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The chronicle., 1963-11-28
Elements Of History

trick was to make it look mysteri-
Gus. And somehow, wagons loaded
with straw for the British cavalry
were forever topping on their
sides.
"The humor that accompanied
these acts was shown in Revere's
somewhat embroidered recollec-
tons. Revere began to cross the
Charles River after it became ap-
parent that the British would go
by sea- to Lexington and Concord
(there was no sea route-the poet
Longfellow badly needed a word
to rhyme with be- in a line of
"The Midnight Ride of Paul Re-
vere'). He, j. Bently and 7. Rich
ardson realized hat the men
aboard a nearby British ship
might hear them; they would need
some rags to muffle the sound Of
the oars. One of them remembered
that a female acquaintance lived
nearby.
"Crouching outside the wo-
mans house, they signaled with a
whistle. A window in the house
rose quietly, and a petticoat fell
softly to the ground. Revere
claimed that the petticoat was still
warm.
GAS Revere and Dawes went on
their famous rides, there was
more adventure. John Hancock
gave Revere a rough time by re-
fusing to flee; he wanted to stay
and fight the British. DR.. Sam
Prescott, chased by the British.
jumped a fence and arrived in
Concord with an important mes
sage. In the commotion, Dawes
lost his watch and went back, ex-
ercising more thrift than good
sense, to recover it.
Meanwhile, Revere was cap
tured by the British, ending one
episode of a Revolution contain
ing the best elements Of any good
adventure story. He was released
for lack Of a charge on which to
detain him."
The chronicle., 1963-11-28
Silence Of Billy Sol

(FrOm The New York Herald Tribune)
Yes, that was Billie Sol Estes in the
witness chair = the Billie Sol Estes,
on9-time multimillionaire manipulation,
the farm boy who made good on a
Texas scale, friend of the Democratic
faithful who put his campaign contribu-
tons where his political heart was. But
Billie Sol wasn't talking. To do so, said
he. might tend to incriminate him, and
Billie Sol vas in enough trouble already.
He had been caught.
A lot of other things have come along
crises, scandals, rises of the obscure,
falls Of the powerful-making it easy to
forget the Billie Sol who rode high in the
headlines. ("I love to see my name in
the newspaper" he used to say, but that
was before it was there so often.)
to forget the Billie Sol who rode high
in the headlines. ("I love to see my
name in the newspaper" he used to say.
The chronicle., 1963-11-28

In recent days three syndicated
columnists David Lawrence,
Henry ]. Taylor and John Cham
berlain have lamented that
enough attention isn't paid to
American history and hasn't been
for some time. We are in accord
with that view and pass along this
Revere And His Friends" Incl
dent recited by Life Lines, the
Washington, D. c., patriotic publ
cation which regularly publishes
historical gems:
Danger? Adventure? Ro-
nance? Foolishness? There were
those elements and a lot more
spawned by the revolutionary
spirit of the Colonies in 1774 and
IT'S.
"There was danger when Paul
Revere and the rest of the 80
Northend Mechanics strolled the
streets of Boston to spy on the
British. There was even more dam
ger as these spies pulled off fool
hardy stunts - such as the time
they stole several cannon from a
British battery and threw what
they couldn't carry into a pond.
And they struck again in the same
place only hours later.
"Revere's friend, a tanner
named William Dawes, and sever
al friends of Dawes, sorely tempt
ed fate once as a British sentry
guarded a gun shed. Dawes and
his mischievous friends pried open
a plank at the rear Of the shed
and stole several cannon barrels.
This was done only 80 minutes
after British officers had inspect
ed the shed.
"When spying became I'M
profitable, there were many other
methods one could employ to
harass the British. Revere's band
of rebels made sure that boats car
rying bricks fused to repair Bri-
fish forts) found their way to the
bottom of the bays and rivers.
Boats YER very easy to sink. The
The chronicle., 1963-11-28
Publishers Problems

annoying telephone calls because of an
error we made in his classified ad yes
terday. His ad stands corrected: For
Sale: R. D. Smith has one sewing ma
chine for sale. Cheap. PHO 95S after
ppm. and ask for Mrs. Kelly who loves
with him."
THURSDAY: NOTICE: I, r. D.
Smith, have no sewing machine for sale.
l smashed it. Don't call 958, the phone
has been taken out. | have not been
carrying on with Mrs. Kelly. Until yes
terday, she was my housekeeper."
ALI of which brings to mind another
ad in (thank goodness) another news
paper that went something like this:
"For Sale: The ladies Of the First
Presbyterian Church have discarded
clothing of all kinds. They may be seen
in the church basement any day after
6 o'clock"
The chronicle., 1963-11-28
Willidm S. White
Blow-up On Pay Raise

A COM
~paratively minor bill now pend
ing in Congress to raise its own
pay and that Of III raj judges
and a host of other Federal Of
ficialS to something approach
ing a rational level has now be-
come far more than an issue of
mere dollars and cents.
1t has become a test of the
will Of Congress to resist the
most widespread and hysterical
attack on the integrity of rep
resentative government within
the memory of this columnist.
Has Congress the courage to
use this situation not as an ex-
cuse to sink away from COM
bat but rather as an expression
Of its will to meet its detractors
and defarmers head-on? This
has become the one real ques-
ton.
The clear necessity is for a
comterattack by Congress upon
all those forces - Intellectual,
and thus disgruntled, members
inside, and uniformed sources
outside - which are presenting
that ancient institution as a
very sinkhole of sloth, indif-
ference, obstructioniSm, influ-
ence-peddling and the like.
ObStructionism and so on Is
charged simply because there
is no effective majority in Con-
greSS or in the nation for some
of the welfarist measures upon
which - thus inevitably and
rightly - there is no Congress-
The chronicle., 1963-11-28

formed indirectly that the State
Department called for a delay
Of the hearings and may posi-
bly, desire their cancellation. If
that is so, it is unfortunate. l
think you agree with me that
full exposure of such deadly
subverSive operations is the
best way to prevent them"
The chronicle., 1963-11-28

raises for other Federal per.
sonnet. In plain fact this would
be a small enough increase for
a Congress which has had pre-
cisely four pay increases since
1866 and only one within the
past 10 years.
In plain fact present Congress
Sional pay is demonstrably in
adequate for all save members
with private income. In plain
fact men holding the life of the
United States in their hands are
being rewarded on a scale that
would be absurd in any private
enterprise involving even re-
motely comparable responsible
lities.
In plain fact SO responsible
an organization as the conserva-
tive American Bar Association
- which is rarely accused of
eagerneSS to toss away public
money on harebrained schemes
- is standing stoutly for both
the Congressional and the judi
cial pay bills as deeply needed
steps to improve the quality of
public service.
But a most melancholy fact
also is that other responsible
organizations, holding no less
stake in government, are set
ting this thing out. What posi-
bic logic can move the great
corporations and farm and
trade and labor associations to
remain silent here - not mere
ly on the symbolic issue of the
pay raise but on the incompar-
ably bigger issue of defending
the constitutional independence
of the only truly representative
body left in this nation?
There has rightly been much
talk in our recent past about the
evils Of MISREPRESENTATION But
the elected institution of Con-
gress itself is, these days, a con-
slant victim Of something even
worse. 1t is guilt-by-innuendo
based on rumors and gossip so
thin, so venomous, SO third
handed and even fifth-handed as
to Sicken and appall those who
can see how and why this cam
paign Of SANDER is being deve-
loped.
The chronicle., 1963-11-28
BY Robert S. Allen
and Paul Scott

washington, - 1t was a dunn
dunn bullet that shattered the
head and life of President John
r. Kennedy.
That's what the Dallas doc
tors who attended him have told
the FBI.
They stated the dum-dum bull
let fragmented when it hit the
President, SCATTERING a portion
of his head and neck.
Dallas police, who have con-
firmed this medical finding to
the FIJI, have matched bullet
fragments removed from the
President and the car he was
riding in with the spent shells
found in the warehouse.
These shells definitely were
fired from the rifle the suspect
ed assassin bought from a mail
order company.
Representative Edwin Willis,
Ola, chairman Of the House
Committee on Un-American Ac-
tivities, has sent veteran inves-
tigatorS to Dallas to dig into
Lee Oswald'S leftist background
and trips to Russia and Mexico.
Fifteen days before he was
shot down, President Kennedy
was warned that assasSinS were
being trained in Russia to COM
init murders in the U. S. and
England.
This warning was voiced In a
letter Representative Charles
Kristen, r., Milwaukee, sent
to the late President and his
brothers, Attorney General Ro-
bert Kennedy and Senator Ed
ward Kennedy, Mass. Kristen
knew the President for m a
years, having served with him
on the House Labor Committee.
The Wisconsin legislator never
received a reply to his warn
ing from any Of the Kennedys.
The burden Of Kirsten's letter
was an effort to obtain admin
istration help in foscusing pub
lie attention on the aSsaSSina-
ton Of Stepan Bandera, the
Ukrainian underground leader,
by Communist agents. In urg-
ing this, Kristen wrote:
"The Senate Internal Securi-
ty Subcommittee has been con-
templating a hearing of the kill
ling in Munich of the Ukrainian
underground leader, Stepan Ban
dera, by the former Soviet agent
Bogden Stashynsky. It was a
bizarre assassination illustrating
the subversive operations Of the
Soviet police in the free world.
Apparently the State Depart
ment is trying to prevent the
hearing.
"Stashynsky and his wife es-
capped to Western Germany In
1861. He was tried for murder
in the German High Court at
Karleruhe in November, 1862. !
participated in the trial as coun-
sci for Mrs. Bandera.
"The facts Of the case are
unique. Stashynsky received in
tensive training as a KGS killer
of anti-C Communist leaders in
the free world. At the trial,
the assassin Stashynsky testi-
fled for four days, disclosing his
amazing story of secret Soviet
operations in West Germ
any and Europe.
Before his detection, Stashy-
nsky was being trained for high
level killings in England and
the u. S. There are others in
The chronicle., 1963-11-28
Allen-Scott Report
Decision On USlA

WASHINGTON President
Johnson is going to have to pass
judgment very soon on an I'M
announced action by his prede-
cessor shortly before his violent
death.
Under this backstage decision,
the United States Information
Agency was given a new and
far-reaching role - as the top
psychological ~instrumentality''
of the government.
The Senate Appropriations
Subcommittee in charge of the
USLA budget made this startling
discovery at a closed-door meet
ing with Acting Director Donald
Wilson. He vigorously urged the
group, headed by Senator John
Mcclellan, DARK, to give USLA
a $2Oo, 236 900 budget.
The House had cut it to $751;
10000 approximately the
same as the current budget.
Wilson contended the additional
$45 million is necessary because
of the agency'S new and greatly
expanded functions, which he
described as follows:
"USIA is now the psychology
cal instrument, the propaganda
instrument, if you will, in defense
of American interests abroad,
as the State Department is the
diplomatic instrument, the De-
Tense Department the military
instrument, AID the economic
instrument, and the Central In
telligence Agency the Intelli-
gence instrument.
"ThiS makes the Public At
fairs Officer in each us. en-
basSy the psychological adviser
to The ambassador and his team.
And it puts the USIA Director
In a similar capacity in Wash
ington. The new policy puts re-
S~ponsibility on other departments
and agencies to seek our counsel
when considering matters which
may affect or be affected by
foreign opinion. Under our new
mission, we have become
the psychological instrumental
lily employed for political eff
feet in pursuit Of national OBJ
jectives."
This policy was Immediately
The chronicle., 1963-11-28

ional action. Influence-peddling
is being charged by innuendo
simply because of two or three
tastelesS but not unlawful Incl
dents, involving at most half a
handful Of SIS members, which
the voters of the Congressional
districts concerned can easily
take care of by returning other
members next time.
There are silly men in Con-
gress, true. Congress makes
mistakes, true. But. in the pre-
sent climate one might suppose
that a saturnalia of corruption
and incompetence existed on
Capitol Hill. This blown-up no
ton is monStrously false. Worse,
it is promoting a spirit of witch
hunting which tends to reject the
whole idea Of representative
government. Those who give
countenance to this melodrama-
tic nonsense are doing infinite
harm, whether they know it or
not, to the whole concept of a
responsible constitutional socie-
ty.
And no vehicle for a declara-
ton now of Congress fortitude
and self-respect is SO readily
available as the pay-raise bill
- precisely because it is widely
supposed Congress will not have
the CUTS to pass it.
What is proposed is to raise
the salaries of members Of the
House and Senate and of Fed
eral judges from $22, 500 to $780,
500 a year, with equivalent
The chronicle., 1963-11-28
From The Birmingham Post-Herald)

From The Birmingham Post-Herald)
Mr.. E. William Henry, the new chair
MAJ of the Federal Communications
Commission, plugging for FEC control
of the length and number of CONNER
Gals on ~television programs, has run
into a storm Of protests from the Tv in
dustry, and an apparent blockade on the
House Commerce Committee.
Rep. Walter Rogers of Pampa, Tex,
chairman of the Communications Sub
committee, has a bill to limit FEC power
in this respect.
MIR. Henry argues soundly when he
says five to eight minutes of consecutive
commercials stuck frequently in the
middle Of a program (the late movies
are the worst offenders) is an annoyance.
The broadcasting industry has its own
The chronicle., 1963-11-28
Special Report
JFk Warned OF Assussins

such training, according to his
testimony.
81 understand the West Germ
any government is willing to
have Stashynsky and others
connected with the trial come
to Washington for Senate COM
mittee hearings.
However, / have been in
The chronicle., 1963-11-28
Hucksters On Tv

code of this point "a maximum of IS
minutes Of commercial per hour). But
it argues against having the FEC en-
force even this rule.
We prefer a minimum Of Federal reg
ulation and aren't disturbed so much by
the quantity of these commercials as
by their quality. Some Of them almost
produce nausea.
The best way for the TV industry to
avoid more restrictive legislation is
to tidy up its own house.
The chronicle., 1963-11-28
ToduY's Scripture

He remembered for their sake his
covenant, and relented according to the
abundance Of his steadfast love-
Psalms los: rs.
Evening star., 1963-03-03

gallery. It asked: What about
us, Mr.. President?"
Legislators argued that the
dignity which the suffragettes
exhibited during the harass-
ment and danger of the parade
was an indication Of their abil-
ity to make careful election
choices.
Nation Awakened"
Most significantly, in the en-
suing few years. more States
granted women the right to
vote. State legislatures across
the Nation made references tc
the March 3 parade in their
resolutions.
The events Of the day had
awakened America" comment
ed one Senator, and the mes
sage spread. The jeering crowds
and unruly opponents of suf.
frage failed to appease the pub.
lie sympathy and growing sup.
port Of women's voting rights
In 1920 the goals of the suf-
frage movement and the parade
OF so years ago were achieved
with ratification Of a Consti.
tutional amendment sending
women everywhere in the coun.
try to the polls for the first
time.
Evening star., 1963-03-03
Students Divided
On Youth Corps

College students will wind up
a three-day conference today
on the proposed domestic Peace
Corps with some advice for
their elders.
After listening to speeches
by Senators and members of
the Government task force as
signed to set up standards and
aims for President Kennedy's
proposed National Service e
Corps. the 800 students meeting
.at American University will is
sue some views of their own on
how the project should be han
died. They will draft resolu-
tions today and these conclu-
sions VIII be presented to the
OONcHilLtlcIlb.
Criticisms following yester-
days meetings we're varied,
They ranged from the presi-
dent Of the sponsoring National
Student Association, Dennis
Shaul, who said we're for the
idea, but disappointed with the
limited scope Of the, program
and that there hasn't been
more activity by the Health
Education and Welfare depart
ment to spur 1t through Con-
gress," to a conservative delega-
ton which charged that the
conference lis completely
rigged in favor of the Kennedy
administration viewpoint"
Evening star., 1963-03-03
Evening Masses
Being Tried by
Colorado Church

PUEBLO, Colo, Mar. 2 (AP) .
The Catholic Church in South
ern Colorado is experimenting
with funeral mass in the eve
ming as a convenience to
friends of the family.
Usually the requiem mass is
sung only at morning services.
Bishop Charles A. Buswell Of
the Pueblo diocese early in
January gave Msgr. Howard L.
Delaney, pastor Of st. Mary's
Parish at Walsenburg, south of
Pueblo, permission to hold eve
ming requiem services at the
family's request.
The bishop said this was to
be on a three-month trial ba-
sis and If found satisfactory,
would be extended elsewhere
In the diocese. Since then, how
ever, he has granted perrnis-
sion for night services to other
pastors requesting 1t. includ-
ing some in Pueblo.
For some time now, attend
ance at the morning funeral
mass has been declining" Bis
hop Buswell said. 1t is often
q hardship, he said. for per-
sons TO get away from their
jobs for the service.
Evening star., 1963-03-03
50 Years AGO,
Suffragettes
Scored Victory

Fifty years ago today an
army Of women won a battle on
Pennsylvania avenue over civil
rights.
More than 100000 visitors
had poured into the city to Join
the Districts $4,000 residents
March 4, 1918. in saluting the
Inauguration Of President [
Woodrow Wilson. AS thousands
stepped off trains in Union
Station. another band of visi-
tors to the Capital City came
from New York on horseback.
Under the command of Gen
eral" Rosalie Jones, the deter
mined Army Of the Suffra-
gettes" had left New York on
February IL and was sched-
uled to lead q parade of women
up Pennsylvania avenue from
the capitol 70 the Treasury
Building on March 3,
On a clear but cold day,
thousands Of spectators lined
the avenue and a uniformed
female marcher sounded the
bugle beginning the procession.
Scores Hurt in Rush
But the authorities were not
Evening star., 1963-03-03
Storm Near Miumi
Wrecks 7 Planes

MIAMI, Fla, Mar. 2 (AP).-
A whirlwind west of Miami tore
into two lines of tied down air
planes today and destroyed OF
damaged seven Of them in less
than three minutes.
Employees at Opa-Locka Air
Field commercial hangers called
1t a tornado. The Weather
Bureau said the disturbance
did not qualify as q tornado,
but was more like a mature
dust-devil." !"
Evening star., 1963-03-03
Kefouver Unit to Study
Europe Anti Trust Lows

cedents. Until then, administra-
tive policy and discretion will
be all-important.
These European efforts To
keep trade free and open should
receive our support and en-
couragement. for they substan-
TALLY further the ultimate goal
of a free and prosperous At
lantic community"
Evening star., 1963-03-03
FIREPLACE FIXTURES

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Group Of matched in highest quality hond wrought iron,
Swedish Goy and Antique Bronze Androns with Fetoo Sets
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Evening star., 1963-03-03

prepared for the tremendous
crowds. nor did they anticipate
5000 paraders, and as the pro-
cession moved ahead the lines
held by police. sailors, soldiers
and Boy Scouts broke.
Scores of persons collapsed
from the crush that resulted
Others were stepped on and
still more were pushed and
showed as the panic continued
Finally, Federal troops in
area barracks were called to
clear the path for ambulances
which carried off more than
200 injured - none seriously
Slowly order was restored and
the crowds returned to the
curbs and let the marchers
pass.
Inquiry Launched
As the female marchers
reached the end of the parade
route. they headed dejectedly
for their central meeting place
at the headquarters Of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution nearby. Convinced
that their mission had failed
they prepared to turn their
efforts toward other means OF
promoting suffrage.
But the days events were not
soon forgotten. Immediately
after President Wilson's Inaug-
uration, a congressional inves-
tigation Of the police was
launched.
AS the President addressed
Congress for the first time days
later, a banner was dropped by
q suffragette from the Capitol
Evening star., 1963-03-03

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Evening star., 1963-03-03
Chino Burs Red Cross

NEW DELHI, Mar. 2 (AP)
Communist China has re-
fused permission for Red Cross
representatives to enter China
to visit more than 5000 Indian
prisoners Of war, official
sources said.
Evening star., 1963-03-03
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