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Evening star., 1963-04-23
On Making Decisions

In his address the other night to the
American Society of Newspaper Editors,
Defense Secretary Mcnamara had a
number Of sensible things to say about
the processes Of decision making in our
Government-especially in those terri
flying life-or-death areas embraced by
his own province of responsibility.
Speaking for himself, Mr.. Mcnamara
has frankly acknowledged that members
Of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, together
with certain evaluating boards, are less
than enthusiastic Ito put 1t mildly about
some of the things he has decided to do.
One Of these is the award of the cele-
brated Tx contract to General Dynam-
les rather than to Boeing. Two others
are the downgrading Of the RS-70 super
bomber and the killing-off of the air.
borne Skybolt missile.
The 46-year-old Defense Secretary
an impressive mind and personality,
even though still belittled in some quar-
ters as "whiz kid" and an insensitive
computing machine"-does not deny
that his judgments are deplored by more
than few formidable military figures
At any rate, reading between the lines
of his speech to the ASNE, one can de-
tect at least the suggestion that he is
willing to admit he may be wrong. At
the same time, though, he makes the
excellent point that the armed forces
of America would be rivals in kind
of chaos unless civilians like himself,
and the President, were around to say
yes or no to this or that.
Thus, in a sort Of summing up Of
his own thinking, Mr.. Mcnamara has
stressed what he regards at two "axio-
matte" points. The first is that our
country is 'well able to spend whatever
it needs" to protect itself and the free
world as a whole. And the second is
that "thiS ability does not excuse us
from applying strict standards Of effec-
tiveneSS and efficiency to the way" we
invest our dollars in the business of
defense.
This adds up to obvious sense. Ger
tain generals and admiralS may feel,
knowledgeably and sincerely that Mr..
Mcnamara is wrong. But still, right or
wrong, the decisions must be made, and
it is good that we have as intelligent
and tough-minded man as the Secre-
tary to make them.
Evening star., 1963-04-23
'Non-Portisonship'

Your editorial Of April 16,
denominates the Maryland
rediStricting fight as NON
partisan" and the bill en-
acted by the legislature as
"iniquitous" and awful" I
couldn't agree more with your
criticism of the bill but I
wonder If / am "out Of con-
sonance" by criticizing Gov.
Tawes.
The words Of mine quoted
by you we're spoken by me as
the Statewide Republican
co-ordinator on this issue at
a Republican rally. The Re-
publicans in the State Senate
voted 7 to nothing against
this bill; the Republicans in
the House Of Delegates voted
25 to nothing against this
bill. The 81 per cent Demo-
cratic legislature put the bill
through with the overt sup
port of the Democratic
Governor.
There are, Of course many
good Democrats and many
non-partisan groups who
share the Republicans dis
gust with this bill. But, I ask
you, is it reasonable in the
light of the above blandly to
deny us Republicans a vital
issue by tagging it NON
partisan? When the Repub-
licans are on the wrong"
side Of an issue, I don't hear
much about the issue being
"non-partisan." The time pc
riod from enactment of the
bill to the date when over
10000 signatures lie. the first
half must be submitted is
a matter of Just two months.
Already one quarter Of this
time has elapsed. Already
workers in this campaign
have been handicapped be-
cause Of the delay. If the
governor needed time to con-
slider a veto. all we'll and
good. But the bill was passed
in the precise form he re-
quested. carefully waited be-
fore criticizing the governor,
and I waited long enough.
When the bill is signed, I
urge The Star to print petit
tions and instructions on how
to submit them. You can thus
help to circumvent the meg
ligence" on the part Of the
governor which I consider
Shocking"
Newton /. Steers, jr.
Editors Note: Our mon
partisan" reference was di-
rected entirely to Mr.. Steers
charge that the Governor
was negligent in failing to
sign the redistricting bill so
the referendum petition cam
Evening star., 1963-04-23

cease fire. President Kennedy
will not be running against
Mr.. Nixon next year when
he comes up for reelection
unless there should be a
completely unexpected and
improbable draft Of the
former Vice President for the
G. o. P. nomination, But Mr..
Kennedy may be meeting a
running fire Of hurtful criti-
cism from his old opponent
Of 1860. This fire will have
to do with the failure Of the
President to carry out many
OF his pledges to the voters,
made when he was Mr.. Nix
on's opponent two and a half
years ago.
President Defended
So blasting have the Repub-
lican charges and criticisms
of the Kennedy handling
of the Cuban problem be-
come that many Of the
Democratic leaders are now
springing to the defense Of
the President. Among them
are Attorney General Robert
F. Kennedy, the Presidents
brother and Senator Mike
Mansfield, majority leader Of
the Senate and a member Of
the Foreign Relations Com
mittee.
The Attorney General was
the first to suggest that some
of the blame for the Bay
of Pigs fiasco should fall on
the shoulders Of former
President Eisenhower. And
now he is calling upon the
Cuban exiles to unite, after
the Presidents orders to halt
their sporadic attacks on Mr..
Castro's bases and Russian
shipping had left the exiles
believing that the United
States is not likely to dis
lodge the Communist govern
ment in the foreseeable fu-
ture.
Senator Mansfield is call
ing upon the Organization Of
American States to unite in
q massive undertaking to
bring complete economic
pressure on Mr.. Castro and
his Communist government.
Up to date, the OAS has
been waiting to see what
kind of firm leadership the
Kennedy administration is
willing to give In the fight
against communism in the
Western Hemisphere. Mr..
Nixon said in his address to
the editors that the Castro
government, with the back
ing Of Soviet Russia and
China, is more firmly in
trenched in Cuba than 1t was
q year ago-and that the
policies of the Kennedy ad-
ministration so far give no
promise of dislodging that
government and a return to
freedom for the Cuban people.
President Kennedy has had
a good press-a very good
press-until this year. Mr..
Nixon, on the other hand,
has not. Mr.. Nixon's new
foray into the political field,
however. has been well re-
ceived. Perhaps the lane has
a turn, after all.
Evening star., 1963-04-23
THE POLITICAL MILL
Nixon Attack on Kennedy Record
By GOULD LINCOLN

Richard M. Nixon, who lost
to President John F. Kennedy
by a whisker in the 1860
national election, has re-
entered the field Of national
politics as a free-lance ex-
ponent Of Republican Party
policy and as a hard-hitting
opponent Of the present
Democratic administration.
He really did q job in his
detailed attack on President
Kennedy's foreign and do
mestic policies in his address
to the American Society Of
Newspaper Editors last week.
1t was his first full-fledged
discussion Of public affairs
since his defeat last Novem-
Der in his race for Governor
Of California. 1t will be fol-
lowed by others, for he has
planned to devote part Of
his time for the next year
TO his legal affairs. another
part to writing, and the rest
Of his energies to aid In de-
veloping Republican policies
in opposition to the New
Frontier programs Of Presi-
dent Kennedy. He feels a re-
sponsibility to do this, and
he feels even freer to do so
since he Is not o candidate
for any political office next
year.
And Mr.. Nixon has proved
that his Is an effective voice
in his own right. In 1860
he ran for President as q
candidate bearing the bless
ing Of Q terrifically popular
Republican President, Dwight
d. Eisenhower. He was over
shadowed by the man in
whose administration he had
served and was serving as
Vice President. He, perforce,
had to run on the record Of
the Eisenhower administra-
tion-which was not as pop
ular as was President Eisen-
hover. In his race against
Mr.. Kennedy. Mr.. Nixon was
too much on the defensive,
almost Immediately after the
campaign began in earnest.
Position Is Reversed
But today the position Of
Mr.. Nixon as a critic Of the
Kennedy administration is
entirely changed. It is the
President who is on the de-
fensive. And he will remain
on the defense-for ex-
ample in the Cuban issue
until he can come UP with
something more than the
waiting game he and his ad-
ministration are now playing.
The indictment Of the
Kennedy foreign policy by
Mr.. Nixon ranged far beyond
the Presidents failure to dis
lodge Fidel Castro, his Com
munist government and his
Russian allies from the is
land. 1t covered our differ
ences with our principal
European allies and our tot
tering experience with a tri-
part government in Laos.
where Communist take-over
may be only a question OF
time. even should the present
fighting be halted by a
Evening star., 1963-04-23
Theories on Tragedy of the Thresher

microphones would be posi-
toned where the men would
be. even in confined places
where they could not be. The
l29 men would be safely
aboard the Skylark, or larger
ship. with headphones on and
eyes glued to their teleH-
sion screens. Thus the "tac-
cato pops and grinding
groans" could be heard and
recorded and Of course leaks
OF any magnitude would be
seen by the television cam
eras. Only after such a test
has been successfully per-
formed should the "l29 fine
souls" be placed aboard.
Darnley E. Howard.
-
Your editorial, THE Seas
Secrets" refers TO the fact
that actual close-range in
spection OF the wreck OF the
Thresher being most unlikely.
all further investigation de-
pends now entirely on the
testimony Of those who we're
In final telephone communi-
cation with the stricken
craft.
Considering the fact that
there is no conversation be-
tween a control tower and a
craft In flight that is not
being monitored; that the
FEC keeps meticulous tape
records on all the tripe. in
cluding commercials, that
goes out over the airwaves on
radio and TV: that various
intelligence agencies are
monitoring night and day
whatever is being broadcast
by iron curtain stations; that
the FBI and other security
agencies are carefully tapping
all conversations being moni-
tored on tapped telephone
lines; and that an around
the-world host of monito1ng
stations Is keeping taped re-
cords on every beep and snort
emitted by all the expensive
international hardware orbit
Evening star., 1963-04-23

In the case Of the tragic
loss of the Thresher. I Won
der whether all the tech
niques gained from our space,
airplane and civilian safety
programs have been utilized.
For example, a great deal OF
work has been done In per-
fecting reliability techniques
for rockets and missiles. Civil
Aeronautics has done a mar
velous Job on the detection
and prevention OF airplane
accidents. Civilian safety pre-
vention programs have de-
veloped TO the place where
there are virtually no new
accidents.
Specifically. why couldn't
inexpensive tape recorders be
utilized TO record the mes
sages from the Thresher.
There would not then be the
argument as TO who heard
what and In the case Of q
garbled message. techniques
for degarbling such messages
have already been utilized
by Civil Aeronautics.
Why should a 1000 foot
dive be made In 5000 foot
deep water2 As a matter Of
fact a repaired sub or q new
one could easily be given q
non-destructive test. II the
working depth TO be tested Is
1000 feet there must be num-
erous places on the Atlantic
shelf OF about 1900 foot
depth. The empty sub with
a small negative buoyancy
and lowered by cables) could
thereby be given a typical
non-destructive test OF so
per cent over working load.
II the sub failed II would
be In only 1900 II. OF water.
The steel cables and haw-
sers already used for lower
ing II would be available TO
retrieve the sub by the usual
techniques Of underwater
floats or parachutes or even
cranes. One hundred twenty
nine teleyision cameras and
Evening star., 1963-04-23
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry DriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used iDiH be
returned only iohen accom-
panied by self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1963-04-23
Our Chup's No Sap

As a fellow newspaper edi-
tor (The Meyersdale. Pa,
Republican, I feel I would be
remiss II I failed to comment
upon your April 2 Maple
Festival story by John Sher-
wood.
Speaking for the people Of
Meyersdale, I will say that
we have taken offense with
these remarks and placidly
suggest that when and II Mr..
Sherwood has the audacity
to return during q maple sea-
son, he will be promptly
boiled in a vat Of sugar wa
ter.
The Maple Festival has
become q big annual event
for our community and prop
erly promotes the maple in
dustry. We are Just as proud
Of the festival as you are Of
your Cherry Blossom Fes-
tival.
The concluding portion Of
Mr.. Sherwood's first para
graph distressed us no little,
referring to "they pulled in
the sidewalks" We may be
a bunch Of maple sap hicks
but one can In this commu-
nifty walk the streets all night
or sit on the curb at his
leisure and never worry about
the probability of having his
throat cut for o couple Of
bucks as is the case in the
Nations Capital. The hicks
may be In Meyersdale but the
hoodlums are in Washington.
We could go on and on
and tell you about the four
days we spent in Washington
two years ago during which
time we never saw a single
policeman. Do you have any?
We could also tell you about
the traffic, the lack Of traf-
fic signs, the lack Of cour-
tesy on the part Of drivers.
the dirt on the floor Of the
Lincoln Memorial and on the
stairs Of the Washington
Monument. the poor service
In many restaurants. Tn E
only thing we enjoyed was
the hotel we stayed in and
the rame has since departed
from me.
We invite you to come to
Meyersdale anytime and we'll
prove to you that your paper
owes us an apology. But,
don't bring Mr.. Sherwood
along. The next time he comes
there will be o properly
equipped committee awaiting
his arrival to give him the
reception he deserves
Paul E. Fuller.
Meyersdale, Pa.
Evening star., 1963-04-23
PEOPLE AND PROBLEMS
FORGOTTEN Eisenhower Speech
By RALPH McGILL

frustrated by the ordeal OF
power, for some way to make
a better and peaceful world.
Today the old tensions are
refurbished and made more
complex by Cuba and the
fevers Of Latin America. Mr..
EiSenhower's really noble ad-
dress is forgotten. The Presi-
dents cabinet cynics seem
justified by events and con-
ditions of today. And yet, one
wonders. In the days after
Mr.. Stalin's death q bold
plan put into operation with
direct diplomatic contact
might have been productive
Of beginnings.
Nonetheless, there still is
a chance that the impress
sion Gen. Eisenhower had
from his four hours Of talk
with Mr.. Stain may in time
become reality. Mr.. Stain.
by 1947, had turned from
what he told his American
visitor. but we would be very
foolish today to ignore the
fact that the Soviet Union
has, by the process called
de- -Stalinization. made itself
less psychologically prepared
for war. There are daily
evidences that Mr.. Khru-
shchev. who did move in the
direction Of domestic needs,
is trying to slow down the
freedoms he initiated. He
came dangerously close, from
his viewpoint, to allowing
Russia to move toward a
pluralistic government in
which checks and balances
Of public opinion from teach
ers. intellectuals, scientists.
students, workers, artists.
writer's and other social and
economic divisions would
erode away the monolithic
structure Of totalitarian pow
er erected by Mr.. Stain.
Aggression M0nOlithlc
II we look at history, es-
peciaily modern history, we
see that 1t has been the larg-
er monolithic states that
have begun aggression and
involved themselves and
others In war. Hitler, Musso-
lini. Stain. and Franco are
the more recent examples.
II would seem that we can
not abandon international
efforts toward reducing ten
sions. To do this we must put
our own ideology on parade.
II is not easy TO do that. The
snarling dogs. the clubbing Of
heads. the restriction Of free
assembly for the redress OF
wrongs In Mississippi and
Alabama, the fact OF our
large slums, are but a few
examples OF a national sick
ness that weakens and
shames what we call our
American way Of life. We
cannot move strongly with
our own idea until we bring
this and other handicapping
forces into control.
tAll Rishts Reserved
Evening star., 1963-04-23

ing in the skies. 1t seems un-
believable that in a matter so
vital to our national security
and to the safety Of hundreds
of lives and millions of fin
ancial investments, we are
now apparently to rely on %
what one man heard in a
few frantic seconds over a
telephone, and whatever Of
these sounds he remembers
now with tension-l o q de d
hindsight; (2) what another
man, who. according TO re-
ports, was inexperienced In
this sort OF thing and was
standing 6 to 8 feet from the
microphone. thought he un-
derstood and q Geo I'd ingly
entered by hand into q log,
thereby apparently missing
an entire fateful sentence;
and 90 what background
noises a man now. In retro
spect, believes reminded him
he heard Of a similar nature
more than is years ago.
Apparently there neither
was on the Skylark, nor on
other boats In the vicinity,
any sensitive, high fidelity
recording equipment tied into
this vital communication
link. which now enable the
board OF inquiry 10 play back
the sounds OF those fateful
seconds. or our highly skilled
electronic technicians 10 un-
garble the additional "un-
intelligible" messages that
apparently prec eded and
possibly followed that last.
frantic and Ineligible COM
munication.
Would IL not seem that this
whole procedure OF main
tenance Of vital communi-
cation records would be q
more fruitful point Of De-
parture than the attempt 10
make Commander Hecker In
fact responsible for not
having q tape that could be
Immediately impounded, as Is
standard In aerial disasters7
Bernard W. seholz.
Evening star., 1963-04-23

paign could get under way.
We said that we saw no in
dication that Mr.. Tawes
would attempt to thwart this
campaign by refusing to sign
the bill. He did sign 1t the
following day.
Evening star., 1963-04-23

Emmet John Hughes, IN
his extraordinary book on the
Eisenhower years, THE Or
deal Of Power" reports the
blight Of indecision imposed
by the cabinet and the Pres
ident's impatient reaction
and Illustration in the days
and weeks following Mr..
Stains death.
Mr. Eisenhower wanted,
somehow, In that time, to
reach the new men in the
Kremlin and to say to them
that now the world had an
opportunity to work together
TO produce goods for peace,
to build schools. hospitals,
homes.
A speech was being dis
cusSed. what do we say
about the Soviet govern
mentP" the President asked.
"I would like to get UP and
say I am not going to make
an indictment Of them. The
past speaks for itself. Both
their government and ours
now have new men in them.
-. Now let's begin talking to
each other :"
Mr.. Dulles did not want
the President to speak. 9th
ers said realism indicated
Russia would not be deferred
from her main purpose by
genial talk Of creating a bet
ter life for their own peo-
pie and for others in the
world. Peace. they said, could
not be talked seriously. To
this, Mr.. Hughes writes, the
President offered q rejoin-
der: Damn 1t. I don't know
that you are right. basically.
/ remember that In the four
hour session I had with
Stain damn near all he
talked about was the essential
things his people needed
homes and goods and techni-
cal help. When he talked
about seven people TO room
In Moscow living quarters he
seemed TO me Just as anx-
ious as you or I would be In
looking at an American slum
problem. Those boys
have TO think in material
terms. II is all they believe
in"
Makes Peace Address
There was. Mr.. Hughes
wrote, q following silence.
None wanted TO argue di-
rectly against this philoso-
ply, but there was demur-
rer, subtle, evasive delaying.
The President finally got TO
make his speech. His think
ing Is In II, and his hope. II
II was naive, 1t Is. nonethe-
less, q hope millions still
share. This peace address
perhaps will come To be
regarded as the best public
address ever made by Mr..
Eisenhower. Certainly II is
the one which most accu-
rately reflects the cropping.
persistent search Of q man,
Evening star., 1963-04-23

and the new cars will be in service later
this year. There is no doubt that they
will be welcome addition, and it is good
to see that the Pennsylvania apparently
is ready to make more determined eff
forts to improve its short distance pas
Senger service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
Porfitt-McDonieI

Mr.. and Mrs. Francis w.
Mcdaniel of Landover Hills,
Md, announce the marriage
of their daughter Linda
Frances to Mr.. John Henry
Parfitt, son of Mr.. and Mrs,
Harvey La Fontain of New
York. The wedding took
place August 10 at the First
Baptist Church in Hyatts-
vile. The couple will live in
Landover Hills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18

andria announce the mar
riage of their daughter Mary
Elizabeth to Mr.. Donald
Scott Perley, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald Seymour Perley
of Fullerton, Calf. The we'd
ding took place yesterday at
the Emmanuel Church-on-
the-Hill on the campus Of
the Virginia Theological Sem
mary. The couple will live in
Minneapolis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
Hqrtsock- GqIIeqos

Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle A. Gal
legos of KenSington announce
the marriage of their daugh-
ter Lorraine to Mr.. John M.
Hartsock, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles F. Hartsock of
Silver Spring. The wedding
took place August 16 in the
Kensington Baptist Church.
The couple will live in Sill
yer Spring.
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BroWn-Turner

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Ora
ham Turner, jr., announce
the marriage of their daugh-
ter Marjorie jeanette to Mr..
Charles Bernard Brown, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Brown
of Baltimore. The wedding
took place yesterday at the
University of Maryland Me-
mortal Chapel. The couple
will live in Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
EIdred-Scott

Mr.. and Mrs. William Lloyd
Scott of Fairfax announce
the marriage of their daugh-
ter Gail Ann to Mr.. Charles
Hager Eldred, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace B. Eldred of
Burlington, VT. The we'd
ding took place yesterday in
the First Baptist Church in
Fairfax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
McLeskey-Weover

Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Meri-
wether Weaver announce the
marriage of their daughter
Sandra Elizabeth to Mr..
James Joseph McLeskey III,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. James
j. McLeskey, jr., of Vicks-
burg, Miss. The wedding took
place yesterday at the I'm
maculate Conception Church
in Durham, N. C. The couple
will live in Durham.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
Meers-Cockrum

Mrs. Helen Foley Cockrum
of Washington and Mr.. Wade
Drake Cockrum of Evansville,
Ind, announce the marriage
of their daughter Florence
Cynthia to Mr.. James Cullen
MeerS, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George MeerS of Galesburg,
Ill. The wedding took place
yesterday at st. Matthew's
Cathedral. The couple will
live here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
Piquet-Johnson

Mr.. and Mrs. A. Arthur
johnson of Twin Falls,
Idaho, announce the mar
riage of their daughter Joyce
Ann to Mr.. Howard S. Piquet,
jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Piquet. The wedding took
place yesterday in the Latter
Day Saints Chapel in the
Second Ward. The couple will
live in Pocatello, Idaho.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
Boyer-CoIIins

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert F.
Collins of Takoma Park an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter Virginia Marie to
Mr.. Paul A. Boyer, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert H. Boyer
of Silver Spring, The we'd
ding took place yesterday at
the Clifton Park Baptist
Church in Silver Spring. The
couple will live in Silver
Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
McCIeIIun-RoWun

1t. Col. M. C. Rowan, jr.,
USAF, and Mrs. Rowan of
Eglin Air Force Base, Fla,
announce the marriage of
their daughter Carol Alma to
Mr.. Bruce Edward Mcclellan,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce
w. Mcclellan of Temple
Hills, Md. The wedding took
place yesterday at the Eglin
Air Force Base Chapel. The
couple will live in Hillcrest
Heights, Md.