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Milford chronicle., 1962-08-10
Young Delaware Designer Wins Regional IIonors

DELAWARE boy designed built this artly styled mina-
tre automobile for the 1862 Fisher Body Guild
petition The entry the first award of $50 each then
went to win regional honor which entities him
paid trip July 31-August
The built by Dein, 49, of Wilmington His
model is the national finals competition OF
eighteen scholarships valued at $4,000.
Milford chronicle., 1962-08-10
TN THE AIR FORCE"
BY eiuine townsend Dickerso,

I'm The Air the mails 1t will be used
in weeks - - -
Milford chronicle., 1962-08-10
A DEBT TO HAMILTON

Alexander Hamilton rendered so many
services to the nation that it is hard to
enumerate them ALL One often overlooked
is. brought out in the new final volume of
the life of Hamilton by Prof. Broadus Nit
chell Mitchell underscores the fact that
Hamilton saved the country from the presi-
dency of Aaron Burr The circumstances
provide an interesting lesson in the appli-
cation of principles in politics.
Burr, cool and subtle maneuverer, had
built up a strong organization in New York
State. His political services were thought
to entitle him to run for vice president with
Jefferson in 1900. All would have been well,
but for popularity of the electoral system
then in effect.
At that time electors voted for two
names, the one with the highest vote becom-
ing president and the next highest getting
the vice presidency. This had worked out
we'll enough in previous elections, but on
this occasion Jefferson and Burr each re-
ceived the same number of votes The
House of Representatives had to choose.
The defeated Federalsts wanted to
avenge themselves by beating jefferson.
Against this Hamilton, the foremost Fed
eralist of them all, fought relentlessly. He
believed Jefferson to be honest; he consid-
cred Burr entirely unprincipled, capable of
doing the country great harm. By unre-
mitting effort he induced enough Federal
lists to cast blank ballots so that Jefferson
was elected.
This is old history now, remote from
present day experience. But the story of
how powerful man placed principle above
partisan advantage might proftably be,
read by politicians of our time.
Milford chronicle., 1962-08-10
WIDE OPEN SPACES


Anyone who does any travelling in the
Western states soon come to realize that,
for all our burgeoning national population,
the United States still has vast areas of open
countryside. In the Dakotas, in Wyoming,
in Montana and various other states west
of the Mississippi one can drive for many
miles without spotting a town or even so
much as a house.
The presence of these open spaces tenn
pers somewhat the fear that the United
States will be engulfed by its swiftly ris-
ing population and that urban pressures
will become intolerable. Although the prob
lem of somehow curbing the rate of increase
in the number of people on earth is a SER
ious one not to be ignored or minimized,
it happens that this country is far more
fortunate than most others because of the
living room still available for expansion.
1t is true that more is involved than
simply having the overflow of the great ur
ban centers move to the wide open spaces.
There are special problems-lack of suffi-
cient water for people and industry, re-
moteness that boosts transportation costs,
and so on.
But those problems are not beyond So
luton. AS means of transportation improve,
as nuclear energy becomes cheaper source
of power as we learn to freshen salt water
and make it available to areas distant from
the sea- there will be less and less diStlnc-
ton between the present heavily settled
areas and those now marked by big skies
and open horizons The change may bring
some regrets, but at least it offers hope that
the nation will have enough living room for
much bigger population.
N~IRG@
Evening star., 1962-01-14

is back on TV in his comedy-variety-
human interest series, with his cigar
and, happily with his sublimely outra-
geous gibes and swipes.
"He doesn't really mean to be in
sulting," songwriter Harry Rubin once
said. Hes really quiet, thought
full guy-an expert on Gilbert and
Sullivan and the novels of Henry
James. The lines just come out that
way, like compulsion neurosis."
Evening star., 1962-01-14
DRAMA

That's all there
was to it," says
Rubin, who admits
he has been trying
for 10 years to get
his okay on a show.
Playing the daugh-
ter will be Brooke
Hayward who, in
real life, is the
daughter of pro-
ducer Leland Hay
ward and the late
Margaret Sullivan. She is also the
recent bride of Dennis Hopper, who
plays the boy friend. Veteran actor
Fred Clark plays Dennis father.
Rubin, who also produced 'Peck's
Bad Girl for CHS, goes back long
way in TV. An anthology series,
"Your Show Time" with Arthur
Shields, Barry Fitzgerald's brother,
as host, won one of the first Emmies.
On Thursdays, incidentally, Groucho
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-13
DAVID LAWRENCE

The last thing in the world
that President K nedy
probably wants to do is to
create the image of an
autocracy. Unwittingly. that's
the impression conveyed by
some Of his messages to Con-
greSs calling for a concen-
tration Of power in the
Executive in everything from
the fixing of agricultural
prices to the raising or lower
ing Of taxes by the White
House. Also, without consult
ing Congress. the President
has used the Executive
Order" authority to go be-
yond the written law. His
subordinates have taken a
cue from him and have
stretched their activities
beyond the principles of the
Constitution itself. Here are
some examples:
/. The chairman of the
Federal Communications
Commission speaks out with
the Presidents approval and
threatens all radio and tele-
vision stations with a possible
refusal to renew their
licenses If they don't furnish
programs according to the
taste or Judgment of the
administration. It is denied
that this is censorship" but
it certainly is a form of
coercion.
2. The Presidents press
secretary assemblies in a
private meeting the secre-
taries Of members of Congress
of the Democratic Party and
urges them to get their con-
stituents to write letters to
the TV stations. particularly
in the West, which are not
carrying presidential press
conferences on the air. When
constituents start writing to-
stations and telling them
they have been advised by
the offices of their Congress-
men or Senators to demand
that the President be given
more space on television, it
begins to look less like an
ordinary publicity maneuver
and more like a form of
coercion, for the TV station
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-13
Kennedy Aides Believed Acting
Beyond Constitutions PRINCIPLES

may come to feel their
licenses will not be renewed
If they don't play ball with
the administration.
8. The press has published
In recent days many dis
patches from Washington
telling how censorship"
operates inside the Govern
ment with respect to public
speeches not merely by mill
tary personnel but by civil
ians. The President has a
legal right to withhold in
formation as to the identity
Of the individual censors, but
the fact is that when censor
ship is applied, the public
feels that a kind Of party
line" is being handed out.
4. President Kennedy has
come out in favor Of organ
izing Federal employees In
labor unions and has issued
an Executive order requiring
formal recognition Of such
unions. While the document
discreetly points out that a
Federal employee can refrain
from joining if he wishes,
and still keep his job-a
sort Of right to work" doc
trine - it also provides an
elaborate machinery to en-
courage union organization.
Surprisingly enough, a task
force Of administration Of
ficials. headed by Secretary
Of Labor Goldberg, has pro-
posed - and the President
has accepted its recommen-
dations-that the "check-off"
Of union dues be instituted.
An individual may refrain, of
course, from giving permits
sion to deduct his dues from
his pay check, but the main
purpose is to make dues COL
lection easier.
S. At present, only 80 per
cent of the 2.3 million Fed
eral employees are unionized.
By making it possible to COL
lect dues from a bigger per-
centage of Federal employees,
not only do the unions get
more revenue, but an organ
ization is established through
which political pressure can
be exerted in behalf Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-13
Efforts to Get the Party OverhouIed
Said to Annoy Some Republicans

Now, however. Mr.. Eisen-
hover, the party's Father
Image" and the man who
was able to lead it to victory
long delayed, has repeated
his charge. Mr.. Romney, an
other man with an image
that some say means victory,
has agreed with him.
1--WE will be FOOLS" said a
young Republican Congress-
man, "if we miss the meaning
Of this. Implicit in what Mr..
Eisenhower says is that dur
ing the eight years he was
head Of the party he could
not change its image from
one of reaction to one of
progressive action. or, as he
put it, Modern Republican
ism. He is being damned by
some of the old-timers. But,
actually, he was kind in not
putting the whole story on
the line and saying that all
his attempts to create a party
Of modern outlook and Or
ganization failed. What else
could he mean when he says
the organization must be
overhauled and the incompe-
tents kicked out.
"And now" said the Con-
gresham, I'VE have Romney.
Romney speaks from a close,
working knowledge If the
Republican Party in .Michi-
gan. It is no secret that this
organization for years has
been in the hands of men
who are not COPS, but
GOPES."
"GOPES?"
eyes, Grand Old Pithe-
canthropus Erectus. George
Romney will tell you that il
was not just labor that con-.
tributed to Michigan's domi-
nance by the Democrats. It
was the COPIES. Romney will
have a hard time winning,
even with much of labor's
rank and file going for him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-13
With Frances Future Uncertain,
Moscow Makes New Bid to Germany

ROME.-Europe's political
skies are becoming cloudy
again. Conditions in France
are difficult. which is strange
in a country where economic
and social conditions are at
their best. President de Gaulle
continues to have much pop
ular support in his Algerian
policies because the rank and
file Of French people are sick
Of Algeria which has cost
them some So billion and tens
of thousands of lives. They
want to end the struggle as
soon as possible.
But the violent opposition
Of the minority led by gen.
erals with no political sense
has created a situation which
could plunge France into
chaos should Gen. de Gaulle
disappear from the political
scene. This disappearance
would cause all the promis-
ing aspects for a Federated
Europe to disintegrate.
Germany, the closest ally
and supporter Of France, has
become significantly restless.
Until a few weeks ago, the
De Gaulle policy toward Rus
STA, mo negotiations unless
the Kremlin approaches us
with concrete proposals." was
fully accepted by all Ger
mans. Recently. however. a
new trend has been notice.
able in the Federal Republic.
Not only responsible news
papers but political leaders.
such as DR., Mende. the head
of the liberal party which
supports Konrad Adenauer
in Parliament, have urged d.
rect discussions with Moscow
in answer to Nikita Khru-
shchev's repeated approaches
to Bonn.
It is said on reliable au-
thority that since the erection
of the Berlin wall Mr..
Khrushchev has made at least
three such approaches, either
through the German ambas-
Sador in Moscow or his own
ambassador in Bonn. He has
suggested that the differences
between Germany and the
Soviet Union could best be
settled by face-to-face nego-
tiations. Mr.. Khrushchev is
reported to have strongly
limited that even the question
of unification of Germany
could be settled If the Bonn
government shows a real un-
derstanding of the situation
and desire to meet the Rus
sian policies halfway. OF
course. the understanding"
of Russia s policies is German
neutrality, that is to say,
"leave the NATO." a.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-13

tributions to the spiritual con-
tent of scouting, were hailed by
Bishop Hannah as future
leaders of our church, country
and community"
Troop 80 of Blessed Sacra-
ment Parish of Washington
with 10 Scouts receiving the
award had the highest number
of recipients in the ceremony.
Eugene Ingold, a local writer,
is Scoutmaster of the troop.
Representatives of 40 Catho-
lic-sponsored Boy Scout troops
in the. Archdiocese of Wash
ington participated in the OBJ
servance. Troops from St.
MaryS, Charles and Talbot
Counties in Maryland were
represented for the, first time
at the ceremony. ..s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-13
POTOMAC FEVER
BY FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ted Kennedy tours Europe while Brother Bob tours the
Orient. The sun never sets the Irish empire. n,
The Russian-United States swap Rudolf Abel for w.
Pilot Powers follows the Biblical Injunction spy for spy
sleuth for a sleuth ...
Sports bulletin: A Marine used fbre-glass pole to
vault record 6 feet but the Marine Corps needed no pole
at all to Jump clean Senator Strom Thurmond
British wives threaten to ban love until their husbands
join the nthebomb movement Politics makes estranged
bedfelows.
Robert WEIGH of the John Birch Society has become the
troubeshooer Of the right wing Everytme there's trouble
he takes careful am-and shoots Earl Warren again.
Republicans have word to describe the goodwill visit
to Japan by President Kennedy's brother: Nppotsn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-13
RALPH McGILL

The most open secret in
town is that Republicans Of
the Ev' and. Charley DIRK
sen and Halleck) school are
annoyed by the true confess
sions Of Dwight D. Eisen-
hover and George Romney.
Mr.. Eisenhower bluntly
told the eager faces looking
up to him at the party's
Embarrassing dinner that they
should overhaul their organi-
Zation and dismiss the in
competents. Then came Mr..
Romney, maker Of compact
cars. He spoke with equal
forthrightnesS. saying the
Republican Party needs a
face-lifting operation to
provide a new image. 1t has,
he said, a bad reputation of
not being interested in the
affairs of the people as a
whole.
Even Senator Goldwater
has, Of late. been concerned
with the problem of image.
AS one Of the team of politi-
cal plastic surgeons that has
created the face the COP.
turns toward the public, the
Senator seems disappointed
that the people do not re-
cognize it for what he, Sen
ator Goldwater, conceives it
to be. The image is, he says,
misunderstood. Republicans
are, he insists, interested in
the problems of people and
cities and schools.
Mr.. Nixon has been silent
Of late. But he, too, is on re-
cord with the same prescrip-
tion-the party needs a new
image.
That the cumulative eff
feet Of this has caused the
party,s Old Guard to squirm
and say irreverent things
about Mr.. Eisenhower is
amusing to all persons save
Republicans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-13
Creating an Image of Autocrocy

administration. It could be-
come a powerful political
body. These employees, in
GLIDING postal workers. are
located in every community
In the country.
s. BY Executive order of
the President and without
authority from Congress, a
company which bids for any
Government contract now
must, in effect, give assur-
ances to the Executive de-
partments that it will hire
an as yet undetermined
number of persons from
every race or creed or color.
This policy was adopted to q
limited extent under the pre-
ceding administration, but 1t
has been carried even further
under the present admins
tration. An official question
naire has been sent to $4,000
companies - each Of which
has contracts with the Gov
eminent in excess Of $50, 900
asking them to list how
many Negroes. they employ.
Will they next be asked how
many of each religion they
employ? How many Of the
15.5 million workers involved
who have earned their place
by merit will be deprived Of
their jobs to, make way for
the others?
This is obviously a politi-
cal move in the! civil
rights" CONTROVERSY, but it
is also a form of coercion in
which the peoples money
that should be spent only by
the award of Government
contracts to the lowest bid
der. could conceivably be
spent among contractors who
are subservient to. the Gov
eminent on political issues
but who charge higher prices.
The whole theory seems to
be that "the end justifies the
means" It's a doctrine which
political bossism has always
followed, but in these days
when America is boasuing
abroad about the freedom of
the individual in our midst,
some Of these goings-on seem
more suitable for a police
state" than a democracy.
tCopyright, 1882
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-13
Eisenhower, Romney and COP

The COPIES will be a heavy
burden to carry. They are all
in favor Of his image. But
they will be trying to tell him
what to say, and from all I
can hear. Romney knows
what he wants to say. He
and Ike have had a meeting
Of minds.
Also" he said, "the in
dependents are being scared
away by Goldwater. He lives
in his own dream world.
When I look at him I seem
to see him. covered by one of
those blow-up, rose-colored
plastic bags such as shirts
and dry cleaning come in.
He lives and has his being in
that world. You ask the Re
publicaI1s in New Jersey and
query the Republicans in Ma
tional Headquarters. They
will tell you what lost the
election in the State q few
months ago."
Mr.. Eisenhower and Mr..
Romney have created a dia-
logue.
Washington will be talking
more and more about the fact
that the Republicans with the
best images say the party
has a bad one-that it does
not reflect an interest in the
problems~of people. Some Of
this reveals the Illustration of
being out of office but
much of it is painfully and
factually based. The people
liked Ike but he hasn't
been able to transfer it. He
and Mr.. Romney-are tell
ing the party why.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-13
DORIS FLEESON
CIoseness Of the Speakers Interest
In Drive for ; Extra Members Is Cited

While Democratic House
Leader, Representative John
Mccormack of Massachu-
sets, often complained that
much Of the Washington
press disliked him and
treated him unfairly, the
fact is that his critics found
ample ammunition in the
parochial attitudes which he
pressed from his inside seat
with real political talent and
unflagging industry.
It now appears that this
Mccormack weakness has
not been cured by his eleva-
ton to his present great Of
flee, second only to the
President in terms Of actual
power.
The new Speaker is trying
to push the House into
making its first change in
the House membership CELL
ing in so years because Mas
sachusets politic clans are
caught in a surging tide Of
corruption. That tide threat
ems a wholesale overturn in
the State which may not be
limited to the guilty or the
careless.
Massachusetts, elections
next fall are Of deep per-
sonal concern to the Speaker
because his nephew and pro-
tege, State Attorney General
Edward Mccormack, aspires
to run for the Senate. So
does a Kennedy-the Presi-
dents brother Edward. In
this politics conscious Capt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-13

So far the Bonn govern
ment has instantly rejected
these approaches. But now
when a public demand has
been created for negotiations
some members of the Alden
auer cabinet are giving them
a second thought. For the
time being Germany is wait
ing to see how the French
crisis will be settled.
Underlying this tendency
to lend an ear to the Krem-
lin is the fear by some inn
portant political segments in
West Germany that our gov
eminent, in its search for
peace, might be tempted to
make concessions to the Mos
covites at the expense Of
Germany's national goals.
The best illustration of the
German thinking is q recent
conversation this reporter
had with two leading mem
bers of the Bundestag = one
a Christian Democrat and
the other a member of the
pro-Adenauer Liberal Party.
They said in effect: "Wash-
ington's policies make us
somewhat dizzy. The Presi-
dent makes strong speeches
which almost convince us
that the unity of the West
is unshakeable. Then he acts
as If he had changed his
mind.
I'VE know exactly what is
being discussed between For
eign Minister Gromyko and
your Ambassador Thompson.
These talks are conducted as
they should be. But at the
same time we hear about
long private talks between
Abzubei. the editor of lives
tia, Nikita's son-in-law, and
your President. What is the
object Of these private talks2
1--WE hear about the new
diplomatic role entrusted to
the young and inexperienced
press secretary of the White
House, Pierre Salinger, who
is about to take off for Mos
COW where he will see openly
or Surreptitiously Khrushchev
himself. The official ex-
PLANTATION that these talks are
intended exclusively for the
Improvement of Soviet-Amer-
lean communications does
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-13

tai, that is a secret weapon.
for the Speaker he scarcely
needs to mention.
Specifically, the Speakers
rescue operation appears de-
signed to save only one House
seat for his State and pre-
vent its whole House delega-
ton from having to run at
large in Statewide elections.
Running at large is costly
and very difficult for incum-
bents who tend to become
identified with their own dis
tricts.
The Massachusetts, Con-
gressmen are in this mess be-
cause their Republican Gov
ernor and Democratic legis-
lature are deadlocked over
redistricting. The agonies of
redistricting were repeated in
Is other States that lost seats
but were finally overcome.
This applies to Pennsyl-
vania and Missouri which the
Speaker included in the ORR
ginal bill which he has man
aged with the great powers
of his office to push through
the Judiciary Committee.
Pennsylvania, losing three
seats, sacrificed one Demo-
cratic district, one Repub-
lican, and threw together two
districts now held respec-
lively by a Democrat and a
Republican.
A heavily Democratic leg
iSlature in Missouri startled
everybody by putting two
Democratic-held districts to-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-13
CONSTANTINE BROWN per-
Cloudy Political Skies in Europe

not fool even q child. The
Red dictator's aim has been
for years to break up the
NATO. He has not missed a
trick in this endeavor. He is
telling us that If we want
unity we can obtain it by
direct talks with him. He
tells De Gaulle that he is
prepared to cut off all
military and financial sup
port to the Algerian rebels IL
France is willing to talk di-
rectly with Moscow. And he.
was been telling Washington
for some time that American
Russian co-existence is. the >
only solution to the cold war. ,
He Is set once more on hav-
ing another private meeting
with President Kennedy
alone"
. In answer to your report
er's question of what harm
that could do. the reply was,
"Khrushchev is a skilled
chess player. He plays with
out advice from anybody. Mr..
Kennedy, according to- what
we have been able to see in
recent months, relies on the
many kibitzers he has around
him. Some Of them say,
Sacrifice the bishop to save
the queen, while others say,
Sacrifice the castle to protect
the king And in the con- 4,
fusion of such advice it is us,
the Germans, who may be
called to make the sacrifice.
Hence, in the unfortunate
event France were to cease. :
playing the important role it.
plays now. our duty to the ,
German people and to Europe
is to play our own game the
best we can" Mis-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-13
Catholic Scouts
Receive Honors
At Cathedral

The highest honor in Catho-
lie scouting was presented to
lat Boy Scouts in ceremonies
marking the ninth annual Boy
Scout Sunday in st. Matthews
Cathedral.
AID Altare Del Ito the Altar
of Cod Crosses were awarded
to the lat Scouts by the Most
Rev Philip M. Hannah, auxil-
larry bishop of Washington. be-
fore a congregation of 1,100
Scout leaders and Boy Scouts.
Recipients of the honor,
awarded for outstanding con-