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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
W0shingfOn is practically aaO0sh
in people ochO aOiH tell your fortune
for a fee
BY HlBBARD G. JAMES


TN THE capital of what we like to believe to be
IA the most enlightened nation of the world, the
occult enjoys the full sanction of municipal
authority
Those who profess to see the future for fee
are licensed by the District government just as
are engineers, architects, plumbers, electricians
and taxi drivers.
The techniques used by these fortune tellers
cover quite range. They include palmistS, as
trologers, card readers mediums, spiritualistS,
graphOlogists and crystal ball gazers More exotic
types read burnt embers or tea leaves and prac-
tice something called Egyptian and divination.
In recent survey, the only two kinds sought
that couldn't be located were phrenologists, who
interpret bumps on your head, and operators in
the field of haruspicy art Of discovering the
future by examining the entrails of ritually-
slaughtered animals.
Whatever their method for seeing into tOmor-
row, one or another stands ready to give you any,
thing from simple forecast to advice on bust
ness, love, luck, health, family affairs or the
choice Of a marriage partner.
And be they crystal ball gazers or sand di-
vizers they are all legitimate businessmen Tor
women, as the majority arel. have their District
licenses to prove ii, and many of them advertise
in the Yellow Pages. Some even promise salts
faction guaranteed"
Not long ago in an effort to find out about the
book Of the future at first hand, went to pro-
fessiOnal fortune teller for the first time in my
life.
My choice was a random one: house had
often passed and wondered what went on inside
the rather gaudy exterior There is huge neon
outline Of hand in each window shaded by
bright red, semitransparent curtains. hand
lettered sign announces that no appointment is
necessary.
Inside found rather shOddilyfurnished re-
ceptiOn room. After a moment the proprietress
appeared, smoking cigarette, and looked at me
inquiringly. l asked how much il would cost to
have my palm read.
Two dollars for half reading; four for full
reading" she replied. agreed TO the full reading
and was led into the consulting room. II was a
tiny place furnished with two straight chairs and
a dresser on which we're displayed picture of
the Sacred Heart, q crucifIx and Bible. The only
light came through curtains from the street
Without giving me time to take Off my coat,
she sat down with her back to the light, motioned
me TO the other chair and said: Give me your
Arizona tribune., 1963-08-02
3 WILL INTEGRATE
DIXIE MED SCHOOLS

WASHINGTON Three Negro
students. awarded medical schol-
arships by the National Medical
Fellowships. an agency of the
Sloan Foundation, will attend
previously all white medical
schools in the South.
Robert Gamble, %. of Charles
ton. w. Va, will attend John
Hopkins University at Baltimore;
Hamilton Holmes, u. Of Atlanta,
will attend Emory University;
and W. D. Meriweather. 20. Of
Charleston. S. c.. will attend
Duke University at Durham, N.
c.
Thirty seven other Negroes re-
ceived foundation scholarships
including grants Of 200 -
$1,000. The program Is aimed
at ending the shortage Of Negro
physicians and surgeons.
Arizona tribune., 1963-08-02
BOY DIES
OF STAB WOUNDS

A 16 year old Phoenix youth
who was slashed with a broken
bottle two weeks ago died in
Mar1copa County Hospital.
Albert Jacobs of 8l3 S. 10th
Ave. was taken to the hospital
by friends July is after being
stabbed at the home Of an ac-
quaintance.
Police said Jacobs was having
soft drinks with group Of boys
when a l6-year-old girl walked
into the room Officers said the
boys told them the girl had called
the boys names and then slashed
the Jacobs youth for no apparent
reason. She was held by juvenile
authorities.
Arizona tribune., 1963-08-02
BERMUDA SOLVES
RACE PROBLEMS

HAMILTON, Bermuda--ln this
island where 63 per cent Of the
people are colored. racial ten
sions are being eased before they
begin.
Bermuda freed its slaves in
1884. % years before Lincoln
issued the Emancipation Procla-
nation. Public services have
never been segregated and dur
Ing the last five years there has
been a voluntary desegregation
of all theaters, restaurants. and
other public places. None was
ever segregated by law. but by
custom.
Elected in the House Of As
sembly are II Negroes and Is
whites. The Executive Council
of seven has two Negroes and the
Legislative Council has two out
of IL.
De facto segregation1s charged
in schools and employment and
these problems are being studied.
In employment the major cause
for unemployment among the Ne
groeS Is the lack of education
or adequate job training. Part
of this Is due to the law enabling
children to leave school at the
age of thirteen.
4 = = 4
Arizona tribune., 1963-08-02
OLD GLASSES
NEEDED BY UNIT

SHORT HILLS. N j. Old
eye glasses are donated at a
rate Of more than 1000 pairs
week to New Eyes for the Needy.
Inc, Short Hills. But these are
not enough to keep up with re-
quests. This non-profit group
has helped more than 2S0,000
poor people see again or see
better.
Arizona tribune., 1963-08-02
NAZIS JAILED

EMPORIA, Va. = George Lin
coin Rockwell and two Of his
followers were arrested on
charges of conspir1ng to incite
the white population to Violence
against Negroes. The self-styled
American Na1 leader was ar
rested on a warrant sworn out
by Police Chief H. G. Weaver
as he headed toward the Town
Hall to make a speech.
Arizona tribune., 1963-08-02

Godfrey Rchey was recently
promoted to recreation assistant
of the Salt River Projects Pera
Club, at Papago Park.
Nchey Joined the Pera Club
staff in June, 1859. He will now
supervise maintenance and con-
struction at the SO acre recrea-
tion facility as well as assist
with program planning.
The Pera Club received the
recent Helms Foundation Award
honoring 1t as the outstanding in
dustrial recreation program in
North America.
In announcing the promotion.
A. L. Monette. president Of the
Pera Club stated that 1.-The con-
tr1bution made by Rchey to the
all over program was one Of the
factors the Club was the recip-
lent Of this, highly cherished
award.'
Richey is presently attending
Arizona State University and ma
circulating toward a bachelor Of
science in engineering. He re-
sides at 2235 East Mobile Lane,
Phoenix, with his wife. Fanny,
and their 4 children, Mike, Don.
Weldon and Roslyn.
Arizona tribune., 1963-08-02
PROGRESS NOT ENOUGH
FOR LOUISVILLE NAACF

NEW YORK = Louisville has
outlawed without Violence the
color bar in hotels, restaurants
and entertainment places and has
integrated its public schools.
buses, parks and swimming
pools, but LouisNlle's NAACP
President Is "far from satisfied"
with the progress Of integration
in his city.
The current issue Of Look Mag
adne. which praises Louisville
for showing "a way'' to the South.
quotes Lyman Johnson Of the
NAACP as saying:
"The affluent white people are
moving out of town. leaving
Louisville to the Negroes and
poor whites. I can't prove it. but
think since the integration Of
public swimming pools. Louis
vile has got more private SWIM
ming pools in the backyard than
any other city in the country,
except maybe Los Angeles"
Although Louisville still must
tackle other civil rights issues,
the magazine pointed out. 1t is
still "the first big city south of
the Ohio and the Potomac to out
law racial discrimination"
And, Look continued. through
the Louisville Human Relations
Commission. composed of whites
and Negroes. 1t is taking steps to
iron out the remaining problems.
Arizona tribune., 1963-08-02
AIR CONDITIONERS
REDUCE POLLEN

Room air conditioners can re-
duce the amount of pollen in the
air at the height of the ragweed
season by as much as SO per cent,
tests by DR.. Orren D. Chapman,
head of the Bacteriology Depart
ment at Syracuse University,
showed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-07
Public Defender Bill
Is Passed by Senate

for counsel, the bill provides for
payment Of Investigators. ex-
pert witnesses and other
services necessary TO an ade-
quate defense.
The cost to the Government
has been estimated at about SO
million q year. although the
bill authorizes whatever APP
preparations may be necessary.
At present, court-appointed
attorneys are not paid for their
services nor reimbursed for out
of-pocket expenses.
The President said In SUBJ
hitting the measure to Con-
gress that Its enactment would
be "a giant stride forward in
removing the factor OF financial
resources from the balance OF
justice"
Similarly. the Attorney Gen.
eral told the Senate judiciary
Committee that. Ito a serious
extent. the scales Of justice in
this country are weighted
against the poor"
The Senate has passed public
defender bills in previous Con-
crosses, only TO have them die
in the House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-07
President Signs
Bill to End SnurI
In Accident Suits

President Kennedy yesterday
signed q bill that ends q con-
flict Of regulations governing
automobile accident suits
lodged against non-District
residents in the small claims
and Cancellation branch OF
General Sessions Court.
Under the law setting up the
small claims branch. the clerk
must set up Q hearing within
five TO is days after a claim
has been instituted. But this
apparently conflicted with the
District Motor Vehicle Act.
which permits non-DiStrict
residents at least 20 days TO
respond TO a claim brought
against them in connection
with auto damages.
The amended law now per-
mits the small claims branch
to continue setting hearings
within five TO is days with the
exception Of the 20-day grace
permitted non-residents In
volved In auto damage claims
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-07
Lip Service to Non-Interference

that republic will now re-
assess its attitude on 'apar-
theid' (segregation) In the
light Of numerous appeals
from the q. N. and from
member states such as the
United States"
The dispatch concludes:
"Mr. Stevenson said the
United States is prepared to
meet with other U. N. mem
bers and with the foreign
ministers Of African states
to discuss what can be done
about South Africa and racial
segregation"
So who is interfering in
questions Of internal social
and political systems2" Has
the United States been con-
tradicting its professed pol
icy Of non-interferance IN the
domestic affairs Of other
countries? And hasn't Mr..
Khrushchev been insisting
on the right to interfere Sc
cretly not only in Africa but
in Cuba and South America?
OF what avail is any treaty.
no matter how meritorious
its professions Of worthy
purposes, If the signer Is
himself guilty of deception
and carries ON clandestinely
an active interference In the
affairs Of q country only 80
miles away from the south
ern coast Of tho United
States?
If Ambassador Stevcnson's
declarations about interior
ence in South Africa's inter-
nal affairs are upheld BY
President Kennedy and the
State Department, the Amer
lean people at least will have
the chance In the next cleo
ton to repudiate the admin
istration. But no such oppor-
tunity Is given the people Of
the Soviet Union.
Mr.. Khrusl1chev's acts are
law, and hence his govern
ment's signature on the ny
clear test treaty becomes
meaningless because 1t Is the
act really Of o ruler who an
nounces that he will not in
terfere in internal affairs but
does so Just the same. All the
world Is asked to swallow as
sincere not only the doc
trines Of non-interference
but the pledges Premier
Khrushchev has given to
carry out the ban on certain
kinds Of nuclear testing.
@ 1858. New York Herald Tribune Inc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-07
BY the Associated Press

The Senate has passed by
voice vote a bill to provide paid
counsel for defendants in Fed
eral criminal cases who are
financially unable to hire a
lawyer.
The bill, strongly urged by
President Kennedy and his
brother, Attorney General Rob-
ert F. Kennedy, now goes to
the House.
Under 1t, salaried part-time
or full-time public defenders
could be appointed to represent
INDECENT defendants. or the
Government could pay private
attorneys up TO SIS an hour
and reimburse them for ex-
penses.
Lawyers from private prac-
tice could be appointed by the
courts or furnished by bar
associations. legal aid societies
or similar organizations.
Each Federal district court
would be required to put q plan
based on one or all Of these
optional systems into effect
within one year.
In addition TO compensation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-07
RICHARD WILSON
Ethical Conduct in High Office

ages. But the Supreme Court
vacated the award on the
ground that the contract was
invalidated and tainted by
Mr.. Wenzell's dual role.
Justice Warren chose the
occasion for a Supreme Court
sermon on what conflict of
interest" Is and it proved to
be a highly moraSGtic and,
some would say, exSSalegal
concept. But it is the Law Of
the land, as interpreted.
To be guilty Of conflict Of
interest, it is not necessary
to have been corrupt. 1t is
not necessary to have gained
anything personally, or to
have been promised anything
personally. 1t is only nee
essary to be wilfully involved
In a situation that "tempts
dishonor."
1.-THE statute" said the
Chief Justice, lis more con-
cerned with what might
have happened in a given
situation than with what
actually happened. It at
tempts to prevent honest
Government agents from
succumbing to temptation by
making it illegal for them to
enter into relationships
which are fraught with
temptation"
This stern and truly Pres
byterian morality sets q high
standard Of conduct. The
logic of circumstances"
alone is enough. in the War
rem version, to faint a pub
lie official, for he may be
"subconsciously tempted to
ingratiate himself" to spon-
Sors who were in a position
to affect the fortunes Of
himself and his firm
How many Federal public
officials really know what
Spartan Righteousness tho
law demands Of them? How
much longer are they to rA-
main ignorant?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-07
MAX FREEDMAN
Rusks Conversation in Moscow

second and third steps to
peace II the first step Of the
teSt-ban treaty continues to
be the subject Of obscure
suspicious and vague indict-
ment.
He cannot fail to resent
the criticism, for example.
that the United States en-
dangered its security by
agreeing to q treaty which
may allow Russia to escape
its obligations by testing Sc
cretly in outer space. The de-
cisive answer to this criticism
is not the argument that 1t
is extremely doubtful wheth-
er Russia would attempt such
q breach Of the treaty at
enormous cost for an uncer-
tain military result.
The real answer does not
depend on speculation about
Russia's future conduct. 1t is
q mere matter Of logic. Either
these tests In outer space
would be detected. or they
would remain secret. Detec-
ton would at once justify
American withdrawal from
the treaty on three months
notice. If the tests do in fact
remain absolutely secret.
then this merely proves that
Russia has the capacity to
test with impunity in outer
space, regardless Of the
treaty. In these circum-
stances the treaty becomes
irrelevant. Does any respon-
sible student Of world affairs
seriously suggest that the
United States should now be-
gin to prepare for tests in
outer space on the hypothe-
sis that Russia is determined
to sneak these tests? II not.
what substance Is there in
these fears? The treaty de-
serves q fair chance without
being pursued by critics who
consult their own suspicious
instead Of the changing sit
uation In Europe.
Above all. most people will
remember that Mr. RuSk and
Mr.. Hartman, unlike Ed
ward Teller and the other
critics, have dealt with the
Russian leaders and can
speak about Soviet policy
with an authority none Of
the critics can ever hope to
match.
o 1893
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-07
Reaction to Korth Role on Tx Called
MHder Than That in Dixon Votes Case

The level Of Indignation on
the ethical standards Of high
officials seems. to fluctuate
from one presidential adj
ministration to another.
This particular comment
has only to do with how the
conduct Of public officials is
viewed and reported. not
with the substance of an Of
ficial's ethical conduct.
But it Is, at the same time,
a strange contrast that there
was so much public and press
indignation over the conduct
Of Adolphe H. Wenzell in the
Eisenhower administration
and so little over the conduct
Of Fred Korth in the Ken
nedy administration.
Yet, both are bankers.
Both are or were involved in
the award of Government
contracts to concerns which
were doing business with
their banks. Mr.. Wenzell was
a vice president Of First
Boston Corp. a major finan-
cial institution, and gave
financial advice to sponsors
Of the Dixon Yates contract
for a generating plant at
Memphis, Tenn, while serv-
ing as an unsalaried consult
ant to the Budget Bureau on
the same general subject.
Fred Korth is former presi-
dent and still a large stock
holder in the Continental
Bank Of Fort Worth, Tex,
which made a substantial
loan to help keep financially
afloat Fort Worth's biggest
industry, General Dynamics
Corp. Mr.. Korth also Is Sec
rotary Of the Navy. He IA
fored granting an So billion
contract to General Dy-
namics for construction Of q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-07

big new fighter bomber air.
craft called Tx.
Evidence before the Nc
Clellan committee shows Mr..
Korth had Is conferences
with and five phone calls to
longtime friends" Of Cen
eral Dynamics during the
period when it was decided to
give the contract to the Fort
Worth firm instead Of to the
lower bidding Boeing Corp.
Some strong statements
have been made in Congress
on his continuing interest in
the bank which made the
loan to the company that got
the Tx contract. The rela-
tionship is called in the Con-
gressional Record "a pattern
Of activity that compares
with the RFC scandals, the
activity of T. Lamar Caudle
Of the Truman era, or the
Talbot case and Dixon Yates
case of the Eisenhower adj
ministration." It Is stated
that this is a real Texas
size scandal"
Whether Mr.. Korth was
involved in a statutory Con-
flict Of interest" is something
a court could decide. If the
matter were Of a nature to
be submitted to a court.
In this connection the
comments of Chief Justice
Earl Warren in United States
VS.. Mississippi Valley Gener-
ating Co. might be held to
be applicable. This case in
volved the cancellation Of the
Dixon Yates contract In a
hot political atmosphere and
whether or not the Missis-
sippi Valley Corp. was en-
titled to $1.867, 545.56 in
damages. The Court Of
Claims awarded these dam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-07

The conversations now tax
ing place in Moscow between
Mr.. Rusk and Soviet officials
are very different from the
previous negotiations with
Russia conducted by the Sec
rotary of State In the past
Mr.. Rusk spent weary hours
in trying to reach an agree
ment with Russia on specific
problems which had q history
of stubborn disagreement be-
tween the two powers. Now
he is engaged in the more
general and more important
task Of trying to discover the
basic purposes Of Russian
policy after the signing Of
the test ban treaty.
Upon the outcome Of these
talks win depend the next
stage OF American policy. The
very nature Of his assign
ment compels Mr.. Rusk to
consider many questions
which affect the interests Of
our European allies. This fact
in itself will prevent a swift
movement toward any ma
jor decisions on European
security.
But If American opinion
understands this fact it will
be able to resist a mood Of
disenchantment on learning
that the treaty has not re-
moved all the obstacles that
bar the way to a wider agree
ment with Russia. Mr.. Rusk
and all the senior officials Of
the State Department ur-
gently need the patient con-
fldence OF American public
opinion If they are to proceed
with these negotiations in a
spirit appropriate to the high
issues under review.
AS the talks develop, the
Russian Ambassador, Anatoly
F. Dobrynin, will have a rare
diplomatic opportunity to
serve the cause Of peace. The
Kremlin viii Judge the swings
and changes in the American
debate primarily from his
dispatches. II he judges the
importance Of the critics who
oppose any exploration of
Russia's intentions merely by
the noise they make, he will
distort the aims Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-07
KhrUshchev Talk on Self Determination
OF Peoples Called Soviet Hypocrisy
DAVID LAWRENCE

Every line in the treaty
Just signed in Moscow BAN
ming certain nuclear tests
can be acclaimed and APP
proved except Dne-and that
line contains the signature
Of the Soviet government,
headed by Premier Khru-
shchev.
Hardly had the ink been
dry on the treaty signed be-
tween the East and West,
when the Soviet Premier in
a speech publicly reiterated
the hypocrisy which runs
through the policy and acts
Of the Moscow regime in
various parts Of the world.
He said:
1--WE are deeply convinced
Of the advantages Of social
ism, communism, and do not
conceal this conviction. No
treaties and agreements be-
tween states can overcome
the radical contradictions
that exist between the two
coexisting social systems.
But we, the Soviet peo-
pie, firmly hold the position
that social and class ques-
tons, the questions of in
ternal social and political
systems, should be settled not
through war between the
states, but by the peoples Of
every country without any
interference from outside"
But why did the Soviet
regime interfere in Cuba,
why did it send missiles
there, why does 1t still main
tain approximately $4,000
troops there, and why have
the Communist "technicians"
trained in everything from
social philosophy to military
operations - been virtually
controlling the Cuban gov
eminent in the last several
months? Why has the Soviet
government continued to
maintain troops and exercise
authority over puppet re-
gimes In Poland, Romania,
Hungary, Czechoslovakia,
Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania and East Ger
many?
Why, also, have Commu-
nist-trained students and
agitators been involved in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-07

stirring up demonstrations
and bloodshed between fac
tions In Venezuela, Ecuador
and Argentina, as well as In
several other countries Of
Central and South America?
1t is an established rule of
international law that there
should be no interference
from the outside In the in
ternal affairs Of any SOW
ereign state. Lip service has
been given again and again
by Premier Khrushchev and
his stooges to the doctrine Of
"self-determination." It has
been warmly supported In
his speeches crusading
against "colonialism."
Only this week, however,
the double standard prac-
ticed by Mr.. Khrushchev was
given moral support by the
United Nations itself, which
processes to safeguard the
independence Of It's member
nations. Yet the u. N. inter-
feres In the internal affairs
Of the Republic Of South
Africa. which has adopted q
racial-segregation policy dis
liked by the governments Of
other African countries whose
population is predominantly
Negro.
Even the United States
Government, which has again
and again proclaimed that
internal affairs should not
be intruded upon by the q. N,
did not have the temerity
last week to vote against the
resolution Of the African
countries In the Security
Council interfering in Por-
tugal's internal affairs, but
merely "abstained" from vot-
ing.
The United Press Interna-
tional, in a dispatch from
U. N. headquarters In New
York on August 2, quoted
Adlai Stevenson, the Ameri-
can representative. as saying
that he feels the Republic
Of South Africa lis failing to
carry out its obligations I'M
der the q. N. Charter" in
continuing to deny Africans
political rights. Mr.. Steven
son added:
by stopping the sale Of
arms to South Africa we will
emphasize our hope that