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Evening star., 1963-05-05

10 boost It's ailing budget with
taxes on slots. The industry
crossed $65 million In the next
two years and the State got 81
million. But mobsters poured into
the State, crime rose sharply, and
school children went hungry,
spending their lunch money on
the slots. The legislature outlawed
the machines In 1897.
Maryland's new law will leave
Nevada, heavily dependent on
gaming for income, as the only
State where the machines are still
legal. Perhaps by coincidence, Ne
vada's suicide rate Is twice the
national average.
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Destroying the Bose

The destruction Of the enemy's
military-economic potential is one
Of the most important missions.
The key to the execution of this
mission is the need for a large
number Of nuclear weapons to at
tain decisive results in destroying
the enemy economy. In addition,
it is necessary to remember that
the first massive nuclear missile
strikes may not Immediately in
fluence the course of the war.
The military and economic base
OF the imperialist bloc is very
sensitive to nuclear missile
strikes. Imperialism'S main eco
nomic base for war is located in
the United States. 1t is here that
the basic production capacity Of
the imperialist camp is concen-
trated de. the manufacture Of
nuclear weapons. missiles, air
craft. tanks, ships, armament and
other weapons) and the materiel
base Tor military operations.
The economy of the socialist
countries Is in a more favorable
position. 1t is more dispersed and
does not have the density Of in
dustrial concentration character
istic Of many imperialist coun-
tries. 1t is also less dependent
upon imports.
Thus the unlimited nuclear war
Of total destruction and annihi-
lation being prepared by the i'm
perialiSts will undoubtedly be
turned against them. To do this,
1t is essential to have the means
for retaliation in constant readi-
ness: Strategic missile forces, the
long-range air force, and nuclear
weapons-and it is necessary to
master effective techniques for
delivering rapid and devastating
nuclear blows to the enemy, il
the socialist countries are COM
PEELED 10 do so.
North American Newspaper Allianee)
Evening star., 1963-05-05

the German border by Christ
mas-and lost.
And In between the eras OF
these two leaders. Americans have
gambled in everything from wheat
futures to defense lotteries fused
by Philadelphians in l74S TO pay
for a battery Of cannon.
The temptation to legaliSe gam
bling and thus skim off q per-
centage OF the take for Govern
ment use grew overwhelming this
year in New Hampshire, where
there IA no State sales or income
tax and little industry TO provide
tax revenue.
Gov. John w. King signed the
law into being, frankly admitting
II was a tax-rAising measure. Two
sweepstakes races q year will be
authorized. with prizes up 10
100000. The "a million antici-
pated tax take will 10 for edu-
cation.
whether out-of-state bettors
will make the experiment o sue
cess remains q question mark.
Louisiana, the last State TO try
official sweepstakes, dropped the
idea when Federal authorities
banned interstate traffic In
tickets.
Marylands controversial anti
slot machine law, which will
phase out all one-armed bandits
by 1868, had the backing OF cler-
eymen and civic groups, One Of
their arguments. outside inter-
ests infested the local slot ma
chine industry.
II was an old and familiar
story. Back in 1895, Florida tried
Evening star., 1963-05-05
The Various PoweIIs

The various Powells are re-
vailed in sundry ways.
Powell-the-p popularity has
no peer at a chummy gathering
of friends. Late one night in Har-
LENS Renaissance Casino, his po-
litical club, the Alfred E. Isaacs
Democratic Party Club, had a
Embarrassing party. To those de-
serving, or needing, special Powell
treatment, there was a smiling
greeting accompanied by q pat
on the cheek, with the right hand
sort Of lingering on the cheek,
while saying. well, man. Man"
Women got a buss on the cheek,
or a hand at the elbow, or an
arm casually draped around the
shoulder.
Powell-in-t the pulpit has a voice
that is gentle, reasoned. He seems
IN communion with a higher pow
er, as though he is lowering be-
tween mortality and immortality.
AS the service ends, he comes to
the floor Of the church, holds his
arms lifted in invitation, and bids
lambs who may have strayed d
from the church to come forth.
Take my hand" he says, gen.
tly. Come take my hand"
Powell-of-the-people is Adam.
The people in Harlem have a
proprietary way Of using his first
name, OF letting 1t come off their
Evening star., 1963-05-05
THE NATIONAL SCENE

In the bill. It would be compul-
sorry, use Social Security TO pay
patients hospital costs: help foot
bills for nursing and home health
care, plus diagnostic services. The
Social Security tax would be raised
one fourth OF one per cent and
the taxable annual earnings base
from $4,000 TO 5000 to finance
the plan.
It's expected TO sail through the
Senate with far less controversy.
due 10 the absence OF the late
Senator Kerr. Oklahoma Demo-
crat who led the fight against II
last year.
But even with notifications,
committee packing and Senator
Kerr's departure, medicare prom
ises TO produce an election year
uproar II deferred until 1864.
Evening star., 1963-05-05

airfields is tantamount to making
them incapable of combat.
Missile bases and launching
pads are now also quite vulner-
able. If in 1943 and the begin
ming of 1914 Great Britain sue
ceeded in putting most of the
German vi launching sites out
of commission with aircraft US
ing conventional bombs, the de-
struction of missile launching
sites by using missiles with nu-
clear warheads is now not such a
difficult task.
Much has been said In the for
eign press about nuclear subma-
rines armed with Polaris missiles.
The assertion has been made that
these are the most invulnerable
means for the use of missiles.
Actually, these weapons are also
vulnerable. Homing missiles
launched by submarines and sur
face ships are an effective weap-
on against missile carrying nu-
clear submarines.
MiSSile-carrying aircraft can
also fight nuclear submarines by
taking advantage of certain of
their weak features, particularly
the lengthy preparations required
to launch missiles. In addition,
strikes by the missile forces can
destroy submarine bases.
Naturally, the task Of annihi-
lating the enemy's nuclear weap-
ons must be reliably executed. 1t
is particularly important to have
a reliable reconnaissance before
hand of air bases, miSSile-launch-
ing sites, nuclear weapon stock
piles and supply bases, and loca-
tions of fuel stores and control
points.
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for a black man. He didn't come
pussy-footing in on gum-soled
shoes but on iron cleats."
Nodding his head, Mr.. Powell
agrees. What is the nature of
this power?
I'm chairman of the Educa-
ton and Labor Committee. This
is right in the power structure.
For example. I got call recently
from the White House asking me
to come up. Get that, asking me,
not telling me. 1t was to settle
a jurisdictional dispute about the
education bill. The speaker (John
W. Mccormack was there, and
Hale Boggs, the Democratic whip,
and Oren Harris, chairman of the
Commerce Committee, and Mrs.
Edith Green, who heads one of
my subcommittee. And the Pres
ident."
Mr.. Powell's tone implied that
without him the meeting would
have been meaningless.
He could easily be taken for a
man of Latin or Mediterranean
extraction in appearance. He can
didly says that the fact that he
looks like white man is a po-
litical asset. This isn't because all
Negroes want to be white, or con-
slider 1t the ideal.
People look at me and they
say, There's a man talking about
us, being part of us, and he
doesn't have to- I'm man of
the masses and they know 1t, they
identify with me-"
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arouse suspicion than 10 award a
Job to a firm with a higher bid.
Assuming he can do the Job. a
low bidder obviously saves the tax
payer money.
Just why Defense Secretary
Robert s. Mcnamara chose a huge
$6.5 billion contract for l,700 Tx
planes tmeaning Tactical Fighter,
EXPERIMENTAL to violate this prln-
ciple and draw congressional
wrath has been intriguing the
public for many weeks. "a de-
tailed explanation OF both sides
In the controversy appears in to-
days Star as a Special ReportO
Evening star., 1963-05-05
Medicore Modified

The President has modified the
medical bill In several ways TO
answer critics. II has a new name.
the Hospital Insurance Act OF
1868" quietly ommitting the
phrase health insurance. II
suggests private organizations like
Blue Cross 10 act as a go-be-
tween with Uncle Sam and hos
pitals. II would cover 2.5 mil
lion aged not eligible for Social
Security.
Another possible compromise: {:
Administration OF the program by
Blue Cross. an idea suggested by
Mr. Mills himself last year.
But the basic elements remain
Evening star., 1963-05-05

Never in Soviet history has
there been a published dOcu-
ment such as "SOviet Mill
tary Strategy" an authOri-
tative guide to current Rus
sian military thinking and to
how the Soviet general staff
would conduct World War
III. This work, now translat-
ed by the Rand Corp. and
published by Prentice Hall, is
the joint effort of a panel of
Soviet military experts, in
cluding nine generals, and
under the overall editOrShip
of Marshal V. d. SOkOlOvsky,
who in 1860 retired as chief
of the Soviet General Staff.
SOkOIOvSky remains a mem
Der Of the Central Commit
tee Of the Soviet Communist
Party. This is the first of
three articles condensed from
"SOviet Military Strategy"
The second will appear to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1963-05-05
Stond on NAAcP

There was speculation that the
love affair between Powell and
his public would cool as other
Negro leaders lined UP to take
shots at him for demanding that
whites be ousted from policy
making positions with the
NAACP, and other inter-racial CO.
operative organizations.
Jackie Robinson, the first Ne
gro to break the color bar in big
league baseball and now a busi-
ness executive, was among the
first to criticize Mr.. Powell. On
this point, he wrote an open let
ter saying:
THE people who were your en-
emies and ours-the segregation
ists-are probably thinking very
highly Of you right now, al
though they probably have con-
tempt even for an enemy who
would desert his own cause"
Mr.. Powell denies he is en-
bracing the Black Muslin move
ment. an organization devoted to
extreme Negro nationalism, and
adds that he disagrees with one
OF its high leaders, Malcolm X.
but respects his right to his own
opinion.
The matter of a 81 million
slander suit against him took
months to reach the court and
for a time 1t seemed Mr.. Powell
himself would appear before the
bench. No law required him to
do so, but 1t generally was deemed
the thing to do. The Judge grant,
ed delays so Mr.. Powell could APP
pear, and then turned 1t over to
the jury without his ever enter
ing court.
The jury voted against Mr..
Powell and awarded Mrs. Esther
James, a 66-year-old Negro
houseworker. $211, 500 because Mr..
Powell had described her as q
bag nan"-that is, a collector
OF protection money from gam
blers to pay off the police. Jubi-
liant. she came from the court
and said:
THE king is dead. Adam Clay
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TOtol Disruption

In case OF war. our arm d
forces will be obliged 10 employ
this form OF strategic operation
The aggressive imperialist bloc is
preparing a war which will in
volve general destruction OF cities.
industrial regions and targets in
these regions, and communication
networks. and mass annihilation
by nuclear blows OF the civilian
population throughout the entire
territory OF the socialist coun-
tries.
The major aim will be 10 de-
stroy the economy and weapons
OF war, 10 disrupt the system OF
governmental control, and 10 de-
moralize the population. thus un-
derminine It's will and capacity
10 resist.
A primary target OF the strikes
will be strategic air bases. The
bases OF strategic air forces are
quite vulnerable since the air.
fields occupy large areas and all
Of them are really quite we'll
known.
Depriving strategic air forces Of
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mittee TO the floor, where many
lawmakers simply won't dare TO
20 on record against help to the
aged.
But this is where the second
barrier occurs. In the person OF
Ways and Means Chairman Will
bur Mills who finds medicare not
TO his liking.
Last year President Kennedy
went through a series Of maneu-
vers trying to get his tax cut and
reform schemes past Wilbur Mills,
TO no avail. Since the tax re-
duction is the Presidents top
priority item in 1868, he dares
not risk II by also antagonizing
Mr.. Mills with the medical aid
issue. SO he may put off medi-
care until 1864.
Evening star., 1963-05-05
Changing Roles

During a world war, the role of
one or another type of strategic
operation cannot remain un-
changing. Depending on various
conditions, each form Of opera
ton may become critical or Sec
ondary in Importance.
The form of the strategic OPP
Grafton may vary: During the
course of the war each type of
strategic operation acquires q
specific form and method of COM
bat, depending on the aims, avail
able weapons. space, and time.
Operations are understood to
mean organized combat by opera
tional formations of various
branches of the armed forces, ex-
ecuted according to a unified
concept or plan to accomplish
certain operational and strategic
missions.
No form Of strategic operation
or operation by any branch of
the armed forces is executed in
isolation or Independently. No OPP
erations by units or branches of
the armed forces are independ-
ent In the strict sense of the
word. A future war can only be
conducted successfully If all stra-
tegic operations are strictly CO.
ordinated by a unified centralized
command and single strategic
plan, and are purposefully direct
ed toward the execution of the
general aims Of the armed COM
bat.
Let us make a more detailed
examination of these types of
strategic operation and Of the
basic combat operations OF each
branch OF the armed forces, re-
membering. however. that there
can be no independent military
operations in a modern war.
Nuclear strikes by strategic
missiles will be Of decisive, pri-
mary Importance TO the outcome
OF modern war. Massive nuclear
blows on the enemy's strategic
nuclear weapons. economy. and
system OF governmental control,
and the concurrent defeat OF his
armed forces in military theaters
will permit the attainment of the
political aims of war much more
rapidly than In previous wars.
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BIomes Race Angle

He sees criticism levelled at him
In Congress as a campaign in
volving much more than a hatred
for his race.
II must be OF tremendous i'm
portance-or a tremendous threat,
for such pressure to build up"
he says.
Threat comes closest, he thinks.
It's an idea further expounded by
one Of his right-hand men who
said:
Adam invaded the power
structure OF America prematurely
Evening star., 1963-05-05
As Others See Us

II is difficult, my dear Luclus.
10 escape becoming the person
which others believe one to be.
A slave is twice enslaved, once
by his chains and once again by
the glances that fall upon him
and say thou slave" A dictator
is believed TO be nigeardly OF
benefits. incalculable In displeas-
ure, jealous Of capable men.
athirst for flattery, and not 10
but 20 times a day l feel myself
drifting toward those qualities
and must draw back sharply
BY Thornton Wilder writing in a
letter from Caesar TO Lucius Maxi
milius Turrinus. in The ides OF
March.
Evening star., 1963-05-05
The Tx:
Growing Row

The controversial Tx war
plane dispute erupted again last
week with the losing bidder,
BoeinE. offering 10 build some
test models In a kind Of quality
contest. The winner, General
Dynamics. rejected the idea.
Inerained In the fabric OF
American government is the prin-
ciple that a low bidder wins.
Indeed. there Is no quicker way
for . town or city official 10
Evening star., 1963-05-05
Soviet Strategy:
SokoIovsky Version
BY M. v. ID. SOKOLOVSKY
(CopyriRht, 1863, by the Rand Corn J

MOSCOW.-The appearance Of
powerful new weapons for armed
combat, such as nuclear weapons
and long-range strategic delivery
vehicles, the unprecedented de-
velopment of conventional weap-
ons and military equipment, and
changes in the political condi-
tions In which a new war would
break out-all these things indi-
cate that modern war will be con-
Quoted by methods which differ
basically from those of past wars.
Consequently, any attempts to
transfer the methods of warfare
Evening star., 1963-05-05
Confident Vots-Gstter

The sense Of his certainty was
evident at a rally at which he
told his audience:
I'm not here to get votes.
don't need to. I know you're go
ing to vote for me til the day
die. And I do believe that after
I'm dead some of you'll go the
polls and write my name in"
What makes him so sureP
There are four reasons" he
says. "One-they know I'm the
only unfettered voice they have.
Two-I've historically - for the
last 33 years = been In the posi-
ton Of never retreating or COM
promising. Three-I am one of
the few leaders who owes no al
legiance TO anyone, excepting only
Evening star., 1963-05-05
Row on Junketine

There is also a smouldering
blaze in Congress over Mr.. Powell's
European junketing a year ago.
And then there is a bill for $2l1,-
500 for some overheated comment
that added up to slander.
In the midst of the resulting
shock waves, he sat in elegant
ease. talking candidly about such
things as power, ambition, mott
vation, popularity and love.
He knitted his brows, taking on
the appearance of a debonair
Mephistopheles. as he concen-
trated on the ticking off of a
long list Of sins attributed to him
by his critics.
They've accused him of playing
into the hands of segregationists,
playing footsie with the left-wing,
playing loose with the taxpayers
money, playing Don Juan with the
women, playing cheap with Negro
dreams and hopes. playing poll
tician when he could be a states
man. What does he say to this?
Il don't want Negroes to
segregate. 1 do want them to run
their own organizations. think
Negroes have to do it II they
are going to get anywhere.
"But"-and here he pressed a
finger on the desk, as though
squashing something's want to
make them squirm. There are lots
of very, very good whites who are
sincere and generously give their
time and talent without the need
for reward. without saying, hey,
look, see what I've DONE 1 ad-
mire them. But there is another
group that does things for their
consciences. Or they give money.
These are the ones you've got to
keep squirming. I will not let them
salve their consciences by giving
money"
His enemies Negro or white
are apt to be dismissed by Mr..
Powell as "racists" or as high
society, ivory-tower Negroes feed
ing at the white mans trough. +"
Evening star., 1963-05-05

tongues. To everyone: Shoeshine
boy, major domo, insurance ex-
ecutive, NAACP worker. librarian,
collegian, he's Adam.
Says a man who was in on the
birth Of Powell's political life:
This first-name familiarity fits
in with the whole idea of Adam
as an eternal Peck's bad boy.
That lets him get away with a
lot because people are willing to
forgive him anything, saying that
maybe one day he'll change.
"The thing is that for many
Negroes he is able to say the
things they are unable to say be-
cause they can't say them with
out losing a job or getting into
some trouble. They have a terri
BILE Illustration. Adam lets off
steam for them"
Evening star., 1963-05-05
European Junket

European Junket
In the Senate. John ]. Will
liams, Republican from Della
ware, has accused Mr.. Powell Of
wasting taxpayers money to go
on q European junket with two
beautiful women in his retinue,
being delinquent in income taxes,
and In general being an author
ity on adult delinquency" Asked
to expunge his speech from the
record. Senator williams refused,
and declared:
II will not mention the fact
that his wife Is on his payroll, nor
will I raise any question as to
whether she does any work. Nei-
ther will I say that he is not full
filling his duties and is guilty of
a great deal Of absenteeism.
will not call attention to that
fact"
Mr.. Powell's House colleagues
scarcely found JOY in the atten-
ton given such congressional
fringe benefits as junketing and
having a kin or two on the pay
roll. Punishment was simple
and painful.
He was hit in the exchequer.
Appropriations for his committee
were cut drastically. and he was
told exactly how to disburse the
money. He had to close his New
York office.
There has been additional ma
neuvering which could cut his
authority In half This would be
done through simple surgery -
cutting education and labor apart
and creating two committees.
Has any of the criticism really
hurt him?
THE masses are with me-" he
says. Even some to the high
society and ivory tower ones are
with me, but can't say So"
Evening star., 1963-05-05
Ideo Of q Good Time

His idea of a good time "is to
drop a line in the water and fish,
or to be out on a boat. I've al
ways followed the sun, and I've
always loved the beach,"
There are cynicS among Mr..
Powell's critics who think he has
long-range plans to get into Puer-
to Rican political life and that
he's already paving the way.
There are people who say to
me that I would be a fine sue
cessor to Gov. Munoz Marin, or
that If Statehood should come to
Puerto Rico, 1 could be the best
United States Senator for them.
/ have no such ambition now.
Il was going to retire from
Congress as well as pastor of
Abyssinian, but not now. Not
while this pressure is on me-" he
says.
He fell silent for a moment, as
though he was wondering wheth-
er it was all worth it,
Il could walk out of here right
now and never have to worry
about a thing. / could pick up
$25. 900 a year from pensions and
other little things. and never have
to campaign one day. l could just
keep following the SUM-"
Why not? he was asked. The
Negro in America was already on
the move, pressing everywhere for
his rights, and backed by the
power of the Federal Govern
ment. Would it really matter II
Adam Clayton Powell, jr., van
ished that very minute?
"Yes. The momentum would
slow down." he says. with me
it's going to go faster. We don't
have another 100 years to wait"
Evening star., 1963-05-05
PORTRAIT OF ADAM CLAYTON POWELL
The Most Controversial Congressman

the church. Four they know 1t
would take at least 20 years to
get another Negro as chairman
Of an important House Commit
tee."
Negroes selected at random In
Harlem, were asked to name three
Of their leaders who have done
or are doing most in expressing
Negro aspirations and fighting for
Negro goals. Not one failed to
mention Mr.. Powell, and about
half named only him. In his inner
circle it is freely felt that he
speaks not for Negroes Of Harlem,
or New York, or the United States,
but for all the non-whites of the
world.
There is great community in
terest In Mr.. Powell's personal life
although no one in his official
family admits knowing very much
about him.
Evening star., 1963-05-05

jr., enter the nave of the Abys-
Sinian Baptist Church in his black
robe with its scarlet embroidery.
She returned from the recollec-
ton Of a Sunday 54 years gone.
She clucked again and tsk-tsked,
scandalized at all the notoriety
given her pastor.
That Adam" she said with
forgiving affection, hes a eau
ton"
Later. in his church office. the
Rev. DR.. Adam Clayton Powell,
jr., United States Congressman
from Harlem, leaned back in his
swivel chair, drew deeply on his
Puerto Rican Cacho, launched
smoke mushroom toward the
peeled paint of the dirty ceiling,
and laughed with great delight.
That's just the way so many
Of those old folks still see me-"
he said. They still think of me
as a little boy"
Little boy or no, there are some
angry people who feel he is too
big to be playing with matches.
He started one fire by telling
recent Harlem rally that whites
should be driven from policy
making posts with the NAACP
and Urban League.
Evening star., 1963-05-05

$l05 million. about a fourth Of
the difference in the two bids.
Evening star., 1963-05-05

Adam Clayton Powell operates
with complete confidence that
his Harlem constituents will
keep voting for him until he
dies. Here is a profile Of the
man who is regarded by some
admirers as the spokesman for
all nOn-whites of the world.