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Evening star., 1962-09-23
By WILLIAM r. FRYE
Coutrihutiny pvrifar

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y-The
case Of o Thant and the Kremlin
Is vivid object lesson for Afro
Asian neutralists. It could turn
out to be q great boon for the
West.
q Thant has been about as
neutral as a man can get. He has
put himself squarely between
East and West, preferring neither,
stepping on the toes Of both.
This summer he publicly told
Soviet Premier Khrushchev, in ef-
feet, 'If you oppose me, I won't
run for another term. I am COM
pletely at your disposal" He re-
fused to connive or maneuver to
keep his job. Indeed, he baked
some Western efforts to maneuver
on his behalf.
In spite of all this, the Krem-
lin now has swung the axe on his
career. This past week, it revived
its demand for a troika a
three-headed U. N. secretary-gen-
eral - and thus clearly indicated
dissatisfaction with the one sec
retary- general the q. N. now has.
U Thant's mistake was one
which virtually all neutralists
make. He believed that by throw
ing himself on Mr.. Khrushchev's
mercy. he could induce him to
behave mercifully.
When the Tactic Worked
Years ago, this tactic worked
for the Burmese and the Indians
against the British. They lay
down on the streets in front Of
British vehicles, and the vehicles
stopped. They went on hunger
strikes, and the British gave in.
But these tactics do not work
with the Russians. 1t is hard for
many Afro-ASians to accept this
fact, but they are beginning to
see. They are learning that self
abnegation and weakness in the
face Of Soviet power merely en-
courages the Soviet Union to use
its power.
If Moscow passes its q. N. cam
paign against Mr.. Thant, the les
son Is likely to be brought home
with soaring impact. Few develop
ments could be so beneficial to the
West.
The next time the neutralists
urge the West to pull out of Ber-
lin and trust the Russians to
respect q free city," the West
could reply, But look what
happened to q Thant."
Evening star., 1962-09-23

es, one would have thought Lyn-
don johnson headed the Demo-
cratic ticket. Senator Kerr didn't
indorse Kennedy until a few days
before election.
On his side, Senator Kerr saw to
1t that the President was thor
oughly briefed on the water con-
servation and land projects the
Senator has been pushing for
years in Oklahoma, with evan
gelical zeal and Federal money.
Senator Kerr has led the fight to
turn Oklahoma from an agrarian
to an industrial economy.
Among other things, he has
been pushing huge master plan
to harness the Arkansas River
and its tributaries for navigation,
flood control and hydroelectric
power. From an engineering
standpoint, the project has been
called larger than either the Ten
neSSee Valley Authority Develop
nent or the Panama Canal. By
the time it is finished in a few
years, the whole thing will have
cost nearly SIS billion.
In this connection, Senator
Kerr tells about the time Vir-
ginia's Harry Byrd was introduced
as the watchdog Of the United
States Treasury" and Senator Kerr
as the man who wasn't"
"I got up and told them there
has been more Government
money spent in the State of Vir-
ginia than any other State" Sen
ator Kerr recalls. "And said that
just as soon as I got it so that
more money was spent in Okla
homa than any other State
then I'd become the watchdog
of the treasury
Back in the days when Bob
Kerr was a struggling young law
yer and a new father, he was so
broke he made a deal with a
neighbor. The neighbor owned a
COW. For half the cows milk,
Senator Kerr fed and MIXED the
animal every day.
Today, he lives somewhat less
frugally. Besides the big ranch
house near Poteau, which cost
nearly 100000, which was built
largely to accommodate visiting
children and grandchildren and
in which the Senator has spent
only about 10 nights in the last
18 months. the Kerrs also own:
A mountain retreat across the
valley, big house in Virginia,
an apartment in Washington,
penthouse in Oklahoma City and
the Kerr fishing compound in the
Minnesota lakes region, which is
made up of five homes for the
Kerrs and each Of their married
children.
More recently, they have built
a motel in Poteau and a pent-
house apartment on top for them
selves. Mrs. Kerr, who cares little
for life in Washington, frequent
ly cooks in the motel kitchen, her
speciality being a rum sauce for
the apple pie baked by the wife
Of the Poteau mayor.
Presidential Bug
AS a politician, Bob Kerr rarely
has been accused Of being un-
realistic. The big exception was
1852 when he was stung by the
presidential bug, set up a log
cabin in the Chicago Convention
Hotel, spent thousands Of dollars
seeking the nomination and ran
well out of the money.
Today, Senator Kerr denies he
was unrealiStic. He was simply
playing the odds, he says. He had
one chance in so of winning as
the result Of a deadlock, he says,
and was assured Harry Truman
would leave the convention alone.
Had Mr.. Truman stayed out of it,
the Senator says, the ticket would
have been Alben Barkley and Bob
Kerr.
Today at 66. his presidential
Evening star., 1962-09-23
BY SAUL PETIT
Associated Press Staff Writer

Somewhere on the rocky road
to the New Frontier, the Senate
Of the United States acquired q
new wagon master.
Few men know the trails better
or can smell q water hole or am
bush faster. Few can get more
out of one bull whip or pack
more pork into one wagon or
shoot faster from the hip or COW
more Indians with q shotgun or
trinket or fix q wheel quicker
than Robert Samuel Kerr, the
rough, tough son Of Oklahoma
pioneers.
Kerr was born In Q log cabin.
He has climbed farther from
such humble real estate than any
member of Congress since Lin
coin, although their directions
may have differed. He is today
one of the most powerful mem
bers of the Senate and some even
call him its uncrowned king. He
is also its richest member and
most soaring orator.
"I ask no quarter and ! give
none," Senator Kerr said on the
Senate floor the other day, and
members on both sides Of the
aisle nodded grimly, lingering
scars.
Few, If any, members Of Gov
ernment these days receive more
solicitous attention from John F.
Kennedy than does big Bob Kerr
two men whose styles are as
dissimilar as a derringer and a
shotgun. The President needs
Senator Kerr. The Senator needs
the President. But the Oklahoma
Democrat is in a unique position.
He can, it seems, be either the
administrations best friend or
most effective enemy.
Mediocre Victory
1t was Senator Kerr who was
largely credited with defeating
the Presidents medicare bill (the
Senator has the final vote tally
framed on the wall of his office
along with fishing trophies). But
it was also Senator Kerr who was
chosen by the administration to
lead the fight for its tax and
trade bills.
Publicly, Senator Kerr modestly
disclaims the title of most power
full Senator. mo Senator controls
more than one vote" he says
and then, with a characteristic
talent for stirring a little arsenic
into a milky platitude, adds, "and
some don't even control that"
Privately, Senator Kerr is not
known to shrink from power. In
politics Cor oil or uranium or
aberdeen angus cattle or natural
gas) he is not geared to being
a silent junior partner. In poll
tics or gin rummy, he hates to
lose. And on the course he sets
for himself, he drives ahead with
d Uu41-OO11I1S SC14 CO4A4AdC1OCp WlAACA
once brought this appraisal from
the late Sam Rayburn:
Bob Kerr is the kind Of man
who would charge hell with a
bucket of water and believe he
could put it out"
The explanation Of Senator
Kerr's power lies in the commit
tee positions he holds and the
talents he brings to them.
He is the ranking Democrat on
the Senate Finance Committee
and since its chairman, Harry F.
Byrd, is so often anti-administra-
ton, the White House frequently
turns to Senator Kerr for help
there. He is chairman of the
Space Committee, which has han
died $3.7 billion worth of legisla-
ton. He is acting chairman of
the Public Works Co m mittee,
where it helps to have a friend
If you're a Senator who needs a
dam built or harbor dredged back
home, As the latter, he also sits
Evening star., 1962-09-23

nearer being worth $500,000 than
that suit of clothes does $85."
Another favorite Kerr tactic in
debate or in shaking a committee
witness is to reach innocently for
@ dictionary, examine q single
word used by the witness, read
aloud all IL definitions and then
linger devaStatingly on its most
ridiculous meaning. Also, he has
been known to interrupt scientists
with q disarming "I'm Just a sim
pie country boy" tactic.
Doctor" he'll say, looking
down over tri-focals, 1--WE never
had the benefit of q technical
scientific education Senator Kerr
did study and practice law in his
early days. nor have I been hand
icapped by one. Will you back
up now please and tell us what
you mean?"
In many ways, Bob Kerr is Just
as simple as any other country
boy who happened to accumulate
q fortune estimated between $35
million and $50 million, whose
companies have become the larg-
est deep-water oil drillers in the
world, own the largest single
uranium holdings in the United
States, operate the largest urani-
um refining mill, become the
third largest producer Of vanadi-
um in the United States and own
the worlds largest angus herd
(7000 head in which one-third
Of the romantic output of one
prize bull recently sold for $4,000.
It is the country boy in Senator
Kerr that rebels against formal
clothes. The only time he was
lassoed into q suit Of tails he
swore it was the last until II
die and I'm laid out and people
come by saying, Don't he look
natural?'"
Host to President
1t was the country boy in Kerr
that almost popped his vest but
tons when he played host last
year to President Kennedy at his
50,000-acre ranch near Poteau,
Okla, where the Kerr home
stretches 356 feet-longer than a
football field.
The car which transported the
President through these ceremo-
MES was a rented convertible
(Senator Kerr didn't happen to
have one in stock. Afterward, the
Senator bought the car for no
other reason than he could brag
about it having carried the Presi-
dent of the United States. Sena-
tor Kerr needed another car like
Newcastle needed more coal.
But it was no simple country
boy who was seen in intense con-
versation with the President on
the broad terrace near the clover
shaped pool. Mrs. Kerr, watch
ing from a distance, was over
heard to say: 81 don't know who's
got what or who wants what, but
I'm betting on Bob"
Ostensibly, the President had
come to Oklahoma to dedicate a
new highway, a purpose so urgent
he forgot to cut the ribbon after
making his speech. The real rea-
son for the visit. in the view Of
students Of horse-trading, was
something else.
President Kennedy, 1t is said,
needed Senator Kerr's support in
the Senate and in heavily Bap-
tist Oklahoma, which the Cath
olic President failed to carry while
Senator Kerr, an Ex-Governor, was
winning his third Senate term.
Senator Kerr, a devout, teetotaling
Baptist, who taught Sunday
school in Oklahoma City and
Washington until recently and
who still gives 80 per cent Of his
income to his church. is the un-
crowned cardinal Of Oklahoma
Baptists. In the 1860 campaign,
judging by Senator Kerr's speech
Evening star., 1962-09-23
Soviets' Contempt
For NeutroIs Shown

The next time they press the
West for an uninSpected mora
torium on nuclear testing, based
on hope that the Russians would
behave, the West could say, But
look what happened to q Thant."
The next time the neutralists
say. Let's not insist that the
Russians pay their q. N. dues; If
we look the other way, maybe
they'll volunteer" the West could
say. But look what happened to
U Thant."
Wonted U. N. Effective
Mr.. Thant's crime was essen
tally that he wanted the q. N. to
have real executive power. He diff
fered with the Kremlin on many
issues, but this was the overrid-
ing point.
He had scarcely finished saying,
this past week, that "all govern
>ments" he had visited, including
that of the Soviet Union, wanted
the y. N. to become a really effec-
tive instrument" when the Rus
slams proved it was not true.
They demanded that one Of
the principal veto7free organs of
the q. N.-the Secretariat be
shackled by the veto. They de-
manded in effect that the U.N. be
reduced to a mere debating
society, incapable of any action
on which East and West did not
agree.
This could be a bargaining
maneuver, an initial asking price
which conceals a less unsatisfac-
tory fall-back position. Even so, it
is a shabby reward for Mr.. Thant
that after serving the q. N. well,
he should now be made q bar
gaining pawn.
His reaction may be simply to
decline to run for reelection, &C
cepting political assassination. He
has said several times that un-
less he could be a bridge between
East and West, he would not want
the job.
Consistent Course
This would be his most consist
ent course. Having laid down in
front Of the Soviet armored car,
he logically should let himself be
, crushed If the car does not stop.
But there is Just q possibility
that, like the late Dag Hammar-
skiold, Mr.. Thant will refuse to
cooperate in producing the para
lizing constitutional crisis which
his withdrawal would bring. He
hinted as much this past week.
Evening star., 1962-09-23

dream well behind him, Senator
Kerr recalls that his futile bid
for the nomination cost "me and
my friends" a quarter Of mil
lion dollars but I've drilled dry
holes that cost me q lot more
from which I had less fun"
1T wasn't hard for me to get
over the presidential virus" he
says. MY father always used to
tell me, waste no effort watering
last years crop"
Crops Do Very Well
Today, Senator Kerr's crops
seem to do very well with little
watering by him. For example, he
bought the cattle ranch to d.
versify his interests, only to dis
cover oil and coal on the prop
erty. His several businesses take
little of his time because, as he
says, it's like q SNOWFALL coming
down q mountain: 80
IF you start the ball on the
right track so it can't hit q tree
or fall off bluff, it'll Just keep
gathering snow as 1t rolls" 100,
Senator Kerr is not shy about
his wealth. He freely admits to
ownership by himself and his
family of / million shares in his
parent company, Kerr MCGEE,
which at this writing are worth
about $35 million and return divi-
dends totalling 100000 a year.
He has frequently been Ques-
toned about the conflict-of-in-
terest principle. Any threat to cut
the oil depletion allowance brings
a loud roar from Senator Kerr,
whose critics have called him
"the Oklahoma guSher." In 1850,
he personally led the fight for a
bill to free independent natural
gas producers from Federal regu-
lation. He got the bill through
only to run into Truman veto.
Far from being defensive about
conflict of interest, Senator Kerr
today proudly wears "Kerr-Mc-
Gee Founder" button In his lapel.
while making his Senate rounds.
In his office, he also has framed
on the wall the vote tally sheet
on the gas bill along with q
handwritten tally in which he ac-
curately predicted every Senator's
vote.
Conflict of Interest"
MY opponents" he says, "ac-
cuse me of being a big rich oil
man and prove it on me every
time I run for office. The
only conflict Of interest that has
any significance for me would be
if my interest conflicted with the
interests of the people I repre-
sent"
Thus, he says, he votes against
any change in the oil depletion
allowance because Oklahomans
wouldn't have it any other way.
Thus, he continues, an oil State
sends an oil man to the Senate
while farm States elect farmers
and industrial States elect men
from business or labor. @
Every law Congress passes af-
fects some segment of our econo-
my. Every Senator and every
member of the House represents
one or more of our basic eco
nomic elements. That's what rep
resentative government is sup
posed to be. The sum total Of
these pressures working through
Congress is the catalyst that pro-
duces our laws.
I'm not ashamed Of it. I'm
proud of it. Economically, I live
in a glass house. People of Okla
homa know all about it. What I
don't tell them my opponents do.
They vote for or against me on
the basis of their interest not
mine. No member of the Senate
cares more about what his con-
stituents think or less about what
my Journalistic critics think than
I do"
"A
Evening star., 1962-05-16
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Evening star., 1962-05-16
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
HI AND LOIS
FREDDY
MRS. FITZ
THE BERRYs
MUTT AND JEFF
UNCLE CHARLIE
SCAMP
By WILLIAM MORRIS

Here's another Of our multi
ple-choice memory-ticklers. Try
to match the numbered word
with the lettered phrase clos.
est in meaning to it. You'll
find several tricky words. SC
don't be too much surprised il
you don't score 100 first time
around. Answers with pro-
nunciations) down below-but
don't peek.
/. Otalgia: (a) fond mem
ories; CD species Of wild flower
(c) earache.
2. Ostiary: (a) guardian o.
church doors: (b) land be-
tween two bodies of water; (c)
minor public official.
8. Otology: (a) science o.
weight-control; (b) study anc
care of the ear; (c) bird-watch.
ing.
Evening star., 1962-05-16

4. Ouija: (a) fortune-telling
device; (b) merry-go-round:
(c) oriental pasha.
5. Outage: (a) a charge for a
hack ride; (b) eligibility for
pension; (c) interruption for
repairs.
6. Outlier: (a) champion lie
teller; (b) chandelier; (c) rock
outcropping away from main
rock mass.
7 Overweening: (a) nursing
too long; (b) very conceited
(c) champing at bit. q
8. Orthoscopic: (a) giving fla
undisstorted image: (b) treat
ing diseases of bones; &c,
double-visioned.
8. Oscillation: (a) eating
good food; (b) rotating rapidly
(c) kissing.
10. Osmosis: (a) diffusion
Evening star., 1962-05-16
Wolf Disney

through membrane: CD an
cient Egyptian king; (c) kind
of hawk.
Answers: 1-c; ga; 3-b; 4-a;
Sc: &C; 7-b; 8-a; &c: 10-a.
Curious to learn how many
words you now know? William
Morris has a brand new self
scoring vocabulary test which
tells you the number Of words
in your present vocabulary
and helps you add more. Send
10 cents plus q sef-addresed
stamped envelope to William
Morris, VOCABULARY TEST
in care of this newspaper.
Evening star., 1962-05-16
my first caU!'

Karen is placing her first Long Distance call
for customer, maybe you.
It's pretty exciting experience. She has
recorded the necessary details preparatory to making
the call, referred to many of her helpful records at
hand and, thanks to all Of her training, everything
is going smooth as ciockwork.
Karen already understands why so many young
ladies enjoy being Telephone Operators.
It's one of the few jobs where girl really gets
the satisfaction of helping people.
Every call is new experience. New people
Evening star., 1962-05-16

to talk with and to help, new places to visit"
Well be following Karen's career in the weeks
to come-watching her enjoy the challenge of an
interesting job in modern, vital industry.
And, if you have the feeling that Karen and
you have lot in common, why not see about
becoming Telephone Operator yourself?
Our job counselors are located at the Employ
ment Office, 725 18th Street, N. W. between
G and H Streets).
And there's nothing these ladies like better than
chatting with girls like you.
Evening star., 1962-05-16

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Evening star., 1962-07-12
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

SUBSTITUTE: Pianist Jan
Paderewski was an avid
poker player.
Whenever he went on tour
in the United States, he
would take along with him in
his private railway car a
group Of friends who were
equally devoted to the game.
They played nonstop until
the tour was over.
One night, after giving q
concert, Paderewski rushed
back to the car. AS usual, he
went to get a snack to carry
to the poker table.
AS he was cutting a piece
of cheese. he nicked a finger
of his right hand, drawing
blood. His companions gasped
in horror. This, to a pianist,
could spell disaster.
Good grief!" cried one.
do you think your playing
will be impaired?"
"Of course not" snapped
Paderewski impatiently. II
can deal with my left hand,
can't n"
Evening star., 1962-07-12
STOP KILLING YOURSELF
Necessary Rule:
Read the Label
By Or. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

possible that syphilis can be
spread by kissing? I have
heard that rumor, from q
supposedly reliable source
Mr.. K.
IT is NOT A RUMOR, but
a fact. When q person has
syphilis he can transmit 1t
to anyone he kisses.
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I had
my gallbladder removed q
few years ago, but I've been
in pain on and off since. Do
you think adhesions might
be the cause? Sincerely, Mrs.
D.
MORE LIKELY than that
is the presence Of o stone or
stones in the bile ducts. Has
this been investigated BY x
rays since the operation? I'm
sure your doctor won't refuse
consultation to get at the
cause Of your discomfort.
y =
Many patients, recovered
from an attack Of coronary
thrombosis, have q fear Of
returning to work. I know
one patient who had not re-
turned to his office at all
and it's now at least Is years
since he had his attack. This,
in spite Of all examinations
which proved that he should
have been back at work with
in three or four months. He
is an unusual case Of q cardi-
ophobe.
Studies over the past years
have shown that the coro-
nary patient is better off
back at work-if the doctor
says he Is ready for it.
(Bell Syndicate Festure)
DR.. Steincrohn's leGtlet,
"HoD to Be q Happy Hypo-
chondriGc." tDiH be mailed on
receipt OF q stamped, SELF
addressed envelope and 10
cents in coin for handling.
Address DR.. Steincrohn in
care of The Euenin0 Star.
Tomorrow: AthsroseIeEosis.
Evening star., 1962-07-12
THE GOLDEN YEARS
Where Will You Put
Your Life Sovinos7

to scare the daylights out Of
us.
The stock market has been
kind to nearly everybody for
the last 10 years. But lately it
wasn't. Nobody can know
when it will be or won't.
The second case:
"I got to retirement In
March Of 1861. We owned q
house worth $4,000. We had
$4,000 in a savings account at
the bank paying 21a per cent
interest and $3,100 In o saw
ings and loan paying 4 per
cent.
I'VE were going to buy q
trailer and head south. Our
retirement income came to
only $182 q month and
$4,000 housing was too rich
for an old couple with that
kind of income.
I'VE got a trailer that
suited us for $4,700, leaving
$4,000 from the sale Of the
house. We took $4,000 Of
that, the $4,000 from the
bank, and the $500 from
the S&L for q total of
$15,300. Then we put $4,000
Of it in one savings and loan
association at az per cent
interest and $500 in an
other. We wanted federally in
Sured association and &C
counts are insured only up to
$4,000.
"The Az per cent interest
from our SIS, 800 came to $57
a month. It wouldn't vary. 1t
wouldn't decline. It was in
sured for safety. The $57 add
ed to our $182 pension gave
us handsome living in our
paid-for trailer. :"
But the $239 per month
might buy half as much in q
few years as it buys now If
initiation repeats its act Of
the last Is years.
All Of which means that
nobody really knows for sure
what you should do with your
retirement savings. So use
your own Judgment. But lean
toward the safe side.
General Features Corp.l
The Golden Years Appears Thursday,