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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-27
The Eleventh Hour

Through a series Of amendments
and parliamentary maneuvers, Delegates
from the Washington suburbs have
striven against great odds during the
last week to improve the ubiquitous
Maryland rediStricting bill favored by
Governor Tawes. Now, however, they
have reached the eleventh hour. There
is time today for only last attempt
TO amend the bill before the final vote.
BY far the fairest formula for divid-
ing the State into eight congressional
districts was the plan developed by DR..
Roland I. Perusse of the University of
Maryland. It's crucial requirement that
the city Of Baltimore surrender one Of
It's three congressional seats, however,
has proved, thus far, at least, to be too
formidable a political hurdle. That pro-
vision is avoided in the final effort at
compromise, also devised by DR.. Perusse,
which adds population to the Baltimore
districts from their surrounding areas,
and expands the boundaries Of other
districts to consolidate some OF the more
bparSely populated sections Of the State.
The result is a quite remarkable equal
ization Of population among the eight
districts. The fast-growing counties of
Montgomery and Prince Georges would
bach be served by a congressman, which
surely is their due.
This arrangement is an equitable
solution, and 1t should be apparent by
now that nothing less than a standard
Of reasonable equality will suffice. APP
proval Of the Tawes bill would not end
the matter. II adopted, this measure
would In all likelihood be challenged
Immediately In the courts, and most
certainly would be the subject of a ref
erendum OF the voters in 1854. The
wiser course is for the Legislature to
face the issues squarely, and TO resolve
them fairly, at the outset.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-27

Recently. the Montgomery
County Council Tentatively"
approved for apartments the
coming applications Of several
small landowners In the
White Oak section. Since
these applications we're orig
inally submitted 10 the old
County Council two years
ago. but we're not acted upon.
this action represents some
progress.
But. pray tell. what is
tentative APPROVAL Isn't II
like the announcement Of the
obstetrician 10 the anxious
family Of the long overdue
wife-"Mrs. Brown has ten
tatively' given birth 10 q
bouncing baby boy7"
James X. Young.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-27
Living Dangerously

5b If memory serves, it was Benito
Mussolini who said that he liked to live
dangerously-and who wound up being
killed and hanged by his heels in his
native Italy. We suspect, however, that
II Duce would have enjoyed living-for
% wilhelm this Capital City Of the
United States.
But there are those who do not
enjoy u dangerous community life.
Two Of those in this category must be
the young women-aged 10 and 20-from
Pennsylvania who were visiting Wash
ington last week. After attending an F
street movie, they returned to their
automobile, parked on Tenth street Just
north Of g. This is right in the heart Of
downtown Washington. AS they got into
their car, a man armed with a gun forced
bis way In beside them. There followed
z terrorizing ride of several hours, in
the course Of which one Of the girls was
raped. ALI concerned were white. The
man, caught later in Philadelphia, had
long criminal record. He also "con-
fessed"-the confession was false-to
the murder of a woman in Washington.
His explanation Of this was that he
thought his chances" would be better
in a Federal jurisdiction, where such
things as the Mallory rule" weight the
scales Of justice in favor Of the accused
and against the public. The word" that
Washington is something Of a happy
hunting ground for criminals evidently
is getting around.
1t seems to us, however, that this
shocking case (can anyone imagine two
girls not being safe 80 years ago in
Washington at Tenth and @ streets?)
illustrates a basic point which we have
repeatedly tried to make. This point is
that crime and criminals are no respect
ers Of race, age or sex. There was a time,
a generation or so ago, when anyone
could walk the streets of this city, day
or night, and feel reasonably safe. But
this is no longer true. A changing COM
munity and a changing judicial concept
of law enforcement have combined to
make Washington a city in which it is
dangerous to walk the streets. II Duce
might have liked this. We do notl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-27

@. Please explain how
squash is played2-P. L.
A. Squash. short for squash
racquets. Is played in a
standard : sized court sur
rounded by four walls Of
varying heights. Two courts
are marked out on the floor
at one end. A hollow black
rubber ball somewhat larger
than q golf ball is used. and
a round = headed racquet
about as long as q badmin-
ton racquet. Two people play
for singles and four for dou-
bles. To start. one player
serves the ball against the
front wall In such a way
that the ball lands IN his
opponents court. The OPP
ponent must return the ball
by hitting IL against the
front wall before the ball
bounces twice on the floor.
The ball, however. may touch
the two side walls and back
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-27
Hurt Feelings Not Helping NATO

Foreign Correspondent Of The St

For these people, this
logic consists of trying to
put themselves in the posi-
ton Of the President Of the
United States-or any other
American-and asking them
selves what they would do II
Europe were attacked. And
the real question is not
whether the United States
would defend Europe. but
how.
The Main Question
Quite obviously, If Europe
were attacked with nuclear
weapons the answer is sim
pie. II only conventional
forces were used, however,
the answer Is not simple at
all. Whether the United
States would accept nuclear
destruction to defend" Eu-
rope in these circumstances
is a point on which even
administration spokesm e n
themselves have been less
than reassuring. Mr.. Steven
son, for one, pleaded ignor-
ance of military matters to
deity duck the question.
With all the uncertainty,
however, it is the strong Inn
preston of this reporter that
the faith exists. An over
whelming number Of Euro
peans, including Gen. de
Gaulle, know that the secur-
ity of Europe today depends
on the United States. What
they deny is that this de-
tendency should endure for
all time. And that Europeans
should continue to intrust
their basic security to future
American governments.
Many people who have no
qualms whatever about the
constancy Of American pol
icy still reject the arguments
in favor Of a permanent Eu-
ropean protectorate. To
them, it seems unreasonable
that an area which is grow
ing in unity and wealth
should renounce voluntarily
the most essential elements
Of national power. And that
talk Of an alliance of equal
partners in the present cir
cumstances is hardly real
iStic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-27
The Wall Case

Condemnation of James
Wall for the crime Of which
he was suspected, and/or
loud applause for the police
officer who shot him down
may be a cheap method Of
assuaging the conscience Of
the District Of Columbia
citizenry, but it is highly I'M
likely that the killing Of
James Wall will stop others
whose lives have been shaped
in a similar fashion by similar
forces. The fact that the
majority Of crimes in the
District Of Columbia are COM
mitted by repeaters is clear
indication that punishment
alone does not deter crime.
1t is extremely difficult.
II not impossible, for those Of
us who make up the skilled
labor force and who enjoy
some measure Of job security
to understand the emotional
upheaval that takes place in
the mind Of the unskilled in
dividual who goes out morn
ing after morning and re-
turns home evening after
evening empty handed after
a day Of hopelessly searching
for a job that will provide
Just the bare necessities Of
life for those whom he loves.
(And. the size of the I'M
skilled. unemployed labor
force in the city should be
cause for alarm.) We talk
about individuals being prod
ucts Of their environments
and yet we pretend not TO
understand why a child con-
ditioned by such an environ
ment lacks respect for the
property and rights OF others.
on the other hand. for
those Of us who have never
known the anguish OF going
TO bed hungry night after
night. 1t is relatively easy and
highly fashionable 10 assume
a holier than thou attitude in
condemning those who find II
necessary 10 steal bread.
Until this community faces
up 10 It's socio-economic re-
sponsibility 10 deal with causes
rather than effects crime will
continue 10 flourish In the
District OF Columbia. How
long II will take us 10 realize
that we cannot kill off Grim
inals as fast as we are breed
ing them will depend on our
depth Of perception and our
skill In dealing with the elm
nation Of the conditions out
OF which vice and crime are
q well-known product.
Mildred w. Pitt,
Secy., DC. Branch, NAACP.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-27
A BOOK FOR TODAY
Not q Bad WorId-Just the PEOPLE
By DONALD MINTZ

of a theory of society as a
whole which Is said to be
capable of ending war and
virtually all the other ills Of
mankind.
The basic idea revolves
around the contrast between
guilt and shame, between the
lego" and the "we-ego,"
between identity" what
one thinks Of ones self-and
identification"-one's abili-
ty to feel empathy for and
identify with any given group
up to and including the en-
tire human race. 3Is sl1.
Whether the theories the
Hausers have developed to
explain the dynamics Of
small groups are sound or not
is a matter best left to ex-
perts.
But that the generalization
Of these ideas-even If they
are sound-to the world at
large is full Of doubtful as
sumptions is plain.
There is an implicit notion
that individual hostility and
aggressiveness of the destruc-
tive sort are the result Of
the hierarchical organization
Of society. Since no one has
ever seen any nom hierarchi-
cal complex society, the idea
is impossible to test. But the
Hausers seem to carry with
them some sort of 18th CEN
fury vision of good man in
a state Of nature.
THERE is THE FURTHER
assumption that identifica-
ton and empathy come about
partly through the demon
stration that the other fell
low is human after all but
largely through rational gen.
eralization. In short, we are
back again to another 18th
century idea. Let us appeal
to reason, grow up and all
will be well.
And, most important, there
is the assumption that any
authority not absolutely free
ly given and revokable at any
time by the will Of the group
Is bad and unhealthy.
No doubt some reviewer
win somewhere proclaim that
the Hausers are promoting
crackpot theories with child
ish notions and very bad his
tory. And. to an extent, he
viii be right. But there re-
main some interesting. prac-
tical ideas about work with
special small groups. who by
the way have good cause to
unite against the world in
general, and the fact that
some Of these ideas have
worked. though possibly for
the wrong theoretical rea-
sons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-27
Maryland Inspection

Maryland motorists might
do some serious thinking
on an auto inspection sys-
tenn requiring annual inspec-
ton by private garages at
the cost Of an inspection
fee, most Of which would go
to the garage owner and a
portion to special State po-
lice supervisors.
This would be Just another
expense imposed by law on
the auto owner and there is
serious question as to
whether the results obtained
would be worth the money
spent. 1t is common knowl-
edge In the insurance and
safety fields that the per-
centage Of accidents "a small
fraction Of / per cent? caused
by cars in poor condition is
minute compared to those
caused by the lack of use of
good judgment on the part
Of the driver. If the spending
Of money could improve this
latter hazard, then the money
should be diverted into
efforts to induce drivers to
exercise good judgment and
caution In driving. An auto
In poor condition in the
hands Of a careful driver is
a far smaller risk than a
new car in perfect condition
In the hands Of a drunk,
speeder, or careless driver.
There is a generally preva-
lent feeling that the adop-
ton Of a compulsory auto
inspection system would auto
matically result in substan-
TALLY lessening the accident
rate. The cold facts Of expe-
rience prove that practically
no difference whatever re-
suits and some times. the ac-
cident rate even goes higher.
Compulsory auto inspection
Is almost certain also TO re-
suit In increased insurance
premiums because the slight
est chip or crack In a wind
shield. for example will re-
suit In Withholding Of ap-
proval unless the owner gets
his insurance company 10 put
In a new windshield. Mary
land motorists should care
fully weigh whether this new
proposed expense is really
worth the doubtful benefits
10 be obtained.
Anthony M. Madden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-27
'WutchfuI Woitino'

Statements by Secretaries
Rusk and Mcnamara that
I'VE shall not stand idly by"
in the event Of a Soviet Hun
gary cannot be taken serious
ly. for a look at the record
should convince even a
stranger to our planet that
we are far and away the
most qualified, having per-
fected the gentle art Of
"watchful waiting"
We watched and were on
the-ready with bandages and
hot coffee at the Hungarian
border; struck the classic
pose Of sidewalk superin-
tendents as barbed wire be-
came a wall from which we
look down on the wounded
who failed; betrayed the Bay
of Pigs invasion and ram
somed the prisoners, to APP
pear as humanitarians chow
pervertedD -. and now
survey objects which appear
to be missiles. planes and
Soviet troops.
That "the United States
will act" If Soviets are used
to quell anti Castro upris-
ings is one of the more hu-
morous remarks made by ad-
ministration spokesman. and
a foregone conclusion. What
is needed are leaders who
will cut the act" and start
to seriously oppose the re-
lentless drive of world COM
munism. Alfred s. Henning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-27
Policy

Whether or not one agrees
with Harold Gray's position
with regard to the location
of the Three Sisters Bridge,
his righteous Indignation at
the freewheeling declarations
of the washington Planning
and Housing Association on
this and other matters OF
city planning is certainly
justified.
Mr.. Gray protested as a
member in good standing OF
that association that he had
been given no opportunity to
voice an opinion in the mat
ter before the associations
(purported) position was
publicly stated. This is the
standard operating procedure
with this association whose
public announcements on
matters Of grave concern to
this city in fact represent
only the position Of the ex-
cutive board.
II Article III Of the by
laws of the old Washington
Housing Association con-
tinues in effect since the in
corporation OF planning"
into its title and goals, Mr..
Gray can raise his voice once
a year at the annual MEM
bership meeting, or If the
Board Of Directors decide TO
respond to a petition OF 10
per cent Of the membership
for q special meeting such
a meeting would present
another opportunity for him
to participate in the decisions
Of the group.
I think many disillusioned
ex-members Of the WPHA
have been remiss in not call
ing public attention to the
structure Of this organiza-
ton. 1t has not been enough
to merely discontinue our
memberships. In a city where
the major means Of assessing
public opinion is through
testimony given at public
hearings an organization
which is not structured to
represent its entire member
ship should be distinguished
from those which are. Other
wise such an association con-
tinues TO WELD disproportion-
ate influence In public hear
ings.
Kudos to Mr.. Gray, as a
member In good standing. for
pointing out that the WASH
'ington Planning and Housing
Association is not governed
by the same responsibilities
70 It's members at-large as
are many Of the civic action
oroups who present their petit
tons in public hearings. II
Is important that the officials
who depend upon such testi-
mony for guidance be aware
Of It's representative strength.
Marguerite Snyder.
.
Harold Gray's letter. Rises
10 BE Counted" a blast at
the Washington Planning
and Housing Association,
failed TO note that Mr.. Gray
is Manager. State Services
Department OF the Highway
Users Conference. which Is
attempting 10 convince "the
people" that the Districts
highway program. which In
cluded q last-minute provi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-27
One, Twice

The Internal Revenue Service, which
has been getting an uncommonly good
press for this time Of year, managed 10
make two errors on n play las in
baseball, sometimes) the other day. 1t
made the first n in a short cartoon
film Of poor taste and discriminatory
nature. II made the second one In a
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sion for a Three Sisters
Bridge, is preferred over the
National Capital Transporta-
ton Agency's program that
omits the bridge.
Mr.. Gray's Highway Users
Conference published an ar
ticle in its magazine for De-
cember, 1862, entitled 1.-The
Truth About City Freeways,"
and this, with literature, was
given out to several hundred
people recently at a meeting
held in Rosslyn by the League
of Women Voters from Mary
land, the District, Alexandria,
Arlington and Fairfax, to
discuss highways. The article
said, For the facts about
city freeways - how the peo-
pie actually feel about them
- read the articles on the
following pages" The words
facts" and people" were in
italics.
And what people" did the
HUG interview? You would
expect they would include the
private citizen, many thou
sands of whom have had to
move out of their homes and
little businesses at great fam
lily and monetary sacrifice,
Well, after they visited is
cities and interviewed APP
p~roximately 80 people, pos
sibly as many as IL, by the
largest stretch of the imagi-
nation, could be classified as
1.-THE people," as all the others
wanted more highways, either
because they earned their
living as a direct result of
highways or by close align
ment, so that over IS per cent
of those giving opinions in
dorsing the highways and
freeways had a conflict of
interest" position, or at least
a biased opinion.
Allan ID. Henry
Arlingtonians for Preserva,
ton of Potomac Palisades.
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THE SOCIETY


BY Richard and Hephzibah
Hauser; 221 pp. Brandon
House, $4.95.)
Down with the superegol
THE old, guilt ridden super
ego must CO." say the Haus-
ers, ito be replaced by the
new, more adult sense Of
shame.
"'Superego' in Freudian
Technology means roughly
the same as our word con-
science; 1t refers to those
standards implanted in each
of us by our early environ
ment. The genuinely ma
turing adult, on the other
hand, is not governed by
guilt feelings at all; he is
guided by shame"
What is shame? Shame
stands for those feelings
engendered by a misdeed
committed towards an equal"
Crather than towards a SUI
perior, authoritarian figure).
This is one Of the funda-
mental ideas Of THE Frater-
nal Society,"" a book designed
to do no less than to point
the way to a totally new or
dering Of human society.
Richard Hauser was at one
time chief Of R We'll
fare for Displaced Persons in
Italy. Later he established
the Psychiatric Rehabilita-
ton Association Of Australia.
His wife and co-worker is
better known as Hephzibah
Menuhin, the distinguished
pianist and sister Of the vio-
linist, Yehudi Menuhin.
THE HAUSERS HAVE a
distinguished record in vital
areas Of social work. All in
volve situations in which peo-
pie must be brought to help
themselves rather than to
rely on others. These others
are defined by the Hausers
as father figures"
Their discussion Of this
work is disappointingly
sketchy. We are told that
groups Of "slow learners"
have been brought to self
respect and a realization Of
their own worth and strength,
that means have been de-
vised that enable discharged
mental patients TO return to
society without the usual
trauma a, that Government
bureaus where a neurotic
chief has paralyzed opera
tons and damaged his en-
ployes have been reformed.
and so on.
But all Of this :; subordi-
mated to a general theory Of
small groupss And that gen.
eral theory is In turn sub
ordinated TO the elaboration
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

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ton. Those not used tDiH be
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wall before and during the
return. II one player misses
a shot, his opponent scores
a point. Usually, the first
player TO score is points wins
the game.
Q. In slang. what does
shoe" mean2-D. L.
A. About 1850, shoe" was
used by bop musicians 10 sig
nifty a dressed person.
Shoe" also means hep or
sharp.
Q. What two Presidents
died on the 50th anniversary
OF the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence2-E. v.
A. Thomas jefferson and
John Adams died within a
few hours Of each other on
July 4, 1925. the 5Oth an
niversary Of the signing OF
the Declaration Of Independ-
ence.
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Question Of Policy

These assurances certainly
are valuable and accepted by
virtually everyone as entirely
sincere. Their weakness, per-
hapS is that they assume
that national policy can be
based on faith and that faith
can be produced by an act Of
will.
Gen. de Gaulle, of course,
has his own reasons, based
on his wartime dealings with
the allies, for a particularly
passionate conviction that
Europe must achieve a maxi
mum degree Of indepen-
dence from the United States.
But many others who do not
share his deeply-ingrained
prejudices are still suscepti-
BILE to the logic of his argu-
ments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-27
PARIS

oduAy AluII 1CCAlLlBo dItu u
sense of undeserved injury
are not likely to improve the
climate Of any alliance. And
to a large extent these reac-
tons set the tone in NATO
today.
The feeling is that Presi-
dent de Gaulle-and perhaps
some others as we'll have
cast aspersions on Americas
loyalty to its commitments
in Europe. To some. indeed,
1t appears that the general
bases his policy on the as
sumption that the United
States will welsh on these
commitments in a time Of
crisis. And that If he could
be convinced otherwise the
policy itself would change.
Thus, Adlai Stevenson has
now added his voice to a long
list Of administration spokes-
men in reproving Europeans
for their doubts of American
constancy and vowing that
the United States will never,
never let them down. With
force and eloquence Mr.. Ste
venson has once again made
the point that defense Of Eu-
rope is also defense of the
United States and that two
world wars have banished
forever the ghost Of Ameri-
can isolationism.
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