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The Sea Is Their Tomb
One hundred and twenty-nine m

One hundred and twenty-nine men
naval officers, seamen and civilian
tsehnicians-lie today In the North At
laptic graveyard off the New England
coast. They were, or perhaps it is more
truly fitting to say that they are, the
crew Of the USS ThreSher, nuclear-
powered attack submarine that had been
engaged in deep-diving tests some 220
miles east of Cape Cod. Since GIT am.
on.Wednesday there has been no message
from the Thresher, submerged in waters
that run to depth of 8,400 feet and to
presSures that could crush steel hull
like paper shell. There has been EVIL
dehce-oil Sticks and fragments of ma
tetial such as are used in the internal
construction Of submarines that the
ThreSher has in fact been crushed by
the sea. But its fate may never really be
known.
Gale winds and heavy seas were
sweeping the ocean area when the
ThreSher's last message located her at
4144 degrees North and 64.57 degrees
West. Her diving plans, and even the
depth to which she could go safely, are
classified, but Admiral George w. Ander-
son, Chief of Naval Operations, told
news conference sadly that sinking to
the 8,400foot depth would leave no
possibility of survival in the ship or of
rescue. Only slim possibility remains,
If the ThreSher can be located at all,
that Navy experimental diving vessel
might succeed in an underwater exami-
nation Of what is left Of dead hulk
Hidden now with its secrets and its
souls in what Milton has called "a dark
illimitable ocean, without bound, without
dimension, where length, breadth, and
height, and time and place are lost"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-12
Steel Sense

President Kennedy'S message to the
steel nduStry-manageme as we'll as
labor-Strikes us as being eminently
fair and sensible.
1t does not remotely resemble the
blast which came from the White House
last year when United States Steel
announced its on-to-be-revoked price
boost. An angry President on that oc-
casion thought he had been dealt with
unfairly And both the timing and the
circumstances of the u. s. Steel an
nouncement made this understandable
although we do not think Roger
Blough had any thought that his COM
panys action would be so interpreted.
This time the President lodged no
complaint against the selective price
increases announced by the Wheeling
Steel Corporation, although he eau
toned against -the-board hikes
throughout the industry. Here Is the
heart Of the Kennedy statement:
The steel industry " which has been
hard hit by competition from lower-priced
substitute products and foreign producers
has been operating far below capacity.
What 1t needs Is more business at COM
petitive prices. not less business at higher
prices.
~ I urge similar restraint on the Steel
Workers Union. With over 100000 steel
workers still unemployed, their need Is for
more Jobs with job security. not fewer Jobs
atzhigher wages.
! To us, this makes great deal of
sense-for the steel industry, for steel
labor, and, Of highest Importance, for
the general public interest.
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ment plans which could not possibly
have been realized otherwise. One of
the next RIA projects will encourage
the construction Of private housing at
the lowest rents possible. Surely any
effort to jack up land prices would
throttle this goal at the outset.
Congress has every right to insist
that the RIA should receive fair value
for the land it sells to investors. In
determining what is fair, however it is
necessary to look at the specific eco
Monies of each separate project.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-12
Competitive Bidding

1t is desirable as a general rule to
have some element of competition In the
sale Of land to private developers in
urban renewal areas. This minimizes
the opportunity for favoritism toward
any single developer. 1t also encourages
avariety Of developmental ideas.
The various architectural competi-
tidns" and other variations on this theme
which have been utilized in Washington
renewal programs are far cry, however,
from the concept which some members
of the House District Committee seem
determined to impose on the local Re-
development Land Agency. This ap-
preach follows the line that any land
to be disposed of should be put on the
auction block, permitting the man who
offers the most dollars to walk off with
the prize.
At the most recent committee session
on this subject, Phil A. Doyle, the city
development chief, differed from this
approach-but in mild terms. RIA
Board Member John ]. Gunther later
was more fortnight, contending that a
return to straight price competition"
would set the RIA back is years. And
the agency chairman, Neville Miller, had
this to say: Pure price competition
would be the easiest thing for us to do,
but we might end up with a poor Job.
We are not looking for the easiest way,
or to avoid criticism"
Good for Mr. Millerl OF course
straight dollar-bid is the easiest basis
on which to dispose Of redevelopment
land. The problem is, however, that
efforts TO milk every possible penny
from land in the more complex types Of
renewal projects may well produce medi-
OGRE development. The more an investor
pays for land the more he has to take
out Of the total project in the form Of
higher rents (or cost-cutting CONSTITUTE
ton techniques). In some Of its projects,
Washington has deliberately traded low
land costs for parklike open spaces
around commercial buildings, and the
benefits OF other amenities In redevelop-
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THE PASSING SCENE
Congress Gets Things in Hand
BY WILLIAM S.. WHITE

A great many breast-beat-
ers who have seen all manner
Of nameless disasters in the
"slow pace" Of Congress. while
shouting for congressional
reforms" which would in fact
destroy Congress as an inde-
pendent body, will shortly
have cause to lapse into en-
barrassed silence.
For Congress is now be-
ginning to move" as 1t al
ways begins to move" along
in the springtime after an
inevitably slow winters start.
Very soon the tempo will be
high enough to please every
body save those odd types
who believe that unless leg
islation-good, bad or indif-
ferent-is popping from the
Capitol like nickels from a
generous slot machine some
thing is gravely amiss and
the Republic will perhaps fall.
Within q short weeks time
the Senate-having been held
UP q month at the start of
the session from its normal
sensible procedures by re-
formers screeching to "im-
prove" those procedures-has
disposed Of two major bills.
This record Of dispatch, while
not gloriously unique in the
long history Of congressional
life, is far from Stodgy or slow
poke. 1t would seem, in itself,
sufficient to answer the shrill
cries of deadlock" which for
months have smote the plac-
Id skies above the Capitol.
House Moving Briskly
The House Of Representa-
tives-which also was sup
posed to be mired fast in this
same non-existent deadlock"
is moving with a momen-
tum so brisk as to indicate
to those who know much
about the place that the work
schedule is well in hand.
All this should be adequate
to Ireassure those sensible
Americans who have beer
impartially, If unnecessarily
concerned about the capacity
Of Congress as an institution
to act with reasonable speed
If also with reasonable
prudence.
1t will not, Of course, sat-
isfy the real screamers from
the Democratic and Republi.
can left wings and the ivy.
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Questions and Answers
RY THE HAHKIN Sd
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE
question Of fact b.
C. Please ncos return postaee or faddreaed

have It's headquarters9 When
was 1t foundedp--A. 8.
A. In Bangkok. Thailand.
sEATo (Southeast Asia
Treaty Organization) was
founded September 8, 1884
when q treaty was signed at
Manila in the Philippines by
eight countries: Australia,
New Zealand. Pakistan. the
United Kingdom. France, the
Philippines. Thailand, and
the United States. The treaty
provided for mutual Coop
Grafton among member coun-
tries in combating armed ag-
erosion and subversion in
Southeast Asia and for the
promotion OF economic pro-
gress and social wel.-being OF
the people In this area. The
treaty became effective for
the United States on Febru-
airy 10, 1855.
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graphs to this subject and
comes to a remarkable con-
clusion about both business
and labor. THE real issue,
them" he tells US, "is not
bigness versus smallness, but
responsible use of power -
whether in business or labor
versus the abuse of power"
Prof. Ebenstein is on the
faculty either Of Princeton
University (reverse Of the
title page) or the University
OF California at Santa Bar
bara (dust Jacket. In either
case, he must know better.
THE TROUBLE is partly
theoretical. The first page of
the preface says: q. the
most useful way for a stu
dent in a democracy to APP
proach the study of commu-
nism is first to establish
clearly the rationale under
lying his own beliefs so that
a variety of basic COMPARE
sons can be made in context"
That sentence, loosely read,
establishes that Two Ways
OF Life" is not an educational
work at all. 1t is propaganda,
for the conclusion is stated
in advance. Is it Prof. Eben-
STEMS opinion that Ameri-
can high school students
faced with an accurate de-
scription Of our democracy
with all its faults on the one
hand and the Soviet system
on the other might choose
the latter unless this choice
is specifically ruled out on
Page /?
. Or is he merely being what
Is sometimes called "realis-
tic"p Prof. Ebenstein has
taken the slogans Of every
loud and powerful interest
group in the United States
from the Daughters Of the
American Revolution to the
United Automobile Workers
as the themes Of q rhapsody
OF evasiveness. None Of the
special pleaders will be more
than slightly offended. Inde-
pendent thinkers of average
intelligence will be greatly
put out, but they, apparently,
are a small and harmless
minority. )
One can only hope that the
discussion Of the Soviet
Union is more accurate than
that Of the United States.
Two Ways Of Life" is so
ill-focused that 1t Is entirely
possible to leave 1t without
any clear idea about what
our quarrel with the Soviet
Union really is. And the high
school student is certain to
come away with confused no.
tons about his own country!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-12

@. Was Andrew Hamilton,
the Philadelphia lawyer who
defended John Pier zenger
In his trial for libel. related
TO Alexander Hamilton7-
r. d.
A. Andrew Hamilton was q
man OF mystery. and not
even after his death Tin l74D
could his ancestry or even
his right 10 the surname
Hamilton be determined. As
Hamilton. he became one OF
Pennsylvania most distin-
guished lawyers and public
men - but upon his arrival
in America as a young man
he used the surname Trent
for some years. Research in
Scotland has indicated that
he was born about 1875. but
has given no satisfactory
clue 10 his real identity.
Q. Where does SEATo
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Educators Homework

Bill Coyle's recent letter
defending the actions of the
landslide elected majority
membership of the Montgom-
cry County School Board In
enacting its assumed man
date-dictated economy dele
tons In the budget is excel
lently written, but the fact
that he felt compelled to
write such q letter casts
further doubt upon the wis
dom Of the present system Of
board election wherein the
majority can consist of newly
elected members who may be
uniformed about the school
system and its practices, pol
icies, detectives and politics.
For example. the night be-
fore Mr.. Coyle's published
statement appeared, Mr.. Bell,
our board president, at a
PTA meeting at the Chevy
Chase Elementary School,
spoke on and discussed, in a
question and answer session,
the subject, as previously an
nounced by bulletin, What
the New School Board Hopes
to Accomplish" In his OPEN
ing remarks Mr.. Bell dis
claimed any board sanction
Of his statements and de-
clared that his personal pri-
mary objective is to make
our school system the best in
the country. Commendable
but impractical. How, and at
what cost? BY budget reduce
ton? The audience was not
so informed.
For an hour and q half
thereafter many questions
were asked Of Mr.. Bell and,
to the best of my recollec-
ton, none was directly an
swered. His foresight In pre-
pairing for q significant pub
lie appearance must assured
ly be questioned for he had
with him neither notes, nor
reference material, nor even
q copy Of the budget! His
answers to broad questions
on subjects cited in Mr..
Coyle's letter. such as foreign
language and driver educa-
ton, we're evasive at best; his
replies to specific, direct
questions demanding unequi-
vocal answers about curricu-
lum. teacher salaries and
teacner-pupil ratios were IT
don't know" Mr.. Bell re-
peatedly stated that he was
not yet adequately informed
on specific subjects; he Just
did not know the answers. He
reiterated that the board,
after all. had only been in
office since early December
and that all its time had been
spent In examining the
budget. Perhaps. instead of
the suggestion made by Mr..
Briggs (the County Councils
financial consultant) that
the teachers be graded along
with the pupils. the board
should be assigned homework
and graded thereon.
Alden Murray.
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laden collegiate political
science departments. For
these viii not and cannot be
satisfied until that happily
unattainable day when Con-
gress in s a ntly approves
everything a President pro-
poses-so long, as in the
present case with President
Kennedy, as they themselves
approve what he wants.
Moderate Program
What this Congress is ac-
tually going to do now that 1t
is really "moving"-to adopt
the incarnation Of the re-
formers-is to write a fairly
comprehensive, but also mod
crate, legislative program. It
will be a "do-nothing" Con-
gresS only in the terms of
those who will never be con-
tent with a Congress which
does not do everything they
want, and does not do 1t all
at once.
The Presidents budget is
going to be sharply cut-as
in general 1t should be,
though some of the heaviest
reductions are to be made In
the one place where they
really should not be made
the foreign aid bill.
His welfare programs will
on the whole fare badly. He
will likely succeed in a few
of the more moderate items
in those programs in the
nature Of increased Federal
assistance in various forms
to our scattered national
pockets Of persistent recess
sion.
He will come out Of 1t all,
and Congress will come out
Of 1t all. along about next
fall with q pretty good mid
ding record precisely the
kind Of record that was
plainly practicable at the
opening of Congress last
January. Nobody, no party
and no section will be wildly
happy. But nobody, no party
and no section will feel terri
bly, let down - except for
those, mentioned above, who
think that whenever a Presi-
dent they approve is denied
anything whatever by Con-
gress there is, in one Of their
favorite phrases, "a crisis of
democracy"
(Copyright, 1851
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-12

1 should like TO express my
appreciation for the way In
which your reporter, Alex
Preston. presented my COM
ments on the most unfortu-
nate incident that has arisen
over my teaching THE
Catcher in the Rye" with a
ninth grade class at George
Mason High School. AS a
guest In your country. I
am naturally disturbed that
my work should have caused
unpleasant publicity. but Mr..
Preston's article can only
serve 10 present the situation
in It's true light, and, I
hope. cause the whole matter
10 be dropped.
Margaret 8. Butler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-12
Ousted Police Chief

Congratulations to The
Star on its brilliant editorial
condemning the unethical
practices used by the Interior
Department to GUST veteran
Park Police Chief Harold F.
Stewart. The unstated and
unfounded charges against
Chief Stewart were never es-
tabhshed. yet the Interior
Department saw fit to make a
mockery Of our Civil Service
laws. What security has any
Civil Service employe If this
sort Of New Frontier" polit-
les is allowed to continue?
A man who has devoted his
life to the service Of his
country and his fellowman
deserves q better deal than
Chief Stewart received from
Mr.. Udall and his political
cohorts. I think this is the
time for all Of US, including
President Kennedy, to take a
good look at this New
Frontier" which seeks to un-
dermine the basic security
guaranteed Government en-
ployes by the Civil Service
Act.
Robert J. Mccarthy.
- y
Three cheers for The Star,
the only Washington news
paper to take q firm stand
behind Chief Harold F. Stew
art and the cause Of justice.
Whatever the mysterious mo-
tives that prompted Secre-
tary Udall to prosecute this
stalwart Of dynamic law-en-
forcement, they must be Ell
ther too weak or too con-
troversial to be declared pub
licly. I have long been an
admirer Of the United States
Park Police and have OBJ
served the growth Of the
Park Police from q small un-
trained group to the most
potent police force in the
Federal establishment. This
can be attributed to none
other than Chief Harold F..
Stewart. Regardless of whom
Mr.. Udall has planned to re-
place Chief Stewart, the new
Park Police Chief will have a
difficult task to equal Chief
Stewards contribution to the
Washington area. Farewell,
Chief Stewart and congratu-
lations for a job well done.
Charles J. Rice.
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A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
TussIe With theological Struggle
By DONALD MIMI

TWO WAYS OF LIFE, The
Communist Challenge to
Democracy. BY William
Ebenstein. Full color maps,
maps, tables, charts, photo
graphs. 406 PIP. (Holt. Rine-
hart and Winston, $4.950
Holt, Rinehart and Win
ston's press release begins:
1T Is clear that Two Ways
of Life is a text for stu
dents, but because of its cas-
lily readable though, at the
same time, scholarly APP
proach to the worlds great
est theological struggle, we
have also brought it out in
a trade edition for the gen.
eral reader"
The meaning Of "but" in
that sentence may cause a
moments confusion. "Tw o
Ways of Life" itself will
cause more.
On Page 100. we read: THE
conclusion to be drawn is
this: Whether a society Is
democratic depends not only
on its economic but also on
its political and cultural ira
ditions and customs. The is
sue of human liberty goes
well beyond that Of property
ownership"
On Page 1873. we are told:
AFTER q century of holding
to (belief in naturalization
of production), many Social
lists have begun to realize
that the question of private
versus public ownership is
not the crucial one"
PROF. EBENSTEIN dis
cusses the problems created
by huge industrial enterprises
everywhere. The concentra-
ton Of economic power thus
brought about In the United
States Is no cause, he tells
us. for worry, because the
total number Of small BUSH
nesses. especially those en-
gagged in service trades. Is
not declining and win prob
ably increase. Anyway. the
United States has q free
market economy"
In the Soviet Union. on the
other hand, these concentra-
tons are essentially disabled
because Of their excessive de-
pendence on central PLAN
ming. Yet their managers act
like our robber barons Of old.
Now II concentration Of
economic power in the Unit
ed States creates no prob
lens. 1t Is obvious that the
concomitant Capitalization Of
power in labor unions is
equally trivial. Prof. Eben-
stein devotes two slight para
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-12
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDrtterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensa-
ton. Those not used tDiI be
returned only tOhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
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possibility due to the high
expenses involved In techni-
cal recruitment and be in
consistent with the American
ideal Of free enterprise.
Let's, by all means, clean
up the few operators who are
guilty Of unethical practices
toward individuals. but why
chastise the skilled profess
sional recruiter who Is an as
set to our business commu-
nifty?
], M. Brown.
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Furnishing Pupils


schools bring about an aware
ness by community leaders
that the responsibility for dis
orderly conduct rests upon
our shoulders, then these
hearings may have served a
worthy purpose.
AttemptSto solve this prob
lem will at least have brought
about better communication
between Negro and white
members Of our community
for mutual understanding.
Suggestions made by the
Metr opolitan Washington
Board of Trade that respon-
sible businessmen in the
community must also share In
the responsibility Of helping
to provide q more acceptable
way Of life for parents of our
lost" youngsters is a step in
the right direction.
On each one Of us rests the
responsibility for the young
ster who causes the school
personnel so much suffering.
A child who misbehaves is
telling us that he cannot
handle his problems alone. Is
beating and shaming going
to correct the basic cause of
his failure to conform to the
society Of the classroom?
We are the ones who are
on trial - not the young
sters. A "back-to-school" OBJ
portunity for all adults to
participate in group therapy
might give us more insight
into Just why so many of us
are hostile toward our un-
fortunate children.
Wilhelmina HetzeI.
Educators are barking up
the wrong tree when they
try to solve disciplinary prob
lens by punishment of one
kind or another. At present
we are obliged to keep the
troublemakers in school un-
til they are 16 years old.
This law is out-dated and
therein lies the cause Of be-
havior problems. Our school
system should be recognized
as an opportunity and not
an obligation.
The law compelling a child
to go to school was made at
a time when 1t was common
place for young people to
work, either on the farm or
in a poor city environment.
With present laws forbidding
child labor. we do not need
one for compulsory education
too.
Everyone is aware that an
education Is necessary for So
cial advancement and respect
able people want their chill
dren to go to school. Trouble
some children should be de-
prived Of this opportunity:
there will be Jobs for them
- jobs that do not require
an education. such as trash
collectors, ditch-diggers ETC..
when they come Of age. While
they are still Of school age and
have been dismissed because
OF bad behavior they could be
put on parole for a year or
so. II. during that time, they
commit even a minor offense,
they should be put in the
custody Of an institution for
delinquents. such as we have
at Laurel. II. however. they
reform. we should welcome
them back for another chance
at a golden opportunity.
Dorothy A, FaIIer.
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@. Where does sEATo
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Alden Murray.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-15

Walt Disney's ChTistmGstime
movie is the newest reteIliag Of a
legend over a thousand years old
- the story Of the boy sOhO pulled
the magic s'COrd ''ESoaibT" out
Of the stone and 50 became King
Art'urof England. Left: Sir EctOr,
young Arthur's foster father,
acknowledges the boy as King.
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