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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-16
Mercy Staying

In Belgium a small casket
is committed to the earth.
One small but precious hui
man life, barely begun, has
ended. Many tears are shed
for the mother who was led
by grief, despair, and lack of
spiritual resources to such an
act. We weep for her, too.
We weep also for her poor
child - not only because she
was without arms, for there
have been others with this
and other handicaps who by
their usefulness, courage, and
greatness of soul have found
their own happiness and be-
come an inspiration to others
- but rather because she was
denied the human right to
fight this handicap, to con-
quer it, and enoble herself
thereby.
What right had these people
to assume this child would
be coward? 1t was the fam
ily's function to nourish, pro-
tect, and train her to take
hold of this and all circum-
stances of her life cour-
ageously, as a human being
should. And who appointed
them arbiters of life and death
over her as though she were
a piece Of personal property
to be disposed of at will?
Diane ID. TOregas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-16

those high-flown statements
about how politics mus t
stop at the waters edge"
Lila d. SOnnemann.
\ y \ \
I am concerned that Presi-
dent Kennedy will now re-
treat from the hard-earned
success won in the Cuban
crisis. President Kennedy and
his advisers should be re-
minded that the Russians, the
Red Chinese and the Castro
CubanS are our deadly enc
mics. They do not intend to
co-exist peacefully. They stab
in the back.
Our policy-makers should
not give undue attention to
the loud voices of those who
are called world opinion"
They don't pay our bills. or
fight our battles.
We hope President Ken
nedy realizes the great dan
ger in letting either our en-
emies or our domestic egg
headed neutralists talk him
out of insisting that Khru-
shchev live up to his written
agreement.
Leo David,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-16
Labor and the Neoro

Organized labor, as represented by
AFL-CIO President George Meany and
large delegation of union officers, was
on the receiving end of some unusual
lecturing at the White House yesterday.
In the course of signing non-dis-
elimination agreements with the Presi-
dents Committee on Equal Employment
Opportunity, the labor group was re-
minded pointedly by Vice President
johnson, chairman of the committee,
that "theSe are pledges that people ex-
pect you to live up to. You are COM
hitting yourselves and all of your mem
berShip to positive policy of equal OPP
portunity. 1t will be no easy task to
communicate and activate that policy"
In similar vein, President Kennedy like
wise warned the group that labor must
practice what it breaches with respect
to ending discrimination, and added
that "this is something we can all do
better on"
These references point most specifi-
cally to an increasingly bitter rift be-
tween much of organized labor and
parts of the national Negro community,
intensified in recent months by agrees
Sive charges and actions by the NAACP
and its labor secretary, Herbert Hill.
Broadly, the Negro complaints take two
forms: One, that many unions diScrimi-
nate within their own ranks as far as
membership and choice of officers are
concerned and, two, that unions have
not fought hard enough against reStric-
tive hiring and promotion practices of
many employers. The complaints are
not new, nor are they denied across the
board by labor officials. The latter
contend, however, that great progress
has been made in breaking down dis
criminatory practices, and Mr.. Meany
said that the new agreements with the
Presidents committee will permit "a
firmer and faster pace"
What has outraged many union Of
ficialS, and Mr.. Meany most of all. has
been the NAACP Intervention and Mr..
Hills charges against such unions as the
international Ladies Garment Workers
and the United SteelWorkerS. One of
the NAACP tactics has been to demand
cancellation by the National Labor Re-
lations Board of bargaining rights of
union locals accused of racial discrimi-
nation. On finding of mo merit" the
NLRB regional director in Atlanta this
week dismissed an NAACP decertifica-
ton motion of this kind against a steel
workers local there. Mr.. Meany an
nounced few days ago that the fedora
ton is SuSpending it's association with
and support Of the NAACP because
of Mr.. Hills campaign of "baseless
charges" AFL-CIO vice president Wal
ter Reuther, who also criticized the
NAACP complaints and tactics, said,
however, that he would remain on the
organizations board of directors. But
Charles Zimmerman ILGWU vice presi-
dent, has resigned as an NAACP legal
counsel
Against this background it is evil
dent that signing pledges with a presi-
dental committee falls far short of
being an assured or final answer to a
problem that has become deeply en-
FILTERED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-16
Worlds Finest Airport

Dedication of the Dulles Interna-
tional Airport tomorrow marks great
day for the Nations Capital. The thou
sands Of area residents who turn out
for their first look at the worlds finest
jet airport would do we'll, however, to
heed the suggestions of Federal Aviation
Administrator Halaby. His advice: Come
early, bring along bite to eat, dress
warmly Gas for football game''), and
choose your travel route with care.
On the latter point, there is a con-
siderable interest in driving over that
portion of the fine new access express
way which is completed from Route 1913
near Mclean to the airport Mr.. Halaby
warns, however, that if too many visitors
should select this path at the same time
tomorrow or Sunday, the congestion on
the ground is likely to be intolerable.
His wise counsel is that as many motor
lists as possible take the "back road" to
Dulles via Route so and Sully road.
whatever means of travel how
ever, the trip is worth while. For it is
hard to speak of the new airport except
IN superlatives. The imaginative archi-
lecture of the central terminal, as
created by the late Zero Saarinen, is
overwhelmingly impressive. The 10000
acre base itself is incredibly vast. We
have little doubt that the controversial
mobile lounges, transporting passengers
directly from the terminal ticket count
erS to their jets on the field a mile or
more away, will prove to be worth every
cent of their cost. No effort has been
spared to make Dulles, through esthetic
and engineering considerations, good
neighbor" to its AUDITING communities.
All OF these things attest to the success
OF its developers in distinguishing Dulles
from other atrports, in making it peculi-
arly adaptable not only to the massive
needs of the jet age, but to the comfort
and convenience of jet travellers.
Seeing this airport, moreover, makes
the Illustrations and the delays of the
last decade seem suddenly worth while.
AS Mr.. Halaby has pointed out, the end
result fully vindicateS the perseverance
of the public officials who are respon-
sible, among them President Eisenhower,
several key members of Congress, and,
perhaps most of all, General Pete Que
Sada.
No doubt the full potential of the
airport, in terms of use and of economic
return, will not be- realized for some
years, possibly for decade or longer.
BY that time, however, the Federal
Aviation Agency anticipates not only
that all of the airports of this region
will be fully utilized, but that even more
local airport capacity will be needed.
1t is highly fitting that Dulles-as the
central terminal for transcontinental
"and intercontinental flight in this re-
markably expanding world of air travel
should become a significant new gate
way to the Capital of the Nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-16

driven on for at least several
hours. Hot tires may show
air preSSures up to 5 pounds
higher than they would reg
lister when cold.
@. What is self-rising
flour?-D. s.
A. 1t is a mixture Of flour
made from wheat, buck
wheat, or corn to which bak-
ing soda and salt have been
added in proper proportion
for cakes, griddlecakes, and
other flour products.
@. What time do cities In
Alaska use?-A. j.
A. Alaska extends over four
time zones. Juneau uses Pa
cific Standard; Yakutat, Yu-
kon Standard; Fairbanks and
anchorage land most of
Alaska. Alaska Standard;
Nome, Boring Standard.
These zones are three, four,
five and six hours earlier
than EST, respectively.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-16
A BOOK FOR TODAY
Bio Brother Knows What You Think
By DONALD MINTZ

results. In the second place,
the accuracy of each and
every one of these tests when
used in personnel work has
been sharply challenged by
highly responsible profess
SIGNALS.
Finally, Mr.. Gross brings
up the important questions of
ethics and privacy. Has a
potential employer or his
agent the right to ask ques-
tons Of the greatest intimacy?
Have school systems the
right to ask such questions
of students?. Mr.. Gross
answer of course is mo" and
he notes that the use Of
psychological testing in
schools is now the subject Of
litigation in New York State.
In attacking the kind Of
people who do we'll on these
tests, Mr.. Gross shifts ground
somewhat. Obviously, If the
tests tell us nothing and II
the winners are not much
different from a random
selection among the contest
ants, there is nothing to
attack.
BUT THIS is NOT ALL
there is to it and Mr.. Gross
would have been on stronger
ground had he made his posi-
ton clearer. For even If we
assume that the pictures of
personality derived from these
tests are all the very essence
of nonsense, the fact remains
that the tests are scored so
that boxing fans get further
than art lovers, possibly solely
because both have been re-
quired to reveal their prefer
rences.
Curiously, Mr.. Gross does
not come to grips with one
of the oldest assumptions of
the entire affair, that is, that
the face you show to the
world for your 40 economic
hours cannot be a more or
less conscious mask but must
reveal your deepest essence.
One of Americas most in
dependent and radical COM
posers, the late Charles Ives,
made a fortune in the insur-
ance business. Today, preSum-
ably, he would not be allowed
near that or any other busi-
ness. Not only would that
have tbeen tragic for him but
more than a few policies
would have gone unwritten.
1.-THE Brain Watchers" is
lively and extreme. Doubtless
psychologists will find things
to attack here and there. For
the layman, however, it is
valuable as we'll as entertain
ing. 1t is especially recon-
mended to anyone in danger
of running out of things to
be against.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-16
Airport Policy

Marvellous Dulles Interna-
tional Airport will wear the
new face" with respect to
angled architecture, space
age services, accommodation
capacity, etc. / wonder
whether it will wear the
same old face" with re-
gard to employment policies,
with Negroes in a mental
minority
J. w. Haywood, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-16
THE BRAIN WATCHERS

AMI DANAAN "HASAAGANDs
BY Martin L. Gross. 304
pages. (Random House;
$4.95.)
A brain watcher" is a
man, generally but not
always trained in a psyche
logical discipline, who sup
poses that with the aid of a
group of tests he can measure
human personality in a way
that is commercially valu-
able. In other words, he can
tell your boss whether or not
you should be promoted. He
bases his estimate on the
supposed analysis of person.
atty, while past performance
and the views of those who
know the nature of the work
in some technical detail count
for little or nothing.
Since World War II, a
psychological testing industry
has come into existence. In
the last analysis it is based
on the premise that between
the man who likes boxing
matches and the man who
likes art exhibits there is a
difference greater than that
one man likes the fights and
the other likes pictures and
that this difference can be
made to yield information
about a mans adaptability
for various kinds of employ
ment. ct also tends to as
sumo that nobody likes both.)
In THE Brain Watchers"
Martin L. Gross, a magazine
writer, stands watch over the
watchers, and a hostile watch
it is too. He discusses the
various kinds Of tests-simple
machine graded affairs and
complex protective" tests
like the famous Rorschach
ink blots - their underlying
views of society and employ
ment, their phenomenally
widespread use, andy no
means least important-how
to beat them.
1T is EASY to take all this
as something of a joke. do
you talk a lot at parties?"
asks one test. "Are you
troubled with the idea that
people on the street are
watching you?" asks another.
It does not ask What kind
of idiot would answer Yes
to that one when applying for
a job?" And since you must
answer Eyes" or mo" you
cannot answer something
sensible like "Only when I
wear my rain hat"
Unfortunately, it is not a
joke. In the first place, as
Mr.. Gross shows, this testing
is very common and a great
deal of faith is placed in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-16

@. Who first classified
mankind into five races.
based on color?-B. L.
A. The chronological divi-
sion of mankind into five
races was first proposed by
a German anthropologist,
Johann Friedrich Blumen-
bach 1752-1840). He named
the races Caucasian (white),
Monaghan yellow, Ethio-
plan (black), American (red),
and Malayan Grown. While
these divisions were generally
accepted by the public, they
have for many years been
regarded by ethnologists as
inadequate and unscientific.
@. Should pressure in au-
tomobile tires be checked
when the tires are cold or
after they have become hot
through driving?-E. c.
A. Pressures recommended
for tires are practically all
ways for cold tires, that is,
tires which have not been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-16
WATCHING THE WORLD
By CROSBY S. MOVES
FOREIGN Correspondent Of The stur
Britain Must Decide on Market
Foreign Correspondent Of The stor
PARIS. sti

still command hearing in i'm
portant Segments of British
opinion, their criticism can
not be ignored by Mr.. Mac
milan. The impression is
that in the interval since Oc-
tober the government has
been put in a position where
further concessions to the
Common Market six have
become almost impossible.
Indeed, there are many who
believe that if more conces-
sions are made it is highly
unlikely Parliament will
ratify an agreement to join
the Common Market group.
Must Decide
With time apparently run
ming against him, Mr.. Mac
milan will have to make up
his mind in the very near
future. At Brussels a con-
siderable number of impor-
tant differences remain to be
settled. The European six so
far have succeeded in main
tanning a solidly united front,
conceding only the most mi
nor points to the British ne
gotiators.
If this pattern continues
in the current round of talks,
a decision can hardly be de-
layed. If the terms of Brit
aims entry into the market
cannot be substantially i'm
proved, Mr.. Macmillan must
decide whether he should
and whether he can-take
Britain into the market on
the terms available.
If the answer is yes, there
will be nothing to be gained
by endless and unsuccessful
haggling which will merely
strengthen the voice of the
opposition in Britain. If the
answer is no, it will be neces-
Sary to make the record as
clear and convincing as pos
sible that the historic step
to which Mr.. Macmillan COM
mitted himself and his gov
eminent cannot be taken at
this time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-16
Once Solid South

Ralph McGill says, THE
President of the United States
does not make laws. The Con-
greSS does that" Later, he
says when interpretations of
the Supreme Court become
court orders they become the
law of the land; that it is,
indeed, a great pity that
troops and marshals must be
called out to establish the
rights of just one man. But,
must they, meaning troops?
And how can a President up
hold the United States Con-
stitution and at the same
time be in violation of the
law? Let us hope that Mr..
McGill will explain this, read
ing directly from the Con-
Stitution, of course.
Conservatives of both par
ties today hope to find, some
time, a President who will
name Supreme Court Justices
who can find the Tenth
Amendment. While troops
and marshals may be regard
ed as symptoms of a disease,
you don't cure symptoms. You
must search for the cause of
the disease - the germs -
and knock them out, or for
ever put up with the symp-
toms.
The disease mentioned
above got its deadly start
with adjustment of the old
Two Thirds Rule many years
ago. Little by little the peo-
pies of the Southern States
have been kicked in the pants
and treated like stepchildren
by the Feds until now the
reaction has set in. The Dem
ocrat Party (once Demo-
cratic) is gradually losing
strength.
The Democrat Party,
Northern wing, would be ILL
advised to go on treating the
people of the Southern States
with condescension, and as
the national whipping boy, in
view of the awakening that
is now going on. 1t cannot go
on kicking the Southern voter
and expect minority groups of
large Northern cities to fur
nish the balance of power,
thus electing Democrat can
didates. Also, we seem now
to be nearing a time when
l-termers in the White House
are just over the political
horizon. Rockefeller may be
tried out, either in 1864 or
1868, but just now it appears
he'd be a 1-termer. Why SOP
The answer is that its a long
lane that has no turning;
the me, too" boys are on
the defensive nixon found
that OUT and even the
smears of Mr.. McGill cannot
stop all this.
E. HI. Alexander.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-16

AIb1O.
1t is clear that a critical
point has been reached in the
negotiations for Britain's en-
try into the European Com
mon Market that resumed in
Brussels yesterday.
The climate, to say the
least, has not improved since
the talks broke off on a rath-
er sour note at the end of last
month. The only new devel-
opment has been the decision
not to resume discussion of
the same thorny question Of
British agriculture on which
a deadlock had been reached.
but rather to move on to
other problems more prom
Using of solution.
In the meantime, however,
the trend of public opinion in
Britain against entry into
the market has taken on new
momentum. The trend has
been reflected in the sharp
ness of the recent debate in
Parliament where Prime Min
lister Macmillan's govern
ment beat down a concen-
trated attack from the Labor
Party.
In the House of Lords, crit
iciSm of the governments
handling Of the negotiations
was particularly pointed, with
two former Prime Ministers
warning of the perils that
Britain's entry into the Com
mon Market might involve.
Attlee, Eden Oppose 1t
Earl Attlee, who headed the
Labor Government from 1945
to 1851, came out fatty
against a close political asso-
citation with countries whose
devotion to the traditions of
parliamentary democracy was
at least questionable. Some
what surprisingly, his fears
were seconded by the Earl Of
Avon (Anthony Eden), who
argued that British commit
ment to a European fedora
ton was "a most unsound
doctrine"
Since these former leaders
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-16
Some Like 1t Hot :.

1 am amused that so many
writers of letters to The Star
are able to interpret a cold"
text more accurately than a
trained reporter can record a
hot performance.
May Mary McGrory con-
tinue to write of-and The
Star continue to publish her
reports of-events as she sees
them.
Pull the tumult down
around your ears. Then forge
ahead.
L. S. Mattingly.
Not since Pontius PLATE
did it have I seen such a
Sanctimonious and unworthy
performance of the type The
Star perpetrated November
10 in its letters column
against one of the finest re-
porterS who write from
Washington, Mary McGrory.
1t tells a great deal about
The Star-and about Mary
McGrory.
Joseph HanlOn.
4 4 y X
Although Mary McGrory's
reputation as a fair and OBJ
jective reporter needs no de-
tense, I am compelled to
speak out against the flood
OF criticism which appeared
in the November Is edition of
The Star in connection with
Miss McGrory's excellent
story about Richard M.
Nixon's farewell press con-
ference.
I found her story honest
and in complete accord with
the impression given by Mr..
Nixon in the television broad
cast which I saw. I also read
the partial transcript of the
press conference as carried in
The Star and again agreed
with Miss McGrory's account.
To my mind, Miss Nc
Grory'S stories in The Star
have been consistently fac
tual and objective. She is an
excellent reporter. It is I'M
fortunate that Mr.. Nixon's
feet of clay were exposed so
badly to his faithful follow
ers. But they should not take
out their anger at Miss Nc
Grory. All she did was give
the facts-nothing else.
J. b. Zatman.
4 y Il
Letters your paper printed
November Is referring to
Richard Nixon'S "last press
conference" and the Mary
McGrory column, reveal
some sideways-thinking Mr..
Nixon, bitter in defeat,
represents the dish-it-out-
but-can't-t ake-it type. The
McGrory column repre-
sented one columnist's opin-
ion of Mr.. Nixon's TRADE in
which he expressed his opin-
ion of the press, of which
body Mary McGrory is but
one, but a superb member.
Coverage in the news COL
umnS, complete text of Mr..
Nixon's remarks, views on
television confirmed Miss Nc
Grow's description.
If on the other hand, a
columnist liked Dick" would
it have been considered vi
ciouS to say so? like Mary"
Marguerite Kelly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-16
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used IT
letters carry iDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSa-
ton. Those not used tUiH be
returned only 11hen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-16

time and, perhaps, return to their ne
farious trade I'd satisfy the judgment?
Or should he, with the laws consent, Of
course, append an o. Henry-like twist
by paying nocturnal visit to the bur-
glars home while they still are in dur
ance vile?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-16
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

get answer by man. to question
postage self-addesed
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-28
Government By Reprisals

Why? Because the local governing
body, sensitive to the will of the people,
refuses ITO assess taxes to operate
system of schools deemed unsatisfactory
and pernicious. For three years, highly
trained NAACP lawyers have attempt
ed to find some clearcut legal way to
force the governing body to tax it's
people against their will. So far no law
has been found. But, economic reprisals
have been found, first by enjoining the
clear right of educational scholarships
to the parents of Prince Edward County
in 1861; and now, with an implied threat
to force all public schools in Virginia
to be closed unless Prince Edward
Supervisors tax the people for a system
of schools they believe to be unsatisfac-
tory. The courts should decide the legal
issues being litigated without reprisals.
Economic reprisal is condition
foreign to the people of this area.
During ten years Of litigation there have
been no economic reprisals in this coun-
ty. We look with disfavor on economic
reprisal and certainly judicial law
through reprisals would be dangerous
precedent.