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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13
Include Us Out

One Of the shoddy, time-worn
traditions which discredit the Maryland
Legislature is a practice that usually
permits delegations to exempt" their
local areas from the effects of State
legislation distasteful to them. Include
us out" they say, and voilal-it is
miraculously done. During the prelimi-
nary voting on the Governors anti-slot
machine bill the other day, however, this
unwritten rule suffered one Of its rare
setbacks It would be pleasant to report
that this resulted from a sudden surge
Of moral principle. But that, alas, was
hardly the case.
As practical proposition, the bill
to abolish slot machines is aimed only
at those four Southern Maryland coun-
ties where the one-armed bandits now
are legal. When an amendment was
introduced to exempt" three of these
four counties from the effects Of the
bill, therefore, the Legislature faced a
choice which must have panied some of
its elder statesmen. For a vote against
the amendment would strike at least
indirectly at the so-called "local option"
tradition, raising for some, no doubt, the
specter Of later reprisals by the victims"
in this case. If the amendment were
permitted to carry, however, the Legisla-
ture and its leaders would have been in
the utterly ludicrous position of passing
a high-priority reform measure which
would have applied to hardly anyone.
The Legislature made the only SEN
sible choice-rejecting the amendment
by the lopsided vote Of 90 to 20. Indeed,
the only surprise was that number of
Delegates from outside the affected
areas (including, unaccountably, two
from Montgomery County, voted the
other way. AS precedent, however, the
vote was no test at all of sentiment on
the privilege" Of exemption. One can
only hope that on some future occasion
this issue will be faced on its merits, and
that eventually flaws of the State" will
have equal application everywhere in
Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13
No Time to Quit

Representative McAdillan's charge
that the news media" in Washington
have wrecked the prospects Of a mean
ingful increase in the Federal payment
to the District by too much talk about
the Presidents proposed Federal pay
ment formula" is utter nonsense.
OF course the news media" have
been enthusiastic about the presidential
proposal. It represents, first Of all, an
administration concern with the prob
lens of the Nations Capital that is
virtually unprecedented. It seeks, sec
ondly, a permanent, long-range legisla-
tive solution to the Federal payment
dilemma which is urgently needed to
restore some degree Of sanity to the
fiscal affairs of the District. And,
thirdly, 1t comes closer In dollar volume
to the real needs of the city than the
less complex and somewhat smaller
increase proposed by Mr.. Mcmillan.
This does not mean, Of course, that
the White House has spoken the last
word, and we are surprised that Mr..
Mcmillan seems to think the press is
so naive as to believe that is the case.
For his part, Chairman Mcmillan has
serious misgivings about the political
feasibility Of the Presidents bill. Per-
hapS he will be proved highland The
Star has so stated in the past. But
there obviously is sharp difference
of opinion on this question between
responsible members of Congress, which
logically and sensibly should be con-
sidered and resolved in the kind of
Joint House-Senate deliberations which
have been proposed by Chairman Bible
Of the Senate District Committee.
In his letter to local radio station,
Mr.. Mcmillan complains that he receives
no assistance or encouragement" from
the news media" in his legislative eff
forts on the Districts behalf Well, as
to that, number Of points might be
raised, including the fact that except
on rare occasions Chairman Mcmillan
makes himself totally unavailable to
reporters. Under the circumstances, it
is hardly strange that the position of
the congressman is not always fully
understood.
But what has all this to do with the
fate Of the Federal payment proposals.
In our opinion, Congress will be very
little influenced in what it ultimately
does by the reaction of "news media"
to the White House plan. What Chair
man Mcmillan does, however, will be
vitality important, and his current gen.
eralized irritation at the news media"
is no Justification for a retreat from
his original position that a Federal
program Of substantial proportions is
essential to the well-being of the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13

Nancy Leudicke could not under
stand what all the fuss was about. All
she had done was to give up one of
her healthy kidneys SO that George
Brost, 80, might have chance to live
for his nine children. To Mrs. Leudicke,
20, 1t was quite natural thing to do.
She just happened to read about Mr..
Brost's condition one day while on
coffee break in Milwaukee. 1t made no
difference TO her that he was a stranger
in Boston, and 1t made no difference
that her own life might be shortened
by long-shot gamble that Mr.. Brost
would live. To Mrs. Leudicke there was
only one thing TO do, and she did 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13

abilities that are essential to any eff
fective new experiment in federation.
At the moment, President Nasser
is reported cautiously receptive to the
Iraqi plan-pending the possibility Of
summit meeting" with the heads Of
governments in Baghdad and Damascus.
It seems clear enough that none Of this
will happen in haste, and that the new
regimes in Iraq and Syria will have both
the opportunity and the responsibility
to demonstrate their qualifications to
govern their own countries before becom-
ing part Of wider regional authority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13
Trial of F. D. R.-L.

II the clock could be turned back 80
years It would be hard to conceive Of a
Senate committee grilling man named
Franklin Delano Roosevelt-even with
junior attached to the name. Never
theless, Senate group, or at least the
Republican members thereof, are quiz
zing the late Presidents son with a
view to marking" his selection by
President Kennedy as Undersecretary Of
Commerce.
This does not make any great i'm
preston on us. If Mr.. Kennedy had
combed the country over he might have
come up with better candidate for this
post Back in the rugged days of the
West Virginia Democratic primary, how
ever, F. d. R., 1r., gave big push to the
presidential ambitions of J. r. K Mem
cries are long in those West Virginia
hills and the Roosevelt name had not
lost It's magic. It is hard to believe, but
some reporters wrote that voters in the
valleys and little hill towns didn't know
the difference between F. D. r and r. d.
R., jr. Maybe they didn't care and maybe
it doesn't matter. One certain thing is
that the West Virginia primary, on the
Catholic issue, meant lot to John F.
Kennedy, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, IT.,
gave him big assist on that occasion.
The nomination to the Commerce
post, after much scanning of other
possibilities, is, of course, a political pay
off. But what's so wrong with that?
Political debts are paid by Republicans
as well as Democrats, and the partisan
alarms which are being raised over Mr..
Roosevelt's traffic record, his limited
business experience and his service as
legal adviser to TrujilIo's Dominican
Republic leave us singularly undis-
turbed. Mr.. Kennedy owed a debt to
Mr.. Roosevelt; he has tried to pay it,
and we do not think the Senate will
upset this particular political applicant.
There is one aspect of this matter,
however, which is bit hard to swallow.
During the West Virginia primary, Mr..
Roosevelt, in effect, questioned the pa
triotiSm Of Senator Hubert Humphrey,
who was running as Mr.. Kennedy's
Protestant Democratic opponent This
was baseless, and Senator Humphrey,
with ample justification, called it gutter
politics" Mr.. Kennedy, who might have
repudiated this shabby support, managed
to look the other way. He said Mr..
Roosevelt was making his speeches, and
that he, Mr.. Kennedy, was making his
own.
At this late stage Of the game it
doesn't matter much. Mr.. Humphrey was
beaten in West Virginia and evidently
has forgiven or forgotten. Mr.. Kennedy
went on to win the nomination and the
election. The Republicans are making
partisan noises about it, but the political
debt to Mr.. Roosevelt is being paid. AS
for the rest Of us, like 1t or not, this is
the way Of politics in our country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13

@. Did Lincoln's Emanci-
patton Proclamation abolish
slavery in all States?--G. d.
A. No. Lincoln's Emancipa-
ton Proclamation on January
l, 1853. abolished slavery only
In those States and parts Of
States that were in rebellion
against the United States.
Over three-fourths Of q mil
lion slaves elsewhere In the
United States were still not
proclaimed free. Not until
the defeat Of the Confeder-
acy and the ratification of
the Thirteenth Amendment
to the Constitution In 1855
was emancipation completed.
@. What Is systems engi-
neering?-G. p.
A. Systems engineering Is a
comparatively new field OF
engineering technology which
deals with analysis OF entire
operations, such as business,
manufacturing, or military
operations. Systems engineers
make analyses and forecasts
based on the analyses. Among
their tools" are mathemat-
les. mechanical computation,
and the theory Of probability.
The last enables them TO
make predictions for the fu-
ture OF an operation based
on the present conditions as
revealed by the analysis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13

The revolutionary government of
Iraq, in office less than six weeks, is
making an energetic effort to maintain
the present momentum Of political
change in the Arab Middle East. To
this end, its latest proposal foresees a
new Arab union to be built first around
a Joint three-nation military command
-Iraq, Syria and the United Arab
Republican, expanding later to politi-
cal affairs and to the inclusion Of such
other Arab states as Algeria and Yemen.
In one form or another, federation
of some or all Of the Arab countries is
an old dream that never has been
brought successfully to life. The pros
poets for the present Iraqi formula, which
apparently has not even been worked
out In any detail, are not noticeably
Brighter. After all, the problem Of in
tegrating sovereign authorities In the
fields Of military, political or economic
planning are as intricate in the Middle
East as in any other part Of the world
possibly more SO.
In more ways than one, the key
figure in the plan being promoted by
the Baghdad government is President
Nasser of the U. A. r. 1t was evident
during the brief Iraqui revolution last
month, and the even faster overthrow
Of the Syrian government last week,
that the winning forces in each case are
admirers Of the Egyptian chief Of gov
eminent. There also was evidence Of a
similar man-in-the-s attitude both
in Baghdad and Damascus. And while
Iraq and, to lesser extent, Syria are
possessed Of greater natural resources
than Egypt, the latter country has the
political stability and the chronological
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13
LittIe-Procticed Rule
In every international cri-

In every international cri-
sis, ] have wondered why
more people, here and abroad,
can't apply the Golden Rule
to their country's actions as
they would to those Of an in
divilual. Adlai Stevenson was
accused Of willingness to dis
mantle our bases in Turkey
If Russia would dismantle
hers In Cuba; and there was
such ? storm Of criticism that
he hastened to deny 1t. Among
the liberals who are demand
ing effective action to over
throw dictators like Duvalier
of Haiti and Nasser Of Egypt.
how many would concede q
right on the part of Duvalier
or Nasser to call for boy
colts and blockades to over
throw our form of govern
ment? We lecture the world
on the Rule of Law but con-
tinue to limit our acceptance
Of the Jurisdiction Of the In
ternational Court Of Justice.
I grant that we are not
the only ones with this one
sided outlook. India. ever
since her independence. has
been lecturing the world on
pacifism but using force in
Kashmir. Hyderabad. Kerala
and Goa. Every nation has
this fault In some degree.
I do not ask that the ma
tons Of the world should be-
have like saints. But / do be-
lieve that II they are not to
exterminate themselves in a
nuclear catastrophe, they
must learn TO practice the
Golden Rule at least as well
as the average citizen does.
This means showing some un-
derstanding Of the needs and
viewpoints Of others. It
means O willingness to give
and take in settling disputes,
and the willingness, where
compromise fails, to secure a
decision by q court rather
than by force. It means a
willingness TO give and take
in settling disputes. and the
willingness, where compromise
fails, 10 secure o decision by
a court rather than by force.
It means a willingness TO
resolve political conflicts by
some sort Of governmental
machinery.
II men can. nations can.
Robert Mandel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13
WATCHING THE WORLD
Europe's Drive for independence
BY CROSBY S. NOYE.
Foreign Correspondent Of The stor

clear that q multilateral
force In which the United
States retains a right Of veto
arouses very limited interest.
The reason why these
schemes have been doomed
from the beginning Is that
they all have overlooked one
simple central fact about
emergent Europe: That II In
tends to become in its own
right without any qualifica-
ton one Of the worlds great
powers.
This will be true whoever
calls the tune. 1t is not, as
many Americans have been
wrongly led 10 believe. an
ALTERATION peculiar to Gen.
de Gaulle. 1t is. In fact. pre-
cisely because he gives q spe-
cial and eloquent expression
to this almost universal idea
that the general stands head
and shoulders above every
other European leader today.
For Independence
Europe, then, will not ul-
timately allow its potential
power to be circumscribed or
controlled by the United
States in the name Of WEST
ern solidarity" or 'interde-
pendence." 1t win not, in any
Joint effort. accept the propo-
sition Of q junior partner.
It win not be diverted by
sch e me IS designed to per-
petuate the dependence Of
Europe on American power.
What Europe is heading for
and what 1t viii most GER
tainly one day achieve Is q
real alliance Of equal part
ners with the United States.
Unless the United States can
accept this goal in every
sphere Of international &C
tivity, 1t will find itself in
creasingly at cross purposes
with strongly developing
trends in this part Of the
world.
Until these basic facts are
assimilated in Washington, it
viii be impossible to develop
policies toward Europe that
stand much chance Of sue
cess. There are occasions
when the necessity Of making
q public statement by an
important official has led to
Qualification Of policy itself.
If the forthcoming visits
could produce such o result.
it would be gratefully re-
ceived in both Europe and
the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13
Facts for GoIdwoter

suppose am one OF
"those people" Senator Gold
water Keeps complaining
about who are trying to force
him to run for the Presidency.
We are the same people
who took to heart the Sem
ators plea at the 1860 Repub-
lican National Convention
that we stay in the party
and work to make our con-
sentative position the domi-
nant one. We would seem to
have done a pretty good job
Of it because at the local,
State and congressional level,
the party has definitely
swerved to the right Of the
Eisenhower Administration
and the 1860 platform.
The only thing Is, this
whole effort is for nothing
If we are stuck with q
pseudo Republican like Nell
son Rockefeller as our 1864
Presidential candidate. 1t is a
little disheartening that
while we are out fighting
the good fight to prevent
that from happening. our
Achilles announces from time
to time that he intends to
sit this one out in his tent.
1t would be well for Sena-
tor Goldwater to take into
consideration a couple Of the
facts Of life: /. He can
m AXE brilliant statements
about this Administrations
shortcomings "A hours q day,
but unless he says them out
there where the people can
hear him, on the Presidential
stump. they aren't really go
ing to bring about any i'm
provement. 2. II Senator
Goldwater, the only conserv-
alive Of sufficient stature
and personal magnetism
available, chooses not to run,
then Nelson Rockefeller is
the greatest cinch that ever
went to the post.
Now. it could be that Sen
ator Goldwater doesn't re-
gard the nomination Of
Rockefeller as the calamity
that the rest Of us conserv-
alive Republicans do. If that
is true. then either the SEN
ator is greatly misjudging
Gov. Rockefeller or q lot Of
conservatives are greatly
misjudging Senator Gold
water.
Jerry Davis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13
Updote Security Pocts

In connection with your
editorial regarding need for
a patrol Of space for our
safety, / wonder II there is
not a concomitant factor just
as essential: guarding the
free world by barring In It
all Communist tracking sta
tons sites. DRIFTING bonus
could be controlled from such
stations. Recently the 5oviets
asked Australia for a "scien-
tific" tracking station. Il
would seem imperative that
we update our mutual secur-
ity pacts with a clause deny
ing such sites to Communists
- such pacts as the Rio
Pact, the Antarctic Treaty.
the ANGUS. SEATo, and
NATO pacts. etc.
II. A. Kendall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13
In SeH-Defense

This letter is with refer
ence to the articles that were
published in your newspaper
concerning the operations Of
Geological Worldwide. Inc.
These articles made mention
Of my name and cast unfair
insinuations upon me.
/ have neither attended q
business meeting nor partic-
ipated in the business opera
tons Of Geological World
wide, Inc. for at least q year.
Having no personal knowl-
edge Of the operation Of the
business. I am deeply dis
turbed by what ! have read
In the newspapers.
/ have had cats and dogs
IN my home all my life, and
! have raised horses for many
years.
M. FeweIl Melton.
Editors note: We are glad
to publish Mr.. Melton's let
ter. His name appeared in
the news stories because the
State records ct Richmond
listed him as vice president
Of Geological Worldwide, Inc.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensG-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13
A BOOK FOR TODAY
MONTGOMERY Beots RommeI AGAIN
BY DONALD MIMI

vance in the face Of quick
firing field artillery"
Rommel filled to appreci-
ate the point. Again and
again he mounted counter
attacks led by tanks. The
losses he thereby sustained
began the destruction Of his
army.
ALAMEN WAS A HARD,
bloody fight and Brigadier
Phillips follows 1t In great
detail. sometimes d own to
company and even platoon
level. His style is curiously
changeable. Sometimes 1t
borders on eloquence; some
times it comes uncomfort-
ably close to sick" parody.
Most American readers will
have trouble with the rich
assortment Of British mill
tary authorizations, for while
the glossary informs us that
a FOO Is q Forward Obser-
walton Officer (artillery). )"
we are left to dredge "VC"
Victoria Cross out Of our
memories and such things as
"RTR (Royal Tank Regi-
ment) out Of the index.
These are small faults
compared to the books many
virtues. Its maps and tacti-
cal descriptions are clear, as
indeed they should be since
Brigadier Phillips has, made
considerable use not only Of
the usual sources but also
Of unpublished diaries and
has asked innumerable par
Elephants to search their
memories.
"Alamein" Is q bloody vol
ume. But no one win feel
that 1t is an indulgence Of
morbidity. On the contrary,
it is clearly Brigadier Phil
lips intention to celebrate
the healthy bravery Of the
courageous men who partici-
pated in one Of the crucial
battles Of World War II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13
Eisenhower Duck Hunt

I am enclosing herewith q
copy of my letter to Senator
Fulbright. giving him the
facts regarding Gen. Eisen-
hower's recent hunting trip
in Mexico. I am sure that the
Mexican correspondent was
merely doing enthusiastic re-
porting rather than attempt
ing to give an erroneous ac-
count Of the Generals visit.
The Mexican people were ex-
tremely happy and proud to
have him there, and I really
believe that what the Mex
lean reporter was trying to do
was to praise General Eisen-
hover to the Mexican people.
Your helpfulness in cor
recting the bad impression
given by this inaccurate news
report would be greatly APP
preciated.
Charles s. Jones.
Los Angeles, Calf.
Editors Note: Mr.. Jones'
letter to Senator Fulbright
refers to a brief Associated
Press dispatch in The Star
from Culiacan. Mexico, Feb
ruary IS. Senator Fulbright
placed the article in the Rec
ord and made a brief speech,
critical Of the report that Mr..
Eisenhower had shot 40
ducks and IS other birds in
less than three hours. Mr..
Jones letter to Senator Full
bright is quoted below.)
"Inasmuch as you could
not have been aware Of the
gross inaccuracy Of the news
story which you placed in the
Congressional Record. ! feel
sure you would like to have
the facts in the matter.
IF the newspaper article
had said that THE Eisen-
hover Party Shoots rs Birds"
instead of Eisenhower
Shoots rs Birds"-it would
have been a more nearly
correct headline. Actually, the
total number Of birds was go.
Including my own, there
we're six guns in a party Of
about 20 people, both Mexi-
can and United States citi-
zens. While Gen. Eisenhower
Is an excellent shot. he did
not take his limit Of 20 birds,
and the shooting party fin
ished the day with half OF q
legal Mexican limit.
THE Laws of the Republic
Of Mexico. and I enclose them
for your convenience, per-
NIT q hunter to shoot 20
birds on Saturdays and Sun
days, and 10 birds on week
days.
II call your attention to the
fact that the Mexican peo-
pie have a duck Of their own
which their law describes as
resident duck and which
Is not migratory, and these
ducks. for the most part,
made UP the hunting partys
bag. There we're very few
migratory ducks In the area.
THE Eisenhower party
went to Mexico as guests OF
the Mexican government and
we're entertained In Culiacan
by as fine a group Of people
as one can meet anywhere In
the world"