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A Call to Action

The basic theme of President
Kennedy'S special message on trans
portation is that this truly essential
segment of the national economy is dan
gerously entangled in patchwork of
inequitable and obsolete regulation. In
this circumstance, competition between
different categories of carriers has been
distorted and efforts at self-help within
certain categorieS - notably the rail-
roads and airlineS-have been frustrated
by reluctance of regulatory agencies to
approve mergers, rate changes, dis
continuance of uneconomic services
and so forth.
All this is not news by itself, but
there is great potential value in having
it stated by the President, along with
some guidelines for corrective action.
Furthermore, there was a pointedness
to his concluding remark that these
troubles will not correct themselves with
mere passage of time. The tendency
toward studies and talk, with little
action, has been one of the prin-
cipal reasons why regulatory policies
have failed to keep up with dramatic
changes in technology and parallel
changes in the structure of competition.
Probably the most crippling and
out-dated of all restraints are those i'm
posed upon the railroads-some Of them
designed in an era when the rails were
competitively unchallenged or in periods
when the younger or weaker transport
industries were being given special
governmental help and protection. In
his message, Mr. Kennedy specifically
asked for removal of several of these
provisions that now place the rails at a
competitive disadvantage.
The President made one other sig
nificant point, and again it is one bear
ing particularly upon the problems of
the railroads. 1t was that more than
Federal action is needed for truly
effective resolution of the transport in
duStry's problems. State and local
Evening star., 1962-04-09

Various references in
George Sherman's series on
Americas in Transition"
call for explanation or clari-
fication-from the signifi-
canoe Of good neighbor" as
applied to or by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, to our
satisfaction with tax and
land reforms where these
have been instituted.
We are told that a change
is to be noted by those who
did not before recognize us
as the Land of Liberty. If
the image of the United
States has changed in Latin
America, as elsewhere, what
has been the nature Of that
change, and what are we to
do about 1t?
Many have regarded us as
a colossus Of materialism,
that picture being empha-
sized by our own stress on
the material both at home
and abroad and even in our
so-called cultural exchanges.
Has there been a change in
our own or others failure to
understand the principles of
human freedom, or have we
disregarded those principles?
Now, with our Alliance for
Progress, the Agency for In
ternational Development, and
our entire program for ma
terial aid, we are attempting
to curry favor and increase
our prestige" by persuading
what are known as the un-
derdeveloped countries that
our heart is in the right place.
Still emphasizing material
ism, we announce that we
are willing to share with
them some of our material
blessings.
True. we sometimes use the
phrase economic and So
cial" in connection with aid
and improvement. But analy-
sis Of our own pronounce
ments for many months dis
closes that the social" aspect
refers to such items as land
distribution and taxation
plans. Even when we urge
literacy instruction, nothing
is said Of what should be read
We persuade ourselves that
we must not tell others how
to live, how to govern them.
selves. Have we no interest
in spreading knowledge of the
blessings Of freedom? Appar.
emily not, for our programs
are consonant with the Com.
munist idea that man doe!
live by bread alone or al
least that his life is deter.
mined by the material.
We can go further than the
comments in Americas ir
Transition" We can predict
that there will be specific
material developments as the
result Of economic assistance
and share-the wealth plans
But we can only expect a col.
Evening star., 1962-04-09
Shades of Republicans

What is a semi official
regular Republican?
I have always been a Re-
publican. But such words
as official" unofficial"
"quasi-official 90" don't
seem to have been used in
past definitions Of the party.
Isn't the term "semi-offi-
cial" logically self-obliterat-
ing? Can one speak of a
"semi-President"?
My point Is that certain
stock, stale Republican can
didates in the Maryland pri-
maries, one Of whom lost his
own district in 1860 although
Nixon won it, claim semi
official" Endorsement by the
Evening star., 1962-04-09
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Republican Party. For posi-
tions as semi-officials?
There are no indorSed can
didates for these offices. None
at all.
AS a Republican - not a
semi mi-Republican - I have
gone regularly to the polls
since the middle thirties. I
have not voted for any semis,
and I don't intend to now.
John Lee Coulter,
Arts-Law Adviser, University
Of Maryland.
Evening star., 1962-04-09
A BOOK FOR TODAY
An Admiring View of Frances Leader
By DONALD MINTZ

sion but De Gaulle "is al
most invariably right"
American policy toward
the Vichy regime "a policy
which at the time many
Americans considered unwise
and morally Objectionable
is discussed in chapters
headed Three Blind Men,"
the men in question being
besides Roosevelt, Cordell
Hull and William Leahy.
In his eagerness to right
the wrongs done his subject,
Mr.. Grinnell-Milne falls into
curious errors of fact and
logic. The surrender Of
France in. 1910 is repeatedly
condemned as unnecessary
and as a betrayal. Yet Amer
lean resentment of the sur
render was unjust and IL
logical"
MR.. GRINELL-MILNE is
careful to surround the word
nationalist" with quotation
marks when referring to the
MoSlem- m-AlgerianS. He ap-
pears to regard their move
ment as essentially a foreign
provocation. Yet he thinks
that De Gaulle's Algerian
policy, which is based on the
idea that Moslem-Algeria has
a case, is completely correct.
The discussion of freedom
Of the press in France today
is totally misleading. One
would never guess from 1t
that the French government
can and does seize books and
issues Of newspapers and
magazines that it considers
inimical to its interests.
That the book must be
read with skepticism does
not prevent it from being in
its way a good one. 1t is a
closeup portrait by a man
who knows his subject well.
1t is enormously well in
formed, a polemical work
written out of deep knowl-
edge.
1t is, therefore, not the
Cor even am answer to the
great De Gaulle question but
rather a valuable contribu-
ton to the debate. Further
more, it offers an excellent
outline of the generals pre-
war career, a thoughtful
analysis of his character. and
detailed discussions of a
number Of aspects of World
War II that are all too easily
forgotten.
Mr.. Grinnell-Milne's writ
ing is elaborate but well con-
trolled and the organization
of the book which is not
strictly chronological is
wholly successful.
Evening star., 1962-04-09
County Charter

We regret that the forum
recently provided by the Civic
Conference Of the League Of
Women Voters of Prince
Georges County was used for
a partisan attack, instead Of
for exposition of the legal
possibilities and limitations
Of a charter. A paper detail
ing this information is being
sent to all who attended the
meeting. since it was not re-
ceived from the panel as
planned.
We were pleased to see such
a large group Of people who
Evening star., 1962-04-09

lectiviStic development until
one day even we shall recog-
nize it for the totalitarianism
which we are encouraging.
Our own emphasis on ma
terialism provides no answer
to the charges Of Yankee i'm
perialism. 1t appears rather
to suggest an economic i'm
perialism: there may indeed
be freely competitive ways
(Which we have not conSid-
cred, and absent monopoly
to obtain better homes, more
food, higher wages, but the
collectivistic elements of con-
troll do not sufficiently pro-
vide a distinction between
internal state socialism and
external imperialism.
Our brand of materialism
omits the dialectics of COM
munism, it is true. But it also
omits explanation and in
struction in the principles Of
freedom.
If we treasure the rights
and recognition of the indi-
vidual, our national interests
will be served by teaching and
spreading such ideas among
those who seek our material
largesSe.
The alternative to commu-
nisn which we have been ia
voring is the democratic
left; not communism itself,
but independent collectivism
ultimately a contradiction in
terms). Here indeed is a Hob
sons choice! Or do we trust
in a chimerical promise of a
collectivism which will not be
accompanied by tyranny?
Whether, as in Mexico and
elsewhere, collectivists are
Communists or some other
kind of MarxistS or leftiStS.
is a question which serves but
to becloud the issue. The
manner and theory by which
these limit the individuals
freedom while calling for ma
terial aid are Of little mo-
ment as long as the limitation
exists. While we rationalize
our support for one of these
or another, we still fail to
encourage and to emphasize
freedom. Some of the differ
ences among the various
kinds of collectivists were
minimized and swept away
in Cuba, where it was shown
how easy is the transition
from one to another.
In our reticence to teach
mans individuality and his
natural right of freedom, we
are telling other nations how
to live-the Communist way
as we join with the Reds in
emphasizing materialism.
A frequently heard argu-
ment is that we are not to
dictate to other countries
how they should govern
themselves. The fallacy in
such an argument lies in the
fact that we do not and need
Evening star., 1962-04-09
PARIS.

PARIS.
If the question asked were
as simple as the answer de-
manded there would be no
problem in Frances latest
referendum.
OStensibly, the French peo-
pie went to the polls yester-
day to approve or disapprove
the policies Of the govern
ment in the Algeria agree
ment for a cease fire and
moves toward Algerian in
dependence. If the issue had
been confined to saying
yes" to President de Gaulle
and mo" to the terrorists of
the secret army organization,
there would have been no
hesitation on the part of
the overwhelming mass of
Frenchmen.
From the beginning Gen.
de Gaulle was assured a
large majority on the Al
gerian issue. And, unfor-
tunately, because this ma
jority was assured, Gen. de
Gaulle has taken advantage
of the vote in a bid for per-
sonal power. In effect, he
has asked the French people
for a blank check which goes
far beyond the limits of the
Algerian problem and has
disturbing implications for
many.
This was made clear by
Gen. de Gaulle himself at
the very opening of the
campaign" for the referen-
dun on March 26. In the
first of two television speeches
the President called on the
people to answer to me
personally that in my capa-
city as head Of state they are
comforting on me the right
to perform. despite any OBJ
stacleS, what is necessary in
order to attain the goal. In
short. that in the very try
ing task that is incumbent
on me-and Of which the
Algerian affair is one part
among others-I have their
confidence with me for to-
day and for tomorrow"
Broad Power Sought
Gen. de Gaulle, in other
words, is calling for a popu-
lar mandate-not only in or
der to see the Algerian af-
fair throughput also to
strengthen his hand In other
areas as well. Already in
vested with more sweeping
powers than any Frenchman
since Louis Napoleon, he is
now actively arming himself
for impending battles over
what have always been his
major preoccupations - the
Evening star., 1962-04-09
Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. Is the walrus a land or
water animal? What does he
eat. H. D.
A. The walrus Is both a
land and sea creature, living
in herds on floating ice or
on Arctic shores. The very
name walrus comes from the
Morse word meaning whale
horse. A walrus eats clans,
oysters, shrimps, starfish. and
other ocean-bottom marine
life. He uses his tusks to dig
for food, his stiff whiskers to
strain out the mud and
water, and his strong teeth
to crush hard shells.
Evening star., 1962-04-09
THE TRIUMPH OF INTEG-

= @eA S@'AA - IA AAN n -
RITY: A Portrait of
Charles de GauIle. BY Dun
can Grinnell-Milne. illus,
334pp. (The Macmillan Co.
So
With a single exception,
the great leaders of the West
during World War II have
become historical figures. But
Charles de Gaulle. unortho-
dox prewar French army Of
ficer, wartime leader of Free
France whether or not ac-
knowledged as such by his
allies, and present head of
the Fifth French Republic
still is at or near the CEN
ter of the world stage. The
debates that swirl around his
person and his works-even
those Of the past-concern
current affairs, not history.
In December, 1945, a Con-
stituent Assembly was pre-
pairing a constitution for the
Fourth Republic. 1t soon be-
came clear that the new state
was to be modelled after its
predecessor, that Third Re-
public that had suffered total
defeat at the hands of Hitler.
De Gaulle stated his views
with precision: q. If you
fail to take into account the
lessons of our political his
tory over the past so years
and, in particular, of what
happened in 1910 you
will move towards a situa-
ton such that, some day or
another. I predict. you will
bitterly regret having taken
the road which you will have
taken"
In 1858, the Fourth Re-
public collapsed, De Gaulle
returned and France had a
new constitution, one that
permits the President to exert
nearly dictatorial powers in
time Of crisis.
EVERYONE RECOGNIZED
that shortly after the end
Of the war, De Gaulle had
voluntarily relinquished civil
power. Everyone acknowl-
edged his enormous wartime
services to democracy.
Yet his return to power
caused a distinguished Amer
ican radio and television
commentator to pronounce
the graveside eulogy for
French democracy, while a
moderate and thoughtful
German weekly wondered if
by a vast irony Germany
were to become the free
haven for refugees from
French fascism.
In 1.-THE Triumph of In
tegrity," Duncan Grinnell-
Milne, a British writer who
was attached to Gen. de
Gaulle as air liaison officer
after the fall of France,
seeks to explain something of
the career and character of
: this man who has inspired
such extraordinary extremes
of affection and dislike, trust
and suspicion.
Mr.. Grinnell-Milne Is more
than a De Gaulle admirer;
in fact, he remarks that "it
may be thought that the ef-
feet (of the biography is
one of uncritical adulation."
The effect is very nearly
that Mr.. Grinnell-Milne can
view Roosevelt with distaste
and Churchill with dispas-
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BAPTIST

Sunday School at 10 am. WITH
worship hour at IL am. and
Union each Sunday at 500 D. M.
Wednesday prayer meeting al
Z pm.
The Women's Missionary Union
meets each Monday at $3.50 pm.
Business Women's Circle at 2
pm.
The Rev. J. Price Brock, pas
tor; Sunday School superinten-
dent, John Marlborough; Training
Union director, George Wynns
choir director, Price Brock, Jr.
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Pickens
METHODIST CHURCH

SUNDAY services:
Sunday School at 10 am. VITA
worship hour at II am. ans
2 pm. Methodist Youln Fellow
ship at 6 pm.
Prayer meeting each Monday
evening al 7:30.
Women's Society of Christis~
Service meets every Monday Nd
9:30 am.
Wesleyan Service Guild every
third Monday at 7:30 pm.
The Rev. G.. H. Ledbetter, pas
tor: Sunday School Superinten-
dent. Hoover Maxwell; Training
Union director, Jed Pepper.
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CHURCH

Sunday School at 10 am. with
Worship hour at 1885 am. and
? pm. Methodist Youth Fellow
ship at 6 pm.
PRAYER meeting at 7 pm. each
Wednesday, followed by choir
practice.
Woman's Society Of Christian
Service meets each Monday aft
moon at 3.
WESLEYAN Service Guild meet
second and fourth Monday each
month at 7:30 pm.
TIE Rev. Crawford Ray. pas.
or: Ben Rathell. Sunday Schoo
runerin+endent: Woodssn Earle
fouth Fellowship director.
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EASTSIDE
BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday School. 1000 a.. m. and
worship hour, HOO a. m. and
700 o. m. with Baptist Training
Union at 600 q. m.
PRAYER meeting is held each
Wednesday night at 7 pm. fol
lowed BY the Women's Mission.
orv Union and the Brotherhood
Meeting.
The Rev. Charles Coolev. pas
or: SUNDAY School Superin-
'endent and Church Secretary,
=. r. Thompson.
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West
MT. PLEASANT BAPTIST
CHURCH
Sunday services:

Sunday services:
Sunday School at 10 am. each
Sunday with worship hour, held
the first and third Sunday, at
HOO a. m. and 700 p. m. Train
ing Union each Sunday at 600
p. m.
Prayer meeting is held each
Thursday at Z pm. followed by
the Women's Missionary Society,
the Brotherhood, the RIA and GA
meetings.
The Rev. James Sadder, Jr. =
tor; Sunday School superinten-
dent, Watt Tate: Training Union
director, Bob McCreary: choir
director, Jimmy Mcbride.
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CHURCH

Sunday services:
Sunday School at 9:45 am
Worship hour on second. fourth
and fifth Sundays held at IL am
and 7 pm. Young People Of the
Church meet at 6 pm.
Prayer meeting at 7:30 each
Wednesday.
Women Of the Church meet
each Monday afternoon.
The Rev. E. Stanley SmatherS
pastor, and Sunday School sup
erintendent, Henry McNeese
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Goodman
METHODIST CHURCH

Sunday services:
Sunday School at 10 am. with
Worship hour at IL am. and
80 pm. Methodist Youth Fell
owship meets at $50 pm. The
Wesley Foundation, college stu
'ents' group, meets also at $50
Wednesday night prayer meet
ag is held at z.
The Women's Society of Chris
ian Service meets each Monday
t $3.50 pm. The WESLEYAN Ser
ice Guild meets at 7:3O on the
irst Monday of each month.
The Rev. B. F Lee. pas
cr: Sunday School superinten-
lent. w. w Griffin. Jr.: churc1
ecretarv. Mrs. D. K. Gulledge
NYF Director. Mrs. Nell Branch
Wesley Foundation director. Mrs
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Lexington
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

Church School. 10 am. with
~orship hour at II a. m. and
700 D. m. and Baptist Training
Union at 500. p. m.
PRAYER meeting at 7:30 eacli
Wednesday evening, followed by
'hoir practice.
The Rev P d. Bragg. pastor:
Louie B. Nichols Sunday School
SUPERINTENDENT: Charles Lee
Truitt. Training Union director.
Women's Missionary Society,
circles one two and three, meet
each Monday afternoon at 3.
Business Women's Circle meets
second Monday each month
3 pm. and Sunbeams each Man.
'ay at 3.
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FIRST BAPTIST cHuNcm

Sunday School at 10 am. wiz
worship hour at IL Am. aus
TOO D. m. Training Union is
held at 800 p. m. and Fellow
ship for Young People at 800
p. m.
Prayer meeting is held eacb
Wednesday at 7:30 p. m.
The Women's Missionary So
ciety meets each Mond~v at 2:1
ON.
The Rev Roy Raddfn, pastor
Sunday School superintendent
D. c. Scott;
Training Union director, Bill
Bole.
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80 -'s'''.'s AX
worsiliD together sAss=e'
this Ueek!
Ebenezer
METHODIST

Sunday School 10 am. Worship
,erylces are held the first and
third Sunday at IL a. m. and o:3O
pm. also Methodist Youth Eel
'owship at $50.
The Women's Society of Chris
tan Service meets the first and
0ird Monday at 2:30 pm.
Rev. Dennis Johnston, pastor
sunday School superintendent,
K. d. Hendry; Organist,
Mrs. J. f. Jones and Mrs. Harris
humphrey; and M.Y.F. Directors,
Mrs Gene Greer and Mrs. Effie
t~ark
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TchuIu
METHODIST CHURCH

Sunday School at 10 am. with
worship hour at IL am. and
z pm. Methodist Youth Fellow
ship at 6 pm.
Prayer meeting is held at .
pm. each Wednesday, followed
by choir practice.
The Women's Society Of Chris
tian Service meets each Monday
at 8 pm. The Virgie Hines Guild
meets each Monday at 4 pm.
The Rev. Wilson Ray, pastor
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Ouront
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH

Church School GAS am. with
worship hour at II am. and 700
o ~, also Adult and Children
Fellowship Groups at 900.
The Women's Society of Chris
tian Service meets the first, sec
ond and fourth Monday of each
month. Wesleyan Service Guild
IN third Mordav.
The Rev. r. z. WATSON. pastor:
Sunday School Superintendent.
PERCY Joyce; Organist Mrs. Wal
ter Odom.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

SUNDAY School. 9:45 with wor-
ship hour G. II am. and 7 pm.
PRAYER meeting at 7 each We'd
nesdav. Caterhism class each Sat-
urday at. 10 am
The Rev. Robert Glover Shoe
maker. pastor:
Sunday School Superintendent.
c. Fl. Blanton. Jr.
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HARLANDS CREEK BAPTIST
CHIIRCH

Rev. Jimmy jackson. Paste,
SUNDAY School. 1000 am Morn
ing Worship, 100 an. Training
Union 500 p. m. Evening Wor
shin ZOO D. m.
Mid-week PRAYER meeting each
Wednesday at 800 D m.
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Acono
o

Sunday School at 10 am. each
sunday with worship hour every
bird Sunday at IL am. and
very first Sunday at 7 pm.
The Rev. j. E. Young. pastor.
-undav School superintendent
<. F. Downer.
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TEMPLE BETHEL

MONTHLY services are conducted
bv Rabbi Perry Nussbaum OF
Jackson.
Sunday School is held each
Sunday at t0:3n
SUNDAY School Superintendent,
Herman Flowers
The Julia Lewis Sisterhood
meets the first Monday each
month.
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BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev.. j. B. Miller. pcstor

Rev.. j. b. Miller. pCstor
Sunday School at 10 am.
with worship hour at II a.
n. and 5 p. m.
Training Union at TOO p.
n.
PRAYER meeting at ZOO
each Wednesday night.
Women's Missionary Socie-
ty meets each Monday at
$3.50; Sunbeams at $50; G..
rs at 400; r. AS at 400.
Roy Mcdaniel, Sunday
School Superintendent; Leroy
lobe, Training Union Direc-
Tor; William Spell, Choir Di-
rector.
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CHURCH

SUNDAY services:
SUNDAY School at 10 am. Wor-
shin service is held the first and
third Sunday at IL am. and or
the second and fourth Sunday at
ZOO pm.
The Rev. Claude Fleming. mas
tor: Sunday School superinten-
dent. T. T. Hines, Jr.
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METHODIST CHURCH

Sunday services:
Sunday School at 10 am. each
Sunday with worship hour, held
the first ard third Sunday, at II
am. and 5 pm.
The Women's Society or Chris
tan Service meets each Monday
at 2::30.
The Rev. Harold Robertson, pas
tor; Sunday School superinten-
dent, John David Montgomery.
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ST. THOMAS

Morning Mass is held each
Sunday at alternating hours. Re-
inning June 18th. Mass will
We held at 1870. and the follow
ng Sunday. july 8. at 800 and
so on throughout the wear.
Members of the clergy are
Wonsigncr John F. Clerico and
his assistant. Father Clements
both of Greenwood.
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Episcopal Church

Services at Tbs am. Church
School. 1000 am. Worship hour
At 100 am.
Ladies' Guilds meet first Mon
dav each month.
The Rev. REYNOLDS Chenev.
vicar: Mrs. Dotv Porter. choir
director ard organist: w. r.
Thurmond. senior warden: M. X.
CHM, junior warden.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Sunday School at 10 am. with
worship hour, held on first, sec
md and third Sunday, at IL am
The Women of the Church
meet on first, second and third
Monday Of each month at 8 pm
The Rev. j. c. Watson, pastur
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A GROVE BAPTIST

Rev. Denny Clark Pastor
Sunday School: 1000 am
Morning Worship: 100 am
Training Union: 600 o. m.
Evening Worship: ZOO D. m
PRAYER Meeting Wednesday
80 pm.