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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
Democrats on the Federal Bench

ments, was able to bring
about for the first time in
many years an equal division
on the bench between the
two political parties. In other
words, IS Mr.. Eisenhower
filled vacancies with Repub-
licans. he overcame the DEM
ocratic Party advantage.
Since an equal number Of
Republicans and Democrats
was finally obtained in 1860.
the argument is being made
by Republican leaders that
President Kennedy should
have preserved the equal
status instead Of disturbing
the balance once more.
Besides the 50 Democrats
nominated for the Federal
bench and mentioned in the
report Of the American Bar
Association, Mr.. K enn edy
named seven additional Dem
ocrats and one Liberal Party
member. Two Republicans
already serving on the bench
under recess appointments
given them by the preceding
administration were reap
pointed. So to date only two
out of the total of 50 ap-
pointments are Republicans.
BY way Of consolation. De-
partment Of Justice officials
are saying there will be
some" Republicans named
in the next batch of 40 ap-
pointments. But nobody is
saying how much is some"
Why should any judge ever
be appointed by the political
process of recommendation
by party brethren in Congress
and by local politicians? Does
this make for a judicial sys-
tenn of the highest integrity?
Mr.. Segal. Of the American
Bar Association committee,
says wistfully in his report:
I'VE continue to strive and
we continue to hope inter-
mediately for bipartisanship,
eventually for the ideal of
nonpartisanship."
One wonders why in these
days, when the errors and
Immoral behavior of bust
nesses or Of some corpora
tons or Of private citizens
become the subject of con-
gressional investigation,
there is no uproar at all
about the immortality that
envelops the scandalous
method of selecting Federal
judges in America.
tcopyright, 1862
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
DA I'D LAWRENCE

President Kennedy's has
asked the American people to
believe that, in nominating
80 new Federal judges. he.
couldn't find in the entire
United States a single Repub-
lican lawyer who, in his
judgment. was qualified to
be on the list. BY reason
Of legislation last year Gre
ating 70 additional judge
ships and because of some
existing vacancies, Mr.. Ken
nedy soon will have filled
nearly one-third Of the en-
tire Federal bench-more ap-
pointments than any Presi-
dent heretofore has had an
opportunity to make in a sin
gle term.
The display Of partisanship
was the result of a recon-
mendation by the Presidents
brother. Attorney Gen eral
Robert F. Kennedy, who
managed the last presidential
campaign and who, it now is
being charged, awarded the
judgeships on the basis of
political considerations.
Another Democratic Party
leader. the late President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, sought
in 1887 to have the Supreme
Court enlarged from nine to
Is justices because, as he
told the American people,
some of the justices on the
court at that time held views
that didn't 60 along with
his. He wanted a majority
that would outvote those with
whom he disagreed. The
scheme became known as
"court-packing," and was de-
feated in Congress.
"Court-packing" now, how
ever. Is back in vogue on a
large scale. It is embarrass-
ing for some Senators to OPP
pose a partisan list of judges,
because many Of the nomi-
nations are made to curry
favor with Senators who
want friends or political as
sociates named to the bench.
Seventy Kennedy appointees
have been confirmed already
by the Senate, and probably
the others will be accepted
as a matter Of routine. The
fact that the Republicans
have done this in the past
does not Justify 1t. Two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Uneosiness Among Nations Investors
Reported With Left-of-C Center Reoirne

ROME. - Some SO billion
lire (about $50 million) have
flown out Of Italy to safe"
places in Switzerland, Ger
many. Belgium and the
Netherlands since the Chris
tan Democratic Party con-
vention at which Prime Min
lister Fanfani decided to form
a left-of-center government.
AS usual when something
goes wrong in Europe, the
finger is pointed at WASH
ington for a share in the re-
sponsibility Of what may be-
come an upheaval here.
Although the Italian Pre-
mier had the backing of
many Christian Democrats,
the opening to the left" has
caused a great deal of uneasi-
ness among Italian investors.
The new Italian govern
ment has been organized
without the Socialists being
given cabinet posts. But the
new Fanfani government has
placed its future in the hands
Of the left-wing Socialists
headed by Pietro Nenni. The
price of this cooperation is
legislation which in effect will
lead to curtailment of free
enterprise.
The prospective legislation
which will be supported also
by the c o m mu n lists who
represent about Is per cent
Of parliament will necessar-
lily be enacted. In fact, 1t is
known that in the Fanfani-
Nenni coalition to achieve
further social progress in a
prosperous Italy Mr.. Nenni
had agreed to ask for no
cabinet posts provided his
legislative plans are spon-
sored by the new left-of-cen-
ter administration.
The rank and file of the
Italian population appears in
different to the trend toward
the left-the first since the
establishment of the italian
Republic. But in the more
thinking quarters there is be-
wilderment and concern.
There is no doubt that In
Italy, more than in the other
members of the Com m on
Market, there are still i'm
portant pockets Of economic
depression. It is also true
that Italy's spectacular eco
nomic growth Of more than
6 per cent does not reflect
necessarily a true picture of
the country's progress. There
still are strong inequalities in
the distribution of wealth.
But, it is pointed out that
in the last 3 years the over
all situation has greatly i'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27

quality. But alas for such
attitudes! - the stockings
were cheaper - and plenti-
full.
In 1912 the first killings
occurred. Soldiers put down
riots. A factory owner who
had installed machinery was
killed. In the next year a
number of rioters were
hanged, including their new
er-identified leader, King"
Judd. In 1916 a tremendous
depression gripped the tex
tile areas. Rioting resumed.
Bands roved about destroy
ing machinery and burning
the small factories that
housed them.
Slowly, but surely, the ma
chimes began to make more
jobs. The cheaper goods were
bought by more and more
persons. Additional workers
were needed to man the addi-
tional machines and the extra
work shifts. Soon everyone,
save the most pitiful poor,
could own stockings. Lace,
once the decoration of roy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
Failure to Include Any Republicans
AMONG 81 Nominees Is Criticized

wrongs do not make a right.
1t Is significant that Ber-
nard G. Segal. chairman Of
the Federal Judiciary Com
mittee of the American Bar
Association, has just made
public a report filed with the
Attorney General condemning
the process by which 80 Dem
ocrats were selected for the
Federal bench. Adding to
these the three recess ap-
pointments Of the preceding
administration, the qualifica-
tions of q total Of IS nomi-
nees were analysed. The
American Bar Association
committee designated seven
as mot qualified" Only IA
were designated as "eXcep-
tionally well qualified" and
Al were listed as well quail
ified," while % were referred
to as qualified" The dis
tinction between these clas-
sifications is one that is
difficult to define. but appar-
emily even mediocre nominees
are frequently called quail
fled"
Certainly. the country is
not getting the best qualified
men or women to serve as
Federal judges.
The big question is wheth-
er politically chosen judges
will feel obligated to construe
the law in ways that will
carry out the policies Of the
Democratic administration.
In these days Of government
by executive order" the po-
litically minded appointee
can play politics on the
bench. He may have been a
good lawyer in private prac-
tice, but does this necessar-
lily mean he will make an
impartial judge?
In answer to criticism, De-
partment Of Justice officials
are saying that they are
merely doing what the Re
publican administrations did
in the past-appointing more
judges from their own party.
But Republicans declare that
the Federal judiciary was un-
balanced, politically speak
ing, during the Democratic
Party's occupancy Of the
White House from 1888 to
1858, and that President
Eisenhower, by his appoint
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struck in blind and unreason-
ing fury, attacking the ma
chimes as the enemy.
Civilization has come along.
The American capitalist sys-
tenn is not being driven into
socialism, as the more greedy
say. It is being made strong
er for survival because the
profit dollar pays taxes and
finances reforms that prevent
communism or true socialism.
No person in the Kennedy
administration Is more i'm
pressive than Secretary of
Labor Goldberg. He has
plans, with which the Con-
gress must assist, to re-
train workers, to reorganize
and make more efficient Fed
eral agencies, to persuade in
dustry and management to
work together in making
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27

plans for workers displaced
by machines or by the closing
Of plants.
Education Is a problem. The
machine is not the only guilty
factor. More than a fourth of
the ~ millions unemployed
are youngsters who quit
school before they got out Of
high school. A shocking per-
centage Of the work force,
young and old. is too illiterate
to take training for jobs in
the new technology.
The cities will almost sure
ly need to start plans to ini-
tiate well-thought-out youth
work programs along the old
Civilian Conservation Corps
lines.
The problem is here. It
cannot be met with Luddite
tactics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27

proved; the severe unem-
ployment in the south has
been reduced not only by the
migration Of workers to the
north or to France, Ger
many and Switzerland, but
also by a beginning of in
naturalization in the south
ern areas. Wages have been
going up and so have the
salaries of white collar
workers.
The previous center" gov
eminent Of Premier Fanfani,
supported by the moderate
Socialist Saragat as well as
the right-wing splinter group,
had before parliament tax re-
forms which were to earnest
ly collect taxes from the we'll
TODD without touching the
pockets of wage earners. It
was said no new taxes were
necessary provided the exist
ing tax laws were rigidly en-
forced.
The welfare Of the Italian
people was improving without
"statism." The best indica-
ton Of this is the fact that
with some few local excep-
tons. there had been no ma
jor strikes or social disorders
in Italy for some time. The
much-vaunted social pro-
gress" was demanded by poll
ticianS not by the masses de-
spite their enjoyment Of good
street fights with authorities.
But while the new change
to the left has little effect
on the man in the street,
Italian investors are worrying
because Of the trends toward
RECOMMENDATION and state in
tervention in private affairs.
The announced decision that
electricity will be nationalized
is only an indication Of the
trend Of government inter-
ference in activities which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27

treSSed areas" - but in this
high tax era much can be
said for it.
The worried and frustrated
trade unions, whose executive
council is now meeting in
Miami, blew off steam in the
Presidents direction, and it
was hot. He is, the council
claimed, "overly timid" about
proposing ways to deal with
unemployment in many fields
Part Of their annoyance is
with themselves. They have
not been able to come up
with any solution Of their
own except shorter work
weeks, and the public Is in
no mood to buy that. Neither
are the President and Secre-
tary of Labor Arthur Gold
berg.
The question of Jobs ranks
high among the appealing
gut issues" which politicians
fear most, The compelling
form in which it flows across
the Presidents desk is sug-
geSted by two States.
The embattled Democrats
of Pennsylvania, led by the
Shrewd Gov. David Lawrence,
recently explained to him
their problems in electing a
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The Flight of the Lire From italy

heretofore have enjoyed all
the advantages of free enter
prise.
1t Is feared that the new
coalition brought about by
Premier Fanfani might con-
ceivably have the same con-
sequences as the opening
toward the left brought about
in l947 by the late President
Of Czechoslovakia, Eduar
Benes. This resulted in
prosperous Czechoslovakia
being absorbed by the Com
munistS.
The parallel to Czechoslo-
vakia Is an exaggeration and
the situation is not likely to
happen here, but the italian
boom may be reversed by the
new Socialist policies in
which the new Fanfani gov
eminent will become en-
gagged. The Italian economy.
many observers say, cannot
afford a setback: the present
prosperity is too new and too
uncertain for any expert
ments in Socialist dogma. A,
recession, due to government
interference at a time when
the man in the street has
just learned to enjoy things
he has never had in the past,
such as fairly good housing,
television, radio, and espec-
tally automobiles, might seri-
ously injure Italy's prosper
ity.
Moreover, there are many
political figures who are wor-
ried about the country's posi-
ton in the European Com
mon Market should Mr..
Fanfani dance to piper Men,
mis- tune and his unavowed
allies, the Communists. The
Common Market is predi-
Gated on free enterprise with
in each m e m Der country.
What will Italy's position be
should it enter the phase Of
state-managed economy?
The answer can be found in
the present beginning Of the
flight of the lire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
RALPH McGILL
Riots Against First Textile Machines
Recalled in Todoy's Attenuation

The Luddites of ISL years
ago rioted against the intro
duction of textile machinery.
That automation to-day
as in bygone years-creates
fear is undisputed. A recent
study titled "Cybernation-
the Silent Conquest" fore
casts vast unemployment with
the coming of even more
magical computers and tech
nologies than now exist. Yet,
machines always have made
more jobs than they replaced.
Ut is the time lag, in which
displaced workers are hurt,
with which the Government
and industry must contendO
The basic, unacceptable fact
is that any machine that
multiplies mans productive
capacity cannot be withheld.
The Luddites' is one of the
more melancholy stories of
the worlds industrial history.
The story begins toward the
end of the year 1911 in Eng
land. The first crude, textile
machinery had been installed.
Handcraft workers were laid
off. Those few who were held
on suffered because they
could not compete, even
though the handmade fab
RIGS and stockings were su-
perior in quality.
The riots began with the
destruction Of stocking and
lace frames. Disorders were
heaviest in the area of Not
tingham, Yorkshire, and Lam
caSterShire. Public opinion
agreed that stockings from
the fabulous, worker-replac-
ing machines were inferior in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Bob Kennedy proves himself real statesman He talked
in dozen countries-and not Of them has de-
clared us yet.
With wigs back in fashion, the old ballad now goes:
II dream of Jeanne with the store bought hair"
One thing about the Kennedys and the Glenns When
those two families get together they've got enough for
political party.
Genn's flight cost $400 million And to think the good
colonel could have given tax by Just saying three
little words: II amt going"
The Arizona post., 1962-09-21
The Tucson Jewish Nursing Home For The Aged

he New will bright horizon of living for the
aging will begin the Tucson Jewish
Nursing for the Aged bringing dimension for the aged
beautiful will have the Catalina Mountains tor
medicine will will
rehabilitation of and usefulness The senior h
will find friendly for retirement The latest physical
therapy available And the home will have
dgnfied atmosphere diatng from its beautiful Jewish chapel
provide
living Nursing Aged
dedicate portion of the building the of
Children beloved providing living facilities
make
this wonderful handy blank
indicate information would
like call this Jewish New dream
become reality and you be part of this great project
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-06


 This is first of a series of columns I will write for publi- cation in the Nome Nugget during the present political campaign.
 Recently I had the privilege of visiting Nome and Kotzebue at the invitation of the Young Republican Club in Nome, and on March g spoke at their banquet It was inspiring to view the interest in state govern ment displayed by these high school age Young Republicans. It is youngsters like those I met in Nome who inevitably will be the leaders of tomorrow, in whose hands lies the future of our 49th State. They worked hard to make their banquet a success, and Nome should be extremely proud of every one of them.
 l deeply enjoyed, too, the many visits I had with residents of both Nome and Kotzebue, and the talks which gave me a better understanding of the problems besetting this part of our state.
 It is surely obvious that the Egan Carpetbagger government has virtually forgotten the North west section.
 There is a woeful lack of roads and maintenance on what roads do exist, lack of school facilities, a complete failure on the part of Gov. Egan and his cohorts to aiu the area in developing basic wage economy. A prime need in Kotzebue is high school. Nome needs, and should have, a road to Fairbanks. As you know can't promise these things, but as the new Republican governor of Alaska, these problems will receive my mIneulafe consider atiof3, and with your help and ideas, I will exert every effort to develop lasting, year round wage economy iii the the far northern part of our state.
 (AdUersttsef7aent suTttten and pdid for 1u Verne Q. Murtin.)
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-06
Friday. April 6, 1862
REPORT RABIES FLARE-UP IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN hIASKA

JUNEAU ~ A flare-up of rabies in northern and western Alaska this winter has resulted in the death of many dogs and increased activity in anti-rabies vaccinations. The Fort Yukon Senior Dog Mushers compiled with the request
 of te focal Ssr1i aide de te A step step
 racing their dogs during a period
 when red foxes were know to have
 bitten dogs, according to Warren Griffin, director of the sanitation
 aide program for the Division of
 Public Health.
 Several sick dogs died or were shot and red foxes attacking them were killed, according to the Fort Yukon sanitation aides report. Other areas reporting cases of rabies in dogs and foxes since Jan uary are Buclland, Candle, Kot- zebue, Nome, Selawik, Kivalina,
 Shungnak and Teller. The State Division of Agriculture cooperates in the anti-rabies campaign by fur nishing vaccine for a nominal charge. Alaska Command personnel
 assisted in giving vaccinations to l the dogs and the State Division of
 Fish and Game as well as federal
 Fish and Wildlife Service are work ling on elimination of foxes and wolves within 10 miles of the com munities.
 Several dog and fox heads which were sent to State Health and Vel fare Dept. or Federal Arctic Health Research Center laboratories from the above areas, Mr. Griffith said, have proven positive for rabies and some six others are still suspect. l Fine Joh prfnfinU Af The Nssesae,
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-06
CASTRO TAKES SWIPE AT ECUADOR'S PRESIDENT

HAVANA B Fidel Castro called Ecuador's President Carlos Arosetnena a drunken coward We'd nesday night ard predicted he might meet worse fate than Ar genuine President Arturo Frondizi.
 The Cuban Prime Minister said that Arosernena was on his way to becoming "a prisoner of the mili- tary" who. Castro said, forced Arosemena to break diplomatic re- lations with Cuba Tuesday
 Any day they'll grab him and take him to an embassy, Castro said in televised speech to the First National Congress of Young Communists.
 Castro said AroSemena spent long days completely inebriated' z and that he had been known to remain intoxicated for week.
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-06
RUSK SAYS SOVIET UNION \ Nrr-~ n1.rN ~YrrNY rrxxyv. xA1S1 AL1 A1A1I | 1v 1s
 DEEP DIFFERENCES

WASHINGTON tR) Secretary of State Dean Rusk told Congress Thursday that there is consider able evidence of deep differences between the Soviet Union and Communist China.
 He offered that view under ques- tioning as he called on Congress to pass President Kennedy's $4.9 bil- lion foreign aid bill in the name of ttthe security off the free world today and the shape of the world tomorrow
 The Secretary of State was the lead off witness in Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on the program
 Under questioning from chairman J. William Faalbright and Sen. Hex ander Wiley the ranking COP member, Rusk said the Soviets and the Red Chinese have differences both ir1 direct relations between themselves and in rivalry for lead- ership of the Communist bloc,
 He said there IS also some evil dence that Moscow and Peiping gre rivals in providing foreign as- SiStance to other nations.
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-06
RED STAR SAYS US. ARMY
 FULL OF MENTAL CASES

MOSCOW LR = The United States was pictured by Krasnaya Zvezda Red Starr Thursday as country full of mental cases whose soldiers were capable of touching off nuclear war in a fit of nerves.
 It suggested that Gen. Thomas S. Power, Chief of the US. Stra- tsScss:a A Air Enrce lGACl. should be sent ito see the doctors
 Red Star, the Defense Ministry newspaper, was the second news media here to comment in similar fashion on the alert last fall which sent SAC's nuclear bombers scurry- ing to take-off positions around the world because of a false signal on it's communications network. The trouble was traced and the alert called off minutes later. A Moscow r adio commentator Wednesday night said the alert was the act of "an atomic maniac"
 Red Stars article was under the title Yellow House Rockets and Gen. Lernay"
 Yellow House" is a Soviet ex- pression meaning insane asylum. And Gen. Curtis E. Lemay, former SAC commander, is is now Air Force Chief of Staff.
 The article said 43 per cent of the men rejected by the US armed services for health reasons are mental cases but doubtless many slip through.
 At rocket bases" 1t added, mental patients can start false alarms or even worse, push the wrong button.n