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Evening star., 1962-12-26

The biggest event in the
Government here after the
holiday season is unquestion-
ably the coming battle in
Congress.
President Kennedy cam
paigned hard in September
and october and called on
the voters to increase the
Democratic majority in both
houses. He failed to get his
wish.
The after-election declara-
tions by the Democrats that
they had swept the country
gave the impression that Mr..
Kennedy had won. But often
the actual facts of what hap
pened and the impressions
the American people derive
from reading partisan state
ments are not the same.
So the comments recently
made by the President him
self become more pertinent,
as evidently he himself has
no illusions about the out
come of the congressional
elections.
Now that there has been
time to digest what really
happened, 1t is interesting
to examine what the Presi-
dent himself said on two oc-
casions to newsmen in his
size-up of the election. In
the first comment at a press
conference on November 20,
Mr.. Kennedy said in answer
to a question asking him
what effect the election
HllgnC nave on MS program
In the next Congress:
We'll, I think we probably
will be in a position some
what comparable to what we
we're in for the last two years.
We did better than we had
hoped in the election, but
we still did not pick up seats,
and we lost in one-a num-
Der of votes by very close
margins, particularly in the
House.
1T really will depend on
Evening star., 1962-12-26

are an outgrowth Of the India
China border conflict. British
and American intercession led
to the conference after PAX
istan had expressed strong con-
cern lest Western arms aid to
India in the China dispute be
used against Pakistan over
Kashmir.
Pakistan and India have been
feuding over the old princely
state of KaShmir almost since
their independence from British
rule in l947. Fighting that
ended in 1949 left India in pos
session of two-thirds of Kash-
mfrs $4,000 square miles, in
cluding fertile valleys. PAX
istan held the remainder,
mostly mountains.
Kashmir has been demanding
ever since that a plebiscite be
held to decide whether Kashmir
should join India or Pakistan.
India refused to permit a vote,
maintaining that Kashmir is
an integral part Of India. The
states population is predom-
inantly Moslem and in a pleb-
iscite probably would vote to
join Pakistan.
Price Minister Nehru sought
yesterday to clear the air for
the talks by saying in New
Delhi that he has not offered
a confederation with Pakistan.
though some kind Of link could
be considered. An American
interviewer recently quoted Mr..
Nehru as suggesting confedera-
ton. This angered Pakistan,
which has long suspected that
India wants to re-abSorb 1t.
The Indian delegation for
the talks is headed by Railway
Minister Sardir Swaran Singh.
Pakistan President Ayub Khan.
who was touring East Pakistan,
returned to the capital to pro-
vide guidance to his delegation.
Evening star., 1962-12-26
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

The difference between the Eisenhower and Kennedy
administrations all the difference between water and sand
Palm Springs-and Palm Beach.
Fellow who listened to the radio all through holidays
has concluded they invented Christmas for Bing Crosby
Peace Corps Boss Shrver he may for Governor
Of Illinois day. Or they actually get this domestic
Peace Corps thing going, he may simply for
Economy DEAL One mother says she has to pay the
kids to be good but their father is good for nothing
JFK has but two choices in 1854. He can either run
on his recorder Vaughn Meader's.
Saddest man this holiday is the fellow who voted
for Nixon bet against the Supreme Cour-and
tried to send Christmas card to Chester Bowes at the
last known address.
Evening star., 1962-12-26
His Comments Contradict Democrats
Claiming Victory in Congress Races

whether we can maintain a
good deal Of unity in the
Democratic Party and also
whether we receive some as
sistance from some Repub-
licans. If the Republicans
vote unanimously against us
and we lose 40-odd Demo-
, Gratis. about one-fifth of our
number, then we will have
difficulty, If we get the kind
of Republican support that
we got at the beginning of
last year in the rules fight,
then we can put some of
these important programs
through.
80 / think we have to
wait until they come back
before we can make a judg-
ment, and we may be in
about the position we were
In the last two years"
In his December II con-
versation on television with
three radio-TV newsmen on
the major networks, the Pres
ident again was asked to
measure the chances for sig
nificant success domestically
in the Congress just ahead.
He replied:
We'll, I think we will be
about in the same position as
the last two years. AS ! say,
what we have that is con-
troversial will be very closely
contested"
Mr.. Kennedy was then
asked If the complexion of
the House hadn't changed q
little bit by the shifts. The
transcript shows this an
SWer:
IT would say slightly
against us more than 1t was.
We are not in quite as good
shape as we were for the last
two years, but we are about
where we were the last two
years, which means that
every vote will be three or
four votes either way, win
ming or losing"
The outstanding fact, of
Evening star., 1962-12-26
ERIC SEVARElD
RedeveIopment Plan for the u. S

also enjoy the luxury Of ask
ing unanswerable questions,
and so some of us raise the
plaintive query as to why
America insists on a compre--
hensive national development
plan In those countries re-
ceiving our aid, while refuS-
ing even to consider a rede-
velopment plan for the head
quarters country on whose
order and well-being the re-
cipient nations depend.
Various individuals and
groups within the establish
ment" make a try from time
to time. A presidential group
submitted an overall long
range plan to rationalize the
morass Of our transportation
facilities. Rather, they threw
1t up for grabs, and nobody
grabbed. Senator Claiborne
Pell has proposed a multi
State pooling Of power and
resources to make railroading
work in the stifled and
glutted Northeastern States.
The hard-headed Committee
for Economic Development
has come forward with a a.
scheme for the massive re-
adjustment" of agriculture,
which would mean, over a
five-year period, the elimins
ton of 21a million farm
units.
And every Congressman
must know in his heart that
all these things must be done
If America in the immediate
future is not to become a
dizzying Disneyland Of cla-
NOR, crowding, waste and, for
millions, sheer wretchedneSs.
(All Rights Reserved.)
Evening star., 1962-12-26

OIlueT TIE ndSJIledu, fd-
triot," Mr.. Menon will try TO
prove himself one, refuting the
charges against him and pre-
sumably uttering much the
same sentiment as has been
the core Of his speeches In re-
cent weeks. II he does, Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru will
be militantly praised and any
body who dares criticize his
policies roundly denounced.
There will be an undertone OF
anti-Western bias and a subtle.
almost indistinguishable appeal
TO such latent Indian weak
nesses as fear Of Pakistan on
religious grounds. Invective
will be hurled at China, while
the Russian brand OF commu-
nism. and especially Premier
Khrushchev, will be warmly
eulogized.
To insure that people buy
and read II. Patriots" l6-page
tabloid formal will contain a
rich diet OF crime and emo
tion-stirring stories. In con-
trast TO the four staid English
language dailies already being
published In Delhi. II will have
a flamboyant makeup. under
lining It's drum-beating banners
with slashes Of red and green.
Early Effort Failing
Whether a new newspaper,
hostile 10 the West and oper-
ating fairly openly as n Com
munist apologist, can find an
audience In New Delhi at pres
ent remains doubtful.
A previous experiment by
Mr.. Menon and his friends, a
weekly loosely modelled after
Time magazine, has not been
Evening star., 1962-12-26
Alliance Urged to Deal With GIut
Of Farms, yobIessness, Social SprowF

bankrupt the railroads, the
form Of passenger transit of
which we now have desper-
ate need;
We have developed, with
out plan or purpose, the mon
strous social sprawl called
the megalopolis. which is
neither city nor country and
is governed by up to a hun
dred overlapping units of gov
ernment, which is to say that
the communities are not gov
erned at all but merely ad-
ministered;
We have allowed millions
Of our poorest, most unskilled
people to drift from the
South and concentrate, out
Of the need for human COM
panionship, in the Harlems
of the country, where relief
and schooling facilitie s
break down, tensions build up
alarmingly and jobs for the
young are not to be found.
With the swelling number
of the unskilled at one end
and the spread of automa-
tion at the other, we are
now confronted with what
looks very much like the GER
tainty of permanent unem-
ployment for several million
Americans, this side of a vast
public works program - but
such a program, of course,
would mean planning, and
planning is a dirty word for
the eight months of the year
Congress sits.
Those who enjoy the lux
ury of offering free advice
Evening star., 1962-12-26
ERIC SEVAREID

Since we enjoy in this
space the ultimate luxury
of giving free advice, we may
as we'll luxuriate to the limit
and propose what is shock
ingly obvious-an Alliance for
Progress for the misdeveloped
people of the United States.
We won't call 1t a five-year
plan because that carries
overtones of fur hats, COM
munal kitchens and maSsed
choirs singing official odes to
the beloved bulldozer.
1t will have to be an al
lance Of Federal, State and
local governments, universi-
ties. foundations and all other
major sectors of that sprawl
ing entity now called the
American establishment"
the general repository of
money, brains and power.
For 20 years the American
people have been carried
blithely and heedlessly for
ward, sideways and backward
on the swelling tide of war
spending and the happy, hec-
tic sellers market of a world
starved for the good-and
bad things Of life.
The party is over. Now
comes the hangover, and we
focus our bloodShot eyes to
discover that:
We have at least twice as
many farms as we need, with
chronic insecurity for most
farmers and a malignant tu-
tumor in the Federal budget;
We have too many airlines,
which are now facing bank
ruptcy after having helped
Evening star., 1962-12-26

Retired Gen. K. M. Cariappa
said yesterday that Chinese
soldiers dressed like Monpa
tribesmen are being left be-
hind to "contaminate" the
minds Of the tribes. Gen. Carl
appa recently visited Indian
headquarters.
The Indian army has not yet
re-entered mountain areas
from which they we're driven
by he Chinese, but some civil
administrators have returned.
Evening star., 1962-12-26
He Draws SoIoce From Laos and Tito,
But Bemouns Cuba and Stronq Europe

setback, though not as hu-
initiating as the Cuban af-
fair. And the firm alliance
of these two countries is
augmented by their spectacu-
lar economic growth in the
face Of the total failure Of
Communist blessings in Rus
sia as well as Of economic
progress in her satellites.
Mr.. Khrushchev Is a realist,
and maybe he has even re-
sorted to the greatest trea-
son to communism and
prayed that by mental telep-
athy the New Frontier in
Washington will not divine
his realistic thoughts. The
great power of the United
States remains forever a
nightmare to him. And should
Washington realize his Gu
ban bluff in its fullest, and
Evening star., 1962-12-26
RED AGENTS
CHARGED

NEW DELHI, India, Dec. 26
(AP).-One Of India's leading
military figures has warned
that the Chinese Communists
are leaving undercover agents
behind as they withdraw from
Northeast India under their
one-sided cease-fire proclama-
ton.
Evening star., 1962-12-26

ROME.-As the year draws
to its end one can well pic
ture Nikita Khrushchev in
his vast office in the ornate
Kremlin unhappily taking
stock of 1862 and not daring
to share his thoughts with
any of his pals. Not all his
great plans turned out so
well. and there are ugly ru-
mors that some of his coll
leagues have their eye on his
job as q result.
What started out as the
most promising year in a
decade Of cold war turned
out to be a disappointment,
and disappointments in the
Kremlin easily become in
ternal cold wars. True
enough, Khrushchev gained
a sizable victory in Laos when
a coalition government was
set up there and the coun-
try became officially "neu-
trail" But the Cuban affair
was different. Some
body slammed the door when
the cake was in the oven
and the cake fell.
Poor Khrushchev can say
q thousand times that Cuba
was a victory for sanity"
but he can't fool his pals.
Moscow has been forced to
remove the missiles and H.
% bombers-at least most Of
them-from the Caribbean
island, and any spectacular
retreat like that Is not good.
Perhaps in his private talks
explaining his booboo in
Cuba, Khrushchev points to
the fact that puppet Fidel
Castro is still well ensconced,
but this doesn't go down too
we'll. Russian military men
don't care for such extreme
craftsmanship as Mr.. KS.
Khrushchev obtained some
solace In his new-found
friend, Marshal Tito, who
gave hearty approval to the
new policy Of broad smiles
toward Washington. A direct
hot line" telephone between
the Kremlin and the White
House might help; friendly
chit-chats with the Presi-
dent can prove his theory
that coexistence is the best
policy. And Khrushchev en-
joys the myth that wars can
be accidental, which has
taken root In Washington.
But he himself knows bet
ter than that. Since his new
policies exuding good will are
acceptable until the time
comes TO change his smiles
TO frowns, there is no rea-
son why he should not take
advantage OF the gullibility
OF his opponents.
But Europe 49, there's the
rub. France and Germany are
the biggest headache; every
thing has gone wrong for the
Kremlin. France has emerged
after many months OF in
ternal fighting as the para
mount power In Europe. The
French people, tired OF the
antics OF the selfish politi-
clans, took the opportunity
offered them by De Gaulle
and voted them out of power.
Gone are all the little politi-
cal parties which kept France
a weakened and hopeless
country and provided such
delightful troubled waters for
Moscow 10 fish in.
For q short few weeks II
looked as though Chancellor
Adenauer's Germany might
fall apart. But even this hope
was dashed. The old Chancel-
lor pulled his government to-
gether after the Spiegel cri-
sis, and that old enemy Of
Soviet Russia remains strong
But what is even worse
for the Khrushchev 1862
score Is the friendship and
unity OF purpose between
France and Germany brought
about by Europe's two old
men. II is, probably groans
the Kremlin boss, the worst
n
Evening star., 1962-12-26
Indians Visit Pokiston
For Talks on Koshmir

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Dec. 26 (AP).-An eight-man
Indian delegation arrived today to negotiate for settlement
of the 5yearod Kashmr dispute The conference to-
morrow.
In New Delhi, Indian Foreign office spokesman en-
phaszed precondions which
Evening star., 1962-12-26
Friends Start Paper
For Writings Of Menon

successful. After several years
of operation its circulation re-
mains a meager 1000, half of
which is Bought by the De-
Tense Ministry for distribution
in army mess halls. OF new
Defense Minister Y. B. Cha
van decides to cancel this diet
of leftiSt propaganda for his
troops, which was ordered by
his predecessor. it would brop-
ably put the weekly magazine
out of business)
The newspaper venture ap-
parently has the tacit approval
OF Prime Minister Nehru, as
the Indian government has
agreed to allow "Patriot"
enough Of its hard to get
newsprint to publish up to TO-
600 copies daily the first six
month. Mr.. Menon has always
been Prime Minister Nehru's
counter balance to the con-
servative elements in his gov
ernment.
With the Indian political
right demanding a firmer al
lance with the West and in
creased emphasis on private en-
terprise, Mr.. Nehru apparent
ly still feels the need for
strong support from the left.
Yet even with a daily forum
for his opinions In New Delhi,
Mr.. Menon will be far from
retrieving his political fortunes.
In almost every village In In
dia, he still Is held personally
responsible for mot seeing our
boys had guns and ammuni-
ton" Then he is bitterly OPP
posed by most Indian leaders
both In and out Of the ruling
Congress party.
Cancels One Speech
On a recent speaking trip to
Bombay, fear Of a hostile crowd
forced him TO cancel one
speech, although he later ad-
dressed an audience OF almost
10000. Bombay observers say
he still has some strength In
the factory laborers constitu-
ency which placed him In par
Lament last year by a large
majority after Mr.. Nehru per-
sonally campaigned for him.
Most Of Patriots" staff will
be Communist party members,
former Communists or fellow
travellers, and Mr.. Menon will
be identifying himself more
openly with the extreme left
than he has ever cared 10 do
In the past.
What Mr. Menon has 10 say
In Patriot" will be less signif-
icant than whether anyone will
listen. Now that he no longer
can exercise what many have
called a Rasputin like influ-
ence at the Prime Minister'S
residence, there is widespread
doubt In India whether he still
has the credentials TO write as
q patriot at all.
Evening star., 1962-09-28

Vic vento come the stars and
nobIewomen and Unite d
States tourists. Mrs. Lyndon
b. Johnson used Ewes hair
dressers during her recent trip
to Rome. And the ex-wife Of
Trigger Mike COppola went
there every day before her
mysterious suicide recently.
Mrs. Coppola had signed a con-
tract to buy q coop apartment
in Rome q few days before her
death.
Mrs. Coppola refused to share
her daughters Rome apart
ment, because - after she'd
testified against Trigger Mike
she feared for her safety and
didn't want her daughter in
volved.
We visited the United States
embassy residence for a party
given by Ambassador Reinhardt,
one of our ablest diplomats.
His attractive wife showed the
Evening star., 1962-09-28

Italy's foremost cosmetician,
Eve Of Rome - who IL from
Budapest. In lsls she liked II
hours to the border. as q test,
then returned to get her moth
er and together they walked
across the frontier to Italy.
They were stateless and de-
|cided that immediate protection
could be assured only by ac-
quiring Italian citizenship
through marriage. $50 I bought
Q husband for my mother. .
said Eve. The groom was q
retired streetcleaner in north
ern Italy. He was content to
share his citizenship, and en-
joyed his @dowry" from the
bride he ever saw again.
When he died, Ewes mother
assigned to his sister the PEN
sion due her as the widow Of
Q civil servant.
SSa
Now. to Ewes salon on the
Evening star., 1962-09-28

because Of the endless days re-
quired to count the votes BY
call. Now the tally on such
problems as the clothes church.
men should wear and whether
TO permit missionary deacons to
marry win be recorded instant
'ly.
In the lobby Of the Excelsior
i saw q familiar figure-Rob-
ertO ROsseIIini, bearing little re-
semblance to the image Of 9
co-star in one Of the most pub
licized romances of our time,
Ingrid (Bergman), he said, had
Just been in Rome to see theil
children. She stayed at his
mothers apartment. wv h J
not2" he said. That's where
our children stay. And We are
friends"
Yes, good friends, Rossellinl
repeated. Not Just because o.
the children. But for ourselves
Good friends" Another film
with Miss Bergman? mo.
he smiled. Friends, yes; {
movie, no."
Beverly Pepper, the artist. wa
Evening star., 1962-09-28

guests the bocci court built by
his predecessor, Ambassador
ZelIerbach. "a bocci court Is an
italian Institution" she said. Il
wish he'd built q United States
institution = a swimming pool.
How many people can you
throw into q bocci court?
Evening star., 1962-09-28
ArrividerIe Romu,
One More Time
. By LEONARD LYONS

the terrace Of the Casino vala-
der. once the palace Of Napo-
Icons sister, Pauline. In front
was st. Peters. whose interior
now is being fitted to seat the
1000 delegates to the Vatican's
Ecumenical Council. I'd seer
the scaffolding, the green
backed seats, the purple logeS
and the new electronic vote
computer system.
The last such session, nearly
100 years ago, had taken years
Evening star., 1962-09-28
THE LYONS DEN
NEW YORK

NEW YORK = The TWA
man driving me to the airport
for my flight home this week
paused first, naturally. at the
Trevi Fountain. My wife
stopped me from the coin
tossing ritual: We've tossed
enough coins into this foun-
tain to pay for my next trip.
Rome, still in its summer
splendor. sprawled its ancient
glories beneath the warm sun
We lunched. this final day, or
Evening star., 1962-09-28

at Giorgio's with her husband,
BIN Pepper, the Newsweek cor
respondent. She was about to
fly to New York for her new
sculpture show. They'd spent
part Of the summer cruising on
Agnes Meyers chartered yacht,
The Earl Warrens were aboard,
and Mrs. Pepper had asked the
Chief Justice for q legal opin-
ion: Is her son, Johnny, born
in Europe and registered with
the United States embassy as
"a United States citizen, eligible
for the United States Presi-
dency?
The Chief Justice went to his
cabin for the copy Of the Con-
stitution he always carries
Sure, Johnny is eligible" the
Chief said. The Constitution
does not require that q Presi-
dent be q United States either
born on United States soil In
America. United States soil Il
sufficient.
At the Piccolo Budapest, thG
gypsy violinists played fol
Evening star., 1962-09-28
Old Kentucky Tswn

HARRoDeBURG. Ky. (AP)
-Harrodsburg. the oldest town
In Kentucky and the first per-
manent white settlement west
Of the Alleghenies. was founded
June Is, 1774.
Evening star., 1962-09-28
GAY MIX C MATCHABLES FOR
MORE FASHION MILEAGE

Fashioned with youthful flair by 5obbe Brooks to
odd multiple of looks to foil wordrobes at a
minimum price. In the group: tA) Box pIeot skirt;
Wool/nyIon. Black. led. grey. brown, green. Sizes
3 to IS, 1879; ShetIond-type wool cardigan. Light
grey. green, red, dark grey. white, block, brown,
navy. 34-4o, 7.S9; tBj BonIone nyIon sweoters.
White, block, beige, brown, red 34-4o. PuIIover,
800; cordioon 5.se; (C) Shetlond-type wool pull
over. White, red, green, grey, brown, black 544o,
6.99; tD) Fully lined wool sIoe<s; block, red grey
SIS, 7.S9; BonIons nyIon puIlover. Block, white,
red, beige, brown. 34-4o, 4.ss; Wool vest Red,
brown, white. beige, block grey. 54-40, 4.so.
Evening star., 1962-09-28

Now. to Ewes salon on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-06

duce spending for new plant
and equipment from a season.
ally adjusted annual rate Of
$38, $50, 100000 in the last quar-
ter of 1862 to a rate of $37.7
billion in the first three months
of 1868.
If this decline materializes, 1t
win be the first drop in such
business investment since the
April-June quarter Of 1861,
when the economy was just
starting to pull out of the
1960-6l recession. OUTLAWS for
plant and equipment have risen
steadily since then, although
the increases have been much
smaller than the admins
tration expected.
Spending for plant and
equipment is a key element in
the economy's performance
The administration attributes
the economy's sluggishness this
year mainly to the disappoint-
ing rate Of such investment.
In efforts to stimulate busi-
ness investment, the admins
tration this year lberalized
rules for depreciation and
pushed through a tax law SUBJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-06
BY LEE M. COIN
Star Staff Writer

Two new Government reports
-on business investment and
employment-support the wide
spread impression that the
economy Is huffing and puff
ing and going nowhere.
Although these reports are
not bad enough to revive re-
cession talk, they may discour-
age the economists who lately
have shifted their forecasts
slightly and cautiously In the
direction Of optimism.
The reports show these de-
velopments:
/. Businessmen plan to cut
back investment In new plant
and equipment early next year
2. Unemployment rose to So
per cent Of the labor force last
month from SIS per cent IN
October.
The Commerce Department
reported on business invest
ment late yesterday. A survey
conducted by the department
and the Securities and Ex-
change Commission showed
that businessmen plan to re-