss said.
Melvin was brought in as
the result Of a fracas outside
the Capitol Arena, Fourteenth
and w streets NV, about 2:3C
am, where a dance was Just
ending. A special police officer,
Lester Carol, 29, of 1886 Park
road, arrested another man for
disturbing the peace and a
fracas began.
A citizen called police, and a
wagon with Pvt. Peluso re-
sponded, taking four men, sin
Guiding Melvin, to No. 13 pre-
cinct.
Evening star., 1962-10-08
Court Upsets
Virginia Law
On Picketing
By the Associated Press

The Supreme Court struck
down today a Virginia law that
limited picketing during a labor
union strike to employees Of the
plant being picketed.
The high tribunal in q brief
order overturned a decision by
the Virginia Supreme Court.
The Virginia court had upheld
the law.
The United States Supreme
Court took its action on an
appeal filed by four representa-
tives of the International
Ladies Garment Workers
Union.
Justice Goldberg took no
part in today's action.
The four union officials
Joined in picketing during a
1861 strike at the Radford
tVa.), plant of the Kenrose
Manufacturing Co. Each was
fined $50 and given a sus-
pended 60-day jail sentence.
Virginia's supreme court said
employees of struck plants have
protected rights, under the
States laws, to strike and to
picket. But it said the protec-
ton does not extend to repre-
sentatives of the employees
union.
In appealing to the United
States Supreme Court, the
union officials contended the
National Labor Relations Act
exclusively regulated and pro-
tected such activities and the
State law was unconstitutional.
Evening star., 1962-10-08

sight. In the background, the
martial music of the Salzburger
Brass Band rang out.
It was the annual Bavarian
Folk Festival yesterday at the
German Orphan Home, 2S00
Good Hope road Sc. and some
1000 people were there.
Organized every year by the
Washington Saengerbund, or
Singing Society, the festival is
a major Embarrassing activity
for the home.
Tradition Followed
Many of the men and some
of the boys attending wore the
traditional Lederhosen, tn e
short leather pants and sus-
penders typical of the Bavarian
Alps. The women came out
fitted in gay Dirndl dresses,
and everybody wore mountain
hats with the feathers sticking
up from behind the crowns.
Off to the side a man with
a shaggy crew-cut and a pipe
in his mouth, stood watching
the festivities. Everybody calls
him Pop" He is George
Christman, superintendent of
the German Orphan Home for
the past % years.
He pointed at the crowd, and
said, We've got As halves of
beer out there, and that's a lot
of beer in any mans language" "
1 And we've got 800 pounds
of bratwurst out there, and
that's q lot of bratwurst, too, +"
he added.
Tight Discipline
Inside the large dormitory-
style building that houses the
13 boys and IA girls now at the
orphanage, Mr.. ChriStman
talked about the home.
"The discipline is tight" he
said. The boys and girls, from
5 to 16 years old, are rated on
their behavior and studies by
a point system according to
their school grade. and then
they are paid for half of their
accumulated points at the end
Of each month. "It's like an
allowance" Mr.. Christman
said.
The discipline pays off, he
added. I'VE haven't had one
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Bar Unit Sets Glasses
To Aid New LAWYERS

Senior members of the
Northern Virginia Bar Associa-
ton will conduct nine weeks
of classes to advise new lawyers
on courtroom and law office
procedures.
The classes, sponsored. by the
bar associations joint commit
tee on continuing legal educa-
ton, will start at 8 pm.
wednesday in the George
Mason Hotel, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1962-10-08

dropout in the % years I've
been here.
Mr.. Christman, who is a
history-social science graduate
of Ursinus College near Phila-
delphia, with graduate work at
the University of Pennsylvania
in education, came to the home
with his wife and two young
sons in 1910.
Raised Own Sons
He became superintendent
and his wife matron. Their two
sons, George. jr., and John
were raised in the same fashion
the two have raised hundreds
of homeless children over the
years.
Pop" Christman is proud
of his work, and his kids, and
the home. His pride and Joy
is the study room in the base
ment of the building, fitted
out with desks and a library
Every weekday night, the chill
dren spend three hours work.
ing on their studies. with Mr.
Christman there with them to
help them over the rough spots
Besides the always present
need for funds, the home, needs
volunteers who will spend one
evening a week teaching arts
and crafts in the homes we'll
equipped recreation rooms.
We have facilities for
ceramics, woodworking, weav-
ing, and sewing" Mr.. Christ
man explained. "All the girls
are taught to sew and darn
socks here" he added, but
that's not a matter of craft,
that's a matter of necessity"
Evening star., 1962-10-08
Poets to Gather
AtAnnopoIis

ANNAPOLIS, Oct. 8 (AP).-
The poets will have their day
in Maryland next Monday.
Gov. Tawes has proclaimed
the date Poetry Day" for the
State. Maryland's poet laure-
ate, Vincent Godfrey Burns,
has invited all poets and poetry
lovers to meet at 10 am. in
the Senate chamber of the
State House for a program by
the Maryland State Poetry So
ciety. ~
Mr.. Burns said he is also re-
queSting that all schools OF
Maryland conduct appropriate
exercises featuring poetry.