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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-20
Budget Break

The hearing on the revised District
budget held by Representative Watchers
subcommittee today-only two days
after completion of action by the Sen
ate-raiSeS hopes that Congress may
now pass this bill in sudden squirt of
speed. We hope so. The involved fiscal
mess this year already has delayed the
availability of urgently needed funds,
including those for additional school
teachers, by nearly five months. Every
day Of further delay can only intensity
the hardship.
During his earlier hearings in the
House, Mr.. hatcher fortunately heard
extensive testimony not only on the
appropriation requests then pending,
but on many of the additional needs
approved by the Senate. AS Mr.. hatcher
has suggested, this fact may permit the
House subcommittee to evaluate the
total budget in a matter of days. If that
proves to be the case, the bill should
be able to clear House-Senate confer
ence and receive final approval by the
end of the month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-20
Unkindest Cut

A Republican legislature in Michi-
gan, apparently not caring who may
be candidate for what, has cut down
a fiscal reform program in support of
which Republican Governor Romney
had laid his prestige Squarely on the
line
1t is not unusual for a Michigan
legislature under G. o. P. control to
do this sort Of thing. Democratic
Governors G. Mennen (Soapy) Williams
and John B. Swanson were repeatedly
kicked in the fiscal pants by the legis-
latorS. 1t got so bad at one point that
Michigan was virtually bankrupt But
one would expect things to be a bit
different with a Republican Governor
installed in the StatehouSe at Lansing
for the first time in many long year,
especially Republican Governor who
has been talked about as a presidential
possibility. But apparently not. To the
Michigan legislators, higher taxes are
higher taxes - and never mind the
political party brand that may be on
the critter.
Governor Romney, assuming that
he entertainS the presidential ambi-
tionS of which he has been suspected,
made one serious tactical error. In hope
of pushing his tax program through,
he threatened not to run again for
Governor unless the legislature did his
bidding. The legislature didn't do his
bidding. The Governor, sorrowfully,
said: II found out it didn't make any
difference" But it did make a differ
ence. What will he run for now?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-20
Sloppy Parking

One of the greatest boons
to automobile owners in this
city would be to have resi-
Dental streets marked off in
parking places.
AS it is now, many drivers
thoughtlessly or indiffer-
emily park their cars in the
middle of spaces that could
be occupied by other autos.
Scarce as parking places
are, especially at night, per-
sons looking for places to
park often are obliged to
drive around block after
block. Sometimes they see
automobiles parked in
double-parking places close
to their homes.
With the streets marked
and the parking in these
spaces strictly enforced, the
difficulty and aggravation of
car parking would be great
ly alleviated.
Charles v. GrunwelI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-20

concerned. The vivid exam
pie Of the pioneering days in
the United States should be
emulated. We all know that
immigration was the key fac
tor to the mighty industrial.
chronological a n d scientific
development and the subse-
quent democratic system and
high standard Of living en-
joyed by the people Of the
United States. This is also
true Of countries Of Latin
America that have had large
i'm Migration, and 1t will
prove to be effective with all
the others.
U. S. surplus food could be
made available to these i'm
migrants until their new
crops begin to yield.
Reno Lazane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-20

In his column entitled
IN C P e a K Given One Solid
Vote" Morris Siegel refers to
a mum Der of complaining
Washington Redskins Gus
tom ers as "fatheads," and
goes into a long discourse de-
Tending the management of
the football team.
The sad fact Is that In the
last 10 years, the Redskins
have had only one he a d
coach who came to them
with an established reputa-
ton as a successful head
Goa h in professional foot
ball, and events verified the
suspicion that he was we'll
past his glory days. Another
sad fact is that in the last 10
years the Redskins have not
released a head coach who
went on to build himself a
reputation as a successful
head coach elsewhere in pro-
fessional football.
In the last Is years, there
have been no more than one
or two. perhaps three players
who developed as top flight
stars while playing for the
Redskins. The team had
stars, to be sure, but they
were developed elsewhere. On
the other hand, ex-Redskins
have been developing into
star players on other teams
all over the National Football
League.
I have a bunch that a sig
nificant number of us fat
head Redskins customers are
going to develop better sense
by next year.
Samuel Shapiro.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-20
Dangerous Intrusion

The bitter war between American
labor and the Canadian government
over shipping on the Great Lakes, de-
tailed in all its complexity in Sundays
Star, is not easy to understand There
are few things, though, that should
be understood about it.
We should understand, for one,
what the Canadians want. They want
to get rid of an American named Hal
Banks as head of the Canadian branch
of the SeafarerS' International Union.
To this end, they have taken steps
which are IN entire accord with Cana
dian law.
Though Mr.. Banks recorded tech
niqueS of labor leadership make Jimmy
Hoffa look like Boy Scout, he has
enjoyed the support not only of affil-
lated American unions but also of the
AFL-CIO and even, to some extent, of
our Labor Department.
Canadian ships have encountered
dynamiting in our ports, and their crews
have been shot at and beaten. No ar
rests have resulted.
Something else should be under
stood here. This dispute, largely ignored
in the United States, is serious business
for the Canadian government. 1t Is put
ting our already-Strained friendship
with this neighbor to dangerous test.
The idea that a juriSdictional labor
fight should thus intrude into vital
international relations is not a pleasant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-20
THE PASSING SCENE
Rockefeller and CONGRESS

Of the weaknesses in Kenne-
dy foreign policy would have
the congressional Repubh-
cans on their feet and cheer
ing. For here he Is speaking
their language far more pre-
cisely than Is any other
@. o. P. presidential con-
tender-as he Is, actually,
speaking the language of q
good many conservative
Democrats as well.
See Him As Too Liberal
What, then, are the rea-
sons for his persistent lack Of
appeal-not to say downright
unpopularity-am ong the
general run of Republican
members Of Congress. The
biggest reason lies in his
domestic views. especially In
q Rockefeller civil rights
stand more extreme than
anything ever . associated
with Mr.. Kennedy. The
Rockefeller legislative pro-
gram on this matter Is seen
in Congress as not merely
unwise and diviSive-which
arguably it is-but also quite
unattainable-which unar-
guably it Is.
Next, there Is the fact that
the Governor has intimated
that in some circumstances
the nomination for President
Of Senator Barry Goldwater
on a platform not suitable to
Gov. Rockefeller-he might
well bolt the Republican
ticket next fall. Even to
threaten to draw such q wea-
pom is in the minds of regu-
lar Republicans q nearly un-
forgivable crime. And the
vast majority Of all congress
Sional Republicans are very
regular Republicans indeed.
Again, and most important
Of all, Gov. Rockefeller's per-
sonal power. as the leader of
the Republican Left nation
ally, has absolutely no
counterpart in the Repubh-
can side Of Congress. This is
because the Republican Left,
in Congress, quite simply has
no real influence and not
even much real contact with
the broad. controlling stream
Of Republicanism there.
Gov. Rockefeller's two
principal backers-Senators
Kenneth Heating and Jacob
Javits Of New York-are not
even close to the controlling
g. o. p. groups in Congress.
Senator Heating could be il
his geography permitted. For
he is at heart a moderate,
where Senator Javits is so
about an urban liberal as
forever to bar him from the
inner G. o. p. lodge.
In short. what Gov. Rookie
Teller mortally lacks is a gen.
uine congressional power
base.
q 1893
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-20
Morse Formula

Senator Wayne Morse, in
his decision to investigate
the D. c. Police Department,
is running true to form. In
fact, about the only thing
the senior Senator from Ore
gon can be depended upon
to feel the same about today
as he did last week is his
answering conviction that
anyone who diSagrees with
his current viewpoint should
be either investigated by a
congressional committee or
referred to a psychiatrist.
This Is known as the Morse
Formula"
The good Senator, who has
the remarkable ability of be-
ing able to go to bed a con-
sentative Republican and
wake up a liberal Democrat
or to argue for cloture on the
Senate floor with a perfect
ly straight face while him
self holding the record for
the longest filibuster, has
applied the Morse Formula"
double-whammy to several
Of his antagonists and they
have survived. The most re-
cent was the Governor of
Alabama. So far as I know
he is still Governor of Ala
bama. Maybe the D. c. Police
Department will survive, too.
But what II he honors me
with a congressional investi-
cation for writing this let
ter? Woe is me, I just re-
member I once belonged to
a Methodist mems club, and
the word Methodist" de-
rives from method" and
Shakespeare said there's
method in his madness!"
Goodbye, outside world!
Daniel A. Smith.
Regarding the proposed po-
lice investigation by Sena-
tor Morse, it occurs to me
that the esteemed solon
might investigate why po-
lice have to appear in court
on their own time. and why
they are helpless when a
legitimate traffic ticket or
charge is quaShed by some
political hack on the Hill. Let
him check on how many
murderers. rapists, robbers,
thugs, etc. are treated like
naughty children when ar
raigned in court-scolded and
set free. The Senator might
better clean out the Augean
stables of Capitol Hill before
he belabors our Woodworking
District police.
Margaret w. Gary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-20
Man With Plan

Let's promote Selective i'm
migration to Latin America
as a means Of accelerating
the economic and social de-
velopment Of these countries.
which Is one of the major
detectives Of the Alliance for
Progress.
Generations of tradition
and unchanged living condi-
tons cannot. in a matter of
years. be effectively chan
neled into a new direction
through financial aid, tech
meal cooperation and basic
education alone. The needy
people of Latin America are
neither ready to follow the
new methods or system of
production nor are they pre-
pared to meet the initial cost
they represent for their indi-
vidual means.
Latin American countries
have a wealth of natural re-
sources and plenty Of land
for millions of immigrants.
Latin America needs skilled
la Dor, farmers, technicians.
scientists. teachers, industrial
leaders and just ordinary
people with aspirations to
seek better opportunities and
new frontiers.
Europe has the kind Of hu-
man element m e nttone d
above-willing people who
now see their possibilities and
horizons limited b ecause of
saturation of the m arket,
land space, keen competition,
automation and political or
theological principles.
Immigrants will provide
the opportunity for direct
demonstration learning, So
cial Indignation and re-adap-
tation for new standards and
environmental conditions.
Under this plan a problem
for one area Of the world
could be q solution for the
other with mutual benefit to
the countries and the peoples
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-20
SomoIio's Position

The Star of November IL
carrie d information to the
effect that the Somali gov
eminent accepted military
aid from the Soviet Union,
"spurning" the United States
offer. This is inaccurate. The
fact does not corroborate the
argument that Somalia had
no use for the Western mill
tary aid. In fact, during the
past three years the Somali
government has continually
approached the major gov
ernmentS Of the West with
requests for military assis-
lance for defensive purposes.
The response to these re-
quests has always ranged
from dilatory to negative on
the grounds that the Somali
Republic, in the eyes of the
West ern governments, is a
small nation without the
need of arms for self-de-
Tense. At the same time.
these ents, the
United States included, have
been unable to make GER
tain that arms they have
furnished neighboring coun-
tries were not used against
the Somali people.
You asserted that the deci-
sion Of taking Soviet arms
aid I'm a keS Somalia the
number one Soviet-leaning
country in Africa" This i'm
plies that the s o m alis are
changing course from a pro-
Western attitude to a pro-
Eastern one. As a nation we
are neither. We have chosen
a policy of non-alignment
and our course Of action will
be dictated by the interests
of our nation.
We have chosen the demo-
cratic parliamentary form Of
government not m erely to
please any given country, or
group Of countries. but be-
cause that system is deep
rooted and best fits our ira
dition and way of life.
Should one reach an inesca-
pable conclusion that assist
ance Of q given country will
necessarily change the atti-
tude of another, one wonders
why the billions In aid given
by this country during the
last world war to the Soviet
Union did not convert her to
your system.
Omar MOhaIlim,
Ambassador,
SOmali Embassy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-20

little rain that hit Kingston. Does not
this, too, sound familiar2 A Washington
rush hour" in the rain is more like
funeral procession.
The lesson of Kingston should not
go unheeded. As every traffic director
knows, the day is fast approaching
when paralyzing SnarlS can develop in
any urban center. Cars are multiplying
daily, and space for them is running
out. Unless something is done, and soon,
about bridge and highway improvement,
and most especially, about rapid transit,
Washington may be the Kingston of
tomorrow. 1t can happen here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-20
David Armed

Defense Secretary Mcnamara, in
his impressive New York address, has
done a good job in trying to correct one
Of the most curiouSly persistent notions
Of our time. This is the notion-Still
regarded as fact by many Americans
and other WeSternerS-that Soviet bloc
ground forces in Europe vastly out
number NATO'S.
Actually, in Mr. McNamaras words,
such superiority existed only in the late
1940S and early 1950S, when there was
some reason to view the Cold War
struggle as that of "a Communist Co
Hath in conventional strength facing a
Western David, almost naked of con-
ventional arms but alone possessed of
nuclear sling" That time, however,
has long since passed Today, although
the Russians have broken our atomic
hydrogen monopoly, our arsenal con-
tinueS to be well ahead of theirs, and
we and our allies in the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization now have larger
ground forces on the continent than has
the Soviet bloc.
Thus, to quote Mr.. Mcnamara
again, IN central Europe, NATO has
more men, and more combat troops, on
the ground than does the bloc 1t has
more men on the ground in West Ger
many than the bloc does in East Ger
many. 1t has more and better tactical
aircraft, and these planes on the aver
age can carry twice the payload twice
as far as the Soviet counterparts."
NATO'S forces, in sum, are convention
ally armed to fight very formidably in
a conventional war, though they prob
ably would have to resort to nuclear
weapons to beat back an about sur
prise non-nuclear attack.
Presumably, should there be such
an attack, tactical nuclear weapons
would be brought into play. Thousands
of these-artillery shells, medium-range
rockets and the like-are already de-
ployed on the continent for free Eu-
ropes defense. And their combined ex-
ploSive strength is equivalent to 400
million tons Of INT, or 10000 times
the force of the two atomic bombs
that ended the Second World War.
Further, as a deadly complement to
all this, the United States has hun
dreds of more strategic bombers and
intercontinental ballistic missiles than
Russia has.
1t is because of these and related
deterrent factors that Secretary Nc
Namara is hopeful that NATO's ground
forces will be enough to keep the Com
muniStS from launching the kind of
massive conventional attack that could
quickly eScalate into mutually devaS-
tating EaSt-WeSt nuclear war In any
event, he has left no doubt about the
present overall military superiority of
America. He has summed it up quite
Succinctly and quite reaSsuringly: Il
would not trade our strategic posture
for that Of the SovietS at any point
during the coming decade"
David has more than Just a nuclear
sling now; he can cope with Goliath
conventionally, and maybe that means
the sling will never again have to be
used.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-20
Have Fun, Will Travel

The next time Congress-
man Hays gets one Of these
junkets organized for q trip
to Europe I would like to be
included as a member Of the
party. I advance the follow
ing reasons why I should be
included:
I would like to go. I can't
afford to go. I lived in Eu-
rope for 10 years and know
my way around. I can carry
messages as we'll as the next
one. My friends say that I
am a reasonably good fell
low" In years past I have
cared for my mother very
well. I would expect no re-
Enumeration - Just my plane
fare, meals and a room. Put
ting me up would be no prob
lem - I would be willing to
sleep In the ante-room of
Mr.. Hays $68-a-day hotel
suite. In addition, I promise
to spend at least two hours
each day dncluding Satur-
days and Sundays thinking
up new ways to spend coun-
terpart funds.
Elmer B. Cover.
y = 4
I would like to place my
application on file for con-
Sideration the next time
Representative Hays COM
mittee goes overseas on a
working trip and has an
opening which can be filled
by a common citizen. My
family would be happy to
place me on vacation at any
time.
I would be thrilled to be
allowed to go to almost any
foreign country, but I think
between now and Christmas
would be a perfect time to go
to Hong Kong, Okinawa or
Japan so that I could do my
Christmas shopping. I am
particularly interested in go
ing to Turkey, Saudi Arabia,
Argentina, Venezuela or Spain
because I have friends in
each of those countries and
I speak a little Spanish. I
have had a great deal Of ex-
perience in cooking. waiting,
running errands and shut
fling papers so I feel that I
would possess the necessary
qualifications.
LOuella T. Nicholas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-20
BungIed Hest

It's hard to know whom to pity
most in that sorry episode of the
bungled So million jewel robbery-the
New York police, the larcenous demoli-
ton workers or the poor benighted gang
of professional thieves who let the loot
slip through their fingers because of
honest stupidity.
The demolition workers, suddenly
thrust face to face with temptation
that was too much for them, are now
paying for their greed and human
frailty.
The police are discounted by the
realization that ordinary citizens can
not be counted on for enough civic
pride to report suspicious occurrence
or even to assist supposed police
man trying to start his car.
And the mob itself, of course, is
the laughingStock of the underworld.
Where can they hide from the jibes of
even the pettieSt footpad, the greeneSt
pickpocket? They'll probably be hound
ed right out Of the industry.
The really tragic figure, though, is
the poor sap who wrecked the whole
carefully worked-out scheme through
his ignorance of the stick shift. Even
assuming he has escaped the wrath of
his colleagues, he'll never outdistance
the nagging of his wife. She always
knew he couldn't drive properly without
her coaching.
A cement overcoat at the bottom
of the East River would be bliss indeed,
compared to the endless, whitening
Scorn of back-seat drivers Il told
YOU sol"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-20
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
Tough-Minded, Perceptive Senator
BY DONALD MINTZ

Tnere Is a crucial CORE
larry that is more suggested
than emphasized: Soviet be-
havior rather than theory
supplies the evidence on
which the judgment is to be
made.
In any case, ''the real is
sue will be decided by
what happens within each Of
the two societies. In this re-
spect," writes Senator Full
bright, ''the distinction be-
tween foreign and domestic
policy evaporates, because
the ultimate decision between
two competing system S Of
economic and political organ
ization will be determined by
which is more successful in
m e 6 the material and
spiritual needs of man."
The U. S. and Europe
The Senator devoted a lee
ture to what he thinks should
happen next not within a sim
gle nation but within "A Con-
cert Of Free Nations" the
Atlantic Community. His op-
position to General de
Gaulle'S view of the future of
Europe and the community is
clear, firm, and beautifully
reasoned.
He is no less clear on the
role and function of foreign
aid. Foreign aid" he says,
sis one of a number of in
Struments of policy by which
the West seeks to bolster its
own security, by fostering a
world environment in which
our kind of society, and the
values in which it is rooted,
can survive and flourish"
This is a long way from an
effort to transplant those val
ues. Our historical expert
ence is unique and unaSsign-
able. the ascent from
poverty in Asia, Africa, and
Latin America involves the
revolutionary Transformation
Of societies and there is
little possibility of achieving
this Transformation through
the methods of Western polit-
ical democracy" So while
I'VE have reason and the
right to hope that our assist
ance will contribute to the
spread of free institutions in
the world" we must under
stand that ''this is a long
term prospect, which has lit
tie if any chance of fulfill
ment in the immediate fu-
ture."
Senator Fulbright almost
maintains his high standard
in the last lecture, 1.-THE
American Agenda. His view
of our most urgent domestic
needs is not unusual, but it
is well put. H owever, he
avoids the terms public Sec
tor" and private sector" or
their equivalents. The omis-
sion makes the talk some
what less frank and realistic
than 1t would otherwise have
been.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-20
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