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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28
Zorin Out

It seems plausible assumption that
the Kremlin, in relieving Valerian Zorin
of his duties as chief Soviet delegate to
the United Nations, has taken step
deSigned-at least in part-to soften the
effects of the acute embarrassment Suf-
fered by himself and the USSR in the
Cuban crisis.
This embarrassment, Of course, was
not a thing he brought upon himself
through some initiative of his own.
(Adlai Stevenson, thinking back to his
speech dealing with the bombings in
Cuba just prior to the Bay of Pigs affair,
may feel a certain sympathy for Mr..
Zorin.) Actually, the Soviet representa-
tive was simply the victim of sudden
switch in the signals called by his SUI
periors in Moscow. With all sorts of
upSide-down Communist logic and fer
vor, he had been fatty denying and ridi-
culing American charges in the U. N.
that Soviet missile bases were being built
in Cuba. But then, suddenly, in what
would have been a moment of almost
unbearable modification for anybody
representing free nation, he had the
rug pulled from under him. In effect,
his words were branded as false by no
less a person than Nikita Khrushchev,
the biggest man in the hierarchy Of the
USSR.
In these circumstances 1t is alto
gether understandable that the Kremlin
has decided to name Nikolai Fedorenko,
a Far Eastern expert and until recently
MoScow'S ambassador to Tokyo, to be
chief delegate to the U. N. Certainly,
after having been caught in a tangle
of Soviet deceit, and after that deceit
had been acknowledged by Mr.. Khru-
Shchev himself, Deputy Foreign Min
lister Zorin could hardly continue to
serve effectively in either the General
Assembly or the Security Council. In
deed, with his lost personal prestige,
and with the great shadow cast on his
veracity, his continued presence in the
United Nations would be constant re-
minder to many members Of the USSRs
duplicity.
Regarded by some "Kremlinologists"
as a "hard-line" Soviet diplomat, Mr..
Zorin has impressed his Western coun-
terparts with his ability, and with a
capacity for flashes of geniality that
have made him a not unattractive fig
ure. Although he has been given the
hook as far as the U. N. is concerned,
he may we'll be heard from again, and
in an even more important Soviet
position.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28
Opera Society in Trouble

1t will be an ironic tragedy II the
effort to launch the Cultural Center re-
suits in the killing off Of cultural activ-
tiles which the center is designed to
house. The other day we lamented the
National Symptoms financial ills. Now
comes word that the Opera Society Of
Washington has suffered such loss Of
collections - apparently as an indirect
result of the center drive-that 1t is in
serious danger Of dying at the end Of
the current season.
1t is inconceivable, of course, that
any such thing should be allowed to
happen. Through six seasons, now, the
Opera Society has given this commu-
nifty cultural experiences of the most
genuine sort, experiences which still
echo fondly in the minds ear. There
have been 76 performances Of "a operas.
In such productions as the Pelleas and
Melisande Of 1869, Mozart's Marriage OF
Figaro in 1860 and last years brilliant
Carmen, the local group has established
itself solidly in the front rank Of
American opera companies And this
is a tangible, going achievement, not
an architects rendering.
An expensive pleasure dome for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28
We'll Played

1t is no longer news" when Aus
tralia wins, or retains, the Davis Cup,
that respected symbol Of international
tennis supremacy. 1t has done so again,
for It's 18th victory in this blue-ribbon
event in the last 10 years, and for the
18th time since the competition began
in 1900.
But there was certain newsworthy
aspect about this years final round at
Brisbane because the challenge was be-
ing made by a pair of confident young
Mexicans, Rafael Osuna, "a, and An
tonic Palafox, 20. This was the first
time that our neighbors south OF the
Rio Grande had survived the months
of earlier tests to do battle with the
defending champions. It was by neither
fluke nor default that the Mexicans
reached the challenge round. They
looked only year away from 1t in 1861
and they proved their right this year to
be on the Brisbane courts. II was good
show-and well played" is due both
the Aussies and the Mexicans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28
Give Me Your Tired

Although one hesitates to impute a
humanitarian motive to Fidel CaStro's
freeing of Cuban refugees, the happy
fact is that 921 of them have been
permitted to join their relatives, the
Bay of Pigs invasion prisoners, in start
ing new life in this country.
Badly in need Of anything of prop
uganda value, Mr.. Castro called the
refugee liberation christmas bonus"
he threw in with the release Of the
prisoners. Bonus indeed Very few of
the fugitiveS got off their island with
more than the clothes they wore, as
militiamen Systematically stripped them
of their personal possessions, not to
mention their homes.
What the diSillusioned Mr.. Castro
is really thinking, only he could say.
However, on the island there are those
who believe he may be seeking to re-
coup lost prestige by backing away
from the close ties with Soviet Russia,
and hoping to restore the hero-wor-
Shipping status he once enjoyed among
his people.
That, of course, would appear to be
a lost cause, and nothing could show
it more plainly than the eagernesS
with which the refugees sacrificed their
homes to escape the economic chaos
and tyranny that has shattered Cuba.
At least another 1000 persons are said
to be waiting an opportunity to make
the same break, should Mr.. Castro
offer another BONUS" And even more
welcome would be a decision to release
the % Americans now held as political
prisoners.
Until that certain day when the
Pearl of the Antilles will shine again,
this country will open its heart to those
who enter its southern portal, even as
the Statue of Liberty Symbolizes: "Give
me your tired, your poor, your huddled
masses yearning to breathe free"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28
Washington Wall

Many pictures and words
have been used 10 describe
the Berlin Wall. but no one
seems 10 notice the Wash
ington Wall.
Stretched across Pennsyl-
vania avenue. midway be-
tween the Capitol and the
White House. this wall is in
deed q formidable fortress.
1t is built the same as the
Infamous Berlin Wall. but
the Washington Wall has
three escape tunnels marked
Finance, Rules and Appro-
priations. Huddled on the
Capitol side OF the Wall are
many prisoners seeking 10 es-
cape through the tunnels 10
West Washington. and three
brave citizens have been shot
as they tried 10 reach the
gateways TO liberty.
Lying In front OF the APP
preparations Gate is Relief
for Retired Employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28
Help the Birds

My concern for the welfare
OF the wild birds has prompt
ed me to ask for a little space
In your interesting column TO
remind the friends OF our
feathered guests that their
maintenance and welfare Is
most important at this sea-
son OF the year, and will be
well repaid by their natural
elimination OF plant-destroy-
ing insects when our gardens
are developed In the spring
and summer. Aside from the
profit" Of catering 10 the
birds, the most colorful spe-
cies remain with us all win
ter, such as cardinals. blue
jays, woodpeckers, titmice
and chicadees. and quail.
The heavy snow poses a
hardship for these creatures.
since they cannot get food by
foraging among the grasses
for seeds, but the soft-billed
birds like mockinpbirds and
woodpeckers enjoy the beef
suet which the butcher gladly
gives. and are grateful for the
cornpones which the house,
keeper has made from some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28
A BOOK FOR TODAY
Portrait of framed IndustrioIist
By DONALD MINTZ

can industry copied; that he
talked, practiced, and popu-
larized mass production and
selling at the lowest possible
cost. long before these ideas
were attributed to Henry
Ford; that he either formu-
lated or borrowed from others
and first successfully applied
on a large scale the concepts
of the load and diversity fac
tors (on which all utility
rates are basedl the natural
non op oily principle. the
open-end mortgage used in
financing expansion. and rig
orous cost accounting. :"
There Is more; the list Of In
Sull's contributions to mod
ern, industrial society goes
on and on. -
IN WORKING OUT his
picture Of insult as man and
businessman, Prof. McDon-
aid has had access to many
private sources. He has used
them diligently and inter-
preted them as he saw fit.
His only concessions consist
in preserving the anonymity
Of some Of the people he in
terviewed and in one case, a
general description Of an
event he would avowedly have
preferred to relate In some
detail.
insult" is intended to be
definitive and it is. though
students Of finance must bear
in mind that it is a biography,
not a corporate history.
Yet there is a disturbing
note. Prof. Mcdonald Is a
dispaSsionate historian and
indeed he should be. But the
almost doctrinaire moral rel
ativism Of the book does irri-
tate from time to time. It
may have been the practice,
1t may have been merely good
business. Nevertheless, the
negotiation of something like
a sophisticated sweetheart
contract. the staging Of mock
political battles whose out
come Is known in advance
no. things like this cannot be
accepted without even the
slightest hint OF value judg-
ment.
The effect of Prof. Nc
Donald's dispassion is per-
haps not quite what he in
tended. The reader finds
himself accepting the objec-
tionable not merely as given
(Which he must), but as all
right. It is soothing. and one
must be on guard.
This is the sole reservation,
and 1t is possible TO argue
that 1t is irrelevant. other
wise. insult" is a fine work
Of both history and biography.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28
Cold Wind From the HimuIuyus
LETTERS TO THE STAR

old meal which has gone bug
gy during the summer; rail-
sins and scraps Of prunes are
also appreciated. Any unused
or uneaten scraps from the
dinner table are welcome, in
which case I place them in
the feeders away from the
reach Of my big airedale.
Those of us who are for
tunate enough to live in the
suburbs can enjoy the great
est. show on earth" If we will
cater to our feathered friends.
Miss Ora Earle Cook,
1870 Woodland Terrace,
Mclean, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28
THE PASSING SCENE
Wary Optimism to Greet New Year
BY WILLIAM S. WHIT

gerous Illusion that 1t always
really was.
Looking back upon the old
year, the transcendent fact is
that this was the year in
which President Kennedy
freed himself Of those coun-
sells of timidity within his
own administration which
had threatened to cornpro-
mise his leadership Of the
free world.
A New Kennedy
Cuba was the great water
shed. When at last he stood
up all the way there, he not
only forced q Communist
withdrawal, he also came
fully into power as a truly
decisive President - decisive
not alone in this country, but
also within the western
alliance. "s
It is therefore a reasonably
safe prediction that in this
role he will be a strong and
forceful executive in 1868.
Certainly he will be no less If
he now rids his administra-
tons foreign policy OF the
past undue interference OF
the United Nations-which,
though an excellent instru-
ment in some ways, is not
and never can be capable Of
guarding the ultimate inter-
ests of this or any other
great world power. -.
AS to domestic policies,
there are few signs, If any,
that in the year to come the
President will cease paying
so much heed to the en-
fevered demands" Of the
Democratic left wing for
various debatable domestic
reforms. The domestic poll
tics Of the administration
pretty largely is run on the
theory that the urban pres
sure groups are its indispens-
able allies, and so must be
placated at practically every
turn. -.. ....
In short, 1868 should be a
pretty good year on the great,
overmastering issue Of our
time, the cold war. But it Is
not likely to be so good q
year to those who wish we
could put first things first
and forget about innovations
in this Nation until its place
in the world is made abSo-
lutely secure.
(Copyright, 1892
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28

manned by an S0-year-old
Cannon from Missouri, and
before the Finance Gate and
Rules Gate lie the PROSTATE
forms of Education and Med
icare, killed by two anti
quated Virginians hiding in
an apple tree near the Wall.
In the sewer under the
Wall is David Lawrence at
his typewriter Syndicating
anti-Kennedy ammunition to
the three vets, while on the
flag flying over the Wall we
read the slogan of the three
snipers, "They Shall Not
Pass!"
r. r Clark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28

Washington ends the old
year with still lively memo
ries Of a recent escape from
imminent and infinite peril,
in the Cuban crisis, and with
reasonable confidence that
the new year may bring some
easing in cold war tensions
all around the world.
It would be quite wrong to
present the atmosphere as
one of glad optimism. But it
would be equally wrong not
to take note that 1868 APP
proaches in the company Of
fewer birds Of ill-omen than
could be readily espied as
1862 approached IL months
ago.
In this hemisphere, our Sc
curity Is still far from total.
The Soviet backdown in Cuba
has neither deposed Fidel
Castro nor ended his capac-
ity for trouble-making in
Latin America. But Castro
ism, though not yet uprooted,
has been to a large ex-
tent, genuinely isolated. And
an unexpected result has
ste m m e d from President
Kennedy's decision to risk
nuclear war as the alterna-
tive to an entrenched Soviet
missile base in the Caribbean.
Most of the Latin Ameri-
can countries which so long
had urged a soft line upon us
in our efforts to deal with
Castro are now more nearly
in the hard-line camp. They
could at least understand the
harsh logic Of those Soviet
missiles, capable of being
pointed toward Central and
South as well as North
America.
Neutralism Proved PeriIOus
In Southeast Asia 1862 has
brought no victory as such,
but it has arrested commu-
nism's march. Moreover, the
Chinese Communist invasion
Of neutralist India-plus
good, tough diplomacy by the
United States and Britain to
compel India to deal reason
ably in her old border dispute
with pro-Western Pakistan-
may well have signaled the
end Of neutralism as an eff
fective force in this world.
For through its own princi-
pal apostle, India, neutralism
has now been proved the dan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28

Q. How did the five Sulli-
van brothers die In World
War ZIP IN. u.
A. The cruiser UsS Juneau
was torpedoed on November
10. l942. during the Battle
Guadalcanal. She broke In
two and went down In less
than a minute. taking all
but 10 Of her crew OF 700
men. The Sullivan boys we're
George T., Francis H.. Jo-
seph E.. Madison A.. and Al
bert l.. They we're the sons
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas r.
Sullivan Of Waterloo. Iowa.
A destroyer. The Sullivans,
was named for them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28
Strife in Fairfax

SAo . 4CoAdC1lJ Va 4 Gal A0A
County, as q parent Of school
age children, and as a per-
son with a normal amount
of interest in my fellow man,
I note with ever increasing
dismay, the continuation Of
mistakes, namecalling. re-
ordinations. and privately
motivated" reasons that Keep
the School Board" issue
alive In our county.
1t would seem to me that
enough damage has been
done already to the county
educational system. If one
relied only on newspaper re-
ports, it would seem that the
County Supervisors are more
interested in the depth of
concrete in gym floors" than
they are in the depth of ed
ucation for the children Of
the county. 1t might also
seem that the ex-school
board members were fired"
for failure to "knuckle I'M
der" to their bosses" I'm
sure that neither of these
conclusions is entirely true
but I'm also sure that many
people in our county are con-
WINGED that these and other,
more dangerous, conclusions
are equally true. This Is the
key to the real damage that
has been done.
I happen to be one Of those
people that feel that the
supervisors have acted un-
wisely. ! do not believe that
they were fully unjustified,
however. ! am confident that
the real fault lies in the
system that allows school
board members to serve at a
supervisors pleasure" This
system is archaic, inefficient,
politically centered, and GER
tainly not in the best in
terest of education. It makes
long range educational plan
ming impossible, it defeats
high morale for employees, it
makes impossible good ad-
ministration. and it turns
over the direction of the
school system to politicians
elected to another" office.
In spite Of my personal
feelings I would like to Of
fer the following proposals
for consideration:
/. All sides and factions
Immediately stop fighting
each other and combine to
find a solution Of the basic
problems. 2. The supervisors
should initiate whatever le-
gal steps that are necessary
to place before the people a
request for their direction as
to the basic relationship be-
tween the supervisors and the
school board. 8. All county
groups, civic, P.T.A., service.
ETC., should discuss thor
oughly the preceding proposal
and make every effort TO &C
quaint the voter with all the
facts. 4. The Fairfax Edu-
cation Association should be
encouraged by all members
of the county to provide lead
ership and direction for mat
tiers concerning education. 5
Finally. let's all do whatever
is necessary to provide the
type of school board, school
administration. teachine
staff, and school system that
will provide our children the
best possible education and
which win be free from in
reference that is not war.
ranted or not constructive.
Apparently no one is en-.
tirely without fault in thii
sorry mess. but TO continue
along the line 1t seems u
be taking. the eventual out
come will result In damage
TO the school. the county. oul
children, and even some pol
iticians."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28

performing arts is all very well in its
place, which is long way in the future.
But unless there are live cultural insti-
buttons to make 1t their home, those
marble halls are going to be very empty
indeed. Let's have our Cultural Center,
by all means. But first let's be sure that
institutions like the Opera Society do
not lack the support they must have
right now to survive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28
Way of Life

As we travel the road of
life with its joys and sor-
rows-and the new-and as
we get older and realize we
are timed TO end our Jour-
ney upon earth-to begin a
new adventure In the great
beyond, there stands forth q
guiding light that Is strong,
powerful and able 10 give men
solace and peace under ell
circumstances.
This light is the spirit Of
Christ" This legacy OF the
"Prince of Peace" - 10 all,
II accepted-will enable them
10 live their time on earth
In the best possible way with
friendship and love"
Albert bruce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSG-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28
In Lieu of Taxes

President Kennedy is I'M
questionably right in stating
that Congress should bear
responsibility in part" for
the Districts inability to
meet the needs of all its
citizens. Because of its tax
exempt status the Federal
Government makes a pay
ment in lieu Of taxes to the
District of Columbia, which
represents only q small por-
ton Of the taxes which would
be collected If this Federally
owned land were fully subject
to taxation. Insofar as the
Federal payment in lieu Of
taxes is below the revenue
which this land would bring
in If it were not tax exempt,
to that extent are the Dis
trict taxpayers substituting
the Federal establishment.
Although the Federal Gov
eminent is the largest tax
exempt Landowner in the
District, the District Is sad
died with an unusually large
number of tax-exempt pri
vately owned parcels of real
estate. These owners are
non-profit institutions such
as churches, educational and
research organizations, foun-
dations, veteran organiza-
tons, etc. In total, these
holdings are extensive and Of
substantial value. The failure
Of these organizations to pay
taxes or a payment in lieu
Of taxes makes them just as
responsible as the Federal
Government for the Districts
inability to meet the needs
Of all its citizens.
Every private tax-exempt
organization should do some
serious soul-searching with
the view toward making some
contribution in lieu Of taxes
In recognition Of police, fire
and other services provided
by local government. Those
organizations which are H.
nancially well established
should take the initiative ir
making such contributions
The newer and less finan-
cially capable organizations
should make such contribu-
tons as are within their
means with the eventual goa
Of reaching full participation
when financially capable Of
doing so.
Tax exemption may have Q
basis In law but not In con-
science-not as long as hui
man want and deprivation
exist among the District'i
underprivileged.
Sidney Hatkln.