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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-13
BY CHARLES ID. PIERCE
Star staff Writer

The District Governments
top command for snow fight
ing has been reshuffled because
of the approaching retirement
of william A. Xanten, the city'S
veteran snow battler, it was
learned yesterday.
Thomas F. Airs, deputy High
way Department director, has
been given overall response
bility by the District Commits
sioners for directing the Dis
trict's snow removal forces.
Engineer Commissioner
Charles NJ. Duke explained that
when Mr.. Xanten's plan to
retire became known I'VE de-
cided this would be a good
time to review our organiza-
tional Setup for handling snow
"A staff committee, which
included Mr.. Xanten, made 6
study and concluded that the
Highway Department should
have the overall responsibility
for this job.
This was no reflection on
Mr.. Xanten's work because he's
forgotten more about snow
fighting than the rest of us
will ever know"
Mr.. Airs said he regarded
his new responsibility for snow
removal "as quite a challenge.
The big job is coordination
to see everyone is prepared and
has the proper tools. We will
carry on just as we have in
past years."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-13
mo Need to Hurry"

There's no need to hurry 1t
up or slow it down or what :"
he said at a news conference.
I'm fact" said Senator Gold
water, 1.-The best advice I've had
on it came from President Ken
nedy. And he said don't get
in too soon. So I go to the
experts"
At one point he said that If
he is a candidate, he'll enter
all the primaries that are
. necessary" And he said that
would mean AL of them"
But he ruled out the Wis
consin primary, saying he ia
vorS the favorite son candidacy
Of Representative Byrnes. And
he added he would consult with
State Republican organizations
in other States that might have
favorite son candidates and
enter or stay out according to
heir wishes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-13
Bigger Slash
In Aid Urged
By GOIdwater

CHICAGO, Nov. IS CAP).-
Senator Goldwater sees pressure
from a rather fed-up" Amer
lea behind congressional slashes
/ in President Kennedy's foreign
aid bill-and he thinks the cuts
should be bigger.
But while the Arizona Senator
tied into the administrations
aid program last night, he said
he's taking Mr.. Kennedy's ad-
vice on another subject: PreSi-
Dental politics.
Senator Goldwater's Chicago
outing was his first since New
York Gov. Rockefeller declared
himself a candidate for the
1864 Republican presidential
nomination.
The conservative lawmaker
said he still hasn't decided
when or whether he'll enter the
race. He said Gov. Rockefeller's
timing will have no impact on
his own. Senator Goldwater
has set January 27-the last
day for filing in the Illinois
presidential primary-as his
deadline.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-13

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-13
Planned to Write

Mr.. Smoot also said he had
intended to write Supervisor
elect Beorman of Providence
district on "a personal basis, "
urging that Kenneth N. Clark
be retained as a school board
member.
The letter became unneces-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-13

pWest orange. And thanks to some
pa tests and control checks, it's the
highest quality aspirin you can buy.
That's why, in a national survey
directed to nearly all children's doctors,
St. Joseph Aspirin For Children was
recommended 4 TO / over any other,
among those naming a particular
brand! II was the doctors faporife.
Favorite taste, too
It's the favorite with children, too.
St. Joseph Aspirin For Children has
the taste that has given it outstanding
popularity preference over all others.
Each orange-flavored St. Joseph
Evening star., 1963-02-08
Allowing 1t to Go On

Deplorine the New York newspaper
strike, Senator Javits told the Senate on
Tuesday that-"If It is not settled, I
deeply believe the public will feel ag-
grieved, and, as 1t always does, will find
ways through those Of US in public life
and otherwise to express in a very
practical way its dissatisfaction with
the fact that the strike has been allowed
to 60 on for so long"
Who allowed" this strike, now in its
62d day, to 60 on for SO long? The news
papers, faced with demands which, II
granted, would put them-and other
newspapers around the country-out of
businessp The members Of the various
unions involved, following like 50 many
Jennings . leadership that Is heading
them for the sea2
Between them they share, we sup
pose. some responsibility.
But the prime responsibility lies
with Congress and its one-sided grant
to unions of power to destroy that
Government itself does not possess.
That power grows stronger with every
makeshift resort to appeasement, In
recurring strike crises, by "those of US
In public life" whose willingness to face
and deal with an intolerable condition
is governed by political expediency and
not the public interest.
Evening star., 1963-02-08
SoIuting the Scouts

Their SD Anniversary Week (Feb-
ruary 7-l3) Is an appropriate time TO
take stock Of the Boy Scouts Of America,
who now number more than $4,000 In
the National Capital Area Council alone.
In the past 10 years the councils mem
bership, covering six Maryland and II
Virginia counties as well as the District,
has more than doubled under the guild
ance OF $4,000 adult leaders. This rapid
growth, projected into the future, has
stimulated $S-million council campaign
for more and improved facilities. With
pardonable pride, Scouting now claims
as past members not only President
Kennedy, but five Of the original seven
astronauts and all nine Of the new
group. 30 let's salute the Scouts, whose
anniversary theme Is: Strengthen
America-Be Prepared, Be Fit"
Evening star., 1963-02-08
KremIin's,Cubo

President Kennedy has told his
news conference that the presence of
Russian troops and weapons in Cuba
is source Of concern" to the United
States. Given the number Of troops
and the presumed nature Of the weap-
ons in Cuba, however, he did not seem
to us to be unduly concerned. And there
may be good reason for this.
1t is possible that long-range mis-
Siles or Jet bombers have been hidden
in Cuba. Or, conceivably, the Russians
might try to reintroduce them. Both
OF these possibilities, we think, are re-
mote. Nevertheless, 1t Is necessary for
the United States to guard against
them. But how Is this to be done? The
best way, Of course, would be to set
up and maintain on-site inspection in
Cuba of the sort we were insisting
upon as late as last November But Mr..
Castro has vetoed this and the Presi-
dent says 1t Is dead letter. So, unless
and until Mr.. Khrushchev can be in
duced to take his troops and all his
weapons out of Cuba, we must fall back
On aerlal Inspection.
Planes flying photo missions cannot
expose offensive weapons hidden in
caves, nor can they detect such weapons
II they are concealed in the holds Of
Soviet ships and unloaded at night.
But they can surely reveal any serious
attempt to mount such weapons on the
bases needed to support them. Hence
II the Castro regime Is not to be over
thrown by revolt, invasion or some
other means, and this is unlikely In
the foreseeable future, effective aerial
reconnaissance over Cuba becomes in
dispensable to the security Of the United
States and the other nations Of the
Western Hemisphere.
There are weapons in Cuba, pre-
sumably manned by Russians, which
could shoot down our gh-flying U-2s.
These are the SAM missiles which can
reach up to $4,000 feet, and which
brought down a U-2 last year. Since
last October'S showdown, however, these
weapons, as far as is known, have not
been used despite the continuing over
flights Of Cuba. And 1t is reasonable to
assume that they have not been used
because Mr.. Khrushchev, knowing that
the United States probably would have
to invade Cuba If denied freedom of
reconnaissance, has forbidden their use.
The implications Of a Cuban war,
which could escalate into a nuclear
war, are as well understood by Mr..
Khrushchev as they are by our own
officials SO the question arises: Would
our Government rather have the SAM
missiles under Russian control or Cuban
control? We have no basis to suggest
that Mr.. Kennedy had this In mind.
AS long as the Russians in Cuba do
not constitute an offensive military
threat, however, there Is certain logic
in preferring to have them, rather than
the unpredictable Fidel Castro, in con-
troll Of the SANS.
Evening star., 1963-02-08
Trouble in Malaysia

For varying and quite different
reasons, "neutralist" Indonesia' and the
stoutly pro-Western, anti Communist
Republic of the Philippines are both
opposed to the prospective formation
Of the Federation of Malaysia.
AS envisioned in the agreement
signed last summer by British Prime
Minister Macmillan and Malayan Prime
Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, this
highly promising new nation is to come
into being at the end Of next August.
1t Is to be made, up Of Malaga (the DOM
inant member), Singapore, Sarawak,
Brunei and North Borneo. All told, It's
population will be approximately 10 mil
lion. The majority Of these will be Ma
layans and Chinese, with the minority
apart from rather large numbers Of In
dians-consistin OF primitive tribes
whose education and general uplifting
win be one Of Malaysia's prime objec-
tives.
Unfortunately, however, President
Sukarno's aggressive-minded Indonesian
regime which has displayed cur
iously pro- Communist brand of "neu-
tralism"-apparently has covetous terri
torial ambitions in the Malaysian area,
which stretches through the South
China Sea In l,6Oo-mile arc sweeping
from Thailand TO the Philippines. I'm
fortunately, too, the Filipino Republic
has added to the trouble by arguing
bitterly with the British-who report
edly have military forces poised TO count
er Indonesia's threat In the same gen.
Evening star., 1963-02-08

One reason advanced as q
cause for teachers leaving
their Jobs to do other work
Is that they do not have the
respect due their profession.
That students do not respect
teachers Is evident from the
recent citizens committee re-
port and the follow-up sto-
ries. The community shows
its disrespect by refusing to
give teachers its support =
both monetary and moral.
And, supervisors. 1t seems,
are more interested In main
tanning status quo than in
being intellectual leaders In
the community, thus fulfill
ing the role which has been
assigned to the school in the
evolution Of society.
Our own superintendent
has admitted that he would
avoid the schools responsib-
ility to the community by
expelling "recalcitrant" stu
dents. But, Just the other
day he said teachers have all
the power they need to MAIN
tain order in the classroom.
Is expulsion" the power to
which he was referring? I
am sure that most parents
felt that he meant physical
force. But. now we know this
Is not so. For. q teacher who
would use force does so at
the risk of his job.
I know. I was q teacher
for the first two years Of
integraticn at Eastern Jr.-
Or. High School. My con-
tract for the third year. how
ever, was conveniently not
renewed. and no reason was
given. despite the fact that
I received q satisfactory rat
ing consistently. I couldn't
even get an audience with
the then assistant superin-
tendent to find out why I
wasn't rehired. I was simply
avoided and ignored. In what
other profession would such
disrespect be shown to its
members7
And what was the reason
for not renewing the con-
tract? As nearly as ] can
determine from bits and
pieces since then, I had been
reported. for using force to
control 40 wild kids. who
knew only this form of con-
troll. Most parents approved
and repeatedly begged me to
help keep their child In
school, even II I had to
swat" him occasionally. A
few. however, became irate
and could not believe that
their child had misbehaved.
Some Of my colleagues "a
minority gave the kids o
swat. much as they would
have done to their own chill
dren. and with Just as much
love and respect for them.
Those who did land I am
sure some still dol and who
still have their Jobs, Just
haven't been caught, or re-
ported, or have managed this
Evening star., 1963-02-08

eral region-over its somewhat dubious
claims to North Borneo.
II Ii therefore good that our coun-
try has most enphatically declared ~
that It opposes both Indonesia and the
Philippines in their attitude toward Ma
laysia and (2) that 1t regards the for
nation Of this new nation as an advance
toward economic and political stability
In one Of Asia's most sensitive areas.
The Indonesian and the Filipinos will
be serving the cause Of peace II they
Govern their actions accordingly.
Evening star., 1963-02-08
Landowners Ask Planners to Cooperote

This "a written on behalf
Of the Upper Rock Greek
Land Owners Association
comprised Of over $50 mem
bers who are the owners
Of over rs per cent Of the
entire undeveloped land In
the Upper Rock Greek Water
shed. Our members range
from second generation
farmers TO builders and de-
velopers. and we are deeply
concerned as owners Of land
whose fate Is being decreed
by the Maryland : National
Capital Park and Planning
Commissions Staff.
We. too. are against eco
nomic waste and are for
good sound planning, but
after carefully reading the
volume ION Wedges and
Corridors" we seriously ques-
ton whether we are getting
good planning. and wonder
too II our tax dollars are not
being foolishly wasted.
We are shocked and dis
appointed TO find that the
planning staff has complete
ly ignored the great and real
Georgia Avenue Corridor,
which contains over half Of
the population OF the coun-
ty and many Of It's principal
centers such as Silver Spring,
Wheaton. olenmont and AS
pen Hill, as well as many
OF its major institutions.
schools. churches and hospi-
tails. No consideration Is
given In this plan to
the continued new growth Of
this corridor along upper
Georgia Avenue.
The corridor plan report
Evening star., 1963-02-08
EDUCATION AND THE NE

EDUCATAON AND THE NEW
AMERICA. BY Solon T.
Kimball and James z. Nc
Clellan, jr., 402 pp. (Ran-
dom House,
Education and the New
America" despite its fiat and
pompous title. Is q book of
considerable Importance. It
reads like q report contrived
by q large committee Of So
biologists for the FEDERAL
Government. After prolonged
and deep meditation 1t is
possible to reveal that the
sentence I'VE can generalize
this agreement by observing
that social distinctions are
based upon the reality Of DIFF
ferential participation In the
affairs Of the community as
well as upon manifestations
Of values associated with
ones activities" seems TO
mean: Some people are big
ger shots than Others"
And yet the resemblance to
COMMITTEES reports Is only
partial. Messrs. Kimball and
Mcclellan have developed O
technique for avenging them
selves on recalcitrant coll
leagues that would leave the
most sententious contribu-
tors TO German learned jour-
mails breathless with devout
admiration. Committee re-
ports rarely do that. and
they certainly do not 90 90
far as TO stupefy all opposi-
tion-past. present and fu-
ture-by hurting the magic
word insanity" at It. On the
other hand. we find the love-
" committee technique Of
putting q substantial part of
the text into footnotes-at
the back OF the book, Of
course--and making certain
that It is set In aeonizingly
tiny type.
AND STILL MR.. KIM
BALL, professor Of anthro-
pology and Q education at
Teachers College. Columbia
University. and Mr.. McClei-
Ian. professor Of education at
Temple University. have pro-
duced q book that Il worthy
Of attention.
They are concerned. In ef-
feet, with that popular ques-
ton what Is Wrong With
Us7" And their answer Is So
phisticated and far too sub
tie 10 be summarized briefly
without violence.
They feel. a. do many. that
we draw our sense Of social
reality and the symbols that
express II from an agrarian
past that IL no longer rele-
want. We must, they tell us
In italics. learn 10 see the
corporate tDorld" and its new
and unusual vague and shift
ing relationships as the real
ity 10 which we must be COM
mitted.
They do not feel that
commitment" Ia q state Of
personal feelings nor that II
has anything 10 do with self
fulfillment as that Ia COM
monty understood.
Evening star., 1963-02-08

we have decided TO employ q
private consulting group 10
make an Independent aAaly-
sis Of the economic, social
and physical character OF the
Georgia Avenue Corridor.
with special emphasis on the
terrain potential for resi-
dental and open space de-
velopment. This completed
STUDY will be added 10 the
studies OF the other corri-
dors being assembled by the
Suburban Maryland Builders
Association covering the en-
tire suburban Maryland area.
The Planning staff Ia slow
ly wearing US out, and may
prevail In their plans that
are. In their opinions. ideal
for our children's children.
What about those Of US
who are living today and our
children who are living TO-
day. In this developed area
from Silver Spring. Wheaton.
Norbeck through 10 Olney7
Are we not entitled 10 mod
ern transportation. highways
and conveniences7 Are we
farmers. developers and
builders not entitled under
our free enterprise system 10
develop our properties 10
their highest uses subject 10
the best interest Of our COM
munity7
II the M-NCPPC will CO.
operate with the citizens. we
feel that the result can be
q successful plan for the
continued progress Of Mont
gomery County.
Melvin A. Robinson.
Chairman. Upper Rock Greek
Land owners Association.
Evening star., 1963-02-08

gives not the faintest clue
that the planners under
stand the recycling Of urban
development In the built-up
areas Of q corridor which is
the direct result Of continued
growth. II seems much
simpler to the planning staff
to account for growth by
merely adding another sup
posedly self-contained satel-
lite city bead to the string.
which II claims Is the way
q corridor Is supposed to
work. Nothing could be
further from the truth. The
changing history OF Silver
Spring and Wheaton reveal
these changes are directly
due 10 growth OF the Georgia
Avenue Corridor. Each new
resident on the frontier Of
the corridor in many ways
affects the economy and
physical makeup Of the en-
tire corridor.
We get the impression
from the Planning Staff that
non-use Of land Is considered
good use OF land. Yet we are
beginning TO believe that
non-planning is probably
better than the kind OF
planning we have been
getting. and that perhaps we
are wasting our tax monies
In this type Of planning.
Why pay $4,000 10 print
an elaborate report before II
has been adopted by the
commission, and which
under the best OF circum-
stances would be subject TO
considerable modification, II
not complete obliteration7
To help the commission.
Evening star., 1963-02-08

not the real answer to keep
ing good teachers, What Is
needed Is mutual professional
respect and an awareness
that the use Of physical force
on one is sometimes neees-
sary for the good Of the
group.
william r. ThrockmortOn.
Your Feb. 4 editorial RE
calcitrant Pupils" was re-
freshing and commendable;
however, you left some things
unsaid. Did 1t take q bloody
riot and q subsequent post
mortem by o citizens COM
mittee to open DR.. Hansen's
eyes to the problems existent
and worsening in the District
public schools?
The problem Of hooliean-
ism, vandalism. etc. has
existed for some time, since
1854 anyway. Surely. reports
Of this conduct must have
found their way back to DR..
Hansen. Why hasn't he con-
Quoted his survey among
teachers and principals be-
fore this7 II he had his
finger on the pulse Of the
school system. 1t must have
been numbed by compIacency.
Let's start the frank and
open discussion. that you
suggest. right now. I believe
these teen-age buns should
be thrown out of school and
they, along with the drop
outs. should be put TO work
cleaning the streets and side
walks Of this once fair city
that they desecrate.
Leo .. Walker
For the first time Carl
Hansen. superintendent of
the D. C. public schools, has
had the courage to say what
he has known about the pub
lie schools. Anyone in his po-
sition and with his inteIli-
gence surely has known Of
the disciplinary. problems In
the schools. For some un-
known reason, suppression or
fear Of loss Of position, he
has said little. but has fooled
few If any.
AS a parent of three chill
dren in the public schools, ]
have known Of the disciplinary
problems. and for this reason
alone have withdrawn two Of
them and am waiting to
Withdraw the third one. Any
person Of average mentality
has only to 60 TO Paul Jun
Tor High School at dismissal
time and see the male teach
ers stationed on the play
ground entrances. The rea-
son they are there Is obvious.
Mr.. Williams Is critical Of
Mr.. Hansen for saying what
he should have said months
ago. Is Mr.. williams In favor
Of further suppression? He
has only TO contact teachers
to see that q serious, balloon
ing problem exists as far e.
discipline is concerned.
Allen Wid0FnA. MN.
Evening star., 1963-02-08
Soviet MisculcuIotion on France
8N CROSRY S. INC

ernment Of Poland Is the
price Of q treaty. Gen. Dc
Gaulle refused and at tto !,
last minute the treaty was .
signed anyway with Stains /.
erudgine recognition Of .
will as unbending as his
own. =
II like to do business with
someone who knows what
he wants." he told the de- |,
parting Frenchman, "even II /.
he doesn't agree with me-"
Khrushehev Knows, TOO o
Nikita Khrushchev as well
has had occasion to take the.
measure of the man and
find 1t impressive. His visit,
to France in 1860 was rated
by most observers as one
OF his least successful ap-.
pearances on the interna-
tional scene. In every major /.
showdown In the last five
years. Mr.. Khrushchev has
found in Gen. de Gaulle q
most unmovable obstacle to /.
his ambitions in Europe.
At any rate the Kremlin- :
has now seen fit to issue q
blast against the recently
signed Franco German treaty
Of cooperation which leaves :
no doubt whatever where Mr.. !
Khrushchev or Gen. de Gaulle {
stand. In denouncing the pact
as - treaty Of war" directed
against the Soviet Union and
other peaceloving peoples" ,
the Russians have in fact,
supplied the most convincing
denial Of any impending ,
Franco-Russian deal. X
As lie Monde points out q
the Russian note emphasizes
the essential obstacle to any
such reversal" Of alliances
In that mo one can be at the
same time the ally Of
Dr.. Adenauer and Mr.
Khrushchev." :
The Russians, by sounding
off with such violence against
the imaginary threat Of nu-.
clear arms for Germany ;
have probably done more to-
help Gen. de Gaulle and pro-
mote acceptance of his poll
icies In Europe than any,
thing the French have BEEN
able to do, for themselves. In
Germany-where o copy Of
the same note was also res
ceived-the reaction suggests
that 1t may help clear the
way for ratification Of the
treaty and supply Q much
needed shot in arm for Chan
eellor Adenauer's tottering
regime.
In short, 1t is precisely the
opposite of what the Russians
hoped. Which amounts to
another proof, II any were
needed, that in the present
confused state Of European
politics. 1t Is not easy to pre-
diet the result Of initiatives"
by outsiders. And another ar
gument for the greatest dis.
cretion until the situation.
becomes clearer.