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Evening star., 1963-02-04
Shot at Frontier

/ share the concern Of the
NeY Frontiersmen over the
fact that their latest progeny,
a domestic Peace Corps. Is as
yet unnamed. Might I humbly
suggest the initials
GRAND" - standing for
Glorious Raid upon the
American National Dollar?
Since this won't be catchy"
enough for some, the pro-
gram could be known as
"Bobby's Boondoggle" for
short.
Now the idea Is certainly
an inspired one. 1t seems only
proper that a few hundred
GRAND personnel will sue
coed where. presumably, the
thousands before them in the
Bureau Of Indian Affairs
have failed. Not only Indians,
but everybody else should
know how to make bricks out
Of pressed earth, and how to
develop irrigation projects.
And sending GRAND per-
sonnel to work at State men,
tai hospitals and other insti-
tutions is q splendid idea
particularly since the States
pay such niggardly wages
that they are hard-pressed to
recruit and retain an ade-
Quate number of aides.
And certainly the youth in
our bigger cities need train
ing In judo - this will make
yokings, muggings. etc., so
much more clean and
straightforward.
I am worried, though,
about these proposed rstory
hours" With millions of chill
dren In this country, where
will GRAND find enough
"motherly women" to do the
Job? Might / suggest that
GRAND. instead. ask the At
torney General to conduct a
nightly bedtime reading hour
over our radio and TV net
works? He could read such
classics as How I Became a
Multi-Millionaire" by Billie
Sol Estes and The United
Nations Peace-Keeping Pro-
gram in the Congo" by Ad-
lai Stevenson.
Now this latter suggestion
contains q built-in benefit for
Bobby himself. For in 1864,
when the American people In
their belated wisdom decide
to throw the rascals In WASH
ington out. Bobby will be
spared the pain Of enrolling
In a job-retraining program.
And his nightly story hours
can turn to such absorbing
works as JFK'S You'd Never
Believe What My Country
Did for Me-" or "You, Too,
Can Create Depression" by
Walter Heller.
John r.. MOreau.
Evening star., 1963-02-04
RecoIcitront Pupils

At press conference the other day,
School Superintendent Hansen sug-
geSted that different approach may be
desirable to deal with chronic trouble
makers and misbehavers in the public
schools. His remarks, in our opinion,
leave no room for doubt about the need
for such a change.
Among other things, DR.. Hansen in
dicated that present policies are oriented
toward the goal of keeping children in
the schools, even If their rebellious be-
havior upSetS their classmates. But he
Is beginning to think" the Superin-
tendent said, that recalcitrants should
be sent home, and that perhaps princi-
pals may need additional authority to
tell parents, "You take this child and
teach him to behave, and then I'll take
him back"
If principals do not already have
this authority, which in itself is sur
priSing, 1t certainly should be granted
them 1t is deplorable fact, which no
doubt has exerted strong influence on
the thinking Of the school administra-
OAOAiJ OAAdO NCLJ III JIlc way VI q
beneficial home environment is avail
able to some of these children. But
school alone cannot absorb all Of the
problems of society. It's basic function
Is to educate, and that function is
thwarted when few troublemakers are
permitted to disrupt the progress of a
majority of orderly children who are in
school to learn
1t is very likely that DR.. Hansen is
right when he Speculates that belliger-
ence and diSrespect would be sharply
reduced once those who are responsible
for such actions realize that recalci-
trance will not be tolerated" 1t is ap-
parent, however, that that point has
not been driven home to them yet. The
fact of the matter is that the entire
question of behavior in the public
schools requires a great deal of frank
and open discussion. DR.. HanSens re-
marks the other day were a refreshing
and commendable start.
Evening star., 1963-02-04
Tax Cut Timino

David Lawrence hit the
nail on the head when he
stated that "it's q stimulus
in 1868. that's needed-not
In 1859"
For timing is OF the es-
Sence. For Congress TO change
the tax rates will take study
and much debate. creating
a gap between now. when
action appears necessary,
and later. when IL is taken.
To spread any cut in tax
rates over q three-year period
will lessen It's beneficial ef-
fects. History has shown that
II is undesirable TO have
frequent tax changes. Busi-
ness and individuals would
be hampered in their PLAN
ming. and the ensuing un-
certainty would probably
hold back the additional
consumer spending that is
needed.
The idea OF a tax cut at
this time appears desirable.
for the multiplied effect
would cause a final increase
In national income several
times the amount OF the
initial cut. Consumers would
spend most OF a tax cut.
This would create mere de-
mand. Companies would hire
more workers. increase orders
10 build up inventories. pay
more wages. and make more
profits. But any tax cut
would be more powerful II
given In one year, than II
spread over three.
william n. Stannard.
Evening star., 1963-02-04
We Stumbled, Too
/ write to inquire

WrlCe 10 inquire,
In your issue Of January
81. you editorialize under the
caption "Other Beings?'"
I go along with you COM
pletely as regards the sub
stance and purport of what
you say. But when l come
to the last sentence / stumble.
You exclaim: What conceit
for any Of us on this little
mortal coil to preen ourselves
as the elite Of creation!"
In context, ION this little
mortal coil" must mean on
this sphere on which we
dwell: and this mortal coil"
would m can this our
Earth" I have always been
Of the impression that those
words applied to a circum-
stance and characteristic of
our entity and existence as
human beings. q something
which for each Of us has a
beginning and an end: We are
mortal" and for each Of
us there is q coil" At
death, we shake off our
mortal coil" In no context
before have ! come upon
that expression as referring
to our global habitat. Am I
lacking In observation, knowl-
edge and perspective7
I write simply to inquire.
Stanley X. HOrnbeck.
Editors Note. When
Shakespeare had Hamlet say,
For In that sleep Of death
what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off
this mortal coil )" he ap-
parently used coil" as mean
ing not our earth, but the
hustle, tumult, turmoil and
trouble Of human existence }
Evening star., 1963-02-04
A BOOK FOR TODAY
An Anthology Worthy of Coqitotion
By DONALD MINTZ

profound thinkers. they have
fine and gentle senses of
humor. Karl Pearson's elab-
crate explanation of Max
wells Demon Is followed by
two lines from Don Marquis
Archy: 'Life's too damn fun
ny for me to explain" Then
we return to further Scien-
tific discussion Of the demon.
On the same page we read
that Bismarck said that His
tory is simply a piece Of paper
covered with print; the main
thing is still to make history,
not to write it." and that
Oscar Wilde said that ANY
body can make history; only
q. great man can write it."
Sometimes The Practical
Cogitator" is depressing.
Francis w. Peabody who
died in 1927 discussed at
considerable length the total
inability Of the hospitals of
his day to deal with the
psychological constituents of
illness, not to mention psy-
choSomatic illness. Most OF
his words could have been
written yesterday morning.
THE EDITORS AN
NOUNCE right at the outset
that this anthology is for
the thinker, and not for the
feeler. primarily for the ex-
trovert thinker" This is true
in general. But there are
such things as O letter in
which Rilke seeks to explain
. what he means by love, and
an occasional bit Of poetry
by Yeats, none Of which can
be said to represent extrovert
thought.
Perhaps the incest thing
about the book Ia the con-
slant juxtaposition Of COM
plex exposition with simple
pronouncement and occa-
Sional wisecrack. After Fran
els Henry Taylor's elaborate
explanation Of the meaning
Of communication in art.
Picasso announces II paint a
window Just as I look out Of
a window" This, In turn, is
followed by a funny and
bitter poem by z. B. White
"On the Occasion Of the Re-
moval OF Some Rather Ex-
pensive Murals From the
RCA Building" At the end
OF the verse there Is a note
by the editors: Nelson
Rockefeller did take Lenin
out Of Rivera's mural"
"The Practical Cogitator"
Is a marvellous book. II Is
too we'll arranged TO be left
lying about against the day
when this or that bit will be
sampled. II is that rarest OF
books, the anthology that
ought 10 be read right
through from beginning 10
end.
Evening star., 1963-02-04
Questions and Answer!
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE
mail ansstion qf fact
BY THE HAsKIN

lied American Of italian ORR
gin. The painting contains
seven groups OF figures: the
central group shows WASH
ington enthroned upon q
rainbow and attended by Lib
erty, Victory, and thirteen
female figures with joined
hands who represent the 10
original Colonies: the six SUR
rounding groups symbolic
war, agriculture. mechanics.
commerce. marine. and arts
and sciences. The fresco Ia
over 1000 square feet In area
and cost $4,000.
Evening star., 1963-02-04

THE PRACTICAL COGITA-
TOR or the Thinkers An
thOlOgy, selected and edited
by Charles P. Curtis, jr.,
and Ferris Greenslet. Third
edition, revised and en-
larged with a new intro
duction by John H. Finley,
jr. Decorations by Edwin
Earle. 692 PIP. (Houghton
Mifflin Co.; $685.
The late Mr.. Curtis was a
Boston lawyer. The late Mr..
Greenslet was the literary
editor Of Houghton Mifflin.
Together, they set about
compiling a single volume
printed in small type on
thin paper. so that it might
fit into the pocket Of a SOL
dier's tunic." The idea was
that the World War II CT
might carry food for thought
along with his X rations.
AS a matter of fact, the
first edition Of The Prac-
tical Cogitator'" did not ap-
pear until l945. But in due
course, another war this
time In Korea-came about,
so that the books original
purpose might be fulfilled.
IT is A PERFECTLY
simple matter to compile an
anthology OF the wisdom of
the ages. A little Aristotle,
some Pascal and Montaigne,
dilute with Whitehead or
Bridgeman and there you are.
The Practical Cogitator"
Is not a book of this sort.
Messrs. Curtis and Greenslet
we're men Of vast and unpre-
dictable erudition and they
selected what seemed right
and just TO them without
benefit Tor rather detriment)
OF preconceived ideas about
what In fact constitutes great
ideas, great wisdom or any
such grandiloquent abStrac-
tions.
They invented q frame
work of sorts. It begins:
Man In Search of Himself.
He Solicits His Past. He
Turns TO Nature" and goes
on TO "He Takes Better Aim"
Each section has its own sub
divisions. The compilers
write very little. There is
an occasional note in the
text-invariably a very brief
one-and tiny bits OF advice
in the list Of sources.
Yet the book breathes the
personality OF its compilers
as surely as II they were its
authors. Their taste In scien-
tific philosophers runs TO
those men who are wise
enough to perceive that their
demanding doctrines are
concerned mostly with phys
les and that most other
things lie outside them.
And like most genuinely
Evening star., 1963-02-04
THE PASSING SCENE
Independent Audit of Cuba tThreot
By WILLIAM S. WHITE

himself-fresh reason to be
glad that q Senate Prepared
ness subcommittee exists.
For the problem as to Cuba
Is two-sided. 1t Is vital to
have q public audit inde-
pendent of that of the ad-
ministration as to Castro's
present offensive capabilities.
But 1t Is no less vital not to
let some partisan-motivated
and incompetent Senate
group rush into this sensitive
area and trample all over the
constitutional right Of any
President to run the foreign
policy Of the United States,
right or wrong though his
decisions may be thought
to be.
Given inaction by Stennis,
Just such q result probably
would have followed. Given
the readiness Of the Stennis
group to act, however, the
strong probability is that be-
cause Of its demonstrated
competence and responsible
ity and restraint all hands
will be satisfied to leave the
matter in its hands.
A Fateful Verdict
And at the end, the coun-
try will have reason to rely
on the findings Of these good
and able men-plus one wom-
an: Senators Stennis, Stuart
Symington Of Missouri, Hem
ry. Jackson Of Washington
and E. L. Bartlett Of Alaska,
all Democrats, and Leverett
Saltonstall Of Massachusetts,
Margaret Smith Of Maine and
Barry Goldwater Of Arizona,
all Republicans.
If they find that Cuba in
fact still poses an offensive
threat to this country or
hemisphere, they will simply
say so. II they find that
Cuba in fact is no such Of
fensive menace they will sim
ply say so.
Thus, the verdict may be
nothing less than fateful. II
the verdict Is that Cuba is
still a seat Of mortal peril to
this hemisphere it will surely
follow that Cuba in due time
will be invaded and sanitized
mot necessarily by the
United States itself, but in
vaded and sanitized all the
same. If the verdict is that
Cuba / is only a defensive
Judgement of communism,
the present slow course Of
trying to isolate and cut
down Cuba by measures short
Of war will continue.
(CopyriRht, 1881
Evening star., 1963-02-04

An inquiry Of enormous
implications into the exact
present military position in
Castro Cuba is about to be
opened by the Senate through
one Of its elite bodies. This
is the Preparedness Sub
committee headed by Senator
John C. Stennis Of Mississippi.
There are Senate investi-
cations and there are Senate
investigations. Some are dis
ruptive headline safaris, in
flaming public feeling and
smearing honest people on
the basis of verdict first
evidence later" Some are of
the finest quality: careful,
fair, searching, pitiless but
not petty. vigorous but not
virulent.
Almost certainly, on the
groups record, the investi-
cation into Cuba to be made
shortly by Stennis' Prepared
ness. Subcommittee will be
one Of these latter, a service
to the highest interests Of the
United States and of this
hemisphere.
What Senator Stennis is
, interested in is to determine
in behalf Of the Senate, from
our own military and intel
ligence sources and from
responsible Cubans, precisely
what Soviet armament re-
mains in Cuba and precisely
what capacity it may have to
endanger this country or any
other in the hemisphere.
No Second Guess
There is no purpose either
to haze President Kennedy
or to protect President Ken
, nedy. There is also no pur-
pose to second-guess either
the Presidents lack of sup
, port for the doomed patriots
invasion Of Castro Cuba in
the spring Of 1861 or the
; Presidents strong action
against the Soviet missile
lodgment In Cuba in the
fall of 1862.
What Stennis and his COL
leagues-one of the best sets
Of men in the Senate and
the most bipartisan when
1t comes to national secu-
rity-most want to know
is where we go from here.
They are not too interested
in who did what to whom in
the lost yesterdays.
II they can sustain this
Spartan course of sheer fact
finding they will have given
the whole Nation-not ex-
cluding President Kennedy
Evening star., 1963-02-04

@. What is the subject OF
the painting on the inside Of
the United States Capitol
dome2-H. r.
A. This fresco is the
Apotheosis Of Washington; II
was painted by Constantine
Brumidi (l805-s0). q natural
Evening star., 1963-02-04

the Soviet Union to become agreeable
and cooperative. Their fears in that
respect are too well founded to be
ignored or brushed aside by our Govern
ment.
Evening star., 1963-02-04
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used IL
letters carry writers' correct
names and addresses. All let
terS are subject to condensd-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only Dhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1963-02-04

@. What is the national
anthem OF India2-F. M.
A. II is called "Janagana-
mana." meaning Thou art
the ruler Of the minds OF all
people"
Evening star., 1963-02-04
Young Biologists

Hanover. N. H.
Evening star., 1963-02-04

Member Of the Associated Press
The ASoeiotsd Press entitled exclusively 10 me use for
Fspvblieoon Of oil the local printed this newspaper
o. we'll as A. p news dispatches.
The chronicle., 1963-12-31
Principal Figure
In Vegetable Oil
Case Testifies

NEWARK, NJ. CUPID = In
dicted salad oil king Anthony
Tino) De Angels answered "A
screened" questions about his
bankrupt corporation today but
pleaded the Fifth Amendment
C more than 20 others on his
tangled financial affairs.
In nervous but curt replies,
the 48-year-old president Of AL
lied Crude Vegetable Oil Rein
ing Corporation, told Of COM
pany accounts and other gen.
eral information. But he re-
peatedly refused to answer
questions about personal finan-
cial affairs on the grounds the
answers would tend to incri-
inmate him.
Specifically, De Angels re-
fused to tell about a $1.2 mil
lion Allied Crude check made
payable to him last Sept. 10,
and a $500, 900 check to him
from the firm Oct. l..
Under questioning from Ma
than Ravin, counsel for the re-
ceiver in the bankruptcy pro-
The chronicle., 1963-12-31

Moscow wondering whom he
thinks he's kidding.
The Russians, reported UPI
Moscow Manager Henry Sha-
piro, say if Chou is kidding
anyone, it isn't them. Shapiro
commented:
"Chou's tour, which started
when the Chinese press launch
ed fresh charges that the Sow
let Union and the United States
were conSpiring to dominate
the world, is seen here as con-
tanning elements of extending
the Sine Soviet cold war to the
African continent.
"On the one hand the Chinese
appear anxious to improve their
public image, furnished after
the invasion Of India, and to
prove to India that they aren't
all dragons. On the other hand
the Chinese seem determined to
assume the role of protectors Of
the newly emergent nations by
using both nationalist and Ra.
The chronicle., 1963-12-31
PAGE FIVE

ceedings, De Angels also de-
clined to answer questions
about q So, 6 900 check Allied
Crude made out TO III "ADA"
He would not identify ADA.
Ravin said he would move
later in the week to cite De-
Angels for contempt of court
for refusing to answer cues.
tons.
Before De Angels took the
stand to testify in federal bank.
ruptcy court, /. M. PogaSh,
court-appointed accountant in
the case, testified that almost
one billion pounds of edible oils
was missing. He said the est.
mate was made from reports
OF creditors Of Allied Crude.
The chronicle., 1963-12-31
Chinese Premier Tours
Africa In Goodwill TRY

EDITORS NOTE: What is
Red Chinese Premier Chou
En-lai up to on his current
tour of Africa What sort Of
impression is he making
This dispatch is a cOmpila-
ton of reports from United
Press International CORES
pOndents who have been COW
ering the Chinese leaders
tour of Africa? What sort of
its political significance by
X. C. ThaIer, UPS chief dip
tomato correspondent in Eu-
rope; Henry Shapiro, Moscow
bureau chief, and Joseph W.
Grigg, news manager for
Western Continental Europe
and North Africa.
BY United Press international
Red China'S premier Chou
En-lai is using Soft-sel tactics
on his two-nonth Africa swing
He is out to win friends and in
fluence Africans - and the way
he has been going about it ha:
The chronicle., 1963-12-31

cist appeals.
"The Russians have bitterly
accused the Chinese Of exploit
ing the color issue, and trying
to set yellow and black races
against the white - which in
cludeS Russians.
"One Of the bones Of ideolog-
ical contention between Moscow
and Picking has been Chinese
opposition to Russian aid to I'M
der-developed countries on the
ground such aid strengthened
the Bourgeois Nationalist gov
ernments Of those countries to
the detriment Of the illegal I'M
foreground Communist parties.
"Yet, Chou is now trying to
make friends and influence peo-
pie among the same Bourgeois
Nationalist regimes.
while branding Soviet Prem
Ter Nikita KhruShchev and Yu-
goslavia'S President Tito as
reviSionists, Chou now hasn't
hesitated to embrace African
nationalist lie d e rs and ad-
vocate the same peaceful cock
istence which, W h e n practiced
by the Russians, the Chinese
condemn as capitulation to i'm
perialism.
"From MoScow'S standpoint
the tour Smacks of pure oppor-
tunism. Observers here belive
Chou is wooing Africans in the
hope of arranging another Ban
dung conference of Afro-ASianS
with Russians exclrded) and
which would enable Red Chine
to again assume a major role
in determining Afro-Asian af-
fairs"
At all Chou's ports Of call
correspondents have noted he
has carefully avoided playing
the heavy. He has been all
smiles and his words have re-
Trained from polemics. n
against Moscow. He has acted
the interested tourist, admired
local attractions and shrines. AT
the start Of his tour in the Unit
ed Arab Republic he trod the
well-beaten tourist trail of an
cient monuments, was properly
awed by the Aswan Dam prof.
ect. In four talks with President
Canal Abdel Nasser he was
the ever courteous guest.
From Egypt Chou flew to AL
geria for a weeks stay, visited
collective factories, farms and
orphanages and conferred with
President Ahmed Ben Bella, ad-
mirer of Cuba's Fidel Castro
whom Chou also admires for
the scialist outpost he has
established in the Americas.
The chronicle., 1963-12-31
THE CHRONICLE, pAscAGoULA AND MOSS POINT. MISSISSIPPI
Tuss Interviews
Russian Family
Who Visited US

MOSCOW (UPD - A Moscow
engineer who spent Christmas
in the United States with his
family was surprised to see
show little Americans know
about the U.S.S.R.," the news
agency Tass said today.
Auto factory engineer Viktor
Pozdneyev, his wife and their
two children spent Christmas
week as the guests Of the
James Mckinley family in
Portsmouth, Ohio. They re-
turned here Saturday.
"The Americans know much
less about the Soviet Union
than Soviet people know about
the United States" Pozdneyev
was quoted by Tass as saying
He said he could find no books
about the Soviet Union or works
by Soviet authors In American
schools.
But he said, ''the hospitality
with which we were met by the
Americans surpassed all our ex-
pectations. We were given a
warm welcome wherever we
went. The McKinleys, when they
come to the Soviet Union, as
we hope they will, will get the
warmest welcome here"
Tass also quoted Pozdneyev
as saying, "the ordinary Amer
leans are as unanimous as we
are in the wish to preserve
peace and strengthen friendship
between the U.S.S.R. and the
U.S.A."
Pozdenyev, according to Tass,
said what he saw in Portsmouth
correspondent "in the main''
with the picture Of America he
had gathered from the Soviet
press.
Mrs. Pozdneyev was quoted
as saying the American press
on the whole provided truthful
coverage of their visit land
sometimes even showed too
much interest in It."