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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-25
And CKcuses

Our secret informantS have slipped
us word regarding a debate between
high officials that preceded the wheat
for-CommuniStS deal. The dialogue,
they allege, went roughly as follows:
II don't care what we get in return,
trading with the enemy is. morally
wrong"
"But it's chance to move one step
closer to peace"
Everyone knows they never change
their goals"
IF we don't go through with this
deal, their present government will be
replaced with a worse one"
"At least we could make deal con-
ditional on their keeping their hands off
Cuba"
Lets be realistic"
But we'd be substituting them when
they are in deep economic trouble. Be
tween their balance of payments and
their wheat surpluses, Nikita, we've got
them over a barrel"
But the people are clamoring for
bread"
LET them eat cake"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-25
NucIeor BIoodhounds

Wholly apart from the scientific
and chronological marvels involved in
it, Project Vela Hotel points the. way
to time when a foolproof total ban
on nuclear testing may be possible. For
the project, with its So-called sentry
or watchdog satellites in steady circular
orbit $1,000 miles above the earth, is
aimed at detecting clandestine atomic
hydrogen experiments as far out in
space as 200 million mileS-which is
about as far out as any cheater might
reasonably be expected to go.
AS Of now, Of course, although
ordinary atmospheric tests are readily
detachable, the United States and the
Soviet Union, If either wanted to do
so, could stage significant but highly
expensive nuclear or thermonuclear
tests at very great distances in space.
There would be little chance that any
instruments on earth would pick up
even the slightest evidence Of the blasts.
But If Vela Hotel lives up to the hopes
repoSed in it, cheaterS will find them
selves exceedingly hard put to hide
any such outer-Space Shenanigans.
AS for inner-Space military shots
the deep-down underground detona-
lions that have been excluded from
the limited teSt-ban treaty-theSe, too,
may become detachable enough, in due
course, to be outlawed. To that end,
at any rate, the Atomic Energy Com
mission and the Defense Department
will stage a highly interesting expert
ment this week end near Fallon, Nevada.
Called Project Shoal, this will involve a
nuclear explosion equivalent to $4,000
tons OF TINT at depth of 1900 feet in
a granite area where natural earth
quakeS have been recurrent.
Shoals objective is simply this: To
improve ways of distinguishing between
such quakeS and underground atomic
hydrogen explosions. If the project
succeeds along with Vela Hotel, the
outlook for truly effective and trust
worthy test ban in all mediumS-earth.
sea, sky and the far reaches of outer
space-will be immeaSurably brighter
than it is right now And given that.
of course, the prospects for disarma-
ment-the reduction and control of
weapons and armed forces of everv
kind-will be greatly improved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-25
White House Guests

Many people have ex-
pressed dismay over the
laundering herd Of tourists
that tromps through the
White House day by day.
Some are addressed. others
gawk like morons, some leave
litter, and some even furtive-
ly try to snitch souvenirs.
These are, In q manner of
speaking, the rabble. They
figure the White House be-
longs to the people. They
have a vested right to shuttle
through. It's a free country
and If they want to put on
an undignified spectacle, who
cares?
But we should be able to
expect something better from
a somewhat refined" layer
Of the population, such as
the delegates to a cultured
organization, who were enter
tanned at tea at the White
House one day last week.
There was elbowing and
nudging, if not actual push
ing and showing, as the eager
guests strained to get at the
tea and coffee urns. There
was distinct snatching at the
small sandwiches and petit
fours. Paper n apkins here
and there dotted the floor of
the State Dining Room. An
elderly lady, who should have
known better, plucked flow
ers from a beautiful arrange
ment in the Blue Room, and
while broadcasting her feel
ing about the taste" of the
White House staff, rear
ranged the piece to suit her
own fancy. A few leaves and
stems left over, she swept to
the floor. A cigarette stub
was ground into the corridor
floor.
In fairness, most Of these
guests, virtually all, comport-'
ed themselves with restraint,
dignity and the best of man
ners. A few who were care
less or aggressive spoiled the
complete picture.
The White House officials.
guards and attendants were
perfect polite, friendly,
gracious in every detail.
Alan M. RaIstOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-25
Nuts at the Stadium

I extend my sympathy to
Peter L. Berger who was vi
ciously pelted by peanut
shells while roofing for the
New York Giants at D. C.
Stadium. The asSailants we're
six Southern gentlemen :"
Mr.. Berger could tell they
were Southerners because the
peanut shells bounced off his
head with an unmiStakable
drawl.
Being a native New Yorker
myself I seem 10 recall many
instances of beer cans and
pop bottles flying with gen.
tlemanly abandon to indicate
disapproval of umpires' de-,
ciSions at the Polo Grounds,
Yankee Stadium and EbbettS
Field, New York, subj. Per-
haps it was all started by
these same six ornery South
ern gentlemen just itching to
make trouble. At any rate
1 am glad to see that time
has so mellowed their ma
lures that they are changing
their missiles from beer cans
and pop bottles to peanut
shells and paper cups.
I wish Mr.. Berger a speedy
recovery. Harry Traub.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-25
Scofhow Court

Suddenly, parking ticket-collec
has become a very unpopular and I'M
profitable game in the District. Hun
dredS of motorists with a warped kind
of rugged individualiSm find them
selves holding five of a kind or more,
and no place to play them but in the
Court of General Sessions.
Chief Judge Smith has made it
quite plain that there will be few win
nerS, if any, in the showdown against
the new Scofflaw Branch of the court.
Every motoriSt who has collected 10
or more unacRnowledged tickets will
be hailed into court to explain himself.
From the first three cases, it is
evident that Judge Smith is demanding
something more original in alibis than
sickness and cars loaned to friends.
Pay up or go to jail, he admoniShed
the ScofflawS. OF the first three de-
PENDANTS, one had to serve part of his
punishment in a cell.
This is stern justice, but it is ret
roactive justice long overdue. If the
defendants must pay twice as heavily
when warrants are issued for their
arrests, that is justice, too.
Somewhere in the Washington area
there are 100000 unredeemed parking
tickets. There are 1000 motorists I'M
happily boarding five or more of them.
They would be well-adviSed to settle
with the law before they come face-to-
face with Judge Smith. He obviously
intends to teach scofflawS some re-
Spect for law and order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-25
Middle Ground

1t is becoming increasingly appar-
ent that the fight for supremacy in
Washington area planning between the
groups with the big nameS-the Metro
politan Washington Council Of Govern
ments and the National Capital Regional
Planning Councils going to drag on
for some time.
But in the meantime, there is urgent
need for an interim organization to deal
with at least one specific regional prob
em-transportation
The need grows from the Federal
Highway Aid Act of 1862, which states
in categorical terms that no Federal aid
funds will be granted to any metropoli-
tan area, after July /, 1865, which lacks
comprehensive area-wide tranSporta-
ton planning process" The Washington
area, in short, lacks one now. And the
Federal Bureau of Public Roads remind
ed its officials some time ago that unless
they want to risk loss of aid funds
year and half from now, they had
better get busy.
AS might be expected, therefore, the
Council of Governments is quietly at
work on the organizational form of such
a transportation policy group, which
presumably will be sent soon to local
governing bodies for their reactions.
AS might also be expected, the Re
gional Planning Council already has
drafted such proposal, approved at it's
meeting the other day, which preSum-
ably also will be distributed to various
agencies for comment.
According to officials who are for
tunate Tor unfortunately enough to be
sitting with both groups, there are no
great differences between the two pro-
poSals. The danger is, however, that a
final decision is all too apt to falter over
small differences.
Obviously that would work to the
disadvantage of the region as whole.
What must be done is to make certain
that the interim transportation organ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-25
THE PASSING SCENE

By WILLIAM S. WHIT

gument will never hide this
effort. Nor is the great prin-
ciple in the smallest way
made less by the fact that
Gov. Barnett is a bad" man
involved in a bad" case.
The law was not made only
for good" men. Indeed, alb
solutely good" men are
rarely brought to trial in
any event, since there are
so very few Of them.
But the only liberal"
voice thus far raised-not
in behalf Of Gov. Barnett
but in behalf Of an indispen-
sable constitutional right
has been that Of the Amer
lean Civil Liberties Union.
1t alone among all the lib
eral Establishment seems to
realize that the issues here
infinitely transcends men
named Ross Barnett and
James Meredith.
The Rights Act of 81
There is another curious
point, too. When the basic
Civil Rights Act Of 1857 was
at length approved by the
senate, that body, after
grave debate, wrote into it
a positive guarantee that
persons accused under it
should have - whatP The
right Of trial by jury. Among
those so voting, and So
rightly. was a Senator called
John F. Kennedy.
The Governments argyll
ment here comes down IN
this: If you grant Jury trial
TO Gov. Barnett-and per-
maps to other Barnetts TO
come as the civil rights con-
troversy boils on-a jury of
his peers may very likely
find him not guilty perbons
so. But the first reply to this
Is that the Government is
really demanding an auto
matte verdict of guilty - an
outcome that would happily
suit any prosecuting agency
anywhere at any time in any
law case.
And the second and
greater reply is this: The
whole jury system carries
within it the clear possibility
that a guilty man may 90
free. But for a thousand
years men have thought this
risk infinitely preferable to
another. They have thought
1t better for a thousand
guilty men to be set loose
than for one innocent man
to be punished.
For If a Barnett can be
hustled out of his rights to-
day, a far better man, in a
better cause, can be hustled
out OF his rights tomorrow.
Where are the professional
liberals" nowp How far are
their principles truly princi-
pied; and how far are they
a fake facade?
O 1858
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-25
FRIDAY. OCTOBER Is. 1863

ization remains independent-repre-
senting the interests of both the major
regional groups, but clearly the child
of neither one. This is too big chore
to leave to the hired StaffS, who tend,
as they have shown in the past, to get
emotional about their own jobs. 1t must
be handled, as such things usually are,
by officials who are responsible enough
to put aside small differences in the
larger interests of the region.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-25

While the Supreme Court
is pondering one Of the most
fundamental tests of the civil
rights Of everybody ever
brought before it, the profess
Sional liberals and shouters
for civil rights for Negroes
alone are strangely silent.
The general question Is
this: Shall the ancient right
Of every American to a trial
by a jury Of his peers" be
set aside in a single, special
type Of offense - an offenSe
against the Negro minority?
The specific questions are
these: Shall Gov. Ross Bar
nett Of Mississippi be granted
a jury trial on charges Of
criminal contempt brought
against him by the Federal
Government for obstructing
admission to the University
OF Mississippi Of a Negro
student now graduated.
James Meredith? Or shall he
be tried only by those whose
orders he disobeyed, the
judges Of the Fifth Federal
Circuit Court of Appeals?
This is not some petty
contempt like that involved
when a witness. a defendant
or an attorney is abusive to
a judge on the bench and
is fined or lectured or per-
hapS even cooled off in jail
for a day or, two. What Gov.
Barnett, in truth, stands &C
cused of is a high crime
obstruction Of justice, though
this is not the legal charge
ana the power Of the ap-
peals court to punish him
has no precise legal limit
set upon 1t. In theory, at
least, he could be sent to
prison for years by the very
judges who feel aggrieved by
him.
Issue: Right to Jury Trial
The issue here is not the
wrongneSs Of Gov. Barnett's
official conduct-which in
this columnist's opinion was,
indeed, unarguably wrong.
The issue is nothing less
than the maintenance of
justice in this country-a
concept for which men In
England had to fight for
centuries before at last they
gained it and in due time
transplanted it to these
shores. 1t is the mainten-
ance Of the most intimate
and irreplaceable Of all civil
rights, the right to a jury
trial on any criminal charge.
Nevertheless, those politi-
clans and commentators who
cry themselves into teary
hoarSeneSs for civil rights"
either are looking the other
way now or are actively sup
porting the Governments
effort to destroy jury trial
In one kind Of criminal case
and one alone. A thousand
pages Of logic-chopping ar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-25

If "The Reins Of Power"
appeared a few years ago
or perhaps a few years hence
for example-Prof. Schwartz
might well not feel the need
to 60 into the matter of nulli-
tlcation or the question of
Judicial review quite so ex-
tenSively as he does.
But the book was published
yes ay, and Prof.
Schwartz'S orientation towards
current controversy consider
ably increases its value to us
today. In a few decades. II
may seem a rather strange
little book, but that is not our
concern now.
Origin of Procedures
The doctrine of judicial re-
view has its origins in Eng
land, as Prof. Schwartz
shows. 1t was established be-
yond all doubt in the United
States by Chief Justice John
Marshall in Marbury v. Madi.
son (1SO3), and thew are
strange and rare souls who
have challenged it since.
Prof. Schwartz shows that
attempts to raise ideas of the
Independence" or Sovereign
ty" of the States are made IN
ground that is much too bar
rem to be reclaimed by dill
gent fertilizing or blowing.
These matters seem to be dis
posed OF here beyond all rec
iamation, no matter how great
the expenditure of ingenuity.
and it is obvious that Prof
Schwartz wishes we might
hear an end of tortuous ar
gument.
Prof: Schwartz considers
that the period of Judicial
supremacy" lasted from
shortly after the Civil War 70 r,
1897. During those wears he
feels, the court consiStentIv
interpreted the commerce
clause and the due process
amendment so as to impose
Its economic (not juridicaD
notions on the country. The
court moved away from this
position when it began to ac-
cept New Deal legislation and
ceased insisting that laissez
Ialre economic doctrines were
somehow enShrined in the
Constitution.
Prof. Schwartz does not
deny that eff one looks only
at the precedentS of the half
century or so prior to 1887"
it can justly be claimed that
recent decisions have "vested
unprecedented power in the
Federal Government" But
he says that those "prece-
dents of the pre-19S7 period
had themselves been based
upon a reputation of earlier
precedentS."
"The ReinS of Power" clear
ly has a firmly held point of
view. 1t argues the view with
force and factual objectivity.
1t will be a helpful book in
the months to come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-25
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
Supreme Courts Specific Role
By DONALD MINTZ

THE REINS OF POWER, A
Constitutional History of
the United States. By Ber-
nard Schwartz. PIG PIP. Hill
4 Wang. $3.50.
mo feature in the Govern
ment of the United States"
wrote James Bryce, "has
awakened so much curiosity
in the European mind, caused
so much discussion, received
so much admiration, and been
more frequently misunder-
stood, than the duties assigned
to the Supreme Court and the
functions which it discharges
in guarding the ark of the
Constitution"
The quotation is a key to
the sort of constitutional his
tory found in Bernard
Schwartz's 1.-THE Reins of
Power" Prof. Schwartz is in
tereSted here not so much in
that history in general as in
the specific role of the Su-
preme Court.
He is on the faculty of New
York University and "the
author of standard treatise
on constitutional law" His
brief and stormy moment as a
committee counsel on Capitol
Hill some years back was a
peripheral event in an essen
TALLY academic career.
That moment perhaps con-
tributed something to the few
words devoted to congress
Sional decay" towards the end
of the book. But in the final
chapter, Prof. Schwartz
leaves his nearly exclusive
concern with the court and
evaluateS the present situa-
ton Of all three branches of
the Federal Government. His
feelings about Congress may
well have been much the same
without the bit of personal ex-
perience.
The Balance of Power
The word power" does not
appear in the title thought
leSSly or by accident. Prof.
Schwartz'S view of the entire
subject is conditioned by the
notion that the power Of the
three branches with regard to
one another GIBBS and flows
and that the relationship
among them is more a bal
ance of power than a division
of duties or functions.
A book as brief as "The
Reins of Power" is bound to
be Selective. What is omitted
and what is included seem to
have been decided on the basis
of two criteria, neither of
which is stated. The first is
connection with the power con-
cept; obviously events that
change the balance are cru
cial and must be discussed.
Second, the background of
matters that are currently
under discussion should be
Illuminated as thoroughly as
possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-25
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry ioriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used DiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-25

suant to the terms Of that
treaty. Peter X. Bros.
Khrushchev, revealing his
true colors once said: I'VE
spit in their face and they
call it dew" This is the at
titude that Communists have
toward leaders Of this proud
Nation of ours.
Just a year ago Gromyko
was boldly lying to our Presi-
dent about the presence Of
Soviet troops in Cuba, now
he is being received on friend
ly terms at the White House
and the Foggy Bottom Palace.
He was the Soviet represent
tatiVe in shaping up the nu-
clear test ban treaty and he
knows nothing of the Amer
lean troop conveys stopped
for Is hours at the Berlin
Corridor. We should believe
him?
There is one thing sure and
the sooner our egghead plan
ners Of foreign policy learn II
before it is too late the bet
ter we shall be. These plan
ners are forever hopeful"
and pragmatic. And too often
we suffer a singing defeat.
These planners would not
think Of taking the advice OF
so-called right-wingers and
yet If they did we would not
be so wrong so often in our
foreign policy.
Until such time as our
leaders learn the blue print
for world conquest contained
in the Marxist-Leninist the
DRY they will continue to
make mistakes and they will
continue to contribute to the
International Commun t
conspiracy to dominate the
world. Since it is we'll es-
tablished that left wingers
make our foreign policy of
defeat what it is why should
we not listen to the voice of
the rig h t-wingers for a
change? They call a spade, a
spade; and they know spittle
when they see it.
Jean BOuleau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-25
Tito and Mime. Nhu

With considerable dismay
and no little adherence I
have seen two American
Presidents shake the bloody
hands Of two Red leaders
and welcome them as equals
into the hospitality of the
White House - events &C
cented because they have &C.
CURED in a land that boasts
the world over about its high
sense of justice and deep
concern for human freedom.
Yet, while President Ken
nedy was recently displaying
his hearty welcome for Tito,
one Of the three recognized
great foes Of liberty, he was
demonstrating crude discour-
teSy toward q first lady
whose people are valiantly
fig h tin g communism. But
like perhaps millions Of other
Americans, I hope Madame
Nhu does not permit this act
Of ill-breeding to wound her
dignity but instead to feel
she has not condescended to
tread the White House red
carpet befouled by the feet of
the worlds outstanding
Wholesale murderers. OF
course, other nations will not
fail to note that the disres-
pect we have shown the
charming first lady Of Wet
Nam looms, In. bold perspec-
tive a g ainst the courteous
receptions American first la
dies have received in coun-
tries that disapprove our
State Departments playing
footsies with international
communism.
1t makes one wonder why
we send our Lodges to pro-
test against violated liberties
Of minority Buddhists when
we have sat placidly on our
diplomatic fingers when mil
lions of Hungarians and East
Germans and CubanS were
bowling beneath the yoke of
Red ruthlesSneSs. The proper
word? Shameful.
Dan p. Van GOrder.
= 4 +
A story in The Star of
october 18 said, Every few
voices Gin Congress) have
been raised against Marshal
Tito's trip to the United
States"
Referring only to the Con-
greSSional Record, and not
attempting to survey opin-
ions expressed in news re-
leases, news letters, radio
and TV shows or public
speeches, it can easily be
seen that three Senators
Crank LauSche, Thomas j.
Dodd and Stephen M.
Young) protested against the
visit as did all of the follow
ing Representatives:
Edwin DerwinSki, John r.
Pillion, Ralph Beermann,
Glenn Cunningham, Frank
Horton, Frank Bow, Michael
Feighan. Ray MAIDEN, Donald
c. Bruce, Steven B. Derou-
MAN, Bruce Alger, ThaddeuS
DulSki, Frank Becker, Rob-
ert T. McLoSkey, Donald
Brotzman, Alvin O'Konski,
Durward Hall, James UT,
Harold Collier, ]. Arthur
Younger, August Johanson
and Charles Chamberlain.
It is suggested that the
four who were listed in your
article had many more who
joined them in their pro-
tests. Leeta Nice. Dali.
The chronicle., 1963-11-18
Sheriff Wages
~InvioIate, Ruled
In George Case

JACKSON (UPI) - The State
Supreme Court ruled today that
Sheriffs' wages are not subject
to garnishment.
Mrs. Betty Stringfellow won a
$25, 900 judgment against George
County Sheriff W. D. Bearry
and attempted to garniShee his
fees to collect.
But, the high court pointed
out that SheriffS must pay dep
uties' salaries and other expens-
eS from the fees and said the
fees therefore are public money
and beyond the reach of gar
nishments.
If they became tied up in
such proceedings, it said, "the
office Of sheriff could not func-
tom and "conceivably,' the
public would be denied the Serv-
ice Of process servers, deputies
to enforce the law, and other
services"
Mrs. Stringfellow sued Bearry
for the fatal shooting of her hus-
band during a liquor raid.