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Evening star., 1962-09-17
yENKlN LLOYD JONES !.
U.S.. Children in a TV WusteIund

to the Top 40." a large seq
ment Of our youth was blase.
So the jockeys had angles.
Doesn't everybody have an
gles7 If you follow TV you
see programs all the time
about people trying to work
angles.
The Russian programs are
squarer than q WCTU picnic.
Natasha on her triumphant
tractor can't hold q candle as
an entertainer to Miss Kitty,
the saloon keeper. The young
Soviets at the Equator
couldn't keep an audience in
competition to the Clanton
boys at the Okay Corral.
What kid would look at an
explanation Of hycroelectrici-
ty at the Stalingrad dam If
he could see Bugs Moran's
torpedoeS setting fire to Al
Capone's alky warehouse?
But the Russian kids have
no choice. They take what
they can get. And what they
get is designed to make them
proud. hard-working. brave,
honest Soviet citizens, where
only the state has a right to
the angles.
And here are A merica n
children, stepped from baby
hood in dramas Of crime and
corruption, possessing only
the vaguest ideas of the true
genius of our country, fed on
the outrageous pap that vio-
lence is the hallmark of our
history, and that Davy Crock
EFT, Paladin and Marshal Dill
lon made the Nation.
1t makes you wonder If the
feverish drive for the mass
TV audience in order to move
the goods is consistent with
our country's survival. It
makes you wonder If we can
afford to educate our chill
dren according to the dictates
of the ratings.
Copyright, 1962)
Evening star., 1962-09-17

United Press international
on the same day said:
Britain has politely but
firmly discouraged any Amer
ican ideas that it join the
United States in an economic
blockade Of Cuba, it was re-
liably learned today. Other
European nations Of the
North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization were reported also
to have backed away from
tentative soundings as to
whether they would 60 along
with the United States in
any possible embargo against
Cuba"
Thus, as in the l93os, the
Free World is in disunion,
and the enemy dictators are
taking advantage Of such dis
senSion.
President Kennedy, mean
while, has also backed away.
He has disregarded the all
important principle Of the
Monroe Doctrine which de-
clares against European col
onization or imposition of
their system in the Western
Hemisphere. He says the
doctrine means only resist
ance to an armed attack
against the United States or
against other countries in
this hemisphere with the aid
of q European power. This
gives Khrushchev a free hand
to infiltrate any country in
America, take over the gov
ernment there with a puppet
ruler, and send in military
supplies and forces without
running the risk Of any
countering action by the
United States.
For all practical purposes,
has the Monroe Doctrine now
been buried. as Khrushchev
in 1860 said 1t would be?
Resolutions in Congress, in
troduced last week by ad-
ministration leaders, still
mention the Doctrine in their
"whereases" but. not in the
text Of the conclusions
reached. Their theory evi-
IDENTIFY Is that only If America
is attacked should any action
be taken.
Communist imperialism is
thereby given the unchal-
lenged opportunity to extend
its system anywhere in the
Western Hemisphere. If the
United States will not fight
when historic American poll
icy is being violated 30 miles
away from its shores. the
dictatorship in Moscow may
conclude that pacifism has
won q big victory in the
Americas and the West, and
that there will be no resist
ance to Communist aggres-
sions anywhere else in the
world, including Berlin. It
could be the 1930s oil over
again.
(copyriEht 1ee2)
Evening star., 1962-09-17
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Barry Goldwater says President Kennedy has do
nothing policy Cuba Goldwater thinks that's too good
policy to be frittered away beyond the three-le limit
4
Nine new astronauts begin training The idea is to put
the Yanks ahead in something besides the American League
Dick Nixon the California election 1850 in reverse
In go they saying neither candidate could win This
year, that's what they're saying about the voter
Saddest man alive is the fellow who nipped with his
brother when they split the family cooring bookcrayon
business. He got the crayons.
good wife always will help husband climb to the top
OF the addeand then decide the picture would look better
on the other wall after all.
Ike campaigns hard for Republican candidates If he'd
known politics much fun he might have dabbed in it
before he left the White House.
Evening star., 1962-09-17
World Attitude on Red Cuba Likened
To That Toward MussoIini in the 30s

cizes the failure Of Britain to
back up her economic block
ade with naval power, and
adds:
THE Italian armies in
Abyssinia would have fam
ished for supplies and ammu-
milton. Germany could as yet
give no effective help. If ever
there was an opportunity of
striking q decisive blow in a
generous cause with the min
imum Of risk, it was here and
now.
THE fact that the nerve
Of the British government
was not equal to the occasion
can be excused only by their
sincere love Of peace. Actu-
ally it played a part in lead
ing to an infinitely more
terrible war. Mussolini's bluff
succeeded, and an important
spectator drew far-reaching
conclusions from the fact.
Hitler had long resolved on
war for German aggrandise-
ment. He now formed a view
of Great Britain's degeneracy
which was only to be changed
too late for peace and too
late for him"
What Mr.. Churchill de-
scribes as the "irresoluteness"
Of those days finds its coun-
terpart in what is happening
today. Here is a brief extract
from q summary of william
L. Ryan of the Associated
Press in Sunday morning
newspapers this week:
Moscow today just about
owns Cuba-lock, stock, bar
rel and beard. Inexorably,
Soviet communism is closing
its steel grip. Challenging the
United States in the sensitive
Caribbean and the Western
Hemisphere, Moscow has
given the world a lesson in
Imperialism. When the Rus
slams colonize. they colonize
for good the Soviet take
over will be complete when
Fidel Castro is showed aside.
:. This will be q slow and
cautious process, but signs Of
party conflict are clear"
The United Press Interna-
tional reported last Saturday
from Washington as follows:
THE United States has
been making quiet diplo-
matte efforts for more than
six months to persuade allies
in European countries and
elsewhere to help isolate
Communist Cuba. -.
The Kennedy administra-
ton was receiving little en-
couragement today from
Latin American and Euro
pean allies in its attempt to
tighten the diplomatic and
economic squeeze on Cuba"
A London dispatch by the
Evening star., 1962-09-17
Magazine Discusses
Observation-Disclosures

Durie Malcom was first mar
ried to Mr.. Bersbach, and
then Mr.. Desloge, not as re-
ported In the genealogy book.
She was married to Thomas
Shevlin Of Palm Beach and
Newport in 1947, five months
after divorcing Mr.. Desloge, ac-
cording to Newsweek. This was
10 years before publication Of
the genealogy book.
The only Recommendation
found in the files of the COM
piler Of the geneaolgy was an
old clipping from q, Miami gos-
sip column reporting that Miss
Malcom and Mr.. Kennedy had
been seen together in a restau-
rant soon after World War II.
Mr.. Kennedy does not deny
that he knew Miss Malcolm.
''Hate Sheets" Used Il
Newsweek brought the story
of how responsible newspapers
had refused to publish the SEN
sational but unsubstantiated
report out into the open, but
several so-called hate sheets"
had published it.
One was an anti-Catholic,
anti-Semitic. anti-Negro pub
lication in the South, called
THE Thunderbolt," which used
the story under a headline say
ing: "Kennedy's Divorce Ex-
posed! Is Present Marriage
Valid2 Accommodation Pos
sible."
In July, q question about the
rumor was asked during q
broadcast over a radio station
in Baton Rouge, La. The United
Press International put a story
about the broadcast on its
wires, but killed" the story
three hours later. The UPI in
ter -office log of July 2S,
1862. Newsweek reported. said
thorough investigation by UPI
-. completely disproved re-
ports of a previous marriage by
President Kennedy"
Evening star., 1962-09-17
DAVID LAWRENCE

Is It the 1s30s all over
againa Fear of war led then
to inaction by the West
and this brought on the big
war itself. VIII history re-
peat?
The parallel with events
from 1885 to 1888 is startling.
Then, as now. q dictator
Mussolini-grabbed Ethiopia
in faraway Africa, Just as
Khrushchev today has
grabbed Cuba. The West
protested feebly in 1885, and
the League Of Nations voted
so to l for an economic
blockade in November of that
year. But the United States
was Indifferent, and the
commercial interests Of the
world succeeded in causing
an abandonment Of the block
ade after eight months of
spasmodic effort.
Then. as now in respect to
Cuba, q blockade was char
acterized as useless unless all
nations participated whole
heartedly.
Then, as now, the pacifists
and appeaSers expressed in
speeches and newspaper ad-
vertisements the fear that q
blockade would bring on war
and implied it was better to
recognize the steps taken by
Mussolini as accomplished
facts" The Chamberlains
and the Baldwins led Britain
into a mess, out Of which war
became inevitable.
The United States wobbled
then, too. Let Winston
Churchill tell the story. He
writes 1t frankly and bluntly
in his book, ''The Gathering
Storm" published in 194s.
He refers pointedly to the
economic blockade of Italy as
a means of persuading Mus
solini to lay off Ethiopia,
previously called Abyssinia-
a country which also was a
member Of the League-and
declares:
"A large number Of COM
modities. some of which were
war materials, were prohib-
tied from entering Italy, and
an imposing schedule was
drawn up. But oil, without
which the campaign in Abys-
sinia could not have been
maintained, continued to
enter freely, because it was
understood that to stop it
meant war. Here the attitude
of the United States, not a
member Of the League Of Ma
tions, and the worlds main
oil supplier, though benevo-
lent. was uncertain. Moreover,
to stop it to Italy involved
also stopping 1t to Ger
many"
Mr.. Churchill then criti-
Evening star., 1962-09-17

The head Republican cam
paigner, former President
Eisenhower. has set the right
theme for the oncoming
campaign for Congress. and
q highly responsible theme it
is.
II he has his way the whole
range Of menacing foreign
crises, from Cuba to Berlin
to Southeast Asia, win be ab-
sent from our national argu-
ment over who is to go to
Congress.
He means to beat President
Kennedy's party in these
races If he possibly can. Al
ready, he Is blasting away
at that paradise for theor-
lists" and that "playpen for
the exercise Of their notions
and abstract fallacies" which
to his mind is the Kennedy
Administration. But he Is
talking about domestic things
which are Congress real bus
iness and over which Con-
gress has some control.
And he is also grasping
Mr.. Kennedy's hand in an
oddly moving way in a joint
effort by them to keep the
fight involved to issues on
this side Of the water, even
this side Of the thin strip of
water lying between Florida
and Cuba.
In this, Gen. Eisenhower
will not altogether succeed,
and Mr.. Kennedy will not
altogether succeed. But that
they are at least trying Is
not the least important fact
Of the campaign. For Con-
gress, no matter which par
ty controls 1t, does not, can
not and should not make
foreign policy. To think that
it does, to make the impossi-
BILE attempt to put 1t into
position to do so. is a futility
and a great danger to this
country. No Congress, no coll
lective body Of any kind, can
run our affairs abroad. Only
one mana President-can
do that.
Moreover. even II the cur
rent administration is as
wrongheaded about foreign
policy as some Of its critics
will say, the argument is
not relevant to this election
in this year any more than
q comparable Democratic
argument against President
Eisenhower was relevant in
1858.
There is In any event no
way to repudiate Mr.. Ken
nedy as q foreign policy
leader by some vote in a
Congressional race in 1862
any more than there was to
repudiate President Eisen-
hover by such a vote in
1858. What we are about to
do-and all we are about to
dds this: First, to elect
ABS members Of the House of
representatives, the basic
Evening star., 1962-09-17

We have laughed about the
Communist effort to BRAIN
wash its citizens. and par
ticularly It's childre n. We
scott at their attempts, both
crude and subtle, to convince
the inmates that they live in
the best of all possible worlds,
that their traditions are the
noblest and purest, and that
overburdened human beings
outside the Red Heaven wade
through the slime of corrup-
ton, lashed by the whips of
their capitalist exploiters.
But let US not laugh too
much.
Men can be persuaded to
die even for false gods. Mo-
rale, spirit and self-pride can
be artificially generated. And
people on whom the Job is
done well enough may exhibit
a superior behavior pattern
that will give strength to a
state, even when the philoso-
ply and theories on which q
state is built are full Of errors
and contradictions.
Am erican children and
Russian children spend a lot
of time looking at TV.
In America, TV channels
are licensed to private broad
casters who make their profit
on the ability Of their pro-
grams to sell goods.
AS Peter Levathes. president
of Twentieth Century = Fox
Television, put it:
THE sponsor buys a show
to sell his product. That is
the basic purpose Of TV. And
to do that you've got to be
entertaining. g. A sponsor
doesn't care-at least in most
cases he doesn't - how you
sell his wares"
In Russia, TV is a servant
of the state. Its purpose is
to strengthen the state. One
way to do that is to make
viewers, and particularly chill
dren, enthusiastic about the
state. Another is to try to
mold their behavior so that
they will be more useful to
the state. This requires an
emphasis on honesty. bray
cry, hard work and the value
of scientific knowledge.
So what do little vladimir
and little Raya see when they
settle down before the 10
inch TV screen in their cozy
two-room. two-family apart
ment2 Washington corre-
spondent Frosty Troy reports
the current programs aimed
at children and teen-agers:
From the Leningrad puppet
theater, child's drama called
Brave Youngsters" Science
features: Man, Master of
the North" Illustrated lee
ture: what Is Resonance?"
Let Our Hearts Beat" de-
voted to the work of young
Soviet scientists. THE Secret
of the Green Leaf" on the
physiology Of plants. "Out
With Idlers." q film: designed
to shame work. -shirkers.
THE Military Secret" de-
picting heroism of young
Russian partisans during
World War II. "Know Your
Country" q travelogue on
Russia. 100 Days at the
Equator" young Communists
Evening star., 1962-09-17
Moross of Crime Deplored as DefouIting
AVost Educational Field to Soviet

on a naval expedition. "The
Distant Past" new discov-
cries by Soviet archaeologists.
Art programs. Music pro-
grams. Uncle Styopa" even
reads poetry.
Now let's look at little Bill
and little Mary, flat on their
stomachs on the living room
rug. staring at their 21-inch
screen in any American home.
The crooked sheriff has
made a deal with the rustlers
and framed the marshal on a
phony charge. There Is the
excited bust-out of the jail
and the wild chase up the
canyon. The marshal's Bunt-
line blazes and the sheriff
gets it square in the CUTS. His
eyes bug out as he falls from
his horse and the marshal
rides right over him. One rus
tier sinks gurgling in the riv-
er quicksand. Another tries to
hop q train and is ground up
under the wheels.
During the station break
little Bill pulls out his toy
pistol and goes "Powl Powl
Pow-powI" at the dog. It's
exciting. but you don't learn
much going "Pow!"
An engaging -looking car
toon elephant appears on the
tube and seems carried away
with delight at q new sugar.
frosted cereal. Then there
follows Bozo the Clown, Pop
eye. Porky Pig and Deputy
Dog, with the elephant re-
turning every few minutes to
advise kiddies what to tell
their mothers to buy so that
her children can grow up
str-r-rong.
The rock-and-roll program
follows with a lot of high
school kids swinging and
twisting to the rhythm Of
their chewing gum while the
camera focuses on fe m a lie
hips and q kooky announcer
fits around emitting wolf
whistles.
After dinner there Is a
small bruShfire war between
parents suggesting a little
homework and Bill and Mary
who want to see the hand
some defense lawyer prove
once more that district attor-
neys are never right. The
parents retreat after the first
volley. Then there is a half
hour of g gangsters in the
white slave racket, and an
other about crooked cops.
Meanwhile, back at the
childreh's bookshelf 1t has
been a quiet day. A few more
specks of dust have settled
gently on the uncut volumes
of Treasure Island" tom
Sawyer" Little Women" and
THE Boys of '76."
When the quiz show scam
dals broke, a public opinion
survey interviewed a large
number of Americans of all
ages. Forty per cent Of them
were not inclined to blame
Mr.. Van Doren. After all, he
was playing it smart. He had
q good thing going.
And when idolized disc jock
eys confessed that cash, free
vacations and even prepaid
female entertainers paved the
road on which records rolled
Evening star., 1962-09-17

An unsubstantiated report
that President Kennedy had
been married and divorced be-
fore his marriage to Jacque-
line Bouvier In 1853 was
brought to public attention to-
day in q Newsweek Magazine
story saying that response
BILE newspapers had refused to
publish it.
The report, based on an OBJ
scure geaneaology Of q family
named Blauvelt that proved
inaccurate in other respects
too, first came to the atten-
ion of The Star and several
other newspapers more than q
year ago.
Thorough checking by Star
reporters as well as those for
many other newspapers failed
to unearth any substantiation
for the report.
The President has refused
to dignity the report by issu-
ing any public denial. Such a
denial would have given cir
culation to the story. But it
has been made clear that he
considered the matter libelous.
GenealOgy's Entry
The story stems from pub
lication in 1857 of "The Blau-
welt Family Genealogy" by
Louis L. Blauvelt, who died at
80 a year before publication Of
his book. One entry in the book
reads:
"(12.427) Durie CKerr) NAL
com Qsabel o. Cooper. 1l,304). i.
I'VE have no birth date. She
was born Kerr, but took the
name of her stepfather. She
first married Firmin Desloge,
W. They were divorced. Durie
then married F. John Bersbach.
They were divorced. and she
married, third, John F. Ken
nedy, son of Joseph P. Kennedy.
time Ambassador to Eng
land. There we're no children
Of the second or third mar
riageS.
THE only child of Firmin ".
Desloge and Durie, CKerr) i.
Malcom t12,427) was: 12,462
Durie, born --."
No Records Found
Reporters trying to check
out the. story have found no
record of any marriage license
being issued, any marriage
certificate or divorce proceed
ings pertaining to the reported
Kennedy marriage to "Durie. +"
They also found several
Evening star., 1962-09-17
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Evening star., 1962-10-05

NClAA obCtAA1 ONS AAAhN ~
lamps look like something
you picked up at a church
sale"
It's easier, 1t seems to me,
If you have at least one pair
of lamps. The others may be
different but if possible, have
the shades about the same
size or the room will have a
jumpy effect.
Haven't you seen those tiny
hexagonal silk shades sitting
daintily on a lamp at a desk.
and at the next table will be
a great white base with a
"big hat" sized modern shade
looking like a brassy wench
with hands on hips, cover
ing that poor little silk shade
into oblivion?
There must be a feeling OF
balance in your lamps and
shades.
The new lamps with the
colored shades can add a
pleasant accent color to a
foyer or hall.
In a room done in shades
of blue and green, nothing
could be prettier than those
Bristol blue lamps. Floral
bases, copied from beautiful
old antiques can help along
your color scheme, but do try
to afford twin lamps. They
Evening star., 1962-10-05

will more than repay you
with a better looking room.
High lamps belong on low
tables or chests. There is
nothing more awkward than
a lamp that seems to go up
and up ceilingward for no
other reason than 1t has been
placed on a too-high perch
for its size.
Mrs. G. w. X. asks:
Our living room has aqua
walls, pinkish beige carpeting
and draperies are in a
print of pink, white and a
sandalwood brown.
The sofa is solid color san
dalwood, and one arm chair
is in a small all-over print,
the same colors as the dra-
peries, although a different
print.
All wood is mahogany.
My problem is two small
barrel type armchairs that
must be newly slipcovered.
Can you please suggest a
color for them?"
Dear Mrs. G. w. K:
With your color scheme I
would cover the two chairs in
white tweed and see that you
spot some black accents
around that room.
Copyright 1862, Dorothy Draper
Evening star., 1962-10-05
ASK DOROTHY DRAPER
Give Thought
To Lamps

In very large type, the other day, in very large
ad with drawing of very large lamp were the
words, "One important lamp can work magic in
your room"
And said to myself, well, maybe! But it also
Evening star., 1962-10-05
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