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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-08
Sic Transit Menon

1t must have been painful for Prime
Minister Nehru to announce acceptance
of the resignation of v. K. Krishna
Menon, his closest friend and confidant.
But the decision could hardly have been
avoided or delayed much longer The
pressure for 1t was too widespread and
too intense, and increasing from day
to day, among both the Indian people
and their most powerful political leaders.
Thus, on the eve of his decision to
let Mr.. Menon go, Mr.. Nehru received
from his chief parliamentary lieuten-
ants-the executive committee of his
Congress Party-a letter demanding
that the man be deprived of all connec-
ton with the government in New Delhi.
Last week he had been denoted from
the post of Defense Minister to the con-
Siderably less significant ministry for
arms production, but that still left him
in the cabinet-a fact that did not sit
well with the public at large, key poll
ticianS, midas press and those military
authorities who hold him largely re-
Sponsible for the great difficulties In
dian troops have had in trying to cope
with Chinese Communist aggression in
the Himalayas.
Moreover, leaving aside the bleak
aspects of the military situation, grow
ing numbers of Mr.. Menon's countrymen
seem, for some time past, to have been
taking DINNER and DINNER view of
his record-in the United Nations and
elSewhere-as a "neutralist" curiously
anti-American, anti-Western and pro-
Communist in his sentiments and his
general course Of action, including
speeches and votes. Naturally enough,
wholly apart from his long filtration
with the Kremlin, what is particularly
held against him at the moment is the
fact that he has been one Of the most
vigorous, and at times vitriolic, oppon-
ents Of the free worlds thus-far success
full fight to deny U. N. membership to
Red China, which is now menacing India
in the gravest manner.
Nothing could be less gallant, of
course, than to kick man when he is
down. Actually, Mr.. Nehru and more
than a few other top leaders of India
have lived and agreed with Mr.. Menon
in what they now recognize to have been
a world Of illusion and unreality. Today
they are awakened, and Mr.. Menon-
perhaps once the blindest of the lot
has been disposed of as kind of scape-
goat. Sic transit. In all probability,
this means that he will never again
amount to much, politically, in India.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-08
Winter Drawers On

Proving once again there is no way
Tor mere man to fathom women's tastes,
comes this London fashion note: 1t has
become chic for young misses to wear,
IN proper season, long underwear Some
extend from the waist to just above
the knee, but others go all the way,
like ballerina leotards. Why are the
girls itching for the once spurned
long-handles? Well, some are brightly
colored, or lacy, and considered rather
Sexy. But as one psychologist put it,
the gals probably only want a feeling
OF warmth and security.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-08
A First Lady Dies

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, who died
yesterday at Is, was richly deserving of
the designation traditionally given by
Americans to the wives of Presidents
OF the United States. She was a First
Lady, not only because Of the honor
conferred upon her husband, the late
Franklin Delano Roosevelt but addi-
tionally because of her own personality
and accomplishments.
There have been few women in the
public life Of this Nation possessed of
such variety of qualities that brought
both praise and criticism. Living for
so many of her years in a political
environment offered both opportunity
and challenge to her instructive interest
in people, to her eagerness to probe and
to participate in efforts to resolve the
great social problems of her time. Her
amazing energy, physical and intellec-
tual, was matched by her versatility. AS
First Lady in the White House during
more than twelve momentous years,
Mrs. Roosevelt not only found time with
seeming ease to be wife, mother and
hostess, but also to be worker and
adviser in government, an author and
newspaper columnist. AS her years ad-
vanced, so did the horizons of her in
terest stretch to faraway places and to
the problems so surely facing the post
war world. She was an early friend to
the principle of the United Nations,
assisted in its becoming a reality and
served with what she described as her
own greatest satisfaction as the head
for five years of the U. N. Human Rights
Commission.
With all this, no doubt the most
enduring memory of Eleanor Roosevelt
will be of her warm-hearted gracious
ness as person, and her uninhibited
willingness to speak her mind on any
and all matters with a confidence never
impaired by doubt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-08
Journeys End

Richard Milhous Nixon first emerged
as figure of national Importance dur
ing the sensational House hearings in
the Alger Hiss case in 1948. During the
IA years that have interviewed he has
been almost continuously at the center
OF the political storm. And now, still
young man, he has come to the end
of his political road
This complex man has always been
something of an enigma, and he re-
NAMED so to the end. In what he said
was his last press conference, Mr.. Nixon
revealed an extraordinary bitterness.
And he was not wholly lacking in juSti-
ncation, for some segments of the press
have treated him very shabbily.
The real explanation of Mr.. Nixon's
failure in 1860, and for him it must
have been heart breaking failure,
does not lie with the press, however.
Nor are the newspapers responsible for
the humiliating defeat he has Just
sustained in his native California.
The explanation, we think, will be
found in the man himself. No one ques-
lions his ability. No one has SUCCESSFULLY
questioned his integrity. During the
eight years in which he moved in the
Eisenhower shadow, Mr.. Nixon spared
no effort to prepare himself for the
White House. And by all objective
standards he was well prepared Yet
the prize eluded him-by the narrowest
OF margins. A change of few votes
here or there, and Mr.. Nixon, not Mr..
Kennedy, would be President today.
But the few votes needed were not
forthcoming. OF Mr. Nixon, too many
people were saying: IT can't bring my
self to vote for him. / don't know
exactly what it is, but there's some
thing about the man :"
1t was this "something"-this per-
sonality trait-that has been responsible
for the Nixon defeats. Had he had a
little of the Eisenhower magic, or even
a bit of the Kennedy appeal, nothing
that the newspapers might have said
about him could have retired Mr.. Nixon
from the political scene
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-08

'In the not distant future"
says the report, "the scien-
fist will be able to become
truly three dimensional
through the use of deep ocean
submerSible vehicles"
An entirely new principle
OF off-the-road transport has
been developed for the Navy.
1t can move a vehicle easily
over ordinarily impossible
terrain such as deep mud,
heavy snow or swampy wood
land.
1t is described by the Of
flee OF Naval Research as the
first successful mating of
track and wheel. It consists
basically of a series Of free
rolling pneumatic tires
mounted on an endless
chain rotating about two
sockets, one of which func-
tons as a driving socket and
the other as an idler. The
chain carries these tires from
the rear across the top of the
front of the vehicle and
places them on the ground
for the vehicle to roll over
them. The effect is the same
as moving a heavy object by
placing a series of rollers I'M
der it.
Subjected to Tests
The system is designed so
that the wheels move at twice
the speed of the chain that
carries them around. On
reaching soft terrain the
wheels automatically become
stationary with the pneu-
matte tires serving as cleats
or grippers.
After a test by Army en-
gineers 1t was officially re-
ported that "the system can
travel on soft mud and wet,
fine-grained soils negotiable
by no other known military
vehicle of equal weight"
In snow tests carried out
by the Army in Colorado, the
vehicle operated without diff
ficulty in snow averaging 40
inches in depth. Artificial
mounds approximately -
feet high were readily trav-
versed. The vehicle packs its
own roadway as it moves over
snow, showing an increase in
traction with increase in snow
depth.
One Of the advantages is
that In contrast with con-
ventional tracked vehicles, It
will not damage improved
roads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-08
VSTAS IN SCIENCE
Navy Explores Great Sea Depths
By THOMAS r. HENRY

AT least Is experimental
dives to explore great sea
depths will be made by the
end of this year.
This has been announced
through the Office of Naval
Research. Many improve
ments and new instruments
have been added to the Nays
unique bathyscaph according
to Lieut.. Don Walsh, officer
in charge. Included among
these:
A closed circuit TV system
which will have q scanning
feature for visible observa-
ton of large areas of the sea
floor.
A mechanical, remotely OPP
Grated arm which can gather
selected samples from the sea
bottom in front of an OBJ
servation window. The lifting
capacity of the arm is SO
pounds.
Five propulsion motors
which will allow movement
in vertical, horizontal and
lateral directions. This will
permit the bathyscaph to ho-
yer at any given depth.
External batteries which
give 21a times more electri-
cal power.
Three times more instru-
mentation and equipment
space inside the sphere.
Rapid gasoline, ballast and
battery handling systems
which will minimize turn
around time.
Increased Photographic
capabilities through addi-
tional cameras and lighting.
Operation Schedule
Some Of the operations to
be carried out in future dives
this year are: Investigation
of sound velocity in bottom
sediments and measurement
of sound reflection and scat
tering from the sea floor.
Study of sound conveyance
zones with sound sources To-
Gated at various depths. OPP
erations as a deep target
against all types of sonar
equipment and vessels, in
Guiding submarines. 1t will
eliminate, says the report,
present cropping methods in
deep sea research. Direct Wis
ual observations can be made
of the animal life on the
sea bottom.
The bathyscaph can carry
relatively large payloads
compared to cable-lowered
apparatus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-08
Montessori Schools

IN a news item in The Star
on November 3, under the
heading "Montessori Expert
to Speak," appears the state
ment THE only Montessori
school here is located at
Dumbarton College :"
AS one of the founding
members of that school, the
st. Aidan School, I think
it only fair to point out that
the Washington Metropolitan
Area has more Montessori
schools than any other area
of the Nation with the pos
sible exception of California.
In addition to the one class
at st. Aidan there are two
classes at the D. C. Society
for Crippled Children, two
classes at st. Plus X School
in Kensington, Maryland,
one class at the Montessori
School of Northern Virginia
in Arlington and one class
in the public school system
Of Prince Georges County.
A Montessori school will
open its doors in Silver
Spring in February, and at
least one additional school
will open in Northwest
Washington in September,
1868.
Twenty-three persons are
now in full time teacher
training at the Washington
Montessori Institute, so it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-08
Peace Props

Congratulations to DR.. Vim
cent j. DAILY for speaking the
most sensible words I've
heard throughout the whole
Cuban crisis and war scare.
No wonder kids are scared.
I watched the White House
picketing and I was disguised
at the blatant use of children
to stir up hysteria. One
youngster carried a sign say
ing I'm scared" Others
toted, END the arms race;
not the human race"
I also noticed WON e n
wheeling dizzy-looking chill
dren in a circle. Others, more
systematically oriented
perhaps, wheeled empty car
riages for the symbolic value.
Perhaps ! belong to q differ
ent school Of psychology, but
I doubt If my Interpretation
Of the empty kiddy-carts is
what was intended by these
ladies so obseSsed with
thoughts Of peace.
Florence King.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-08

time to start is right now The very
effective campaign waged on this issue
by the League of Women Voters con-
tributed largely to the success of the
referendum. 1t is the residents of Mary
land as a whole, however, who have
made plain that they will not be salts
fled with this or any other plan which
avoids the requirement to more nearly
equalize. the distributing of population
among the eight congressional voting
areas of the State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-08
Marx and CIousewitz

In a recent letter, Maria
Rodriguez expressed distress
at trying to understand
communism" by studying
MARKHAM science" This dis
tress is shared by all experts
in that field. The Overstreets
suggest that Stain and
Khrushchev have left prac-
tically nothing of Marx ex-
cept his obscurity, which al
lows a Russian or Chinese
dictator to interpret" Marx
as he wishes. y
On the other, hand,
Clausewitz, a scholarly phi
losopher who makes sense to
the Russian rulers, is known
IN this country only for his
conclusion in the treatise on
war, that war is but another
instrument Of national pol
icy-of gaining a nations
objective when negotiation
fails. The implication &C
cepted here is that he was
a sinister Prussian militariSt.
Apparently one must spend
some time in exile or in Jail,
like Lenin. ct al, to get the
meat out of Clausewitz. War,
he implies, should be q last
resort. 1t is a dangerous
method Of state policy since
1t involves much of chance,
and, If this fails, all is lost.
Even more important,
Clausewitz suggests that di-
plomacy (negotiation) and
Wharf.-The pen and the sword
are not the only methods
by which a nation can gain
its detectives. He mentions
public opinion. From this
suggestion, Goebbels devel-
oped propaganda" to influ-
ence foreign public opinion.
The Soviet leaders have de-
veloped this further. We and
our allies have our amateur
information and education"
programs.
Other methods economic
warfare and subversion (the
overthrow of unfriendy gov
ernmentS. which the Rus
slams call revolutionary"
warfare)-are logical deve-
opments of Clausewitz rea-
soning, not of MARKHAM sci
ence." The great gains of
Russia have been by these
latter methods, for example,
in China, Indo-C China, Cuba,
and present efforts in Africa
and South America. Khru-
shchev's quick step backward
when confronted with q show
Of force in Cuba is an in
evitable reaction from
Clausewitz. not from Marx.
For it is clear that the prin-
ciples Of war, for example, Of
surprise, of the offensive, of
retreat. are equally applicable
to a struggle where armies
may never be employed, ex-
cept in propaganda, economic
warfare and subversion.
John w. Brabner- Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-08
Caution SionoI

nope Cnat the appr0-
pirate authorities will view
with caution the report by
the National Capital Trans
portation Agency. Waiting for
this report has apparently
caused a showdown in the
process of completing the In
terstate System and other
improvements.
The agency is a prepayment
of mass transportation, which
is nothing against the agency
in itself. But, proponents of
mass transportation appear
frequently to overlook one
problem facing public trans
portation which arises out of
two simple considerations:
Homes and work places are
becoming less compactly ar
ranged, and more decentral-
lied or diffused over a great
er area. With continuation of
these well-established trends,
simple reasoning points to an
increasing amount Of cross
movement and complicated
crossings of the commuter
streams of traffic. The direct
implication is a longer-not
shorter-average trip to work.
Furthermore, a more diffused
pattern Of work places will
further reduce the chances
for economical operation of
mass transit facilities, so that
the private car will probably
become even more important
except for committing to CEN
trial work places.
Clyde E. Sweet, Jr.
If anything were needed to
point up the fact that both
adequate freeways and rap
i'd rail lines in D. C. are in
diSpenSable, it is the proposed
system of the Meta. The
vast areas between the few
subways lines, including the
future ones that can be af-
forded, would still make it
necessary for thousands of
people to use private cars or
surface transportation, as it
would take as long to get
from their homes to the sub
ways, as it would to go from
their homes directly to town
by bus or car. There are only
a few croSs-town buses to get
people to Subways, and they
are far apart, and very rap
i'd travel is not possible on
surface transportation when
it goes through congested city
streets.
Rapid rail lines are badly
needed, but the fact is that
they are inevitably inflexi-
BILE, which makes surface
freeways essential. 1t is. the
inflexibility of railroad lines
which has caused large rail-
road systems to have to
merge, lose money, and go
bankrupt! Rapid rail lines
take care mostly of COM
muters, but there are thou
sands of others who have to
transact business throughout
the city, in widely different
locations, to whom a subway
would be useless. especially
as they have to have a car
or truck to carry goods or
equipment. Thousands of
children have to get to local
schools. Mothers have to get
food from stores to homes in
these days of few delivery
services.
Isabel C. Moore.
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In Lieu of Cards

May I suggest to your
readers that now would be
a good time to consider the
elimination Of the meaning
less sending of many Christ
mas greeting cards?
A number of us have found
the matter not only burden
some and expensive but so
highly commercialized that
no spirit Of good will remains.
So we are taking the cost
OF cards and postage and Civ
ing the money to the organi-
cations which help the blind.
Perhaps others might want
similarly to follow this prac-
tice which would more nearly
fulfill the idea and spirit Of
Christmas.
Ted r. Silvey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-08

What do Tuesdays cleo
tons portend for the presi-
Dental race two years hence?
Due to his personal popu-
larity, it has been widely pre-
dicted that President Ken
nedy will have no difficulty
winning a second term in the
White House. This may still
happen-and Democrats are
insisting today that the re-
suits in this off-year election
of Congressman and Cover
nors continue to assure him
another victory in 1854.
But the picture is cloudy,
and Mr.. Kennedy may face a
rough battle. First, Republic
cans have shown their abili-
ty to carry some of the big
States without whose cleo
toral votes Mr.. Kennedy
would have lost to former
Vice President Nixon in the
presidential race of 1860.
These include New York
where Gov. Nelson Rockefel-
Ter was reelected by half "a
million votes. They include
Michigan, too, and Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio.
Second, the revolt against
President Kennedy and his
administration in the South
poses a real problem. Not
only did the Republicans pick
up five House seats in that
area formerly held by Demo-
Gratis, but they have missed
electing a Senator in Ala
bama by the narrowest of
margins. Senator Lister Hill,
attacked because he has sup
ported the Presidents pro-
gram in many details, eked
out a victory over a Repub-
lican opponent in his bid for
a fifth term.
Southern States have in
the past been a sine qua non
for the election of a Demo-
cratic President. The only ex-
ception was when President
Truman ran in 1913. Even
then, Mr.. Truman would have
been in a bad way had he
not had the support of a
considerable majority of the
presidential electors in the
old solid South. President
Kennedy, himself, might have
. been in real trouble two years
ago had the South really
swung against him. Today
Mr.. Kennedy'S stock in that
section of the country is at a
very low point, If Tuesdays
returns mean Z anything. In
other words, if Presiden t
Kennedy is unable to rely on
Southern support in large de-
gree and finds difficulty in
carrying the big States of
the North and West, he could
be in trouble in 1864.
Other Key Problems
Much of course, will depend
on whether the President is
able to eliminate Castro's
Communist government in
Cuba and to deal firmly with
Khrushchev and the Red
Chinese in other important
areas. And almost equally
important will be the condi-
ton of the country's econo-
my in 1864. A deep recession,
a failure to decrease taxes,
and tremendously increased
costs of Government and an
increase in the national debt,
could hamstring Mr.. Kenne-
dy. On the other hand, the
Presidents recent firmness in
calling the Communist bluff
in the Cuban mess, if fol-
lowed up, could further in
crease his political strength.
Indeed, his action in Cuba
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THE POLITICAL MILL
Can Kennedy Do 1t in 1864?
By GOULD LINCOLN

may have helped the Demo-
Gratis in many of the close
elections on Tuesday last.
Certainly it did him and the
Democrats no harm.
This years elections did
one thing the Kennedys de-
voutly wished, the elimina-
ton of former Vice President
Richard M. Nixon as a pos
sible contender for the Presi-
dency in 1864. Probably, how
ever, they would have been
much more satisfied had the
Democrats been able to un-
seat Gov. Rockefeller, for he
is much more of a threat to
a Kennedy second term. He
has said-and he apparently
believes it-that Mr.. Kenne-
dy can be beaten. Although
Mr.. Rockefeller failed by
some 10000 to duplicate his
margin of victory in 1858,
he won reelection impress
Sively. 1t must be taken
into account, too, that he
was vigorously attacked by
the so called Conservative
Party of New York, made UP
of conservative Republicans
who did their best to defeat
both the Governor and Sena-
tor Jacob K. Javits. The par
tvs candidate for Governor
rolled up some 100, 900 votes
presumably most of them
cast by Republicans. Gov.
Rockefeller also survived the
attacks made on him because
he and his wife were divorced
early this year.
Four POssibles' Wealthy
Wealth has proved no han
dicap to presidential candi-
dates of recent years. Indeed,
the Kennedy money fire.
quently has been given a
leading place in the story Of
Kennedy success. Should the
President be opposed by Gov.
Rockefeller in 1864, there
would be no disparity of
wealth. In fact, the Rookie
Teller fortunes may exceed
those of the Kennedys. Fur
Their, two other potential Re-
publican presidential tnomi-
Governor ELECT Scran-
ton of Pennsylvania and
Governor-e Romney of
Michigan-are men of large
wealth.
The success of Mr.. Scran-
ton in his race for Governor
has really projected him into
the presidential picture. He
won over his Democratic OPP
ponent, Richardson Dilworth,
by upwards of 100000 votes,
which seems incredible when
it is remembered that State
went for President Kennedy
in 1860, with Philadelphia
going Democratic by $4,000.
If the Republicans determine
to turn to the Midwest for a
standard bearer. Mr.. Romney
would be an attractive figure.
He broke the Democrats IA
year hold on Michigan by
} digging into the usual Demo-
cratic lead in Detroit.
Illinois. where Senator
Dirksen, minority leader of
the Senate, was able to de-
feat all efforts by the States
Democratic organization to
unseat him, also could give
Mr.. Kennedy a rough time in
1864. On the other hand,
Democrats were able to win
some victories in the Midwest
and they really went to
town in New England. And
they reelected Gov. Brown
in California, although I'M
able to defe It Republican
Senator Kuchel.
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Try Agoin-in 1863

Maryland voters have given an I'M
equivocal answer to those leaders of the
State Legislature who have commended
that it would be difficult to obtain
fair revision of Maryland's congressional
districts. Their reputation of the Leg
islature's grossly inadequate initial re-
districting scheme-by a referendum
vote margin of nearly two to one-is a
clear mandate to the Democratic leader
ship to get busy on new plan, and the