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Evening star., 1963-09-28
Henrico Justice

Our hat is off to S. T. Binns, the
Judge Of the Henrico County (Va.) Ju-
venile Court.
Judge Binns, confronted the other
day by five bird-brained juveniles who
had been smashing automobile wind
shields with golf clubs, came up with
a punishment .to fit the crime AS an
alternative to reform school, the Judge
suggested that the parents involved
adjourn to a rear room of the court
house, and there administer about 20
vigorous SwatS (each) to the seats of
the five prisoners with a stout leather
belt.
According to the Associated Press,
the parents carried out the sentence
with guSto-to the complete chagrin
(and no doubt the great Surprise) Of
their fearful sons. Back in court, Judge
Binns said he felt the punishment
might serve as ansexample for Others"
Would that he were right. But we
have no real hope that he is-not as
long as things like righteous parental
anger and stout leather belts are
viewed nearly everywhere as relics Of
medieval past. And not as long as po-
lice, as happened in New York last
week, are content to describe the delib-
crate and malicious destruction of
other peoples property as merely
Childish pranks."
Evening star., 1963-09-28
Island Guardian

Johnston Island, a tiny strip in
the Pacific, stands as q reassuring
testimonial to this Nations pledge not
to take for granted anything about the
newly-approved limited nuclear test
ban. Far from being abandoned, this
isolated area which saw some of our
largest test explosions, has been i'm
proved and reinforced Just In case.
Only the most enthusiastic approval
can greet the announcement that,
while other above-ground test sites are
being closed, Johnston will remain as
a sentinel alerted against treaty de-
faulters.
Johnston Island is this Govern
Inent's warning that 1t does not expect
to be caught mapping. OF too painful
memory is the day two years ago when
the Soviets reneged on their unofficial,
but avowed, test moratorium to the
Evening star., 1963-09-28
Book Review

Lord Dennings Report on the Pro-
fumo Scandal (Her Majesty's Stationer's
Office, $l.05) has appeared at last. Like
many widely heralded literary produc-
tions dealing with sensational subject
matter, the book is a dud.
1t falls, In fact, into the opposite
error from most of its recent competi-
ton. Whereas the normal literary ap-
proach to sexual sensation is overstate-
ment to the point Of dullneSS, Lord
Denning achieves the same goal from
the other direction.
For example, while most works of
this genre err by endless detail Of the
endless proweSs Of their characters, the
author Of Report" says Of the guests
at London orgies only that they Indulge
In other sexual activities Of a vile and
revolving nature" Vile and revolving
they may be to Lord Denning, but the
reader Of this instant best-seller wants
to be revolted himself and he certainly
won't be by this excess of British
phlegm.
Again, the author shows little un-
derstanding Of his market in describing
his villain, Soviet Naval Attache
Yevgeny Ivanov, as simply something
Of ladies' man."
Like other efforts in the field, the
authors text really strikes the reader
as kind Of scenario, to be fleshed out,
as 1t were, In another medium.
The movie Is bound to be livelier.
Evening star., 1963-09-28
Roy of Hope

It's too early TO start tossing our
hats in the air But the latest comments
of District Democratic Committeewom-
an Polly Shackleton on the Washington
freeway controversy offer strong hope
that there may yet be settlement Of
this nonsenSical dispute.
For the last year or so, the District
Democratic Central Committee has been
marching in the front rank of the stop
the-highways movement. Some of its
members, let's face it, just don't like
highways. Others, however, are sincerely
alarmed at the harm they think the
freeway program would do in terms
of damaging property and uprooting
families. And the immediate target of
both these groups has been the north
ern part of the inner loop freeway.
In her testimony before a Senate
subcommittee, Mrs. Shackleton by no
means abandoned this position. But her
statements that local Democrats are
much encouraged" by the loop
studies now being conducted by pres
idential committee, and that the Gen.
trail Committee may withdraw its oppo-
Sition If some reasonable" design can
be worked out, are the first sensible
words we have heard on the subject in
months.
No purpose is served by underesti-
mating the job of reaching a reason
able" compromise. The design prob
lens in connection with the north leg
freeway are by all odds the most chal-
longing the city has had to face. But
they are not insuperable. And it is
healthy thing for the city, we think,
that the highway planners are being
forced to take look at highway designs
which are imaginative as well as merely
efficient. There is another reason this
dispute must be settled amicably. II
the opposition to essential highways dies
down, the chance for the Washington
area to get to work on an equally essen
tial rapid transit program will be in
creased immeaSurably.
Perhaps Mrs. Shackleton, transit
enthusiast, realizes this. If so, she is
wiser than number of others in Wash
ington, who apparently would rather see
the transit program go down the drain,
too, than to see any major freeways
built.
Evening star., 1963-09-28

If a store requires a gross
m argin Of at least Is per
cent and sells goods below
the rs per cent markup, does
it not stand to reason that,
in order to m aintain that
margin, the store must sell
an equal dollar volume above
the Is per cent markup? And
Is 1t not safe to conclude that
a store that cuts prices on
a nous brand-name items
does so in order to induce
customers into the store to
buy other items at regular or
higher profits?
If the small independent
retailer is being driven out Of
business, as the Dun & Brad
street failure rates indicate,
by the price-cutting tactics
of giant retailers, does it not
stand to reason that within
the next decade, unless the
trend is halted, the control of
total retail sales will fall into
the hands of small but pow
erful groups of giant retail
ers? And would this not
constitute a monopoly situa-
ton that would be destruc-
tive to the laws Of free enter
prise as they exist in this
country today2
Samuel Morris.
Evening star., 1963-09-28
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2S, 1863

disadvantage and discontinue of the
United States. There was long and
deadly lag before this country could
resume its experiments in the atmos-
phere This cannot be allowed to happen
a second time.
Johnston Island is an essential
safeguard, but 1t is not of itself enough.
In keeping with President Kennedy's
promise, it is necessary to maintain
in addition to underground testing
the scientific, chronological and ad-
ministrative tools and personnel re-
quired to resume unlimited testing
without delay should that unhappy
choice ever be forced upon us.
Evening star., 1963-09-28
Crypto-CopitoIist

1t Is fascinating to observe Nikita
Khrushchev as he keeps on espousing
capitaliStic ideas. The latest case
in point has been his new speech
making tour of the Soviet Union. He
has used it to berate bureaucrats, high
and low, for letting their doctrinaire
theological concepts blind them to the
economic efficiency Of the Vests, par
ticularly Americas, free-enterpriSe Sys-
tenn in both industry and agriculture.
BY way of example, as The Stars
Bernard Gwertzman has reported, the
Soviet Premier has just delivered a
long lecture in the form of a dia-
logue-to highly placed engineer at
AStrakhan on the Volga. Mr.. Khru-
shchev has attacked, among other
things, the engineers apparent indif-
ference to the need for efficiency in
building big dam. The Premier has
had this to say: How would capitalist
have acted? He would have taken the
most economical and the most rational
decision. He must earn a profit. In our
country, on the other hand, the costs
OF construction are often disregarded"
And in other speeches on his tour he
has urged the adoption of several
"capitalist-type" principles and prac-
ticeS, including some profit-making in
centiveS for the country's collectivized
farmers.
The seriousness of all this is
illustrated by the fact that the Astra-
khan lecture filled the entire front
page Of recent Pravda and ran over
to fill almost another page inside. And
so, while our country moves in the
direction Of a planned economy, Mr..
Khrushchev urges his toward freer
enterprise. Someday, If we refrain from
blowing ourselves up, these two systems
may meet on the middle ground now
occupied-quite comfortably, it seems
by the Scandinavian economies.
Evening star., 1963-09-28
PEOPLE AND PROBLEMS
A Soviet System to Fit Its People
By RALPH McGHL

lin gold supply Is massive
and they have no real prob
lem in adding to their stock
pile of this unique metal.
The Soviet army is vast. It's
submarine force is enough to
cause q certain uneaSiness.
But the Soviets have not
been able to make their
farm program produce what
the country needs, and the.
consumer goods still retain
too much shoddiness and in
efficiency. The recent pur-
chase Of almost 300 million
bushels Of Canadian wheat
was neceSsary-not so much
to enable the Russians to
have bread; there is enough
wheat in this years crop for
that-but the Kremlin has
admitted that wheat stocks
are low. In addition, the satel-
lite countries Of Europe also
are having crop inadequacies
and will require help from
Moscow. Not to be able to de-
liver this wheat would have
been for the Kremlin q poll
tical calamity. Also, If the
Chinese situation worsens, it
will be necessary to have
large wheat stocks in stor-
age.
Cold War Not Ending
There are other straws In
this Soviet wind. Aid to
North Korea has about ceas-
ed. The Chinese m ust now
pick up this burden. Russian
exports to China are reaching
the vanishing point. Pur-
chases from Cuba, chiefly
sugar, have been stepped up,
but Cuba remains a long way
from the USSR, and main
tanning the Castro economy
may become. II 1t has not al
ready done so. less and less
Of a political asset. There are
evidences on the other side Of
this coin that Kennedy's poll
icy Of strict supervision Of the
island and its trade is paying
dividends.
The Cold War is not going
away. Russia remains a ma
jor power with enormous ca
pacity, both economic and
political. But she, like every
one else. is UP against change
and the need for revisions in
her policies, both domestic
and international. She is face
TO face with a Chinese drag
gon that will continue TO
snort fire until the present
Peking regime is shaken
down by economic distress
and the realism Of It's people.
This may take quite a while.
The winds OF change and
chance are blowing every
where.
(All RiGhts Rsssrved)
Evening star., 1963-09-28
Weapons Against Crime

AS leadoff witness IN the senate
Investigation subcommittee under
world exploration, Attorney General
Kennedy may at last have convinced
someone that the Government is fight
ing an uphill battle against powerful
organized crime.
Mr.. Kennedy repeated what he has
said many times: Without weapons
such as telephone overlapping, the
uneven struggle will continue indefi-
nitely. To this he added prediction:
With new ammunition, including a
broader law granting immunity to wit
nesses, the back of syndicated crime
might be broken in five years.
Even as the sordid gangland story
unfolds before the committee-a story
of rackets and murder invading legiti-
mate businesses from coast to coast
the feeling grows that perhaps this
time the forces Of law and order have
not marched up the "Hill" in vain.
There is rising realization that
murder, extortion and bribery represent
more serious threats to our system of
values than does legalized wiretapping,
properly supervised.
Involved in the proposal is only the
limited use of this method to gather
evidence in major cases, and never
without an order from Federal or State
judge. Records of all such orders would
be filed with the courts and Congress.
Instead of risking a possible invasion
Of private rights, the law-abiding citi-
zens would win a new protection.
Mr.. Kennedys other goal is the
extension of the law granting immu-
nifty to vulnerable or intimidated wit
nesses whose testimony is needed to
catch bigger fish. The present law,
covering national security, would be
broadened to include such crimes as
bribery involving public officials, labor
management collision, gambling and
prostitution. A prosecutor could offer
immunity to the least culpable" wit
ness, contingent, of course, on judicial
approval.
The time has come to strengthen
the hand of the law against the Black
Hand Of organized crime. After finding
these recommendation safe and sound
Congress would do well to adopt them
Evening star., 1963-09-28

In this tragic era of our
beloved country 1t seems wise
to pause and c consider the
cause and effect OF the
radical changes taking place
In our Government. The laws,
customs and traditions OF our
Government have been in
existence for hundreds Of
years and 1t is not surprising
that q sudden radical change
in these laws will. in some
cases, result In dire conse-
QuenceS.
In fairness to all sections
OF the country do not study
the effect" without an equal
consideration of the cause.
In all your studies go far
enough In our history TO re-
member the poor Indians"
whose q cestors we're the
only ones to greet Columbus
when he discovered this
countryl
Observer.
Evening star., 1963-09-28
ToLerobLe' Reds

One Of your recent head
lines was downright omin-
Gus: "Tito's Communism
Tolerable to Kennedy I
feel sure that there must be
a great many Americans who
would never have voted for
Mr.. Kennedy had they
imagined that anybody's
atheiStic Communist slavery
would ever become tolerable
to him as the Christian
leader Of our free democracy.
However, I am afraid that
in addition to tolerating
Tito. our President is Demon
strating daily that Castro
communism is also quite toll
cradle to him. Who can be
blamed now for wondering
whether Khrushchev's COM
munism and Mao Tze-tung's
communism, too, will ulti-
mately become equally toll
cradle?
There is only one kind of
communism; it is devoted
to one specific goal: The
communizing of the whole
world. 1t cannot be sub
divided into Objectionable
or unobjectionable, intoler-
BILE or tolerable shades, at
least not from the viewpoint
of realistic. free men.
The invitation to Comrade
Tito to come to Washington
is a direct insult to all hon.
est, conscientious, liberty
appreciating, tax paying
American citizens who really
love the United States in
spite Of our rapidly shrink
ing freedoms in these days
of unabashed power-grab-
bing, so euphemistically and
deceptively called the New
Frontier.
Alan r. McCracken.
Evening star., 1963-09-28

to the Senator's many cr1tl-
cisms of his handling of the
Cuban mess. State Democrat
ic leaders say they will nomi-
nate the man Mr.. Kennedy
wishes as his running mate.
The rub, however, is the dis
appointment of other aspir-
ants for the Senate job and
their supporters which will
come from presidential inter-
ference. The D e ocratic
Party in New York already
has going many bitter feuds.
Representative Stratton has
strong support upstate, where
Mr.. Wagner is looked upon
with suspicion. Mr.. Wagner
is an old story politically. Mr..
Stratton is young and an at
tractive, aggressive campaig-
ner. A number of polls OF
political sentiment have
shown him in the lead for a
senatorial nomination.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr.,
has the fact working for him
that his name is tremend-
ously we'll known and the
Presidents gratitude for his
effective campaign for the
President in the 1860 presi-
dental primary in West
Virginia. and his earlier serv-
ice as a member of the
House. Mr.. Farley, a strong
figure in New York Demo-
cratic circles as Democratic
National Chairman and Dem
ocratic State Chairman, is
the best loved Democrat In
the State today. But he has
been regarded as an elder
statesman rather than as an
active candidate for office.
Nevertheless, he would be a
tough candidate to beat In
a statewide contest.
None Announced
So far there are no an
nounced candidates for the
senatorial nomination-least
of all any announcement by
Mr.. Hartman. But the IN
dersecretary of State has been
basking in the warm glow Of
his success in Moscow. Some
Of the Democratic leaders
here are saying he would
make an ideal Senator. That
he would make an attractive
campaigner is something else,
however, and Senator Keat-
ing is regarded as a stronger
Republican candidate than
when he won in 1858. 1t is
still remembered that Mr..
Hartman went down to de-
feat by more than half a
million votes to Governor
Rockefeller in a year Demo-
Gratis were gaining all over
the country.
New York's troubles over
"bossed" gubernatorial and
senatorial nominations arise
from the fact tits almost the
last remaining State which
does not nominate for these
offices through primary elec-
tions. Mr.. Stratton asked Gov.
Rockefeller to recon-
mend a primary law to the
Republican controlled legis-
lature-but nothing has come
of it. The other big States Of
the Union all now nominate
by primaries, including Cali
fornia, Pennsylvania, Illi-
nois and Ohio. Perhaps Mr..
Stratton will win his fight
eventually, despite opposition
on the part Of the "bosses,"
or Would-be bosses.
Evening star., 1963-09-28
Churchman'S Position

+. b. Henderson recently
gave vent to his emotions
by CHASING the An erican
Council of Christian
Churches and DR.. Carl McIn-
tire in the category of "rabid
racistS" who were partly res
pons sible for the tragic
church bing In Birm-
ingham.
AS a member of the ACCC
and a close associate of DR..
Mc1ntire'S, permit me to cor
rect Mr.. Henderson. I shall
let DR.. McIntire speak for
himself by the following
quotes on the race problem:
What needs to be recog.
nized Is that the drive of the
Negro for what he calls his
civil rights actually involves
a program for the regimen
tation of all Americans and
the development of more So
cialistic controls over the
American people. In the end
the Negro will suffer the
most IN such a socialist
state. The Negro has much
more to lose in a socialist
government than in a free
society where he can rise and
fall on his own merits as do
other individuals in that So
ciety.
THE question never has
been one of equality, but the
propaganda in behalf of civil
rights tries to make this the
issue. The problem has
been whether 1t be separate
or integrated, and out of this
with a major am cunt of
Communist agitation, infil-
tration, propaganda, great
havoc has been produce d
within the United States that
has greatly rejoiced the
Communists.
IF all these colored
churchmen, together with
the National Council, which
gives them great assistance,
would abandon the lawless
attack that they are making
upon segregation and pro-
ceed instead to preach the
Gospel Of redemption, which
would give men love and un-
derstanding, these barriers
would be removed as they
were being r EN- oved effec-
lively In the South until the
public agitation developed :. {.
the heart Of man is some
thing that only God Is able
to change. He can do 1t with
the Gospel. It is the aban-
donment OF the Gospel and
the effort TO regiment men
by the police powers OF the
State that are contributing
to so much OF the difficulty
at the present moment.
The Negro needs to help
self. The white man
needs to help himself. Both
need to help each other. And
they both need the Lord, the
Christ Of the Scriptures.
They should be able to liv
together In peace and In
good order"
Dr. Ralph Schuler.
Faith Bible Presbyterian
Church Of Arlington.
Evening star., 1963-09-28
Discounts GoIdwoter
Alan r. Nc Cracken.

Barry Goldwater is a
charming, fortnight gentle
man, who has hardly the
qualifications to be Presi-
dent, and who could not be
elected if nominated. In
viewing domestic problems
and international relations
his spectrum recognizes both
black and white but fails to
comprehend other colors and
shadings.
Large blocs of voters have
been antagonized by Sena-
tor Goldwater because of po-
sitions which he has taken.
Labor would solidly oppose
him as he advocates a COM
pulSory open shop. Negroes
would oppose him because he
has stated that he believes
that the attempt to secure
civil rights by Federal law
is futile. Voters who are in
ternationally minded would
oppose him as he voted
against the Trade Expansion
Act Of 1862, has urged that
we invade Cuba even at the
risk Of nuclear war, retreat
from the United Nations, re-
duce military expenditures,
and withdraw recognition
from Russia. He was one of
the few Senators who voted
against the censure of Sena-
tor Mccarthy, against a con-
stitutional amendment to
end the poll tax, against
a constitutional amendment
permitting residents Of the
District Of Columbia to vote
in presidential elections,
and against cloture or mo-
tions to shut off debate in
1858, 1857. 1860, and 1862.
He is far more conservative
than was the late Senator
Taft, who advocated Federal
activity in the fields Of edu-
cation, health, and public
housing, all of which he OPP
posed.
Charles Christoph.
Staten Island, NY.
Evening star., 1963-09-28

That there are changes of
far-reaching implication and
of immediate and profound
impact in our own lives Is
every day evident. That the
rest Of the world is not SPAR
ed this same experience Is
daily spread before us on the
pages Of our newspapers.
Some Of it comes in small
news containers. Still others
of these events are In the
form Of several actions, not
always too obviously relat-
ed.
The test ban treaty is q
modest thing, promising only
to abandon, until and unless
aggression comes, atmos-
pheric detonations Of nuclear
devices. But there are serious
students of Soviet affairs who
believe the Russians are pre-
pairing for some rather major
changes in an effort to make
their own system more nearly
respond to the needs Of their
country and its future. Once
the test ban is concluded.
these longtime observers of
the Soviet twists and turns
believe there will be deter
mined efforts to remove much
of the Cold War tension from
the Western world so that the
Soviets may build UP their
own resources and confront
the problem raised by Peking.
People Not Restive
These indicated changes do
not necessarily mean the men
who govern the USSR are
directly concerned with the
needs Of their people. They
have shown in the past that
state needs come first. But
this may be Just what today's
Soviet problem is-the whole
apparatus Of the state is In
trouble. This does not mean
that the people are restive.
1t does not even indicate that
the Khrushchev regime is IN
jeopardy. 1t is agreed that
Mr.. Khrushchev's successor
is settled upon and the Krem-
lin is prepared for that
change over when death
comes for the chairman.
The Soviet problem is, as
the various political econo-
mists view 1t, one OF making
the Soviet system tit the peo-
pie and their allies and pro-
duce consumer goods Of
quality. Actually, these ex-
pertS point out, things other
wise are very good for the
Russians. They now are pro-
ducing oil in increasing guam
tity and quality. They are
being uncomfortably success
full in getting this oil into
world markets. The Krem-