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The chronicle., 1963-11-14
COP In The South

The Grand Old Party Of Abra-
ham Lincoln has moved South
for keeps, and all signs points
to a two party system below the
Mason and Dixon line which
system is long overdue.
The old slogan ''We We got 1t
in the bag" will soon disappear
to sentence larry. President LIN
coin wasn't responsible for the
carpetbag rule In the South.
neither did he use his good Of
flee to disqualify Southern
voters. He was our friend, and
should he have lived we would
not have had a reconstruction
period. -.
The Democratic party is no
longer the party of the South,
it is owned and controlled by
Northern left wingers, pinks and
reds.
It is most gratifying in these
troubled times to have a home
town paper whose owner is a
champion Of our Southern way
of life. So let's all support our
home town paper it is the Life
blood of Our Community and a
The chronicle., 1963-11-14

policy. In a hundred football
stadiums in the land on any
given Autumn Saturday our
students know the Importance of
protecting the passer, or pull
ling out the guards to provide
crushing blocks around the end.
But that a nation can have ply
steal flankS to protect is lost on
people who think Of Vietnam,
for example, solely in terms of
democracy" or Cuba or Brit
iSh Guiana in relation to what,
Realistically, a "social studies"
teacher would advocate as ''pro-
greSs."
Talking recently with a col
lege freshman who was home
on a weekend, I was impressed
by his knowledge of the ms and
outs of palace intrigue in South
Vietnam. He knew just how
many Buddhists had inundated
themselves; he had read every
thing in the papers about Am
basSador Lodges conclusions
about the responsiveness of Di-
ems brother. His rundown of
the situation in Southeast Asia,
however, was entirely in ap-
proved modern "Social study"
terms. There wasn't a glimmer
of understanding Of what Wet
nam meant physically to the
safety Of the non-C communist
world.
This failure Of a college fresh
man to think in elementary geo.
graphical terms would never
have come about If, in gram
mer school or high school, he
had had the old-fashioned drill
The chronicle., 1963-11-14
John Chamberlain
Essay On Pedagogy

Does anyone look at maps any
more? The young, who have
been exposed to a vague mish-
mash called social studies in
school in place of old-faShioned
geography and history, seem to
have only the faintest idea of the
salient physical features Of the
globe. They know a lot about
''social forces" land | do not
decry thiS); they know that ma
tionalism and racialism are STIR
ring Africa; they can tell you
about the revolution of rising
expectations; they know
the industrial revolution is still
being exported from the West
to the East; they can repeat all
the cliches about reaction
and ''progressiviSm." But they
don't know which way the riv-
ers run in Siberia, or anything
about great circle air routes, or
why a certain strong point or
strategic narrow is important.
I raise this question because
there must be some connection
between the disappearance Of
geography in the schools a n d
our apparent willingness as a
nation to put up with the most
absurd gyrations in our foreign
The chronicle., 1963-11-14

the Supreme Court has said are
so essential to their educational
opportunities.
In New York City, in COM
pliance with an order from t h e
state education commissioner, a
plan has been offered to allow
Negroes and Puerto Ricans to
attend schools outside their
neighborhood districts. The city
superintendent of schools, DR..
Calvin E. Gross, says the plan
Is the most comprehensive eff
fort to achieve maximum inte-
grafton" of any school system
in the country, and that it rep
resents the best possible plan
"short of the compulsory inter-
change Of Negro and white stud
entS between distant commune
ties" Under the proposed Stree
choice transfer policy students
in schools with high Negro or
Puerto Rican enrolment may
transfer to any other school in
the city where space Is avail
able.
In BoSton n, segregation of
the public schools by reason of
housing and employment is con-
ceded. The school board there
has been under attack by the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People
but insists the segregation is
c%oincidental and not Intentional.
This, however, doesn't meet
the requirements of the Supreme
Courts supplementary opinion of
1855, which says that the courts
may consider transportation sys-
tens, the revision of school
districts and attendance areas
into compact units to achieve
a system of determining ad-
mission to the public schools on
a nonracial basis, and revision
Of local laws and regulations
which may be necessary in solv-
ing the foregoing problems"
The President Of the United
States is virtually the mayor of
the city Of Washington, and the
Congress is, in effect, the board
Of aldermen. Since it now is be-
ing sought to abrogate state
lines by. invoking the "com-
merce clause" Of the Constitu-
ton to support a federal law to
The chronicle., 1963-11-14
Strange Business

ton division of its Security Office,
of conduct unbecoming a diplo-
matte officer.
rs Mr.. Optepka charged with
promoting the cause of Fidel Cas-
tro? Has he q record Of associating
with left-wingers? No, he is not
charged with such offenses. Mr..
Optepka is known as a determined
foe of leftism.
"Mr. Optepka's alleged offense
is that he icollaborated with the
Internal Security Subcommittee
of the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee. Such a charge could be
brought only in the U. S. State
Department. Only in the State De-
partment would official anger be
aroused by a department member
reported to be collaborating with
Congress.
IF MI. Optepka had favored
the Castro regime, as was the case
with William Wieland, former
head of the Caribbean division the
department would protect him to
his dying day. Mr.. Wieland is still
on the payroll, out Of sight but
protected. It is an anti-C Communist
official who is in hot water"
The chronicle., 1963-11-14
Quirks In The News

REVERSE
Father: l just don't get this rock
and-roll stuff.
Teen-ager: You're not supposed to
get 1t, Father. 1t gets you.
BEE-MUSED
Hey! Didya hear about the girl whose
mother told her SO much about the
birds and bees that she had a terrible
time getting interested in men?
DON'T FORGET
Wife Ito husband who is leaving
IN a trip: Darling, be sure to write,
rel if it's only a check.
FAMILY AFFAIRS
A junior executive came home to
find his young son sitting on the curb
outside the house, a brooding express
sion on his face.
"What's the matter, Joey?" he asked.
saw" said the boy bitterly, Il just
had a big fight with your wife.
The chronicle., 1963-11-14

Some strange things are always
going on in the Federal establish
ment, it seems, and currently it's
the firing of Otto F. Optepka by
Secretary of State Dean Rusk. OPP
tepka, until his dismissal, was a
veteran security official for the
State Department.
Secretary Rusk said Optepka
was let out "for conduct unbecom-
ing a State Department officer"
Interestingly, one of the charges
SO "unbecoming" was that Optep-
ka provided a committee of Con-
gress with information that was
necessary to demonstrate that 9TH
er officials of the government
were not telling the truth" What
an offense-providing a commit
tee of Congress with information!
And information to help such a
committee get at the truth.
What goes ON here? Perhaps
The Charleston, S. c., News &
Courier has put its finger on the
answer in the following editorial:
1.-THE U. S. State Department
has brought charges against Otto
F. Optepka, chief of the evalua-
The chronicle., 1963-11-14

siders a prudent reserve" says Kehn.
The Cargill president believes Kennedy's
4 million ton ceiling on Russian sales
million ton ceiling on Russian e
reflects a concern that our StockS-yeS-
terday regarded as burdensome and cost
ly might suddenly be reduced below
the level of a safe reserve"
Benefit: The export of this wheat would
allow a cut in our domestic budget
spending of around $225 million this fis-
cal year and Of another $50 million in
the next fiscal year.
Explanation: AS the governments
wheat surplus ~diSaDDaars, the costs Of
storing the grain will shrink. The $225
million saving is an official estimate of
the Dept. Of Agriculture.
Benefit: The elimination of the wheat
surplus and the present high world pric-
es for wheat will give us an extraordi-
nary opportunity to work out a reason
able program to solve our chronic wheat
problem.
Explanation: Not in years have we
had so favorable a surplus-price back
ground against which to agree on a tran
sition program acceptable to all of us
wheat producers, consumers, taxpay-
erS.
AS a company vitality involved in the
Soviet transactions, CargiIl properly re-
fuses to comment on the wheat deci-
sion or its enormous political implica-
tons. But, says Kelm flatly, ''the econo-
mics Of the sales are sound - and he's
certainly documenting his view.
The chronicle., 1963-11-14
Almanac
BY United Press international

Dy Oultcu fIeSS INTERNATIONAL
Today is Thu~-Iay, Nov. IA,
the 318th day of 1868 with AZ to
follow.
The moon is approaching its
new phase.
The evening stars are Jupiter
and Saturn.
Those born today include the
inventor of the first CONNER
cially successful steamboat,
Robert Fulton, in 1865.
On this day in history:
In 1882, the first streetcar in
the world made its appe- ice
on the streets of New York City.
In 1851, Herman MelviLe's
"Moby Dick was publ ID by
Harper and Brothers in New
York.
In 1881, the trial of Charles
Guiteau, charged with asst
mating President James A. Gar
field, opened in Washington.
In 1885, President Fr1.lklin
Roosevelt proclaimed the Phil
ippine Islands a free m m
wealth.
The chronicle., 1963-11-14

One would think the man had
learned his lesson then, but not
so. He stayed clear Of the law only
So years, so they took away his
driving license on a second con-
viction and ordered him to stand
a new driving test.
Maybe he will learn this time.
He's only 30.
The chronicle., 1963-11-14
Sylvia Porter
Sylvia Porter -.
|
Soviet Wheat Sale Benefits

Now that the ground rules finally have
been set for sales and shipments Of U.
S. wheat to the Soviet bloc, let's as
sumo the Kremlin follows through and
buys the limit of 4 million long tons
President Kennedy has authorized for
sale. What would this deal mean to our
wheat economy in particular and the U.
S. economy in general?
Far, far more than most Americans
realize, says Erwin E. Kelm president
of Cargill, Inc, of Minneapolis, largest
grain merchant in this country and the
CORPORATION which made the first sale
of 100, 900 tons of wheat to Hungary last
Friday. In fact, some of the economic
benefits which Kelm sees stemming d.
rectly from these sales well may startle
ever top experts on wheat and foreign
trade. Specifically:
Benefit: While this one deal would
increase our total wheat exports over
1862 by less than % per cent, it would
more than DOUBLE our dollar sales Of
wheat compared with last year.
Explanation: In recent years 70 to rs
per cent of all our wheat exports have
been so-called give-away sales. We have
been selling wheat through Norma. COM
mercial channels to foreign buyers, but
permitting the countries to paw for their
purchases in their own "soft" curren-
cieS.
Our government has been accepting
these soft currencies of such under
developed countries as India, PakiStan,
Indonesia - and then has been paying
the u. S. exporters in dollar.
''The true value of the soft currencieS
our government has accumulated from
these confessional sales probably
amounts to only IL cents to Is cents
on the odllar," Kelm points out. 1.-THE
huge quantities of these currencies our
government holds have little value to
U.s.
But the wheat being sold to Russia
and the Svoiet bloc is to be paid for
In gold and hard cash. The sale Of 4
million long tons would increase our
dollar earnings from wheat by over
$3.50 million, more than 100 per cent
above 1925 earnings.
Benefit; This $3.50 million increase in
our dollar earnings would slash the gap
between what we earn abroad and what
we spend abroad by. at least 10 per
cent-thereby significantly reducing the
dangerous deficit in our balance of pay
mentS.
Explanation; This deficit is now rum
ming at an annual rate Of 50 billion,
down from the near-castastrophic rate
of earlier this year, but still large
enough 10 pose relentless threat to
our dollar. The benefit Of an increase
in our dollar earnings Of $3.50 million
is obvious.
Benefit: This one sale would radical
ly change our entire domestic wheat pic
ture virtually eliminate our wheat
surplus and actually reduce our reserve
to only a prudent" level.
> Explanation: The Agriculture Dept.
! has just predicted that on next June 80,
our wheat carryover will be no more than
bushels over what the department con-
The chronicle., 1963-11-14
End 0ffense

A British motorist was hailed
into court last week and convicted
on a charge Of negligent driving
for pulling out of a side road and
causing two other cars to collide.
Back in 1903 this same fellow
was convicted of exceeding the g.
mile-an-hour speed limit and
fined.
The chronicle., 1963-11-14

A thought for the day-United
States Supreme Court Justice
Oliver Wendell Homes Jr.,
said: Life is an end in itself,
and the only question as to
whether it is worth living is
you have enough Of it."
The chronicle., 1963-11-14

by race not by order Of the
law or by rule of the courts,
but by reason of physical cir
cumstances - is increasing In
many American cities as Ne
groes fill up the public schools
in those communities while
whites move to the suburbs.
This presents a situation
which the Supreme Court of the
United States in its 1854 deci-
sion deplored and called on the
public to correct. The high
court said:
"DoeS segregation Of children
in public schools solely on the
basis of race, even though the
physical facilities and other
tangible factors may be equal,
deprive the children Of the min
ority group of equal educational
opportunities? We believe that
it does"
The court went on to say that
to separate children from
others of similar age and quail
fications solely because Of their
race generates a feeling of in
feriority as to their status in
the community" and has a SER
iouS effect on ''their educational
opportunities"
An example of how 'resegre-
CATION" is developing may be
seen in the latest statistics from
the school authorities in the ma
tons capital. There are in the
city of Washington Is elemen-
tary schools with no white pu-
pills and 67 more with Is or less
white students. Thirteen junior
high schools and six senior high
schools have Is or less white
students. Five of these schools
have no whites. There are, on
the other hand, Is elementary,
one junior high and one senior
high school which are virtually
all-white.
The enrolment in Washington
public schools as a whole is 85.7
per cent Negro, as compared
with 81 per cent in 1858. Here
are some of the changes that
have taken place in the nine
years since Washington pub
lie schools were "desegregated"
Immediately after the Supreme
Court handed down its historic
decision in 1854:
Eastern High, 1855 $40
whites, 6S8 Negroes; 1868 - 5
whites, 1881 Negroes.
Mckinley High, 1855 = SCI
whites, $50 Negroes; 1868, Is
whites, 1,774 Negroes.
Roosevelt High, 1855 634
whites, 518 Negroes; 1858
whites, 1919 Negroes.
MacF arland Jr. High, 1855 -
GAS whites, GAL Negroes; 1868,
Is whites, 1924 Negroes.
Sousa Jr. High, 1855 - 730
whites, III Negroes; 1868, 80
whites, LOAF Negroes.
Davis Elementary, 1855 - 432
whites, 315 Negroes; 1868, II
whites, 1892 Negroes.
Keene Elementary, 1855 = L.
0O3 whites, 9 Negroes; 1868, So
whites, 8O3 Negroes.
Whether this population shift
is the result primarily of an at
tempt by whites to avoid 'inte-
grafton or whether it is due
in large part to the affluence
Of those who move to better
residential areas in the city
or to the suburbs, the fact re-
mains that the Negro students
are not getting the benefits of
''desegregated" schools which
The chronicle., 1963-11-14
ToddY's Scripture

An evildoer listens to wicked lips;
and a liar gives heed to a miscellaneous
tongue.-Proverbs 17:4.
The chronicle., 1963-11-14
Now You Know
NOW YOU KNOW
By United Press International

by 0I41So TISSS AAiSAAoA1oAio
Antarctica's glaciers often move at
the unusually swift pace of 900 yards
a year, according to the National Geo
graphic Society.
The chronicle., 1963-11-14

in bounding countries. Know
ing nothing about the sort Of
map gazing in which our faith
ers INDUCED, the freshman could
not visualize South Vietnam i'm
relation to the rest Of Southeast
Asia, or to China, or to India.
He could not see that the sec
ton of neighboring Laos that is
in control Of the Communists
permits Red guerillaS to move
from the Communist north into
South Vietnam with relative i'm
punity. He knew nothing about
the Mekong River and its i'm
portance to the old Indo-Chinese
region, nothing about rich rice
bowls, or the necessity Of keep
ing the Red Chinese from con-
trolling the straits at Singapore,
or from cutting in between the
Philippines and India on the
road to Australia.
Now, this sort Of elementary
ignorance could have been pre-
vented If the college freshman
had had to learn about the
Mekong River in a grammar
school geography drill given ov-
er to the great rivers Of the
world. My own feeling that Rus
STA must always be at a geo
graphical disadvantage in war
because her great rivers run
north and south, emptying for
the most part into the Arctic
Ocean, has saved me from over
estimating the Communist mill
tary threat to the West. | owe
this to a grammar school drill
that seemed OnerouS at the
time. Social studies would
have been a lot more pleasant
than learning about the L e n a,
the Oh and the Volga, but would
they have been more fundament-
al?
Bismarck used to say that
the master Of Bohemia (now
part of Czechoslovakia) was the
master Of Europe. General Pat
ton knew all about Bismarck,
and in World War II he raced
across southern Germany with
his tanks to get to Bohemia
ahead Of the Russians. But our
foreign policy, grounded in a
social study" mentality, was
not set in simple geographical
terms; it had decided that Com
muniSm was bound to donin-
ate eastern Europe anyway. So
Patton was called back from
his forward position.
The morals 60 back to geo.
graphy and history in the
schools. We won't have a sensi-
BILE grasp Of the world until we
do.
The chronicle., 1963-11-14
Letters

light house In a troubled world,
we are behind you one hundred
percent, Mr.. Nicholson, keep
those fine editorials coming IL
is food for thought we enjoy
them.
Don't think that your father
would turn over In his grave u
you voted ticket of Lincoln,
chances are he would rise UP
and shake your hand and say
son you didn't leave the Demo
cratic party they left you.
Opportunity will be knocking
on your doors come 1864, open
the door and let him In. You
won't be sorry you did. Let's
retire the Kennedy Khan,
"Please" and remember, a
statesman Is q man who does
something for his country, and
a politician is a man who does
his country for something.
John r. Mayes
ia Old Mobile Highway
Pascagoula, Miss.
A man can't live a full and
satisfying life until he Is
prepared to accept the unex-
pected as an opportunity instead
of a possible source Of trouble.
The best way out Of a diff
ficulty is through II.
Most people would succeed in
small things il they were not
troubled by great ambitions.
-Longfellow
Most Of our comforts grow up
between our crosses.
Drive so your drivers license
expires before you do.
We have really everything I'm
common with America nova
days, except, of course, lang
uage.
Oscar Wilde, English Author
Deal with the faults of others
as gently as with your own
Chinese ProYerb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-01
By sHElLAH GRAHAM

now producing THE Wheeler
Dealers" and star James Gar
ner may be wandering back to
Universal. when he finishes
this one at Metro to do an
other for Ross Hunter, 1.-THE
18th of Never" an intriguing
title. And with Elizabeth
Taylor and Peter Sellers def
initely out of Il Love Louisa"
Natalie Wood may accept the
leading lady role Of the rich
est girl in the world, who
buries five husbands. Peter
is unavailable because he will
be doing THE Light Of Day"
with Melina MercOuri in Athens
and Istanbul.
Il Il
And Raj VaIlOne is wanted
by Gina LOllobrigida for her
co-star in 1.-THE Thaw." Raj in
my opinion is one of the best
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-01

and Marie Macdonald = in one
piece, was dating a lovely
young blonde at the Trancas
Restaurant in Malibu. Her
name - GFeta POrs, daughter
of Danish financier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-01

actors in Europe. He was mar
velous in "A View From the
Bridge"
IS SIS
jeanne WOOdward's agent is
looking for a movie or two for
her to do while Paul Newman
is making two films in Holly
wood. His starring role in 1.-THE
Prize" will keep them both
here until the fall. They own
a house in Westport, Connecti-
cut, and an expensive apart
ment in New York, and heaven
alone knows when they will see
either. Richard Burton
has promised to star on Broad
way this fall in THE Physi-
cist." Which means E. Taylor
will be decorating the New York
scene in September. Mi
chael Wilding, who has come
through three divorces and two
romances = Marlene Dietrich
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-01

One Was Enough
For Kim, Marty

HOLLYWOOD (NANA). =
Don't invite Kim NOvak and
Producer Marty RansohOff to
the same picture deal. 1--WE
don't see eye to eye on any
thing" Marty who partnered
Kim in Boys Night Out" told
me. I'VE had plans for sew
eral pictures. but we called
them Off" Ransohoff is
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-10-24
Brownie Scout Troop,
St. Peters Church
EnioVed Field Trip

Brownie Girl Scout Troop No.
1856, st. Peters AME Church
went on a field trip with about
$50 other girl scouts on Saturday,
October 10. They were picked up
at the church and were taken by
bus to Lynwood Camp where they
participated in all activities. Two
of the girls were awarded prizes
in the scavenger hunt.
Accompanying the girls were
Miss Amanda Byrd, leader, Mines,
Dorothy Hines and Betty Mead
ows, assistants. Brownie Scouts
are Carol Meadows, Denise Jack
son, Karen Jackson, Jan Rainey,
Neoka Shepherd, Kimberly Hines,
Deidra Whitlock, Carmita Benner,
Debra Ward, Ann Marie Mays,
Yvonne Burgess, Pamela Myers
and Gina Cumber. Karen Raines
and Valerie johnson were unable
to attend.
Miss Byrd said all the Brownies
enjoyed the trip and the associa-
ton with the other troops.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-10-24
Funeral Services For
Mrs. Bernodine Powers
n~II AAA..l..~. NsA~k~-

neto monooyI OcIooer ~
Funeral services for Mrs. Bern
adine L. Powers, 955 Iglehart Av.
were held Monday, October n, at
Pilgrim Baptist Church at 1 pm.
with Rev. Floyd Massey, Jr., Of
ficiating. Mrs. Calvin Taylor was
soloist and she was accompanied
by John Whitaker. Vtsitations
were held at the Brooks Chapel,
Sunday, from Q 10 8 pm.
Mrs. Powers died October IT.
She was a member Of Queen OF
sheba Chapter No. 5 oE.S. and
Como Temple No. 12s, BPoEw
She is survived by her husband,
Noah T. Powers; mother, Mrs.
Amanda Brown; daughters, Mines.
Corrie (Lilhan) ClaclS, Wilma Jones
four grandchildren, Debbra, Berna-
dine, Bernard Browder and Mer-
line Jones; sister Mines. Charles
Dorothy Cozine, Marvin (June)
Mcdowell, brother, Leon s. Brown,
all Of st. Paul and a host Of nieces
and nephews in st. Paul, okla
homa City, okla, and Portland,
Oregon.
Interment was In Oakland Gene
terry. Brooks Funeral Home was in
charge Of funeral arrangements.