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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-20
BY RICHARD CRITCHFIELD

oPeSlal W Inc otaE
NEW DELHI.-India's Com
munist Party is anxiously
clutching at Premier Khru-
Shchev's willingness to hold a
world Communist meeting to
thresh out Sino-Soviet differ
enceS.
Communist leaders here see
some rapprochement by Russia
and China as the only hope of
repairing midas own party,
with 750 of its leaders now in
jail and the party divided into
two warning camps.
The Indian Communists,
100000 strong, have been
bitterly split ever since China's
troops invaded the northern
borders last october.
Sixty per cent still remain
publicly loyal to Moscow which
supplies the Indian party's d.
rection and finances mostly
from sales Of Moscow-published
literature in India). They sup
port the Soviet stand that
China's warfare" communism
would plunge the world into
a nuclear holocast, while Rus
sia's welfare" version will
eventually lead to their take
over in India through peaceful
methods. They have only to win
public confidence. they argue,
while midas pace of develop
ment boys down to the point
where drastic solutions are
sought: no war is needed and
coexistence is possible.
Sees Revolution AbOrted
The other 40 per cent, con-
centrated heavily in the north
ern border states of Punjab
and West Bengal, are con-
WINGED along with Picking,
that If Khrushchev is not over
thrown in time, the feminist
world revolution and hopes OF
coming into power in India
through active subversion will
have been betrayed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-20

Sault Ste. Marie-came from
the 1888 square miles OF
Michigan that lie above the
Straits Of Mackinac. Not one
had been inaugurated In that
area stretching beneath Lake
Superior from Wisconsin on
the west 10 Canada on the east.
Editor Jean Worth OF the
Escanaba Daily Press and
Others suggested a second in
augural would TT In nicely with
this city's upcoming centennial
celebration. Gov. Romney gave
his approval.
Several thousand, including
Republican leaders from the is
counties that form an area 10
times larger than Rhode Is
land, are expected.
The oath Of office is TO be
administered by State Supreme
Court Justice Michael d.
O'Hara Of Menominee, an up
per peninsula Republican who
also won over q Democrat last
November.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-20
midas Reds Back ParIey
To End Sino-Soviet Rift

The Indian party's pro-
Moscow leadership has emerged
victorious after an eight-day
stormy secret session. Out went
E. M. s. Namboodiripad, a
former moderate who has
swung around to China's view
recently, from his top Jobs as
party general secretary and
editor Of the party's official
organ, New Age. Mr.. Nam
boodiripad, a tough strategist
with a Canadian exterior.
ruled Kerala State as chief
minister during its % months
OF Communist control ending
In 1860. His expulsion from top
leadership came after he re-
fused to call Red China an
"aggressor" and claimed the
party's pro government stance
was "disrupting Communist
unity"
Chinese Revoked
Temporarily triumphant was
willy S. A. DANCE, party chair
man and elderly leader of Com
munism's old guard in India,
who promptly rebuked China
anew for violating the "prin-
ciple Of Marxism- Leninism" by
invading non aligned India.
Anxious to conceal the disar-
ray Of Indian communists since
the Chinese invasion last fall,
Mr.. DANCE stoutly denied that
pro Chinese members of the
party in Calcutta had set up
their own rebel organization.
(They have. He claimed he
had no intention Of "purging"
the pro = Chinese members.
But he hastily Endorsed
Moscow's move to finally agree
to a world communist meeting
to heal the breach with Picking.
Claiming support of the
Nehru government, Mr.. DANCE
urged China to accept in full
the neutral nations Colombo
proposals to settle the Sino-
Indian conflict.
Then, apparently demon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-20
Promise to Withdraw Few Thousand
Troops From Cuba Is Called Inadequate
DAVID LAWRENCE

Premier Khrushchev has
thrown President Kennedy
and his critics a crumb-a
promised withdrawal Of q
few thousand" Soviet troops
from Cuba. This is an I'M
satisfactory answer to the
request Of the United States
that all Russian troops
should leave the island and
that the Soviets should give
up their military base in
Cuba. Leading Democrats as
well as Republicans in Con-
gress have voiced their dis
satisfaction over the made
quacy Of the Soviet action.
1t is doubtful whether
either the President or his
critics will let the matter
rest with a partial with
drawal Of Soviet troops. For
there is no way Of knowing
how many more Russian
civilians" or "technicians"
will enter Cuba in the next
few weeks to replace those
who will have departed.
The congressional criticism
has had its effect, however,
and will continue. 1t is UNI
fortunate that Undersecre-
tary Of State George Ball and
some Of the administration
spokesman in Congress re-
Gently chose to regard any
criticism as partisan" and
called for "bipartisanship.
Actually. there has been BIZ
partisanship among the
critics. Much Of what has
peeh Salo IN Congress in dis
approval Of the Cuban policy
has come from Democrats. A
few days ago, Senator Stem
mis- Of Mississippi, Democrat.
chairman Of a subcommittee
on military affairs, expressed
A u
the opinion that the criticism
had been helpful and that
the investigation of our Gu
ban policy undertaken by his
subcommittee will give
strength to the President
and Khrushchev will realize
It,"
After the announcement
OF the coming withdrawal of
a portion Of the Soviet army
in Cuba, Senator Stennis, in
a statement, said:
Even though this is an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-20
yENKLN LLOYD JONES
Let's Get With the Metric System,

meter Of pure water at four
degrees centigrade (the tenn
perature Of greatest density.
Volume, either wet or dry, Is
figured by liter, which is one
cubic decimeter.
This utterly simple sys-
tenn has already taken over
most of our scientific meas
urement. Our college students
in their laboratories thus
have to learn two systems. No
doctor gives you drains Of
anti-toxin or ounces Of
plaSma any more. He gives
you so many Co.'S. Our mill
tary men now figure all gun
barrels in millimeters.
How much sweat would be
involved If the English
speaking nations changed
over? We'd quit the 100-yard
dash. Gradually we'd stop
making buildings 100 feet
long, ceilings 8 feet high, and
pipe 8 inches in diameter
Housewives would have to
learn that stew meat at $1.42
a kilo is the same as soc a
pound. Your SO waist would
become size 81. The sign, In
stead Of reading Is miles to
Mumpville, would read 81
kilometers. which we'd soon
be calling "kayems." The
speed limit, instead Of being
so, would be 80.
We'd be frozen solid only
In surveying. All America
west Of the Appalachians is
laid out In square miles, and
you'd have a rough time try
ing to express acres in hec-
tares. But we could keep this
eccentr lefty conveniently
since domestic real estate
doesn't have to be expressed
in international measure
mentS.
The change should be
swifter and easier than most
people imagine. In Frankfurt,
Germany. last year I talked
to the wife Of an American
CT. II only had trouble at the
stores until ! learned the new
clothes sizes for the kids" she
said. Nov 40 liters Of gaso-
line and 500 grams Of coffee
makes sense. My husband
drives a truck and within a
month he claimed he had
forgotten Just how long a
mile is"
We'd better Jet with it. We
are going TO have to get with
1t. and we ought to 20 now
before we raise another huge
generation of youngsters who
will have TO learn II anyway.
tcopyriSht iso0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-20

encouraging step. it is only
one step. Our policy must be
an insistence that they all be
withdrawn. This is the only
thing that will really remove
the menace"
Other Senators in both
parties-Russell Of Georgia,
Lausche Of Ohio, SmatherS
OF Florida, Mansfield Of
Montana, all Democrats, and
Dirksen of Illinois. Aiken Of
Vermont, and Goldwater Of
Arizona, Republicans -
echoed the same sentiment.
There are currently, Of
course, some partisans among
the critics. These Republic
cans seem to have learned a
lesson from the Democrats.
who managed to make Cuba
an issue in the 1860 presi-
dental campaign. Those crit
icisms may have swung
enough votes to be a factor
in the close race that Mr..
Kennedy won over Mr..
Nixon. The Democratic presi-
Dental nominees words,
therefore, are being re-read
by some Of the Republicans
as a lesson in how to succeed
in campaigning without really
trying to be nonpartisan.
Mr.. Kennedy, for example,
had this to say in a speech
at j o h n S t o wn, Pa, on
october Is, 1860:
For the transformation of
Cuba into a Communist base
OF operations a few minutes
from our coast-by Jet plane.
missile or submarines an
incredibly dangerous Develop
ment to have been permitted
by our Republican policy
makers. :.
This wouldn't have hap
pened under Franklin Roose-
welt, who warned the Nazis
in 1910 to stay out of our
hemisphere: this wouldn't
have happened under Harry
Truman, who warned the
Communists in 1947 to stay
out of Greece and Turkey"
In another speech, the
Democratic candidate in
cluded Cuba in six key areas
in the world in which he
charged that the administra-
ton was "reacting too late"
He repeatedly declared that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-20

Representative George p.
Miller. Democrat Of Cali
fornia, has introduced a bill
to authorize a three-year
study by the National Blu
reau Of Standards to deter
mine the impact on America
OF q switch to the metric
system Of weights and
measures.
Let's hope the bill passes
handily. 1t is high time the
United States, the United
Kingdom. Canada. Australia
and New Zealand began
talking in measurements that
the rest of the world can
understand. We are the lone
important holdouts to the
metric system. The scnuer
we change the easier.
Thirty years ago interna-
tional commerce still wrestled
with a confused welter of
archines. batmans, covidos,
feddans, gudges and kassa-
bahs. Nation after nation
discovered that 1t Just
couldn't do business on a
worldwide scale with its
private yardstick. So the
metric system completed its
conquest of Europe and now
has swept the whole Of Latin
America, Asia and all Of
Africa except a few present
and former English colonies.
And here we sit.
Here we sit with an inch
that was originally the dis
lance from the knuckle to
the end Of the thumb. with a
foot the length Of an out
sized human foot, with a
yard supposedly the distance
from the kings nose to the
tip Of his outstretched
fingers.
We've got a 231-cubic-inch
American gallon consisting
Of four quarts, eight pints
and 80 gills. The pint is Is
fluid ounces. 1913 drains and
1850 minims. But the Brit
ish have a gallon Of $50
cubic inches.
We have a pound consist
ing Of 1000 grains which is
multiplied by 100 for a
hundredweight and 1000 for
a ton. But the British have
the same pound which they
multiply by IA for a stone,
eight stones for a hundred
weight (ll2 lbs.) and 20
hundredweight for q ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-20
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Trouble with JFKs reform program everybody is
trying to grind his own tax
Note on hijacking of Venezuelan freighter The Com
munists have their maritime code-the law of the
high seize.
Budget Boss Gordon says the administrations 500
billion spending is tight budget" It's so tight the fellows
at the country clubs darn srangng to death over
Senator Fulbright accuses Republicans of "rrespons
bt on foreign affairs He apparently wants understood
that the Democrats alone responsible for the shape the
worlds In F ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-20
Measurement Reform in u. S. Is Called
Inevitable and Better Early Than Later

H6U 1OGGE
2.240 lbs.) So we can't even
agree with the British.
We measure length and
distance by inches, feet,
yards, rods, chains, furlongs
for horse races and miles.
The mile comes from "mille
passum" which was supposed
to equal 1000 double-paces
OF a Roman soldier.
Once, while flying across
Northern India. I fell into
conversation with DR.. Ed
ward E. LeClair, jr., of
Cornell University, who was
doing a research project in
a remote village called Rank
handi up. near the Hima-
layas.
He told me that the local
measuring stick was some
thing called an "immar-
tigaj." But 1t seems the ma
tives had two with different
lengths - one to measure
land, wood and metal, and
a shorter one for measuring
cloth. This amused us until
we recalled that we advanced
Americans suffer from the
same foolishness.
We measure fluids with a
57.75-cubic-inch quart, but
we measure dry things with
a 67.2-cubic-in quart.
The beauty Of the metric
system is that weights, dis
tances and volume are all
tied together. The meter was
originally calculated as one
tenth millionth Of the dis
lance from the equator to
the pole. All the multiples
are standardized. Deca
means 10, hectic 100, kilo
1000 and mega 1000, 900.
Ditto with divisions: deci
means one-tenth, cent? one
one : hundredth, milf one
thouSandth. and micro one
millionth.
Thus a kilometer is one
thousand meters or 100000
centimeters. And a milli-
meter Is one-hundredth Of a
decimeter and 1000 micro
meters. In contrast, II you
want to know the number Of
inches In a mile or the num-
Der Of feet in a furlong you'd
better have a pad and pencil
ready.
Metric weights are meas
ured by grams which Is the
weight Of one cubic cent?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-20

strating he felt the Indian
communists were still in a
strong enough position to ad-
wise Prime Minister Nehru, he
demanded rejection OF the
U. S.-Commonwealth air de-
Tense proposal, opposed any
settlement giving any part OF
Kashmir to Pakistan and de-
nounced those reactionaries
who want to push India into
the American camp"
Turning his guns on Finance
Minister Moraji DeSai, the
Communist leader opposed
forthcoming new taxation, said
instead the money to arm
India could be raised by ma
tionalizing banks and the min
ing. sugar and jute industries.
In a typical switch from
MarxiSt aversion TO private
property. Mr., DANCE made a
clever appeal TO peasant wo-
men by attacking Desai's de-
claration that all gold jewelry
must be IA carat in the
future. Small families must
have pure gold as security" he
said.
Must Attract 10000
Flushed with victory, Com
munist leader DANCE sounded
confident. But he still has the
tough problem of trying to
bring 10000 Indian Commu-
nists back to the pro-Moscow
fold. Almost all the other
Asian Communist parties now
support Picking. But in India
the party's legal survival de-
Ponds on siding with Russia,
though China's invasion has
crushed any hopes Of being
voted into power for a long
time to come.
Probably no other party Is
attaching such supreme ini-
portance to the Soviet gesture
Of willingness to talk its diff
ferences over with China pre-
liminary to a world conference.
Evening star., 1963-12-25
MoriIyn Anderson, MoryLund
Make Joint Bow at Gala Ball

debutante, blond and statues
que Miss Lund. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Wendell Luther
Lund. wore a sheath gown Of
pale blue and silver brocade
with a matching bolero
jacket.
She carried an arm bou-
quet Of deep red roses.
The two debutantes re-
ceived with their parents In
the drawing room of the
club.
Afterwards all danced un-
til the wee hours to the
tunes played continuously by
Cy Phillips and his orchestra.
Evening star., 1963-12-25

here. attended the University
Of Colorado and is now in
her sophomore year at Mary
Baldwin College. staunton,
Va.
The Washington Club was
decked for the occasion with
a large ceiling to floor
Christmas tree covered in
multi-colored lights. Christ
mas branches and greens
gave the fireplace a festive
look.
Evening star., 1963-12-25
Chapter
To Meet

The OAR Manor House
Chapter will hold a dessert
and business meeting Janu-
ary 4 at the home Of Mrs.
Arthur z. Brown, with Mrs.
Evans as co-hostess.
Evening star., 1963-12-25

At midnight a buffet sup
per was served for the debu-
tantes. their sister debu-
tantes Of the season and
their escorts.
Marilyn, who was also
presented at the Debutante
Cotillion and THANKSGIVING
Ball this year is a graduate
Of Dana Hall in Wellesley,
Mass. and Is now attending
the University Of California
at Berkeley.
A Sophomore
Miss Lund, who Is a gradu-
ate of the Friends School
Evening star., 1963-12-25
Reception

The Arts Club Of Washing
ton will hold a reception
from 5 TO 6 pm. New Years
Day, with the Board Of Gov
ernors as hosts.
The party will take place
in the Gallery.
Evening star., 1963-12-25

Miss Marilyn Louise An
derson and Miss Mary Wen
dell Lund made a joint debut
Monday night at a ball given
by their parents in the
Washington Club.
Authenticated Miss An
derson, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Stewart Going Ander-
son. wore q white satin gown
with scoop neckline and vel
vet flowers appliqued on the
bodice.
In Blue
She carried a cascade bou-
quet Of sweetheart roses.
In contrast to her sister
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-28

(Dem., Mtnn.)
The Emancipation Proclamation
of 1868 illustrates that justice,
even though used as an eXpedient,
can transcend limitation and eX-
tend the scope Of freedom.
Conceived as a military and pol
itical measure to free slaves in the
secessionist states, the Emancipa-
ton Proclamation is significant
because it committed this nation
officially to the cause of freedom
and equality for all Americans.
This document was consistent
with the, ideals and values of the
Anglo-American world as devel-
oped through the Magma Carta and
the American Declaration of Inde-
pendence. When the American Re-
public accepted the institution of
slavery the Founding Fathers bore
the inconsistency of their ideals
and their practice with heavy con-
science. Jefferson was moved to
question, Can the liberties of a
nation be thought secure when we
have removed their only firm
basis, a conviction in the minds Of
people that these liberties are of
the gift of God? That they are not
to be violated but with His wrath?
Indeed tremble for my country
when I reflect that God is just;
that His justice cannot sleep for
ever e. E"
The ideal of freedom and equali-
ty has been imperfectly achieved
in the century since the Proclama-
tons publication. Progress toward
full equality in education, in en-
ployment opportunities, in housing
has Jagged for too long. I believe
we can most fittingly commemor-
ate this occasion by dedicating
ourselves to the speeding up OF
complete emancipation OF all
Americans so that we can sooner
enioy the fuller realization Of the
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-28
ST. PAUL BIRTHDAYS
March 8 March 8

March 3 - Gloria Parker, 49O
w. Central Av.; Ethel Carter, 447
st. Anthony Av.; Mrs. A. MCGEE,
527 Aurora Av.; Donazelle Green,
748 Carroll Av.; Ethel Andrea
Parks, 964 Iglehart Av.
March 4 - Mrs. Florence Logan,
800 W. Central Av.; Dorothy
Brown Cozine, 846 Carroll Av.;
Mrs. Clara Parker, lat State St.;
Mr.. James Middlecoff, 551 w.
Central; Robert Commodore, 821
w. Central; Stacy Hardwick Will
liams, City; Noel J. Scott, 55 Jess
anime St.; James Maurice Tucker,
694 Iglehart Av.
March 5 - Frank Brown, 405
st. Anthony Av.; Lily Preston, 273
st. Anthony Av.; A. L. Hefge, 615
Carroll Av.; David Alvin Rose, 239
w. Central Av.; Lee Ballard, SIT
st. Anthony Av.; Roger Anderson,
City; Florence Fristo, S17 Mar
shall; Freddie Roger Cobb, S71 st.
Anthony Av.; Mrs. Gloria Howard
1914 Arundel Av.
March 6 Charles Joseph
Schuck, 500 Carroll Av.; Deborah
Ann Carroll, 695 Carroll Av.; Mrs.
Lorraine Tabor, City; Isaac
Blakey, 6S2 Carroll Av.
March 7 - Edward Stone, 1872
Central Av.; Mrs. Robert Jones,
1922 Rondo Av.; Ted ]. Harris,
Jr., 81 West Jessamine Av.; Rob-
ert Noel Harris, 795 st. Anthony
Av.; C. B. Benner, 618 Carroll
Av.; Michael Phelps, 722 Iglehart
AV.
March 8 - Edna Small, 1889
Cumberland; Louis Cason, 1885
Thomas; Mrs. Ransom ]. O'Neal,
1O76 Fuller Av.; Mrs. Henrietta
Turpin, 399 w. Wheelock Pkwy,
Allen Mcintosh, 635 st. Anthony
Av.; Portia Robin Bell, City.
March 9 - Lapercell Greene,
984 Iglehart Av.; A. D. Graves, 46o
Iglehart Av.; Mrs. Carlos Moffatt,
1869 Fuller Av.; Roland Lowell Will
son, 912 Iglehart Av.; Fred Schuck,
S44 Fuller Av.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-28
Emancipation Proclamation

Whereas the twentysecond day September in the
proclamation issued by the President of the States
containing, among other things the following to wit:
That the first day of January in the year of
thousand eight hundred all persons held as
slaves within any State designated part of State people
whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States
shall be then thenceforth forever free ,"
Now, therefore l. Abraham Lincoln President of the
United States by power me vested as COM
mandernchief of the army navy United States in
time of actual armed rebellion against authority govern
of the United States and and necessary war
for suppresng said rebellion do this day of
January in the year Lord eight hundred
and sxythree order and declare that persons as
slaves within said designated States parts States are and
kenceforward shall be free .
'And hereby enjon upon the people 50 declared to be
free to abstain from all violence necessary self
defense and recommend to them that cases when
allowed they labor faithfully for reasonable wages
And further declare make that such persons
of suitable condition will be received the service of
the United States garrison forts positions stations
oher places sorts in said service
And upon this act sincerely believed be an act of
justice warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity
favor of Almighty God ;"
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-28
BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
MINNEAPOLIS BIRTHDAYS
March 8 March o

March 3 - Curtis C. Chivers,
4017 Clinton Av.; Carl Micah War
rem, 364S Third Av. S.; Leighton
Frieze, Abb Fourth Av. S.; Donald
Vaughn Brown, 1853 Third Av. S.;
James Bennett, Little Rock, Ark;
Guischard Parrish New York.
March - B. D. Greer, 1921
Eighth Av. N; Gladys r. Freeman,
1909 18th Av. N; Mrs. John Bolin,
$50 E. 38th St.; Mary Ann Brown,
1912 First Av. s.; Gloria Mitchell,
1901 Bryant Av. N; Lester Watts,
807 Emerson Av. N; Joseph F.
Adderly, 4O44 Portland Av.; Lyn-
cite Marie Wood, Calf.
March 5-Mrs. Hugh B. Wilcox,
"a E. Melburne; Leslie Wallace,
326 E. 34th St.; Mrs. Wendell
Gibbs, Pleasantville, N. ].
March 6 - Charles L. Horn
Foshay Tower, Minneapolis; Mrs.
Matte Prince, 4537 Portland; A.
]. Clark, Jr., 321 E. 45th ST.; Mrs.
Shirni Perkins, 7O4 Humboldt Av.
NJ; Mrs. Aaron J. Lyons, 4o17
Third Av. s.; Mrs. E. r. Parks,
Evanston, H.; James Joseph Gres-
ham, 614 Dupont Av. N.
March 7 - Mrs. Edith Mae
Jones, 1924 Eighth Av. NJ; Mrs.
Irene Black, 977 Aldrich Av. NJ;
Grace Golden, 3615 Chicago Av.;
Louis Whitlocl, 1854 Clinton Av.;
Leon Wallace, 1924 Park Av.; Wes-
ley Lyle, Jr., 333 E. 3sth St.;
Danessa Patrick, 3342 Fourth Av.
s.; Mrs. Roberta Jones Carmich-
ael, 1923 Third Av. S.; Fayetta
Watts, 2746h Fourth Av. S.; Jud-
ith Kaye and Jenifer Guest Hines,
(twins), 1886 Clinton Av; Tom
Ward, 1888 Vincent Av. s.; J. E.
Hall, Jr., Des Moines, Iowa; Ather-
ton Hughes, Los Angeles.
March 8 - Mrs. Mamie Battles,
1928 Portland Av.; Charles Glenn,
364O Fourth Av. S.; Mrs. ]. c.
Virgins, 4OO1 Fifth Av. s.; Jack
Jones, 1910 Eighth Av. N; Tim
othy Kent, 72O Fourth Av. NJ;
Mrs. Henry Bailey, 4O17 Fifth Av.
S.; Helen Louise Boone, 1886
Fourth Av. S.
March 9 - Mrs. Willard Jones,
1881 Portland Av.; Kenya Denise
Blackwell, 4247 Fifth Av. s.; Kirk
Dean Patterson, 1900 Portland
Av.; Nicholas Webster, 1915, Third
Av. S.