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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-02
Faith in Ourselves

Some of the things the American
public did not know-and Premier Khru-
Shchev undoubtedly did know-are now
coming to light in disclosures of the
Pentagon'S moves in the Cuban crisis.
Consequently, there is now respect and
appreciation here, not only for the bril-
lance of our own planning, but for the
Soviet perspicacity in realizing the same
There should be pride and comfort
in the Defense Departments report on
the mercurial mobility of our forces once
1t was determined the USSR had loaded
Cuba with nuclear weapons pointed down
our Threats. From october 16, when the
first photos told of the Cuban missile
buildup, our alert set into motion an
unusual peacetime movement of troops.
Many of the details of this quick
mobilization were known to newspapers,
radio and televiSion stations and the
press associations, but remained unre-
ported-in Difference to the White House
request that there be news blackout in
certain specified areas. The press realizes
the occasional necessity for such re-
StrictionS in times of emergency and
is willing to accept them. The dispute
over Government management" Of the
news does not involve security. 1t in
wolves a control Of news at the source
that is unwise and even dangerous to
the public interest.
That Notwithstanding, there is much
satisfaction in the UNDERSTANDABLE be-
lated news that, in remarkably short
time, we had our intercontinental bal
listic missiles alerted, that 100000 men
had been prepared for invasion, that
specialized forces Of every kind had
moved into readiness position. Cuba, at
least, has brought a reaffirmation Of
faith in ourselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-02
Parking Poiicy-At Last

About two years ago, q Budget Bu-
reau task force" suggested for the first
time the adoption of a firm policy on
Federal parking, including limited
amount Of parking-garage construction
and fees for the use of all Government
parking spaces. Now another task
force" has come up with roughly the
same proposals. The significant differ
ence Is that the latest plan is based on
a vast amount Of research and the &C
emulation of supporting data which
will be essential II the program is to be
sold to the White House and Congress.
For the most part, the proposals
appear sound. The plan anticipates that
the great majority Of the off-Street
parking facilities needed by Government
employees in the future will be provided
by private enterprise. Public construc-
tion-providing some $500 spaces
would be limited to those areas, includ-
ing the Mall, which are almost wholly
In public ownership, and where land
consequently would not be available to
private developers. The proposed fees
for existing and future Government
owned spaces, while certainly reasonable,
would return an estimated 50 million
annually-easily enough to amortize the
new construction.
There is good deal of sense to the
proposed priority list" to determine as
Signments to Government parking
spaces, first on the basis of those who
need to use cars for Government bust
ness, and secondly to provide spaces for
those who must for one reason or an
other visit Government agencies. AS for
Government parking to serve new Fed
eral office buildings, the plan proposes
that facilities be provided on a ratio
of one space for each eight employees in
buildings located in downtown Wash
ington, one space for each five in other
parts Of the District and one space for
each three in the suburbs. If this pat
tern is adopted, along with other pro-
visions of the plan, its authors believe
there will be sufficient parking available
to permit about half of the Federal
employees Of the future to drive to work.
This conclusion assumes the con-
Struction of greatly improved system
of rapid transit, development and use
of additional fringe parking lots, and
number of other factors which will have
to be weighed before final decisions are
reached. The goals of the new plan,
however, are commendable, and deserve
full and speedy consideration. For too
many years Congress and the Executive
Branch have closed their eyes to the
problem Of Federal-employe parking.
The fruits of this neglect are evident in
central Washington, wherever one cares
to look.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-02
Its Twentieth Birthday

It was on this day 20 years ago
that the atomic age came to the world,
quietly and In utmost secrecy, in a
squash court under the west stands Of
Stage Field at the University Of Chicago.
1t was brought into being through the
medium of an ugly-looking contrivance
called pile" With this, on December
2, 1912, human beings initiated self
maintaining nuclear chain reaction for
the first time in history, and by so doing
they set In motion revolution-one
full of tremendously evil and tremen-
dously good otentialS-that has already
had the profoundest kind Of impact on
man and his society.
The evil side of the harneSSed atom
Is familiar to all. Less than three years
after the Stagg Field event, in the sum-
mer Of 1915, Hiroshima and NagaSaki
were virtually erased. Each was struck
with only one bomb. The explosive heart
of this weapon weighed perhaps under
80 pounds, but it unleashed a destruc-
tive force equivalent to 10000 tons Of
TINT. Yet now that particular destroyer
must be looked back upon as crude
device Of relatively mild deadlineSS. For
our country, along with the Soviet
Union, and to a lesser extent Britain
and France, has long since built up an
arsenal containing not only a multi
tudinous family of highly sophisticated
'little" and "big" atomic weapons, but
also indescribably more devastating n.y.
drogen or thermometer bombs, whose
power must be measured in terms Of
millions and millions Of tons Of TINT.
These are the things, together with their
delivery systems, including interconti-
mental balliStic missiles, which are in
volved in the ornaments race that has
been going on ever since the end Of the
Second World War. 1t is a race that
is by far the most dangerous since the
beginning Of time, and the prime re-
with the men Of the Kremlin, who have
persistently and grimly refused to Join
in any adequately policed system Of arms
limitation and control.
So the world today is confronted
with what has been aptly described as
a balance of terror, and there is always
the possibility that an about atomic
hydrogen war will suddenly erupt, de-
stroying countless millions Of lives and
Shattering civilization as we know 1t.
Still, since that aweSome fact is clear
to both the Russians and ourselves, there
is hope on this goth anniversary Of the
first self-SuStaining nuclear chain reac-
ton, that a holocaust will be averted,
that effective disarmament will be
achieved in due course, and that the
atom will become truly the servant Of
man, spreading blessings far and wide
throughout the world. One can only
hope, in any event, that the good in
herent in this preternatural power will
overwhelmingly outweigh the evil Of it
in the years and decades and genera
tions ahead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-02

David Lawrence's strained
efforts TO draw parallels be-
tween the disturbances at
d. C. Stadium on Thanks
giving and the riots at the
University Of Mississippi are
ridiculous. Only In the sense
that both incidents we're de-
plorable and are deserving OF
unreserved condemnation,
and that racial animosity
was a factor in them are
they similar. There is con-
siderable difference, however,
In the spontaneous eruption
OF violence In the heat OF
the emotion. tension. and
mass psychology generated by
a major sports event and the
deliberate misuse OF the
power and resources of a
State by It's chief officials to
thwart the Justifiable and
heroic efforts OF one OF its
own substantial citizens TO
exercise his undoubted con-
stitutional right 10 get an
education at the State uni
versity which his taxes help
TO maintain. There is also a
major distinction between
the reasons for the lack OF
sufficient police forces at
both events 10 prevent or
quell disorders. In thu District
II was a matter OF an error
OF judgment on the part OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-02
Congo Outlook

Things seem to be going from bad to
worse in the Congo. President Tshombe
apparently has been dragging his feet
in bringing his secessionist Katanga
Province within the loose federation, or
confederation, envisaged in the proposed
new constitution drafted under the
auspices Of the United Nations. Accord
ingly, Thant, who now has been elect
ed to full term as U. N. Secretary Gen
eral, is said to be planning "a quick
MISUNDERSTANDING armed force II
necessary to put an end to Mr..
Tshombe's alleged bad faith and trouble
making.
Mr.. Thant's position has been backed
up by a curiously worded statement
authorized" by the White House. What
the statement says is that President
Kennedy and BelgiumS Foreign Minister
Paul-Henri Spaak are agreed that "se-
we're economic measures" will have to be
taken unless there is substantial prog
ress within very short period Of time"
toward a reconciliation and reunion Of
the Congo's separatist elements. II this
means anything, II means that Mr..
Thant and the U. N. really may be on
the verge OF hitting very hard at Mr..
Tshombe and his Elisabethville regime,
which in many ways seems stronger than
Premier Adoula's in Leopoldville.
Such action, however, In terms OF
both money and military force, would be
very largely dependent on the United
States, which pays the greater part Of
the U. MS Congo expenditures (about
$40 million a month";. In the circum-
stances, 1t must be assumed that Mr..
Thant and his aides are in full consul
tation with our Government and that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-02
Defends Nehru

William S. Whites article,
"Aid to India puts U. S. on
Spot" outraged the Indian
people by insulting Prime
Minister Nehru.
Whether his policy is right
or wrong, Nehru has never
been a hypocrite. as Mr..
White calls him. His neu-
traliSt, non aligned stand,
whatever be its merits and
dement's, has been consistent
throughout, and this has
been made sufficiently clear
to both the Western and the
Communist bloc. midas &C
ton both in national and in
ternational fields has never
been contrary to this stand.
1t Is a travesty Of truth to
describe him as an almost
inSupportable neutraliSt who
has made a profession of bit
ing the hand that has fed
him." Ranjan Bora.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-02
Charter Gains

That almost one half the
voters in Prince Georges
County expressed their de-
sires to examine a home rule
charter is a tribute to the
coverage given our campaign
by The Star. In less than one
year, the charter movement
gained enough momentum to
become a political force
which carried every one Of
its candidates by wide mar
gins. 1t did this in spite of
widespread and active oppo-
Sition from a number Of Or
CARNATIONS and private
interests.
Our 1854 charter campaign
starts in February, 1868,
when we begin a fund-raiS-
ing drive through our COM
munity precinct organiza-
tons. The people are inter-
ested and eager. For this
interest, we owe to your news
paper our deepest apprecia-
ton.
Walter r. Mulligan,
Chairman, Project Marlboro,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-02
Classic Feature

May I express my appre-
citation for the informative
article, "A Perlmutter Orig
inal" which appeared in your
Sunday Magazine on No
vember rs?
Mr.. Getlein's lucid EXPOSE
ton of the art of the print
maker and the unique orig
inal print will remain a
classic for my art survey
classes. The choice Of artist
could not have been more
fitting. Jack Perlmutter's
versatility, prolific produc-
ton and complete dedication
have made him an inspira-
ton to young artists who
may have questioned the re-
ward of careers in the fine
arts in these highly COM
mercialized and materialistic
times. The artist is the me-
dunn through which human
ity expresses itself. In this
spirit. Perlmutter has a pro-
found social sense, and an
intense, eager devotion to
contemporary life in all Of
its aspects. This awareness
and zest is communicated
through his unique personal
style.
I congratulate your paper
on the service it performs by
continuing to widen our cul-
tural horizons and by keep
ing US abreast of significant
art trends in our community.
Lucille ID. Roberts,
Art Teacher,
Spingarn High School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-02
Stamp Facts

The Stars sagacious stamp
editor, Belmont FAIRIES. prob
ably had pink ears in en-
barraSsment upon reading
the inaccuracies in Elmer
Roessner's story headed &C
Christmas Stamp Stirs Up
Controversy" which appeared
In The Star November %.
Mr.. FAIRIES pins down his
facts; Mr.. Roessner does not.
Mr.. Roessner wrote: THE
stamps are supposed to 60
on sale November 26, but
some post offices are already
selling them" Perhaps we OF
the Post Office Department
are unduly sensitive these
days because Of the Dig H
mm-rskj-ld matter. but the
inference that some post
masters are selling stamps on
the gray market is unpleas-
ant. The Christmas stamp
first went on sale November
l In Pittsburgh. Pa. and Ma
tion-wide a day later. as Mr..
FAIRIES earlier reported.
Postal rates increase next
Jan. 7, not Jan. /, and the
fact that the Christmas
stamp does not contain the
world postage" is not devil
Gus, as Mr.. Roessner implies.
Two other stamps issued this
year - Project Mercury and
ApprenticeShip-did not con-
tain the word.
Aside from these errors in
fact, II is the premise Of the
story that is utterly off base.
UNLESS boycotts are stronger
than expected" Mr.. Roess-
ner believes that the Post Of
flee Department will be able
TO sell most Of the 100000, 900
stamps.
What boycotts2 The Christ
mas stamp has enjoyed I'M
precedented public popular
ity. Although poStmasters re-
received five times normal
distribution. many had ex-
hausted their supplies within
hours after the stamp went
on sale. The first print order
OF a half billion is virtually
sold out. Plans are TO print
an additional 300 million
Christmas stamps and per-
haps this will not meet public
demand.
Herbert Harris,
Philatelic Editor. Post Office
Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-02
so Years Ago

Congress turned thu m BIS
down so years ago on a plan
to grant pensions to EXPIRES
idents of the United States,
as we'll as giving them q life
time seat in the House. The
Star of December 4, 1912.
said such an item. rejected
by the House Appropriations
Committee, would have pro-
vided annual pensions Of
$l7,500 for Theodore Roose-
welt and William ward
Taft. Stricken. too, was the
provision: Hereafter. every
ex-President shall during his
life be held and regarded as
a Representative at-large by
the people OF the U Unite d
States and shall be entitled
TO a seat in the House. and
may exercise all the rights
and privileges OF members
save that OF voting. -"
The United States started
becoming the worlds automo-
bile center so years ago. The
Star OF December 8, 1912,
said: America has taken
over the motor car supremacy
so long claimed by Europe by
the production this year Of a
car showing such marked adj
vances over anything hereto
fore built anywhere that 1t
may almost be called a new
type OF automobile. II is the
Model C-Six, Just announced
by the Stevens Duryea Co.
Strikingly handsome. the c.
C-Six presents a wholly
new design, in which
chassis. hood and body are
treated as one, the hood be-
ing a forward extension OF
the body, instead OF merely
a cover for the engine.
The cars are finished In Eng
lish purple, lakelet green,
mulberry red and visible
blue"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-02
100 Years AGO

President Lincoln dominat-
ed the news at this time a
century ago with his annual
message to Congress, much Of
which dealt with the prob
lem Of slavery. The Star Of
December /, 1852, devoted
practically all of its front
page (then six columns) to
the message, in which Lin
coin recommended a consti-
tutional amendment in three
parts: /. Providing compen-
sation In United States bonds
for every State which abol-
ished slavery before 1900. 2.
Guaranteeing freedom to all
slaves who gained 1t by the
chances of war. 3. Authoriz-
ing Congress to make provi-
sion for colonizing abroad
those freedmen who wanted
to live outside the United
States. In dealing with the
gradual abolition and COM
pensation phase Of the pro-
posed amendment, Lincoln
said: THE plan leaves to
each State, choosing to act
under 1t, to abolish slavery
now. or at the end Of the
century, or at any interme-
diate time, or by degrees.
1t obliges no two States to
proceed alike. -. The meas
ure is both Just and eco
nomical. In a certain sense.
the liberation Of slaves is the
destruction Of property
property acquired by descent.
or by purchase, the same as
any other property. =. The
people OF the South are not
more responsible for the
original introduction Of this
property, than are the people
OF the North; and when 1t is
remembered how unhesitat-
ingly we all use cotton and
sugar. and share the profits
OF dealing In them. 1t may
not be safe TO say that the
South has been more re-
sponsible than the North for
It's continuance. II. then, for
a common object, this prop
erty is 10 be sacrificed, is II
not Just that II be done at
a common charger" On
the colonization idea. this
paper quoted the Presi-
dent: 1.-THE article relat-
ing to the future OF the
freed people does not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-02

oblige, but merely authorizes
Congress to aid in colonizing
such as may consent. I
cannot make 1t better known
than 1t already is, that I
strongly favor colonization.
And yet I wish to say there
is an objection urged against
free colored persons remain
ing In the country, which is
largely imaginary, II not
sometimes malicious. 1t is in
sisted that their presence
would injure and displace
white labor and white labor
ers. Emancipation. even
without deportation, would
probably enhance the wages
Of white labor. and, very
surely. would not reduce
them. Thus, the customary
amount of labor would
still have to be per-
formed; the freed people
would surely not do more
than their old proportion OF
1t, and very probably. for a
time, would do less, leaving
an increased part TO the
white laborers, bring their
labor into greater demand,
and, consequently enhancing
the wages OF II. .. But 1t
is dreaded that the freed
people will swarm forth and
cover the whole land2 Are
they not already In the land2
Will liberation make them
any more numerous2 Equally
distributed among the whites
OF the whole country
there would be but one COL
ored TO seven whites. Could
the one, In any way, disturb
the seven2 There are many
communities now. having
more than one free colored
person TO seven whites, and
this, without any apparent
consciousness Of evil from It.
The District OF Columbia and
the States Of Maryland and
Delaware, are all In this con-
dition. The District has more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-02
FROM THE STAR FILES. -.

than one free colored person
to six whites; and yet. in its
frequent petitions to Con-
gress, I believe 1t has never
presented the presence of
free colored persons as one
Of its grievances. But why
should emancipation South
send the freed people North?
People, Of any color, seldom
run, unless there is some
thing to run from. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-02
Warren on Ethics

My impression on reading
1.-THE Law Beyond the Law:
A Warren Plan for Ethics"
is that the Chief Justice is
actively thinking Of q Fed
eral Courts system which
would dictate ethics along
with its legal CD opinions
and in similar manner create
laws by Interpretation or
personal opinion.
If this be the case, then the
first must have been the 1854
desegregation ruling based
upon the uniformed opinion
of a Scandinavian sociologiSt
rather than constitutional
law; and the second, then,
would have to be the prayer
decision, the effect of which
will be to deprive millions of
pupils of the only religious
training they would ever have
received. Without such train
ing, how are they to recog-
nize morality or ethics? For
what, after all, is conscience
but the SubconSciouS rec
objection of scriptural truths
absorbed during childhood?
Where could one find a more
comprehensive set of moral
laws than those contained in
the Ten Commandments?
I can think of nothing less
desirable than a code of
ethics promulgated by Mr..
Justice Warren, "legislated"
by the United States Supreme
Court and enforced by Little
Brother Kennedy.
Thomas jefferson consid-
cred the courts system the
weak link in our chain of
republican government. His
fears have been proved we'll
founded. 1t is time for a
change.
Charles w, Carter.
y
I would like to comment
on the excerpt from Chief
Justice Warren's address
which was printed in Sum-
days Star.
Chief Justice Warren's view
that there is need for a pro
feSsion of the counselor in
ethics" is based on the belief
that today's complex world
poses a multitude of ethical
questions which cannot be
answered in black and white
terms.
There can be no doubt that
our technology So
ciety presents these gray"
areas in which ethical judg-
ments are not easy to make.
However, in a world which
has so much trouble living
up to the simple guide laid
down by the Golden Rule,
one must wonder If the new
category Of advisers would be
of much benefit.
II enough clergymen and
concerned laymen would work
to spread observance of the
Golden Rule and the corol-
larry concepts Of love for our
fellow man and respect for
his trights and dignity. we
would have no need for the
special corps Of conscience
guarders" proposed by the
Chief Justice.
Robert r.. FultOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-02

the officials. In Mississippi
the blame clearly lies with
those functionaries who de-
liberately and callously with
drew the State police forces
at the height of the very
disorders which these same
functionaries were RESPONSE
BILE for creating.
Arnold III. Taylor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-02
Wonder Where You and Will Be Four Years Hence?
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