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Evening star., 1962-09-07
'DisiHusioned'

In a discussion of District welfare
problems at meeting Of the National
Urban League in Grand Rapids the
other day, Sterling M. Tucker, the ex-
ecutive director of the Washington
Urban League, had a number of inter
esting things to say about the District
welfare problem.
1t was gratifying, for example, to
read his comment that "all of us agree
there should be no chiseling on relief
rolls. We ought to get the chiseIers off
and get them off fast" And he was no
less accurate in condemning the loose
administration and inefficiency" which
has permeated the District relief pro-
gram.
; At the same time, however, Mr.
fucker said he is "sadly disillusioned"
that the sweeping new welfare proposals
submitted by the Commissioners are, in
his opinion, little more than police
action" motivated by public relations
and the political aspects of the prob
lem" These proposals, he says, indicate
"a lack Of understanding Of the real
functions of public welfare, and an
absence of heart"
This is grossly unfair For the fact
is that there is full recognition both at
the District Building and on Capitol
Hill that the corrective actions proposed
must be and will be accompanied by
more adequate facilities for the truly
needy, by expanded and more effective
social work, by the initiation of at least
limited new welfare programs, and,
above all, by the assurance that pro-
visions will be made for the children Of
parents who may be denied relief. In
deed, the intensive scrutiny of the en-
tire program which now is under way
inevitably will generate greater public
awareneSS of the need for extending
some forms of assistance.
First things, however, come first.
And there can be no real doubt in any
ones mind that the effort which de-
serves the highest priority-and which
fortunately has received It's the
elimination Of the inefficiency, the
cheating and the Scandalous waste of
welfare funds which have been so glar-
ingly apparent in recent months.
Evening star., 1962-09-07
LETTERS TO THE STAR
D. c. Missing Link In Nations Highway Chain?

TEN an opportunity to dem
onstrate its effectiveness in
moving people.
This will save Falls Church
and Arlington from despolia-
ton by Route 66. Montgom-
cry County by 70-S, Prince
Georges by 95, etc. At the
same time, 1t will save the
District of Columbia from
the Potomac expressway,
Inner Loop, and the host of
other projects which would
be called for by the freeways
pointed down the Districts
throat from Maryland and
Virginia.
Unfortunately. suburban
ties are at the mercy Of
State highway departments
as anxious to spend money as
Mr.. Whitton. but public pro-
tests might make them divert
their money to highways for
long distance traffic and
secondary road systems in
rural areas.
Then we can concentrate
on building o rapid-transit
system for the area inside
the Beltway, instead Of fight
ing a hopeless battle to ac-
commodate ever-increasing
hordes Of automobiles.
william T. Roach.
The District Subcommittee
Of the Senate Appropriations
Committee is considering
highway appropriations for
Metropolitan w q S h in gton
There seems to be some mis-
guided effort ON the part OF
a few uniformed citizens
to request from our good
Senators the Withholding OF
highway money for construc-
ton Of the so necessary free
ways required by q huge
Metropolitan complex such
as our Nations Capital area.
Washington is now among
the 10 largest Metropolitan
areas in the country. We
must recognize this and plan
our area accordingly.
An important fact Is that
the net increase in auto
motive registrations in the
Metropolitan area Is ap-
proximating 1000 units per
month.
Unless we continue to build
expressways, thruways, high
ways, and their necessary
bridges to accommodate this
tremendous increase in traf-
fic, we are all. committing
civic suicide. Yet this is ex-
actly what some citizens are
unknowingly requesting OF
our congressional represen-
tatives. Harold E. Wirth.
Evening star., 1962-09-07
A BOOK FOR TODAY
Those Reared Behind Rural Curtain
BY DONALD MINTZ

who did not always look and
act like neighbors."
But now suburbs are be-
coming more and more self
sufficient, moving further
and further away from the
central city, and most i'm
portant, becoming essential
ly one class. More and more
kids come to know only their
neatly manicured. fumeless,
comfortably monotonous
bedroom communities where
there are almost no old peo-
pie, no poor, no childless, no
Negroes, either no Jewish
families or many, no side
walks. no places to explore
except by mother chauf-
feured car, no houses or in
comes too different from
those Of their parents"
Now while dirt and hot
pavements, beatings and
switch-blade knives are de-
void of charm, they repre-
sent a condition of life that
is widespread. Suburban
children have no idea Of
such less pleasant realities
of life. Mr.. Wyden quotes
Dan w. Dodson of New York
University: THE one-class
community does not provide
the child with a realistic pic
ture of the world around
him."
That is really the entire
story in a single sentence.
BUT WHAT WILL happen
when the Subdivision Gen.
Grafton" grows up? Nobody
knows" says Mr.. Wyden.
Surely I don't. The emerg-
ence of Suburbia as a 'domi-
nant life style is too new a
phenomenon to permit con-
clusions." True enough. But
it is possible to speculate,
and one of Mr.. Wyden's ideas
will have occurred to all but
the most pessimistic Of his
readers: Namely, that these
young people will ultimately
meet life and make out rath-
er well despite it all.
But it is also possible that
a certain residue will stick to-
these people. The idea of
men and women who have
no direct experience of pow
erty, social violence and as
sorted urban ugliness max
ing public policy is frighten-
ing, though curiously it has
not seemed to occur to Mr..
Wyden.
"Suburbia's Coddled Kids"
is clever without in any way
being flip. 1t is light, yet
serious. And it should help
in increasing awareness Of a
real problem in the circles
of those who can be per-
suaded to face it.
Evening star., 1962-09-07
Who Was the Bard?

the First Folio, wherein his
bosom friend, Ben Jonson,
encribed the following words:
He was not of an age,
but for all timei"
A. Ueland.
Hamlet, Boy Who
Wrote You?"
Was 1t Bacon or Jonson?/
Marlowe De Veren Any
one but that phantom pre-
tender Shakespeare.
Speak Lear! Come, Othel-
lo./ Or Henry (all eight)U
Who was the fellow That
left you testate?
Who gave you birthH
Taught you so how to sing?/
Nothing less than a Scholar
A genius a King!
Clearly. not that purveyor/
OF theatrical tricks;/ Not
that boozing, unscholarlyI
Rube from the sticks!
Perhaps Liz, great Queen.
herself with the help of
her Don);/ Or that most
modest poet His friends call
Anon?
Could that Bard write of
battles Who never saw war?I
Own not a casebook,/ Yet
give lessons in law?
How could he, London
vulgar Know royal pomp
and elan?/ How could that
two-bit actor Look so deep
into man?
So reject Will as author
Twist the facts, or just guess
To find one more deserving
OF such fame and success.
For who could think Fate
Such a gigantic bore AS
to waste infinite genius On
the common and poor?
So continue the search,/
Unearth the base plotJ Show
rather what should be- And
what was really's not.
But first down with Shake
speareH (Though he won't
give a damn i It would help
If you'd tell us j who
writ you, Ham?"
Arthur StambleF
Evening star., 1962-09-07
SUBURBIA's CODDLED

SUBURBIA'S CODDL E ID
KIDS by Peter Wyden.
Drawings by F. B. Model.
1876 PIP. doubleday & Co.,
$3.50.
Peter Wyden is a con-
tributing editor of the Satur-
day Evening Post who has
tasted the barbecues and toll
Grated the kids in suburban
back yards from coast to
coast. The former can be
shrugged off. The latter seem
to need investigation.
So Mr.. Wyden has inves-
tigated. He picked two
guinea pig communities,
largely because they seem to
have so little in common and
because no major aspect Of
either one can be considered
extreme" Highland d Park,
near Chicago, the first of the
two towns, is "a relatively
heterogeneous community
with a fair-sized, old-time
central business district and
(is) an untypical religious
melting pot composed of an
estimated one-third Protes-
tant, one-third Catholic, and
one-third Jewish families. :.
The median family income is
$13,007."
The second suburb is Bel
lefontaine Neighbors, "a half
hours car ride north Of st.
Louis" incomes were esti-
mated at just about the ma
tional average between $6,-
900 and $500. This includes
earnings of many mothers
(some say as many as so
per cent? who must work,
often Just to keep UP with
the costly tastes conditioned
by their neighbors and chill
dren."
MR.. WYDEN has gone
about his appointed rounds
with zest and a keen jour-
nalistic eye. He has relied on
the findings and experiences
of a few selected sociologists,
but his basic principle is that
of the reporter following a
story. This means that the
book is entertaining and re-
vealing. But whether it is
balanced or not is impossible
to say.
The suburbs in question
are the new ones. Until re-
GENTLY" says Mr.. Wyden,
suburbs tended to be little
more than privileged but
perfectly accessible satellites
or enclaves., They depended
on central cities. Any child
could and frequently had to
leave them, usually just by
getting on a streetcar or a
bus jammed with citizens S
Evening star., 1962-09-07

The renowned Shakespear-
can actor, Henry Irving,
many years ago asserted that
anybody who had brains
enough to write the immortal
plays certainly would not
forget to sign his name"
A former president Of the
American Library Association
and director of the Legisla-
tive Reference Service at the
Library Of Congress told the
writer that more books are
published about Shakespeare
throughout the world than
on any other subject in the
curriculum. Once a group of
erudite screwballs conceived
the idea that Francis Bacon
wrote the plays. aeon
thought that English was a
hodgepodge, and wrote one
of his books in classical Lat
in, as he believed 1t would
endure. Miss c. S. Mont
gomery wrote q book entitled,
"Shakespearean Afterglow,"
printed in Australia, in 1912.
She made a thorough study
of Latin words in Shake
speare and proves that Bacon
did not write the plays. She
disposes of the Earl of Derby,
the Earl of Oxford and "all
other Shakespeares made Of
straw that have been set up"
Those interested in Shake
speare and the authorship Of
the plays should review the
book entitled, Shakespeare
Documents" by D. H. Lam
bert published in London in
1904.
Several hundred plays were
written during the Eliza
bethan period. and not a
single manuscript Of any Of
them has survived. A con-
temporary, Ben Jonson, also
Michael Drayton. were with
the gentle Bard Of Avon
when he journeyed to "the
undiscovered country from
whose bourn no traveller re-
turns" A group of friends
subsequently gathered his
plays together and published
Evening star., 1962-09-07

adequate highways are al
lowed to exist.
II a truly honest study can
prove the needs and demands
for subwayS. let them be
built and supported on their
own merits. If the sacrifice Of
eur valuable and much
wanted freeway system is q
requisite to the success Of
subways, then they are not
justified. We are being taxed
on gasoline. tires and vehicles
on the promise that this tax
money will be used to build
highways. If this is not done,
it will be nothing less than a
fraud. Congress levied these
taxes and the taxes are be-
ing collected. Let them be
used as intended. The high
way program should be al
lowed to proceed as promised.
ID. L. CLANCY.
= 50
Rex Whitton, the Federal
Highway Administrator, Is
repeatedly concerned" be-
cause some District Of Co
lumbia highway projects
have been postponed in re-
sponse to citizen protests.
Mr.. Whitton wants the Dis
trict to take the 30 per cent
Federal grants, and go ahead
with the freeway program.
This illustrates a weakness
of grant-in-aid programs.
Local governments are not
only tempted to spend the
money, even for unsound
programs. since it comes from
Uncle Sam; they are actually
presSured into unwise SPEND
ing by the grant = giving
agency.
If there were some ma
tional purpose to be served,
Mr.. Whitton's attitude might
be excusable. But long-dis-
tance traffic will be taken
care Of by the Capital Belt
way "a bypass route) and the
freeways to Baltimore, Rich
mond. etc. The disputed free
ways in the District are all
for local use, largely for COM
muters.
Mr.. Whitton does offer one
very sound idea: IF we can't
build a highway through the
District, I don't know If we
should build roads into the
District" The suburban gov
ernments should join the
District in fighting off free
ways that will wreck neigh
borhoods and make it i'm
possible to support a rapid
transit system. No more free
ways should be built inside
the Capital Beltway until we
give a rail rapid-transit Sys-
Evening star., 1962-09-07
THE WORLD
Frenchmen Cool to De GouIIe Trip
BY CROSBY S. MOVES
Foreign Correspondent Of The Star

nificantly during the last few
days.
In fact, Just about every
thing that has been said
since the French Presidents
arrival in Bonn has had the
pundits and politicians leap
ing to conclusions like q
school Of famished trout. At
his first opportunity Gen de
Gaulle started speaking Of
the vital construction" Of a
politically unified Europe on
which he said Germany and
France were in agreement on
principles and methods.
Whatever other nations
might do, the President de-
clared the two countries had
every reason to reinforce
their own solidarity without
delay"
The obvious assumption
that some kind of bilateral
Franco-German deal was in
the making-may have been
premature. The following
day the French delegation
went out of its way to cor
rect the German translation
Of what Gen. de Gaulle was
reported to have said. Instead
Of calling on the two coun-
tries to give immediate "or-
ganic form" to their associa-
ton, it was pointed out the
general simply suggested
strengthening of existing ties
between the two countries.
This dash of official cold
water, needless to say, has
done nothing whatever to
quiet the chorus of criticism
arising in anti i-Gaullist cir
cles here. The general is
being accused Of trying to
force the issue of a Euro
pean political union, not.
only behind the backs Of the
British, but also of his Euro
pean friends. The alliance
which he seeks-or seems to
seeks denounced as basil
cally anti-American-an at.
tempt to remodel the Allan
tic Alliance so that Europe
will hold a preponderAnce Of
decision-making power.
DOubters Raise Questions
At the same time Gen. de,
Gaulle is accused Of being
taken into camp by his Ger
man friends and of moving
with more haste than wis,
dom toward a political al
lance whose consequences
cannot be foreseen. What
will happen, it is asked. If
Chancellor Adenauer's sue
cessors involve France in a
quest for the return Of lost
German territories to the
East? What will be gained If
Britain, frozen out Of the
continent, takes the lead in
seeking an accommodation
with Russia?
All of which, of course, de-
pends very much on the
correctness of the asump-
tions that are being made.
1t is, II you will. another
kind of intellectual gut re-
action by those who believe
that they understand Gen.
de Gaulle and heartily mis-
trust his motives. Again, it
probably proves very little
about the authenticity and
durability of Franco-German
reconciliation. Only that its
prophets may be more
honored elsewhere than in
their own countries.
Evening star., 1962-09-07
Farewell to q Coroner

Every newspaper man in Washing
ton for the past 40 years will regret
the passing-not from this earth, thank
goodness-of A. Magruder Macdonald,
coroner extraordinary. To them he has
been literally the final word on thous-
ands of stories-the stories of violence,
Evening star., 1962-09-07
PARIS.

EAEbAOs
Gen. Charles de Gaulle
may be knocking them dead
in Germany, but to Judge
from some reactions in these
parts he is leaving them cold
in France.
An outsider-and for that
matter esthetically minded
Frenchmen-can admire the
brilliance of his performance.
President de Gaulle, speaking
in Germ an to German
crowds. is strictly in a class
by himself. How he does it no
one Is able to explain except
by supposition Of long hours
Of rehearsal.
Still it is obvious that De
Gaulle. speaking German or
Chinese. is still De Gaulle.
Language is simply a means
Of projecting his personality.
The loftiness Of perspective,
felicity of phrase, rocklike
conviction and impression of
his political objectives are
unchanged. And so, miracu-
lously, is the peculiar Gaul-
list intonation which Is the
delight of French satirical
chansonniers.
Memories Linger
1t is not easy to describe
the French reaction to this
performance. All one can say
Is that the spectacle of a
French President speaking to
Germans in their own Ian
guage and telling them what
great people they are still
produces what our friend,
Theodore H. White, might
describe inelegantly as a gut
reaction" among a number
Of Frenchmen.
1t is not so long, after all,
since these great people were
fairly conspicuous in Paris
and elsewhere throughout
the country and their be-
havior at the time was not
endearing.
In their minds, most intel
hgent Frenchmen agree with
Gen. de Gaulle. The histor-
ical necessity of Franco
German reconciliation is
readily admitted. Economic
imperatives are clear. Under
the spur of such men as
Chancellor Adenauer and
Gen. de Gaulle, this quite
probably will come about.
And yet, II there is any
great wave Of friendship, "
such as Gen. de Gaulle so
confidently describes, rising
UP in the souls and hearts
Of the people Of France, this
reporter for one has not been
able to detect it. Reconcilia-
ton is still a concept for
statesmen and q theme for
state visits. In the souls and
hearts land guts) Of most
Frenchmen the great Ger
man people will still be lies
Boches" for some time to
come. And the feeling Just
possibly is reciprocated by a
good many Of those who have
cheered Gen. de Gaulle
around his German junket.
The reaction and criticism,
however, are not exclusively
emotional. The suspicion that
Gen. de Gaulle and Chancel-
lor Adenauer are in the proc
eSS of pulling a fast one or
their respective countries, or
Europe and on the Atlantic
Alliance has crystallized sig
Evening star., 1962-08-26

Luckily. there was plenty of
time to complete weld.
Next, Tremolino II had her
rudder torn off two days later
in a burst of speed in a 20
knot wind.
New rudder installed, the two
cats" then went into the
opening race of the champion
ships last Sunday only to find
that Beverly, with her bigger
sail area, was the faster craft.
Tremolino I finished second by
5 minutes and 81 seconds and
Tremolino II third.
Carry 300 Feet of Sail
All these catamarans are of
the new C-3 class. Their sail
areas must not exceed 300
square feet, twin hullS, 81 to
25 feet. and beam, IA feet.
Before the races, Beverly's
sail area was II feet over the
maximum, but her owner cut
it back to the required 300.
Nevertheless, after her easy
Evening star., 1962-08-26

a bigger. heavier cat" with
more sail area. Built recently
in Wareham, she is owned by
w. Van Alan Clark, jr., of
nearby Ram Island and skip
pered by William G. Saltonstall,
Jr.. with Clark as crew.
Other boats in the races were
Sprinter. owned by George w.
Patterson of New Canaan,
Conn. and Skippered by Robert
Smith from Darien, and He'll
cat, the only plywood and cat
rigged entry in the field, the
others all being of fiberglas.
Hellcat is owned and raced by
Peter Oetkingen of Dallas, Tex.
Troubles Begin Early
The Tremolino contingent's
troubles began early. In a test
run three days before the races,
Tremolino I hit a severe chop
in the channel and the chain
plate pulled out of the 3-inch
aluminium tube framing its
c canvas decked bridge"
Evening star., 1962-08-26

opening day victory, the Tremo-
limo contingent found Beverly
still had 28-square feet more
sail area than their boats, so
they ordered a new jib for
Tremolino I.
The jib was made in Fair
haven, Mass, but wasn't COM
pleted in time for next days
race, which, plus an added
complication, would have put
1t. Hall and Jackson out of the
championships except for a
lucky Southwestern. Race rules
required that the wind not be
less than 4 knots nor more
than 80 and it was whistling in
the 40S.
The complication was a
separation in a bridge con-
nection which, fortunately. was
quickly repaired with fiberglas.
Have Other MiShapS
And so it went. Next to the
last day Of the championships.
the wind stayed within the re-
quired 80 knots at the start
Evening star., 1962-08-26

but then gusted up to 38. Only
two boats finished, again with
Beverly first and Tremolino
limping behind, waterloggec
with 6 to 8 inches of BuzzardS
Bay in her hulls.
There were other miShaps
another broken bridge, a huh
that cracked but Hall and his
companions haven't conceded
a thing and he rates their
chances very good.
There's little argument that
these catamaranS are among
the fastest sailboatS in tn e
world, equaled only perhaps, 1t
Hall says. by the So-called
ScowS of the Midwest. The
cats do their best on a close
reach, accelerating to at least
25 knots in a 20-knot breeze
Only real test would be be-
tween two markers. such as on
the Potomac off Hams Point
with a stop watch on their
speed.
Whatever they can do, they
will need it when they &c
against the British.
Evening star., 1962-08-26
Handy Technique
Aids Plotting
BY HANK BOWMAN

to complicate the problem you
set the throttle at $500.
Hold a steady course and for
the purpose of establishing
your location consider the bow
of your boat as pointing 900
degrees. the stern I80 degrees.
At the precise instant the light
bears As degrees off your bow
to port, start your stop watch.
Continue to steer a steady
course until the light is ex-
actly abeam, that is it bears
80 degrees from your boat to
port in relation to the boats
center line. Assume the run was
exactly 5 minutes.
With the bow and beam
technique. as the As to 80 de-
gree method is called, the dis
tance travelled in 5 minutes is
equal to the distance your boat
was from the light when you
passed the light abeam. In liz
of an hour, at IS miles pei
hour, the boat travelled IL
miles.
The danger area, as noteC
from the chart is 2 miles dis
tant from the light. You now
know your position is only IL
miles away so you are in safe
water.
4 4 X
By noting the compass head
ind during the run, your line
of position Is that course con.
verted to a true heading les!
80 degrees. Draw this line Of