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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-05
Refugee Report

Cuban refugees in this country have
often been right in their. reports Of
what was happening in the island con-
centration camp that used to be their
homeland. Consequently, their claim
that the "diSmantled" missiles and
launcherS are being concealed, rather
than removed from Cuba deserves more
than curSory attention. '9if
One refugee told of mine which
had been enlarged so that its entrance
Is SO feet high by 100 feet wide, leading
into miles of storage area" Another
said he has seen a missile silo so well
camouflaged that he had to look closely
to detect 1t, even though he knew its
location. This man claims he saw Fidel
Castro descend by elevator to inspect
this silo. Still another source claims
that empty crates are, being hauled to
TIE docks, where they can be photo
graphed, and that some of the missiles
are being transferred to previously pre-
pared underground installations
~ II all or even most Of this is true,
our aerial reconnaissance will not reveal
much. Presumably, the United States
has its own agents in Cuba, and they
should be able to provide information.
But, to repeat, the refugees have been
right before. And if the President is
going to yield on the United Nations
inspection, originally agreed upon be-
tween himself and Mr.. Khrushchev, it
is entirely possible that there will be
no reliable supervision of the dismantl-
ing and removal from Cuba of the Of
fenSive weapons. In such event Mr..
Castro, not to mention MIR. Khrushchev,
after being backed to the wall by a
shoY of force, may yet get the better
Of the deal. The United States, in our
opinion, should not settle for anything
less than certain knowledge that the
missiles, the jet bombers, and the
nuclear warheadS, If any, are out of
Cuba.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-05
Career RECOGNITION

A recent letter to The Star,
signed Teacher" suggesting
the abandonment OF the ca
reer recognition plan for
tea hers in Montgomery
County. points up ernphati-
cally the stupidity and I'M
fairness Of any merit plan
based on sell -evaluation. I"
Apart from the police state
secrecy under which candi-
dates applications are re-
viewed, the simple fact re-
mains that no valid means Of
judging q teachers compe-
tency. short Of continual
classroom surveillance, has
vet been devised; and it. Is
sheer hypocrisy to assume
that Montgomery County has
come UP with some magic
formula where hundreds Of
others have failed.
Perhaps>if the Montgomery
County Board Of Education
had seen fit to allow some
free democratic discussion Of
the plan instead Of railroad
ing Cto rush through quick
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-05
Fair HOUSING

In his letter Fair Hous-
ing" Eugene Davidson quotes
two old sayings, THE wicked,
flee when no man pursueth"
and "All men are created
equal" Is he insinuating
that the hundreds OF thou
sands Of white families that
fled to the suburbs are
wicked? We are. one family
which did, not flee, and have
lost several thousands Of dol,
lars in. depreciation Of. the
market value of our home,
but we do not consider our
selves any less wicked than
those who fled.
AS to all men being Gre
ated equal, that may be true
at the beginning-when they
are created-but they do not
remain equal more than o
few months at, the most.
Some children. by the time
they are ready for school.
show definite !. signs of SUI
periority or inferiority: but
sometimes these signs are
misleading. because many .
genius Of middle age was .
poor learner in school. The
thing we should remember is
the truth Of what the late
Charles Wilson, former Sec
rotary Of Defense once said:
Some people are like bird
dogs. making q living for
themselves; others are like
kennel dogs. needing to be
cared for."f
=. But to get to the point.
!, ANY fair housing legisla-
tlon would be aimed at the
small minority Of home
owners in the swank North
west suburbs, and would be
highly discriminatory legisla-
ton. How could the thousands
of displacees from urban re-
newal afford to purchase
homes in the IS, to 10 thou
sand dollar price bracket? Or
does Mr.. Davidson hope that
under such fair" housing
legislation the Federal or
District Government would
condemn such swank hous-
ing, pay what o court Of
: equity says it is worth, and
then rent $35, 900 homes to
displacees for $50 a month?
q s T."
g - ~ r.. A. Mullen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-05
School Flaws

The Stars article Of Octo-
Der II about Fairfax County
school defects is truly re-
markable.
Assistant Superintendent
OF Construction Woodbridge is
reported, as. saying he re-
quired the Washington Irv-
ing school contractor to fur
nish q 5-yeaf bond after it
was found that a concrete
gymnasium floor was two
inches thick lin places, in
stead Of four inches, as re-
quired. He said Everyone
concerned felt this pro-
vided adequate protection. !"
Now this lis the first time.
! ever heard Of o bond cor
fecting two inches of con-
crete deficiency. BY applying
this cuckoo reasoning, a car
penter could put up q half
strength roof and when the
buyer complained that It did
not meet specifications, the
carpenter could say: Don't
fret, If it collapses in 5 years,
I'll pay YOU" Wouldn't this
be reasSuringI ~ =
I am glad the Fairfax
County School Board decided
81 to continue q citizens COM
mittee investigatin g the
school building program.
Maybe the committee can get
the board TO stop listening to
nonsense and start insisting
on compliance with require
ments. ! also suggest that
the board frame a plaque
suitably inscribed to Inspec-
tor Dodd and put it on the
office wall yF1e apparently
took his Job seriously amidst
diScouraging obstacles. He
struck me as a person who
was trying to. ensure value
for the taxpayers dollar.
WIN. +. Lovelacs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-05

@. How much rainfall is
needed for q rain forest?
C. K.
A. The minimum rainfall
needed to support these for
ests in tropical lowlands is
about 30 inches a year: the
usual fall is more than 100
inches.
@. Who wrote Its a Long,
Long Way to Tipperary"?
IT. c.
A. This famous British
marching song of World War
I was written by Jack Judge,
a fish salesman, who had be-
come a British vaudeville
headliner, on q wager that
he could write a song and
present 1t on the same day.
The wager was made on New
Years Day, 1912, and that
night Judge Is said to have
sung "Tipperary" for the
first time in the Stalybridge
Grand Theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-05

would like American labor
to consider whether many
Of its unilateral activities in
the developing world would
not be better handled
through the (InternationaD
Trade Secretafiats." This
seemingly procedural ques-
ton is Of substantive i'm
portance because of 1.-THE sus-
picions which inevitably sur
round an American operating
alone in some rieutralist
countries =. the reluctance
Of many good non Commu-
mist worker leaders to accept
help directly from the United
States" and "the risks of
going 1t alone in areas
where :. (others) may feel
q certain pride or right of
Jurisdiction"
AMERICAN BUSINESS
abroad must welcome I'M
ions, respect its surround
ings and avoid behaving like
"the wealthiest local employ
ers, many Of whom still OPP
crate according to the dicta
of nineteenth-century exploit
tive capitalism and who want
to maintain cheap labor as
the basis for their inordi-
nately high profits" And,
above all. it must not "be
unaware of or callous to the
revolutionary changes taking
place" around it.
There are suggestions for
our Government, too. Mr..
Lodge wants a more rational
division of authority between
various departments in Wash
ington, and the establishment
of means of co-ordinating
policies. And he wants small
sums for things like materials
for houses or books in local
languages that can make
such an, enormous effect at
the right time in the right
place. . $751;.
The style Of "Spearheads
Of Democracy" was born and
nurtured in the world of
memos and reports. Some
times the tho ,ght processes
were, too. But it is an i'm
portant book that should be
read in high places in BUSH
ness. labor and government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-05

can oil will make you sick. 1t is the
same oil Americans use themselves. It
is good oil and just as nourishing as
olive oil. have given orders to use
nothing but the blend IA mixture of
imported vegetable oil and domestic
olive oil in my kitchen at home"
We are sure that Mr.. Bourguiba is
right about the oil.,We are even more
pleased to have a friend speak up like
q friend. ...-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-05
WATCHING THE WORLD.
By CROSBY S. MOVES
E. FsreisA Correspondent Of The Stor
Berlin Nerves Contagious
Fsreisa coMsspondent q Ths 500

While by no means ruling
out these possibilities, some
Russian experts here are now
advancing @ more optimistic
line of speculation about
what Mr.. Khrushchev's prob
lens, are and what his next
moves are likely to be.
Situation Was Ticklish
It starts with the idea-that
the Cuban gambit was an
essential part of q larger
move against Berlin. If Mr..
Khrushchev had succeeded
in setting up medium range
missile bases in Cuba capa-
BILE Of wiping out most Of the
population centers in United
States, the balance of nuclear
power would have been
tipped radically in his favor.
Under these circumstances
Mr.. Khrushchev might have
good reason to believe that
his demands on Berlin = or
for that matter anywhere
else would have received a
very respectful hearing in
Washington.
The fact that his move in
Cuba was detected and frus-
trated in time, it is suggested.
has put a fatal crimp in this
larger Russian plan. With
the nuclear equation as unfa-
vorable to Russia as it was
before, it is believed unlikely
that Mr.. Khrushchev will let
himself be driven soon into
any new reckless adventures.
In the last few days the
calm about Berlin has been
deafening. There has also
been nothing more said about
q forthcoming trip to the
United States. Mr.. Ulbricht's
mission to Moscow might
have been to learn the sad
news that the master plan
for Berlin had been sent back
to the Kremlin drawing
board.
Stakes Are High
One thing at least is quite
certain. Mr.. KhruShchev can
not afford another breakdown
as Illuminating as his retreat
in Cuba. It also seems quite
likely that he is not anxious
to return to an incandescent
state Of tension that existed
at the height of Cuban crisis.
If the stakes in Berlin are
high, the risks are enormous.
They have been enough to
inspire Mr.. Khrushchev with
the most extreme caution
over the last four years. And
the hope in official circles
here is that, in the after
math of Cuba, this caution
may be greater than ever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-05

aPARIS-When it comes to
hedging bets. it's hard to beat
the professional Kremlin-
ologiSts.
Just now, with the ap-
proach Of the American
elections, q new wave of
public nervousness over Ber-
lin Is busting out all over
Europe and oddly enough, it
comedies with q burst Of
relative optimism from the
same experts who Q few days
ago were predicting the
worst. $1,000
The elections, remember,
mark q kind of limit for
Soviet Premier Khrushchev's
patience In settling the Ber-,
lin problem. For reasons that
were never entirely clear but
may be clearer in the light of
the Cuban adventure he
promised TO wait until after
Nov. 8 before taking action.
Exactly what he planned
to do after this was not
specified. There were strong
hints, however, of a full
fledged diplomatic offensive.
MIR. KhruShchev was expected
in New York ostensibly to
plead his case for a German
peace treaty before the
United Nations but actually
for . cold-turkey showdown
with President Kennedy.
Prestige Important
The nervousness in Europe
today stems from the idea
that such an offensive, or
perhaps even more direct
action, against Berlin is more
imperative for Mr.. Khrush-
chew than ever in the wake
Of his defeat in Cuba.
The need to recapture the
diplomatic initiative and to
recoup lost prestige at home
and among the satellites is
obvious. The recent visit to
Moscow Of East German
Communist Boss Walther Ul-
BRIGHT ending In q complete
identity Of views" with his
Russian master is taken by
many as . sinister sign.
The lessons learned in
Cuba, furthermore, it is
feared, might actually en-
courage a move against Ber-
lin. AS the London Econo-
mist points out, the stock
taking could, yield a deci-
sion TO concentrate the next
effort in an area in which
Russia would be playing on
its home ground - and in
which 1t would be the Amer
lean nuclear deterrent, not
the Soviet one whose. credi-
bility would be under test"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-05
LETTERS 70 THE STAR

Pen names m6y be used il
letters carry tDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensG-'
tion, Those not used iDiH be
returned only iDhen accom-
panied by self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-05

load or unload ships because
they did not approve the orr
gin or destination. ASA
AS you point out, aS If it
were Of little consequence, it
Is the function of the Gov
ernmeirt to establish foreign
policy and TO permit iidivid-
uals, or groups Of individuals,
to take matters into their
own hands could lead to
chaos and irreparable harm
to the country Fie on The
Star! &a.,F. t"E @
A5Ge0rfe n. WatPouS. ir.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-05
Lord RusseHs Views.

I have read with regret the
editorial criticism of Lord
Bertrand Russell which has
appeared in a recent issue of
The Star. Although I am dis
appointed in The Stars ridi-
cule of Russell's position dur
ing the Cuban crisis, I feel
compelled to answer a read
ef's letter, ''Fallacles Of Ber-
trand Russell'S PHILOSOPHERS"
Not only was this appraisal
of Lord Russell superficial
and sophomore, but it was
inaccurate. While I would
agree that Russell's ideas in
recent years concerning the
issues of war and peace have.
been extreme, taking these
views out of the context Of
his whole philosophy, devel-
oped over a long and re-
spected lifetime. is doing him
a gross disservice.
The letter labels Russell
atheist" in such a way as to
prejudice opinion against
him, when in reality he is a
professed agnostic, sharing
many of the very moral
religious views Of such great
Americans as Jefferson,
Franklin, Lincoln, and Emer-'
SON.
When Russell illustrates
his philosophical doctrines
with historical events, his
technique Of superimposing
the speculative "if" presup-
poses a second "if"-if men
acted nationally and in the
best interests Of their fellow
men. I dare say American
history would be radically
different today if the United
States had applied the "if"
Of the calculus of conse-
quences doctrine in past
times. One wonders what the
state Of q large segment Of
humankind might be If
Americans had begun by act
ing In the best interests Of
all-of the Indian, the Negro,
the Chinese, the Latin
American. and so on. Would
II then have been possible for
. Castro to rise in Cuba at all?
Could q black-Skinned man
have caused the State of Mis-
sissippi to riot by seeking to
enter an institution of higher
learning? Perhaps we really
have made the mistake of be-
lieving that we can predict
the future consequences Of
our actions with accuracy
certainly If we could we
might have avoided much
misery and considerable
shame.
~ If in his dotage Lord Rus
sell still believes one can at
tract more flies with honey
than with vinegar let him so
believe, for certainly our
present Illustrations ste m
from the fact that the worlds
past history is immersed in
a sea of vinegar, Perhaps the
fallacies of Bertrand Russell's
philosophy lie not so much
in their impracticality as in
the fact that they have new
err been earnestly applied on
q large scale. II they were so
applied, the promise of our
incredibly wonderful Judeao-
Christian heritage might be
more nearly realized. for then
would men be demonstrating
the moral courage necessary
to apply the universal truths
Of the Sermon on the Mount
universally.
william Z. Vincent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-05
A BOOK FOR TODAY
Senate Candidate on World Unions
By DONALD MINTZ

SPEARHEADS OF DEMOC-
KACYs Labor In the Dew
yeIOping Countries by
George &c. Lodge. $40 pp.
Council on Foreign Rela-
80 tioas - Harper IL Row,
$500. tarS
When the voters of Massa-
chusetts 20 to the polls to-
morrow, they will choose a
new Senator from . remark
able group of men. George
c. Lodge, Republican, is q
former Assistant Secretary of
Labor for International AZ
fairs. H. Stuart Hughes, In
dependent. Is q diSsenter who
for the sake Of brevity could
be called a peace candidate"
If the term did not have a
connotation Of Stiffness that
is entirely inappropriate to
this strong Harvard histor-
ian. Ted Kennedy, Of course,
is the Presidents brother.
Mr.. Lodge. as author, is
the man who concerns us at
the moment. The subtitle of
his new book is slightly mis-
leading. The volume is about
our relations with labor in
the developing countries, and
as Is usually and properly
the case with books Of this
sort, there Is far more about
us than about them.
:! YET THERE ARE A FEW
things about them that we
must understand, and these
Mr.. Lodge properly emphas-
ICES. Unions In other coun-
tries are often connected
with particular political par
ties, As q look at Britain
shows, this phenomenon is
found in advanced as well
as underdeveloped countries.
Foreign unions are fire.
quently agents of their gov
ernments to a greater or
lesser extent even in coun-
tries whose devotion to de-
mocracy is unquestioned.
But the main thesis of Mr..
Lodges book is that 1.-The
United States should be in
tensifying It's efforts to help
in the growth Of free trade
unions throughout the
world" and that it fellows
that we should be giving as
much support as we possibly
can to the 10 (Interna-
tional Labor Organization) q,
for it works toward the same
end" Furthermore, Mr.. Lodge
believes that ORGANIZATIONS
of workers abroad are a pow
erful force, seriously affect
ing the fulfillment of our
foreign policy in the devel-
oping world" and that
American labor, manage
ment. and government must
I urgently improve their APP
proach to this force"
The suggestions for i'm
provement concern mostly
practical matters and many
Of these seem at first to be
either rather small or pri-
marily procedural. But Mr..
Lodge shows beyond con-
tradietion that apparently
secondary questions can in
the end be of the greatest
Importance.
Fer example, he would like
American labor to encourage
contacts with young (for-
eignO trade-union leaders at
the lower levels" and says
frankly that on the whole
this has not been done. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-05

ly. especially so quickly as to
prevent careful .considera-
tion"-Webster's) 1t through,
much Of the bitterness, low
morale, and guilt which now
exists among many teachers
in the county could have
been avoided. "
I am not against merit
plans for teachers as such. I
am simply opposed to the
Montgomery County version
Of a merit plan, which makes
a mockery Of everything the
teaching profession stands
for.
Clark Welbanks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-05
Bouquet to Dockers'

l am astounded that a pa
per Of your standing in the
community should condone
CBouquet to the Dockers')
even for q moment, the ir-
responsible conduct Of dock
workers In refusing to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-05
Solving a Murder

~T@~t IT, Ne ~ - . o. wv
misconception Of the Mallory
Rule, and in general tends to
bear out the logic Of the more
recent adage. BE, sure your
mind is in gear before putting
your mouth Tin this case,
pen) in motion"
The Mallory Rule is simply
stated in your editorial.
What your editorialist asks
------->=-----
See EaitorieI: Story Of Rule 5(aI.
>-~-~-[~~
Congress to embody in legis-.
lation is the Mallory Rule.
1t requires that q suspect be
arraigned without unneces-
sary or unreasonable delay,
and that any confession OBJ
tanned during an unreason-
able delay shall be inadmis-
Sibie as evidence. Such Q
rule Is not q mere technical
ity. Its purpose is to protect
the public from unwarranted
invasions Of their privacy by
the police, or in other words,
holding a person without
charge. It is to prevent any
member of the public from
being deprived Of those
rights guaranteed by the
Constitution. For 1t is at
arraignment that the suspect
is officially informed of his
right to counsel. that he need
not incriminate himself, etc.
To do away with this or any
such safeguard would GER
tainly make 1t easier to con-
vict the guilty but it would
similarly make it easier to
convict the innocent.
Sixty hours is q long time
to 60 uniformed Of ones
rights. And while there is no
evidence in this particular
case that Smith was sub
jected to any duress, such
happenings have been known
to occur. Innocent men "con-
fess" simply to be left alone.
So to quote the editorial with
q few additions of my own
Justice lis not) concerned
only with technicalities which
enlarge the protection Of
criminals :. :" but also gives
"the right Of the public to
be protected - some con-
sideration."
It is always easy for some
misguided editorialist to pick
. "pat" case for an example
when denouncing q rule Of
law. but had he been arrested
and held without charge for
so hours / can only guess that
the editorial would have been
J, written more strongly in sup
port Of the rule.
Before your editorialiSt
goes off on another witch
hunt In the. field Of law, re-
miAd him that rules Of law
as the Mallory Rule have
been formulated in the minds
Of learned and competent
justices who have considered
the ramifications of such
rules over lengths of time I'M
finitely longer than that re-
quired to pen the feelings Of
an emotional mind Let him
also remember that the adj
ministration Of justice is q
complex job. For on one
hand must be weighed the
right Of the public to be pro-
tected from criminals and on
the other must be weighed
the public right to preserva-
ton Of the constitutional
safeguards. AS AL men are
presumed ocent :"
Judge Youngdahl was mere
ly doing his job.
william A. VanSanten, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-05
Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

A reader can get an answer BY
mail. to any question Of fact BY
writing The Star Information Blu
reau, 635 street NV, WASHINGTON
age Or self addressed, stamped
, 1962-09-05
Pan American
MuY Stop Cuba
Refugee Airlift

Pan American World Air
ways said Monday it was los
ing money on its twice a day
flights to Havana and implied
the refugee airlift would be
halted unless government aid
or other aid were received.
Since March, 1862, the air
line has been flying more than
200 persons a day out Of Ha-
yana.
Pan American is paid in Gu
ban pesos for the passenger
fares, but the pesos are worth
less outside Cuba.
The economic situation be-
gan building III March 1861,
when the Cuban government
instituted strict currency reg
ulations.
, 1962-09-05
Mrs. Sophie NJ.
Brundt Of
Christidnsted Posses

Mrs. Sophia M. Brandt, well
known citizen Of ChriStiansted,
passed away quietly in the
Charles Harwood Hospital at
2;30 pm. yesterday. She was
81.
Mrs. Brandt had been ailing
for some time and was admit
ted to the hospital several
weeks ago.
Her body will lie in state at
the St. Johns Anglican Church
from 200 pm. on Friday; fun
eral services will be held at 4
o'clock.
Among those who survive
are her husband, Bernhardt,
two daughters, Mrs. Della En-
carnacion, a secretary in the
Department of Education;
Mrs. Lenore Kinder, who ar
rived from Washington, DC,
where she resides; a son, Her
bert, a resident of New York,
and twelve grandchildren.