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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-11
Dealing With Russio

Ane picture IN Inc Star
Of Nov. 81 Of Adlai Stevenson
smilingly exchanging a fra
ternal handshake with So
Wet Anastas Mikoyan is in
dicative Of the warped values
now placed on our American
heritage and the selection of
men placed in high positions
OF Government leadership.
Men Of Stevenson's caliber
belong In the realm of the
classroom where the luxury
OF theoretical conclusions and
seminar discussion are valu-
able to stimulation Of
thought. The stage Of inter-
national debate and diplo-
macy requires a rigidity of
purpose coupled with an
ability to engage in rough
and tumble debate with no
quarter given. Our struggle
with Russia has revealed
there is no honor among
thieves and thugs. We can
not and must not expect the
niceties Of diplomatic cour-
tesy to achieve anything in
return except scorn and ridi-
Guile from the Russians. They
respect. admire and bow TO
only one rule Of conduct
strength and force.
President Kennedy's octo-
Der rs statement Of this
country's position In regard
to the offensive build-up In
Cuba was fortnight. force
full and long overdue. All
Americans took pride in the
expression Of democratic
rights In this hemisphere and
the faith In our strength 10
back up the assertion Of our
demands. The sorry spectacle
since that time OF watering
down our stand is a source
OF shame 10 all citizens. We
are now drifting back TO the
complacency Of endless nego-
tiation talks which brought
us originally 10 the brink Of
disaster In Cuba. There Is no
substitution 10 wiping out the
fostering sore OF Castroism.
No compromise. deals or ne
COLLATION. can eliminate the
ultimate necessity Of per-
forming this task. Modern
history teaches a lesson as
TO how the price can rise
when procraStination replaces
action. To perform strong
and courageous acts, a nation
needs purposeful leadership
mot rhetoric and imagery.
Carlton Z. RoxbrouEh, Jr.
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campalBner, Mr. johnson
showed himself greatly effec-
tive in the South during the
1860 Kennedy campaign for
the Presidency. He could be
so again in 1854.
The Kennedy administra-
ton lost ground with many
voters in the South be-
cause Of the manner in which
the military was used to quell
rioting and uphold court de-
cisions in the "Ole Miss" con-
test over the admission Of a
Negro student to the univer-
versity. Until the President
struck boldly in the Cuban
situation, he was under fire
also in the Southern States.
And many Southern voters
are strongly opposed to Ken
nedy domestic programs. in
Guiding extension Of civil
rights laws. There have been
some predictions in the COM
paratively recent past that
Mr.. KENNEDY would be able
to carry none of the South
ern States II an election we're
held now.
President Needs Help
In the coming session Of
Congress, the President will
need all the aid he can get
to line up enough Southern
Senators and Representatives
to put through mediocre,
school aid, a Department OF
Urban Affairs, tax reduction
and reform along the lines he
desires and other important
measures. Southern mem-
bers of Congress, thinking Of
their own political lives. and
realizing the opposition Of
their people to administra-
ton measures, may be hard
to get when roll calls are
held. Mr.. Johnson's role as
president Of the Senate and
as an adviser Of the Presi-
dent-as we'll as his personal
influence on Capitol Hill
where he was so many years
Democratic leader Of the
Senate-becomes greatly inn
portant.
The Vice President has
been a strong supporter OF
the President. Attacks have
been made on Mr.. johnson
over the years by the liberal
Democrats Of the North and
by the ADA americans for
Democratic Action. They
overlook the factor do not
care to remember-that Mr..
johnson was the Democratic
leader who made it possible
to pass the only two civil
rights bills through the Sen
ate land House, enacted
since Reconstruction Days.
Nor do they give him credit
for his votes on measures en-
acted in the Roosevelt and
Truman as we'll as the Eisen-
hover administration.
The struggle between those
members Of Congress who be-
lieves in printing the pump
with big Government SPEND
ing while reducing taxes and
those who call this fiscal ir-
responsibility will be acute.
The Vice Presidents advice
will be valuable as is his abil-
ity to get things done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-11
Khmer Civilization

read with surprise Frank
Getlein's article on Asia's art
in the November rs Sunday
Star. Describing the current
exhibit Of Thai art, your
critic comments: The That's
IN q way were the successors
and preservers Of the great
Khmer civilization :" This
gross inaccuracy merits COM
ment.
That the Khmer civiliza-
ton ante-dated the Thai civ
ilization by several hundred
years is evident. Ayuthia.
capital Of the first Siamese
King, was only established in
1850 A. D., while Heine
Geldern in his forward TO
Lawrence Palmer Briggs
classic. THE Ancient Khmer
empire, comments that in
the first century A. D.. "Fu-
nan. the first empire Of the
khmer seems TO have
struck the keynote, politically
and culturally. for the whole
region"
II is Of interest TO note here
the wide influence OF the an
Gent Khmer empire during
this period. Cultural links
have been established be-
tween the Maya and Mexican
area and ancient Cambodia,
implying the former exist
ence OF a powerful Khmer
maritime activity.
Far from being the "preserv-
ers" OF the ancient Khmer
heritage. In 1881. following a
seige OF seven months. the
Slamese captured and looted
the capital city OF Angkor.
The Kingdom OF cambodia,
however. moved It's capital
south and as an independent
and political entity continued
as one Of the leading states
OF Indo-China for several
centuries.
Palmer Briggs says: THE
fall OF Angkor marks the end
OF the definite type Of culture
which had characterized an
cient Cambodian civilization.
E. Here Oriental architecture
and decoration reached It's
eliminating point. This was
the ancient Khmer's contri-
button 10 civilization, and
this was what fell when Ang-
kor fell"
Nong Kimny
Ambassador Of Cambodia
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shortcomings. Certain edu-
cational facilities in Mont
gomery County for various
types Of handicap, be they
emotional, mental, or physi-
cal, still are inadequate, laud-
able progress in the past not
withstanding. In particular,
this association cannot agree
with a generalization which
purportedly has been used as
a justification for the drastic
cutback in the proposed
school construction budget -
namely, the end Of the i'm
mediate postwar baby boom.
1t has been claimed, accord
ing to your article, that the
largest class now in the sys-
tenn was in the tenth grade
and that past building allo-
cations had provided space
for them.
Montgomery County has no
facilities to educate ortho-
pedically handicapped chill
dren at the secondary school
level. Some Of these children
are currently attending
Sharpe School in the District,
with parents, as non-resi-
dents Of the District, being
charged q steep tuition fee
Of $500 - the difference be-
tween the total fee Of $1,000
and the State of Maryland
contribution Of $500 - and
compelled to provide, In most
instances, individual trans
portation for the children.
Other children who remain
in special education in the
county are held back in their
educational progress by the
lack Of secondary education
facilities.
Harry BOdansky
President,
Cerebral Palsy Association
OF Montgomery County, Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-11
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Is Antarctic Ice Cap Melting?
By THOMAS R. HENRY

they indicate q trend Of any
sort Is unknown.
Necessary to determination
of whether the ice Is increas-
ing or decreasing is accurate
data on Ice surface motion.
This is extremely difficult be-
cause large areas Of the ice
surface are unmarked by any
noticeable features.
An attempt to answer the
question will be made during
the coming year by members
of the Institute Of Polar
Stuiies Of Ohio State Univer-
sity. They will set down a
network Of surface markers
and observe any changes in
their position from the air.
Four biologists from Ohio
State University have just
started field studies on the
worlds southernmost exposed
rocks only 200 miles from the
South Pole.
Their work is part Of the
Antarctic research program
Of the National Science Foun-
dalton.
The biologists were flown
from the American station
on McMurdo Sound to the
Scott Glacier, about TOO
miles, by two Navy planes.
They will carry out their
geological investigations In
the vicinity Of Mounts Wea-
YER and Howe in the Queen
Maud Mountains. They will
collect rock specimens. search
for fossils and study the
stratigraphy Of rock outcrops
that jut out Of the mile-thick
polar icecap. Mount Weaver
has been visited once before,
about 30 years ago. Man
never before has set foot on
Mount Howe.
Mount Howe Described
Mount Weaver, rising to
an altitude Of 10000 feet
barely 220 miles from the
Pole, was discovered during
the Byrd Antarctic expedi-
ton OF 1888. It's discoveries
made several significant
finds, including several coal
seams, various fossils and
petrified tree trunks up to
Is inches In diameter. re-
mains Of trees that grew In
the time Of the dinosaurs.
Mount Howe has only been
observed from q great dis
lance. II is actually q group
OF low connecting ridges and
gable-shaped nunataks ris-
ing 10 an elevation Of about
10000 feet. A nunatak is o
mountain or hilltop protrud-
ing above the surface OF q
protruding Ice mass. Mount
Howe is the southernmost
occurrence Of exposed rock
In the world.
Leader Of the party Is
DR.. George A. Doumani.
veteran Of three previous
Antarctic expeditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-11
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry Driters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensd-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-11
THE POLITICAL MILL
LBJ Remains Big Political Factor
BY GOULD LINCOLN

In any discussion OF PreSl-
dent Kennedy's hanging onto
the electoral votes of the
South there arises the figure
of Lyndon B. johnson of
Texas, the Presidents run
ning-mate in 1860 and his
prospective running-mate in
1864. In the election cam
paigns Of 1862 many dire
suggestions-if not predic-
tions-were made that Mr..
johnson, although not him
self a candidate for office,
would be shot down and
otherwise seriously mauled
by the results in Texas. This
kind of thing was repeated
again and again in the press.
Mainly it was held that his
political future would be
ruined If his personal and
political friend, John B. Con-
nally, first, failed to win the
Democratic nomination for
Governor, and second, If Mr..
Connally did not win the
election in November. Mr..
Connally, now Governor
elect, resigned as. Secretary
of the Navy in the Kennedy
administration in order to
run for Governor. He did this
early in the year, not at Mr..
Johnson's behest, but because
he wanted to. Mr.. Connally,
however, was Immediately
labeled "Johnson's candi-
date"
In the primary there were
six candidates for the guber-
national nomination, includ-
ing Gov. Price Daniel, MIR.
Connally, Don Marlborough,
favorite Of the liberal wing of
the Texas Democratic Party,
and Attorney General Wilson,
the man who started the in
yestigation of Billie Sol Estes
and his amazing manipula-
ton Of cotton acreage allot-
ments and finances in gen.
eral. Mr.. Connally won by
about $1,000 votes in a hard
fought contest. Running sec
ond was Mr.. Marlborough and
since Mr.. Connally did not
have a majority Of the votes
cast, there was a run-off pri-
mary. Mr.. Connally won that,
and later beat his Republican
opponent, Jack Cox, by some
10000 votes. This was the
smallest margin of defeat for
a Republican candidate for
Governor Of Texas. But many
of the liberals went over to
Mr.. Cox on the theory that If
a Republican was elected
Governor, it would be easy to
slit his political throat later
on and then have the liberal
faction take over the Demo-
cratic Party in the State.
Top Leader in State
/ So far there has been lit
tie said about what happened
to Vice President johnson
and his political fortunes.
Obviously, he was not sunk"
by the Connally victory. And
obviously Mr.. johnson con-
tinues as the most important
political leader in Texas-the
Southern State with by far
the greatest number Of presi-
Dental electoral votes. AS a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-11

known the very best in photographers
and dancers. To Washington, it is an
even more special occasion for cham
payne, since it was Just six months ago
that Lucia Chase and Oliver Smith, the
company'S directors, decided to make
this the home base for her widely
Travelled troupe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-11

It now Is quite debatable
whether the 5-million-square-
mile Antarctic ice cap has
started to melt. 1t might be q
matter Of vital concern to the
world.
This Is stressed in a COM
prehensive exhibit Of Antarc-
tic conditions arranged by
Admiral George J. Dufek, di-
rector Of United States oper-
atoms in the Far South for
several years. at the Mariners
Museum on the Virginia
peninsula, which he now
heads.
There Is evidence, depend
ing on where one happens to
be, he points out, both that
the ice is retreating and that
1t is building up. At one point
on the Antarctic continent 1t
now Is more than 2l2 miles
thick. The average thickness,
however. Is only q little more
than a mile. There have
been. Of course, only sample
probings Of rather limited
areas.
Some day, in the cyclic pro-
erosion Of the climate Of the
earth as q whole, all this ice
is almost certain to melt. Sea
level the world over viii rise
more than 200 feet. Coastal
cities like New York will be
at the bottom Of the sea.
This, however, will be q mat
ter Of some thousands Of
years, not of q few genera
tons Of men.
Peculiarities Of Ice
Ice, Admiral Dufek points
out, is a plastic. It flows. II
now is being pushed relent-
lessly from the high central
plateau into the sea on all
sides OF the continent. It
feeds into the ice shelves
which surround much Of the
continent. Attached 10 the
shore at their inside edges.
these Ice shelves are afloat
and drop In vertical cliffs on
their seward sides. On them
pile UP the snow Of centuries.
filling up the irregularities
and presenting finally q
smooth. level surface. A shelf
may attain a thickness Of
more than 1000 feet.
while much OF the conti-
nent Is bounded by these ice
cliffs, In other areas steep
mountain slopes are found
and occasionally beaches and
gentle slopes. Some noun
tain chains continue into
the interior where they are
completely buried under the
Ice and can be discovered
only by use OF scientific
instruments.
In only q very few places,
Admiral Dufek says. are there
ice-free areas known as
"oases." They are regions Of
highly polished rock. due 10
receded glaciers. There also
are dry valleys where the gla-
ciers have receded. Whether
Evening star., 1962-05-23
Excise Tax
On Travel Hit

The House Ways and Means
Committee recommended today
that the 10 per cent Federal
tax on railroad and bus pas
senger tickets end next Decem-
Der 81. 1t also recommended
that a similar tax on airline
passenger tickets drop to five
per cent at that time.
These decisions were part of
a committee vote to continue
for another year the present
So per cent corporation income
tax and various excise taxes on
alcoholic beverages, cigarettes
and automobiles.
These levies would automa-
tically decrease June 80 unless
extended by Congress. The
continuance voted by the COM
mittee today, the 10th annual
extension of its kind since the
Korean war, would prevent a
Treasury revenue drop of about
$2.8 billion during the fiscal
year beginning July 81.
The revenue loss for the cal
endar year would be about "a
billion because of tax payment
procedures.
The Kennedy administration
suggested that Congress end the
10 per cent passenger trans
portation tax for railroads and
buses June 80 and that the 10
per cent airline passenger
transportation tax be reduced
to 5 per cent.
Evening star., 1962-05-23
Byrd to Reopen Hearing
On Tax Revision Bill

Senate Finance Committee
action on the administrators
tax bill fell behind schedule
today as Chairman Harry F.
Byrd announced plans to re-
open public hearings.
Senator Byrd said Treasury
Secretary Dillon has proposed
revisions of sections Of the bill
dealing with taxes on foreign
income of American-controlle
corporations. The Senator said
Mr.. Dillon agreed that wit
nesses who testified in earlier
hearings should get a chance
to comment on the proposed
revisions.
Short Hearings
Hearings will be short and
probably will take place during
the week Of June 4, Senator
Byrd told reporters.
The committee held its first
executive session on the bill to-
day, discussing proposed revi-'
sions with Secretary Dillon, but
took no action. Since the Sen
ate will meet early tomorrow
and Friday, the committee re-
cesSed until next Monday.
Senator Byrd said Secretary
Dillon will complete his dis
cuSsions with the committee
Monday and Tuesday, and then
the committee will recess until
the following week.
Delays Likely
The original schedule called
for completing committee ac-
ton on the bill in about a
month, but the recesses and the
plan for new public hearings
almost certainly will delay final
action longer than that.
The bill, passed by the House,
provides for tax incentives to
encourage business investment,
withholding of taxes on divi-
dend and interest income, in
creased taxation of income
earned abroad by United States
Evening star., 1962-05-23

Wait I'll Next Year" win lee
ture at 8 pm. today at Baldwin
Hall. Howard University.
Sponsored by the Medieo-
Chirurgical Society Of the Dis
trict, Mr.. Rowan will speak on
Wanted: An International
Medicine Man"
Evening star., 1962-05-23
Rowun TO Lecture
At Howard 1oniaht

Carl T. Rowan, Deputy As
sistant Secretary Of State for
Public Affairs and author Of
Go South to Sorrow" and the
Jackie Robinson biography
Evening star., 1962-05-23

corporations and citizens and
other changes in tax laws.
Both the tax incentives and
the Withholding provisions are
in serious trouble in the FL
nance Committee.
Evening star., 1962-05-23
POWERFUL TV CAMERA TO TRY
TO TRACK CAPSULE IN ORBIT
star Staff Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA powerful televison
camera will try to track Astronaut Scott Carpenters
rocket throughout the critical five minutes Of blast off
and orbital injection tomorrow
The camera will attempt even more spec
tacular fea-but with less chance of succes-the photo
graphing Of the capsule passes Florida orbit
an hour and half later.
The monster device. operated by the Air Force, is
reputed to have sentvity several thousand times that
of the fastest camera film and comparable to the human
eye.
The televSon networks hope to cut in pictures from
the big their live" presentation of the launch
ing.
The camera described having focal length
of 240 inches 20 feet aperture of "a inches and
stop Of flo The sensitive teevision tube used
in the device has ASA rating Of million which
pares with rating Of about 400 for fast Photographic
film.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-01-20
100 FIJI Agents
In Gambling Raid

READING, Pa, Jan. 20 (AP)
Using sledgehammers and
armed with automatic weapons,
more than 100 FBI agents
smashed their way into a down.
town building here today break
ing up what they described as
one of the largest gambling
operations in the East.
Patrons were seized at three
dice tables as the agents ripped
bars from windows and broke
down the front door to gain en-
trance. Later, before a United
States commissioner, 100 of
those arrested were held as
material witnesses, released on
bail from $25 to 500.
Six others, five arrested on
the premises, and one at his
Reading home were held for
further hearings. They posted
bail from $4,000 to $4,000. In
addition, three New Jersey men
were arrested in connection
with the raid. They were &C
cused of supervising the game.
FBI agents told Commissioner
Fred Steinrock at a brief hear
ing they found $4,000 in a
safe, $4,000 on three tables,
and $4,000 in another hiding
place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-01-20
Bai|ey0ut|ines
Training Drive
Democrats to Get
Organization Help
By DAVID S. BRODER
Star Staff Writer

SIdE SIdlI WIlIer
Democratic National Chair
man John M. Bailey today an
nounced plans for a massive
organization drive aimed at
electing more hackers of the
Kennedy program in next No
vember's congressional voting.
In a speech to a meeting of
the Democratic National Com
mittee, he gave top priority in
his 1862 plans to Operation
Know-How" He described this
as "the most ambitious pro-
gram of organizational train
ing" ever undertaken by a po-
litical party.
Mr.. Bailey said he and men,
bers of the committee staff will
attempt to contact every Dem
ocratic county chairman in the
country. A series of State and
regional meetings this winter
and Spring is designed to give
them pointers on voter regis
tration, campaign financing,
publicity, candidate recruitment
and organization techniqueS.
The committee meeting at the
.Sheraton-Park Hotel this morn
ing was a prelude to a $100-a-
plate Embarrassing dinner at the
National Guard Armory tonight.
President Kennedy is to be the
featured speaker at the rally
marking the completion of his
first year in office.
Democratic officials yesterday
See DEMOCRATS, Page Az
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Republic as a problem which
would have occupied much
acknowledgements discussion at
the meeting.
Even more important, the
Dominican development, which
was assisted by United States
diplomatic maneuverS and pub
lie statements against the de-
posed dictatorship, represents
in some degree a victory for
the Kennedy administrations
policy of actively promoting
democratic rule and discour-
aging Strongman regimes.
Disagreement Exists
United States officials said
there is a high degree Of ac-
cord among the American gov
|ernments, all of which will be
represented at the conference
on the grave nature of the
Castro problem and on the
need to do something about it
Serious disagreement exists
however, on what should be
done.
Argentina, Brazil and Mex
leo have made clear their dis.
like of compulsory sanction!
and their final stand on any
kind of sanction action is un.
certain.
The official explanation o.
See RUSK, Page A.
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sured at the airport totaled only
three-tenths of an inch.
In Montgomery County, a
l u inch snowfall was reported
at Damascus and PooleSville.
Potomac measured three-quar-
tiers of an inch.
Fairfax County officials said
the snow cover was a half-inch
or less.
A motorist who toured the
city and the nearby counties
of Maryland and Virginia in
search of trouble spots late last
night reported that the area
was quiet" traffic was light
no serious accidents
some roads slick in spots"
The city's emergency snow
plan No. l, calling for the use of
chains or snow tires, went into
effect at pm. yesterday and
was lifted at $40 am. today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-01-20
1T FELL APART
That Storm Was All Bluff

Sidered a threat, District high
way officials had 1000 men on
standby alert, prepared to
salt and sand city streets.
A succession OF forecast bull
letinS from Weather Bureau
headquarters at National Air
port told the story of the
storms disintegration:
4 pm, snow accumulations
near 3 inches in the city and
3 to 6 inches north and west
of the city; 6 pm, snow ex-
pected to accumulate up to 3
inches; 10 pm, occasional
light snow tonight.
And at IL pm, the bureau
stated: Heavy snow warnings
no longer indicated for the
Middle Appalachians and a
portion of the Middle Atlantic
States ="
Officially, the snow as mea-