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Evening star., 1962-07-23

velops a serious movement
toward adjusting the tax
rates themselves, the joint
proposal by Representatives
A. S. Herlong, jr.. Democrat
of Florida, and Howard H.
Baker, Republican of Ten
neSSee, constitutes a sensible
approach. They would re-
duce tax rates for both in
dividualS and corporations
gradually over a five-year
period beginning next jan
uary. They would bring cor
porate-tax rates down from
So per cent to a per cent by
1868. AS for individual in
come taxes, these would be
reduced on a consistent pat
tern, with a top rate ulti-
mately of AZ per cent and a
minimum reduction of Is
per cent for every taxpayer.
The President has been
backing a general tax-reform
bill, but it has run into snagS
on Capitol Hill, as the ad-
miniStration has introduced
several new proposals - de-
signed to increase revenues
that have caused an un-
settling Of confidence among
businessmen. If the theorists
would step aside, and If the
Congress would ignore the
pressure for a reduction Of
individual tax rates and get
an equitable set Of tax regu-
lations from a sound eco
nomic standpoint, the effects
of such a reform measure
would be felt for q long time
to come.
Mr.. Kennedy is believed to
be inclined to wait till jan
uary for the enactment of a
tax-reform bill, so that the
full effect would be felt in
time for his reelection bid
in 1864. He is represented
as feeling that to pass a. tax
law now could complicate
the economic situation and
cause a loss Of many Demo-
cratic seats in Congress. So,
as usual, the "when-in-
doubt don't" school of
thought is gaining headway
here, both at the White
House and in Congress.
(Copywright, 1962)
Evening star., 1962-07-23
MocmiIIon's Firing of 36 British Aides
Stirs Anxiety Among His u. S. Friends

American politicians are
not notably pantywaists at
their jobs. Indeed, their
British colleagues often look
down upon them a bit as
something approaching pro-
feSsional tough guys.
All the same, some Of the
most case-hardened Ameri-
can politicos known to this
columnist are watching with
wonder, and something like
squeamishnesS. the implaca-
bly, polite brutality with
which Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan of Britain is
throwing his old Cabinet men
to the wolves.
Struggling against a tide
of voter sentiment obviously
moving against his Conserv-
ative government, Mac the
Knife" has discharged Is of
his very high associates. Alto
gether. 35 British Govern
ment posts of significance
have changed hands in recent
days.
Though British Prime Min
listers have traditionally been
absolute cZars as to who i
to hold government posts, no
such wholesale blood-letting
as this has ever been known
in British politics, certainly
not in modern times.
Some of Mr.. Macmillan'S
Oldest and closest associates
notably Selwyn Lloyd, once
foreign secretary and later
Chancellor of the Exchequer
have not only been
bounced. They have. in ef-
feet, seen their whole long
careers brought suddenly to
an end.
On this side of the Allan
tic, all this seems little short
of incredible. In our system.
a President who felt called
upon to fire simultaneously
Evening star., 1962-07-23
Boy Scouts Serenude
Japanese RoYultY

TOKYO, July % (AP) An
American Boy Scout troop gave
a flute concert yesterday for
Crown Prince Akihito, Princess
Michiko and their 2-year-old
son Prince Hiro.
The 75-member Los Angeles
Boy Scout Troop 379. consist
ing of Japanese-American boys,
marched into the garden of the
Crown Princes residence in
Tokyo with flags of the Boy
Scouts and the Stars and
Stripes flying. The scouts are
in Japan to participate in the
first Asian scout jamboree on
the slopes Of Mount Full.
| August 3-8.
Evening star., 1962-07-23

even two or three of his top
Cabinet advisers would be
publicly admitting that his
whole show had been a fall
ure, or worse, unless he
could give very clear reasons
for his action.
In our system. moreover, a
President who turned upon
even half a dozen-not to
mention dozens-of his prin-
cipal party associates would
be considered next door to
certifiable lunacy.
The British system. how
ever, is by no means ours.
1t is similar, in fact, in so
superficial a way as to recall
the famous Jest that the
only thing dividing our two
nations is our common Ian
guage.
What Prime Minister
Macmillan is doing in Eng
land, though quite unthink-
able to all except profess
sional politicians here, is
thoroughly thinkable in
England. 1t is in this case a
trifle shocking, even to some
in England, because the
purge has been so wickedly
wide. In British politics
there is an old saying: "a
good PM must be a good
butcher"
Mr.. Macmillan's many poll
tical friends here understand
this; they recoil not at what
he is doing, but at how much
he is doing it. And they have
no trouble in seeing his CEN
trail purpose, which Is the
strengthening of his party by
getting rid Of old faces and
bringing in new ones. The in
ner why of it, however, is a
little puzzling here.
Are new faces all he seeks?
Or has he also now concluded
that, even putting politics
Evening star., 1962-07-23
Rush Action in Election Year
Could Prove Political Boomerang

be reflected also in higher
interest rates at home.
The theory of the advo-
Gates Of an across the
board" tax cut is that it
gives the people more money
to spend, and that this acts
as a spur to business. 1t
hasn't proved that way in
the past. Spending for con-
sumer goods has held up
fairly well anyway in recent
months. A tax cut for a man
without a job isn't partic-
ularly helpful.
Job creation, moreover,
comes out of the steady ex-
pansion of all branches Of
business. Today unemploy-
ment is largely centered in
the heavy-goods industries.
These would not be materi-
ally benefited by the in
creases in consumer spend
ing for a short-term period.
1t is no answer to say, as
the theorists do, that there
is plenty Of idle plant capac-
ity now anyway. Actually.
what's needed is new plant
and equipment and moderni-
zation so as to reduce manu-
featuring costs and prices
and bring about an increase
in the total volume Of sales
in various classes of goods.
A selective formula is all
important so that certain
rates in corporation taxes
and regulations covering tax
deductions for various items
may be modified in order to
furnish a stimulus for long
term investment in plant and
machinery. The new depreci-
alton rules will help in some
respects, but the present
tendency toward higher in
terest rates can delay pur-
chaSes of new plant and
equipment.
So far as tax legislation
is concerned, the political
pressure will grow also for an
increase in personal exemp-
tions. Yet, a $100 increase
in exemptions means a cost
to the treasury of 81 billion.
If, to be sure, there de-
Evening star., 1962-07-23

offered prizes for genius and
valor.
Truly effective world gov
ernment will change this.
Future adjustments will be
made by direction Of the SUI
preme authority. If anyone
imagines that this will be q
democratic authority, pass
ing edictS after lengthy de-
bate and soul-searching, he
is merely whistling. For no
possible apportionment of a
nonhomogeneous world as
sembly" will provide any de-
gree Of fairness.
Instead, there will be or
ders, backed by a small elite
Praetorian Guard bearing the
only atomic weapons. Sample:
"The American State of
Iowa, having exceeded its
norm in per capita income,
will next month provide lands
or employment for 250,000
emigreS from Bengal.
"Congolese living north Of
the Equator have failed to
develop their lands in ac-
cordance with the plan. They
must evacuate this territory
within 80 days. This is to
make room for two million
Italian settlers.
by Order of Ell Supreme"
That's what we'll get.
A world government. A
world without war. One
world. One sad world, laced
in a strait jacket and pros
trate before the man who
holds the thunderbolts. And
the twittering lady from New
England won't like 1t worth
a darn.
Copyright 1962)
Evening star., 1962-07-23
Optimists Wouldn't Like the Only Way
It's Believed PossibIe-Dictotorship


She came chirping and
twittering into the office, her
quick hands making birdlike
movements, and she dumped
this sheaf of literature on
the already overburdened
desk. Her accent told me she
was a New Englander, and
the headlines on the litera-
ture, that she was plugging
world government" She was
so and she had q quick,
happy smile.
I like female reformers
from New England. They are
unselfish. They live outside
themselves, with no time for
self : pity or hypochondria.
They bubble through life
bursting with causes" and
they are carried protesting to
GIl6 graveyard.
The little lady spoke
quickly, with the firmness of
one who has peered deep into
Revelation. The atom bomb,
she said, has. made war "un-
thinkable." We must find
civilized means" of adjust
ing international disputes.
The United Nations must be
strengthened" to the point
where 1t becomes a real
world government" able to
impose its will upon all mem
bers. The alternative, she
asserted, is certain death for
us all. Her eyes flashed fire
with the enormity Of the
the thought.
She was on her way, she
said, to Arizona with a wom-
an companion, and en- route
she had determined to call
on newspaper editors to wake
them up before it is too
late" She eyed me narrow
ly, judging my somnolence
and tardiness. Then she
shook hands and fluttered
away.
I stared after the little lady
from New England with a
sinking feeling. We are, in
deed, going to have a world
government. The overwhelm-
ing chances are that it will
not come by peaceful nego-
tiation among nations. There
is little likelihood that the
present United Nations will
be its vehicle. 1t will prob
ably come after the next
world war which, contrary to
the CasSandraS, will not kill
everybody off.
But that war will certainly
gravely wound the world.
Yet it will not be true, as
the peace-orators are so fond
Of repeating, that there will
be no winner. OF course,
there will be a winner. The
winner will be that side,
however scortched its soil or
high it's casualties, that
emerges with the power to
disarm its opponent. The
first requirement Of the
winner will be that it must
retain the sole possession of
all super-weaponS. Thus the
winner will have force un-
equelled by any combination
of nations.
After that, world history
can take one of two turns. II
the winner decides to make
full use of its power, we will
have a world government
it's government. If this gov
ernment is a dictatorship, we
will have, not a big Brother
but Super Brother, a man
who has but to stretch forth
his hand and boundaries will
be changed. Cities will rise
or fall at his order. Whole
peoples will be moved or OBJ
liberated. We will have peace
the peace of a well-rur
prison with machine gun:
pointed into every cell block
This prospect, I am sure
would not suit the busy lady
from New England. Sht
would not approve Of dicta'
torship. What she doubtless
has in mind is a world par
lament devoted to the vel
Evening star., 1962-07-23
DAVID LAWRENCE

Almost everybody outside
of Congress would like to see
a bill passed now to cut in
come taxes. Almost every
body inside Congress, how
ever, is afraid to enact such
a law because it could be a
political boomerang.
This paradox extends to
the White House, too. Presi-
dent Kennedy isn't sure that
this is the time for a new set
of income-tax rates. Most of
his advisers think now is just
the time.
The contradictions are cas-
lily explained. Everybody is
for the idea Of a tax cut,
but, If the rates are changed.
many voters are bound to be
disappointed. Politically, it's
risky for a member of Con-
gress to have voted for any
reduction in tax rates for the
wealthy and failed to give
the benefit of virtually. the
entire cut to the voters in the
lower brackets.
Politically speaking, too.
it's hazardous for members
of both parties to rush a tax
bill through Just before the
November elections, when
the voters will be especially
well informed about the fall
ure Of Congress to give them
the tax cut they expected to
get.
Then there are the voters
who just don't believe it's
wise from the standpoint Of
the national economy delib-
erately to pile up the large
deficit that surely would fol-
low q tax cut. The argu-
ment that business will be
spurred and tax receipts will
be increased somewhat so as
to offset the deficit in part
doesn't register very deeply
with those voters who see
dangers in a continuation of
an unbalanced budget. If
there's a bigger Treasury
deficit, moreover. the effect
may be felt in a lack Of con-
fidence abroad in the gold
value of the dollar. 1t may
Evening star., 1962-07-23
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Indwestern ode to Cape Cod: Here's to good Hyan
Of the and the cod where the Kennedys
talk to the Kennedys in an accent exceedingly odd
Thanks to satellite TV relay you'll be able to fall asleep
Britan's late late show-and still get up time for
dinner
The United States ends all aid to Peru because mil
ary It's different here The military brooding
the Pentagon Secretary McNamaras civilian take
Washington considers quick tax cut Much more pop
ular would be the proposal to let wives take
probation allowance on their husbands
Evening star., 1962-01-31
BAYLOR TO MISS
NBA GAME HERE
AGAINST CELTICS

M Club officials received
word today that Elgin Bay
lor, the Los Angeles Lakers'
high scoring forward,
would not be able to play
here tomorrow night when
the Lakers meet the Bos-
ton CelticS.
Laker officials were re-
luctant to let Baylor, who
is stationed in the Army
at Fort Lewis, Wash, jeop-
ardiZe his chances Of OBJ
tanning leave in March.
The Lakers want him to be
able to participate in the
Western Division playoffs,
even if it means passing
up all road trips the re-
mainder of the season.
Even without Baylor,
there will be a half dozen
players who participated
in the NBA's all-star game
in action here. M Club Of
ficials said this morning
that only 500 court side
bleacher seats still are
available. These are on
sale at $500 at the AAA
and Cole Fieldhouse, the
game site.
Evening star., 1962-01-31
LONGDEN BEATEN A NOSE
T.V.Lork's Setback
Laid to Poor Luck

ARCADIA, Calf. Jan. 81
(AP) 1T. v. Lark, voted the
Nations best grass runner and
winner of the Washington,
D. c., international last year,
is still looking for his first VIC
tory of the new year, but no
ones too concerned about his
setback yesterday.
Preston Madden's star made
his 1862 debut in the $27 $50
Santa Catalina Handicap yes
terday and was beaten a nose
by New Policy, one of Willie
Shoemaker'S four winners dur
ing the afternoon.
However, Johnny Longden
was forced to drop T. v. Lark
back to last place as the
jammed field hit the first turn.
T. v. Lark trailed the field to
the last quarter of a mile of
the 1As mile race, then began
moving in earnest.
Barely Misses Victory
He charged at New Policy
down the stretch, seemed to
hang slightly at one juncture,
then came on again and very
possibly would have won had
the race been a few feet longer
New Policy was in good posi-
ton throughout the race, some
thing T. v. Lark was not, and
Shoemaker sent him to the
front at the stretch and he
Evening star., 1962-01-31

for the home run record. We
get the Game Of the Week, and
the Phillies' games are on a
Wilkes-Barre station.
big league, yes. But I doubt
if the minors ever can come
back here"
Feldman appeared slightly
more optimistic about the
chances of the mnors' return.
There always is a chance" "
Feldman said. IF we had a
park and a major league club
willing to go in with the
money, I think we could even
tually be self-sustaining.
The major leagues are their
own worst enemies. They give
a kid $4,000 to sign-enough
to run a minor league fran
chise for five years-and let the
minors go.
But no local people are 60
ing to put up any big money
to build a park and bankroll a
franchise.
big league interest is great
er than ever. The baseball read
ing public is bigger than ever
with women following the
games on television."
Both Butler and Feldman
agree the TV invasion helped
knock out the local franchise
"Sandlot baseball is at a low
Evening star., 1962-01-31

type of wagering.
1t is very unlikely that the
twin double ever will be seen
at Bowie, Laurel or Pimlico.
Mutuel betting experts feel
that tracks which average a
million dollars a day in betting
would eventually wreck their
wagering economy with a pro-
longed use of the twin double
At a mile track, a twin double
pool might jump to 100000 OF
more.
It would be possible for one
bettor to take home in excess OF
$4,000 If the total pool was
around 100000.
One large Eastern track
mutuel manager says that il
might happen, in this example
that the lone fan would remove
one quarter Of the actual wager
ing money in circulation on
that particular day at the track
It is estimated that when q
track handles a million dollars
there is only about $250,00O in
the pockets of the collective
fans.
Repeat these five-figure pay
offs for a number Of days and
a large percentage of the avail
able betting money would be
taken from many and concen-
trated in the wallets of a lucky
few. It is hardly likely that a
bettor who corralls a fortune
for So is going to start betting
81 900 bills.
The twin double and bonanza
probably will remain on the
other side of the Potomac as the
trademarks of the West Virginia
tracks.
SHORT 'SPRINTS - Only
seven fans deciphered yester-
days twin double here and COL
lected $2,880.40 each. . jules
Boy, $500, won the eighth race
IN q driving finish, heading the
longshot Freddie, who repre-
sented a $10,081.80 return for
two disappointed bettors. .
The other winners in the quad
ruple were Paris Express, $3.50,
Red Arrow, $3.50, and Fairy
Mantle, part of an entry with
Super Highway in the seventh
at $7.40 straight. >. Windy but
otherwise delightful weather at
tracted 4,249 fans yesterday and
wagering $318.844.
Evening star., 1962-01-31
YOU CAN'T TRUST ANYBODY THESE DAYS
Was That Mi||ikon Usino Zone?

the other day, I'VE used the
zone for more than half of the
game against Miami"
No matter how 1t sounds,
Millikan hasn't turned turn
coat on the man-to-man de-
Tense boosters society, a group
he helped organize. Millikan's
man-to-man roots go deep,
back to his days at Oklahoma
A6SM when he played for Hank
Iba.
I'm still a leading disciple
Of the man-to-man," Millikan
insisted. That's THE defense
in basketball. 1t places respon-
sibility, it matches ability
against ability :. :"
Whoa. there. Why the zcne
then?
I'VE were in such sad shape
physically" Millikan confessed
I'VE had only six players we
could count on. They had the
height.
I'VE also felt 1t would sur
prise them," Millikan con-
Evening star., 1962-01-31
BY STEVE GUBACK
Star Staff Writer

There is reason to believe
Atlantic Coast Conference
coaches have been on the tele-
phone recently calling Bruce
Hale Of Miami and asking him
if it's really true.
Then they've probably put
down the phone, shook thei,
heads and moved away pale
and perhaps shaken. Whethe,
they've trembled a bit, too
probably depends on where
they coach.
The word has gotten around
as it inevitably would, that
Maryland's Bud Millikan, of al
people, used a zone defense
last time out at Miami.
Millikan COnfesSeS
Milliken using a zone? That.
like 1t. Col. John Glenn saying
he doesn't want to take thai
ride or somebody in West Palm
Beach denouncing Barry Gold.
water.
"Yup," Millikan confessed
Evening star., 1962-01-31

responded well to maintain his
lead.
New Policy paid $3.50, $3.50
and $240, T.V. Lark 2.80 and
$3.50 and Dress Up, the show
horse, $500. The victory was
worth $4,000 to Ralph Lowe,
New Policy's owner.
Should Make Amends
Most experts. including Long
den, figure T.V. Lark will make
amends and return to his old
winning ways. He never has
had much luck on the West
Coast, winning seven 100000
added stakes outside of Cali
fornia.
They jammed up on the far
turn in front of me-" Longden
said after the race, land I had
to take up :. lost more than
enough ground to win. This
was real big race for T.V.
Lark"
T.V. Lark's next race will be
in the San Antonio Handicap
Saturday, February 10.
Shoemaker's other winners
were Azure Way ($10) in the
first and Cop a Win ($D in
the second for a $3.50 daily
double. His third winner was
aboard Double Dell ($l2.40) in
the fourth. He now has IS
winners in 26 days of racing
at Santa Anita.
Evening star., 1962-01-31

t1nued, land our scouting re-
port indicated that we could
zone the offense they were
using"
Pays Off In Victory
All of this paid off in a 71-68
Maryland triumph, one that
sent the Terps into the exam
break with a 7-8 chart and re-
newed hope. "It was getting
diSheartening to lose all those
close ones" Millikan smiled.
The Terps resume play Sat-
urday at Navy. The chances are
they aren't going to be flutter-
ing about in many zone de-
fenses from here on, but a rival
coach can't be sure any more
Millikan says only that he'll
use anything to win.
Why, we've used the zone
defense before" Millikan said,
When? Well, ah, let's see.
guess, it really has been quite
a while ago."
Maybe like the rock ages,
huh?
Evening star., 1962-01-31
THE STATE OF PRO BASEBALL
Dead City Takes 1t Secondhand

ebb," Butler said. 1--WE used to
have 10 or II first class leagues.
Now there are only one or
two. When they pass the hat,
they are lucky to get enough
to pay for the baseballs. The
people do go out to see the
Softball teams"
Feldman has very definite
ideas on the subject of base
ball VS.. pro football.
The people are insane about
pro football in season." he said.
1T is a great show. But it never
can take the place of baseball
because it has a short season
and is played only once a week.
Since 1858 professional base
ball in Scranton has been
something to read about, listen
to or watch on TV. The area
that produced the O'Neill boys,
Bucky Harris, Hugh Jennings,
Mike McNally and others no
longer has a team.
1t was a sad return for an
oldtimer who remembered the
days of Jack Egan, Joe Shaute,
Mike Martineck, Mickey Harris,
Tex Hughson, Tony Lupien, Ne
mo Leibold and Jimmy PierSall.
No ball club. No park. Just
memories.
NEXT-BasebalI's State of
Health.
Evening star., 1962-01-31

An oldtimer, back for a visit
to Scranton, Pa, entered a
spraWling Supermarket in the
Dunmore area. Something
about the neighborhood looked
familiar.
Say, wasn't the old Scran-
ton ball park somewhere
around here?" he asked the
man at the cash register.
Mister, you are standing on
third base"
When people say baseball is
fading they point to places like
Scranton where booming mi
nor league franchise declined
and finally died several years
ago.
In 1889 Scranton's team in
the Glass A Eastern League
played before $4,000 fans at
home. philadelphia drew $780,
900 in the National League in
1860. In 1853 Scranton base
ball owners finally gave up the
struggle. For nine years there
has been no professional base
ball in this anthracite area.
The stadium, cleaning pride
of the coal regions VIXEN it
was built, has disappeared,
lock, stock and barrel. The last
owner sold the steel stands,
seats, and even the Scoreboard.
They were moved to Richmond,
Va, to become part of a new
stadium in that city. Thus end
ed the dream park that drew
1881 ScrantonianS to its dedi-
cation in 1910.
Around the corner and down
the street there was a gas sta
ton where a visitor stopped to
check directions. A middle-a aged
man, obviously the owner,