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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-01
Cuba and the Thow

IN q recent conversation with
high Soviet official In Moscow, New
York's Republican Representative Barry
"a member Of the House Foreign AZ
fairs Committeeman told that the
Kremlin has no combat troops In Cuba,
but Just training csdres, and that these
number only about half the total of
American military advisers in Turkey.
And anti-Castro exile groups in Miami
have now affirmed-on the basis of
reports from Cuba's underground-that
substantial Withdrawals have IN fact
been taking place.
This is news of more than passing
interest, particularly because the ever
Skeptical exileS have heretofore tended
to discount or deny all such reports.
However, with good reason, they have
faith in the Cuban underground's
knowledge Of what Is going on down
there, and hence their generally encour-
aging assessment Of the Russian pull
out. 1t Is an assessment, incidentally,
that holsters President Kennedy's
August Goth news conference statement
on the subject: THE intelligence COM
munity judges that there has been q
decline" In the number Of Cuban-baSed
Soviet troops, and the primary en-
phasis Of those who remain is in train
ing, and not in concentrated military
units" ....
SO 1t would appear that the processes
Of quiet, behind-the-scenes diplomacy
which Secretary Of State Rusk has been
diligently pursuing to deal with this
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. matter-are bear
ing fruit. A full Soviet withdrawal has
not yet been achieved, Of course, but
the signs point to good progress In that
direction. 1t Is all Of piece with the
changing international climate and the
'hesitant, step-by-step Improvement Of
Soviet-American relations.
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Hops on Hoppe

This Nation Is In pretty
sad shape when the majority
of the citizenry sit on their
hands and fail to speak out
against those who would be-
little and ridicule patriotism,
as in Arthur Hopes column
Of September rs, "Goldwa-
ter's Automated Flagpole."
How would Mr.. Hoppe sug-
gest we expand our philoso-
phtes to keep up with
times? Bury the American
Flag and all 1t has stood for?
I am proud to be q young
"flag-waving" patriot In spite
Of the gross q attempts to
create the mass impression
that patriotism ID old-fash-
toned nonsense.
A. A. Bowen.
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committee and television audience have
just seen that he's as tough as they
come.
Our nominee, Of course, is Joseph
valachi, the mobster-prisoner-informer
now educating the Senate. In addition
to his obvious qualifications for the Job,
there's another strong reason for his
speedy appointment as free umpire:
He badly needs q place to 60, the
farther the better.
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An Umpire

With Nine. Nhu in Europe and get
ting off her daily sizzlers by long dis
lance, host Of actual and proposed
International figures are rushing to fill
the vacuum in Wet Nam.
Among the late nominations is that
OF General de Gaulle, proposed and
seconded by himself, to fill the function
OF free umpire" in the troubled land.
On the scene from America are Secre-
taTy Of Defense Mcnamara and Joint
Chiefs Chairman General Taylor. who
have Joined the 1860 Republican candi-
date for Vice President, Ambassador
Lodge. Finally, Ceylon is proposing that
o. N. Secretary General U Thant 20 to
Vet Nam to "allay anxieties."
We're as anxious as anyone but we
cannot feel that any of the candidates
issuffictently qualified. The French are
the former proprietors Of Wet Nam and
therefore have lingering selfish inter
ests. The Americans are still there. And
Mr. Thant, OF course, is one of the
worlds leading Buddhists and therefore
hafdly impartial In a dispute between
the government and some Buddhists.
Besides, he has already popped off ener-
geGtcally on the subject. ...
What is needed is a strong-minded
negotiator with no interests on either
siae, yet one who understands the work.
11gs OF power and inter-group tensions.
I'VE have the man. He's been out
OF touch with international news for
some time and has never had interests
Ia that part Of the world. Yet he un-
derstands group riyalries and power
struggles as well as any contemporary
scholar. The Senate Investigations Sub
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Rocky in Virginia

e Some 5000 people turned out to
see Governor Rockefeller during his
visit to Roanoke, Va. And as h 'gazed
upon this turnout, the New Yorker was
heard to say: Tremendous. I'm de-
lighted" His delight was understand
able since this, according to his aides,
was the largest number Of people to
greet Mr.. Rockefeller since he cam
pa1gred in New York last year. But
we nave some news for the Governor
bad news. .-....
Roanoke, not to mention all of
Vllginia'S sixth congressional district,
is Goldwater territory. Goldwater
signs were amply in evidence at the
airport. According to one of our Jour-
nalistic colleagues who attended a re-
ception for the Governor, It was neces-
sarg for some Of the hosts to go down
the line asking guests to please remove
the Goldwater buttons from their coat
lapels. Otherwise, what would become
OF Virginia's proud tradition Of hos
pitaltyp
This same colleague also said he
spotted number Of "rabid" Democrats
among the 5000. These non-Rocke-
feller people were there, in our col
leagues opinion because they, or more
probably their wives, wanted to get a
look at the Governor and his bride
not because Of any slightest intention
to support him. LET Senator Gold
water come to Roanoke" our informant
said, land they'd have to use the
stadium to accommodate the crowd"
ALI Of which affords little basis for
the delight with which Mr.. Rockefeller
reacted to his reception. One Of the
SAFEST Of political bets would be that
Virginia, however 1t may go next year,
VIII not be found in the Rockefeller
camp.
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ASwipe at White

William o. Whites recent
columns manifest his great
sympathy for the cause Of
the South and indicate that
he defines liberal" and "con-
sentative" by the measure Of
civil rights. Thus Goldwater
Is conservative while o sup
porter of o civil rights bill
including public accommoda-
tons IL Q liberal, or "an ex-
IRENE liberal"
Perhaps this explains Mr..
Whites gratuitous swipes at
Gov. Rockefeller, which have
more the style Of o Souther-
ner's visceral resentment Of
New York than Q reasoned
analysis Of Rockefeller's
views.
If Mr.. White accurately
had presented those views he
would have described q man
whose fiscal policies and ideas
on federalism and many
other questions not only are
conservative, but creatively
so. Rockefeller Is not q man
who would "read out Of the
party all who do not
meet the local standards Of
good, or liberal Republic
cans" and Just what evil
dence can Mr.. White present
that he H.?
Rockefeller would indeed, I
hope. read out the Btrchers
and other. fear-mongers of
the radical right. They are
wholly outside Republican
tradition. II opposing them,
and II favoring strong civil
rights legislation makes one
a liberal" then Mr.. White
had better try to pin that un-
wanted label on . great many
Republicans, including this
uIinoisan.
Tho day has not come yet
when modern-minded Rep
ublicaniSm has been isolated,
as Mr.. White claims, to New
York.
Bruce X. Chapman,
Publisher, Advance
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Frontier Spending

Among the ancient Greeks,
the progenitors Of Western
civilization, o person max
ing the worse appear the
better cause" soon felt the
wrath Of the community. In
deed. wise Socrates was pois-
oned by hemlock for such q
crime. Alas, among the mod
ern inheritors Of the Greek
tradition making the worse
appear the better cause" is
only part Of the image
forming" process.
To any American who has
observed the sprawling,
wasteful growth Of bureau
cracy In the Federal Govern
ment, the Presidents state
ment that Federal Govern
ment employment increased
last year by only $780," q
growth rate one-eighth that
Of the population, Is appal-
ling. This Is akin, to inform
ing . patient that his cancer
is growing only one-eighth as
fast as might normally be
expected Let US hope that
Congress will retain Q sense
Of objectivity sufficient to re-
veal the inadequacy Of the
Presidents statement as an
indication that the Federal
Government Ia indeed trying
to hold down the level Of It's
spending.
L. II. DOgtert, Jr,
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Gilbert J. Brockma,
Aid PLOT

To the question of vast for
eign aid expenditures, the
same pat answers are Riyen
over and over. Statesmen
tax Of preventing the spread
Of communism and vet pre-
sent events seem to give that
particular pat answer the lie,
Other nations, not neces-
sarily Communist, bella
Dor the United States for its
dollar diplomacy" They
think Of as as materialistic
beings trying to buy their
friendship. Perhaps other
nations are justified In their
appraisal of us. Americans
viii give until 1t hurts II the
giving is justified.
First, We are told that
much Of the money sent oy-
erseas lines the pockets Of
petty tyrants who use It to
further exploit their needy
subjects. Second, some Of our
foreign aid seems to help fl
nance projects which are not
only socialistic but are also
part Of an effort to contrib
ute to our burial. Third, and
the biggest shocker: Much of
the money collected from
Americans to aid other ma
tons never leaves this coun-
try. This was a dmitte d BY
none other than President
Kennedy.
What gives2 Are we tax
payers to be expected to aid
our own industrial giants In
the name Of foreign aid?
What other pockets are being
lined7 Who or what Is cor
nering the m arkets in oil,
drugs. sugar, etc. in other
countries as well as In our
own Nation? What is behind
the increasing incidence of
industrial and business mer-
gers In our Nation?
One wonders If the whole
foreign aid tangle is not Just
a very clever plot on the part
OF vast moneyed interests,
perhaps International in
scope, in tent on betraying
the American populace into
buying themselves into slav-
cry.
Mary Alice Duncan.
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Questions Dr.. Beck

My humble congratulations
to the Montgomery County
School Board for its Az
decision to demand the re-
turn Of answers to the recent
junior college "Snooper"
QUESTIONABLE. Also, belated
thanks for your own recent
editorial on the same subject.
If I take issue with any
point made by The Star con-
corning this matter, 1t Is
your calling William I. Saun-
ders, and the board majority,
"conservative"-thuS bestow-
ing the title liberal" (by q
roundabout sort Of default)
upon DR.. Clifford K. Beck
land company" I see Moth
ing liberal" about any
attempt to invade the pri-
vacy Of either the students
or their parents and families.
DR.. Beck Is quoted. az.
such QueStionnaires are part
Of a. study to show how
freshmen can be given better
. instruction" and a" while
some Of the questions, taken
singly, might seem personal,
the total forms Q pattern
that can be helpful to educa-
tors planning curricula."
A few questions for DR..
Beck:
+, II some Of the questions"
are personal" isn't It pos
sible that the total pattern"
might be very intimate"2
What does DR.. Beck mean
BY educators planning cur
rtcula"? Does he mean that
the subject-m taught,
and/or the methods Of teach
ing, must b based, at least
In part. on q students home
life and after-school activ-
ities9 (The word "curricula"
does mean "subject-matter
taught" does Il not? Than
II I interpret Dr.. Beck's re-
marks correctly, "A plus B
equals CO might change to
something else - depending
on whether Mama watches
The Defenders" or prefers
I Love Lucy.")
individuals like Dr.. Beck
must be made to understand
that 1t Is the prerogative of
parentS-not the State"-
to know Of these question:
mares In advance, the kind
OF questions In them, and to
make the decision whether
or not their children shall he
required to answer.
Gilbert J. Brockman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-01

Sen tor Goldwater talk,
pro and con, Is almost every
where. This does not please
all Republicans. including, it
is reliably reported, former
President Eisenhower and
others high in the party
councils.
The flood Of Goldwater
talk, said one @. o. P sena-
tor here in Washington, indi-
Gates the poverty Of the par
ty. They talk Of him because
there isn't, for the time
being, anyone else. But after
Congress ends and the new
year comes, there may be
changes In public opinion.
Meanwhile. Senator Gold
water continues to confuse
and diffuse. He seemingly Is
trying to shift from some Of
his former positions, but
wants to keep this as invisi-
BILE Is possible. The person
trying to comprehend Sena-
tor Goldwater Ia driven. to
the conclusion that the gen
tleman from Arizona does not
really want to be understood.
And yet. one wonders.
Comforts Extremists
In Birmingham, many of
the screaming. cursing teen
ayers who paraded about the
city In q school boycott had
automobile bumper stickers
reading, "Goldwater in 1884"
Adults who head up the var
ious h ate organizations are
practically unanimous for
Goldwater. At Q recent Ku
Klux Khan rally at Stone
Mountain. some 20 miles out
Of Atlanta, q State trooper
said, MY God, is this q rally
for Goldwater or the Klan?"
Most Of the bumpers had the
Goldwater stickers. Senator
Goldwater is not that sort Of
person. Yet, he does not dis
own them.
The Senator once made q
contribution to the NAACP.
He says that In his State,
where NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
are the problem, he is for in
tegration. The Senator says
he Is not q segregationist.
Yet, he sees nothing contra
dictory in saying that he be-
lieves in leaving the problem.
to 'ttthe States" This means,
Of course. leaving 1t to the
Wallaces, the Barnetts, and
all other politicians Of like
mind. The Senator. by being
so vague, has given aid and
comfort to the Nations ex-
tremists.
Friends Of the Senator in
-sist he is q good man, Q
kline ly man, and one who
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

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ton. Those not used tUiH be
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-01

II want an about-faee."
Senator Norris Cotton, pow
erful Republican leader In
New Hampshire. announcing
last week his support Of Sen
stor Barry Goldwater, picked
the Arizona Senator as the
sntithesis Of President Ken
nedy and his New Frontier
programs, in this pithy short
sentence. That means Barry
Goldwater," Senator Cotton
added. He began with an as
sertion he would be q candi-
date for delegate to the
Republican National Conven-
ton in the New Hampshire
primary next March pledged
to Goldwater. After declaring
that he could support the
other possible Republican
nominees who have been
mentioned. Senator Co tton
said he had decided to fight
for Goldwater's nomination
because he would present the
country with the most deci-
sive alternative to the Ken
nedy administration IT am
for Barry Goldwater," he
continued. because he has
fought courageouSly and un-
ceasingly for Q philosophy of
government and q way Of life
to which this Nation was
dedicated and to which 1t
must return II It Is to en-
dure."
The New Hampshire Sena-
tor has presented to the
Republicans the problem
which they must face-in
presidential primaries, in
party conventions, and In the
n ational convention next
year. The problem is whether
to go all out in opposition to
most Of the domestic and in
ternational policies Of the
Kennedy administration. Or
whether they will pick for
the head Of their national
ticket q more moderate oppo-
nent Of President Kennedy.
Widely Circulated
At the same time, Senator
Cotton denied flatly that
Senator q oldwater Is 80
reactionary that II he were
President, we would abandon
social security. retreat into
isolationism, bring back the
Mckinley tariff, and return
to the kerosene lamp" The
reasons for attempting to
paint Goldwater In such col
ors were obvious, he said.
THE Goldwater I know" he
said, "is too wise to break
down our foreign relations
and too prudent TO risk nu-
clear war. But the day he be-
comes President foreign
chancellories will sit up and
take notice. knowing that the
days Of the soft touch are
over-that they must now
deal with Q keen, incisive,
mature mind"
Senator Cotton's statement
Of 0oldwater support was
widely circulated in New
Hampshire. The response has
been quick and satisfactory.
OF several hundred letters
and messages received at the
Senator'S office. only three
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THE POLITICAL MILL
GoIdwoter Boost in New Hampshire
By GOULD LINCOLN

were adverse. Since New
Hampshire will hold the first
Of the presidential prefereas
tial primaries In 1854. ana
since the friends Of Cow
Rockefeller Of New York In
sist the Governor will enter
that primary, the result
there could 60 far toward
determining the nominee
who will be chosen by the
Republicans In San Francis
CO In July. Rockefeller Il q
graduate Of Dartmouth Col
lege, and as such he Will
have the sympathy Of many
Of the other graduates who
reside In the State. A former
Governor, Hugh Gregg, Is al
ready organizing for Rookie
Teller.
The Republican Party In
New H a mpshire has been
badly split into factions.
Largely In consequence 1t
suffered severe defeats at the
polls last year. The Demo-
Gratis elected a Governor and
q Senator for the first time
in many years, although the
Republicans we're able to re-
elect Senator Cotton and to
retain the States two seats In
the House Of Representa-
tives. Take it by and large,
the r Republicans In New
Hampshire have been and
are conservative. This should
be an aid to the Gol6water
drive there.
Beat Political Bushes
Neither Rockefeller nor
Goldwater has fin ally an
nounced himself q candidate
for the presidential nomina-
ton. Both have been out
beating the political bushes,
travelling across the country.
Reports are that Goldwater
had more enthusiastic recep-
tons. The next three months
will bring their decisions
about entering the race. In
deed, the New York Governor
has said he will probably
make his decision known in
November. Senator Goldwa-
ter still Is putting his off I'M
til January
In New Hampshire, one Of
the uncertain factors Is for
mer Gov. Wesley Powell. His
latest statement-after Sen
ator Cotton announced for
Goldwater-was that he did
not think much Of bandwag-
sons at this stage Of the
game, that there probably
would be O third candidate
entered In the New Hamp-
shire primary. It is uncertain
whether he meant himself
running aS Q favorite-son
candidate for the presiden-
tial nomination or whether
he had In mind one Of the
other Republican presidential
possibilities-such as Gov.
Romney Of Michigan, Gov.
Scranton Of Pennsylvania,
Senator Morton Of Kentucky,
or some dark horse. As Of TO-
day, New Hampshire m ust
remain an uncertain quGnti-
ty. Gov. Rockefeller, II he
goes in there, Is expected to
make an intensive personal
campaign.
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PEOPLE AND PROBLEMS
GoIdwuter 'Confuses and Diffuses'
BY RALPH McGILI

would do no harm to any In
dividual. No one wishes to
dispute this. But one cannot
avoid being puzzled by the
clamor Of support for him
that comes from the White
Citizens Councils and other
extremist organizations.
The Senator could clear all
this up II he would. Since be
has not done so, one Is forced
to the reluctant conclusion
that the Senator thinks there
is political mileage In main
tanning confusion. His
friends say he may thereby
be able to carry the South.
Maybe he can. And. again,
maybe not. But one thing Is
sure - the political health Of
the c country would be i'm
proved by q clear-cut Gold
water commitment.
A person trying hard to
understand the Senator can
not really be sure of what his
position is In other areas. He
apparently wants to elimi-
nate all price support and
agricultural subsidies. "Agri-
culture" admittedly IL In o
mess. Farm legislation has
been accommodating for gener-
atoms. But m erely to de-
nounce 1t and to be against
handouts" Is not helpful. II
all legislation were eliminat-
ed, hundreds Of thousands Of
farmers would go through q
very painful economic wiring
er.
Open-End Comments
The Senator also wants to
quit "coddling labor" Labor,
too, Is going through o rather
swift transition. Congress
has recently been forced to
act after a failure of collec-
tive bargaining. The Nation
perhaps could profit from Q
public discussion initiated by
Senator Goldwater, who, ap-
parently, has some ideas. But
all he has given Us u Q few
caustic slogans. He leaves us
with open-end c o m m ents
that lead to no certain con-
.clusion.
The ator now has
named former Senator VIII
liam Knowland to be chair
man of q California commit
tee to advise him about his
presidential chances. Senator
Knowland is q fine man. But
he is the fellow who advised
himself to run for governor
Of his State, and later, to
send Mr.. Nixon In a. Q can
didate for governor.
CAll Rights RscerveO
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Phony Book

Your cogent and convinc-
ing editorial regarding the
public che damned" attitude
Of the telephone company Ia
most welcome.
I invite you to Join my cru
SADIE against the all-number
dialing system. It Is SO SIM
ple-juSt ask the operator to
dial the number instead of
dialing it direct. You may get
some discussion sometimes
not too polite). but the super
visor Is always available II
the operator refuses to dial
the number.
Remember-in union there
Is strength.
Robert ]. Bird.
.
Regarding your editorial on
the new telephone directory;
some years ago suburban
subscribers had Q directory
for their area. I, as an en-
ploye Of the telephone COM
pany (not an executive) have
gotten many comments from
friends and business people
who objected to the one book
for the area. These COM
mentS were passed on
through the lines Of organi-
cation and I and they. are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03

N 01-year-0ld DR.. Charles G.
Abbot, wOrld-renowned physicist,
enters the punished elevator that
carries him up the tower of the
old Smithsonian building, past
single Offices stacked one atop
the other, like children's building
blocks, to his own eubicle on the
18th floor.
His secretary is there before
him. The corners Of her battered
desk peep out around an enor.
nous sheet Of graph paper, and
she is intently filling each square
with tiny figures.
DR.. Abbot's white hair and
full mustache are windblown by
the trip downtown. He glances
briefly out the window at the
familiar panorama Of Washington
across the Mall, then lowers him.
self into the swivel chair before
his own SCARED desk.
The mail overflows his bas-
ket. There are letters from stu
dents with questions on solar
energy, inquiries from farmers
about the prospects for rainfall
In their areas in the next 10years,
and a prospective bride asks,
viii it rain on my wedding?"
Then he picks up the charts
covered with his secretary's neat,
peneiled figures. They concern
his newest project-a lOng-range
forecast Of precipitation for q
far-flung cities abroad, including
Adelaide, Athens, BuenOs Aires
and Capetown.
This will be a sequel to q
booklet he completed in 1850
entitled: A LOng-RGn0e Forecast
Of U. s. Precipitation that sold
more than 5000 copies. In II DR..
Abbot predicted rainfall patterns
through 1857 for 80 cities in the
United States. A year later he
published temperature predic-
tons for 10 cities over the same
period.
~Isee more books have come"
he remarks as he turns his atten-
ton to the bright, new volumes. 81
graduated in physics in 1895 and
my biggest problem Is keeping up
with developments" he COM
planned some time ago. So he
wrote to Massachusetts, Institute
Of Technology for an index Of re-
cent publications in his field and
ordered many from the list.
DR.. Abbot came directly from
M. /. 7. in June of 1895 to become
Assistant in the AGtronhvsieal Oh