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one, put the q. .. p. IN q
hole, and gain votes. The
Governor also jabbed at the
Kennedys when he said the
President had been able i'm
mediately to find a place in
his cabinet for his brother
Bob, but not for Bob Weaver.
The President, also at his
press conference. accused
Gov. Rockefeller Of having
recommended to form err
President Eisenhower the es-
tablishment Of an Urban AZ
fairs Department - and Of
now having turned his back
on the proposal, in order to
curry favor with the right
wing Republicans. 1t hap
pens, however, that the Gov
ernor went along with the
idea Of a new city Federal
department before he became
Governor Of New York, and
as an executive learned more
about the responsibilities Of
both State and local govern
ments. Further, it is no crime
for a Government officer to
change his mind-aS Presi-
dent Kennedy has about
strategic stockpiling by the
Government. When he was a
Senator, his views were IA
vorable to that and even
since he became President
he has turned a deaf ear TO
protests made by Representa-
tive Hall, Missouri Republic
can, and others against the
size and dollar value Of the
stockpile.
Chances In Congress
The administration is wor-
ried lest the Presidents order
setting up the new depart
ment be vetoed by one or
both houses of Congress.
Senator Mike Mansfield,
Democratic leader of the
Senate, has announced he
will move to bring before
the Senate, a resolution deal
ing with the Presidents Or
der next Monday. The
Speedier the action, the less
opportunity for rising oppo-
sition, and If the order can
survive a Senate vote, it may
have a better chance than it
has been given In the House.
The vote in the Senate may
be cloSe-but if four or five
Republicans go along with
the administration on this
issue-the chances are the
veto will fail in that body.
Since such an issue must be
voted on within 10 hours aft
er it is taken up, it seems
likely that Senator Mans
field believes he has the
votes.
Obviously, the administra-
ton Is relying on Senators
and Representatives hailing
from States and districts
with big metropolitan areas
to support the Urban Affairs
Department program. These
are the States and districts
which made it possible for
President Kennedy to squeak
through to a White House
victory in 1860. And obvi-
ously the Kennedy admins
tration believes it will win
again in those States and
districts. whether the Presi-
dents present order is de-
feated or is upheld in the
congressional votes. It paws
no heed to the warnings of
Senator Harry Flood Byrd
OF Virginia, Democrat and
chairman of the Senate FL
nance Committee, that, once
established, this new depart
ment will be spending many
billions more Of the taxpay-
ers' dollar. But the taxpayers.
in cities as well as in the
country, should take a look.
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THE POLITICAL MILL
Big Step for Federal Bureaucracy
By GOULD LINCOLN

The creation of a new Fed
eral Department Of Urban
Affairs, proposed by Presi-
dent Kennedy. has become a
prime issue between the Re-
publican and Democratic
Parties. President Kennedy
has made it an issue between
himself and Gov. Rockefeller
OF New York. But most i'm
portant. 1t has become an is
sue between those citizens
who believe in a huge Federal
bureaucracy-located in the
National Capital and domi-
mated by the President (who-
ever he happens to be- and
the political party to which
the President happens to be-
long-and those citizens who
stick to the original concept
OF the United States Govern
inent, looking to State and
local government. It is not
a minor issue, nor should it
be a partisan political issue.
Nor should such a depart
ment be created. While 1t
understanding to the Pres
ident's plan - merely as q
glorified housing agency, who
believes that, once created,
the department will not be
taking over many Of the re-
sibilities of metropolitan
areas, and smaller areas,
throughout the country?
Mayor Wagner of New
York, who has become a
protege Of the Kennedy ad-
ministration. appeared as
witness before the House
Government Operations
Committee and strongly
urged establishment of the
department. In reply to a
question by Republican Rep
resentative Morse Of Massa-
chusetts as to the scope of
the department, Mr.. Wagner
said: "You never get every
thing you'd like to see. Some
day we may have to expand
the departments activities.
But this is a step in the right
direction" Could there be
batter testimony as to the
plans for having city affairs,
big and little, taken into the
hands Of a Federal BUREAU
cracy?
Judging from the many
criticisms Of Mayor Wag-
ner's first eight years (par-
ticularly the second FOUR as
chief executive of New York
City, Mr.. Wagner would
like to dump some of his
burdens into the lap of the
Federal Government. And so
would mayors of some other
large cities. But that does
not mean such a course
would in the end be better
for the cities or for their
citizens.
Rockefeller's Charge
Gov. Rockefeller is in his
fourth year as chief execu-
tive Of the Empire State,
containing the country's most
populous city, as well as
many other large municipali-
ties. Speaking in Des Moines
February /, Gov. Rockefeller
insisted that there was politi-
cal "fakery" in the Presi-
dents new Urban Affairs De-
partment proposal, and also
raped the President for an
nouncing that he intended to
appoint Robert C. Weaver, a
Negro, to head the proposed
Urban Affairs Department.
This announcement by the
President, when replying to
a question at a press confer
ence. has been seized upon
by the Republicans, includ-
ing Gov. Rockefeller, as
presidential politics, designed
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Culture in Kissimmee

Official proclamations being what
they are (too often high-sounding words
of little practical value) 1t is gratifying
to learn that President Kennedy'S Ma
tional Cultural Center Week (Novem-
ber 26-December y already is producing
favorable results. It is during this week
that MIR. Kennedy, as requested in
Joint congressional resolution, is asking
citizens of every State and the District
to put the Center's fund-raiSing cam
paign in high gear.
Everyone connected with the pro-
posed Center-on-t -the-Potomac is elated
by the continuously expanding interest
in the weeks major attraction the
nationwide closed-circuit televiSion show
of November go. With President and Mrs.
Kennedy, and former President EiSen-
hover appearing with Leonard Bernstein
and a wealth Of big-name talent, the
show has been relied upon to give the
fund It's initial big boost.
At last count, more than go cities
from California to Florida to MaSSachu-
sets are linked in the TV network, which
augurs well for the receipts to be shared
by the local communities and the Center.
That is indeed a cause for eXultation at
Center headquarters, but it is not the
whole story.
What makes the spirit lighter is the
broad based, wholehearted response
which finds more than 100 organizations
co-sponsoring the show all over America.
They range from newspapers to special
committees, but largely they are active
participants in the performing arts such
as symphony orchestras and theater
groups. Did any Center enthusiast ever
believe that KisSimmee, Fla; Ell Paso,
Tex, or Fall River, Mass, would be
watching the closed-circuit show? Or
that Miami and Atlanta would line up
three halls each for the evening?
What all this means Is more than
dollars, essential though they are to
completion Of the job. It means that in
a real sense, and most Importantly, to
people all over the country, the National
Cultural Center is becoming just that-a
focal point for the performing arts of
the entire Nation. For what they are
putting into it now, the people of Kis-
simmee and Ell Paso and Fall River,
and their counterparts everywhere, will
reap ample benefits later.
Evening star., 1962-10-31
Bouquet to the Dockers

The International LongShoremen's
Association seldom receives kind word
in the daily press, and for good reason.
Only recently it was charged with en-
dangering the national interest by Strik-
ing American seaports from Maine to
Texas and a special presidential board
currently is trying to find a formula
for peace, and work, on the docks.
It may be argued, too, that the lila
should keep its stevedoring hooks out Of
foreign policy in the field of interna-
tional trade. Granted. Even so, it is
possible to look the other way-briefly
at leaSt-when a crew of dock workers
shifts its unwillingness to unload a cargo
of artificial flowers from Communist
East Germany. News accounts did not
explain who wants a shipment of fake
flowers from behind the Iron Curtain,
and presumably it is not greatly impor-
tant even in the limited flow of East
West trade. In due time, no doubt the
matter will be Strengthened out at some
higher policy making level and the
phony posies will get where they are
supposed to go.
Meanwhile, the dockers have taken
an even stronger step by refusing to
work ships in the Cuban trade. If this
is not conventional way of applying
foreign policy, it still is one that will
draw some "bravos" from Americans
who like the direct approach.
Evening star., 1962-10-31

along its length worth retaining? And
do they actually envision broad-scale
demolition all the way northward to
+ street?
1t is commendable to think "big"
on matters of this sort, and President
Kennedy, in creating the advisory coun-
Gil, rightly noted that the rejuvenation
of Pennsylvania avenue, as the most
important boulevard in the Nation, re-
quires bold and imaginative planning.
In the implementation of their initial
thinking, however, the advisers have left
themselves a mammoth job, particularly
if, as Chairman Owings says, their final
recommendations may be presented
soon after the first of the year.
Evening star., 1962-10-31
Big Thinkers

Chairman Nathaniel A. Owings did
not exaggerate in characterlzlng Cne
initial policy decisions of the Advisory
Council on Pennsylvania Avenue Rede-
velopment as "clean sweep"
Outlining the results of tWo-day
conference here, Mr.. Owings said the
distinguished architectural panel is
thinking in terms of plan which would
~ widen Pennsylvania avenue, (2)
provide "an enormous" amount OF un-
derground parking, possibly up to 10000
spaces, (3) clear away virtually every
thing now existing on the north side OF
the Avenue, az recommend maximum
of green, open space around the new
north-side structures to be built, and (5)
extend its proposals as far north as
street to assure that the plans will not
constitute merely window dressing"
along the Avenue.
These conclusions" are of course
far too general for any final criticism,
either favorable or otherwise. Still, it
is reasonable to wonder about some OF
them. Why, for example, widen Penn
sylvania, which at 100 feet already is
the broadest boulevard in the Nations
Capital, as we'll as one of the broadeSt
anywhere? And while the idea OF un-
derground parking is certainly appeal
ing, where on earth did these parking
figures come from? AS we recall other
studies, 10000 new parking spaces, or
even 10000, exceed the total need esti-
mated for the entire downtown area. AS
to demolition, there most assuredly is a
vast amount of junk along the north
side of the Avenue. But do the advisers
really mean to say that there Is nothing
Evening star., 1962-10-31
Lower the Boom

It Is quite possible that Fidel Castro
is trying to stall, and perhaps to prevent,
United Nations supervision of the dis
mantling of the Cuban missile bases.
The news from Havana certainly indi-
Gates that this is the case.
In defiant statement last Sunday,
Castro listed five conditions which he
said would have to be met before he
would cooperate. These included as
surances that the United States would
discontinue variety of "subverSive
activities" and that we would give up
our naval base at Guantanamo. (His
brother Raul, a full -fledged Communist,
later backed away from the Guantana-
mo demand.)
It is not conceivable that the
United States will accede to any Of
Castro'S demands. President Kennedy
has given assurance that Cuba will not
be invaded-once the missile bases have
been dismantled under U. N. supervision.
And that is all he should do
Mr.. KhruShchev has said that the
bases and missiles are under the control
of Russian technicians. He has also said
that the dismantling will proceed under
U. NJ supervision. This was the quid pro
quo for Mr.. Kennedy's assurance not
to invade. SO an obstructionist Castro,
for the time being at least, is Mr.. Khru-
shchev's problem. He put the missiles
in Cuba and it is up to him to get them
out, Castro or no Castro. If he doesn't
do it, the no-invasion commitment OBJ
viously will no longer be in effect.
Evening star., 1962-10-31
Tax x'TYunny'

In taking the position that
the people of a community
can, by court edict. be taxed
against their will to provide
a facility they deplore, our
Federal courts have exhibited
a tyranny and an arrogance
not seen in our country since
the English colonists rebelleC
against George III.
# government by consent
of the people means any
thing, it must certainly mean
that a handful of willful
men, placed upon Fe deral
court benches by political ap-
pointment, may not with i'm
punity reverse our cherished
concepts and overthrow a
way of life under which
as a nation we have pros
pered as no other in world
history.
The constitution Of Vir-
ginia is perhaps the oldest
in this Nation. Its bill Of
rights is a declaration by
the people of Virginia in the
exercise of their sovereign
powers, of rights which per-
tain to them and their pos
terity, as the basis and foun-
dation Of government. Ar
Gle I, Section 6, Of the bill
of rights provides that the
people may not be taxed. or
deprived Of, or damaged in,
their property for public
uses, without their own con-
sent, or that of their repre-
sentatives duly elected. or
bound by any law to which
they have not, in like man
ner, assented for the public
good.
Harvav IT Hewitt.
Evening star., 1962-10-31
THE PASSING SCENE
Value of the Two-Porty System
By WILLIAM S. WHITE

such contributions along the
way, before closing UP with
the President at the end.
MIR. Nixon, for one illustra-
ton, did 1t by suggesting as
early as September 18 that
while Mr.. Kennedy had the
final word it seemed clear
that "the flow of arms into
Cuba must be stopped by
whatever means are neces-
sary." He then first publicly
used the term Quarantine"
Senator Kenneth Keating
of New York, for another il
lustration, did 1t by insist
ing that offensive and not
merely defensive missiles
were being installed in Cuba.
Appointment Of McClOy
President Kennedy for his
part has taken an important
step implicitly recognizing
the creative-if sometimes
annoying role and value OF
the minority party in times
of crisis. This is his appoint
ment of John McCloy, an
authentic Republican and q
veteran hard-liner in deal
ing with international COM
munism, to head the work.
ing committee to nego-
tiate the Cuban settlement.
Mr.. McCloy and his as
sociates will not supplant
United Nations Ambassador
Adlai Stevenson but they are
to report directly to the
President.
We are, however, by no
means out Of the dark~foreSt.
In future as in the immed-
late past, the President will
need critical-minded support
as well as uncritical support.
Especially, he may need 1t to
keep down for good those la
tent suggestions that we
should trade our military
position in so stanch an ally
as Turkey for a de-infesta-
ton of Cuba. MIR. Nixon, for
one, is. already speaking, in
moderate but warning tones,
against any such superficial
solution"
For this would amount to
accepting the monstrouS
proposition that an open and
honest Western alliance Of
self defense against a preda-
tory power already stained
with a dozen undeniable ag-
gressions was really no diff
ferent from a blackInail base
raised up in Cuba by that
hitherto convicted predatory
force in the stealth of the
night.
Evening star., 1962-10-31
Answers to Questions
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. Please give some Of the
group-names for birds and
animals. H. D. ~
A. Flock may refer to a
number Of birds or to a group
Of small animals (such as
sheep and goats) travelling
or feeding in company. We
also speak of a flight of birds.
Covey refers to a brood or
flock Of partridges or sim
liar birds. Brood is used for
the offspring of egg-laying
animals and birds; litter is
used for the offspring of
those mammals Gas cats and
rabbits that regularly give
birth to more than one
young. Both brood and litter
imply that the young in the
group are related, born at one
time. Hatch or brood or
clutch also applies to off
spring Matched or incubated
at one time. A group of large
animals feeding in q field is
termed a herd; collected for
driving. it is a drove. Animals
which stay together for COM
bined defense or offense, as
wolves, or which are kept
together for hunting, as
hounds, are referred to as
packs. Bees and other insects
collect in Swarms. Aquatic
animals congregate in shoals
or schools. Kindle is an old
word which is still occa-
sionally used for a litter of
rabbits; at one time it meant
the young Of any animal. and
especially a litter of kittens.
Evening star., 1962-10-31
World We Live In

The Pentagon's manager Of the
news, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Arthur Sylvester, was the one through
whom the Government chose to channel
to the public the news of what our ships
and airplanes were doing to enforce the
naval quarantine" on Cuba. No news
paper correspondents were permitted on
the scene The traditional facilities
usually provided for that purpose were
denied, for reasons obviously phony. So
Mr.. Sylvester and his understanding
out orders, we are sure-were left in
control Of what was to be printed. Those
whose business 1t is to gather and re-
port the news reluctantly accepted this
makeshift arrangement for the time
being, for there was no alternative.
It subsequently was revealed that
only those portions Of the news were
made available by Mr.. Sylvester which
he and other omniscient manipulators
of public opinion decided, in their in
finite wisdom, would best serve to create
the "image" of this country'S activities
they wished to manufacture and place
before our people and the world.
Mr.. Sylvester is to be commended
for his franknesS, at least. But he has
let an ugly cat out of the bag. In his
own words, as reported in The Star: II
can't think of a comparable situation,
but in the kind of world we live in, the
generation Of news by the Government
becomes one weapon in a strained situa-
ton. The results, in my opinion, justify
the methods we used"
Weigh those words. Their meaning
is truly sinister. In an administration
that is becoming quite notable in its
efforts toward achieving managed con-
troll of the news, Mr.. Sylvester may
have overlooked one likely result of
"the methods we used, This result Is
that Mr.. Sylvester and his Superiors,
from this time on, are suspect. They
have, in our opinion, recklesSly and
thoughtlessly forfeited a confidence
that in this country has been the rule,
rather than the exception. What they
say from now on, as arbitrarily eStab-
lished sources of public information,
may be the truth. But that truth will
be accepted with grain Of salt. The
"kind of world we live in" seems now
to be world in which the truth given
the American people Of what has hap
pened is that part of the truth selected
by officialdom to piece together a de-
sirable image. That image may be
distortion, the inevitable result OF an
attempt to use the press and its news
as instruments of national policy.
One may hope that having tasted
the fruits of use of power more readily
identified with the Soviet Union, with
Hitler, Mussolini and long string OF
new if lesser dictators than with our
own country, those in high places will
now realize that this fruit is poison
and discard it before an antidote be-
comes necessary.