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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-11
Presidents Selection of Thornberry
For Texas Bench Hit as Political

Hill, moreover, that the adj
ministration plans to defer
action in the Senate on the
Thornberry nomination UNI
til sometime toward the end
of the present session in or
der to assure his vote for adj
ministration policies in the
closely divided Rules Commit
tee of the House while i'm
portant legislation is being
considered by the committee
in the next few months. The
House Rules Committee has
a majority of Democrats,
but they do not all think
as the administration wants
them to think. often legis-
lation that is deemed desir-
able by the President doesn't
get out of this committee.
But why. should Repre-
sentative Thornberry be re-
warded with a Federal judge
ship? He has never served
on the bench in any court.
Why should the President Of
the United States give any
one a lifetime post in the
judicial system on the basis
Of favors done Of a political
natureP How can there be
confidence in the Federal
judiciary if judgeships be-
come a matter Of political
patronage2 Were there no
lawyers or State judges in
West Texas better qualified
for the judgeship in ques-
ton?
The argument is made
that this has been done in
the past by other admins
trationS-as If, once a poll
tical ruse is employed, it
may readily be taken as an
established precedent or
practice for the future.
The American people have
been told again and again
that theirs is a government
by the people and for the
people and that no selfish
interest should prevail
against the national interest.
The flaw, If any, is in the
constitutional system in
America which separates the
legislative body from the ex-
ecutive and ignores the
principle of party RESPONSE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-11
DAVID LAWRENCE

These are sad days-human
conflicts and controversies
fill the headlines. There's
plenty to write about--in-
Guiding labor troubles, prob
lens of foreign policy and
emotional demonstrations on
the home front for civil
rights. But what is more i'm
portant than the integrity
Of our Government itself?
And what is more distressing
than the tendency nowadays
to gloss over the immortality
Of politics as a custom" that
has come to stay-as an end
that justifies the means?
How can this be expected to
maintain confidence in
American institutions?
Tucked away every now
and then in the new dis
patches read by the Ameri-
can people are evidences Of
what is fundamentally wrong
with our Government, but
these arouse no demonstra-
tons or demands that gov
ernmental power shall be
used only for the good Of
the people instead of the
self-interest Of officeholders.
Here is an example from a
United Press international
dispatch this week:
President Kennedy yes
terday nominated Represen-
tative H omer Thornberry,
Democrat of Texas. as a Fed
eral Judge for the Western
District of Texas. In so do
ing, he rewarded Thornberry
for past support but at the
same time created a further
problem for himself in the
closely divided House Rules
group.
Speaker Mccormack let 1t
be known he had picked an
other Texan to fill Mr..
Thornberry's crucial Rules
seat, and word was passed
among members that (Rep-
resentative john Young was
the man. In selecting Mr..
Young, Mr.. Mccormack OBJ
viously acted in the belief
Mr.. Young could be counted
on in a pinch to support the
leadership, even in the face
Of adverse local interest"
1t is reported on Capitol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-11
The Appointment of u. S. Judges

bility-such as is applied
under the British or Cana
dian parliamentary system.
The answer certainly doesn't
lie in using Federal judge
ships as a reward to indivi-
dual members of Congress
elected by the people to deal
with public questions on
their merits and not as a
President may dictate that
they shall vote.
Time and again the Amer
lean Bar Association has
cried out that Federal judges
should be named on the basis
of their qualifications and
not for political reasons. The
association has tried, through
a specially appointed COM
mittee, to classify as well
qualified" or just qualified"
or mot qualified" the names
of those under consideration
by the Department of Justice
for recommendation to the
President. But even this sys-
tenn caters somewhat to the
political climate prevailing
in the Department of Justice.
1t should not be- necessary
for a bar association COM
mittee or any other group to
remind an administration of
the Importance Of moral in
tegrity in the exercise of
governmental powers, espe-
cially when judges are to be
appointed.
Does the system of using
judgeships as a reward for
past political favors mean
that judges already on the
bench can expect promotions
to the United States Court
Of Appeals if they play ball"
with the administration in
power?
All these are fundamental
questions. They naturally are
asked when the American
people are told that a Con-
gresham who has played
ball" with the administra-
ton receives a Federal judge
ship, whilst other men - as
we'll, If not better, qualified
are passed over. This is
news to many people but not
to the politically minded who
hold high office and feel
they can rely on the con-
tinued indifference Of the
voters to such practices in
present-da politics"
g 1868, New York Herald Tribune Inc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-11
INTERPRETIVE REPORT
NASA Set for Budget Cuts

performance. The committee
was striving from the outset
for an 8 or 8 per cent reduce
ton, and ended by getting
about ga per cent out Of the
NASA budget. 1t was not an
81a per cent cut across the
board, however.
AS far as reaching the. moon
in the SOS is concerned, NASA
could probably lose a quarter
billion dollars out of its 1864
fund without seriously endan-
gering the Apollo program. 1t
may be asked to do this with
out public complaint in the in
terests Of peace between the
Hill and downtown.
1t is reasonably certain that
If the persuasive Mr.. Webb can
make a plausible case that his
manned flight program is in
trouble due to lack Of funds, he
will be invited to ask for more
money six months hence. Such
strategy would save face for
everyone and imperil the pro-
gram not at all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-11
Order by Combs
Attacked in Suit

FRANKFORT, KY, July II
(AP) .-The Louisville Tavern
Operators Association asked
Franklin Circuit Court yester-
day to nullify an executive
order which Gov. Bert Combs
issued against discrimination in
businesses and professions
licensed by the State.
1t was the first challenge of
the Governors order which has
met with mixed reaction. Some
sources hailed the order and
others criticized it sharply, to
the extent OF calling it uncon-
stitutional.
The suit asked the court to
void the June 26 order; to keep
the State commissioners of
revenue, health and alcoholic
beverage control from issuing
any rules to force racial inte-
grafton in restaurants and tav-
erns, and for a ruling that the
Governor and other defendants
had no authority to act under
Combs order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-11
POTOMAC FEVER
BY FLETCHER KNEBEL

Chinese and Russian negotators snub another in
Moscow Just shows what happen when there's Chris
tine Keeler around to keep mans mind off his work.
Indianas Representative Roudebush complains the Gov
eminent is spending 900 to study oads At time when
brave being antispace antibomb and antcrime
this fellow taking the easy out All he is antitoad
Beginning next season. TV networks are expected to
place their Westerns with Southerns.
The New Geography - Atlantic City: The town where
beauty walk the platform every and where
lot of Democrats will walk out the platform in ga
Ode to Khrushchev &c. here's to the heather Chnee the
Communist branch Of the tree They would knife in bed
but would rather instead sit nights preaching doctrine to
thee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-11

threatened filibuster against
the Kennedy civil rights leg
islation. His stand, he ex-
plains, is designed to protect
all minorities. This can be
argued plausibly, even If it
seems to advocates of racial
justice only a modern version
of the Anatole France COM
ment that the law in its
majestic equality forbids the
rich as well as the poor to
sleep under bridges.
Senator Goldwater does not
indulge in fire-eating Senate
debate. Many observers pre-
dict he will rarely be present
during the impending civil
rights filibuster.
The premise that he can
win the South is basic to the
argument that he can win
the Presidency while losing
most Of the big States where
the Negro has political power.
Where, then, does his civil
rights ambiguity leave him
with respect to the IL States
of the old Confederacy?
Southern observers suggest
that the answer is, at least
now, safe enough.
Southern Republicans are
described as much more in
terested in conservative poll
cies, especially economic
ones, than in civil rights pro
or con. What they want is
a general reduction in the
Federal power, in taxes. in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-11
Couldn't the Travel Job Be Done Better
By Professional Facsimile Presidents?
ARTHUR HOPPE

Ever since Mr.. Kennedy got
home from Europe, every
body's been assessing the
value of presidential good will
tours abroad. And most ex-
perts seem agreed they save
Free World unity because
they win us legions of indy
ing new friends.
For example, there you are,
a simple Italian peasant.
You've been damned in a
mob of a million sweaty COM
patriots for eight hours. At
last, here goes Mr.. Kennedy
by in his limousine. Swish
hhhhhl There's no question
you are henceforth a loyal
supporter of America forever.
But such work is awfully
hard on our Presidents. They
get tugged this way, pulled
that way and generally man
handled. And it isn't as
though our Presidents grow
on trees, you know. Besides.
anti : administration critics
always carp that the Presi-
dent is needed at home to run
the country. Although adj
ministration aides invariably
deny this emphatically.
So it's a knotty problem.
And ! feel We all owe a vote
OF thanks today to my friend,
Mr.. Jack Wyman, the adver-
Using gentleman, for solving
1t. I'm referring, naturally,
to The Wyman Reasonable
Fac-Simile Program.
What we do under Mr..
Wyman's program, of course,
is to keep our Presidents at
home and send Reasonable
Facsimiles abroad. For in
stance, Mr.. Vaughn Meader
would serve admirably under
the present administration.
The Atlantic Community
falling apart? Swishhhhhh!
Off Mr.. Meader would zip to
Europe to be waved at. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-11

could also shake everybody's
hand and read a couple doz-
en- speeches saying we must
stick together. And if he
himself failed to stick to-
gether when being pulled
limb from limb by a throng
of happy Lichtensteinians,
most of us could manage to
carry on without him. Espe-
cially, I suppose, Mr.. Ken
nedy.
After all, while being
waved at, shaking hands and
reading prepared texts is ex-
hausting work, 1t isn't terri
bly, exacting. And I'm sure
Mr.. Meader, who is trained
in this field, could bring it
off superbly, perhaps even
evoking a friendly chuckle or
two.
Which all goes to show
that much of what our Presi-
dents do could be done better
by a professional entertain
err. Personally, I'd estimate
about SO per cent.
1t isn't Just what Presi-
dents do abroad. At home
it's as bad. You should see a
Presidents schedule in the
White House: 10000, Greet
National Slingshot Team;
1928, Pics with Cathay Post
of B'nai Birth; 094812,
Squeeze in National Secur-
ity Council; 095l, Welcome
Gray Line Tour :" And
so on.
I suppose it's a thing with
all politicians. We carefully
choose one to lead us, the
people, and they spend 80
per cent of the time leading
us and the rest shaking our
hands.
So 1 foresee the rosy day
when every President has a
dozen Reasonable Facsimiles,
all professional entertainers,
to take over and more ably
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-11
ARTHUR HOPPE
Good WiIvs. That Wear and Tear

perform So per cent Of his
duties. This will give us
peace abroad and domestic
harmony at home.
And should the Reasonable
Fac-Simile Program fail in
getting through Congress, I
suggest you cast your ballot
next time for Mr.. Meader
himself. For I say this Ma
ton cannot afford an anna
teur in the White House So
per cent of the time.
Besides, if Mr.. Kennedy
saved the Free World by get
ting waved at through Eu-
rope, think what such a tour
by a professional President
like Mr.. Meader would do.
Russia would roll over dead.
g 1868
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-11
ITO Foreign Students
Welcomed by Tuwes

Maryland Gov. j. Millard
Tawes welcomed 10 students
from nine European countries
to the University Of Maryland
today.
The students, who arrived at
College Park yesterday, are I'M
dergoing two days Of intensive
orientation in American life
and culture. They will make
a month-and-a-hslf tour Of
the United States as part Of
the university program Of the
People People Program OF
Kansas City, Mo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-11

/. Their justification stories
had better be good.
2. Nobody on the committee
really believes that a $5.7 bill
lion budget is completely fat
free, and something will have
to give.
Told to Suggest Cuts
Senator Margaret Chase
Smith Of Maine. the senior Re-
publican on the committee,
told NASA Administrator Webb
at the start of open budget hear
ings last month that Mr.. Webb
might be thinking about areas
where he, himself, could recon-
mend cuts. Chairman Ander-
son looked on benevolently as
Mrs. Smith offered the hari-
kiri knife to the space agency
head.
Mr.. Webb meanwhile appears
to have been laying the ground
work for a "share-the-blame
campaign If it becomes appar-
ent a few years hence that
President Kennedy's moon
landing goal cannot be met,
The NASA chief said last jan
uary, and reaffirmed in June,
that the 1869 deadline might
be missed II Congress Topped
half a billion dollars off the
budget.
Congress, OF course, does not
wish to be saddled with even
part Of the blame for missing
the deadline. But by the same
token, Congress does not care
TO be viewed as a rubber-stamp
for the administrations space
planners.
Cut S.5 Per Cent by House
The House Space Commit
tees trimming OF the NASA
budget was the most selective
job Of pruning in its five-year
history, though some NASA Of
ficials privately profess to see
! the action as a "hit-and-miss'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-11
DORIS FLEESON
Debate Expected to Give Democrats
A Chance to Pin the Senator Down

The civil rights debate will
afford Senate Democrats an
opportunity to pin down the
presently leading contender
for the Republican presiden-
tial nominations enator
Goldwater-on that issue, if
they can catch him.
1t may be harder than
they think. Either by crafty
design or natural instinct,
the Senator is q far more
adept politician than most
people realize. Nowhere is
this better illustrated than
in civil rights.
The record diScloses that
his footwork on the issue has
been fast and fancy free. He
has not been rigid in the
manner demanded by the
segregationiStS or integra-
tionists and for the moment,
at least, can come down on
either side in the clinches
without appearing to be
flagrantly inconsistent.
The Senator is against dis
elimination but for States
rights. Thus he can say that
he supports the Supreme
Court decision but criticize
the actions Of Attorney
General Kennedy in the pro-
testing States.
On the most high-minded
grounds, he opposes apph-
cation Of the cloture rule on
Senate debate, the tactic
which would doom the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-11
DORIS FLEEsoN
Goldwoter and Civil Rights Issue

spending, in foreign COM
mitmentS. They are neither
violent segregationists or vio-
lent against Indignation.
Their hearts belong to bust
ness as usual or better.
Southern Democrats, by
contrast, are seen as more
emotional. Their emotions,
say the observers, are, how
ever, channeled against Pres
ident Kennedy and their
own party. One thinks that
Senator Goldwater would be
popular In the South, so long
as he proclaimS his devotion
to conservative principles,
no matter how he votes on
segregation.
It is often recalled that
the Senator in an Atlanta
speech told his party to for
get about the Northern
Negro vote. since it wasn't
coming anyway. In the same
speech he made a typical
comment to the effect that
both parties were far too
specific in their civil rights
platforms. They should, he
argued, be for the equality
goal but in general terms.
One Intangible presents it
self in most Southern presi-
Dental politics. This is the
question Of how the increas-
ing Negro vote in major
cities there would go in the
event of a Goldwater can
didacy. Negroes are mad at
Democrats of the South but
what would they say to the
economic conservative?
alternative of a Republican
@ 1868
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-11
BY WILLIAM HINES
Star staff Writer

The space agency is being
quietly advised to take sub
stantial budget cuts now with
a minimum Of whimpering and
come back next January for an
equivalent supplemental appro-
priation.
The advice comes from Cap
itol Hill, where the House
Space Committee has just fin
ished work on the agency's 1864
authorization, and where the
Senate sets out next week on
similar business. The fiscal
1864 authorization for the Ma
tional Aeronautics and Space
Administration was cut nearly
$500 million by the House
group.
Traditionally, Governm e n t
agencies are used to feeling the
economy ak in the House, only
to get most Of the cuts restored
in the Senate version Of the
authorization bill. Something
less drastic than the House ver-
sion almost always comes out
of conference.
Sensitive Over Image
OF late, Senators have grown
sensitive over the public's i'm
age of the House as watchdog
Of the public purse and the
Senate as spendthrift. There
are indications that some
members Of the Senate Space
Committee are particularly
touchy on this point.
The Senate group goes into
closed session next Wednesday
and Thursday to consider
NASA's funding request for
$5,7l2,O00, 900. NASA officials
have been invited to come be-
before the committee on the
first OF these days to Justify
the various line items in the
big budget. But unofficially
they have been told two things:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
Red Embassy Plan Stirs Citizens to Call Meeting

the District Building yesterday.
the proposed Embassy Chan
Gerry was described as a Is
room. four-story building Of
brick and marble with consid-
cradle areas Of glass. The pre-
liminary plans were prepared
by California architect Arthur
Froehlich.
The application was filed by
Mr.. Luttrell on behalf OF Mr..
Decker. the purchaser. Mr..
Decker is interested In the
project because he owns q
vacant lot on the northeast
corner OF Sixteenth and L
streets NV. near the present
embassy.
The two area citizens asso-
Citations have taken no formal
stand. pending a view Of plans
for the proposed structure on
Oregon avenue. However, con-
siderable opposition has been
voiced by residents OF the
neighborhood to having a busy
embassy In their midst.
In a letter 10 the Board OF
zoning Adjustment. Pedro A.
Sanjuan. State Department
director OF special protocol
services, said. I'VE have ex-
amined the EmbaSsy's request
and find no objection. We
therefore support the En-
lbaSSy's request"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
Symphony Finds
Two Halls for
Youth Concerts

The National Symphony Or
chestra today announced that
its Music for Young Amer
lea" concert series now has a
home.
The orchestra was turned
down earlier this week in a
request to the State Depart
ment for the use of its audi
forum for the free young
peoples concerts, which have
been given annually for seven
years.
Upon reading of the orches-
tra's plight in the columns Of
The Star, w. Willard Writ,
Secretary of Labor, and Luther
H. Hodges. Secretary Of Com
merce, Immediately invited the
National Symphony to use the
auditoriums in their respective
departments for the forthcom-
ing April 23-May % series.
The orchestra accepted both
invitations and the concerts
will be held in the Labor and
Commerce auditoriums. The
schedule will be announced
shortly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29

A public hearing win be held
April 10 before the Districts
Board Of Zoning Adjustment
on proposed construction Of a
50 million Russian Embassy
and Chancery on the Bonnie
Brae estate at 6036 Oregon
avenue NV.
Swift reaction TO the coming
application came from area
residents when James O. Ellis.
jr., president Of the Chevy
Chase Citizens Association.
scheduled a special session Of
the group TO discuss the plan.
He invited all Chevy Chase
area residents to attend the
meeting. at which plans for
the embassy chancery will be
given in detail.
The meeting will be at 8 pm.
April 5 in the Chevy Chase
Community Center.
Bruce q. Sundlun. attorney
for the proposed builder OF
the Soviet building complex.
said he would appear at the
meeting TO explain the project.
Also appearing will be q rep
resentative OF the architect
and the Pennsylvania builder
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
Driver, ~,
Dies After
FoiIinq Test

A 79-year-old District man
with a long history of heart
disease collapsed and died to-
day just as he had completed
unsuccessfully-a road test for
renewal of his drivers permit.
Wilfred B. Putnam, of 1856
Carlton avenue NE, slumped
over the wheel of his car in
the Motor Vehicle Department
parking lot at John Marshall
place and C street NV. Ex-
aminer George Grimm, sitting
beside him in the car, was just
about to inform Mr.. Putnam
that he had failed the road test
for a number of minor infrac-
tons.
Mr.. Putnam, who would have
been 80 years old April 10, was
pronounced dead on arrival al
Casualty Hospital. In his
pocket were some nitroglycerin
tablets, prescribed by his ply
stefan for treatment of coro-
nary heart disease.
The physician. DR.. William
M. Ballinger. had recently GER
titled Mr.. Putnam as fit to
drive. Such certificates are re-
quired for driver applicants over
rs years Of age, according to
Anthony L. Ellison, chief of the
Districts Office of Traffic
Safety Education.
On his application form, Mr..
Ellison said, Mr.. Putnam listed
no physical defects that would
make him unable TO operate a
car safely. DR.. Ballinger said
he had no knowledge of what
Mr.. Putnam put on his appli-
cation form.
This wouldn't have hap
pened under normal driving
conditions" the doctor said.
Mr.. Putnam had a long record
for safe driving and had never
had an accident"
AS for the certificate of fit
ness, DR.. Ballinger said:
Simply having coronary
heart disease is not sufficient
grounds for denying someone a
drivers permit"
He said Mr.. Putnam played
golf regularly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29

Mr.. Decker would acquire the
downtown property.
Mr.. Sundlun said he has
wired an invitation 10 the ex-
ecutive committee OF the Chevy
Chase Citizens Association 10
see the plans Monday night
at 8 pm. A similar telegram,
he said. was sent TO Joseph C.
Khuen. president Of the Haw-
thorn Citizens Association.
The general public, In turn
win see the plans and hear
them explained at the Com
munity Center next Friday.
In the plans submitted al