davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-09
Congress Con Settle This Problem
Without Panic or Unnecessary Haste

gency which called a Vice
President to the presidency
would make it imperative to
obtain the cooperation of
Congress. How could one bet
ter lay the foundation for
that co operation than by
turning to the leader of the
House and to a venerable fig
ure in the Senate?
The third point is that no
Overwhelming reason exists
in logic or in experience to
give the Secretary of State
acknowledged primacy in the
succession. All of us can
think of several men who
served with distinction since
1945 as Secretaries of State
but whose elevation to the
Presidency would inspire a
small measure of national
confidence.
The fourth point is that
Congress has refused repeat
ed opportunities to clarity
the problems of Presidential
disability. or the problems Of
the succession, because it has
been impossible to get suffi-
cient agreement on any spe-
cific remedy.
Everyone admits that
something should be done
about these problems; the
exact way forward remains a
matter Of controversy. Per-
hapS the horror of recent
events will give Congress a
sense of more urgent pur-
pose.
If one is realistic about
this problem. it becomes i'm
possible to deny that the
constitutional debate will
really concern itself with the
long future.
That brings us to the prob
lem which faces not Con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-09

The trouble with the dis
cussion now taking place on
the problems Of presidential
succession is that it is a dis
cussion of constitutional
principles instead of the men
in the line of succession. In
a way, this confusion is I'M
avOidable. for it is impossible
to discuss the succession
bluntly without serious lapses
from good taste.
The first point to remem-
Der is that Speaker McCor-
mack and Senator Hayden
are trusted friends of Presi-
dent johnson. They are
much closer to the new Pres
ident than they ever were to
President Kennedy. President
johnson will be extremely re-
luctant to do anything that
will hurt their sensitive
pride. This simple fact makes
a great deal Of what is now
being written and said about
the succession remote from
the real problem. The critics
are worrying about basic
constitutional defects. Our
national leaders are con-
cerned with the short span
that separates us from the
election next November.
The second point concerns
the reason for President Tru-
mans desire to fix the sue
cession primarily in Congress
rather than in the executive
branch. His eagerness to ar
range this line of succession
was not caused by any senti-
mental respect for Congress
or merely by his preference
for an elected as against an
appointed official. He had
the strongest practical rea-
sons for his choice.
He knew that the emer-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-09
JENKIN LLOYD JONES
Our Brothers Keeper
Congress Reflects u. S. DisiIIusionment
With What Happens to Vast Foreign Aid

would then no longer be
necessary and what had once
been q miserable land, easy
prey to communism, would
become q vigorous, happy.
free nation.
And this could happen,
indeed. Provided such q
country did have large I'M
tapped natural and sgricul-
tural resources. that its
people were energetic and
eager to learn, that public
servants were generally
honest and progressive. and
that its wealthy citizens were
willing to reinvest their
money in new job-making
and wealth-spreading ven
lures.
The only trouble is that
where people had ell these
qualities they we're generally
already pretty prosperous.
What we soon found our
selves doing was running a
gigantic WPA for fouled-up
nations remarkable for
laziness, graft. and huge
private fortunes that hid
themselves lin foreign banks.
In some nations we have
simply shored up inefficient
socialist regimes that have
smothered enterprise in red
tape and scraped the bottom
of the confiscation barrel. In
other words, as in India, we
have poured money down a
widening rat-hole as the
increase in population chron-
ically out-runs the rise in
the gross national product.
In Yugoslavia we gave the
frankly Communist Mr.. Tito
a billion or so on the theory
that this would encourage an
Independent course for
satellites. Mr.. T and Mr.. K
are now closer than 10 col
lege students in a phone
booth.
II we expected gratitude
we misjudged human nature.
Many peoples to whom
international philanthropy is
unbelievable looked for the
bug under the chip. They
we're helped by hints from
the communists about hid
den Yankee Imperialism"
The human being rebels at
thinking of himself as a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-09
Cabinet Officers Lack Background
To Assume Chores of President

Many Of the plans for
presidential succession that
have been offered thus far
seem to ignore the basic prin-
ciple Of government in a re-
public - that the people
should select their chief
executive. a-...
This wasn't provided for
under the old law and 1t is
not provided for completely
under the present law, en-
acted In 1947, whereby the
Secretary Of State and the
other members of the cabinet
are designated in a theoreti-
cal line of succession follow
ing the Speaker of the House
and the presiding officer Of
the Senate.
Cabinet officers in the
United States have never
been elected by the people.
The Vice President, on the
other hand, is on the ballot
in a national election, and
the Speaker Of the House and
the President Pro Tenn Of the
Senate are chosen by the
peoples Representatives in
Congress.
Criticism of the current
plan has developed in the
last few days because the
present Speaker happens to
be 70 years old and the SEN
ate's President Pro Tenn is
IS. and because the present
line of succession presumably
goes back to the cabinet II
the Speaker and the Senate's
presiding officer, who have
in turn succeeded to the
presidency, should die or be-
come disabled while holding
that office. But it may also
be pointed out that, once the
Speaker has become Presi-
dent. the next Spcaker-who
would be promptly elected by
the House-could be con-
strued to be in line ahead
of anybody in the cabinet.
It is this anomaly in existing
law which needs Qualification.
One criticism being men
toned is that, while a Vice
President who succeeds to
the presidency is, OF course,
of the same party as the de-
parted President, the Speak
er of the House Of Represen-
tatives or presiding officer
of the Senate might not be.
Thus, the party which has
been In control Of the adj
ministration could overnight
be removed from executive
power. The four-year term
for which an administration
of one party had been elected
would suddenly be ended by
the accession Of an admins
tration of a different party.
But this merely accentu-
ates the fundamental princi-
pie involved. For, when the
people have elected a Con-
gress of a particular party,
this is an expression Of the
public will and represents the
desires Of the people.
Under the Canadian or
British system, for instance,
II the people vote one party
out Of power, this means that
the Prime Minister has to
leave office at the same time,
and q new Premier is then
selected out Of the majority
membership Of the national
legislature. Even If there has
been no election, the major
ity party can change the
Prime Minister, and If the
incumbent refuses to resign,
the people can decide the
issue In an election held to
determine whether the dis
senters or the members who
support the Prime Minister
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-09

are right. The people decide.
Cabinet officers in this
country usually are selected
for their competence in par
ticular fields Of executive re-
sponsibility. A Secretary of
State or a Secretary of the
Treasury Is rarely a leader
in tn Democratic or the
7eoub''c n Party, and hence
has no intimate experience
with CONGRESS - something
very important in the presi-
Dental office.
In Canada, in Great Brit
ain, in Australia, the cabinet
which is selected from the
party members in a Parlia-
ment consists as a rule of
men who have come up
through the ranks Of the
party-just as Lyndon John
son did. While in recent years
there has been a tendency in
this country to put a ma
jority or minority leader
from one House of Congress
or the other on the ticket
as vice presidential nominee,
no provision has been made
for all possible successors to
be selected from Congress.
The 1947 law does designate
the Speaker Of the House and
the President Pro Tenn Of the
Senate to follow the Vice
President In presidential sue
cession. and both are, of
course. party leaders in their
respective Houses. The Speak
er is chosen just after the
congressional election, held
every two years. The Presi-
dent Pro Tenn of the Senate
also is elected every two
years at the start Of a new
session Of Congress because
the seats Of one-third of the
Senate's membership have
been up for election.
The present law is salts
factory as far as it goes in
providing that the leaders
Of the two Houses of Con-
gresS are next in line after
the Vice President. The real
defect in 1t is In the success
sion beyond these two indi-
viduals. This could be a
problem if the accidents of
fate, including war, should
wipe out the top leaders in
both branches of the Gov
eminent.
The present statute needs
amendment to make it
crystal clear that the sue
cession will not go to the
cabinet if anything happens
to a Speaker OF the House
who has become President,
but that the power will def
nitely pass to the next in
dividual who has been elected
Speaker of the House or to
be President Pro Tenn of the
Senate. Each of these Off
Gals should always be some
one in a leadership position
who knows the legislative
branch of the Government
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-09
What Is the sensible thing

What Is the sensible thing
to do about foreign aid?
And let's define sensible"
Foreign aid should feed
the calf without killing the
COW. 1t should help un-mess
meSsed-up political systems
and social PHILOSOPHERS.
It should turn mendicant
countries with chronic deficit
economies into going con-
Germs that can stand on their
own feet.
It should expand the area
Of freedom, making realistic
allowances for the fact that
ignorant and volatile people
have to make q choice be-
tween q high degree Of
centralized authority and
utter chaos.
Our first attempt at fer
eign aid, the Marshall Plan,
was a humping success.
Western Europe and Japan
lived on industry. and the
war had wrecked their
means for living. American
aid plus native energy and
know-how created a miracle
Of reconstruction that filled
a vacuum into which COM
munism had confidently
expected to flow.
But no sooner had we
shored up war-ravaged
economies than most Of the
rest Of the world, including
that part Of it which far
from having been injured by
the war had profited from it,
began shaking tambourines
in our faces and crying, do
you love us leSs?"
And we couldn't think Of
any other answer except to
unlock Fort Knox.
1t wasn't long before
someone in Washington
invented a marvellous phrase,
the take-off point" You
were to give foreign aid to a
poor and underdeveloped
country until its industries
were started, its dams and
irrigation projects built, its
starved fields revitaliZed with
fertilizer. and then the mar
velous "take-off" would
arrive.
This was the point where
the country's economy would
become Safeguarding and
safeguarding. Foreign aid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-09
Wigs and Cues Club
To Give Turner PIuy

A play by P. w. Turner,
Christ in a Concrete City,"
will be presented at $3.50 pm.
Wednesday by the Wigs and
Cues Drama Club of First Bap-
fist Church, Sixteenth and o
streets NV.
The production is directed
and designed by Herbert R..
Woofter. Included in the cast
are Herb Johnson, Phillis
Jones, Jan Kirkman, Arne Mel
son, Mary Romeyn and Mi
chael Stone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-09
Money Expert to Talk

DR.. Fritz Karl Mann, fiscal
policy and public finance ex-
pert and a former member of
the American University de-
partment of economies, will be
honored at a reception from 8
to 5 pm. Thursday in the
lounge Of the School Of Inter-
national Service on the A. U.
Uptown campus. He will talk
on Fiscal Policy in a Pluralis?
tic State"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-27
MOVING, PACKING, sT0R.

ABLE MOVERS SO an hour for 3
uniformed men and 2l-h. vans.
Lice nsed mover. Short notice.
Elmer. storage. ,773-6sl5.
BOXLEY MOVERS rms, 500
up Padded vans, immed. storage.
Local or long distance, s32.ss22.
EDELMAN MOVING, STORAGE :
Will accept surplus furniture as part
Payment on your moving. Storage.
Reas. rates. IA. s-2937.
LIGHT HAULING, local moving,
beaches a specially. S. L. MORRIS.
TU. 2-llso or TU. 2-sS02.
MOVING ACROSS THE STREET OF
across the country? Storage in sep
arate rooms, packing, overseas air
cargo. Phone NO. 1-0lo4, UNION
STORAGE CO., INC. Est. 1905.
MOVING AND HAULING
ANYTIME - ANYWHERE
CALL 10. s-S355
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-27
HOUSES WANTED TO RENT
HOUSES FOR SALE-D. @.

DEALE, ST. AIMS -
Charming 3-bedrm. home near 3sth
and Warren, fireplace, full bsmt. /,
big screened porch, modern kitchen,
garage, gas hot-water heat, level
fenced rear yard. So, 9So-don't take
too long! Mr.. BRAY, S4s-76l2.
Frank S. Phillips, Inc.
REALTORS DI. z.lIll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-27
TED LINGO, INC

1918 CORCORAN ST. NV. 10
rms, 2 baths, oil heat, newly decor
ated. Only Sl35 mo. Children well
come. Call MIR. NEUMANN, Ma. 3
800.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-27

Continued on Next PageI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-08

week when Mr.. Betancourt
ordered the arrest Of % Com
munist and extreme leftist
members Of Congress and q
roundup Of other Red leaders
after q terrorist attack on an
excursion train.
Accusing the pro-CsStro law
makers Of directing the terror
ism, Mr.. Betancourt said the
constitution permitted removal
Of their parliamentary immu-
nifty because they were seeking
to overthrow the Constitution.
Other Developments
Mr.. Betancourt said the Con-
gresSmen were being held for
military trials. He said they
had been caught with plans for
knocking out the Caracas power
and telephone service and for
Q mass jail break so convicts
could terrorize the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-08

tecting consumer rights, the
first ever given by q President
on this topic. The report said
that consumer representation
In the Federal Government, to
be effective, must be perma-
nent, well-staffed, continuous,
and at q high level"
It recommended a conference
Of consumer groups during the
coming year and suggested a
monthly newsletter TO faciH-
tate the two-way flow Of infor-
nation and opinion between
Government and the consum-
ing public"
The Federal Government Is
not lacking in concern for the
consumer, nor In specific pro-
grams to express that concern,
the report concluded. SOLID
progress has been made on the
consumer front In recent years
But this review reveals
many gaps still to be filled"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-08
By CECIL HOLLAND
star staff Writer

Recommendations for giving
consumers q better break were
placed before President Kenne-
dy today.
In . 100-page report
crammed with proposals, pro-
tected studies and statistics,
the i1-member Consumer Ad-
visory Council offered four ma
tor recommendations:
/. Enactment Of the truth In
packaging 6" legislation now
pending in Congress. TIL e
council said, however, the leg
islation should be strengthened
to make mandatory the regula-
tons on the size and shape Of
packages. and apply them to q
wider range Of commodities.
2. Adoption Of the truth in
lending" legislation to give bor-
rowers greater protection.
3. Passage Of the tax revision
bill In a way to increase con-
sumner spending and with q lar
ger cut than now proposed for
the low-income consumers.
4. Immediate and positive
action by the administration
through all presently available
means and through support Of
legislation" to bar discrimina-
ton against customers by
stores, hotels, theaters, restau-
rants and other businesses.
The council was established
more than q year ago to carry
out the Presidents request for
giving consumer q greater
voice in Government council. It
was set up by Chairman Walter
w. Heller Of the Council Of
Economic Advisers with DR..
Helen c. Canover, dean Of the
New York State College Of
Home Economics, Cornell
University, as chairman.
In presenting the report at
the White House. DR.. H eller
hailed the first years work Of
the council as giving "the
housewife representation in
Governme t" and assuring
that "the consumers views will
be heard-or laid down side by
side with the views Of produ-
GERS" when policy is being con-
sidered.
DR.. Heller also predicted that
the national economy will hit
the $500 billion level for the
first time early next year
and bring more benefits to
consumers.
This means a 500 billion in
crease since Mr.. Kennedy took
office, he said.
In addition to its major rec
concentrations regarding pend
ing legislation, the councils re-
port ranged over many fields.
Among other things, 1t
strongly opposed so-called fair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-08

For reservations, call United at ST 347oo $50 $500 in
Batmore) or your Travel Agent United Air Lines has lets
to more U. S. cities than any other airline
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-08

Elsewhere In Latin America
The new military regime in
Honduras set up machine guns
in the central plaza Of Teguci-
galpa. the capital. after It had
received reports Of plans for
anti : government demonstra-
tons by students. A junta
headed BY Col. Oswaldo Lopez
Arrelano busted the elected
government Of President Ramo
Villeda Morales last Thursday.
In the Dominican Republic.
where the elected government
was also deposed in a coup. the
military government ordered a
state Of siege after university
students battled police in Santo
Domingo. the capital. The stu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-08
THE EVENING STAR
Wushinston. D. c. TBssS0y. October ., 1888

dents attempted TO march on
the presidential palace to pro-
test the custer Of President
Juan d. Bosch. Police fired ma
chine guns. hurled tear gas. and
the students retaliated with
stones. About so students were
arrested.
In Brazil. a dispute between
workers and guards at a big
steel mill resulted in the death
Of six workmen when police
fired on them. The outburst
occurred at Acesitas. 200 miles
north Of Rio de Janeiro. Presi-
dent Joao Goulart, meanwhile,
withdrew his request to Con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-08

following by six days two
similar deaths in Michigan
led to the precautions.
Eight other persons were III
in Tennessee, one critically.
At least seven Of the victims
had eaten smoked whitefish,
medical authorities said.
A question remained whether
the Michigan and Tennessee
deaths could be attributed to
the same product.
Detroit Test Ordered
The Federal Food and Drug
Administration at Washington
ordered tests of Michigan
whitefish samples at its labora-
tories in Detroit.
At the Lake Michigan port
Of Grand Haven, the firm Of
H. J. Dornbos g. Bros, which
has produced smoked whitefish
for more than 70 years. sus-
pended work pending results
Of the inquiry.
Three national food store
chains - A6SP, National Food
and Kroger-ordered the prod
uct removed from shelves Of
their stores.
Representatives Of Kroger
and A&P stores said the
bagged fish Of the firm in
question are not sold in the
Washington area. Kroger
said, however, that it is
temporarily rem owing all
whitefiSh packed in plastic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-08

gress for a 30-day state Of siege
to keep order. He said extreme
measures were no longer neces-
sary. but most observers be-
lieved he backed down because
Congress was going to deny him
most Of the emergency powers
he asked for.
Gen. Andrew OAIeara. COM
mander of the United States
Southern Command with head
quarters at the Panama Canal,
said he had Cancelled a sched-
uled visit to the United States
military mission in Brazil next
week because Of the political
situation there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-08

vacuum bags from sale UNI
til the poisoning reports are
fully investigated. National
Food Stores does not serve
the Washington area.)
Harold Dornbos, president Of
the Michigan fisheries COM
pany, said he closed his plant
voluntarily before the imposi-
ton Of an embargo on his in
ventory by the Michigan State
Department of Agriculture.
What a horrible. horrible
thing. We are doing everything
that can be DONE" Mr.. Dorm
Dos said.
Dead In Tennessee were
David s. Cohen, IS, a Knoxville
businessman. and his daughter.
May Beth, 10.
Chester o. Mitchell, 81, and
his wife Blanche. So. q Kala-
mazoo, Mich, couple died last
Wednesday.
The Dornbos firm distributed
its smoked whitefish In vacu-
um-sealed plastic bags and red
and white labels. The bags,
marked ready to eat" bore
the company name and instruc-
tons to keep under refrigera-
ton"
The Mitchells died after eat
ing an unidentified smoked
whitefish on a vacation trip to
Northern Michigan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-08
Venezuelan Violence Rises,
Betancourt BIames Castro

CARACAS. Venezuela, Oct. 9
(AP).-President Romulo Bet
ancourt blamed FIdel Castro
last night for the increase in
anti : government violence in
Venezuela that has cost at
least 20 lives In the last week.
In q nationwide broadcast,
Mr.. Betancourt appealed for
public support Of the police and
military campaign to crush the
terroriSts. He said:
Cuba Is living in hours Of
desperation. In spite Of mil
lions Of dollars spent daily by
the Soviet Union on its Havana
vassal, there Is hunger in
Cuba"
Mr.. Betancourt said Commu-
nists and fellow travellers are
waging the campaign Of ter
rorism to lock Venezuela's ma
tional elections scheduled for
December / but he said control
Of the government is even more
firmly In his hands than when
he assumed office four years
ago.
Promising impartial cleo
tons. Mr.. Betancourt said, Il
viii deliver power In March.
1864, to a president freely
chosen by Venezuelans."
Terror Continues
There was no abatement in
the terrorism that has promoted
the government to move para
troopers and other military
units into Caracas. Three
more persons died In street bat
ties last night.
The violence intensified last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-08
Fish Firm Shuts Down
After 4 Poison Deaths

DETROIT, Oct (AP)-Government investigators
hunted tubes today for the of poisoned smoked
whtefish blamed for four deaths in two States .
At the time Michigan producer Of smoked white
fish suspended operations after ordering the destruction Of all
its distributed stock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-08
IN The World
One reason: dependable service from
the worlds most versatile jet fleet

We planned and expanded our
Jet MainIinero fleet (the worlds
Iargest) to suit your present and
future travel needs. As a result,
United, with long range Dc-e
and DEB Mark " Jets :. me-
dunn to long range Boeing 72os
-. and short to medium range
caraveIIes, offers Jet service to
more US. cities than any other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-08

airline. But we don't stop there.
Soon this kind of service will
even be increased with the add.
ton of new Boeing 727s go.
scheduled for service early next
year. Planning our Jet fleet to
meet your needs is simply an
other expression of Extra Care
for people AN attitude that
guides US in everything we do.