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The chronicle., 1963-12-10
North Korean
Killed In New
Clash In Zone

SEOUL, Korea (UPD-United
Nations Command (UNC) troops
killed an unidentified person in
the demilitarized zone Monday
night, the UNC announced to-
day. But South Korean reports
Of a clash between u. S. sol
diers and Communist troops
could not be confirmed.
A South Korean news agency
said the clash took place early
this morning and that one North
Korean was killed. It said its
report came from unofficial
sources in the South Korean
army.
A UNC spokesman said there
was no exchange of gunfire in
Monday nights incident.It was
not known If the victim was
a civilian or soldier. Two other
persons escaped before UNCI
troops could apprehend them.
he said.
The UNC did not say II Amer
lean troops were involved. but
the area Of the border where
the incident took place Is large
ly covered by us. elements Of
the UNC.
1t was the second incident In
the demilitarized zone between
North and South Korea in the
past month.
The chronicle., 1963-12-10
Pay Phone At
|OS Curb Store
Ripped off Wall

e SPRINGS, (Special)
- Last night the pay phone was
ripped off the outside wall al
Pick Quic curb market on West
Porter Avenue.
OS Desk Sgt. Robert Webb
said as Patrolman Robert Beard
was passing the business he
noticed the phone was missing,
and at the same time saw q
1860 blue and white Ford leav-
ing the place.
Webb said the car was chased
to jackson Avenue before ii
managed to get away. The theft
was reported at lis am.
The chronicle., 1963-12-10
Civil Rights
CONTINUED from page y

(Contlnued from page u
Chairman Howard W. Smith, D
Va, to start the bill toward
floor action reasonably soon in
January"
AS a result, signatures win be
hard to come by after the north
ern Democrats and liberal big
city Republicans have signed.
The support of moderate and
conservative Republicans from
small towns and rural areas is
vital to the discharge petition,
and this group tends to follow
the COP leaders.
In any case, civil rights sup
porterS do not expect to get the
necessary signatures in the next
few days. Chairman Emanuel
Celler, DIN. Y, of the House
Judiciary Committee, sponsor Of
the discharge petition, said the
effort would be carried over the
year-end holidays if necessary.
Celler and others pushing the
bill never expected to get il to
the floor before Christmas. But
they do hope for action early
in January. They consider
Smiths offer a trap, which
would close on them when the
willy leader Of the southern con-
sentative bloc let rules commit
tee hearings on the bill run on
for endless weeks.
Their hope is to get enough
support on the discharge petit
ton to force Smith to offer to
hold limited hearings and a def
mite date for clearing the bill.
The chronicle., 1963-12-10
BIain Rites TO
Be Wednesday,

Funeral services will be held
at 2 pm. Wednesday at First
Baptist Church of Pascagoula
for the Rev. Walter Lawrence
Blain, 66, who died Monday
morning at his home on River
Road.
The Rev. Clark W. McMurray
pastor of First Baptist Church,
and DR.. Leroy Green will off
Ciate and interrnent will be in
Griffin Cemetery in Moss
Point.
Honorary pallbearers are dea.
cons of First Baptist Church.
The chronicle., 1963-12-10
Bayou Cosofte
Meet Is tonight

Members Of the Bayou Casotte
Community Projects viii meet
at 7 tonight to consider q COM
promise on the proposed annexa-
ton Of the Bayou Casotte area
by the city Of Pascagoula.
Boyce Hollomon, attorney for
the organization, will speak at
the meeting, which will be held
at the Bayou Casotte voting pre-
cinct. All residents Of the area
and other interested persons are
invited to attend.
The chronicle., 1963-12-10
Noon Lions See
Bowl Game Film

The Pascagoula Noon Lions
Club Monday viewed films Of
the 1862 Sugar Bowl clash be-
tween Arkansas and Alabama.
Presiding over the sessions at
Cotita's was president Bill Allen.
Chairman Ellzey Burch an
nounced final plans for the
clubs annual Christmas party
scheduled Saturday.
The chronicle., 1963-12-10
Johnson
Continued from page y

today.
It was understood that the
President wanted to reassure
Congress that defense economy
measures he has approved viii
not affect the preeminent
American position in military
power.
In addition 10 the usual corps
of Democratic leaders who at
tended the weekly legislative
breakfast, Johnson invited
chairmen of the foreign rela-
tons, armed services and APP
preparations committees Of both
houses of Congress.
Among those present were
Chairman Richard Russell, D
of the Senate Armed Serv-
ices Committee, and Chairman
J. William Fulbright of the Sen
ate Foreign Relations unit.
Dirksen, SaltOnstall Attend
Senate Republican Leader
Everett Nj. DirkSen, H.. and
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, r.
Mass, a ranking member
of the armed services group,
also attended.
In addition to meeting with
congressional leaders, johnson
today held the first in a series
Of conferences with his key
budget ~advisers-Director Ker-
nit Gordon and his deputy, FL
mer Stats.
Today'S discussion centered
on the budget requests johnson
will make next month on behalf
of the Treasury and Justice De
partmentS.
Besides Treasury and JUS
tice, other budget totals TO be
decided included the Federal
Aviation Agency, the Veterans
Administration, the Small Bust
ness Administration, the us.
Information Agency and the
Federal Communications Com
mission.
The White House indicated,
however, that johnson wants
more time to study the budget
of the governments biggest
spender, the Defense Depart
ment, estimated at $51 billion
for the current year.
The President met with his
top defense and diplomatic
aides Monday to confer on long
range planning, including the
possibility Of consolidating
some us. military installations
to save money. But he deferred
any decision on the Pentagon
budget.
The Defense Department was
reported ready to kill the Dyna-
Soar, the only manned space
craft currently under develop
ment in the Air Force.
Neither the White House nor
the Pentagon would comment
on the report, but the President
was understood to have con-
Cured in Defense Secretary
Robert S. McNamara'S propoS-
al to eliminate any new funds
for the manned orbital vehicle
in the 1964-1965 budget.
Dyna1Soar would have cost
more than $500 million, Of which
about $500 already has been
spent.
The chronicle., 1963-12-10
SPENDING SPREE

NEW YORK (UPD-Consum-
er trends reports American con-
sumers spend about $7O0,0 600
every single minute.
The chronicle., 1963-12-10

To hasten decomposition Of the
leaves in compost, sprinkle
with generous amounts Of COM
mercial fertilizer.
The chronicle., 1963-12-10

separate charges Of assault and
battery with intent to kill, Carlos
Lee, charged with receiving
stolen property, Pat Herman,
charged with burglary, and
Joseph Lewis Anderson, charg-
ed with grand larceny. Bond
was set at $1,000 on each Of the
charges.
The chronicle., 1963-12-10

The dictionary Is the only
place where success comes be-
fore work.
Evening star., 1963-01-08
Sturs and Pickets
Appear at Tribute
To Gov. Brown

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Jan. 8
(AP).-Pickets in evening
gowns, a marquee full Of joke
cracking Hollywood stars, and
California's top politicians all
showed up last night for a gala
celebration marking the start
Of Gov. Edmund G. Browns
second term.
Some 4,500 invited guests
filled Sacramento's Memorial
Auditorium for the program
featuring Frank Sinatra, Steve
Allen, Dean Martin, Barry Sui
Ivan, Dorothy cambridge, joey
Bishop, 10 Stafford, Gene Kelly
and Jimmy Durante.
Outside. circling in the cold
night air were about 25 white
and Negro pickets carrying
signs callings for more top jobs
in State government for Ne
groes.
Two white women in long
evening gowns joined the
marchers for a few moments
as a token, they said Of their
support of the pickets.
Evening star., 1963-01-08

that, with rare exceptions, the
level Of discourse on public af-
fairs is stultifying.
Complex Issues
The issues before the coun-
try, Of course, are not simple.
Republicans are at a disad-
vantage in presenting their
viewpoint persuasively, because
they are deprived Of the staff
resources available to Demo-
Gratis who control the congress
sional committees and execu-
tive departments. The kind Of
research effort necessary to
close the information gap" be-
tween the parties is not enor-
mously expensive, but it does
take some investment of money
and talent.
Today the Republicans are
not making that investment
and as a result they are suf-
fering from acute intellectual
anemia.
An opposition party that is
not willing to put its intelli-
gence to work on public issues
between elections and present
the public with sustained and
informed criticism of govern
ment policies simply is not
meeting its obligations.
The Republicans, by tacitly
consenting to one-party rule,
are damaging effective demo-
cracy.
Evening star., 1963-01-08
Conqress Makes Its Own Rules

der the present rule requiring
two-thirds, or 81 members,
of the Senate. When issues
become acute and only a mar
row majority in the Senate,
itself, is in favor of a meas
ure, it isn't hard to pick up
a few votes to keep a fill
buster going. The right to
debate amendments at length
also gives the minority an
opportunity to prolong the
discussion by introducing new
amendments, all of which can
be debated thoroughly.
A controversy over the
Senate rules has come up in
recent years at the beginning
of almost every session. No
concrete legislative measures
are usually being considered,
though in the background
generally is the civil rights"
issue. While the assumption
is that only the Sourherners
are interested in this ques-
ton, there are growing indi-
cations that Northern Sena-
tors find themselves con-
cerned about limitation on
debate and gag rule"
Meanwhile, a lot of time
will be used UP on the rules
problem in the first few days
of the session. Oddly enough,
If the rules are modified so as
to diminish the rights of the
minority in either the House
or the Senate, this will be
enormously hailed in the
headlines as a victory for the
President. For he is not per-
mitted under the ConStitu-
ton to have a part in the
making of the rules of either
House. The reason for play
ing it up as a presidential
victory or defeat is the as
sumption that back stage the
administration-in disregard
of the Constitutions using
whatever influence it can
command to cause members
of Congress to vote as the
White House dictates, rather
than as they might really
want to from the standpoint
of their constituents.
Copyright, 1e63
Evening star., 1963-01-08
Dirksen Bars
Group Post
By the Associated Press

Senate Republican Leader
Dirksen has decided to turn
down Democratic suggestions
that he accept a seat on the
Foreign Relations Committee.
Senator Dirksen was urged
to join the committee to
strengthen its bipartisan COM
plexion. However, authoritative
sources said yesterday Senator
Dirksen concluded that since
he already has direct access to
President Kennedy and to
frequent White House briefings.
he could operate more effec-
lively as an individual in for
eign policy matters.
To join the committee, these
sources said he reasoned, might
tie him TO party decisions which
he might not wish to support
on the floor or to party divi-
sions within the committee.
Senate Majority Leader
Mansfield is known to have
urged Senator Dirksen's ac-
ceptance in the belief 1t would
strengthen the Presidents hand
in crucial decisions.
Despite Senator Dirksen's de-
cision, Senator Mansfield wants
to allow the Republicans TO fill
the two committee vacancies
created by the defeats Of Re-
publicans Alexander Wiley of
Wisconsin and Homer E. Cape
hart OF Indiana
This would keep the commit
tee at a membership OF II
Democrats and 8 Republicans.
on the basis Of November elec-
tion gains, Democrats could fill
one OF the vacancies II they
chose.
The q. o. p. vacancies prob
ably will go 10 Senators Mundt
OF South Dakota, and Allott OF
Colorado.
Evening star., 1963-01-08
Senote's Need to Expedite Legislation
Called Equally as Urgent as Houses
DORIS FLEESON

Senator Humphrey, the
Democratic whip, has chal-
lenged President Kennedy to
take the same interest in
the fight to enable the Sen
ate to legislate more effec-
lively as the President has
taken in the House fight for
an identical aim.
The Humphrey logic is un-
assailable. The patterns Of
the twin struggles differ be-
cause Senate and House leg
islative methods differ due
to size and various other
considerations, including the
geographical. But there is no
difference in the end sought
which is to enable legislation
to reach the floor within a
reasonable time for debate
and decision.
Any rules changes involve
technicalities which tend to
bore the general reader. The
faction which benefits from
the status quo therefore bears
down heavily on them. It has
heretofore been extremely
successful in making it ap-
pear that it is all Just a little
family fight over methods
and has little real meaning
to the general welfare.
The President has not hes
itated to interfere in the
House and to suggest gloomily
that all is lost If the House
Rules committee is not en-
larged.
He has been infinitely
timid in dealing with the
Southern grandees and their
Western and Southwestern
allies Of the Senate. Yet he
is compelled to make treaties
with them exactly as with
the Rules and Ways and
Means nabobs of the House
who cause him so much
trouble.
Also rules and seniority
Evening star., 1963-01-08
Radio and TV Found Giving Impression
Thot President Interferes, Despite Low

progress of his legislative
proposals. The Constitution
gives the President no right
to lobby or to use his presi-
dental office to secure the
passage of legislation at any
time, whether by the promise
of or threats to withhold
favors to members of Con-
gress. He can recommend
legislation to Congress, but
he cannot coerce members Of
either House to vote as he
demands.
This is important to the
integrity of democratic gov
ernment today and in the fu-
ture. Specifically, the House
and Senate may each decide
for itself how much power a
minority in its membership
shall have. This is a function
that cannot be legally tamp-
cred with from the outside.
The authority Of the House
Rules Committee to conduct
it's business is entirely inde-
pendent of the merits of leg
islative proposals themselves.
A bill can be pigeonholed in
any committee by a majority
of the committee. But the
House can, by petition of a
majority of the members, get
a bill to the floor for action.
AS for the anti-filibuster
rule in the Senate, in some
instances it makes little diff
ference, theoretically, wheth-
er a two-thirds or a three
fifths majority is necessary
to end debate. Actually, the
measures that are debated at
length often have better than
a one-third minority against
ending debate. Today, for
example, the so-called con-
servative coalition" draws
votes from both parties. No
body knows whether giving
the power to three-fifths, or
so members, Of the Senate
to end debate will make 1t
any easier to get such a vote
in specific instances than un-
Evening star., 1963-01-08

compose the effective shield
behind which the conserva-
tives Of the Senate operate,
exactly as in the House.
Specifically the problem
seems less acute in the Sen
ate with respect to rules
changes because the Senate,
given a chance, usually en-
larges on legislation sent to
it by the House. That prod
uct, however, is apt to be so
niggling and negative it has
no place to go but up in a
chamber composed of law
makers who must run State
wide and with few excep-
tions aspire TO be President.
The end result is the medi-
ocre record Of recent Con-
crosses. The President gets
what Senate conservatives
cooperate with House con-
servatives to give him. They
cannot nominate or elect
a President but they veto
him effectively.
President Kennedy's tenn
perament seemingly doe S
not relish a congressional
quarrel that would be most
ly with the former colleagues
who were senior to him in
the House and Senate. Per-
haps he figures he will stand
or fall, anyway, on the sue
cess or failure of his foreign
policy.
1t is. no doubt, true that
the present resistance Of
Congress to any real as
sumption Of party RESPONSE
bility for domestic legislation
is part of a general feeling
of helplessness in the face
Of a national mood condi-
toned by the fortunes of the
cold war. 1t leads members
to assert themselves on the
only issues their actions can
plainly affect.
Evening star., 1963-01-08
DAVID LAWRENCE

Yes, there is a Congress. 1t
is composed of 435 Repre-
sentatives and 100 Senators
all of them elected directly
by the people of the United
States.
For two months now, day
after day, newspapers and
television and radio have told
of the activities of the Presi-
dent conferences and
speeches, statements on pub
lie policy and plans for leg
islative proposals. The coun-
try may have, indeed, gotten
the impression that the Presi-
dent runs the Government.
Actually, the President pro-
poses, but Congress dispoSes.
For, under a written Con-
stitution, the President cam
not interfere with the opera
tions of Congress as specified
in that document, and Con-
gress cannot interfere with
the exercise of any constitu-
tional power delegated to the
President.
Yet, as the 88th Congress
goes into its first session this
week, the impression the
country has been given by
some news dispatches and
radio and TV discussions is
that the President is trying
to tell Congress what rules it
shall adopt for the size Of its
committees or for the length
of its debates. Again and
again, the Supreme Court
has decided that these rules
are solely within the power
of Congress itself to prescribe.
The President constitution
ally can have nothing to say
about the fight over the
Senate or House rules. He has
no voice in such matters.
Strictly speaking. it is un-
constitutional for him to en-
deavor improperly to in
fluence the votes of the mem
bers of either House on these
questions, even though they
may indirectly relate to the
Evening star., 1963-01-08
School Head Retires,
Held Post AZ Years

BOWLING GREEN. Va. Jan.
8, tAP)s-W A. Vaughan. sup
erintendent Of Caroline County
schools for about az years,
submitted his resignation yes
terday, effective July /.
Mr.. Vaughan. 81. had ac-
cepted a new four-year term
in 1860 with the understand
ing he would be permitted TO
retire before completing the
term.
Evening star., 1963-01-08
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

The postage stamp to nickel with picture of
George Washington Postmaster General Day hopes yo
like the father of country will tend blame all the
British.
Red China blasts Soviet Russia again. The trouble with
this quarrel is that may get trivial for comfort
oklahoma's Gov Edmondson 37 gets himself appointed
to the Senate It's the Democrats slogan young people,
Continue your political education Don't be drop-out
Congress comes back to Washington That's the way
in this administration No they prob
lem than they get another.
Senator Proxmre national campaign are get
ting to be scandal All that money spent-and not Prox
mire the White House yet.
Artist Rockwell Kent auds Khrushchev for swatng alb
srac art It's significant that the only thing
can get together on is something that makes sense.
Evening star., 1963-01-08
Humphreys Bid to the President

New members Of the SEN
ate are the key to the strug-
gle there over the rules. They
are younger men than their
colleagues who oppose
change. They have had leg
islative experience in their
States or here and are IA
miliar with executive legisla-
tive stalemate. A presidential
intervention favorable to a
rule change would probably
influence them decisively.
Evening star., 1963-01-08

BOAhD OF
DIRECTORS
WILMER J. WALLER
Chairman
EDWARD c. BALTZ
Perpetual Building Association
CROSBY N. BOYD
Executive Vice President and
The Evening Star Newspaper Co.
w. A. BOYLE
Vice President
United Mine Workers Of America
A. BRlTTON BROWNE
ErecutiUe Vice President
Randall H. Hagner a. Company
CLARK M. CLIFFORD
Attorney at Law
BARNUM L. COTTON
President
EDWARD cosTlGAN
President
corson and oruman Company
HARRY L. CURTIS
President
curtis Bros Furniture Company
w. CARLTON EVANS
President
Washington Tobacco Company
LEOPOLD V. FREUD6ERS
Insurance
NORMAN B. FROST
Attorney AZ Law
V. MANNING HOFFMAN
Firemen's Insurance Company
WELLY K. HOPKINS
Attorney at Law
w. LEDRU KOONTZ
Real Estate and Insurance
DR.. JOHN /. LEWIS
Physician
H. GABRIEL MURPHY
il Gabriel Murphy Co, Inc.
Insurance-Bonds
WILLIAM A. ROGERS II
Addison Chevrolet Sales. Inc. and
Bsrry-Pate Motor Company, Inc.
BENJAMIN 7. ROME
oeorss Hyman Construction Co.
LEONARD ?, STEUART
L. p steuart, Inc and
Imperial Investment Company
DR. J LAWN THOMPSON, JR,
Physician
LEO A. WALSHE
PreSideHf
p, j Walshe, Inc, Real Estate
ROGER J. WHlTEFORO
Attorney Al Law
WASH 3 WILLIAMS
PTesident
American Sales Company
Evening star., 1963-01-08
COP. Voices Oddly Mute

publican comments will be too
little and too late to have any
impact on public
understanding of the issues.
The Importance Of timing is
certainly recognized by Chair
man Miller. A year ago he pro-
posed that Republicans prepare
their own state of the Union"
outlining in advance
their views on what Congress
should do.
The suggestion was turned
down cold by the party's con-
hierarchy. This year,
Mr.. Miller did not even try to
renew it. AS a result, so far
as the public knows. the Re-
publican party has nothing to
suggest for Congressional
action this year.
The waste Of talent In an op-
position party is an old story.
The men who headed the great
departments in the Eisenhower
administration and provided
the rationale for its actions
have gone back to their private
concerns. Former Secretary Of
State Christian Herter has
been restored to public service
by the Kennedy administration
after two years during which
his own party provided no
forum for his views. But other
Eisenhower Cabinet members
still stand mute
Loss Is Real
The loss the country suffers
in the removal of these in
formed and responsible men
from public debate is unmea-
surable but real. Equally clear
is the damage to the political
party that lets the talents Of
its own best people go unused.
The problem, though an old
one. is not insoluble. All that
is needed is a forum where the
leading figures, past and pre-
sent, in and out of office, can
meet to discuss and restate
party positions on public is
sues.
Ironically, the Republicans
created just such an instru-
ment last July. 1t is called the
All = Republican Conference.
Launched on a cloud Of pub
licity at Gen. Eisenhower's Get
tysburg farm, 1t has been al
lowed to atrophy for lack Of
funds.
The same financial blight
may also kill the "Ev and
Charley Show" the weekly
press conferences of Repub-
lican congressional leaders Dirk
sen and Halleck. For the past
two years, these have been the
@. o. P.'s only regular contacts
with the voters. But the national
committee has cut off It's finan-
cial support, and there is some
question whether a paltry $40,-
900 can be raised to provide
the two leaders with the mini
mum Of research and editorial
assistance any such venture re-
quires.
Not Money Alone
The problem is not Just
money, Of course. "Ev and
Charley" have been cut off at
the pockets because some people
don't like their way Of pre-
senting Republican doctrine.
Others fear the All-RepLbli-
can Conference will become dis
putatious or adopt a viewpoint
on some issue they can't ac-
cept, and they have kept It
from functioning.
Where this Republican talent
for self-strangulation will lead
is not clear. But a party that
cannot muster the courage. the
confidence and the cash TO let
its Congressional leaders speak
or provide a forum where It's
major figures can debate public
issues Is in bad shape.
Much has been claimed by
Republican publicists about the
party's increasing strength al
the grass roots. But that is not
sufficient. A party with
strength In It's legs can still be
dying from the neck up. Re-
porters who cover Republican
' t,aaattt.9a enpttIa tix raV 4awNlFs