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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07
On Avoiding Freewoys

William Adams, the Montgomery
County highway planner, was told to
design an alternative to the Wisconsin
avenue freeway that would handle
future traffic in Bethesda. His answer
is $14-million program of Street-wid-
eningS and other improvements "-the
net result of which would be to channel
thousands Of cars day on high-speed
traffic arteries through some Of the
county's best residential areas.
AS far as its immediate implement
tation is concerned, Mr.. Adams plan
is worth about as much as a ticket to
Washington game in the World Series.
No politician in his right mind would
be foolhardy enough, or brave enough,
to invite the avalanche Of citizen pro-
test that would descend upon him If
he dared propose it,
The Adams plan does, however,
serve valuable purpose. For it shows,
as perhaps nothing else could, the high
community costs Of not building mod
ern freewayS in the Washington area.
Consider just two statistics Wisconsin
avenue, which moves traffic amazingly
well, already is feeling the ruSh-hour
pinch of the $4,000 cars it carries every
day. BY 1880, which is not too far
ahead to look, Mr.. Adams estimates
the Wisconsin avenue burden will grow
to $4,000 cars a day-even assuming
that rapid transit system is built.
Where in the world will they all go?
The obvious fact is that there is no
satisfactory long-range alternative to
adequate freewayS serving the fast
growing Wisconsin avenue corridor. The
longer the decision to build them is
postponed, the harder it will be to find
adequate routes. And the greater the
diSruptive impact will be from automo-
biles which will have no alternative ex-
cept to force their way through resi-
Dental neighborhoodS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07
Mr.. GoIdwoter on the Ban

Senator Barry GoldWater has re-
served 81 rooms at the Mark Hopkins
Hotel for period coinciding with the
Republican National Convention next
July. Putting two and two together,
this is an impreSSively affluent move
that embraces the hotels entire 18th
floor. 1t also constitutes strong addi-
tional evidence, if any more were
needed, that the Senator intends to
make serious bid for his party's presi-
Dental nomination.
1t is against this fact that one must
Judge the Goldwater position on the
limited nuclear test ban. He has an
nounced that he will vote for ratifica-
ton, but only If there Is attached to the
treaty spectacular reservation that
would make the whole thing inoperable
unless or until the SovietS withdraw all
their missiles and all their troops from
Cuba-and unless or until Fidel Castro
agrees to on the = spot international
inspection, on Cuban soil, to confirm
the withdrawal.
Quite obviously, as Senator Gold
water himself undoubtedly knows, such
non-germane condition would surely
kill the pact. It would require COM
plete renegotiation in which the Krem-
lin would insist on the terms already
agreed upon. So there would be an
absolute Stalemate, a finish to what
Majority Leader Mansfield has de-
Scribed as "a flicker of light" on the
long, dark road toward a possible de-
tente and peace in which all nations
could have confidence. The gentleman
from Arizona, however, does not seem
to be worried about that.
Clearly, for man who obviously
aSpires to be President of the United
States, such an attitude, as Senator
Humphrey has declared, docs not rep
resent constructive policy, but rather
partisan mischief" When he takes over
the 18th floor of the hotel in San
Francisco, Senator Goldwater may come
to regret that he has dealt so shallowly,
and even frivolouSly, with the test ban.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1863

gorged themselves on Mr.. Churchill's
"The Gathering Storm" skipped Their
Finest Hour" and vindictively and total
ly went to work on "The Grand ALI
ance." They left untouched the remain
ing volumes of the Churchill memoirs
as we'll as an old and mellowed set of
the works Of Charles Dickens.
Quickly summoned. the termite ex-
terminators could offer no logical ex-
PLANTATION of the vagarieS in appetite
which move book browsing termite.
If the National Science Foundation will
make grant, the homeowner is willing
to wait and see what volumes the visi-
tors will devour when they return. With
out a subsidy for such research, however,
he does not feel he can afford the
experiment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07
Above the Law

If 1t had happened anywhere else.
the shocking conduct of the strike
happy New York teachers union during
the last few days would have been
beyond belief.
Not in New York. For the United
Federation Of Teachers, which claims
to speak for that city'S $4,000 teachers,
obviously thinks it is immune from
the law. And why not? Back in 1860,
the UFT thumbed It's nose at the State
law which makes 1t crime for public
employees to strickland walked away
without scratch. 1t repeated the same
performance in another walkout last
year, once again drawing nothing more
than q tardy, innocuouS rebuke from
Mayor Wagner.
Soft seemed only natural that UFT
members merely shrugged this week
when . State official warned of the
mean and inevitable" penalties which
will face them If they go out on strike
next Monday. Their president, Charles
Cogen, was even brazen about it. Handed
a State Supreme Court injunction on
@4AAAONoy1 NA4. NOSCIl lie
would defy it, and arrogantly threatened
to conduct the strike from Jail if
necessary" This most certainly should
be made necessary If the strike is called.
The open and deliberate contempt
which Mr.. Cogen and his followers have
shown for the law is matter which
goes beyond the disruption of children'S
education, and beyond a strike by public
servants against their government. For
If labor union, or any other group, is
permitted to put itself above the law
and to get away with it-this country
Is in real trouble. This same thought
required with nagging persistency dur
ing recent months-when, in the emo
tionalism Of civil right demonstrations,
local laws were violated in what the
violatorS considered to be Just cause
The wretched performance in New York.
however, is an example Of the chaos to
which this sort Of thing, unchecked, can
lead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07
Crime Spreads Out

If there is anything to be learned
from the latest FBI crime report, with
its all-too-familiar ascending figures,
it is that the big cities no longer hold
exclusive rights to the breeding Of crime.
In fact, the most startling statistics are
the Is per cent increase in suburban
crime and the II per cent rise in the
rural areas.
These increases, sharper than the
per cent in large cities for the first half
of the year, may cause some revision in
thinking on the incubation and hatch
ing of criminals. Thugs and felons fire.
quently have been related to big city
Of growing up in them.
But it is unrealistic to assume that
crime is necessarily Slum-bred. Much
of the suburban crime must be pinned
on juveniles, many from good homes,
or what other people think are good
homes. That is one side Of the subur-
ban crime upswing Another is the at
tractive target made by the new banks
which generally have no guards, alarms
or hidden cameras.
why the peaceful countryside also
has fallen prey to robbers is not quite
so clear. However, professional crooks
must realize that In the rural areas as
we'll as the suburbs, there is an made
-quacy Of law enforcement officers to
meet the demand Some day there may
be a refreshing report that law and
order have overtaken the crime spiral.
But judging by the latest FBI report,
that day is not coming soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07
ness as usual" as DR.. Martin
Luther King so ably stated.
Frank Gregory Newton.

ness as usual" as DR.. Martin
Luther King so ably stated.
Frank Gregory Newton.
y y y 4
So far as I can determine,
Attorney General Robert
Kennedy is-or at least until
Aug. % he was the acknowl-
edged leader Of the Negroes
fight for equality of civil
rights.
He is, in fact, Mr.. Civil
Rights in this Administra-
ton. And where was Bobby
Kennedy on the Negro races
great day?
I am an avid reader Of news
papers and periodicals and
regularly listen to TV news
reports, but I have yet to see
any mention of the Attorney
General in connection with
the demonstration. So where
was he? Keith Saunders
EDITORS NOTE: Under
the heading "Silent Role, ="
The Star of August 20 re-
ported on Page b. that
the Attorney General iUdS at
his office and kept tabs on
the march By special phone
tied In tDtth police communi-
cations. An aide said he did
not plan to participate In the
activities, except to Join his
brother, the President, at q
White House meeting with
march leaders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07
PEOPLE AND PROBLEMS
Poet Frost and Premier Khrushchev
By RALPH McGILL

gret at Frost's indisposition.
hopes for a good jurney, etc.
But Frost wanted to talk. He
didn't talk down coexistence.
He assumed the Soviet sys-
TEN is here to stay for at
least q while. What the old
man wanted to discuss was
the moral quality Of the lead
erShip on both sides and the
permanence of their accom-
plishmentS. He told the So
Wet leader there must not be
pettineSs-that the rivalry
must be noble.
1t must have been q mag
nificent picture-the two old
men, both eminent In their
fields, and the American. al
most 90 and soon to be dead,
arguing for nobility in inter-
national rivalries. At no time
was the argument. as re-
ported by Professor Reeve,
anything but realistic. Frost
came back again and again to
horse trading. He repeated
his adherence Of the idea
that pickering over Berlin. on
what he considered basically
an irrelevant issue, might
provoke a huge war between
the two giants. In relations
between the two countries,
said Frost, There must be
no Safeguarding, no dirty
play. There should be no
more propaganda and no
more name-calling,"
Disappointed In Press
Frost was disappointed that
much Of the United States
press chose to sensationalize
his public comments. He used
the word "ruffian" to give an
impression Of Mr.. Khru-
shchev. He meant It In It's
northern Vermont sense Of
rough and ready, but Amer
leans, Of course, seized on II
In the popular sense, to his
great chagrin.
Frost wanted his country
to be ready ultimately to risk
It's own defense and be will
ing always to make gestures
Of magnanimity. For him,
political power and cultural
excellence, Reeve said. were
inseparable."
We do. as Frost believed,
live more by power balance
than by ideals and isms. Mao
Tse-tung has made necessary
a review Of those balances. or
Khrushchev, Frost said, Hes
our enemy and he's q great
man." The young President
who sent the poet must now
contend with this enemy and.
II possible, find q power bal
ance short Of nuclear war.
CAN Rishts Reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07

went down to defeat by DEM
ocratic filibusters.
The national committee
cited the fact that President
Eisenhower in 1855, submit
ted a civil rights program to
Congress. These recommen-
dations, diluted by a Demo-
cratic Congress, eventually
became the Civil Rights Acts
Of 1857 and 1860. It stated
that President Kennedy de
clined to use presidential in
fluence to sway Democratic
votes to modify Senate Rule
% (cloture) in both 1851 and
1853. and that Vice Presi-
dent johnson, while serving
as Senate majority leader,
consistently opposed any sig
nificant modification to pre-
vent filibuStering."
How Democrats Voted
Yet the Republicans see
today the Kennedy admins
tration, two and q half
years after taking over the
White House. claiming to be
the great champion Of civil
rights. They see the leaders
Of the Negro civil rights Or
CARNATIONS as Democratic
leaders in the field Of politics
just as much as the leaders
Of organized labor are becom-
ing leaders in the Democratic
Party. 1t is in vain the Re-
publicans protest that on the
passage Of the Civil Rights
Act Of 1857 the Republicans
in the House voted 80 per
cent for the bill and 10 per
cent against 1t while the
Democrats voted only So per
cent for the bill and 48 per
cent against it. In the Sen
ate, the Republican vote was
43 for the bill and o against
1t and the Democratic vote
was 20 for 1t and 10 against
it. The vote on the 1860
Civil Rights Act showed the
same kind Of strong Repub-
lican support and Democratic
opposition. When and If the
new civil rights bill comes to
a vote. the vote by parties
will probably show the same
overwhelming support by the
G. o. P.
The Republicans regard
the criticisms Of President
Kennedy by some Of the Ne
gro leaders as mere shadow
boxing. They say they know
that Negro leaders in the
big population centers like
New York, Philadelphia, Chi
cago, Detroit, Los Angeles
and San Francisco play ball
with the Democratic organi-
cations in those cities, and
that they deliver bloc votes
for Democratic candidates
for local, State and national
offices.
There is o growing feeling
that If they are to win in
the national elections next
year, their victories must
come from the white voters.
This does not mean, however,
they will be less resolute in
their support Of additional
civil rights legislation, or that
they will cease to campaign
vigorously for the Negro vote.
Even o change Of 5 per cent
Of the Negro vote in New
York, Philadelphia and other
cities, could mean the differ
ence in victory and defeat
for their candidates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07
Montgomery Friction

The press quotes Willard
Cass, president Of the Mont
gomery County Council of
Parent Teacher Associations
as charging that school budg-
ct cuts were illegal, and that
the Mont g ON cry County
Council and the Board of
Education have deliberately
wit h he Id tax monies from
the school budget in an ille-
gal manner.
1t is the belief of the ma
jority of our electorate that
after they have studied the
qualifications of candidates
for public office and have
electe d them that they be
allowed to p er form their
public duties to the best of
their knowledge and ability
without haraSSment and de-
nouncement. If at the con-
clusion of their tenure there
Is dissatisfaction from the
voters with the services of
these elected officials, the
electorate can replace them.
However, during their tenure
these officials should receive
the respect due their office,
and should not be the object
Of ridicule as was permitted
at the June meeting Of the
Montgomery County Council
of P.T.A.
Mr.. CaSs has In the past
remarked that the M.C.C. Of
P.T.A. represented the opin-
ions of some 70 local
P.T.A.'S and $4,000 families.
1t is very likely that the is
sues which he is pressing rep
resent his thinking and his
close group of associates, and
not that of the average
P.T.A. member. If he wishes
to speak and act on behalf Of
these people, he should re-
quest each local P.T.A. to
poll its members for their
opinions. This has not been
done.
The electorate has placed
the responsibility for the
management of our schools
in the hands of a competent
Board of Education, a highly
qualified Superintendent of
Schools, and an excellent
professional staff. These peo-
pie will produce high quality
education In Montgomery
County regardless of the re-
duced budget. If surplus
funds are available, the
elected officials will certainly
see that proper credit will be
given in next years budget.
1t is highly unlikely that the
school budget for the current
year can or will be changed,
and If this be so, haraSsment
Of the Board of Education or
the County Council will serve
no useful purpose.
Edward o. Shaner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07
Murder Suspects

Your editorial Murder
Suspects" should be required
reading for those fanatics
who promote gun-restricting
schemes. However, I disagree
with one point; these indi-
viduals do not practice fall
lacious reasoning. On the
contrary. they seem quite I'M
willing or unable to reason
at all on the subject Of fire
arms. I suspect that 1t is q
case Of their ignorance OF
firearms breeding and feed
ing fear.
Ural T. Jones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07

This is to be a piece drawn
from a superb article about
the autumn meeting in 1862
between the late Robert
Frost and Nikita Khrushchev
at Gagra, on the Black Sea.
1t is in the September "At-
lantic." The author Is F. D.
Reeve, a blunt and fortnight
man who teaches Russian
literature at Wesleyan Uni
versity and who went along
as interpreter.
Before getting into 1t. 1t Is
well to note that Mr.. K. re-
Gently has been at his politi-
cal best. He seems almost
relieved that Mao Tse-tung
has made official the exist
ence Of two Communist blocs.
Mr.. Khrushchev has been
touring the European mem
bers of his bloc and having
fun. In Yugoslavia he got
off one Of his best bon mots
at the expense Of politicians.
Politicians are all alike"
he said, "They will promise
you a bridge even If there is
no river"
Frost Became Ill
In midsummer Of 1862
Robert Frost, SO years old,
was asked by the President
to accompany Secretary OF
Interior Udall to Russia as
a cultural exchange. The
secretary had argued for 1t.
The President, reluctant only
because of his old friends
age, at last agreed.
That Frost had a triumph
reading his poems was made
known to us then. That he
had a talk with the Soviet
premier also was reported.
What was not revealed, UNI
til now, was that Frost flew
from Moscow TO Gagra on the
Black Sea despite a tempera-
ture OF more than l0l de-
grees, an aching body. and
an uneasy stomach. At Ca
gra, on the Black Sea. Frost
was worse. His stomach hurt
more and he could not eat.
At last he agreed to have a
doctor. Twenty minutes later
a young woman arrived, very
professional, but concerned.
In Russia about 80 per cent
OF all doctors are women
His fever was still high. He
could not go on.
A half hour later Khru-
shshev's doctor arrived and,
later, the Premier himself.
Reeves description Of the
meeting is o classic. Frost
swung UP on the side Of his
bed and got OH his socks and
shoes. The talk began with
the usual preliminaries. re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07
THE POLITICAL MILL
The COP. and the Negro Vote
By GOULD LINCOLN

The Republican Party's
record on civil rights for
Negroes, beginning with Pres
ident Lincoln'S Emancipation
Proclamation a hundred years
ago, has been good in Con-
greSs and out. The record Of
the Democrats, in Congress
and in many States has not
been so good. But the Ne
groes, for the last 80 years
have in large percentages
voted Democratic-and they
are still doing so. This has
created a serious problem for
the Republicans.
Prior to the elections Of
1882 the Negro vote had been
a part of the G. o. P.'s vot-
ing strength almost as sure
ly as the white Democratic
South was a part Of the
Democratic Party's strength.
The great depression, which
brought about the overthrow
of Republican President Her
bert Hoover and the election
Of De ocratic President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, hit
the white population a terrific
blow. But the blow to the
Negroes was even more Sc
we're. The Roosevelt relief
and welfare programs, en-
acted by a Democratic Con-
gress, gave a huge number Of
Negroes food and many Of
them work. Revised, modified
and even extended, these re-
lief and welfare programs to-
day still give assistance to
many Negroes in proper
ton, more than they do to
the white population. That.
it appears, is the fundamen-
tai reason for the change
in the voting habits Of the
Negro.
On the eve Of the big civil
rights march on Washington
by the Negroes August %,
the research division Of the
Republican National Com
mittee put out a statement
on the civil Rights Record
of Political Parties" 1t
showed that the Thirteenth
Amendment to the Constitu-
ton outlawing slavery, the
Fourteenth Amendment pro-
hibiting States from abridg-
ing rights Of citizens, and
the Fifteenth Amendment
prohibiting the States from
denying the right to vote be-
cause of race, were all passed
by Republican dominated
Congresses, with the approx
al of Republican Presidents.
The first Civil Rights Acts
(from 1866 to 187D were all
passed by Republican Con-
crosses and signed by Repub-
ican Presidents.
Democrats Sought Repeal
In 1877, q Democratic dom
mated Congress attempted to
repeal these civil rights laws
but President Hayes. a Re-
publican, vetoed the effort.
But in 1894, 80 provisions Of
the Civil Rights Acts were
repealed under Democratic
President Cleveland and a
strongly Democratic Con-
gress. The statement also
showed that Republicans in
the intervening years have
made many attempts to pass
civil rights legislation to aid
the Negroes, but their efforts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07
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ton. Those not used ,UiH be
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stamped enUeIopes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-15
Homes In Mill Creek Towne Offer Much More!
New TOwne
Homes Are
Different

A dream community" no
matter how well planned, no
matter how lovely the surround
ing countryside, or how wide its
range of facilities and conven.
fences, requires dream houses.
The builders and developers
of Mill Creek Towne believe, in
the four sample houses opened
in Upper Montgomery County's
dream community" they have
found the ultimate in design-for-
better-living. They believe, fur
Their, that the houses have been
produced with these important
factors paramount: Quality con-
struction and quality at low
cost.
Inspection of the houses will
show that floor plans have
effectively used every inch of
space to provide real Inability.
Inability to the creators of
Mill Creek Towne combines
convenience of arrangement of
living space and charm that
makes for gracious living.
In order to increase eye APP
peal of already well-designed
exteriors, mellowed old brick is
being used on some models.
Others are brick-painted in soft
pastels. The result is relief
from a monotony of sameness
that so often appears in modern
communities. Mill Creek Towne
houses are designed to flow
with and into the landscape
with a distinctive charm all
their own.
There are spacious closets
throughouts the houses; good
sized rooms and generous wall
spaces for easy furniture ar
rangements. There are read
ceramic tile baths and fabulous
General Electric kitchens.
Spaciousness Will FREEDOM
mate in the entire development
Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-15
Award Winning Builders
Create Mill Creek TOwne

Morris and Shreffler, builders
and developers of Mill Creek
Towne began their distinctive
career in Montgomery County in
1857. Since that time, the firms
reputation for quality develop
ments has grown steadily.
Among the more distinctive
work of the firm is charming
CRANKY Woods and the we'll
known Holly Drive Homes.
In 1861, the Montgomery
County Council selected three
subdivisions which would stand
as "a credit to the development
of Montgomery County" In
November of that year, Morris
and Shreffler's CRANKY Woods
was one of the three chosen for
award.
The official commentator by
the Council TO the firm pointed
out, among other reasons, that
CRANKY Woods was chosen
because II was believed the
developers had made the "best
natural use OF the land"
In the planning for Mill Creek
Towne, the builders and devel-
opers have pointed out that the
same care which has gone into
their other developments has
been incorporated = plus in the
new up-county community.
The partners, Morris and
ShreffIer, both are residents Of
nearby Gaithersburg. Harold
Morris runs the construction
end Of the firm and Bob SEref-
fIer runs the business and engi-
neering end.
Morris resides at 402 Gather
Ave. He is a member Of the
Gaithersburg Town Council and
the Councils representative on