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spared the Life Of his govern
ment and officially cleared him
Of any suspicion Of trying to
cover up security risks in the
Profumo affair.
But during the degate before
the vote Mr.. Macmillan was
obliged to make two damaging
admissions:
The Mr.. Profumo's lying COM
pletely deceived him and his
ministers.
That his security organs, al
ready compromiE ID by . sue
,cession Of spy scandals, knew
less Of Mr.. Profumo's intrigue
than London Newspapers
failed to tell him what little
they did now.
The political correspondent
Of the Daily Telegraph said the
i27 Conservative abstentions
amounted to q serious with
ldrawal Of party support from
1.-THE Premier. The Telegraph
ladded:
"Mr. Macmillan, q broken
imam, seemed close to tears
latter the division figures were
announced"
Majority Cut to 50
The Mail, normally q Mac
milan supporter, headlined
Its report Of the debate Mac:
The End"
The "a abstentionS left the
government with Q majority Of
I69. More abstentions might
have meant that the govern.
ment - . whole would have
had to resign.
As II Is, the Conservatives
can stay in office and wage al
desperate fight to repair their
fortunes before the national
elections due by the fall Of
next year.
A major embarrassment for
the Conservatives Is their lack
OF . ready-mAde successor for
Mr.. Mcmillan.
The logical pick would be
Richard A. Butler. the Deputy
Prime Minister. But Mr.. But
Ter IL disliked intenssly in the
right wing Of the party.
Lord Home and Lord Hall
sham would have to await
legislation to allow them to
renounce their titles and sit
In the House Of Commons.
MauldInE Possible Choice
The likelist choice therefore
could be Reginald Maulding,
the Chancellor Of the Ex-
chequer. He is 4e and capable
Of matching the vigor which
47-year-old Harold Wilson has
brought TO the leadership Of
the Labor Party. |
An immediate consequence Of
yesterdays House debate will
be another probe into Britain's
security system. The form II
will take "a not yet decided.
Mr.. Wilson wants an ALL
party committee Of the House
OF Commons TO undertake the
investigation. Mr.. Macmillan
prefers an inquiry by q panel
of judges.
George Wigg, the Laborite
defense expert who brought Mr..
Profumo's liAison with al
year-old Christine Keeler into
the open. limited during the de-
bate OF more scandal TO come.
He told the House:
There are three gentlemen
who are actively connected with
blackmail on an international
scale and who got out Of Lon
don as quickly As they could
last week when they knew DR..
Ward had been arrested.
Stephen Ward Is the So
year-old osteopath who intro
GUIDED Mr.. Profumo 10 Christine
He Il In jail awaiting trial on
q charge OF living off the pro-
ceeds OF prostitution.
Mr.. Wig would say nothing
more Of the three who fled be-
cause DR.. Wards case Is await
Ing trial.
Another significant interjec-
ton came from william Shop
herd. q Conservative. He said
he saw Christine and Mr.. Pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-18
was Happy in Role

Then she sat alone in q gal
lery Of the House Of Common
listening to her husband den,
having had an affair with
red-haired party girl, Christin'
Keeler.
Later he admitted. in hi
letter resigning as Secretary o
State for War, that he had lied
He had lied to the Prime Min
lister, to his colleagues. to tn
House Of Commons and, h
said, 70 his family.
He had In fact carried on
Itorrid affair with Christine
during the summer Of 1875
when she was 10.
Valerie Robson, the politi'
clans wife said a. recently a
January she was perfectly
happy in the role. There wer'
art sales and first nights II
attend, q constant round o.
parties. receptions. lunches
dinners. Conservative party raj.
lies and trips abroad when Pro.
fumo visited army posts or
tours Of inspection.
At 40 she retains her langu.
orous. luminous beauty. It Il
hard to believe that she wal
started on the road 10 stardon
by o passionate childhood re-
volt against her own usliness.
She talks In short, crisp sent
ences. ct Q fast clip. on q wide
variety Of topics. She smokes
French filter cigarettes.
She loves children and hal
three sons-simon. 10. and
Anthony Mark. IL. by her first
marriage to Q movie producer.
Anthony HAvelock-Allen; and
David, Z. by Mr.. Profumo. Her
first marriage ended in divorce
in 1852.
She also has Is godchildren
One Of the reasons why "thf
King and I" was her favorits
show, she once said, was be-
cause there were so many chill
dren in It.
She deeply loved show bust.
ness and the people with whom
she worked. She admitted miss.
ing 1t emotionally but sale
there was no conflict between
marriage and q career.
There was no decision Il
make" she said. The decision
made ITSELF"
AS the wife Of q rising poll.
tician she was hostess at many
functions at her Regents Parl
home and at the House Of
Commons. She loved 1t becaus,
Sc loved people, she explained.
On another occasion, taking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-18

LONDON, June 10 (AP).-
Actress Valerie Hobson. the
wife of John Profumo. Is play
ing the toughest role Of her
life.
ITS lucky she's an actress"
said q journalist, Anne Ed
wards. who knows her well,
"for I reckon the part she has
been playing lately-and the
one lined up for her in the
future-needs all the resources
Of an experienced trouper.
Valerie Babette Louise Hob
son Profumo Is in hidlng-suc-
cessfully lodging the limelight
she cultivated assiduously
through 20 years Of stardom.
On Q spring night in 1855 q
London audience crowded
Drury Lane Theater to applaud
what was to be her last theater
performance In THE King
and J."
It was Q sad occasion--but
not as sad a. her performance
March "a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
Teen Talent Search

If there are any potential Thomas
Edisons or Andrew Carnegies in the
community, they now have chance to
find themselves. The Urban Service
Corps widening Horizons" program
Is reaching out to all junior and senior
high school students this summer with
introductions to career opportunities.
Next Wednesday at the Commerce
Department Auditorium, for example,
the youngsters will be given an insight
into the departments many services.
Two other programs on August 7 and IA
will deal with transportation and
science and technology. Students who
attend will receive recognition on their
school records.
The women who plan these pro-
grams under the direction Of Mrs. Arthur
J. Goldberg do not do things half way
For the Commerce series, the audience
viii meet Secretary Hodges, as we'll as
Undersecretary Roosevelt, Assistant Sec
rotary Holloman, Senator Magnuson of
Washington, and others.
In their efforts to seek out and in
spire young people, the volunteers are
constantly widening their own horizons.
They hope not only to reach the active
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
Stating Device

The proposal for a STUDY" of the
appeal which rapid transit would have
for commuters strikes us as another
device to postpone and perhaps to kill
even start on the transit facilities
which the greater Washington area
surely will need in the future.
Such a study, as proposed by the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Commission, would not produce any
conclusive results. It would merely
waste time.
The point that's involved here is not
what commuters would prefer. Doubt
less, given the choice, they would prefer
to drive their cars to work and park
right in front Of the office. The question
is what will be necessary IN, say, 10
years from now. We are convinced that
the future will bring compelling need
for rapid transit, expanded highways
and better bus service. The thing to do
now is to stop this seemingly intermin-
able inter-agency squabbling and make
start on the essentials, specifically
including rapid transit. We hope Con-
greSS will see it this way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
Genial Burial?

In his latest hours-long harangue,
Fidel Castro has called upon the peoples
Of Latin America to rise in armed revolt
against their existing governments and
social systems. If they do so, he says,
they will have the help not only of Cuba,
but Of the Soviet Union as we'll
Thus, in effect, the Kremlins man
in Havana has come out in the open as
a salesman of about subversion and
violence in countries like Argentina,
Brazil, Venezuela and Guatemala. His
message, of course, is addressed to the
inter-American network of Communist
and fellow-traveling terrorist organiza-
tionS. So 1t is significant - considering
the current thaw in the cold war-that
Moscow has yet to utter single word
disavowing his pledge that these organ
izations will have Soviet support for
whatever mayhem and murder they may
try to inflict on our good neighbors to
the south
This is enough to suggest that the
Anglo-American-Soviet nuclear test-ban
treaty, encouraging as it is in certain
respects, does not mean that we can
count on the quick dawn of a bright
new era Of amiability and reciprocal
goodness in relations between the West
and the Kremlin. There is no harm
in hoping that We'll be able to make
some progress in the direction of peace.
But it would be monumentally naive to
imagine that our friends in Moscow have
suddenly become toothlesS, clawless
lions ready to lie down with us lambs
in mutual trust, with no suspicion in
truding upon the idyll.
Puppet Castro's newest remarks
make that much very clear. Actually,
the teSt-ban pact has not changed the
nature Of Soviet communism, which con-
tinues intent upon burying the "capi-
taliSt" world, meaning particularly the
United States. The only new factor in
the situation is that Undertaken Khru-
Shchev, in contrast to Red China's Mao
Tze-tung, wants to bury us gently and
genially, without resort to nuclear war.
Which is not to say test ban would
be meaningless. If it meant only a
slight easing of nuclear tensions, that
would be quite lot. Come peace or
war, however, we are always in deadly
serious competition with the Com
puniSt, and 1t is important to bear that
always in mind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
Railroad Delay

Since Congress could hardly be ex-
pected to dispose of the railroad problem
in week, the operators decision to de-
lay for the seventh time the posting of
new work rules was both sensible and
possibly 1t will be helpful to them.
The posting of new rules this month
presumably would have led to strike,
forcing Congress to act more or less at
the point Of gun. No one could have
wanted this, and thus the delay to Au-
gust 90 is reasonable concession by the
carriers. They should not be asked, how
ever, to put off action again.
The decision was self-Serving in the
sense that there appears to have been
sleeper" in the proposal which the Pres
ident put before Congress. At first, the
railroads unqualifiedly Endorsed the pro-
poSal to turn the work-ruleS issue over
to the Interstate Commerce Commission
for settlement. Then, belatedly, they dis
covered that the language Of the pro-
poSal might keep them from making any
rule change for four years If 1t would
adversely affect the status of any en-
ploye. Why this went unnoticed when
the proposal was Endorsed by the carriers
remains unexplained. But 1t tends to de-
feat the purpose Of the rules change and
the recommendations Of the presidential
commission. 1t is a situation which
should be corrected, but Congress would
not be likely to make the change, which
will be bitterly opposed by the unions, in
few days. Hence, the maintenance Of
the status quo until August 20 may &C
tually be helpful to the railroads.
Meanwhile, strange complaint has
been heard from union spokesman. Roy
E. Davidson, Brotherhood president,
has said that the ICC is "far less COM
petent to deal with this dispute than any
other arbitrator previously suggested,
formally or informally" This, Of course,
is not necessarily true, but 1t surely
comes with i'll grace from one Of those
who have stubbornly refused to accept
any kind Of binding arbitration by any
body. To us, 1t sounds very much like the
lament Of a man who has just discovered
that he missed the boat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
The Bob and Jack Show

Those who resent the endless parade
OF re-runS on summer televiSion should
cheer up. There's firSt-time spectacu-
lar coming up soon. But although we
sympathize with discomfort over repeats,
IN this case we devoutly hope the first
time will be the last time.
The show deals with the admission
last month Of two Negro students to the
University OF Alabama. There was lot
OF TV coVerage at the time, but this is
different. 1t was filmed with the CO.
operation Of the Attorney General and
features inside scenes Of conferences in
his office and in the White House, with
the President Of the United States as a
top supporting character to his brother.
According to the producer, Robert
Drew, the Attorney General permitted
Mr.. Drew'S cameras and tape recorders
to be present during 81 hours Of confer
ences. Other cameramen were used else
where. For example, in telephone con-
versationS between Robert Kennedy and
his deputy, Nicholas Katzenbach, the
show will cut back and forth between the
Justice Department in Washington and
Mr.. Katzenbach in Tuscaloosa. Featured
scenes will show the President and his
brother planning the formers moral
crisis" appearance on television, thus
getting into the classic show business
gambit Of the musical comedy about
putting on a musical comedy.
It seems to us that there is moral
question about the whole affair. At
this late date it hardly comes as sur
prise that the Attorney General some
times lacks a sense of the fitness of
things. But the personal lack is here
spilling over on the Government Of the
United States. That Government, at its
highest levels, is revealed as meeting the
moral crisis with one eye on the camera,
the tape machine and the Synchronized
watch. 1t is not an inspiring spectacle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30

that public notice of purpose
and intent in the autumn of
1860. Students Of China, and
OF those who direct It, tell
us that the breach began
long before Stains death.
This is likely true. In the
years after the war those
correspondents who Travelled
In the East used to wonder
II Macs pride was not hurt
by Stains treaty with, ana
recognition Of, Chang KAT
shek. Stain could not, and
did not, believe Mao could
re-create his forces and win
control. The Soviets were
willing for the Chinese, to
DO the dying in the Korean
war.
But, always there was the
obvious tie of need for one
another. This was a bond,
one believed. more powerful
than the disagreements. IN
deed, so bemused have we
been with the drama of the
oi1ierences, not enough at
IGNITION has been given to the
meaning Of the two Commu-
mist powers. Now we want In
know what they will mean In
us. That answer, Of course,
come. w
Many Questions
Meanwhile. It will be well
70 consider that for the rival
communist leaders there IA
even more Of an immediacy
insofar as meaning L. con-
cerned. It is plain TO see that
not merely Russia but some
OF the Europeans as well are
revising the old dogma of
Leninism. This Is not really
hereSy. Lenin did It himself.
The Poles and italians are
quite well along with their
transition.
Mr.. Khrushchev must GER
tainly be asking how he, and
Russia. are TO maintain au-
thority, and confidence, in
q worldwide movement. Yet.
1t must have occurred to Mr..
K that II he presses too hard
he will not retain either.
How then will he do it2
And Mao Tze-tung and his
300 veterans?
Can they attract q blindly
loyal bloc IN Southeast Asia?
Peking must be thinking
about this.
There are many questions.
All must wait for answers.
But not TO observe, plan
and, above all, be able to sub
stitute new policies for old Is
the objectionable sin. That
we must not do. Yesterday
policies are obsolete.
@ 1893
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
Too Earthly
Walter w. Hubbard

I was indeed shocked to
read In The Star Of July 20
the Associated Press
account Of the witness at the
trial Of DR.. Ward in Lon
don.
Talk about calling "a
spade O spade" Is putting It
mild. The witness had no
regard for morals, not
showing q tiny bit Of mod
esty and I was very
surprised TO read such trash
In The Star. 1t means moth
ing to us In the United
States so why clutter UP
your paper with it2
Some years ago when the
Peaches" Browning case
was top news, your paper
printed O statement to the
effect that The Star would
print only that which was
Of news value in the case.
AS president Of O parent
teacher association, and
with q young daughter In
school, I wrote you express
ing my appreciation for
your stand in this case and
said that as the president OF
a PTA I was voicing the
thanks Of the membership.
I feel that the dignity Of
The Star should be pre-
served now as then.
I do hope you will refrain
from publishing any more
detailed articles on the Lon
don case.
Gertrude M. Donovan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
Rights Arguments

City Councilman Arthur
Parker Of Cambridge, Md,
stated on q local televiSion
program that while he de-
plored the bias shown
against a colored colleague
In a local eating establish
ment. he was opposed to pre-
ventive legislation on thu
grounds that we can't effec-
lively legislate on moral is
sues. We should rely on the
will Of the people" to cor
rect moral wrongs. H e
further cited the failure OF
the Prohibition Amendment
as proof Of the folly Of such
legislation.
AS q person who Is looking
for reasonable arguments
concerning the issues before
Congress, I found little Of
value In Councilman Parker's
stand. He would do we'll to
ask himself the following
questions: Should we retain
our laws against the moral
wrong Of murder, or should
we repeal them and let the
will Of the people correct this
moral defect in our society?"
Should we retain our laws
against the moral wrong OF
the use Of narcotics for kicks,
or should we repeal them
and let the will Of the people
correct this moral defect in
society?" There are, OF
course, numerous laws on our
books which relate to the
public morals. Some are very
effective and some less eff
fective, but they remain be-
cause we need them and be-
cause most Of us are willing
to support them.
Prohibition failed, but not
because 1t related to q moral
issue. We need sounder ar
guments than the one pro-
posed by Councilman Parker
before we decide on the leg
islation at hand.
Harvey F. Conner, jr.
Proponents Of the admin
istration's proposed civil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
STANDARD Pockuoino

The proposed deceptive
packaging legislation was
sponsored by consumer in
terests. Since the interests
of buyer and seller are not
the same, opposition from
the q. s. Chamber Of Com
merce is to be expected. To
see the wolf guarding the
sheep with such tender low
ing care is touching.
Opponents Of the bill might
be expected to claim that
the practices in question are
not deceptive; that decep-
ton is the traditional and
inalienable right Of all sell
lers; or that restriction of
deception would have an adj
verse effect on an import
ant segment of the Ameri-
can economy. But whether
these practices are in the in
tereSt Of the buyer is for
determination by the buyer,
who is entitled to represen-
tation by someone other
than the paid representative
Of the sellers. This Is what
we call the American spirit
of fair play; in q simpler
age and palmer language it
was known as common de.
cency.
Standard package sizes
will hardly disturb the
housewives who for years
have borne the grief of be-
ing unable to buy a 15H-
ounce package of butter or
coffee. With standard pack
aging, producers would be
able to offer far more sizes
than they actually offer
now; but different Compel
ing sizes would have to be
significantly different, and a
IA ounce package would look
smaller than a pound pack
age.
AS to cents off" promo
tons, users of the gimmick
admit that they haven't the
least notion how much, If
any, the housewife will actu-
ally get off the regular"
price, which usually doesn't
even exist. The Hart bill
would prohibit the use Of
such legends on the pack
age. 1t doesn't stop a distri-
pbutor from promotional price
cutting; and If the house.
wife actually finds an article
selling for five cents less
than she usually pays, or
five cents less than q COM
peting package, she will
catch on. The housewife in
my establishment prefers the
nickel in the purse to the
legend on the package.
George Brewster
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
THE POLITICAL MILL
The World Eyes u. S. Senate
BY GOULD LINCOLN

step along that road. Indeed,
the President, Secretary of
State Rusk and Averell Har.
riman, our Ambassador who
negotiated this new treaty,
have suggested that II we
take this first step, 1t may
lead to others-for peace.
Pressure for Ratification
In the approaching SEN
ate debate and the expected
vote on the test-ban treaty.
the presSureS for ratification
will be intense. A Republican
Senator who voices disap-
proval will be charged with
playing politics. No one
knows today how many Re-
publicans-and how many
DemocratS-in the Senate
will look with suspicion on the
document. Two Republican
Senators are considered po-
tential nominees for Presi-
dent In next years election
Senators Barry Goldwater of
Arizona and Senator Thrus-
ton Morton of Kentucky. In
deed, Senator Goldwater has
in recent weeks been con-
sidered a front-runner for
that nomination. AS of today,
although he has voiced sus-
picion Of the treaty, he has
still to make up his mind
how he will vote when the
showdown comes. He is
promising to give the whole
problem his closest scrutiny.
His final decision will not be
made until he has heard all
the testimony from the Joint
Chiefs Of Staff, the military
authorities, and from the
nuclear scientists. Senator
Morton, along with Senator
Dirksen Of Illinois, the
G. 0. P. leader and other
Republicans are demanding
the fullest information. It
seems unlikely that the Re-
publicanS will attempt to
bind in any way their mem
bership in the Senate on this
issue, or to make ratification
q party issue.
The big question Is
whether we can trust the
Russian Communists to live
up to the treaty provisions,
and whether it Is better to
go ahead and agree to the
treaty whether we can trust
them or not. Much will be
said in the hearings before
the Foreign Relations Com
mittee about the failure Of
the Russians to live I'D to
their agreements in the past,
and 1t is a sorry record. There
still remains a belief that Mr..
Khrushchev fully realizes the
devastation of an atomic war
and that he does not want
such a war. But that he has
given up the idea Of out
distancing the United States
as a military powers nu-
clear powers not credita-
BILE.
The test ban treaty, how
ever much hope 1t may hold
out, is, after all, q first step
only. With France and China
still intent upon building
their own nuclear armories,
the treaty might become
meaningless in a few short
years.
The eyes Of the world will
be focused on the Senate of
the United States in the near
future to a degree seldom
reached in the past.