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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-28
A BOOK FOR TODAY
Rights-Fighters of 18th Century
By DONALD MINTZ

PROFESSIONAL when the subject
is sufficiently important.
The abolitionists were
against slavery. Moreover,
they were opposed to gradu-
aliSm.
BUT THEY WENT FUR
THEIR. They clearly adum-
brated modern non-violent
techniques. The 1888 declara-
ton already quoted says that
the measures of the Ameri-
can revolutionaries were
those Of physical resistance
- the marshalling in arms
- the hostile array - the
mortal encounter. Ours shall
be such only as the opposi-
ton of moral purity to moral
corruption - the destruction
of error by the potency of
truth - the overthrow of
prejudice by the power of
love - and the abolition of
slavery by the spirit of re-
pentance."
And the abolitionists were,
as they said, dedicated to
1.-The overthrow of prejudice"
In today's Technology, they
were integrationists.
They well knew that the
depressed (and sometimes de-
praved) condition Of the
free Negro in the North was
the result Of his treatment,
not Of inherent inferiority.
When I reflect upon the Pc
culiarities Of your situation
E. :" William Lloyd Garrison
told a Negro audience, IT
marvel greatly, not that you
are no more enlightened and
virtuous, but that you are not
like wild beasts Of the for
ests. I fully coincide with the
sentiment of Mr.. jefferson,
that the men must be prodi-
gies who can retain their
manners and morals under
such circumstances"
They sought no apologies
for the situation in the
North. Thanks to our soil
and climate. and the early
exertions Of the Quakers,"
wrote Lydia Child, "the form
OF slavery does not exist
among us; but the very spirit
Of the hateful and mis-
chievous thing is here in all
its strength"
The history Of the aboli-
ZIONIST movement as Mr.. Ru-
chames outlines 1t in the In
PRODUCTION shows astonish-
ing parallels with the modern
civil rights movement. For all
the hidden speciousness Of
most such parallels, the in
PRODUCTION bears as close a
study as the rest Of the book.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-28

and the closely related issues
of. liberal" urban welfarism
in all its forms, have struck
not only a deep and q ter
rible but also an irreparable
wedge right through this Ma
ton.
Goldwater hackers have
been driven to believe that
"the Negro vote" and to a
lesser extent the vote Of
some other minority groups,
would not go to the Repub-
licans, whatever they might
do for such groups; and thus
that there is no point in
trying to placate the implac-
able. There is enough trace
Of probable truth in this esti-
mate to make 1t at least I'M
derstandable. After all, there
was the bitter opposition Of
such groups in the 1862 con-
gressional elections to such
reasonable and basically
friendly Republican politi-
clans as Senator Everett M.
Dirksen Of Illinois, the SEN
ate minority leader.
Too Much Yielding
But the other side Of the
medal-the assumption of
Kennedy advisers that he
should go on yielding to ex-
tremist minority group de-
mands, to a point beyond
which the President himself
once thought was wise or
necessary-is hardly under
standable at all. So long as
he was acting as q moderate
and non-sectional-m in ded
President, Mr.. Kennedy was
doing extremely well, both
politically and as the chief
magistrate Of all-not merely
part-of this country.
So 1t is especially troubling
now to see him taking the
line Of political .extremism,
and most of all because of
the strong probability, on all
present form, that he will be,
indeed, reelected. This line
not only contributes immeas-
urably to-if 1t does not &C.
tually cause.-The present I'M
exampled separation and
secessionist spirit. It also
raises somber warnings that
If Mr.. Kennedy is to be re-
turned only to preside over
q hopeleSSly e m Filtered
country he may find it pos
sible to be President more in
title than in fact.
The President should draw
back, before it Is too late,
from the mood of political
secessionism which now sur
rounds him. He should draw
back to save his own second
administration, if his re-elec-
ton is to be the peoples will,
and to free the Republicans
from the harsh temptations
Of counter-seceSSionism.
@ 1868
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-28
THE ABOLITIONISTS,

THE ABOLITIONISTS, A
Collection Of Their Writ
ings by Louis Ruchames.
259 PIP. g. p. Putnam's
Sons, So
I'VE further believe and
affirm-that all persons of
color, who possess the quail
fications which are demanded
Of others, ought to be admit
ted forthwith to the enjoy
ment Of the same privileges,
and the exercise of the
same prerogatives, as others;
and that the paths of pre-
ferment, Of wealth, and of
intelligence, should be opened
as widely to them as to per-
sons Of a white complexion"
If the style Of those words
were not so plainly old FASH
Toned, 1t would be easy to
think that they were pre-
pared for delivery today at
the Lincoln Memorial.
AS a matter Of fact, they
were Done at Philadelphia,
December 9Th, A. D. 1888"
The paragraph is a portion
Of the Declaration of the
Sentiments Of the American
Anti-Slavery Society,"" and it
is taken from a new anthol-
ogy Of abolitionist speeches,
pamphlets and books. Louis
Ruchames, editor of "T h e
Abolitionists," Is the director
of the B'nai Birth Hillel
Foundations at Smith and
Amherst Colleges and the
University Of Massachusetts.
Mr.. Ruchames offers an
historical Introduction, and
each selection Is provided
with an explanatory para
graph or two so that its con-
text is generally, but by no
means always. reasonably
clear.
HE SEEMS TO PREFER
RHETORIC to facts: both
his initial selection and his
cutting favor the former. In
one instance this goes so far
that the promise of an analy-
sis is followed by the famous
three dots, after which we
read, by this brief analysis
:"
The rhetoric Of the first
half Of the 10th century was
q dangerous instrument. In
the hands Of skilled writer's,
1t had immense power. In the
hands Of amateurs It was as
deadly in its own way as is
modern committee prose.
And most Of the abolition
lists we're amateurs.
II. the subject OF Mr..
Ruchames' anthology had
gone into history, the book
would be no more than one
Of those volumes that finds
its way on TO supplementary
reading lists for the edify-
ing torture Of college under
graduates.
But the subject has not
gone into history. "T h e
Abolitionists" is quite liter
ally a book for today, and we
tolerate It's style for its con-
tent, Just as we fight through
the morass Of contemporary
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensG-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only when accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-28

@. Which Shakespearean
character has the most lines
10 speak7-F. H.
A. Hamlet Is said to top
the list, with 1859 lines.
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Answers to Questions
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

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mail, TO any question OF fact by
writing The star Iniormation Bu-
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KORTH
Correspondence Gets
Probers' Attention

vice president and controller,
Mr.. Korth referred to return
ing to the bank and said "I
quite naturally intend to do
just that, provided the man
agement will have me-"
Subcommittee hearings are
not likely for at least two
weeks. Senator Mundt of South
Dakota. ranking subcommittee
Republican, is recovering from
an operation for the removal
Of a cataract. and is expected
to be hospitalized until October
%. The hearings will not be
resumed until Senator Mundt
can attend, a subcommittee
source said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21

Largest budget in the history
of the church, more than $34
million, was in 1852.
The ALLEGATIONS are used for
the church's work in ls9 coun-
tries. 1t provides such facilities
as school buildings, hospitals,
clinics and churches.
Elder Beuben r. Figuhr,
president of the 1.4-million-
member denomination, presided
at the sessions at Seventh-day
Adventist Church headquarters,
6840 Eastern avenue NV. The
session, which ended yesterday,
scheduled its next business ses-
sion here April 1915, 1864.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Speedup on Pay Raise Legislation
Sparks Optimism Over Chances

good and efficient. it is almost
certain he will be hired away
within a very short time. If he
isn't, he will make mistakes
and one bad decision could cost
much more than an adequate
salary.
The Arizonan said there was
a crying need" for better man.
agement of the affairs of the
Federal Government and that
more attractive salaries would
do much to accomplish this.
Dealing with the need for q
raise in congressional pay, Mr.
Udall said he had "been
warned" by several Of his COL
leagues that sponsorship of the
bill would have disastrous con-
sequences for me-" Neverthe-
less, 11r. Udall said, he is will
ing to accept the risk because
he feels strongly that the pres
ent $22,500 a year congress
sional salary is inadequate.
Turning to top-level Govern
ment pay, Mr.. Udall said it is
absurd that New York City
pays its controller $4,000 a
year and the Government pays
its Secretary of the Treasury
only $4,000 a year. And it
doesn't make sense, Mr.. Udall
said. when Chicago pays its
chief of police $4,000 a year
to protect its citizens and the
Government pays its Secretary
of Defense $4,000 a year to
administer a SIS billion budget
for the protection of the entire
Nation.
Realistic pay scales for Fed
eral and postal career employees
up and down the line cannot be
achieved until the compression
Of present Congressional and
Executive Act pay is removed
Thus, Federal and postal en-
ployes have a double stake in
the outcome of the legislation:
They not only would get i'm
mediate pay raises but they
then could expect additional
compatibility pay raises in the
coming years without having tG
worry that it would bring theil
salaries into conflict with those
of their political bosses and
members OF Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21

.pathizers crowd into the metal
cage.
A police officer: "If you don't
leave this evening, we'll have to
arrest you"
Policemen and 20 Federal
agents arrive, lead and carry
away IS demonstrators, nine
women and 16 men. Among
them are Mr.. Beck, his wife,
the author of the play and
most Of the cast.
Act Three, Scene Two. finds
the Is in a Federal jail. A
few hours later 81 are freed for
q hearing. -Four others are held
in lieu Of $500 bail. The charge
is obstructing Federal agents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
Jimenez Appeals
Ordered Dropped
~ the A.sociat.d Pr..s

The Supreme Court ordered
dismissal today Of two appeals
involving complications arising
during efforts Of Venezuela to
extradite Marcos Perez Jimenez
its former president. who was
charged with financial crimes
Perez Jimenez was extraditec
on August Is from Miami, Fla,
after Justice Goldberg refused
to stay his departure. Manuel
Aristeguieta, consul general OF
Venezuela, then asked the high
court to dismiss the appeals
since they no longer raised q
live legal issue.
The appeals raised questions
as to the power Of Federal
courts in such cases and
whether banks must turn over
their records to the courts.
The Supreme Court told the
United States Circuit Courts
in New York and New Orleans
to dismiss the cases as being
moot-that is that they no
longer contain a live issue.
Justice White disqualified
himself from consideration OF
the appeal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
Drunken Drivers Sent
To Comps in Norway

OSLO.-A n ovel Norwegian
experiment in discouraging
drunken driving consists of
sending violators to work in a
lumber camp. First offenders.
instead of spending 81 days or
more in jail, are packed off to
a camp to work as lumberjacks.
According to Kristiansand
District Police Commissioner
Anders Eckhoff, the results so
far have been very satisfactory
to the lumber company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21

3. More members Of Congress
appear ready to support a pay
raise for themselves key
item, since the fate of Federal
postal and political executives
pay raises depends on whether
Congress raises its own salaries
Meanwhile, the National
Association of Letter Carriers
which held a pay raise rally
here several months ago, will
hold another one next Monday
at the Internationl Inn. Key
local officials from association
branches throughout the coun-
try will attend, revisiting their
Congressman and Senators to
make sure Of their support on
pay raise legislation. The as
ISOLATION is the Governments
largest and most powerful en-
ploye union.
&&& e
EFFECTIVE ARGUMENT -
Meanwhile, members Of Con-
gress appeared impressed last
week when Representative
Udall, Democrat of Arizona,
co-sponsor of the administra-
tion-backed pay-raise bill,
stressed the need for raising
Government pay at all levels.
The Udall- Broyhill bill would
give pay raises to Federal and
postal employees, top political
executives, members # Con-
gress and the Judiciary.
In a House speech, Mr..
Udall said present salaries paid
top Government officials are
"ridiculously low" He added
that substantial increases are
needed to attract and hold the
kind of people it takes to run
the Government: properly.
He gave Ole example close
to home. The executive man
ager of the Los Angeles Inter
national Airport, which is mu-
nicipally run, is paid $4,000 a
year. Yet the executive man.
ager of Dulles international
Airport, which is operated by
the Federal Aviation Agency,
gets only $4,000 a year.
Mr.. Udall told his colleagues
regarding key Government
jobs: IF the person selected is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
Exhibition of Nuns
To Open Saturday

The Potomac Chrysanthemum
Society win open its eighth
mum show Saturday in the
patio Of the Agriculture Depart
ment, Jefferson drive between
Twelfth and Fourteenth streets
NV.
The show will be open to visi-
tors from 4 to 8 pm. Saturday
and from 10 am. to $50 pm.
Sunday.
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preme Court, the Negroes said
there had been mo actual OF
imminent disorder Of any kind
and only general fears that IL
would occur in the future"
The State, in its brief urging
the high court to reject their
appeal, said that police had
acted in good faith to preserve
the peace. "The police need not
wait until the riot has &C.
Cured" the State said.
Other Cases
In other action, the high
court:
/. Agreed to review the case
Of two North Carolina Negroe,
sentenced to death in a rob-
bery-slaying case. They con-
tended Negroes had been sys-
tematically excluded from the
grand jury that indicted them
2. Refused to rehear the de-
cision last June in which the
high court favored Arizona in
its 40-year interstate struggle
with California over the use OF
water from the Colorado River.
8. Dismissed an appeal from
the conviction in Louisiana OF
a Black Muslin minister" &C
cused Of deSecrating the Ameri-
can flag by portraying 1t as
representing a place of hell
slavery and death"
Troy Bland Cade based his
appeal on an argument that
the flag charge involved the
Federal Government rather
than Louisiana and that the
State thus lacked the proper
standing to prosecute him.
Justice Black said he thought
the high court should have
heard Cade's appeal.
4. Agreed to examine a rul-
ing that Louisiana and its DO.
htical subdivisions can lew
taxes on private property phys.
ically located on a United
States military base.
5. Ruled a defendant, found
guilty Of contempt Of court II
. criminal trial in New York
should have a lower court hear.
ing on the issue of whether al.
legged mental illness made him
not responsible for his actions
in the courtroom.
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Tito, Recovered,
Visits Princeton

PRINCETON, NJ. Oct. q
(AP). - President Tito Of
Yugoslavia today toured the
$S5 million plasna physic,
laboratory Of Princeton Uni
versity where researchers are
attempting to develop a con-
trolled version Of the hydrogen
/ bomb.
He and his party, which in
cluded his wife, arrived by
motorcade from New York and
were greeted by DR.. Robert F.
Goheen university president
and George F. KEENAN,, former
United States Ambassador to
Yugoslavia. The YugoSlaV
leader appeared in good health
and completely recovered from
the attack of influenza he
suffered last week.
After the tour, Marshal Tito
gained a look at the Princeton
campus, lunch with Mr.. Ken
nan, DR.. Goheen and others,
before returning to New York.
About so persons watched
as Marshal Tito left from New
York but only the welcomers
and newsmen were on hand for
his arrival.
Yesterday, pickets booed and
shouted Tito murderer" when
the president Of the communist
state arrived at the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel from Idlewild
Airport.
Marshal Tito, arriving from
Virginia to address the United
Nations tomorrow, We've q
picket-borne signs reading
Tito's visit a national disgrace, y
Don't help criminal Tito" and
Tito Moscow's trojan horse
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eral Dyamics wanted to reduce
its commitment under the
credit agreement. The COM
pany, the banker added, had
advised that the lower credit
will be adequate for the for
seeable future, Notwithstanding
the recent successful award of
the Tx contract"
In a reply on December 8,
1868. Leigh Thornton, CONT
mental vice president, acknowl-
edged the reduced commit
ment, and added:
at sounds like General Dy-
namicS is going to town and,
naturally, we here are all most
elated over the Tx contract. /"
In a May IA, 1868, letter, Mr..
Pape discussed some aspects of
the lending operation and said:
II hope that the enlarged
payrolls resulting from the Tx
find their way into your, de-
post picture"
Several Of the letters referred
to Mr.. Korth's desire to return
to the Continental National
after completing his Washing
ton duties. He indicated this in
tention during hearings on his
confirmation.
In a letter January IL, 1862,
soon after taking office to
George Thompson, jr., Of Con-
tinental, Mr.. Korth rote: "As
I have expressed to YOU before,
it is my intention to return
Fort Worth upon completion
Of our duties here. We look
forward to the day that we will
renew our friendships and as
sociations once again"
After negotiating a $4,000
loan from the bank for a six
month period, Mr.. Korth again
wrote Mr.. Thompson on Sep
TENDER 10, 1862, saying:
Il want to tell you again
how much ] appreciate your
promptneSs in handling my
request for a loan; and especi-
ally how much Vera and I ap-
preciate you and Bea wanting
us to come no and have a visit
with you in Nantucket N
Mr.. Korth wrote that it was
impossible for him to accept
and added.
", :. Nothing would please
Vera and me more than to
have you and ,Bea drop by
Washington and let US have a
dinner for you aboard the
Sequoia."
In an October "a, 1862, let
tier to Leon Jordan, Continental
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@ASAh o8C al
Charles DiPalermo, Rocco
Mazzei, Carmine Polizzano
Ralph Polizzano and Charles
Barcelona. a.
Valachi said Joseph DiPaler-
mo was a fellow inmate at At
lanta Penitentiary who had
been named to kill him by
Cosa Nostra.
The May decision cited by
the Supreme Court was in the
case Of Alvin r. Campbell and
two others who were convicted
in a bank robbery. The court
held in that case that an FBI
agent who had interviewed a
witness should have turned
over to the defense his notes
Of the interview.
Justice Clark, in his brief
dissent asking for a hearing
on Genovese's appeal, said,
Il realize. of course, that
In remanding this case the
court neither decides that (the
Campbell case) governs nor
implies how the Court of APP
peals should decide it Gen
ovese's caSe)."
Nevertheless, I would grant
the petition (for a hearing) .
since it is my feeling that 1t
is futile to remand" he said.
The reconsideration, he said,
will merely delay a final deci-
sion which could be made on
the record before the (Su-
preme) Court and the identical
record will no doubt return
here no matter what deter
mination is made by the Court
of Appeals"
Genovese and the nine others
were convicted in April, 1859
in Federal Court in New York
of conspiring to violate the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star staff Writer

Fast breaking Developments
on Government pay-raise leg
islation give sponsors genuine
cause for optimism that raises
will be enacted into Law this
year.
The feeling now is that pay
legislation has more than an
even chance of becoming law
and being added to the salary
Increases already approved for
January /, 1864. as part Of last
years Federal pay reform law.
:. Pay sponsors and Govern
ment employe leaders are TAX
ing nothing for granted and
realize that much remains to
be done. But recent events
have encouraged them greatly,
:. The developments are:
!. /. The Senate Civil Service
Committee soon will resume
hearings on the pay legislation,
The group has held only one
days hearing thus far.
&. But now that the House Civil
Service Committee has COM
pleted hearings and is ready to
report pay-raise legislation, the
Senate committee will lose no
time in resuming its hearings.
Furthermore, the Senate
committees hearings will be
speeded up and completed in
several weeks time. The feel
ing is that the House COM
mittee's long hearings pro-
'duced a sufficient and i'm
pressive record on the need
for pay raises and that long
Senate hearings are not neces-
'sary. Only several key admin
'istration and union witnesses
will be heard by the Senate
group. with the rest of the
witnesses submitting their
statements for the record.
Consequently, the decks will
be cleared for both House and
Senate action within the next
month.
2. House and Senate Demo-
cratic leaders have reiterated
their support of the legislation
by giving encouragement to
the House and Senate groups
to report the bills for action.
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Codefendonts' Cases
Also Are Reminded

Narcotic Drugs Import and
Exports Act.
The Supreme Court in May,
1860, refused to review their
trial and they then began pro-
ceedings for a new trial on
grounds Of newly-discovered
evidence. Losing in lower
Federal courts in New York,
the 10 appealed again to the
Supreme Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
Adventist Council
Adopts Budget

A budget Of $33,333,1s6 for
1864. second largest in the his
tory Of the Seventh day Ad-
ventist Church, was passed by
the denominations autumn n
council yesterday.
The new budget surpasses
the 1868 figure by $1,42S,762.