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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-26
PALPH McGHL

ATLANTA.-A young Pres
ident, husband and father,
now done ssvagely and pitt
lessly to death, is the latest
harvest Of psychopathic hate.
AS we mourn 1t seems neces-
sary that hte Nation COM
prehend the fact that hate,
whether Of the extreme
left or right, can destroy not
merely the Chief Of State,
but the state itself.
BY one Of those moving CO.
medicines Of history, Presi-
dent Kennedy died on ap-
proximately the Tooth ami
versary Of the day that Abra-
ham Lincoln made his Get
tysburg address. He, too, was
to become later on the vic
tim of hate. But on that day
at Gettysburg he reminded
us that it is for the living
to dedicate themselves to the
maintenance of democracy
and truth. We are reminded
of that anew.
Lee Oswald, soon to be
murdered himself, was a typ
ical product Of the factories
of hate. He was American
born and bred. That he was
q psychopathic, disturbed
young man is evident from
his actions and his record.
He had served his country
as q Marine. He deserted it
for Russia. Back in his ma
tive land, he swung over to
one of the pro- Castro groups.
For some years now. the
more vocal extremists in our
country, both left and right,
have indirectly or directly,
encouraged violence and de-
fiance of Federal authority.
This has included evange-
lis 3, heads Of organizations
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ERIC sEVAREID

What was John F. Ken
nedy2 How will he stand in
history AS this is written,
hours after his death, it Is
hard even to assemble
thoughts, easy to misjudge
such a complicated human
being.
The first thing about him
was his driving intelligence.
His mind was always on fire;
his reading was prodigious;
his memory almost total re-
call Of facts and quotations.
A friend Of mine once crossed
the Atlantic on q liner with
the Kennedy family, years
ago. She remembered the
day 12-year-old Jack was i'll
in his stateroom; there lay
the thin, freckled little boy
-12 years old, and reading
Churchill's early life, other
books scattered about his
bed. His was q directed in
telligence; he did not waste
his energies; he always
seemed to know where he
was going and he put first
things first.
John Kennedy's intellec-
tuality was perhaps the hall
mark Of his nature, even
more than his youth; the
thing that made him differ
ent from so many Presidents.
But few thought of him as
an intellectual in the sense
of one seeking truth for its
own sake; he sought it, In
order to act upon it. He was
that rare and precious COM
hination, the man Of con-
temptation as well as the
man Of action. He had q
sharp sense Of history from
his immense reading, and
was acutely conscious of
what his own place in his
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A change has come over US
IN America and perhaps over
the world. It's an involuntary
change. to be sure, precipi-
tated by the sudden passing
Of q world leader. the late
President Of the United
States, John F. Kennedy. But
it could be q change that
brings stability to our home
front Of friction and emo
tional controversy.
The mood Of this country
and of the peoples abroad
today Is one of serious con-
temptation. Hundreds Of mil
lions of persons on this con-
tinent and on other CONT
nents saw by television or
heard by radio the funeral
services for the American
President. The impact Of this
solemnity cannot be mea-
sured as yet, but 1t may have
put into perspective the fate
full forces that tear nations
apart or threaten to destroy
human lives in a military
conflict between powerful
countries.
Representatives Of more
than so nations came to at
tend the final rites for the
dead President.
What must have been the
thoughts Of these leaders as
they meditated on the mean
ing Of mortal life and its lost
opportunitiesl
Thanks to the inventions
Of man, instantaneous COM
munication throughout the
world has been made posi-
BILE. No such wide coverage
on the same day, simultane-
ously with the occurrence of
a news event, has been
achieved in the past. The to-
tai watching and listening
audience was probably the
greatest ever assembled.
But since communication
has been so effective once on
this occasion, 1t challenges
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-26
Kennedy's Mind Was Constantly on Fire,
Memory and Reading Were Prodiqious

tory might be. In a sense,
he lived for that; much Of
his personal correspondence
as President suggested his
awareneSs that those letters
would be part Of the Amer
lean archives and story for
all time.
He brought q new style
into Government; he sur
rounded himself with intel
lectuals, as did Franklin
Roosevelt in his first years;
but in his personal style he
was more like President The
odore Roosevelt. Like the first
Roosevelt. President Kennedy
believed in action; he had no
patience with those who were
tired or skeptical or cynical;
no patience with those who
could not keep UP, mentally
or physically.
He became, with his young
and beautiful wife, the SYM
Dol Of America as he and most
of us like to think Of America:
itself young, itself always
hopeful. believing, and be-
lieving that Government could
change the face of our land
and our lives and that
America could do more than
any country in the world to
change the face and the ma
ture Of the world itself.
He showed no signs, even
after three years In office, Of
growing tired, either in body
or spirit but the built-in
obstacles to practical achieve
ment were and remain
prodigious and complex. He
began some new practical
courses Of government action
as with the Peace Corps
and the Alliance for Progress;
these, perhaps, were more
imaginative than his domes-
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Whale Limit Asked

ROME. Nov. 26 (AP).-The
Food and Agriculture Organiza-
tons director general has
asked whaling countries to
limit their total catch Of fin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-26

whales to 5000 during Ant
arctic season starting Deem
Der IL. The organization hopes
to increase the fin-whale stock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-25
FaI|Out Seen
As Top Peril
BY the Associated Press

Steuart L. Ptttman, civil de-
Tense chief. insists that RADIO
active fallout-not the threat
Of vast, fiercely burning fires
would be the greatest men,
ace to American lives in a nu-
clear war.
Mr.. Pittman spoke yesterday
in defense Of the Kennedy adj
ministrations SITS million fall
out shelter incentive proposal
after q college professor said
shelters would be essentially
useless" and might even cost
more lives than they save.
The shelter program Is
based on the best available mil
itary analysis of the shape OF
q nlclear war. which makes It
clear that fallout radiation
would cover far more Of
America than any other haz-
ard" Mr.. Pittman said In a
statement.
The criticism Of shelters
came from DR.. William r.
Schneider. associate professor
of electrical engineering at
Massachusetts, Institute OF
Technology.
DR.. Schneider and Or. David
Cavers Of Harvard Law School
appeared before q House Armed
Services subcommittee. and
commended the likely strategy Of
q Soviet attack would make
fires. started by nuclear blasts
detonated high In the air. the
chief danger In time Of war.
DR.. Schneider said even II the
Soviets used fallout-producine
ground-bursts In a nuclear at
tack, "the number OF lives
needlessly lost In firetrap shell
tiers outside the circle OF total
devastation would probably ex-
coed the number OF lives that
the shelter system would save
And with a limited capability
for intercontinental missile at
tack. he added, the Russians
would almost certainly use
high-altitude airbursts OF large
bombs In attacks against cities
causing no fallout whatever
but blasting and burning vast
areas around their targets"
Mr.. Pittman told Subcommit-
tee Chairman Hebert, Demo-
crat OF Louisiana. he had
PLANNED TO offer detailed tech
nical testimony In closed ses-
sion after the open hearings
which now are In their fifth
week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-25
Driver Is Indicted
In Traffic Death

A District grand jury indict-
ment was handed down yester-
day against a man charged
with manslaughter in the traf-
fic death Of another.
The defendant, Harvey Gill
liam, 81, Of the 1900 block OF
Sixteenth street NV. was ac-
cused Of gross negligence" In
the accident which occurred
May % at the intersection OF
Sherman avenue and Columbia
road NV.
Police said a physical exami-
nation had shown Gillian To
have had more than an safe
average Of alchohol in his
blood.
A witness said that Gillian
first had struck car a few
blocks away. then careened
across the road and shot
through u red traffic light at
the Columbia road intersection,
Both cars locked and hurled
1872 feet. The victim. Robert
Z, Hawn, 81. Of the 400 block
OF Edmunds street NV. died a
few hours later at the hospital.
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Col. William VoIondt, SO;
PioneerinA Air Industry

Col. William F. volandt. 50,
q pioneer Of the aviation in
dusty in supply and logistics
and q veteran Of three wars,
died Saturday at. Walter Reed
Hospital of q hip injury.
Born in Montana, he. came
to washington as q young man
He served in the Spanish
American War. and in 1901
joined the civil service at Fort
Myer In Washington.
He was commissioned a lieu
tenant in the Signal Corps in
1917. then the aviation branch
Of the Army.
In 1924, he QUILTED the
plane flown by Mai. Gen. Leigh
wade In the Army's first
round-the-world flight.
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Miss Lois Morgan.
Federal EmpIoye

Miss M. Lois Morgan, 40, q
Federal employee here, died In
Beebe Hospital, Lewes, Del,
Saturday, She lived at 1915
Tuckerman street NV.
Miss Morgan was at the
beach with her sister-in- law,
Mrs. Iris Morgan. Of Bingham
ton. N. Y. when she was taken
Ill. v
She leaves a brother, John
e. Morgan Of Binghamton. her
home town. She was q member
Of the Church Of the Nativity
here.
Funeral services win be at
$3.50 am. tomorrow ct the Err.
nest II. Parsons Funeral Home
in Binghamton and at 0 am.
at the Blessed Sacrament
Church in jackson City, N. Y.
Burial will be private.
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He had an important role in
the building Of the United
States Air Force. During World
War II, he served in the Philip
pines, until his retirement in
1916.
His first wife died in 1914,
after they had celebrated their
10th anniversary. In 1913 he
married the former Genevieve
Moran. He was q member of
the Masons and the Air Force
Association.
He lived at 1000 Cathedral
avenue NV.
Besides his wife, Of the above
address. he is survived by two
daughters. Mrs. Ralph Stearley
and Mrs. Bertram F. Buckwall,
both Of Brazil, Ind; four grand
children and eight great
grandchildren.
Friends may call at Gawler's
Funeral Home, $3.50 Wisconsin
avenue NV, between 7 and 9
o'clock tonight.
Graveside services will be at
Q am. tomorrow in Arlington
Cemetery with military honors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-25
J. R. McRoe, 70,
Ex-Novy EmpIoye

James Ray McRae. 70, q for
mer employe Of the David Tay-
lor Model Basin. died of q heart
attack yesterday at his home in
Vero Beach, Fla.
A native of Macon, Ca. Mr.
McRae came to the District in
1888 and went to work for the
Navy Yard. He later was trans
ferred to the David Taylor
Model Basin.
At the time Of his retirement
in 1916, ne was a master me-
chanic and supervisor of the
metal working shop. After re-
firing, he moved to Florida and
then later re-entered Govern
ment service in Pocatello. Ida
no, IN 1901. 81
After suffering q heart at
tack, he returned to Florida
where he had made his home
the last - years.
He leaves his wife, Mable Z.
McRae, Of Vero Beach; three
daughters, Mrs. Robert B. Robb
Of Sl6 Church street NE, Wen
ma. Va, Mrs. Harvey B.
Meagher Of indianapolis, Ind,
and Mrs. Frederick A. Yochim
OF Dayton, Ohio; and q son, IT.
Seret. James r. McRae, USAF
He also leaves IL grandchildren.
Services and burial will be
held Thursday in Vero Beach.
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Albert Simmonds,
New York Banker

NEW YORK, June rs Cap.
Albert c. Simmonds, IT.. so.
board chairman and chief exec
utive officer of the Bank OF
New York and former president
Of the New York State Banker1
Association, died Sunday night.
Mr.. Simmonds, whose home
was at Harrison, N. Y. died at
the Hardness Pavilion Of the
Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center.
Surviving, in addition to his
wife, the former Mary Adelaide
Harding, are his mother, Mrs.
Monte Simmonds Of Alexandria,
La; a son, Albert III, of Bronx
vile, N. Y; a brother, DR.. Noel
T. Simmonds Of Alexandra, La,
and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow at the Rye, N. Y,
Presbyterian Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-25

Funeral services were to bt
held at 2 PM todaycin Truro
Episcopal Church. Fairfax, Va.
for Lawrence M. Woods, ST.. "a
who was killed Saturday in the
crash of q light plane neal
West Point, Va. Burial was tc
be In Salem, Mass. &.
Services for two other VIC
tins, Raymond A. walsh, so
and Frank w. Cole, sS5, will be
held tomorrow. Services fol
Mr.. Walsh will be held at II
am. In the Shrine Of the Most
Blessed Sacrament. Western
avenue and Quesada street
NV. Burial will be private.
Services for Mr.. Cole will be
held at / pm. In the Trinity
Presbyterian Church, Sixteenth
and North Inglewood streets,
Arlington. Burial will be in Ar
lington Cemetery.
Mr.. Woods, an employee OF
the Agency for International
Development, was the husband
of the former Sue SaltonstalI
who was fatally injured in a
home accident five years ago,
He leaves his mother. Mrs,
Stacie Woods, of the nom 9
address. Four Woods Farm near
Oakton, Va, and two children,
Lawrence, jr., z, and Laura Sue,
g.
A patent attorney, Mr.. Walsh
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ciously and against the public
interest when 1t zoned the
land last December.
More than so citizens
damned the Fairfax Circuit
Court chamber at the start of
the trial, which may run into
next week. Judge Albert ".
Bryan, jr,, warned them, as
the first witness was testifying,
to be silent OF leave the court
room.
Attorney Herbert G. Harper,
representing the compliments,
told the court that the tank
farm site is surrounded by "a
high-class residential area"
He contended that the for
mer town Of Fairfax had prom
ised to keep the site in resi-
Dental use when 1t annexed
the land from Fairfax County
in 1858.
He cited the danger that his
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Cupt. John P. German, S.,
Head Of Coust Guard Center

Capt. John p. German, IS,
commander Of the Coast Guard
Reserve Training Center at
Yorktown, Va, died Of a heart
attack Saturday in his home
at the base.
From 1853 to 1887, Capt.
German was chief Of the Test
ing and Development Division
in the Office Of Engineering at
Coast Guard headquarters,
Washington.
He then attended the Ma
tional War College for a year
before assuming command of
the icebreaker Mackinaw which
assists shipping in the Great
Lakes.
His assignment prior to as
Stunning his post in Washington
was in San Juan, P. r., where
he commanded the Greater
Antilles Section Of the Coast
Guard.
Capt. German was graduated
from the Coast Guard Acad-
envy in New London, Conn.,, in
1882.
During World War, II he
served as engineering officer
aboard the combat cutter
Campbell on convoy escort duty
in the Atlantic, as commander
Of, the patrol frigate Bisbee in
southwest Pacific combat oper-
atoms, and as commander" of
Escort Division a. At the close
Of the war he was executive
officer Of the attack troop
transport Galloway.
He leaves his wife. Lila, of
Yorktown, and two daughters,
Mrs. william q. Hicks Of New
London, Conn.,, and Miss Cor
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clients say the 90 million gall
Ions of oil products and the
trucks that operate from the
tank farm will create for
nearby homes and the county's
new w. T. Woodson High
School.
Rothwell J. willard. attorney
for the city, said the court
should view the coming as
clothed with the presumption
of validity" The council had
a reasonable basis" for coming
the land, he added.
He said that the citizens in
volved in the case were AL
remotely located with respect
to this tract" and said that
none of their property adjoined
the tank farm site. That, Mr..
Willard added, should place a
heavier burden on the citizens
to prove that the tanks will
endanger them.
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Funeral Plans Made
For 3 Plane. Victims

was q member of Blessed Sac
rament Parish, the Lawyers
Club and the jefferson Allen
Club. He leaves his wife, Mrs
Resale Camalier Walsh Of II
Primrose street, Chevy Chase
and four children: Mrs. ]. r
wenzel Of 4el2 Bradley boule-
ward. Bethesda; Mollie. Is, Ray
mond, IL, and Peggy. Q, Of the
home address; his mother, Mrs
Pauline ID, Bryant Of Bethesda
a brother, William Of Hoe
Chiswell lane. Silver Spring
and one grandchild.
Mr.. Cole, who lived in Hern-
don, Va, was the head drafts
man Of the Einar Capplenanr
architectural firm in Airing
ton. He leaves his wife. Elaine
and five children, Steven, l6;
architectural firm in Airing
ton. He leaves his wife, Elaine
and five children, Steven, is;
Jeffrey, IL; Sharon. s.; Brian,
3, and q month-old infant. Jen-
infer. and a sister. Mrs. Eliza
beth Ann Baker of Hawaii.
The three men were killed
Saturday when the twin-engine
Piper Apache plane in which
they were flying crashed in q
mudbank near the West Point
CVa) Airport. All three were
members Of the Capitol Flying
Club. A fourth man, William
Howard Baker. so, an employees
of Aero Industries in Rich
mond, also was killed in the
crash.
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Council Silent
On Bios Issue
lnCumbridqe

CAMBRIDGE. Md, June 2.
(AP) Negroes and white
were still deadlocked today II
q dispute over indignation.
City officials have no
budged from their last pack.
age indignation offer and Negro
leaders were still unwilling tt
accept it.
The central point of conten.
ton was the City Councils pro-
posal to amend the city charter
to include an equal accomIno-
dations proviso.
The amendment would be
subject to petition and refer
endum. Negro leaders said
equal rights should not be sub
ject to q referendum and re-
jected the vote.
Afterwards, the city attorney
C. Awdry Thompson, declared
that all negotiations were off
That was Saturday.
Meanwhile, though there
were rumors Of communication
between the two camps, no Of
fetal, talks have been held.
Mr.. Thompson and other city
officials have said the next
move Is up to the Negrose.
The city council at Its regu-
lar meeting last night was
silent on the racial question
The main order of business wai
the adoption Of the city's 1854
budget.
What the Negroes next move
Is seems problematical. Theil
most frequently used tool, be.
fore 400 National Guardsmer
were sent here IL days ago. wal
the mass demonstration.
After a meeting yesterda!
with the Justice Department
the fourth IN q week, Mrs
Gloria Richardson said tina
only q miracle can proven
further demonstrations"
Mrs. Richardson is Chairman
of the Cambridge Nonviolen
Action Committee, a groul
claiming control Of the int
grationist movement here.
She said Justice Department
officials had not cautioned he
against demonstrations. Ye
she declined to say II and wheI
demonstrations would be at
tempted.
Brig. Gen. George NJ. Gel
ston, who commands TIL
National Guard contingen
here, has said any attempt
at demonstrations would b.
stopped.
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Fuirfux Democrats
To Hear Candidates

Fairfax County Young Demo-
Gratis viii meet at $50 pm. to-
morrow to hear the seven
Democratic candidates who
have filed for House and Sen
ate seats in Falls Church. Fair
fax Counties.
The session, which marks the
first stime all seven have APP
peared together. viii be held al
Washington House, Lee high
way and Broad street, in Falls
Church. A regular business
meeting is scheduled for 8 pm.
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nelia German, Of Yorktown.
Other survivors include two
brothers, A. L. German. Of
Waterbury, Conn. and Roy M.
German Of Middlebury, Conn.,,
and two sisters. Mrs. Robert C.
Hatcher Of Oak Hill, w. Va,
and Mrs. David H. Bartell Of
Carthage, Tex.
Services we're held today at
the Grace Episcopal Church in
Yorktown. Graveside services
will be at Arlington Cemetery
Iat 2 pm. tomorrow.
The family requests that ex-
pressions of sympathy be in the
form Of contributions to the
Grace Episcopal Church Build
ing Fund at Yorktown.
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Hearing Today
InEversDeath;;
SanityTestDue

JACKSON, Miss, June 20
(AP) "A preliminary hearing
will be held today in City Court
on the murder charge against
Byron de Ia Beckwith, AZ, Of
Greenwood, accused of assassi-
mating a Negro integration lead
err.
The routine hearing deals
only with whether there is
probable cause to hold Beck
with.
District Attorney Bill Waller
said he would ask that Beck
with be held without bond until
the grand jury, which con-
venes July /, hears the charge.
Beckwith was accused of am
bushing Medgar w. Evers in
jackson on June IL.
Mental Test Due
Meanwhile. the New Orleans
Times-P icayune. in q dispatch
from its correspondent In Jack
son, said 1t learned that Beck
With would be sent to the State
mental hospital at Whitfield
isl Apsychiatric tests II he is in
dicted by the grand jury next
week.
The paper reported sources
said arrangements had already
been made with the hospital in
case of indictment, and the
mental tests may require as
long as two months.
Mr.. Waller said he would seek
the death penalty against
Beckwith.
The 5000 rifle used in the
killing was found by police
after the Staying near Mr..
Evers' home and led to Beck
with's arrest.
Beckwith was jailed Sunday
after the FBI traced q jap
anese-made telescope sight on
the rifle to him. The FBI in
Washington said a single fin
gerprint found on the sight
matched with prints from Beck
with's Marine Corps records.
Mr.. Evers was Mississippi
field secretary for the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People.
He had been organizing anti
segregation demonstrations in
Jackson.
The murder charge is not a
Federal case. The Federal
Government postponed in
definitely any action on its
civil rights violation charge
against Beckwith, q White
Citizens Council member.
The Justice Department gave
all the FBI evidence to the
district attorney. An FBI
spokesman said: Were try
ing to tie up loose ends"
Defense Fund Raised
In Greenwood. a legal de-
Tense fund was being collected
for Beckwith. =
A spokesman said the money
would be comparable to funds
collected by the NAACP and
would be administered by a
committee Of prominent Green
wood citizens.
He added: I'VE do not con-
done the murder Of Medgar
Evers and. of course, we have
no idea of the guilt or inno-
cence Of the accused"
Mr.. Evers was shot In the
back when he arrived home
shortly after midnight from q
civil rights rally.
The killer had been appar-
emily lying in wait in a vacant
lot across the street from the
Evers house. The rifle, q 1917
Enfield with scope attached,
was found in a thicket.