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Evening star., 1962-09-19
Starting at the Top

The voters of Massachusetts, will
choose one Of two very young men for
United States Senator this fall-young
men who are not distinguished either
on grounds of experience or visible
qualifications
In the Democratic primary, Teddy"
the Presidents brother, demolished
Eddie" nephew of the Speaker of the
House of Representatives. This was
hardly a contest, the winners margin
being on the order Of to /. So this
young man of 80 years, who has never
held political office or, for that matter,
real job, and who is only three years
out of law school, will be the Demo-
cratic candidate, and probably favorite
to win in November. How was he able
so easily to cut down his opponent, who
at least had served as State attorney
general? Well, there may be many
answers. Among them, however, surely
are the facts that he is the Presidents
brother, that he has an attractive per-
Sonality, that he had plenty of campaign
money, that he worked hard, and that
a well-oiled Democratic organization,
reaching down into every precinct,
really did job for him.
On the Republican side, the race
was much closer, but George Cabot
Lodge, 35, edged out his veteran OPP
ponent, Representative Laurence Curtis,
who has served five terms in Congress
but who was frozen out in a redistrict-
ing this year.
Mr.. Lodge is the son of Henry Cabot
Lodge, former Senator and G. o. P. Vice
Presidential candidate in 1860, who also
has the dubious distinction of being the
man who was beaten for the Senate in
1852 by John F. Kennedy. The son, like
young Mr.. Kennedy, has never held an
elective office. AS far as Massachusetts,
politics are concerned, both aspire to
start at the top-and that is nice work
if you can get it. There is no prospect,
however, that Massachusetts,, whatever
happens in November, will be sending
another Daniel Webster to the Senate
in January.
Evening star., 1962-09-19
Humble Homes?

An article in The Star
real estate section, written
by Stephen G. Yeonas, presi-
dent of the Home Builders
Association Of Metropolitan
Washington. contends that it
is cheaper to buy q home
than rent. He goes on to cite
statistics given by the Ma
tional Association of Home
Builders and the FHA that
a median-priced home in
1862 costs about $4,000.
In the same section under
the title, Fall Festival of
'62 Homes" is a list of 40
different communities of new
homes in all parts Of the
Washington Metropolitan
area, and among other things
it lists the minimum price
of these homes. My husband
sat down and added up the
minimum price of all these
homes and found that the
average price Of these new
homes being offered for sale
in the Washington area is
$4,000. This is a far cry
from the price of the median-
priced home Mr.. Yeonas men,
toned.
We find it a sad state Of
affairs that the average home
now offered is so much high
er priced. 1t makes buying
a home here most difficult
for the average American.
We sold our house in Cali
fornia when we were trans
ferred here and among the
houses we looked at, we found
one with almost the identical
floor plan and similar size
and found it to be over $4,000
more than our California
home near San Francisco.
Can labor costs and property
values be that much more
here than there?
Betty N. Haynes.
Evening star., 1962-09-19
Calm Defender of Dollar

Per Jacobson, Swedish-born man
aging director Of the International Mon
etary Fund, has demonstrated some in
tereSting qualities in his nearly seven
years in this Washington-he
post. One, not surprisingly in the light
Of having spent his entire adult life
in the practice of international eco
nomicS, is that he knows his way around
in this highly specialized field. Another
is that he has become a discerning and
friendly observer of American economic
capacity-and of the policies, practices
and preSSureS which apply to it. With
all this, one of his effective and en-
gaging habits is to speak his mind,
calmly and bluntly, about the behavior
Of men and economies here and abroad.
AS one manifestation Of the latter
quality, Mr.. Jacobson on several oc-
casions in recent weeks has chided the
"mournerS' bench" of American eco
nomistS, politicians and assorted COM
mentatorS who have been so preoc-
cupied publicly with their worries over
growth, budgets, payments deficits and
the strength of the dollar. Zone can be
worried too long and too much" he has
said while suggesting that some of the
gloom be set aside. Pointing out that
our gross national product has gone up
by rs per cent this year, Mr.. Jacobs
son describes it as quite an impressive
increase (that) people would be rather
proud of &. if it hadn't been for the
published aims of higher figures"
While acknowledging that even
faster growth of our domestic economy
is desirable, Mr.. Jacobson has spoken
understandingly Of the problems and
confidently of the prospects as COVER
nors of the Fund and of the World Bank
gathered for their meetings here this
week. He shares cautiously the belief
expressed by the administration that
international payments can be brought
into balance by the end of 1868, with
the situation being helped materially
by the fact that American goods are
becoming increasingly competitive in
foreign markets. A key element in this
trend is the fact that both wages and
prices currently are rising faster in
Western Europe than in the United
States. In the past 80 months, for
example, while the American wage
index has risen by 5 per cent the in
crease in Britain has been per cent
and in West Germany Is per cent.
At the same time, both in the
Funds annual report and in his ad-
Evening star., 1962-09-19
COINED by commies

1t has become increasingly
evident that America has been
the victim Of the greatest
"con" game in the history of
the world. Since World War
II we have taken a purely
defensive stance with few
exceptions) in regard to the
advance of International COM
munism. Stain, and, in turn,
Khrushchev were quick to
sense this and to take advan-
tage of our inaction by ac-
celebrating their aggressions.
Our sporadic and inconsistent
attempts to turn the red tide
have been generally inef-
fectual; the Communists hour
by hour continue to further
their overall strategy to ul-
timately isolate the U. s. We
abhor the use Of so-called
power diplomacy" and con-
slider it outdated and crude
in todayis world; and yet Sta
lin (did) and Khrushchev
(does) play it to the hilt,
while we attempt by words
and billions of dollars to
counteract basic human psy-
chology.
The Russian leaders being
from peasant stock have an
inbred grasp of sociology and
mass psychology; far more
than most Of the intellectuals.
They realize that the masses
react to fear and greed pri-
marily. and use these emo
tions as the driving force
for world conquest under the
guise of humanitarian" COM
munism. The heads Of the
newly created nations are ex-
tremely cognizant Of the pow
er struggle between East and
West: they claim "neutralism"
but are greatly influenced by
the aggressiveness of the COM
munist bloc. Here again basic
psychology Cor power di-
plomacy" If you wild Is the
deciding factor in their think
ing.
The advent Of the nuclear
age with its terrible weapons
of destruction influences in
ternational politics tremen-
dously. However, the ''basics"
are still there; q nuclear war
would destroy in minutes
what the Communists have
taken over 40 years to build
and strengthen. Why squash
the plum" (America) when
you feel that victory is OBJ
tainable without total war?
Or, from our perspective, why
should we hesitate to use force
to save the free world when
we have the retaliatory power
to prevent the occurrence Of
a third world war? Our hesi-
fancy and inaction to react to
the Communist take-over in
Cuba may prove to be the
key factor in the present
East-West struggle.
Carl w. May.
Evening star., 1962-09-19
Ayes of Texas

AS a former resident of the
District and one vitally in
terested in world affairs
and politics, it has been
gratifying to observe our
young President since his
freshman year in Congress.
No President, young or old.
Republican or Democrat. has
been able to satisfy everyone
all Of the time, nor has any
administration been entirely
without mistakes. However.
our present administration,
while inheriting many prob
lens, has been faced with
many sporadic ones which
have been handled with
courage, caution and intelli-
gence.
For six years I have had
an opportunity to observe
the feeling and apprehen-
sions Of the masses in Texas
toward politics. In my opin-
ion, our distinguished Presi-
dent and Vice President
have not only gained in
popularity and stature for
their wisdom and diplomacy,
but the former apprehension,
has, in most instances in
Texas, been replaced by coii-
fidence and respect as DEM
onstrated by the thousands
of people who welcomed them
on their recent visit to
Houston.
There are many Of us in
Texas who repudiate and
regret comments heretofore
made to our President bY the
publisher and chairman of
the board Of a large Texas
newspaper concerning the i'll
feeling and distrust Of the
"grass roots" in Texas. I
feel sure the publisher was
speaking for himself-not
for Texans in general-as
he would like to have one
believe.
The Presidency Is a tre-
mendously difficult job, and
is being administered today
most conscientiously and in
telligently. What more could
q Nation ask?
Mrs. Henry Schwartz II
Tyler, Texas
Evening star., 1962-09-19
Our Astronout Heroes

America loves her heroes She loves
them first for their initial, often shock
producing achievements. Then, not long
after the hurrahS have subsidized, she
wants to be convinced their characters
are blameless in the cold light of public
scrutiny.
Many have passed the test and are
enShrined in our hearts hall Of fame.
OF today'S eligibles for the hero'S man
tie, none can match the opportunity
of our astronauts, to whose ranks now
have been added nine superbly qualified
young men. Young men, by the way,
who are reaching for the moon-only
a few years ago hollow and mocking
expression.
Already, just three years after it all
began, there is complaint that the space
program may be breeding something
less than the dedicated pioneer. There
is anxiety on the part of some as to
whether commercialization has intruded
on an otherwise glorious adventure.
We believe the astronautS, their
rigorous and hazardous life being what
it is, are entitled to compensation COM
mensurate with the assignment. But
we also believe they, and the taxpaying
public, should be protected from COM
mercial enterprises that will cheaper
and degrade the program. Whether it
is proper for astronautS to sell their
stories while in Government service is
questionable. Everything should be done
to see that they, our potential heroes,
do not turn out to have dollar marked
feet of CLAW.
Evening star., 1962-09-19
A BOOK FOR TODAY
An Unorthodox, Amusing Almanac
By DONALD MINTZ

1897. 1t was in reply to q let
ter by 8-year-old Virginia
O'Hanlon of New York, who
was under pressure from her
skeptical contemporaries and
trying hard to cling to her
faith. What seems a little
odd is Virginia's getting fired
UP about Santa Claus as early
as September, unless, as Ia
possible, the merchants had
already decorated the down.
town streets. In early April
of the following year, an
editorial entitled Yes, Shir-
ley, there is an Easter bunny
appeared but failed to stir
the public imagination"
Professor Armour some
times likes to Chamber up to
the last ramification Of a
thought, an esoteric pleas
ure he shares with Groucho
Marx. One Of the random
thoughts in the almanac
concerns an important
inventor: ION october
10, 1865, John WelSey
Hyatt won a $4,000 prize by
producing the best substi-
tute for an ivory billiard ball.
Even an elephant couldn't
tell the difference. The next
step, Of course, was to make
imitation Ivory Soap. the old
soap of genuine ivory being
inclined to sink. 1t got so an
idealist could never be sure
he wasn't living in an ivory
tower made of plastic"
AND HE HAS FUN with
pretense: "a course for den
tai hygienists was inaugurated
by DR.. Alfred c. Fones at the
Fones Clinic in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, on November II.
1918. Thirty three young
women enrolled and were
taught such things as which
instrument to hand the dem
tist when he absent-mindedly
asks for his seven iron and
how to frisk departing pa
tients for magazines. After
each lesson they tied a piece
of dental floss around the
left index finger to help them
remember which was their
left index finger"
Armour lovers will want
the Almanac" whatever the
season. Others must assume
that McGraw-Hill has "al-
ready decorated the down.
town streets" After all, it's
a little late for summertime
weekend guests to be think
ing about presents for their
hosts. But in due course it
will be time to consider the
problem Of literary stocking
suffers. "Armour's Almanac"
would serve with gaiety.
Evening star., 1962-09-19
Messiah of Riqht'.

The New Messiah Of the
Righteous Right. Jenkin
Lloyd Jones, commits another
pratfall in his diatribe
against traditional thera-
pists." The favorite philoso-
pher Of Little Old Ladies, Inc,
extends his back-to-the-
good-old-days spleneticism
to include all professionals in
the behavioral sciences who
do not embrace his down.
Observation-Disclosures til
rades, tiresome as they are
predictable.
Mr.. Jones' bland assump-
tion that the existence Of
slums and parental irrespon-
sibility have absolutely moth
ing to do with Juvenile delin-
quency is imbecilic. Past
rea ders recognize thinly-
veiled illusions to minority
groups. Nowhere in Mr..
Jones' writings does one find
recognition that a spiraling
population, inequities in edu-
cational opportunities, less
than-eQual job opportunities,
chronological unemployment
and the monstrous growth
Of urbia are among signifi-
cant contributors to lawless
behavior or other non-admi-
rable trends. 1t is always the
absence Of old-time religion
or the lack Of q birching bill
which deters. our perfecti-
bility.
Mr.. Jones' oversimplifica-
tions degenerate into abb
surdity with his Endorsement
OF fellow righteous Fighter
Norman Vincent Peale and
his senseless attack upon
the garrulous characters
and oddballs who provided
the material for the Kinsey
report" The intimation that
the subjects Of revolutionary
scientific study are atypical
would seem to represent
small-town dogmatism at its
extreme.
It's a shame that a talent
such as Mr.. Jones possesses
should be turned, remorse-
lessly, upon small-gauge tar
gets. But then it is always
difficult to take the country
out of the boy.
]. Robert Sellers.
Evening star., 1962-09-19
WATCHING THE WORLD
u. N. Needs q Modest Definition
BY CROSBY S. NOYI
Foreian correspondent q Ihe star

sovereignty" in coping with
world disputes that the rec
ord is a good deal more du-
bious.
Certain limitations, at least,
are obvious. AS an organiza-
ton dominated by neutralist-
minded states, the q. N. al
most by definition steers
clear Of any dispute involving
great power interests-which
is to say any dispute which
really threatens the peace of
the world. If Berlin and
Cuba are debated during the
coming session, for example,
it will be against the wishes
Of a majority Of the General
Assembly. And nothing what
ever Of a practical nature can
be expected to emerge.
Neutrals Have Reservations
Even the neutralist nations
themselves are usually not
anxious to submit their own
problems to the whimsical
Judgment of the General As
sembly. midas Nehru, for
one, sees no point in bring
ing his dispute with Commu-
mist China before the U. NJ,
though he is usually among
the first to call for stern
action when it comes to other
peoples disagreementS.
Where the great power in
terests have not been directly
involved as in the Congo, the
u. N. can. indeed play a role.
To some however, it seems a
little odd that what is upheld
as the U. MS greatest con-
tribution to world peace so
far has consisted Of armed
Intervention in an internal
dispute. And it is a little de-
pressing to be assured that
the whole future of the or
ganization hangs on the sue
cess or failure Of this rather
doubtful exneriment.
In the onwards and up
wards school of u. N. boosters,
it might be well to recognize
that today a coherent ma
jority in the General Assem-
bly, can be mustered on only
q very small number of is
sues.
In any case even remotely
involving colonialism there is
no problem whatever. In most
cases involving censuring Of
the great powers for one
reason or another, the dele
gates go along willingly
enough. On such matters as
disarmament or distribution
of aid to underdeveloped
countries. everyone has plenty
to say. But the U. MS prac-
tical contributions in these
fields have been even less
noteworthy than those Of the
great powers themselves.
On the other hand, TO ad-
nit that the u. N. is some
thing less than q world gov
ernment or sovereign state is
not necessarily to condemn
it to sterility or insignificance.
If it cannot under the cir
cumstances guarantee world
peace, there is still an enor-
nous scope for useful work
by the Assembly and its re-
lated agencies for creating
conditions Of peace around
the globe. And If a more mod
est definition Of the U. Ms
aims and purposes were to
emerge from this session a
more realistic approach to the
the task might be found.
Evening star., 1962-09-19
PARIS.

PARIS.
One may hope without too
much optimism that what
viii emerge from the new
session Of the United Nations
General Assembly will be q
more modest definition Of the
purpose Of the United Ma
tions, itself.
Such q definition is long
overdue. It is not, of course,
inscribed among the 80 ques-
tions scheduled for debate.
1t is not likely to emerge
from the legal wrangling over
who is going to pay the
U. MS bills.
And yet, most Of the seri-
Gus difficulties that the U. N.
finds itself in today stem
from disagreement over this
basic definition. Secretary
General U Thants. with char
acteristic honesty, has put his
finger squarely on the touchy
problem: ~,
There are some people, said
Mr.. Thant, who think the
U. N. should be nothing
more than a debating society.
There are others who believe
that it should be "an or
ganic thing" which should
gradually increase its author
ity until it had achieved "the
attributes of a sovereign
state" Mr.. Thant, like his
predecessor, Dag Hammar-
skiold, lined himself up firm
" with the latter school.
But even the Secretary
General, while pointing out
the problem with great preci-
sion, was lamentably impre-
else about what he was ac-
tually talking.
How an organization, whose
own sovereignty" depends
on a majority of the 104 i'm
mensely disparate and con-
flicting national interests,
can ever achieve the "at-
tributes of a sovereign state"
has never been explained. 1t
is not unnatural, perhaps,
that the idea of a world gov
ernment In which the vote
of Gabon population 420.-
7O9) carries exactly the same
weight as that of the United
States and Soviet Russia still
inspires a certain skepticism
in some parts of the world.
Devotion to Peace
What attributes Of sover-
eighty does Mr.. Thant have
in mind? Not, presumably,
the venal, petty and parochial
ones that interest most OF
the member nations of the
u. N. In the view Of all q. N.
true believers, the one over
whelming attribute OF this
majority will be its inflexible
devotion to the cause Of
world peace. Everywhere he
went in his travels on both
sides Of the Iron Curtain,
Mr.. Thant reported he found
that governments wanted the
U. N. to be "a really effective
instrument for the preserva-
ton Of peace"
A noble idea. But here
again, perhaps, a little more
definition might be helpful.
No doubt, in serving as what
Mr.. Thant terms a debating
society the U. N. has made
considerable contributions to
the cause Of peace over the
years. It is precisely when it
has assumed attributes Of
Evening star., 1962-09-19
Lowrence's 'PoroHeF

III 4ucsA1hy 0JdI dIl SO1"
torial entitled There is No
Parallel" refers to an article
of mine and states that there
is no parallel between Italy's
attack on Ethiopia in 1885
and the presence. of Soviet
forces in Cuba today. This
was not the point I stressed,
but the parallel in the eco
nomic blockade of Italy in
1885 and the merican
blockade of Cuba today. I
referred to this in my Mon
days dispatch in The Star
as follows:
THE West protested feebly
in 1885, and the League of
Nations voted so to / for an
economic blockade in Novem-
Der Of that year. But the
United States was indiffer-
ent, and the commercial in
terests Of the world succeed
ed in causing an abandon
ment of the blockade after
eight months of spasmodic
effort.
Then, as now in respect
to Cuba, q blockade was
characterized as useless un-
less all nations participated
wholeheartedly."
In support Of the forego-
ing, ! quoted from United
Press international dispatch
es q few days earlier from
Washington and London
which read as follows:
Washington: "The United
States has been making quiet
diplomatic 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 Lat
in American and European
allies in its attempt to tight
en- the diplomatic and eco
nomic squeeze on Cuba"
London: Britain has po-
litely but firmly discouraged
any American ideas that it
join the United States in an
economic blockade Of Cuba,
it was reliably learned today.
other European nations Of
the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization were reported
also to have backed away
from tentative soundings as
to whether they would go
along with the United States
in any possible e barge
against Cuba"
My comment was: THUS,
as in the 193Os, the Free
World is in disunion and the
enemy dictators are taking
advantage of such dissen-
sion"
This was the parallel. The
failure to support the eco
nomic blockade Of Italy in
1885 was a weakness on the
part of the West which led
to Hitler's S miscalculation
that the Western democra-
cies would not fight and that
he would not be risking war
in continuing his agrees
sions. In my article, I was
merely asking whether we are
witnessing a parallel when
again the method of econom-
ic blockade is proposed, this
time by us, and the West
once more backs away from
our Governments request for
cooperation, especially from
its NATO partners.
Evening star., 1962-09-19
LETTERS TO THE STAR,

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Evening star., 1962-09-19
Trans Tragedy

I would like to thank The
Star most sincerely for the
editorial of September 4, ex-
pressing sympathy and con-
Germ for my countrymen
following the recent grave
catastrophe in Iran.
In this time of indescrib-
able sorrow and suffering re-
sulting from the earthquake,
the magnificent response
which was Immediately forth
coming from the United
States Government and our
American friends has been
indeed heartening and will
always be remembered with
appreciation.
H0ssein GhOds-Nakhai
Ambassador of Iran