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ASSETS OF TROPICAL ISLAND" HAYES
In an interview with Alfred B. Hayes, regarding
the question of Public Beaches in the Virgin Islands, he
said: Think the AVISis on the right track when it
calls for public. access to beaches. Beaches that can be
used all year round are one of the most important assets
a tropical island has"
The, question of Public Beach land came into focus
in an AVIS article Of December 10th when it was found
that the West Indies Investment Co. was charging fifty
cents admission to Sandy Point Sidney Lee, Of that
company has advised the AVIS that he will issue a state
ment regarding this matter).
A the Island grows there will be more and more
demand for beach space, NJ Hayes continued, there
fore beaches will have to be made available to the public
Landowners and people in real estate here will
have to face this reality. And to a certain extent this
would be in their own financial interests For, if future
beach needs are not planned and a situation develops
where our access to public beaches is inferior to other
areas, the real estate people will suffer-for prospective
clients will go to other areas where they can get access
to public beaches.
mot that every real estate buyer wants to 20 swim
ming every day or even every week but everyone Of
them want to know where there is a beach they can use,
A the present time there are scattered beaches
around the Island so satisfy this need but at the rate
ST. Croix is growing we'll soon grow out of these avail
able beaches and parks.
Though the question has been raised that all our
beaches be declared public, / foresee technical difficult
ties making a blanket acquisition of all shore line that
may make this unrealistic.
ST do think, however, that the Government should
be facing up to this problem
1T is true that the Department Of Agriculture is
doing an excellent job at Cramer Park but what ST.
frrc;1 nocJc - o.Jo7oo CrnrSor DorLc II cbc,Idp,+ he
necessary for anyone to travel more than q couple Of
miles to gain access to a beach or recreation area.
1T may very well be possible that the Government
could develop a leasing arrangement from certain land
owners who have beaches which are inaccessible and
unused at present. It might well be that there are civic
minded property owners who would be willing to make
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POINT OF VIEW--
Moon Program Winning

Khrushchev's proposal after
John Glenn's flight in Febru-
airy. 1862. DR.. Hugh Dryden Of
NASA, a brilliant scientist and
administrator, has now COM
pleted four series Of talks with
the Soviets and a basis has
been laid for working together
in several areas. BUT the Rus
sian negotiators have fatty re-
fused to consider this country's
proposal to combine on manned
flight.
1t has become clear that the
Soviet launching program is
entirely in the hands of the
military and 1t is believed that
the non-military scientists and
academicians who meet with
DR.. Dryden have no voice in
the cosmonauts' activities. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
BY CHARLES BARTLETT
Star Special Writer

Doubts have been registered
and many questions have been
raised but Congress now seems
certain to continue to support
the President in his determine
ton to aim at the moon.
The House Space Committee,
after holding So hearings with
16l witnesses over the past two
months, will move this week
toward its final decisions on
the 1864 expenditures for space.
There is no sign Of a broad
disposition to clip the rate Of
spending that would in turn re-
tard the rate of progress toward
the moon.
The committee members are
being driven, in some cases re-
luctantly. to assent by the same
basic uncertainties which
prompted the President to pro-
pose the lunar probes in 1861.
No one still knows what the
Russians are doing in regard
to the moon or what important
surprises may be found there.
Members in Quandary
Many Of those who will
shortly vote on authorizations
for the space agency are torn
between a desire to stand as
budget-cutters before their con-
stituents and a fear Of the con-
sequences. A vote against the
appropriation could quickly lose
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scientists must apparently ne
gotiate with the generals for
the launchings that will put
their instruments into orbit,
They seem anxious therefore to
agree on programs like Joint
observation of cloud forma-
tons that will strengthen their
claim upon the launching pads.
When they show reluctance to
cooperate in purely scientific
projects, experience has taught
the Americans to suspect that
they are merely hiding their
chronological inability to take
part.
Their refusal to consider 60
ing hand-in-hand to the moon
could reflect the fact that they
have developed no capacity in
this direction. Their excuse
that collaboration on manned
space flights must await the
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its political appeal on the day
the Russians execute another
space spectacular. Cost is the
most compelling argument
against the project but the SCI
entists have now hardened
their original estimates and
they come remarkably close to
the $40 billion total that was
initially anticipated.
The Government has proved
to be more ingenious at learn
ing how to reach the moon
than at discovering what the
Russians are up to in space.
There has been no sign of a
development of the heavy
launch vehicle that will be nee
essary for a manned expedition
to the moon. There has in fact
been no manned space flight
in Russia since last August.
Mr.. Khrushchev said casually
at one time that he was going
to leave the moon to the Amer
leans but several Soviet scien-
lists have implied to Western
colleagues, in equally casual
terms, that a top priority effort
was in progress. Most of the
Russians, diplomats and scien-
fists, keep a firm silence when
the subject comes up.
Military in Control
No hint Of their intentions in
regard to the moon has emerged
from the negotiations on space
cooperation which flowed from
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day Of general disarmament
could stem from a determine
ton to concentrate upon the
military potential Of space men.
This would mean DRIFTING plat
forms from which observations
could be conducted and weapons
might be welded.
1t is certainly true that the
Soviet negotiators have shown
more sensitivity on the po-
tential of our spy satellites
than on our progress to the
moon. Russia's most earnest
competition is probably with
the SIT billion that we will
spend next year on the mill
tary use Of space instead of
with the $5.7 billion that we
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will spend on the moon trip
and allied projects.
Before next years budget
is drawn in December, the
President will be asked to
consider major steps in space
beyond the five-day trip to
the moon. National decisions
must then be made on whether
to build a base on the moon
or a manned orbiting labora-
tory. Again the price tag will
be high and the decision viii
have to be rendered more in
terms Of science than Of COM
petition with, the Russians.
Secretary Of Agriculture
Freeman is making plans for
a trip behind the Iron Curtain
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this summer. He will visit
Russia and several Of the bloc
countries as an exchange for
the visit here earlier this year
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Of a Soviet agricultural group.
The precise time has not been
set
(Copyright, 1963)
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Toward a Detente?

The cordial, and even warm, ex-
change Of Fourth of-July messages be-
tween Premier Khrushchev and Presi-
dent Kennedy lends further support to
the possibility that detente may be in
the making between East and West.
Such relaxation Of tension-which
could be long first step on the tor
tuouS road to genuinely decent, trust
worthy and enduring peace-now seems
to be high on the Kremlin's agenda. Mr..
Khrushchev, at any rate, has given the
impression that the Soviet Union is
ready to accept our Governments long
standing proposal for treaty that
would ban all nuclear tests except those
underground the type which is at
present exceedingly difficult, If not
impossible, to detect.
What remains unclear at the mo-
ment is whether the Soviet Premier has
conditioned such an agreement on the
simultaneous signing Of a non-aggres-
sion pact between the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization and the so-called
Warsaw powers made up Of the USSR
and its East European satellites. First
Deputy Premier Mikoyan, in the course
of his friendly remarks at our Moscow
Embassy's Independence Day reception,
has said that there is 'link" between
the two things. But he has been vague,
just as has been Mr.. Khrushchev, as
to the Kremlin's readiness-or lack of
ito sign limited test ban as some
thing separate and distinct from
NATO-Warsaw understanding.
This question presumably will be
dealt with in the opening stages of the
test-ban negotiations scheduled to be-
gin in Moscow next week. Meanwhile,
since he conceivably may be aiming for
a detente, Mr.. Krushchev's proposals
should receive our country's most seri-
GUS consideration.
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No Rail Strike!

The moment of truth is close at
hand for the men who make the de-
cisions in the operating railroad unions.
For one thing is certain. A railroad
strike cannot, should not and will not
be tolerated.
The issues at stake have been
studied, restudied and studied again.
There is no need to rehaSh them now.
The essential point is that feather
bedding, which is costing sick rail-
road industry some $500 million year,
must go.
Well over year ago Presidential
Railroad Commission, after long study,
submitted a report which contained
reasonable proposals for solving the
problems of unneeded firemen and the
size of other work crews. The railroads,
with some reluctance, accepted; the
unions refused. Then, on March of
this year, the Supreme Court said the
railroads had the right to put rules
changes into effect. The unions said
they would strike Immediately If this
should be done. A great deal Of palav-
ering followed, with the result that
the railroads agreed to submit the dis
pute to binding arbitration. The unions
said they would have no part Of 1t. And
there, for all essential purposes, the
matter stands.
Labor Secretary Wirtz has made
another "final" proposal which, in
effect, calls for arbitration, although
this dreadful word is not actually used.
And he demands an answer this after
noon from both parties. If he gets the
same old stuck-record reply, the ad-
miniStration should and doubtless will
move quickly for legislation. Haste is
necessary since the railroads say they
will put new rules into effect at one
minute after midnight on Thursday,
and the unions say this will bring an
immediate strike.
The reluctance Of both the admin
istration and the Congress to do what
will have to be done is understandable.
For there may be adverse political re-
percuSSionS. But here, If ever, is case
In which the public interest must come
first. In the absence of an eleventh.
hour settlement, the President should
submit and Congress should approve
legislation which will compel the sub
mission Of this dispute to binding arbi-
tration.
union spokesman says such action
would be "a giant step toward dictator
ship" This is an exaggeration. But
to the extent that it may be true, the
rail unions will have only themselves
to blame.
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Patriots on Spot

Patriots find themselves
definitely on the spot. Every
word uttered against COM
munism is being held against
its author. Every sentence in
behalf Of freedom is being
received cautiously and crit
ically. This is as 1t should be.
It is really good for the free
dom side TO have its cause
evaluated thoroughly. Thu
truth 1t has going for 1t
should dismay the opposition.
II the thrilling idea Of free
dom and the truth cannot
win. II must be in some
strange way, beyond our
comprehension, that slavery
is the best state Of society
and is right and freedom is
wrong. Everything that is
said on this vital subject
which influences and decides
public opinion should be
widely known, weighed in the
balance and judged. In this
process. II love Of country is
held as a known divisive vice,
each Of us must make new
plans that some way truth
shall prevail.
H. L. Hunt,
Dallas. Texas.
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ceptability Of applicants, but to help
school officials resolve possible doubts
in their own minds in any suspicious
case.
During hearings on a related suit
brought by three teachers against the
school board action, Montgomery Cir
cult Judge Norman commented the
other day that IF there is one thing
American citizens don't like, 1t is a
police department breathing down their
necks." OF course they don't. But the
procedures proposed by the board are
nothing more than the regular, routine
procedures which already are followed
in the case of all Montgomery County
employees except school teachers. The
parents of Montgomery have every right
to expect that the people to whom they
entruSt their children day after day
have been just as carefully checked
as possible.
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Financing Capitals
Gary Blanchard.

How much should Con-
gresS contribute to the ex-
penses of the District Of
Columbia and the seat Of the
Federal Government? The
capital of a nation has GER
tain unusual expenses which
an ordinary city does not
have. In addition, the Dis
trict is denied the tax-pro-
ducing business and industry
upon which other large cities
depend for the greater part
of their local revenue.
One valid basis for fixing
this contribution would be
the amount contributed by
other large well-developed
nations to their capital cities.
In Europe this ranges from
80 to so per cent. London,
the largest capital city in the
world, receives a 35 per cent
grant from the Exchequer.
For 1962-1963 the United
Kingdom gave a grant OF
$115,076,248 to the County Of
Of London for its operating
expenses. This was 35 per
cent of the total budget for
the county of $327,527 200.
The county received other
income Of $41,O85,072 and
budgeted a total Of $171, $685.
400 to be paid by the local
rate" or tax structure.
II the British government
considers that the citizens Of
London 100000 Of them in
the county, should not bear
more than IS per cent Of the
burden Of the capital city
should the United States
government expect the citi-
zens Of the District Of Co
lumbia to pay IS per cent?
John r.. Inner
President,
Dupont circle Citizens Asso-
citation.
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Ounce of Protection

The sole purpose Of the Montgomery
School Board decision to check school
teachers fingerprints against local po-
lice files, in addition to those Of the
FBI, Is to seek IAN added ounce of pro-
lection" for school children. For the
State Board Of Education to say that
this sensible decision invades teachers
rights-and to order its revocation-is
ridiculous.
The FBI checks are not adequate
for the Montgomery school system to
fully evaluate potential employees. Be-
yond the additional information which
local police files might produce, for
example, the board wants to receive
fuller explanations than customarily are
forwarded by the FBI-not for the pur-
pose Of having police advise on the ac-
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Adoms-Morgon Renewal

The Commissioners marathon hear
ings this week reaffirmed the need for
urban renewal in the Adams Morgan
area. While conditions are not bad
enough in the area to justify widespread
clearance, the causes Of spreading de-
terioration are too varied and complex
to be successfully attacked by private
action alone. Moreover, the broad cit
izen participation in the renewal plan
ming process, nurtured by governmental
agencies, offers an encouraging model
for other areas. 1t would be uncon-
Scionable If the Commissioners, at this
late date were to permit the renewal
plan to gather dust.
What remains is for them to de-
termine whether to approve the plan in
its present form, or modify it. In the
latter event, this is the time to speak
up. A further delay now, for reasonable
cause, makes far more sense than to
stumble ahead, inviting frustrating and
time consuming reviSionS later.
Their decision to satisfy themselves
at the outset as to the adequacy of re-
location proposals is wiSe-eSpecially in
view Of the doubts raised by the Urban
League. BY the same token, the league
is exerting strong presSures for more
low and moderate-income housing
within the renewal area itself.
It Is well to remember, in this re-
gard, that the basic concept of the
renewal plan is not to convert the
AdamS-Morgan area into a low-coSt
housing project. The fundamental and
sound premise is to concentrate on re-
Mobilization for the benefit, insofar as
possible, Of the people, in all sorts of
circumstances, who are now living there
This means that very little will happen
in some blocks. Nothing at all will hap
pen to many structures.
In certain sections, however, more
drastic action is essential. And where
clearance will take place, where new
apartments, for example, will be built,
the provision Of moderate-income hous-
ing obviously is a goal to strive for.
AS Redevelopment Director Phil A. Doyle
points out, the success of these efforts
will be limited by the ability Of private
enterprise. The Commissioners can,
however, make clear their intent, and
exert pressure on the renewal agency
to seek redeveloperS, in the limited Sec
tionS slated for clearance, who are will
ing to try to make use of the Still-ex-
perimental new forms of moderate
rental financing available through ur-
ban renewal.
AS to the controversial scattered
site" public housing provision, we think
much of the concern has been exagger-
ated. The severe limitations placed on
the application Of this provision would,
as practical matter, greatly restrict its
use. In carefully selected instances,
however, it offers hope for meeting
the urgent needs of large, low-income
families which should not be ignored.
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irrelevancies as race, creed or
color.
What he Is really saying is
that it is just too bad If 10
per cent of our countrymen
have to spend q week plan
ming where to eat and sleep If
they intend to travel through
the South.
Discrimination on the sole
basis of race, creed or color
by businesses licensed to
serve the public is, I submit,
as much an abuse Of property
rights as shouting fire in a
crowded theater is an abuse
of free speech.
Neither abuse can or should
be tolerated. Morals may not
be susceptible to legislation,
but conduct is susceptible to
regulation. And we can-we
must-keep private prejudice
from being the de facto
public policy in too many
parts of our country.
I dearly hope Mr.. White
gets himself united, and soon.
Until he does he will not
speak for realistic white mod
crates like myself. Nor will
he be in a morally defensible
position.
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Young Republicans

Some of the differences
drawn by David Broder on
the National Young Repub-
lican Federation do not rep
resent an accurate and COM
plete record Of the conven-
ton. I was present as q rep
reSentative of my home State
Of Michigan.
Certainly there was an UNI
usual amount of what has
been called pickering over
small issues, as is almost al
ways the case in a free and
open convention with dele
gates strongly expressing
their preference on the basis
of personality and who would
do the best job as chairman
of the Y. r. Federation. The
long impaSse over the New
Jersey unit rule (not Ne
braSka as Mr.. Broder wrote)
was somewhat comparable to
senior party convention walk
outs lin 1913 for the Demo-
crats) or disputes over the
seating of certain G. o. P.
delegates in 1852 or the hi
larious Puerto Rican incident
in the same convention. New
Jerseys vote was important
in a convention where three
Of the top offices were de-
cided by less than 10 votes
each.
Lobbying from the John
Birch Society was no more
widespread than that from
almost every segment of the
party.
Mr.. Broder implies that If
the Y. r. delegates are the
future hope of the party the
future is bleak indeed. How
ever, some true leaders Of the
present and future showed
themselves to the best Of
their ability. If the Republic
can Party follows the lead Of
the delegates from New York
and Alabama in sitting down
for close to 40 hours and
thrashing out honest dis
agreements on civil rights to
eventually write a strong and
sound civil rights plank, then
the party will have nothing
to be ashamed of.
Don Alderman
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100 Years Ago

The Union victory at Get
tysburg Just about eclipsed
newswise another great tri-
umph by Federal arms-the
surrender Of Vicksburg. Worn
out physically and practically
starved, the Confederate gar
rison at Vicksburg gave up
on July 4, 1868, the same day
that Gen. Lees battered
Army Of Northern Virginia
was retreating southwark
through Pennsylvania. First
official word of Vicksburg's
surrender to appear in The
Star was in the form of a dis
patch received by Secretary
Of the Navy Gideon Welles
from Admiral David Porter,
which this paper printed on
July 7, 1868. The Star en-
Unused: "The Two Burgs.
Vicksburgl Gettysburgl To
whom shall we Grant the
Meade Of praise2" A second
and fuller report from Ad-
miral Porter appeared in this
paper on July IL, 1858:
"Vicksburg has surrendered
at last, to the United States
forces, after q desperate, but
vain, resistance. That she has
not done so sooner has not
been for want OF ability on
the part Of our military
commanders, but from the
magnitude Of the defenses
which were intended to re-
pulse any force the Govern
ment could possibly send
there. What bearing this will
have on the rebellion re-
mains yet TO be seen, but
the magnitude Of the sue
cess must go far toward
crushing out this revolution
and establishing once more
the commerce Of the States
bordering on this (Mississippi)
river. History has seldom had
an opportunity Of recording
so desperate a defense on one
side. with so much courage.
ability and perseverance and
endurance on the other, and
II ever an army was entitled
TO the gratitude Of a nation,
1t is the Army Of the Ten
nessee and Its gallant leaders.
The Navy has necessarily
performed q less conspicuous
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so Years AGO

The reunion Of Civil War
veterans on the 50th ami
versary Of the Battle of Get
tysburg in 1918 provided
many stirring scenes. "Pick-
ett's Charge, The Star of
July 3. 1918 reported, was
re-enacted by many of those
who participated in 1t. At
Bloody ANGLE, where their
Comrades had fought to the
death, survivors this time
SHOOK hands, sang songs
and made speeches when
they met, and the anguish
Of the awful slaughter of that
long dead day was wiped out
forever. :" George Nc
Connell, Of Michigan, an
iron man Of his States Iron
Brigade. said: II wish the
North had a song like Dixie.
1t is a song Of inspiration, as
any one who fought against
the South knows. I wish the
Star-Spangled Banner could
be played and sung to the
tune Of Dixie. :"
The cash register played a
merry tune for the silent
films so years ago. One could
see his favorite actor or &C
tress "emote" for the modest
sum Of 5 cents in those
days and the industry was
hitting the jackpot. The
Star Of July /, 1918, reported.
"Statisticians have just COM
pleted counting all the nick
els that have been spent the
past year to see movie
shows. The grand total is
$3.50. 100000 nickels, or 1919
million paid by $40 billion
spectators. More than $50
million is invested in the
moving picture industry.
more than 100000 persons
are employed, and 10 million
feet Of films are produced
weekly. ;"