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Evening star., 1962-09-17
WORLDLY WISE
Tyro Envoy Learns Politics

the routine duties in Room l13
of the Old Senate Office Build
ing - Senator Mansfield'S
Montana office" It is there
rather than in the Majority
Leaders office in the Capitol,
that the day-to-day chores OF
practical politics are performed
the kind of chores that keep
the Senator's constituents in a
mood to re-elect him every six
years.
THE most educational part
has been reading-and some
times answering-the Senator's
mail" said Dick. cts amazing
some Of the things people write
to their Senator"
Under the tutelage of Peggy
DeMichele, Senator Mansfield's
administrative assistant, and
Ray Dockstader, the legislative
assistant, Dick learned to eval-
uate the crackpot letters from
the serious ones, the form-let-
ter type Of inspired campaign
from the honestly aroused citi-
zen'S complaint.
Gives New Outlook
what impresses me is that
most of the letters seem to be
AGAINST whatever the adm
inistration is doing" said Dick.
ut certainly makes you appre-
'ciate the pressures a senator is
under"
He also acquired an inkling
of the kind Of personal contin-
uity that ties the Government
today with what is. for him at
least. history, when he met
Grace Tully on a visit to the
Senate Democratic Conference
office in the Capitol. Miss Tully,
an executive assistant there,
was the longtime private Sec
|retary to President Franklin d,
Roosevelt - who was starting
his third term in the White
House the year Dick Holbrooke
was born.
Evening star., 1962-09-17
CONGRESSMAN PEEVED
Tourist Center Urged
On Hoins Point Site

out what there was to see. We
would have an auditorium for
showing an orientation movie,
booths for information and lit
erature, and a place to eat"
Another very important as
pect of Mr.. Schwengel's plan
is parking.
People would park their
cars at the center and take the
bus" to whichever buildings or
memorials they wanted to Wis
it, the Congressman says. Buses
would leave the information
center every five to ten min
utes and would run over a
route that would include such
stops as the Washington Mon
ument, the Smithsonian, the
Capitol and the White House,
Another bus would make swings
over to Arlington Cemetery and
Mount Vernon.
Sources Of Funds
But the Iowa Republican
wants it made clear that he is
not proposing some new kind
of federal expansion.
Funds would come from var
ious sources. he says, adding
that the cost of the proposed
Roosevelt memorial ESTIMATED
at $4.5 million) would be a
good starter. Additional money,
he adds, could be raised from
philanthropic foundations.
Under Mr.. Schwengel's plan,
concessions at the center would
be contracted out to private
business, with the government
retaining overall control of the
operation.
Evening star., 1962-09-17
Slot Machines
End Pledged
In Maryland
Politician Says
Hume-Towes Plan
Would Be GruduuI
BY JAMES B. ROWLAND
Star staff Writer

Gradual elimination of slot
machines in Maryland is
pledged in a proposed agree
ment submitted by David
Hume to Gov. Tawes, a promi-
nent Prince Georges politician
said today.
Gov. TaweS and Mr.. Hume
said Saturday they had reached
an agreement but the Cover.
nor declined to say whether
Mr.. Hume's proposal was the
specific agreement reached.
While sounding the death
knen for slot machines in the
four Southern Maryland coun-
ties. the proposed agreement
acknowledges that time must
be given the counties to re-
adjust their tax base and fiscal
structure to compensate for the
loss of taxes from the ma
chimes, the Prince Georges man
said.
No time limit for the elimi-
nation Of slots is stated in the
proposal. It has been mimeo-
graphed in preparation for re-
lease to the public, the poll
tician added.
Three-FOurths Of Page
The politician, who asked not
to be identified, said the slot
machine issue covers only
three-quarters Of one page oi
the 10-page agreement.
The bulk Of the proposal Is
devoted to pledges on a con-
flict-of-interest law. conserva-
tion. parkland acquisition anc
pollution cleanup, he added.
All these points were strong.
ly urged by Mr.. Hume during
his unsuccessful primary cam.
paign for the Democratic gu
bernatorial nomination in May
The absence Of a time limit
for the end of slot machine:
is interpreted as. an attempt
to placate Anne Arundel
Charles, st. Marys and Calvert
Counties. Officials there havt
argued that their fiscal opera.
tions would be severely battereC
by the sudden withdrawal o
slot machines which are sub
jected to a local tax.
Mr.. Hume has been a stront
advocate of State Legislation
to ban slots, whereas tn
| governors previous position ha
been that the matter is
local issue. -Four Marylan
counties have slot machines.
Plenty Of Time
When pressed Saturday nigh
for details of the agreemen
with Mr.. Hume on slots, tn,
Governor said there would b,
plenty Of time before election
day to reveal them, and tn,
proper timing was important.
Yesterday Hyman Pressman
Baltimore attorney, demanded
in a letter to the Governor thar
"the full pact should be made
public now so that it can be.
come a pact between the Gov.
ernor and the people of Mary.
land to which you may be made
accountable"
The Republican candidate
for Governor is Frank Small
ljr., who agrees with Gov. Tawes
past position that slots are 9
matter for the counties.
Evening star., 1962-09-17
House Unit Debates
Saving 3 Theaters
Auto Sect Belt Proposal
Supported at Herring
Mandatory Instullution in 1864
To Be Recommended for District
By CHARLES d. PIERCE
star staff Writer

proposal requiring that all private the District
starting with the 1864 models be equipped with front seat
safety belts received strong support and opposition at
public hearing today r
Sixteen witnesses spoke favor Of requiring the nstaa-
ton Of belts Several speakers said seatbelts should
Evening star., 1962-09-17


nearly flawless command of
English, was glad to oblige.
Mexico, he related, has five
national holidays and the
greatest OF these stems from
the revolution started on
September is, 1910, by Father
Miguel Hidalgo in the town
of Dolores, state Of GUIANA
juato, which resulted in the
independence Of Mexico from
Spain.
Father Hidalgo started the
war Of independence by ring
ing the bells In the Parroquia
de Dolores church and max
ing an impassioned speech
to demand the downfall of
the monarchy. All Mexico
rallied to him and victory
came two years later.
Modern Mexicans, being
partial to holidays, start cele-
brating the Sixteenth of Sep
tember on the fifteenth, or
sometimes the fourteenth.
Just as in the United States,
there are parades, speeches
and fireworks. No business
is transacted, unlike this
country where stores dangle
11-cent typewriters and 50
TV sets to lure holiday
crowds.
Evening star., 1962-09-17

WASHINGTON'S COLONY
Of about 500 Mexicans gener-
ally gathers in the embassy
for an Ambassadors recep-
ton. Senor Macalpin pointed
out that his country has four
ambassadors in the United
States. He himself might well
be regarded as the fifth in
charge Of good will. The
other four are: Antonio Car
rillo Flores, envoy to the
United States; Vicente San
chez Gsvito to the O.A.S.;
Luis Padilla Nervo to, the
U. N. and Armando Amador,
whose duties are socio-eco-
nomic.
We asked the urbane Senior
Macalpin, son of a retired
Mayor of Tijuana, about his
rather heroic name. The
Rodriguez" he explained, is
his mothers maiden name,
used at the end by Latins If
they wish. 'Horacio" stems
from the Roman poet.
"Cuauhtemoc" was an Aztec
hero. "Octavio" is a family
name and Trinidad" is there
because he is a Catholic and
there had to be one name
along the length Of it asso-
ciated with his religion.
Senior Macalpin's great
grandfather came from Scot
land to San Francisco and
there are descendants today
in the United States. How
ever, they are large "a" Mac
Alpins. Horacio is a lower
case "a" himself. He and his
wife have two teen-aged sons,
Guillermo and Horacio, jr.
but their school mates in
Silver Spring Just call them
bill" and MAC"
Evening star., 1962-09-17
By DAVID BRAATEN
Star Staff Writer

At first glance. there is little
to set Richard Holbrooke apart
from generations of fresh
scrubbed, brand new Foreign
Service officers training for
their first overseas assignment,
Tall, slim and bespectacled,
he is agreeably soft-spokcn and
we'll behaved. He is polite and
attentive to his elders, and both
his manner and the conserva-
tive cut of his clothes indicate
instantly his Ivy League back
ground Brown, '62). Except for
being extremely young CID, he
is pretty much the type of eager
young man the State Depart
ment traditionally appoints to
staff its embassies and consul
lateS.
But there is a distinguishing
feature to young Mr.. Holbrooke
he already knows more about
how foreign policy is made than
many of his elders will probably
ever know.
i For the past week, Dick has
been working in the offices of
the Majority Leader of the
Senate, that august body with
whose advice and consent the
President and the Secretary of
State direct the efforts of For
eign Service Officers around
the world.
See Panorama
He has attended committee
hearings and sessions of the
Senate. He listened to Labor
Secretary Goldberg's confirma-
ton hearing and to the steel in
dustry hearing. He watched
from the visitors gallery as his
temporary boss, Senator Mans
field, tried to ride herd on SO
distinguished colleagues-with
varying degrees of success.
But most important Of all
Dick has been helping out with
Evening star., 1962-09-17
The
Rambler
-. Great Day
In Old Mexico
By JERRY OLEARY, JR.

Having heard that yeSter-
day was the 152nd anniver-
sary of Mexico's independ-
ence, we fell to wondering
how our neighbors to the
south celebrate their most
important national holiday.
The easiest Mexican in Wash
ington to present with such a
question is Horacio Cuauh-
temoc Octavio Trinidad Ma
calpin Rodriguez, who runs
his governments tourisn de-
partment at 1902 Connecti-
cut avenue NV.
Senor Macalpin, a smiling,
slender man of 43 with a
Evening star., 1962-09-17

George Kennedy is III. He will
resume bis column on his return.
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secret formula. The drinks were
served in double-ended egg
cups, called "coquetiers" (koh-
kay -tNay). His American guests
soon shortened the pronuncia-
tion to "cocktay" and, even
tually, to cocktail"
Mencken. incidentally, once
reported that bartenders' man
ualS list hundreds of cocktails
and Il have myself invented
II and had nine named
after me-" He reported too
that, with the aid of like
minded researcher, he once
figure I'd out mathematically
how many different varieties of
cocktails could be fashioned
from the materia bibulica ordi-
narily available in a first-rate
bar. The number was 1884
392,788. We tried 273 at random
and found them all good,
though some, of course, were
better than Others" Happy
New Year!
Evening star., 1962-01-01

Where did it come from? The
best theory is that it comes
from bartenders' slang of the
1905 when they called all
glasses balls" Naturally, the
tall glass used for whiskey-
and-soda became the "high-
ball" Its popularity is doubt
less partly due to the meaning
"highball" has for railroaders:
the signal to speed up on a
clear track.
There are many theories
about the origin of cocktail"
which H. L. Mencken once
called "the greatest of all the
contributions of the American
way of life to the salvation of
humanity" My own favorite
explanation is that it was
created and christened in New
Orleans about 1900. There a
pharmacist named Antoin g
Peychaud served a toddy of
sugar, water and brandy with
a special ingredients dash of
bitterS compounded on his own
Evening star., 1962-01-01
FAMOUS FABLES
BY Stan Droke
BY Roy Crone
BY Dick Brooks
BY E. E. EDGAR

DAMPER: Escape artist
Harry Houdini, one of the
great attractions of his day,
always drew capacity crowds
whenever he performed one
of his death-defying feats.
Particularly appealing to
his thrill-hungry audiences
was his leap from a bridge
while bound hand and foot
with stout ropes. People from
miles around would come to
watch.
On one occasion, however,
the stunt failed to attract
more than a Sprinkling of
spectators. Houdini could not
understand it. The weather
was perfect and there had
been a great deal of publicity
about the event. Why should
attendance be so poor?
Finally, he found the answer.
He was jumping from a toll
bridge.
Evening star., 1962-01-01
DEAR ABBY
She Storves for Kind Words
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

DEAR ABBY: I am so
starved for a kind word and
a little affection that I don't
dare let a salesman in the
house any more. I have been
married to a machine for 18
years. He has no feeling for
me whatsoever. I am treated
like a housekeeper. No one
would believe it, because to
outsiders we look like the
ideal couple. He is a hard
worker, and I know he doesn't
have anyone else because he
comes right home after work
and sits here watching tele-
vision and reading the paper.
I almost wish he would hit
me or something just to let
me know he is around. Are
there other women in the
world with this problem? If
there are, I wish they would
let me know how they have
kept from going crazy.
NEGLECTED.
According to my mail there
are many women who share
your problem. They don't 60
Evening star., 1962-01-01

crazy-they become neurOtic
instead. Many marriages dry
up and die for lack of nour-
ishment, and that Is what's
happened to yours. Revive
some Of that come-hither
charm you used Is years ago
to hook him. He's probably
just as hungry for "a kind
word and a little affection"
as you are.
4
DEAR ABBY: Will you
please settle an argument?
Do you drink or smoke? Have
you ever? If not, why not?
MEMPHIS TEEN-AGER.
l neither smoke nor drink
and never have. l refrained
at first to please my parents.
1 never took up the habit.
later because 1 have a teen
aged son and a teen-aged
daughter, and / know that
example is not only the best
teacher, 1t is the ONLY
teacher.
\ 4 X 4
DEAR ABBY: I don't agree
with you at all when you say
Evening star., 1962-01-01

it's WRONG for a wife to help
herself to money from her
husbands pants pockets while
he sleeps. II that's the only
why she can get it, I say more
power to her. It's as much
hers as it is his.
DONE 1T FOR YEARS"
II a man doesn't give his
wife enough money to run
the house and feed the fam
lily, he's a dirty so and so.
And IL his wife wants to clob-
ber him with a frying pan
while he's awake it's all right
with me. But to fleece him
while he sleeps is just plain
WRONG.
Are things rugged? For a
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in care OF The EUening Star,
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Selt-addressed enuelope.
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JIM BISHOP:
REPORTER
Winter Is a Good Time, Too

Winter has come and the
town is quiet. The tawny
sands across the street are
smooth except for the tri-
angular footprints of the
gulls, who walk the beaches
at dawn for gifts from the
tide. The thunder of the
surf is in slow rhythm. The
spume flies off the stone
jetties like white plumes and
the green breakers roll up
on the sand, stand still, and
recede, erasing the footprints
Of the birds.
THE RIVER BEHIND the
house is empty and a cold
sun tips the eddies and whirls
with brass coins which spin
and die. The boats in the
yards sit high on wooden
cradles and their gay sum-
mertime names seem embar-
RAISING in winter. Up and
down the oceanfront, the big
houses are boarded up, the
windows are blind.
A thin layer of white cloud
wells the southern sky and an
unseen jet draws a slow
Shaky crayon line below it. At
night, the hoarse wooded
quack Of wild ducks comes
from the marshes on the far
side of the river. Now and
then, a furry of small fish
clears the surface like a
handful of silver confetti as
they run from the big fish.
1t is a time of quiet in
Sea Bright, N. j. The summer
is a good time, but the winter
is a good time too. Night
comes early and sleeps until
mld-morning. The sun comes
over the sea, hazy and lazy,
too tired to show a bright
face to the fat tankers on
the southern track. The bare
branches of the trees against
the sky give the landscape a
butch haircut.
There is a little ice rime
around the dock, but the real
ice hasn't come yet. In a
week or so, it will begin to
break off in the fresh water
creeks upriver and the white
chunks will sail down to the
sea on a three-knott tide and
come back up six hours later
when the swing is in. The
sea gulls will stand on these
little white islands, blinking
their eyes against the daz-
zling sun and crying for food.
1t is easy to tell, from in
doors, which way the wind
is moving because the gulls
do not like to have their tail
feathers ruffled. They face
into the wind, permitting it