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Evening star., 1963-05-26
Modest Privote Life

Mr.. Schick conducts his private
life In modest way that is sur
prising, nearly unique, for a poll
tician in his country. The hand
picked successor to Luis Somoza
said in an interview just after
his election in February that his
bank account has never been
larger than $4,000. His only other
major possession, Mr.. Schick said,
was a half share with his mother
in their $4,000 house in Managua,
where he lived with his wife.
This spartan life strikes many
Nicaraguans as highly unusual
and q bit disquieting. Latin
Americans assume that their pub
lie officials build personal for
tunes. The apparent failure Of the
53-year-old Mr.. Schick in this
line during his long career as
judge, diplomat and cabinet min
lister has led some of his country
men to think him naive.
That is trait which the polit-
ical opposition seems more aware
Of than Mr.. Schick's own Liberal
Party. The fact that the opposi-
ton Conservatives have labeled
Mr.. Schick naive won't make it
any easier for him to prove that
he Is not the puppet Of Luis So
moza and his brother Anastasio.
ir.. commander Of the national
guard.
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Market Prophet

This was Just student politics,
but a few Conservative members
Of Parliament also opposed the
party leadership on this issue. One
Of these was Harold Macmillan.
During the war, Mr.. Heath
served in the artillery in Western
Europe, and ended up lieutenant
colonel. He entered the civil serv-
ice for while getting top marks
of anyone that year in the civil
service administrative examina-
tions). became, briefly, the editor
of the Church Times-he is still a
regular churchgoer-and worked
in a merchant bankers firm. In
1850 he was elected to Parliament.
His first speech in Parliament
foreshadowed his later career. In
it, he urged the Labor government
Of the day to join the Schuman
coal and steel pool, forerunner Of
the Common Market.
Five years after entering Parlia-
ment, he was conservative chief
whip with a conservative govern
ment in power. AS things turned
Evening star., 1963-05-26
Fields Question

Gov. Romney hustled into
Washington to address the Ma
tional Press Club last Wednesday,
and fielded the question with the
ease OF practiced campaigner.
There are no circumstances
under which I will seek It," he
said. But just what he might do II
the lightning should strike un-
sought, was left unanswered.
Even more suspicious. Gov.
Romney earlier had refused to
pose for pictures with Senator
Goldwater unless someone else
Senator Kuchel OF California, as
1t turned OUT was placed be-
tween them. The fears OF a man
about being identified too closely
with the right wing Of his party
Evening star., 1963-05-26

Broadway. One youngster carried
a sign that summed up the days
sentiments:
New York City Loves You"
1t was puzzling to the politicians.
Major Cooper was not the first
but the sixth American in space.
Aside from increasing the number
of orbits to % and taking some
hgh-altitude photos. his flight
seemed to have added little that
scientists did not already know.
The fact that he is an extraordi-
narily personable young man may
have accounted for some Of the
warmth of the public reaction. In
any event. 1t was a memorable
event.
An administrator of the Ma
tional Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration confirmed, In the
heat of the public's furor. that 1t
was highly unlikely" any more
Mercury flights would be held But
rumors persisted that a seventh
try was in the works. Behind the
scenes. both the astronauts and
politicians were pushing the idea.
Among their arguments: The pub
lie needs something to keep them
interested during the long l8-
month lag until Project Gemini
puts a pair of men up in space.
Arrayed against this were an
noyed NASA officials arguing that
another shot would cost $40 mil
lio nand prove little, that 1t would
rob talent from future projects.
Plainly, the astronauts we're step
ping on toes by lobbying.
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Space:
New Hero

AstrOnaut L. Gordon Cooper,
jr.. received a herO's welcome
in Washington and New York
last week. Behind the cheering
was a busy lobby, demanding
yet another Project Mercury
flight.
The public reaction caught the
administration by surprise. Orig
inally planned as an intimate lit
tie ceremony at the White House.
with perhaps a quick stop at the
House Speakers office afterward.
the reception plans suddenly bal
looned as America roared its ap-
proval OF the returning flier.
BY the time he had touched
down at Hawaii en- route home,
the Washington program had
added a full-scale motorcade TO
Capitol Hill and an appearance
before a Joint meeting Of Con-
Rress.
New York City the next day Of
fered a new flip with a shower
Of torn IBM cards along lower
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Sembly without a charter. statutes
or the power 10 impose tariff cuts.
Is one OF principles and procedures.
The key compromise provision
reads as follows:
THE tariff negotiations q.
shall be based upon a plan OF
substantial linear (across-the-
board) reductions with a bare
minimum OF exceptions which
shall be subject TO conformation
and justification. The linear re-
ductions shall be equal.
"In those cases where there are
significant disparities in tariff
levels. the tariff reductions will
be based upon special rules OF gen.
eral and automatic application" !"
The first OF the quoted para
graphs comedies with the Amer
can position while the second leans
In the direction OF meeting the
demands OF the French, who had
pointed out that certain high
American tariffs, even II cut so
per cent, would still remain pro-
tective.
The agreement. which stresses
that "a significant liberalization
OF world trade Is desirable" COW
ers agricultural as well as In
Evening star., 1963-05-26
Politics.:
The Call

Two @. O. p. leaders, Gov.
ROmney and former Vice Presl-
dent Nixon. visited Washington
last week. while . third, Gov.
Rockefeller, journeyed back
from his honeymoon. The ac-
tlvity kept alive speculation
about which one will face Pres
ident Kennedy At the polls next
year.
II would account myself a fool,
a madman. an sSs 10 embark now,
at 65 years OF age, In a career
that may al any moment become
tempestuous." Gen. William Te-
cumseh Sherman wrote q month
before the q. o. p nominating
convention In 1884.
And when q final appeal went
Evening star., 1963-05-26

out, he had q hard job. In 1856
came the Suez invasion, and the
Conservative Party was in disarray.
Some of its members thought the
government was wrong to invade
Egypt. More thought the govern
ment was cowardly to get out,
and should have defied the United
States. the U. N, and anyone else
who told Britain what to do.
Feelings ran high.
In a way that earned him the
gratitude Of two Prime Ministers.
Mr.. Heath kept the conservative
members Of Parliament in line by
charm. persuasion or political
blackmail.
Dame Irene Ward, a stubbornly
independent veteran woman Con-
servative was summoned to see
him after she spoke out against
the party line in Parliament, came
away beaming, and confided
to a friend. "he handled me
beautifully"
Othr rebels were warned bluntly
that pressure could be put on
their local party organizations to
find another candidate at the next
election.
Evening star., 1963-05-26
While the World Listened

Last week the great and obscure uttered these
thoughts for posterity:
"This is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life"
George Selkirk, firing Mickey Vernon as manager
OF Washington Senator'S.
"If LAWYERS are not TO be the watchmen for the Con-
stltution, on whom can we rey?"-Chef Justice Earl
Warren.
II won't say that we don't have fights between white
and Negro but we have fights between white and white
and Negro and Negro too. In other words, II you're
Teamser YOU have Just as much chance OF getting raped
In the face II you're Chinaman as you do If you're
white president Charles j. Bell Washington Teamster
Local 500.
oMadame cleaner New York is up TO you."-Lively
Louie new talking trash basket installed by New York
Department of Sanitation.
"The talk about running a rail up Wisconsin avenue
Is about as nutty as I've ever heard Newton Brewer
vice chairman MaryandNatonal Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission.
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by temperament, married to the
daughter Of q duke. He has the
dress Of an Edwardian and the
pursuits Of country gentleman
grouse-shooting on some noble
mans estate-and broad, culti-
waited literary and intellectual
tastes.
Unlike several members Of the
cabinet. Mr.. Heath did not go to
Eton. Macmillan's old school and
the most aristocratic school in
Britain. He is the son of q small
building contractor. and he went
to a state school, and to oxford
University on scholarship. He
learns thoroughly what he needs
to know, and does little reading
beside this. He has no country
pursuits.
Mr.. Heath would not only be
the first bachelor Prime Minister
since 1905 when Arthur Balfour
reSigned). Much more significant,
he would be the first ever Conserv-
ative Prime Minister who came
from the middle class rather than
the upper class.
He is the product Of a modern,
industrial Britain. He is likely to
talk more about the economic fu-
ture than the imperial past. Of the
standard Of living rather than
international greatness. about So
lutions to problems rather than a
grand design. II such a man we're
to become leader Of the Conserv-
ative Party, it would be another
sign Of that party's admirable
adaptability.
Evening star., 1963-05-26
Africa:
Toward Unity

The leaders Of 30 independent
African states yesterday adopted
a unity charter and set up a
loosely knit continental political
organization.
The meeting itself was a re-
markable event, showing how far
and fast the world and Africa has
moved In the last decade.
Ten years ago, only Egypt,
Liberia and Ethiopia could have
attended such q conference OF
the heads OF independent nations
(The Union OF South Africa hardly
would have been includedJ This is
80 for the very good reason that
they were then the only independ-
ent nations In the dark and
sleepy continent.
Evening star., 1963-05-26
Nicaraeua's Head
Facing Big Tasks
BY WALTER WURFEL
Star Staff Writer

Nicaragua's new President, Rene
Schick Gutierrez. has tried hard
TO identify himself with Mica
raguas underprivileged majority,
He makes frequent reference in
his political speeches to his hum
BILE birth. An extensive. six-month
campaign carried him to nearly
every town in the country His
slogan, Health, Land, Schools"
built high hopes Of improved liv-
ing conditions. He was recently
inaugurated.
Although he is only a passable
public speaker, Mr. Schick i'm
presses the small rural gatherings
that heard him during the cam
paign. The campesinos we're flat
tered that he bothered to come
speak to them at all. The Somozas
and their predecessors stayed al
most always in the larger towns
during their campaigns.
Mr.. Schick submitted to many
the indignities expected of cam
paigning politicians in Nicaragua.
Enthusiastic ranch workers did
not seem to notice that he could
hardly stay mounted on the tiny
horse they provided for his entry
into their tiny village of San
Francisco de Carnicero on the
last day Of his campaign in
January. The dogged candidate
jounced along, now and then
grabbing the animals name, his
feet nearly dragging on the
ground.
He had no need to campaign so
hard. The only opposition candi-
date was an aging 10Th century
liberal who rarely left his Ma
nagua residence. But Mr.. Schick
had promised his party that If
nominated he would stump the
countryside. and stump he did.
The same type of constant
plugging. at any type Of work
available, financed Mr.. Schicks
education at the National Uni
Versity in Leon. Although he
taught high school for a short
time after graduation, he soon
returned to the practice Of law.
and was appointed a local judge.
Early in his career as a civil serv-
ant he won the approval Of the
ruling Somoza family. He served
as a government official and
party stalwart for more than 20
years.
Evening star., 1963-05-26
Jock Of All Toriffs

When the historic decision was
taken to negotiate for entry into
the six-nation European Common
Market, Mr.. Heath was picked for
the job. With the courtly title of
lord privy seal, his real job was
deputizing for the foreign secre-
tary; but now the Common Market
negotiations were a full-time job.
Starting with a short rapid
reading course, Mr.. Heath tackled
the job with customary thorough
ness. He kept up with his civil
service experts in all fields, negoti-
ating himself on 2,400 separate
items, ranging from import tariffs
on Hong Kong cotton to financial
Evening star., 1963-05-26
THE NATIONAL SCENE

out to him at the convention, he
scribbled a telegraphed reply that
has become classic:
Il will not accept If nominated,
and will not serve If elected"
BY this test are all modern
presidential hopefuls judged.
When they decline to repeat Sher-
mans words, the listener assumes
the door is still open, at least
enough to let a crack of light
through.
Neither Gov. George Romney Of
Michigan nor Senator Goldwater
nor Gov. Rockefeller is anywhere
near IS. and none has taken a
Sherman"
Evening star., 1963-05-26
Nixon Here

Meanwhile Mr.. Nixon, who can
still make Democratic fur bristle
with suspicion whatever he does.
met with G. o. P. leaders at a
luncheon in the Capitol building
and said he thought Eisenhower
Nixon Republicans" could support
Senator Goldwater "or any other
prominently mentioned Presiden-
tial prospect"
As he wended his way back 10
Albany via a Puerto Rican stop
over, Gov. Rockefeller probably
was aware OF a change wrought
by a southern city in his prospects
Evening star., 1963-05-26

seems a political tactician driven
by ambition, but with no deep-felt
political convictions. Yet a key
incident from his university days
seems to give the lie to this por-
trait.
At oxford, Mr.. Heath became
president Of the student conserv-
ative club. In 1888, when he was
an undergraduate, there was a
by-election in the city of oxford,
and the Conservative candidate
chose to make the main issue his
defense Of the Chamberlain gov
ernment's policy of appeasement
in Europe.
Mr.. Heath felt so strongly
against the appeasement policy
that he cycled around canvassing
votes for the anti-Conservative
candidate.
Evening star., 1963-05-26
Was Education Minister

People who seek dramatic proof
from Mr.. Schick Of a new political
line during his first months in
office will most likely be disap-
pointed. Somoza's Liberal Party
nominated him because he was
in agreement with government
programs. AS Minister Of Educa-
ton and later Of Foreign Affairs,
Mr.. Schick was intimately in
volved with forming the policies
followed by the government. He
is not likely to do an about face.
The changes that Mr.. Schick
may seek are those Of methods
and priorities. He has pledged to
move cautiously ahead on land
reform programs that Somoza
had neglected. He dislikes. how
ever. the hopes voiced often in
the foreign press that his will be
a transition government from the
lingering hints OF dictatorship
under Luis Somoza to the model
democracy provided for by Mica
raguan law.
Luis Somoza brought the con-
stitutional guarantee OF civi. lib
critics far along the road to re-
ality from the 20 dark years Of
ruthless dictatorship under his
father. During the sons six years
In office political murders became
a rarity and opposition parties
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wards Of $700 million worth.
Wheat accounts for half of her
total agricultural export and 10
per cent of all her exports.
II American farmers pour on
the fertilizer and grow a bumper
crop next year. free from acreage
controls. the pressure to sell sur
plus wheat overseas will intensity.
upsetting Canada'S markets. That
country's wheat now comes from
only three Of her 10 provinces.
and the regional impact would be
severe.
Evening star., 1963-05-26
Will, Not Won't

Early in his political career,
someone asked a close friend Of
his. Does Ted Heath want TO be
Prime Minister"
mo" came the answer, "he in
tends to be-"
To some people, Mr.. Heath
Evening star., 1963-05-26

for 1854, quite apart from his
marital record. Montgomery. Ala.
almost overnight had hurt
Rocky" by its tensions, because
his views on civil rights are con-
sidered much firmer than those Of
President Kennedy.
Evening star., 1963-05-26
Adroit Commoner

1t was the Brussels negotiations
that first brought Mr.. Heath to
the attention Of the British public.
and made familiar his f1eshy smile
and his bachelor habits. He is a
square-built, silver-haired, good
looking man. with deep, vigorous
voice. His characteristic smile is
not the movie star-politician'S
toothpaSte grin that Is q facial
cliche. but an animated smile that
is about to become a laugh.
Before Brussels, he had risen
swiftly. but by a route that made
him better known to the politi-
clans than to the public. He was
chief majority whip in the House
Of Commons. q key post In Brit
ish politics requiring the skillS of
a political manipulation. but one
that does not come often into the
public eye.
Political insiders here are say
ing that Mr.. Heath is Mr.. Mac
millan'S own favorite as his sue
cessor. They point to a recent
remark by Lady Dorothy Macmil-
Ian. the Prime Minister'S wife, to
q conservative women's lunch: II
don't suppose that anyone realizes
the overwhelming affection and
regard that my husband has for
Mr.. Heath"
II what the insiders are saying
is true. the choice is q tribute to
Mr.. Macmillan's perspicacity and
broad-mindneSs. For Mr.. Heath is
q very different kind Of person
from the Prime Minister.
Mr.. Macmillan is an ariStocrat
Evening star., 1963-05-26
The Foreign Scene

not possibly afford 10 have q
breakdown In trade relations"
The important question re-
mains, however. What will be In
the egg2
Evening star., 1963-05-26
BY NORMAN MOSS
North American Newspaper Allianc,

LONDON.-SucceSs is all very
well in British politics, but Moth
ing really succeeds like gallant
failure.
Edward Heath, the 47-year-old
bachelor lord privy seal, who led
the long, tortuous, and ultimately
unsuccessful negotiations to join
Britain to the European Common
Market. returned from the diplo-
matte battlefield of Brussels ear
lier this year to warm cheers Of
sympathy and admiration. The
British like nothing more than a
good loser.
Now he is Britain's favorite Man
Most Likely to Succeed. He Is the
one man most often tipped as q
future Prime Minister. He could
be this quite soon. II Prime Minis
ter Harold Macmillan resigns be-
fore the next election to hand
over to another conservative.
He is widely expected to be
moved very soon to one Of the
highest posts in the land, prob
ably that Of foreign secretary.
True, he has other qualifica-
tons besides being . good loser.
He has q prodigious brain for
facts and details; q quick grasp Of
q situation: persuasive skill as
. negotiator; dogged persistence:
and unflagging energy.
This last trait got him an ave-
some reputation at Brussels. A
Dutch diplomat once wanted a
private chat with him during the
negotiations, and Heath'S secre-
tary said he could see him at $3.50.
The Dutchman asked cautiously,
docs Mr.. Heath mean $50 in
the afternoon or $3.50 in the
morning?"
Evening star., 1963-05-26
The Big Letdown

AS the negotiations entered
what seemed like the final stretch,
after Is months, President de
Gaulle abruptly torpedoed them
from Paris, for his own reasons
of global strategy that had moth
ing to do with the points under
negotiation.
When the French delegation We
toed further progress over the
protests Of all the others, the five
other Common Market ministers
crowded around Mr.. Heath ex-
pressing sympathy warmly and in
one case tearfully.
But it was the other delegates
who were in a state Of emotional
exhaustion that evening. Mr..
Heath was in the bar Of the Hotel
Metropole chatting cheerfully with
correspondents.
I asked him whether he planned
to take a vacation now. why
should ~" he asked, surprised.
1T isn't Christmas. 1t isn't sum-
mertime."
Mr.. Heath's one pastime is mu-
sic. He is an accomplished pianist
and organist, and his chief recrea-
ton is going to concerts.
Mr.. Heath will certainly rise to
a higher post and have another
chance to prove himself. If Mr..
Macmillan resigns before the next
election, due to come some time
in the next II months, Mr.. Heath
may we'll be his successor.
If Mr.. Macmillan does not, then
the next leader of the Conservative
Party may be the leader Of the
opposition rather than Prime
Minister. e.. .
In any case, Mr.. Heath can wait.
He is only Al years old.
Evening star., 1963-05-26

we're allowed to organize. Somoza
created the office Of press Sec
retary and chose q man well
versed in the public relations
technique Of enhancing the image
Of his employer.
There are several things that
give at least some substance to
the opposition charge that Mr..
Schick will have 4 hard time
gaining full control Of the gov.
ernment.
Long Somozus Regime
The Somozas we're in power for
26 years. The ministries are full
of men who will stay loyal to the
two brothers, both still in their
30S. Although Luis Somoza forced
himself out Of office By allowing
constitutional reform that
barred reelection to a president,
he or his brother may benefit
from another change in the same
reform. The term of office was
reduced from six to four years.
Luis and Anastasio, jr.. are being
coy about their political futures.
Many Nicaraguans think one or
the other will seek the presidency
in 1867.
Meanwhile. both will remain
prominent national figures. Mr..
Schick is retaining Anastasio, jr,
as commanding general Of the
national guard, which many be-
lieve is a job that carries more
power than the Presidents.
Outgoing President Luis So
moza has become a Senator and
is expected to use that forum to
influence national affairs. Mica
ragua, the only Central American
nation with q bi-cameral legisla-
ture. gives a Senate seat to all
ex-Presidents.
Luis retirement from the presi-
dency affects not at all the vast
economic power that he and his
brother WELD. They own large
farms throughout Nicaragua and
in neighboring countries. The So
mozaS also own substantial
chunks Of Nicaragua's small COM
mercial and industrial commu-
nifty.
They operate, for instance, the
country's Mercedes-Benz auto
leadership. AS a result. Managua
has probably the only police force
in Latin America that uses the
expensive German imports. It
seems also to be an unwritten
law that high-ranking officers In
the national guard must own one
of the cars. The streets are full
of Mercedes Benz with low-num-
Der national guard license plates.
Evening star., 1963-05-26
A PORTRAIT OF
A Macmillan With Youthful Difference

links with colonial territories. He
negotiated in Brussels for week.
long stretches, often taking into
account the special interests Of six
countries on a single issue, and
flew for consultations to every
capital in Western Europe and the
United States and Canada.
He could address members OF
the Conservative Party's agricul-
ture committee on the implica-
tions of the negotiations for Brit
ish farmers and speak for an
hour without notes, then answer
all Of their questions, and go on to
meet a group with an entirely diff
ferent interest and do the same,
His energy is extraordinary but
unobtrusive. A correspondent re-
members him leaving dinner
given by the Prime Minister for
Dean Rusk at about midnight. Mr..
Heath refused a lift in a car, say
ing he would walk home as 1t
was a nice night. The correspond
ent knew him slightly, and Mr..
Heath stopped to exchange a few
remarks, and answer jocularly a
question about the state of the
Brussels negotiations, then saun-
tered off.
The correspondent called at the
Foreign Office press room at IL
o'clock the next morning, and was
told Mr.. Heath was in Rome.
But there must be some mis-
take" he said.
"Oh, no." the press officer said.
HE left this morning on the 9
o'clock plane. He has to see the
finance minister. But he'll be
back this evening. He's due to
address a dinner in London"