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Evening star., 1963-05-08
Vernon Raps Umpire for Farcica Finish
Mickey BoiIs
At Elections
By SuIerno
BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Star staff Writer

The 6.331 fans who attended
last nights fiasco in D. C. Sta
dium might not agree, but the
Senator's think AL Salerno is a
pretty good umpire as far as
balls and strikes and making
decisions is concerned.
But Salerno's low boiling
point is what irks the Sena-
tors, and that's what turned
the late innings Of the Indians
7-3 victory into a show unbe-
coming to major league base
ball. Cleveland scored four in
the 18th to win it.
Salerno threw jim Piersall
out Of the game In the first in
ming, and with some cause be-
cause Piersall was abusive.
However, Piersall has been
thrown out of five games in the
last two years, all by Salerno,
who was a rookie umpire last
year.
Mickey Escapes Thumb
But Manager Mickey Vernon,
who was boiling and miracu-
lousy escaped Salerno's thumb,
said after the game that Sal
erno went too far in tossing
out Jim King and Coach
George Case, as well as clear
ing the Washington bench.
Salerno ordered everybody
who wasn't playing, off the
bench in the 10th inning but
told Vernon he could bring any
player out of the clubhouse who
was still available.
The plate umpire forced Ver-
non to pinch hit for King with
Jim Bronstad, a pitcher. and to
haul Bennie Daniels out Of the
bullpen to play rightfield and
later leftfield in the Indians
four-run 18th inning.
Almost lost in the farcical
game that took 3 hours and %
minutes and found the Sena-
tors using 20 players, five at
two positions, was the fact that
the Indians won their fifth
straight game.
Kralick Faces Rudolph
They will go for No. 6 to-
night with Jack Kralick. late Of
the Twins, against Don Ru-
dolph. Salerno will be the third
base umpire tonight in the US
ual rotation plan.
OF all the weird incidents in
last nights game, the payoff
was that Umpire Bob Stewart
took a home run away from
Woodie Held in the fourth in
ming and sent him back to Sec
ond base, claiming Held's drive
bounced over the fence in left
into the Senator's bullpen.
Several Washington players
said later that Held'S power
fully hit, low liner off Claude
Osteen cleared the bullpen
fence. Stewart said the ball
bounced in. Manager Birdie
Tebbetts Of the Indians objected
at some length, but in vain.
In the confusion, there was
a key play that might have
been overlooked.
Pinchhitter Ken Retzer sin
gled home two runs in the ninth
with a chopper to centerfield
with the bases loaded and one
out. Tommy Brown, a pinch
runner. attempted to go from
first to third on the play but
Evening star., 1963-05-08
WAGNER LEARNS
HE'S NEARSIGHTED

LOS ANGELES, May 8
tAPD. Outfielder Leon
Wagner, as Los Angeles
Angel fans and teammates
suspected, has faulty eye
sight and needs glasses.
Wagner often has been
kidded about his late starts
In chasing fly balls.
Wagner was examined
yesterday and found 10 be
nearsighted.
Evening star., 1963-05-08
INDIANS, z;
SENATOR'S, 3

a-Ran for AdcOck In 4thi b Struck
out for Osteen In 9th; Gran for Leppert
In 9th; d. Struck out for COttier In pthi
e Singled for Brinkman In 9TH; Struck
Latman In 10TH h-ToOk third strike for
King IN 10Th lstrike out charged TO kng)i
i-Doubled for Martinez In llthi g. Ran
for Romano in llth; k-Ran for Avis
In lllh.
Evening star., 1963-08-25

only hope that the new committee will
be effective in it's effort to persuade
substantial number Of Segregationists of
the dire consequences which await their
community if the discrimination
provision should be defeated. Among
other things the committee, headed by
]. Edward Walter, a former commander
of the American Legion in Maryland,
will attempt to "show the people by
actual facts that Cambridge cannot
economically stand further racial
unrest"
Certainly there are other than
economic factors involved. But Mr..
Walters point is valid one. The dis
orders and strife of the summer months
have done more than disrupt COM
munity life. They have made Cambridge
battle-ground, place for outsiders
to avoid.
The inter-racial discussions of re-
cent weeks have made 1t eminently
clear that equality in public accommo-
dationS is the crucial issue yet to be
settled. If racial peace is to be restored,
there Is no other way out for Cambridge.
The realization Of this plain, simple
fact is why the Walter committee was
formed. Its response should stimulate
other groups-white and Negro alike
to turn out an overwhelming vote in
favor Of the city-charter change five
weeks from now.
Evening star., 1963-08-25
The Unquiet EngIishmon n

The news that Graham Greene is In
Haiti is itself worth keeping an eye on.
The British novelist has a long postwar
record of turning up in places like Vien-
ma, the African Gold Coast and Wet
Nam IN time to have novel published
just as some violent change takes place
In the regions politics. His Haitian in
terlude is revisit to the Caribbean.
Last time was Cuba, where he wrote
our Man In Havana" shortly before
the Kremlin managed to get their man
in that city.
But in recent Haitian dispatch,
Mr.. Greene was quoted as complaining
or a ten-year experience with someone
using his name and always keeping Just
out Of reach in England, India and
Saudi Arabia. The mysterious double
has hired secretaries for overseas work,
stood up French ladies in Paris and was
once arrested for gun-running in Assam.
II this had happened to anyone else,
we'd suspect maSter-stroke by a pub
licity genius in the employ Of a pub
Usher But not Mr.. Greene. The con-
nections are too clear between the
double and old Greene inventions like
Sparrow, Of This Gun For Hire" and
Harry Lime, "The Third Man"
The mysterious stranger is obviously
character escaped from a Greene novel
and now gathering material for a novel
OF his own about brilliant suspense
novelist slowly driven out of his mind
by sheer suspense on the global scale.
Evening star., 1963-08-25
Man With Plan

For over 100 years the
South has been the Negro
ghetto for the Nation. In the
past few years over a million
Negroes have moved from the
South to the North, East and
parts of the West where they
say they enjoy better employ
ment, schooling, housing, and
more civil rights. There are
many more Southern Negroes
who would like to move there,
too, but are unable because
of financial reasons. Now is
the time for the Government,
the NAACP, CORE, and all
the other civil rights groups
to help relocate the Southern
Negroes in other States ac-
cording to the 1860 census
which shows the Negro popu-
lation as being 10 per cent of
the national population. For
equality of rights, votes, and
population, each State should
be assigned 10 per cent of
the Negro population. Now is
the time for the liberal do
gooders, in Government, ad-
ministration, Congress, and
the President, too, to follow
up their words, with action,
to relocate the Southern
Negroes all across the Nation
like they did the Cuban
refugees. Surely the PreSi-
dent and this administration
would do as much for it's
Negro citizens, as they did for
the Cubans, especially as
Negroes are American tax
payers.
The United States Supreme
Court has set itself up as an
authority for redistricting all
States for equal voting rep
resentation. If they can do
that, then they can relocate
Southern Negroes throughout
the States so they could have
equal representation, rights
and privileges, in all the so
States. A test case carried
to the Supreme Court would
show if the court is really
consistent in its decisions and
make redistricting Negroes
the law of the land. There
are a lot of people who talk
the loudest about equal rights
and privileges for the Ne
groeS in Southern States, but
as for having Negroes in their
own States-oh, that is an
other story. Then that is
only talk to get the Negro
vote.
Evening star., 1963-08-25
Obscure Wet Nam

There must be a great deal more
going on in Wet Nam than meets the
eye. At least we hope so, for that which
appears on the surface doesn't make
much sense.
Our new Ambassador Henry Cabot
Lodge, has reached Saigon and seems
to have been in touch (aS Of yesterday
with just about everybody except PreSi-
dent Ngo Dinh Diem. According to the
Associated Press, there has been no
American contact with President Diem
since martial law was declared in Wet
Nam. United States authorities" how
ever, are said to have talked with "other
Saigon officials" including Mr.. Diem's
brother, Ngo Dinh Nhu, who is head
of the secret police.
This is a strange buSineSS-unleSS
1t signifies that Diem is on the way
out and Nhu on the way in. If this is
the case, however, the State Department
must be in a real tizzy. Several days
ago the department formally denounced
the Diem regime for instituting ere
preSSive measures against VietnameSe
Buddhist leaders" But President Diem
at least tried to conciliate the BuddhistS
who refused to meet with him. But
his brother, Mr.. Nhu, is no conciliator.
If he takes over, Mr.. Diem'S "repreSsive
measures" will look like milk toast
tactics. And unless we are facing
fait accompli, it is almost inconceivable
that we would be treating with Mr.. Nhu
at the expense of Mr.. Diem. In this
topSy-turvy situation, however, strange
things have happened, and presumably
there could be more of the same.
The one firm point which emerges
is the announcement by spokesman
for the State Department that "there
has been no change in our basic policy
of assisting Wet Nam in It's prosecution
of the war against the Communist Wet
Cong"
If this is to be taken at face value,
then 1t follows that we should concen-
trate on the war and get out of the
sermonizing business. If there actually
has been religious persecution Of the
Buddhists (our returning Ambassador,
Mr.. Noting, says he has seen no evi-
dence Of it) Mr.. Lodge may be able
to put stop to it. But the war against
the Wet Cong is not going to be won
by United States lectures which merely
serve to undermine the Saigon govern
ment and encourage those who would
overthrow 1t.
Evening star., 1963-08-25
EquoI Treatment

The generally friendly atmosphere
which pervaded a House District sub
committees consideration of the bill to
authorize the use of urban renewal in
downtown Washington was extremely
gratifying.
Representative Mcmillan, the chair
man Of the full District. Committee,
who expressed support for the measure,
made the valid point that questions are
likely to be raised on the House floor
as to the scope and effect of the bill,
and that the committee must be in a
position to answer them. The frank
discussion which enSued served the
valuable purpose of providing answers,
as well as to bring concerns of the sub
committee into the open.
A few members, most notably Rep
reSentative Dowdy of Texas, obviously
still harbor reservations as to whether
there might not be legislative improve
mentS in urban renewal procedures,
particularly in order to define more
closely and safeguard the rights Of
private property owners.
We trust, however, that the COM
mittee and the House will follow the
lead of the Senate-where similar ques-
tions were aSked-and approve the bill
in its present form. The simple au-
thority to utilize urban renewal in
Washington commercial areas, accord
ing to plan still unprotected, is not
being rammed down the throatS of
businessmen. Such leaders as Robert
H. Levi and Frank ]. Luchs accurately
expressed the judgment Of the organized
business community in their testimony
that effective revitalization of the
downtown commercial area cannot occur
without urban renewal-an authority
which other American cities already
possess.
Perhaps a review of national re-
newal policies and procedures by the
Congress would be productive. Perhaps
not. But in the meantime it would be
unconscionable for Congress any longer
to withhold this vital weapon from the
Nations Capital alone. AS Mr.. Luchs
put 1t: 1--WE are not asking for anything
more than equal treatment what
you have given other American cities.
If you, and we, fail, economic chaos
will enSue, business will drain off to
the suburbs, and the fiscal plight of
the Nations Capital today will appear
insignificant in comparison with the
problems of tomorrow"
Evening star., 1963-08-25
Foreign Aid Revolt

President Kennedy will not find
many buyers for his thesis that the
deep slash made by the House in the
foreign aid authorization was the re-
suit of "a short-sighted, irresponsible
and dangerously partisan action" by
the Republicans.
The basic trouble with this con-
venient explanation is that 66 Demo-
Gratis joined 1856 Republicans to make
up the 222-vote majority in favor of
the $585-million cut. 1t is true, Of
course, that Republican leaders ad-
vocated the slash and that it was
supported by more Republicans than
Democrats. But the President is mis-
reading the signs II he really thinks
that this sharp rebuff to his admin
iStration can be explained away solely
on grounds Of political partiSanShip.
Mr.. Kennedy spoke wiStfully of
bipartisan support for foreign aid in
the fifties, when he was in Congress.
But we are living now in the sixties,
and there are many indications that
the American people are becoming fed
up with the seemingly endless program
Of foreign aid. Not the least Of these
indications is the House vote itself. If
one wishes to attribute that vote to
partiSanship, all we'll and good. In this
context, however, it must be conceded
that the Republicans at least think
they are responding to the popular will.
Certainly they would not take such a
partisan position if they thought it
would ALLEVIATE the voters.
The President says he now looks
to the Senate to restore the full amount
of the authorization request so the
House, in conference, will have an
opportunity Ito reconsider its ill-ad-
vised action" The Senate should give
careful consideration to the points
which have been raised in opposition
to the CUT although some Of these OBJ
jectionS are Of highly dubious validity.
From Mr.. Kennedy'S point of view,
however, the outlook is not hopeful.
Minority Leader Dirksen has said the
Senate may sustain the House cut And
even If it is restored in whole or in
part, two hurdles will remain-the con-
ference with the House and the rugged
annual battle with the appropriations
committees.
Evening star., 1963-08-25
DiOgenes.
Civil Rights Week

The civil rights struggle
with its picketings, its dem
onStrations and its marches
of one kind or another, seems
to be making progress to-
wards its objective. But it is
a comparatively slow progress
against a reluctant and be-
grudging majority, in most
cases. There has been anger
and there has been violence,
and men have been subjected
to in dignities that men
should not be subjected TO.
When there is an equality
in civil rights, as seems des-
tined, there may be some deep
scars because of incidents
that occurred during the
struggle to achieve this equal
ity. Too many in the majority
and too many in the minor
ity have forgotten that there
are such things as self re-
spect and the dignity Of men
and the brotherhood of man.
1t is. however, possible to cor
rect this.
We set aside one week each
year as Brotherhood Week.
The next one is scheduled for
February 16, six months
away. But the National Con-
ference Of Christians and
Jews which sponsors the OBJ
servation, might consider
uniting its appeal for brother
hood with a civil rights week,
and campaign now, to build
toward a climactic February
celebration that will have a
real meaning in brotherhood
for every man, woman and
child in the country. 1t is
time to stop running away
in fear from shadows that
are not there. 1t is time to
return to the practice of the
Golden Rule.
Phelps Phelps.
Former U. S. Ambassador to
the Dominican Republic.
Evening star., 1963-08-25
Leadership in Combridqe

To their credit, number Of Cam
bridges white residents already have
voiced their support for an end to
racial discrimination in restaurants and
lodging places. Now these citizens have
been joined in the corner of reason
by a committee Of prominent business
and professional leaders who had not
previously been associated with the
campaign to win approval Of the anti
discrimination amendment to the city
charter in a referendum October /.
This is a heartening manifestation
Of intelligent citizen leadership. One can
Evening star., 1963-08-25
100 Years Ago

The Cradle OF the Con-
federacy," Charleston, S. c.,
was no fragile thing. else it
would have been shattered by
this time a century ago. The
city and its sturdy sentinel.
Fort Sumter, were shelled by
a squadron Of Union moni-
tors and land guns until it
seemed they must fall. Sum-
ter started to crumble and its
guns were silenced; there
were reports that Charleston
was being evacuated. But
both remained in Confeder-
ate hands. The Star on Au-
gust %, 1868. printed this
official dispatch from Gen.
Quincy Adams Gilmore, COM
manding Federal land batter
les on Morris Island, S. c.:
&c. Fort Sumter is a shape
less and harmless mass Of
ruins. My chief of artillery
reports its destruction so far
complete that it is no longer
Of any avail in the defense of
Charleston. I have also
established batteries within
effective range Of the heart
Of Charleston and have
opened with them after CIV
ing Gen. Beauregard notice
Of my intention to do so. The
projectiles from my batteries
entered the city and Gen.
Beauregard himself desig-
mates them as the most de-
structive missiles ever used in
war;" The day before this
paper described the "home-
made" land mines the Con-
federates had strewn around
Charleston harbor: g. The
internal machine is a novel
affair. The main portion ds
like) an ordinary keg bound
with iron hoops, the whole
encased in a thick covering
Of tar. On the sides OF that
portion designed to remain
uppermost are two iron
plates, fastened down by
screws. In the center OF each
plate are tubes leading to the
powder, into which are
screwed percussion caps. Just
above the cap is a solid stem
Of brass. This stem, being
struck, passes down the CYL
inder, strikes the cap, and
causes the explosion. :"
The Star Of August 25, 1863,
Evening star., 1963-08-25
Thomas q Kempis

/ hope that the beautiful
tribute paid to that great
little book THE Imitation of
Christ" by DR.. Frederick
Brown Harris in The Sunday
Star Aug. 18), will attract
many new readers, This book
and the Bible are indispens-
able items in a cultured
mans library.
My old Catholic dictionary
states Thomas a Kempis was
born in Kempen, Germany,
and died near Zwolle; Hol-
land, around 1471, was edu-
Gated at Deventer, Holland,
entered the Canons Regular
at Mt. st. Agnes, an Angus
tinian monastery at Win
dersheim, was ordained a
priest in 1413 and was ap-
pointed superior.
incidentally, the column
Spires of the Spirit" writ
ten by DR.. Harris is one of
The Stars finest assets. The
non-churchgoer cannot sub
stitute this good column for
church service but in order
to get a proper perspective
for Sunday, the column can
be used until the inspiration
inclines one to keep holy the
Sabbath by hearing Scrip
tural truths in a church or
synagogue.
Matthew A. McKavitt.
Evening star., 1963-08-25

ity would be perfected by
Hinduism. There are out
standing Indians today who,
in spite Of the fact that their
system which reverences
COWS, yet seems able to do so
little for people. firmly be-
lieve that the Hindu faith
has within it all the traits OF
a religion intended for all
mankind.
Nevertheless. while these
faiths are relighting the
candle of their creeds, Chris
tians of the West are mostly
blissfully oblivious that we
who claim the world for our
message, and have sent mis-
sionaries from our home base
to the ends Of the earth to
convert the heathen in his
darkness, are now, ourselves,
the mission field of alien re-
ligions we have known so
little about. These religions
with the total record Of the
West before them think Of
Christianity as the light that
has failed.
The question is, with what
kind Of religion are we con-
fronting this yeasty world?
Are we matching burning
Buddhists, and rampant and
confident Moham mme edans,
and Hindus, with the efful-
gent light Of Christianity's
good news to all men? Do we
really believe with Gilbert
Chesterton that Christianity,
even when watered down, is
hot enough to boil all modern
society to rags? Are we con-
scious, in spite Of specious
church statistics, that our
whole society has become so
secularized that 1t has largely
lost its cutting spiritual edge?
Is much of our religion as
tame and tepid as that of the
American mother who, when
her minister having for a
long while missed her daugh-
ter, Jane, from church, in
quiring what was the reason,
was answered by that mother
-"Well, there is so much
demanding her time she had
to give up something. You
don't have any idea how
many things these children
have to do. For her own good
Jane had to drop something"
So, it was religion that was
thrown out in that secular
home. No burning passion
there!
In their mistaken zeal
burning Buddhists are at
least a reminder Of burning
Christians who alone can
take the world for the Christ
in whose hands is abundant
life for all men. But, Of
course, even burning bodies
may be but futile gestures, for
Saint Paul says-"Even if I
give my body to be burned
and have not love-" that is.
care ablaze with compassion
for all Gods children, "it
profiteth nothing" Burning
Buddhists, and blazing Mo-
hammedans, and Hindus, can
be triumphantly confronted
only by burning, blazing
Christians on fire for God
and all mankind, whose rul-
ing passion is the answered
prayer.
Kindle a flame Of sacred
love in these cold hearts Of
ours!
Evening star., 1963-08-25
FROM THE STAR FILES.

haustion, and occasionally
sunstroke, are all that the
physicians are called upon to
administer to. The Negroes
grow fat and jolly under this
intense heat, and drag the big
siege guns through the deep
sand and under the blazing
sun without the least mur-
muring. True, they do not
drag them very fast. Four
miles a day to a Northern
man would seem slow prog
ress, but nevertheless in this
climate it is progress, and
quite as rapid as the en-
gineerS care to have It. :"
Evening star., 1963-08-25
Fearless Generals

The American public is in
debted to Gen. Curtis E. Le-
May, Chief of Staff, United
States Air Force, and Gen.
Thomas S. Power, Command
er of the Strategic Air Com
mand. for their outspoken
objections to the test-ban
treaty.
Because of their uncom-
promising attitude toward
anything which might con-
ceivably weaken their coun-
try's military posture. both
of these men have been will
ing to face the possibility Of
shortening their brillian t
service careers rather than
run the risk OF selling their
country short.
Gen. Power has knowingly
Jeopardized the realization of
a well-deserved promotion to
Chief OF Staff, when Gen.
LeMay retires.
No matter how outstand-
ing. conscientious, deserving,
or concerned about his coun-
try's welfare a military Of
ficer may be, he has small
chance Of retaining his COM
mand or getting a justified
promotion If he dares to diff
fer with the opinions and
desires OF the White House
or the Secretary OF Defense.
Would that there were
more Americans with the
intellectual honesty and the
intestinal fortitude OF Ad-
miral Anderson and Generals
LeMay and Power.
George M. Watson, Jr.
Watertown, Mass.
Evening star., 1963-08-25
Parable

Much of the current news
reminds me Of a little story
I first heard many years ago.
A little girl became impa-
tient as she waited for the
roses to bloom, so she de-
cided to "help God bloom the
roses" This she did by push
ing her little thumb deep
into the heart of each beau
tiful bud and thrusting it
wide apart. The results, to
say the least, were less than
satiSfying-even to her.
Perhaps this old story still
has an application, as we all
try to help God bloom the
(civil rights roses"
ThOburn C. Lyon.