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The chronicle., 1963-12-10
David Lawrence

WASHINGTON - Probably no
man in the government Of h e
United States is more familiar
with the infiltration which the
Communists are carrying on in
this country than J. Edgar Hoov-
er, director of the Federal Bu-
reau Of Investigation. When he
makes a speech, therefore, on
this activity, it may be inferred
that something is going on I'M
der the surface to which pub
lie attention needs to be drawn.
Mr.. Hoover, in an address just
delivered here in connection with
an achievement award given to
him by the brotherhood Of h
Washington Hebrew congre:
cation, described the communist
operations inside this country,
and said:
"We are at wal with COM
muniSm and the sooner every
red : blooded American realizes
this the safer we will be.
Here in the United States,
the cause Of international COM
muniSm is represented by the
Communist Party, USA - a
cunning and defiant Subversive
conspiracy which is financed,
directed and controlled by the
kremlin. It's membership con-
sistS today of a hard core of
revolutionary fanatics who are
knowingly and eagerly subser-
Went to the dictates Of Moscow.
The dupes, the diSsidents a d
the faint of heart have long
since been purged from the par
tvs ranks"
Mr.. Hoover urged Negro lead
erS in the United States to be-
ware Of the attempts by the
Communists to infiltrate t
movement for civil rights a n
warned them that the Soviets
have tried and are still trying
to take a hand behind
scenes in the civil rights move
ment. He added:
To-day, the Communists are
engaged in a vigorous campaign
to divide and weaken America
from within. Foremost in this
campaign are the party's eff
forts to exploit miSunderstand-
ings and capitalize upon areas
of disSension and unrest Wher-
ever they exist. This is especial
ly true in the intense civil
rights movement, for Americas
20 million Negroes and all 9TH
erS engaged in this struggle are
propaganda and subversion.
1T would be abuSrd to sug-
geSt that the aspirations of Ne
groes for equality are commu-
mist inspired. This is demon
strably not true. But what is
demonStrable is that some in
dividuals and groups exploit the
tension for purposes not confin-
ed to the equality Of human
rights under the Constitution of
the United States. The crusade
should not become a vehicle for
political radicalism or organic
ed violence.
Devotion to race must not
Supersede devotion to establish
ed institutions.
1T would be useful If re-
sponSible Negro leaders them
selves could make it clear to
their interest is solely in racial
equality.
Legitimate civil rights or
CARNATIONS must remain con-
stantly alert to attempts by the
Communists to influence their
The chronicle., 1963-12-10
New Description

man and as careful Of the taxpay-
ers' money as his own.
Once upon a time, according to
Chairman Cannon, a mar gave his
wife one million dollars and told
her to spend it at the rate Of one
thousand dollars a day. She did
and came back in three years for
more. Then he gave her one bill
lion dollars and she didn't come
back for 5000 years.
The chronicle., 1963-12-10

that the U. S. government re-.
mains strong.
AHEAD OF THE SHOW wv IN
preparing to launch its Hghtn-
ing-like publicity campaign, the
USIA appears to be far ahead
Of the Presidents commission
in its planning.
At the commissions first pri-
vate meeting here, members
were Of the unanimous opinion
that it would be several months
before the commission would
have any findings to report to
President Johnson or the nation.
They agreed that no findings
could be issued until after the
trial Of Jack Ruby, slayer OF
Lee Harvey Oswald, the Presi-
dents assassin, because Of the
effect this would have on the
case.
The sensational Ruby trial,
scheduled to start in February,
will run an estimated six weeks,
according to the Information
given the commission by Texas
authorities.
Under these circumstances.
Chief Justice Warren told the
other members Of the commits
sion that he planned to notify
the White Houee the panel
would not be able to wind up its
investigation for at least four
to six months.
Commission members also
agreed to let Justice Warren Sc
lect the blue-ribbon panels coun-
sci and staff, subject to their
final approval. All members ap-
proved Warren'S suggestion that
the panel obtain subpoena pow
ers from Congress.
The chronicle., 1963-12-10

Many and varied + the ways
to describe a billion dollars-such
as stacking 81 bills until they
reach so-high, putting them end to
end until they 60 around the world
such-and-such a number of times,
etc.
Now comes another with a new
twist. It's from Chairman Clarence
Cannon Of the House Appropria-
tons Committee, a thrifty gentle
The chronicle., 1963-12-10

policy is any loss with in its
leaders of the great elan that
comes when the initiative is
maintained and fully d.
Doubly and triply he believes
this to be true Of the office Of
the Presidency, seeing it as the
distilled and ultimate delegated
power of the nation itself - a
power which must not be allow
ed to waste away or to become
diffused into nothingness by abb
Sence Of bold action at the top.
To him a moment lost is not
only something to be deplored.
It is a grave spoilage. For in his
view history in the present
world runs with that nation
which does not sit down to rest
after each task but finishes one
only to reach with zeSt for an
other.
He will, therefore, never care
fully divide his duties and pro-
grams and label them "domes-
tic'' and foreign" giving pri-
ority to one or to the other.
To him, a problem is a prob
lem, and the problems and
challenges Of national leader
ship - whether across thous-
ands of miles of ocean or SIM
ply up Pennsylvania Avenue to
Capitol Hill - are all big and
urgent. He will be neither a
domestic" nor a foreign af-
fairs" President. He will only
be President, a job he conSid-
ers to be indivisible.
Even as he is pressing Cong
reSs on his domestic legislative
program he will be pressing his
purposes on the international
scene with what is his greatest
operating skill. This is a ca
pacity for persuasion to his
point of view - already long
since known to Congress -
which before many weeks will
be about equally known to the
worlds leaders, some of whom
he has already met and will
meet again and again.
Most Of all, he will never viii
lingly lose his and the ma
tons present momentum in be-
half Of a rest here and there.
He will not get from Cong
resS this year all the legislation
he wants, and perhaps not even
next year. But he will get
some Of it; and he will al
ways come back and back until
at length he gets it all. And
allied statesmen IN and poten-
tial enemy chieftains, too
will find in him what the late
President Kennedy also found in
him; a skilled, seemingly casual
negotiator needing no mass Of
papers and no briefcase, with
an absolutely untroubled GER
tainty as to where the real
point in every discussion lies.
The chronicle., 1963-12-10
TodoY's Scripture

The wages of sin is death. = Romans
6:23.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-05-01
Probers Told Young Gangs
Are Using Starters Pistols

in law enforcement measures
to a House District subcom-
mittee.
The lead-off witness, Robert
E. Mclaughlin, president of
the Citizens Crime Commission
and a former District COM
missioner, said that the NAL
lory and Durham rules and
other provisions applying to
court handling criminal cases
have "telegraphed to the GRIM
inal community that Wash
ington is soft on crime"
Courts Criticized
Men and women are going
to study %jujitsu," Mr., Nc
Laughlin observed. He attacked
the theoretical decisions" Of
the courts resulting in finding
Of not guilty because Of mad
miSsable confessions and ruiz
ings Of insanity as leading to
jungle" conditions.
Chairman Whitener, Demo-
crat Of North Carolina. praised
efforts by such citizens groups
as the crime commission,
Until the public gets into
the battle for law and order"
he said, there will not be any
to the crime problem.
William X. Norwood. chair
man of the public protection
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-05-01
u. S. Studies
Latin Zone
Free ofAtom

The United States reacted
cautiously today to a proposal
by Bolivia. Brtzil, Chile, Ecuador
and Mexico to establish Latin
America as a nuclear-free zone.
A similar proposal was made
by four of the nations last
october during the Soviet
American crisis over Cuba, but
Mexico did not then join in
sponsoring the measure.
The five countries are show
ing deep interest in the prob
lens of arms regulation and the
prevention of the spread Of in
dependent 'nuclear weapons
capabilities which in this age
are of vital concern not only to
the peace and security Of this
hemisphere but also to the
world" the State Department
said. THE United States shares
this concern"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-05-01
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star staff Writer

The pistol intended mainly
to open sports events Is re-
placing the zip gun as a deadly
weaon in the hands Of law
breakers, a Senate subcommit-
tee was told today.
A New York city deputy po-
lice commissioner warned these
blank cartridge pistols hold out
two dangerous lures to juve-
niles:
They can be imported for ~
per cent less duty than fire
arms.
They can be converted In
minutes to lethal guns.
Lawrence w. Pierce, the New
York commissioner. said these
pistols are beginning to flow
into his city from Europe.
His officers discovered that
one shipment was followed by
a separate importation of bored
barrels. threaded at one end.
By combining the pistol with
the barrel, the hand gun could
fire then a .22-caliber bullet.
Kits for $50
One gunsmith bought starter
pistols at $3.50 each. At home,
he disassembled the mand en-
larged cylinder chambers to
take .22-caliber cartridges. He
rugged the guns up with holsters
and boxes of cartridges, and
each kit was sold to street gangs
for $40, he related.
Ten years ago, the zip gun
was the principal bullet firing
weapon in the arsenal Of ju-
veniles," Commissioner Pierce
testified. But that has all
changed now. With the mass
Importation Of these starts pis-
tolls, the zip gun is fast loosing
its popularity"
He showed zip guns. however,
to the Juvenile Delinquency
members. All
were home made. One was q
block Of wood with a doorlatch
and clothespin for a firing
hinge. More sophisticated was
a double barreled zip gun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-05-01

committee Of the Metropolitan
Washington Board Of Trade,
said the responsibility Of the
courts is to protect both the
accused and the innocent g..
but the pendulum has swung
too far and steps need to be
taken to protect our innocent
and law-abiding citizens"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-05-01

been surprisingly few, and the
causes have all been isolated
and corrected.
CA Minuteman launched
from Vandenberg yesterday
made q completely successful
flight down the Pacific mis-
sile range, according to pre-
liminary data, the Air Force
announced. A Titan I inter-
continental ballistic missile
exploded during an attempted
launch at the same base to-
day. The Air Force said no
one was injured and that
damage to the missiles Silo
facility appeared slight.)
Corrections" Explained
@. You speak Of making cor
rections. Does this mean each
new wing of $50 to 200 Minute
men incorporates improvements
suggested by tests Of earlier
wings?
A. To some extent. We don
make major changes in every
wing. however. for a couple Of
reasons. One, the original Wing
/ missile exceeds the job for
which it was designed. Two,
such changes increase crew
training time and could cause
difficulty in meeting produc-
ton schedules.
The biggest changes are in
the Wing 6 missiles for Grand
Forks, N. Oak, where construc-
ton of silos will begin early
next year. In these we have
improved the second-stage en-
CINE, for even greater payload
and range, and the guidance.
The guidance is almost unbe-
lievably good in the Wing /
missile. 1t has already been
disclosed that it can hit a tar
get the size Of an airfield run
way, and when you talk Of
distances of 5000, 5000 or
1000 miles, that is almost in
credible accuracy. The Wing s
missiles are even better than
that.
Replace Atlas, Titan?
@. You say the Wing / mis-
sile will do the job. What is
the purpose of continued test
ing and improvement? Do you
have hopes that the Minute
man eventually will be able to
replace the Atlas and the
Titan?
A. In many cases, yes. l
wouldn't say that Minuteman
can do everything that Titan
can do. because Titan carries
a much heavier payload.
@. Is the improved Wing 6
Minuteman the ultimate? Will
the program stop there?
A. I don't think so. Compile
ton of Wing 6 will mean $50
Minutemen in silos ready to
go, but I fully expect the force
will be expanded beyond that.
We are updating our plans
continually.
There seems to be an i'm
preston that the success of
FMinuteman means the ICBM
program is a thing Of the past.
That just isn't so. The first
wing of $50 missiles at Malm-
strom ALB. Mont, is virtually
completed, but we've still got
a lot left to build.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-05-01
Bio Store Near Oslo

~OSLO.-Norway's largest pri-
vately owned s~upermarket -
with so employees and $4,000
square feet Of floor space
opened recently in Rodtvedt,
not far from Oslo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-05-01

Ills eVdludJOu CdLlC lIOII
director of the Minuteman pro-
gram and a key figure in rush.
ing the solid-fuel missile To
combat status ahead of schedule
Tooth Mlnuteman Delivered
The Pentagon said yesterday
that the Tooth Minuteman has
been delivered to the Air Force,
completing two of the three
Minuteman squadrons sched-
uled for Malmstrom Air Force
Base, Mont. The third is TO
be ready by the end of June.
Between now and the end Of
the year, the Pentagon said.
intercontinental ballistic mis-
siles will be delivered at the
rate Of one q day-not counting
missiles for Polaris submarines.
Minuteman has leapfrogged
earlier = developed liquid fuel
missiles and won the primary
role in this Nations defense
arsenal. The United States has
bet several billion dollars that
the Minuteman, capable Of
streaking from bombproof silos
even while under attack, will
prevent nuclear war.
"NO Basis" for Reports
This has been done with
little criticism. But recently
reports began cropping up that
Minuteman had hit a serious
snag-that tests have shown
it did not have enough power
to hurl its warhead the neces-
sary distance.
In an interview at this head
quarters of the Air Force ballis-
tic systems division, Gen. Phil
lips discussed the Minuteman
program:
q. General. can you say If
there is any basis to these
reports (of difficulties
A. There is not. Absolutely
no basis at all.
@. How do you think these
reports originated?
A. Possibly they were based
on mistaken information. The
distance Travelled in test launch
ings on the Atlantic missile
range has been announced as
5000 to 1000 miles. This is
considerably less than the
5000 miles required of inter-
continental missiles.
However, the missiles tested
over the Atlantic carried range
safety Instrumentation which
the operational missile will not
carry. The Instrumentation Sec
ton is 10 inches long and
weighs hundreds of pounds.
Also, there are research re-
quirements for the re-entry
vehicle This, too means extra
weight. We could have i'm
pacted at full intercontinental
range in every case, but we
felt we needed the research
data more than we needed the
publicity.
Failures. Recalled
@. There were two Minute
man failures last year at Van
denberg Air Force Base, Calf.
Can you explain those?
A. Vandenberg is where the
whole missile system is brought
together-the missile itself af-
ter preliminary testing at Cape
Canaveral, Fla. the ground
equipment necessary for
launching, and the Air Force
crews being trained to man
operational sites.
Sometimes at Vandenberg we
push the bird to its limits to
see what will happen. We sub
ject it to trajectory and heat
ing conditions it would not have
to Withstand in operational
use. Even so, our failures have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-05-01
Minutemon Beots Goal,
Project Director Says
BY RALPH DIGHTON
Associated Press Staff Writer

NORTON AIR FORCE BASE, Calf, May 1.-THE boss of
the Mnutenan program says there is absolutely no basis to
reports the intercontinental missile cannot carry its payload
to targets in the Soviet Union.
IN fact, he says. I'VE have achieved more than was asked
IN all respects. including range and payload."
This evaluaton came from Brig. Gen. Samuel 9. Phillips.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-05-01

Other weapons coveted by
youthful offenders in New York,
he said, were snow chains,
sling shots" Of wire mounted
to brass balls or lead sinkers,
garrison belts studded with nuts
and bolts and industrial con-
veyer belts of leather pierced
by hundreds Of tiny. razor
sharp blades.
New York and Pittsburgh po-
lice officers recommended
tightening both Federal and
local laws controlling the sale
and possession OF firearms.
District Commissioners have
urged similar reforms. now UNI
der discussion at House hear
ings but yet to be introduced
in the Senate.
The delinquency subcommit-
tee promised close attention to
these proposals:
That interstate shipment or
importation Of blank cartridge
pistols be banned, as fireworks:
that stamps outside mailed
packages clearly indicate guns
inside; that purchase through
the mail of hand guns be
barred to persons under Is.
and that gun dealers be Ii
censed and prohibited from
delivering guns to purchasers
until police have a chance to
check possible criminal records
Of the buyers.
Citizens Testify
Pittsburgh officials testified
that gun shipments had de-
creased there in the last three
years after publicity on unSuc-
cessful attempts to strengthen
gun shipment controls. The
move to amend laws failed
mainly because of citizen
claims that changes infringe
on their constitutional right to
possess firearms, according to
James w. SluSSer, Superin-
tendent of the Pittsburgh Bu-
reau of Police.
Meanwhile, Representatives
of citizen groups in the Dis
trict gave their views today
generally in support Of changes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07
Escape to Freedom

The latest eScapee from East Ger
many to West Germany is Professor
Hans Mayer. A distinguished scholar
and literary critic, he has fled to free
dom for very simple and familiar
reaSon-namely, the feeling of being
mentally and spiritually Suffocated be-
hind things like the Berlin Wall.
Professor Mayors detection is only
one of very many in East Germany'S
academic field. Beyond that, and per-
hapS even more important, there is a
constant leakage-deSpite the armed
guards at the Wall-of doctors of med
icine and teacher-Scientists. Indeed,
according to one estimate, almost 1,700
Of these people have escaped to the
West in the past five years.
This Is significant figure. Mil
lions of men, women and children have
quit East Germany in the past decade.
From the standpoint Of the puppet Com
munist regime, this has been catastro-
phic. Worse still, however, is the outflow
of the intellectualS, such as Hans Mayer.
The Wall cannot stop 1t. There could
be no better commentary on the nature
and basic weakness of communism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07
Borers From Without

We cannot decide whether the in
formation impaired below should be
referred for further study to the ety.
mologists, the entomologists, the bibli-
ophagists or the political scientists. We
are incompetent to weigh its signifi-
canoe. So we merely state the facts, let
the chips fall where they may.
A homeowner, returning to Wash
tngton, tells The Star he discovered that
in his absence termites had invaded a
basement room used as library. The
little borers from within the outside soil
did encounter wood in their tunnel con-
struction. But their objective was not
wood. 1t was literature.
Their choice In this field was myS-
teriously discriminating. On one shelf
they ignored Masters of Deceit" and
"A Study of Communism" by ]. Edgar
Hoover and chose the first two Of five
volumes Of THE Public Papers and Ad-
dresses Of Franklin D. Roosevelt" con-
Stunning everything up to the annual
message to Congress in January of 1884
and passing up everything that hap
pened thereafter, together with an i'm
mediately adjacent four volume set of
1.-THE Selected Literary and Political
Papers of woodrow Wilson"
On the shelf below the termites
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07
Whats News?

The Star OF August 30 gave
three inches of inside space
to a news item, rabbi In
Russia Shot as Spectator.
Most other newspapers gave
less coverage; some ignored
the story entirely.
suppose the locale was
changed TO South Wet Nam?
The story would then be
front page news In all news
papers. Soon statements OF
leading ministers, educators,
paid advertisements and
even editorials would be de-
nouncing the reactionary,
intolerant south Wet Nam
government and demanding
that our government in the
name Of freedom and hui
mainly take immediate, Wig
orous action to stop the reli-
gious persecution.
G. d. Hill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07
Goes Slow on Treaty

Why the rush on the nu-
clear test ban treaty? Do the
proponents Of the test ban
feel the U. s.. Senators may
learn some facts and not
personal opinions regarding
the treaty If given a little
more time? Do the advocates
fear such knowledge may in
cline the Senators to vote
against the test ban?
knowledge not yet avail
able to the Senators is a re-
port from the Senate Armed
Services Committee. Its Pre-
paredneSS Subcommittee has
for months been taking testi-
mony by top intelligence,
diplomatic and defense Off
Gals on how a nuclear test
ban and disarmament may
affect this country's security.
The United States Sena-
tors should insist upon re-
lease Of this testimony and
study all available material
pertinent to the nuclear test
ban before casting their vote.
They owe this duty to their
countrymen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07
u. N. Undemocrotic'

1t is an abominable distor-
ton of reality to see the
United Nations, especially the
Secretariat, parade through
the American press as the
foremost exponent Of world
wide democracy. The results
Of U. N. activity in former
Dutch West New Guinea de-
serve particular attention. It
is apparent that Indonesia
has absorbed the area with
complete disregard for the
wishes and aspirations Of the
native Papuan population.
1t is deplorable that this
state Of affairs is largely the
"peacemaking" work Of Ellis
worth Bunker. former United
States Ambassador to Argen-
tina and Italy. I hope that
1t will be the good fortune
OF future Americans to refer
to this episode as a sore point
in American diplomatic his
tory rather than as another
fatal error. Continued occur
renee Of such American-sup-
ported travesties Of justice is
certain to have a damaging
effect on the West. 1t is in
deed regrettable that the
Dutch were precluded from
giving these U. N. sanctioned
usurpers a taste Of the
strength which accompanies
a truly democratic will.
Robert G. Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07
On 'FooIing People

What shame that a man
like David Lawrence, who as
a white man has had I'M
limited opportunity for
growth and evolution as a
human being, has remained
so backward and stagnant
and narrow-gauged OF soul.
What shame that a news
paper Of first magnitude,
like The Star, should print
such nonsensical verbiage as
David Lawrence's article en-
titled: Backward Step in
United States Evolution"
II David Lawrence Is seri-
ously concerned about the
image of the United States
abroad, the first thing that
he must do Is to commune
with his conscience, search
his hard heart and be honest
with himself.
1t was Lincoln who said
"You can fool some Of the
people some Of the time; but
you can't fool all the people
all the time"
Paul II. PreyOuF