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Evening star., 1963-05-04
BARBARA SMITH

OF all President NaSser's
conqueSts, perhaps the
toughest has been to con-
vince the United States, with
Britain trailing hesitantly
behind, that he is the best
ally the West has in the Arab
world. Among the Arabs
themselves, his standing has
not substantially changed in
the last seven or eight years.
Even when all was going
wrong for him, conspicuouSly
at the time of Syria's defec-
ton from the United Arab
Republic in 1861, or at the
several times when Cairo was
at furious odds with nearly
all its fellow Arab govern
mentS. Mr.. Nasser was still
unchallenged as the one man
who might, one day, lead q
unified Arab nation.
This is not to say that the
Arabs in other countries were
ready or prepared to follow
Cairo's lead; simply that
there was no other Arab who
approached his stature or
whose leadership offered such
potentialities.
But in the United States,
and even more in Britain,
there was protracted and
sometimes anguiShed dither-
ing before this state of af-
fairs was accepted as some-
thing that might help the
Western cause, not harm it.
In the late l950s it was an
article Of faith that an area
as important as the Middle
East should not come under
the control Of a man who,
at best. was a neutral in cold
war policies. Only slowly was
1t knocked into Western
heads that President Mas
ser's form of non-alignment
was working; that he, at
least, had found the formula
for taking as much as he
could from the Soviet Union
while giving mighty little In
return.
Although. even now. this
Evening star., 1963-05-04
MAX FREEDMAN

The announcement, long
expected and long delayed,
that Sir Winston Churchill
will not seek reelection to
the House of Commons
brings to It's inevitable end
the greatest parliament
tary career since the suprem-
acy Of Gladstone. One hopes
that Churchill will continue
to resist the empty distinc-
ton of an earldom which
other Prime Ministers Lloyd
George, Baldwin, Eden, Attlee
allowed themselves to ac-
cept as solace for fallen
greatness. No new title can
enhance the glory which
Churchill's name casts on
freedoms immortal page.
At the beginning of the
war there was a plan to move
both Houses Of Parliament
to a place Of refuge in the
country when London felt
the shock Of the bombs. Chur-
chill always disliked this
plan but he was not yet in
charge Of the government
and he had to abide by the
arrangement. One Of his first
duties as Prime Minister was
to issue an order that new
plans should be considered
to keep Parliament in session
in London as an example Of
fortitude to the British peo-
pie, no matter what the grim
hazards Of war might bring.
In May, l941, the House Of
Commons was wrecked by
bombs, and Churchill wept
as he saw the ruins. But
even in that stricken hour
he resolved that the cham
ber, whose voice had often
rung like an impassioned
trumpet to the world, would
be rebuilt in victory and in
its old form. He kept that
gallant promise. Parliament
Evening star., 1963-05-04
POTOMAC FEVER
~.s:sM!..N!.S;S.4:.s
BY FLETCHER KNEBEL

@. o. p trio Of Goldwater Romney and Scranton is
singing joyfuly: will Rocky marry with Murphy? Ding
dong, the church bells chime Can't take his new
into the White House. get him to the church on
time!"
Congressman Fino wants national lottery Everybody
puts buck and the lucky winner gets abolish the
Federal agency Of his choice.
Dick Nixon joins the New York law firm of Nudge
Stern, Baldwin Todd Add Nixon to that and the firm
will sound like a bowling ball falling downstairs.
Candidate: Should run on my record?" Manager
Better yet Jump up and down it, Anything to smash
the darn thing before somebody hears it,"
Evening star., 1963-05-04
Registration to Sturt
At Extension Center

Registration begins May 13
for 81 credit courses in arts,
sciences, education and engi-
neering being offered this sum-
mer by the University of Vir-
ginia's Northern Virginia Ex-
tension Center.
The classes start June 10
and continue through August
%. They will be held at Arling-
toms Washington-Lee and Wake
field High Schools, J.E.B.
Stuart High in Fairfax County,
and at the University's George
Mason College. Bailey's Cross
Roads.
Some non-credit classes and
courses for teachers also will
be offered.
Evening star., 1963-05-04
BARBARA SMITH
U.S.. Hesitont in Accepting Nosser

The result Of this is that
British protestations of nom
interference in Arab politics
fall on Arab ears as so
much more hypocrisy.
The United States is less
involved and much more
flexible in its Middle East
ern maneuvers. Even so,
there has been a flash of
danger signals should the
Egyptians try to extend their
new frontiers to include the
American oil interests In
Saudi Arabia.
American faith has been
pinned to the mildly REFORM
list tendencies of the Saudi
Prime Minister, Prince Faisal,
but there is concern for the
future. The lesson of the
Suez Canal - which has
been managed more ef-
ficiently by President Nasser
than 1t ever was as an in
dependent company-has not,
as yet, been projected to the
oil fields.
On the other hand, Jor-
dan, without oil or strategic
Importance, might now find
itself falling within the scope
Of western pragmatism.
Cairo radio has been inter-
preting King Hussein's sue
cess in staving off revolu-
ton in terms of British i'm
perialism.
But. in fact, the only de-
velopment that might bring
outsiders into Jordan-let it
be hoped under United Ma
tionS orders-would be II the
Israelis followed up their
threat to react violently to
a change. Westerners, per-
picked by the unresolved and
explosive animosity between
the Arabs and Israel, have
argued that only a united
Arab world would be suf-
ficiently self : confident to
negotiate for peace.
But the Israelis remain
wholly unconvinced by the
Vests half-measure of faith
in President Nasser.
This Column. Representing The
Economist on Today's World"
g 1868 By the Economist
Intelligence Unit Limited
(American Media Servicel
Evening star., 1963-05-04
Hope Is Expressed He Will Resist
Empty Distinction of an EorIdom

never missed one days de-
bate during the war, and to-
day the House of Commons
is all the more memorable
for the dangers 1t endured.
Churchill, with Chatham
and Lloyd George, ranks with
the supreme captains of war
who have led the British
people through terror to tri-
umph. Yet Churchill himself
does not regard the tremen-
dous war years as his time
of greatest glory. He has told
us in an unforgettable
phrase that he would have
been torn to pieces" If he
had counseled surrender. The
British people did not need
Churchill to find their genius
for unshaken courage. They
found 1t In their history and
their own character. It is
honor enough for Churchill,
or for any man, to be worthy
Of such a people in their
years Of mortal peril. Chur-
chill has never wavered in
his belief that he lowered
into matchless greatness in
the period Of neglect and
criticism before 1899 when
he called upon the world
with prophetic but derided
wisdom to stop the drift to
war over the milestones of
self-inflicted folly.
When Churchill entered
the House of Commons to
make a big speech, he al
most always waved to his
wife in the gallery. If she
was not present, the scene
somehow seemed incomplete
and he was unable to share
his triumph with the one who
meant the most to him. It
used to be said that Parlia-
ment looked vacant when
Gladstone was not in his
place. The same impression
Evening star., 1963-05-04

With a shrug of his shoul-
ders a cab driver summed up
the Italian election: tits the
same minestrone." For him
the results may have been
the same. but nevertheless it
was a spectacular election in
which the voters spelled down
the Christian Democratic
left-of-center government Of
Prime Minister Fanfani, who
had tried to present his di-
vided party with the image
Of the American New From
tier.
Indeed 1t was from men
in high places in Washington
whom the Italian Premier Wis
tied last year that the Aper-
ratura a sinistra" coalition,
with accent more on social
than economic progress, re-
ceived It's greatest boost.
The habitual voters for the
Christian Democrats dashed
off in opposite directions and
as a result the Communist
Party and the conservative
Liberal Party carried the day
at the polls. Both parties
had positive appeal and the
response Of the electorate
was clear. = the Italian peo-
pie do not want any gray
areas in politics. They want
everything either black or
white.
While the Christian DEM
ocratic Party went down by a
loss Of 4 per cent, the Com
munists increased their fol-
lowing by 2 per cent, with a
total of more than rs per
cent Of the total votes cast.
The hitherto insignificant
Liberal Party moved up from
3 per cent five years ago to
more than7 per cent.
The Liberals can be COM
pared with the Goldwater Re-
publicans. Under the leader
Evening star., 1963-05-04
Western Powers Still Look Askonce
Although His Policy Gives Little to Soviet

acceptance is not complete,
1t is significant that there
has been no question of the
recent changes sending the
Americans and the British
tumbling on to the scene
as did the Iraqi revolution
in 1858. The federation of
Egypt, Iraq and Syria has
been welcomed by the West
for much the same prag-
matte reasons as 1t was ac-
cepted by the Ba'athist gov
ernments In Baghdad and
Damascus.
The leaders Of the Ba'ath
party, experiencing their first
taste Of power, would have
preferred to try to run things
on their own, II they had
thought they could get away
with 1t, But Iraq is threat
ened by an outraged and
well = organized Communist
Party that might, If it Joined
forces with the dissatisfied
Kurds, explode the country
into civil war. Syria. at once
the most mature and the
most unstable of all the Arab
countries, is tugged in half
a-dozen conflicting direc-
tions. The governments Of
both countries had no al
tentative but to look to
Cairo.
But what Of the next rev.
olution? There are still areas
in the Middle East where the
fashionable pragmatism Of
the West collides with a more
old-fashioned dogmatiSm.
For Britain, the entangle-
ment is with the network Of
sheikhdoms fringing the
eastern and southern coast
line Of the Arabian penin-
sula. Old associations and
commitments have been kept
alive by the belief, still
strongly persisting in sections
OF the British government,
that the little states contain
ing oil, or sheltering British
military bases, should some
how be kept high and dry
from the tide Of nationalism.
Evening star., 1963-05-04

DIRECTIONS: Out New Hampshire Avenue Ui
past Pinsy Branch Road 10 MsiIsroH Road Sad
community. Open 10 10 Q Daily and Sunday.
Rental Office; 97ol New Hampshire Avenue,
or Phone HE. q.4464.
Evening star., 1963-05-04

dependent nuclear deter
rent). :.
"T'he logic Of Sir Winston's
message points TO only two
conclusions. Either Britain de-
serves special treatment differ
ent from that accorded TO the
other European powers - or
France, Germany and Italy
have as good a claim TO an
Independent nuclear deterrent
as Britain has. Since the first
conclusion cannot conceivably
be accepted on the continent.
Sir Winston is In fact melting
our European allies TO emulate
us" the Guardian said.
Evening star., 1963-05-04
Goodwill Open House

Davis Memorial Goodwill In
dustries will hold open house
az 1918 New Hampshire avenue,
NV. Monday through Friday
from $3.50 am. TO $3.50 pm.
Visitors will see the training
facilities where the handicap
ped learn crafts, the workshops
where they repair and refinish
donated articles, and the main
store where articles are sold.
Evening star., 1963-05-04

on to her independent nuclear
deterrent rather than shelter
behind the atomic strength Of
the United States.
The Conservatives contend
that Britain must retain its nu-
clear deterrent. The Labor and
Liberal parties contend that
the country is wasting its re-
sources by trying to stay in the
nuclear race with the United
States and the Soviet Union.
The conservative Daily Tele-
graph commented:
1T can be no insult to
America TO have II suggested
by an honorary citizen of hers
that ultimate deeds may not
match UP TO present will. The
lesson Of history is only too
clear-Sir Winston reminds us
Of IL: that those who In the
last resort rely on anyone but
themselves are relying on
nothing at ALL"
Views Of Guardian
The liberal Guardian took
the opposite tack.
It said Sir Winston's state
ment will be useful for the
Conservative Party II II de-
cides TO fight the next elec-
ton on this issue. But, II said
the opposition parties have an
obvious retort.
Sir Winstnn's message con-
tains no new arguments In
favor Of the independent Brit
ish deterrent. The case he
puts forward Is exactly the
same as the case which has
been made time and time
again from the government
front benches. In essentials II
is not very different from the
case put forward by President
Ide Gaulle (for q French in.
Evening star., 1963-05-04
Britoin's Papers Split
On Churchill Wornino

LONDON. May 4 (AP).-Sil
Winston Churchill's warning
that Britain must not abandon
its nuclear shield touched of
a controversy today in Britain's
press.
Papers with Conservative
sympathies hailed the state
ment as a message that should
be needed. but the liberal
Manchester Guardian brushed
1t off as a piece Of ammunition
for the hard-pressed Tories.
The Independent, but empire
minded Daily Express said the
88-year-old statesman's mes.
sage to the Primrose League
was the most solemn warning
he has ever delivered.
I'm the Thirties his warningl
against weakness went un-
needed. The consequence wa
an unnecessary war;" the Ex'
press said.
by the gift Of providenc,
the wisdom OF Sir Winston
Churchill is still at the nations
service. This time that gif
must not be disregarded."
'Flash Of Old Force"
The conservative Daily Tele,
graph commented that "a fast
Of the old force and fire II
Eliminates the latest utteranc,
OF the greatest living English
man"
Sir Winston's statement :,
the Primrose League, an or,
ganization dedicated 10 Con
servative Party ideas and {
strong Britain. came one da!
after he had announced h,
planned TO retire from activ,
politics.
The former Prime Ministe
urged that Britain should holt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13
HiIsmon and McGhee
Get Diplomatic Posts

Hughes served three years as
o legislative counsel In the
Senate and two years as adj
ministrative assistant in the
House of Representatives be-
fore becoming deputy intelli-
gence director in 1851. He Is
an Air Force reserve officer
and q lawyer.
Mr.. Hilsman, 43, was deputy
director Of the Legislative Ref
erence Service Of the Library
Of Congress before joining the
State Department in 1861.
A graduate Of West Point
with masters and doctors de-
grees In international relations
from Yale. Mr.. Hilsman served
with Merrill's Marauders in
Burma during World War II.
Later he commanded q guer-
rilla unit operating behind jap
anese lines in Southeast Asia.
At the end Of World War II
he parachuted into q prisoner
OF war camp in Mukden, China,
to liberate his father, an Army
colonel who had commanded q
post In the Philippines before
he was captured. He was the
first American to reach his
father.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13
Planes to Petrol
Kennedy's Route
By the AssocIated Press

United States fighter planes
will patrol the route when
President Kennedy flies To
Costa Rica next week, the
White House says.
Presidential Press Secretary
Pierre Salinger said similar ar
rangements have been made In
the past, as when the President
visited Venezuela and Colon
bia.
Mr.. Salinger said he wouldn't
apply the term escort" be-
cause the planes viii be out Of
sight Of the Kennedy plane and
various groups Of fighter planes
win pick up the presidential
plane along the way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
TroveI Allowance Equalization
Studied by Defense Department

forcement officers. prison cor
rectiQn officers and others en-
gagged in hazardous duties.
The measure would also In
crease from 2 to 2la per cent
the retirement computation
factor for these employees in
order to give them higher an
nuities, in return for which
they would pay 7la per cent
Of their salaries instead Of the
present Ga per cent.
&a -
CALL TO ARMS-The new
Federal Professional Associa-
ton is sounding a rallying call
to arms to Government profess
sional and managerial per-
sonnet.
Unless Government profess
sional and management career
people organize, rank-and-file
Federal workers will fare much
better in future pay adjust
ments as well as other bene-
fits, the FPA declares.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP - The
Civil Service Commission will
hold an executive leadership
institute next week MONDAY
through Friday at National
War College. Fort Leslie J. Nc
Nair. Measuring the Pro-
ductivity Of Federal Agencies
will be discussed by Budget
Bureau Consultant John Ken
drick at q luncheon of the Ma
tional Capital Area Chapter Of
the American Society for Pub
lie Administration at 1871
pm. March 20 at the Presiden'
tial Arms. The Civil Services
Commission announces al
exam for general maintenance
mechanic, WB-9, for duty a
the Federal Aviation Agency
new Air Route Traffic Contro
Center, Leesburg. Va. -. TIT
Naval Oceanographic 0ffic'
needs photographic craftsmen
Sl.00 TO S3.i8 an hour; litho'
graphic pressmen, s2.37 h
s295; photographic photogra'
pher. $3.50; scientific staff as
sistant' (oceanography o.
acoustics. $l2.s45 TO Sl4.565
year. Call Redwood 6-2700. ex
tension 408.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13
Pressure Builds for Tax Cut
Deeper 7 han Kennedy Asked

Instead Of cutting taxes $40
billion over three years, the Re-
publicans argued. Congress
should enact a reduction of 81
billion TO SO billion wholly eff
fective within IL months.
Representative Curtis Of Mis-
souri,. the committees top
ranking Republican, said this
program would lead TO a budget
deficit next fiscal year about
the same as the Presidents
$l1.9 billion estimate, or per-
haps 81 billion larger.
Then, the q. O. p. said, the
program would produce a bal
anced budget in fiscal 1865 or
1865.
Dubious on Balance
The administration predicts
its program would balance the
budget by fiscal 1867, but Mr..
Curtis said 1t would take until
fiscal 1917.
The Republicans said they
favored some tax reforms this
year. and left open the posi-
bility Of additional reforms and
tax cuts for the future.
Contending that unemploy-
ment results largely from tech
biological advances and other
changes in the economic struc-
ture. the Republicans called for
Increased emphasis on educa-
ton, training and programs to
increase the mobility Of labor,
AFL-CIO President George
Meany, meanwhile, today gave
the labor federation's argu-
ments for a quick $40 billion
reduction to the House Ways
and Means Committee.
"A small cut will Just not do
the job" said Mr.. Meany. ut
viii add to the Federal deficit
without stimulating the econ
omy."
;. He called for q $40 billion
cut now, as quickly as posi-
bile" with the benefits pointed
/. largely to the lowest tax bracket
LAND made retroactive to jan
uary 1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13
BY EARL H. vOSS
star staff writer

President Kennedy today an
nounced his intention to ap-
point Roger Hilsman as AS
.sistant Secretary Of State fol
Far Eastern Affairs and George
%. McGhee to be Ambassador
to West Germany.
! MIR. Hilsman, now director Of
the State Departments intelli-
gence and research bureau
viii succeed Averell Hartman
recently chosen by the Presi-
dent to succeed Mr.. McGhee q,
Undersecretary Of State for Po-
litical Affairs.
Thomas L. Hughes, now Mr.
Hilsman's deputy in charge Of
the State Departments intel.
ligence section. was named u
succeed Mr.. Hilsman as bureau
chief.
Bowling to Get Post
In announcing his selection
sof Mr.. McGhee TO succeed Wal.
ter c. Bowling as Ambassador
to West Germany, the President
said he has asked Mr.. Dowlinl
to remain In Bonn until latel
this year, when he viii be asked
to undertake another important
assignment.
It was understood that Mr.
McGhee win not actually taxi
over the Bonn post until Angus
or September.
Praising Mr.. McGhee fol
valuable service" to the coun
try for nearly II years in /
vide range Of important for,
eign affairs positions, tn
President said his decision Il
ask him to leave his high pos
n the State Department to b
Ambassador to West Germany
reflects the great importance
I attach to the maintenance
Of close and cooperative re-
lations between the UniteC
States and Germany in thu
framework Of the Atlantic AL
hance."
Mr.. Kennedy also lauded tn
service Of Mr.. Bowling. q ca
feer diplomat promoted las
year to the rank Of earee
Ambassador-the highest ran
IN the permanent foreign sery
ice.
His contribution over tn
past three and one-half yeaI
to the development of close tie
between the United States an
tlhe Federal Republic Of Ger
many" the President said. ''ha
been particularly significan
during q period when the rol'
Of Germany in the European
community and Atlantic ALI
ance has increased in scop'
and Importance"
Mr.. Hughes, 81. Is the young
est man ever to be appointe'
10 O post with the rank o
assistant secretary In the Stat
Department.
A Phi Beta Kappa membe
and Rhodes Scholar, M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13
Hope for Boom

Committee Democrats sal
the tax reductions would ex-
pand purchasing power and In
crease the Nations production
of goods and sevices by about
$35 billion over a period OF
years. Such stimulation Of eco
nomic activity. they said, would
reduce unemployment and lead
to balanced Federal budgets.
While indorsing the idea Of
tax reforms, the Democrats in
dicated willingness to split the
package. If that happens, they
said, Congress should promptly
slash taxes for individuals in
low income brackets, then en-
act additional legislation later
for reforms and further rate
reductions.
The Presidents proposal for
met tax cuts Of sos billion is
about right, the Democrats said,
but the schedule Is too slow.
They called for reductions Of
50 billion in the first year and
smaller cuts in the second and
third years, because "the larg-
est doses should be given when
the patient is the sickest-not
when he Is almost well"
In addition to cuts In IN
dividual and corporation In
come taxes. the Democrats
proposed reduction and elimi-
nation Of some excise taxes to
encourage consumption. Sena-
tor Douglas Of Illinois. chair
man Of the committee. said the
excise reductions would be IN
cluded in the three-year total
of $40 billion but would be In
addition to the So billion cut
proposed for the first year.
Senator Douglas told q news
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13
Junior Bar Group
Wins ABA Award

The Districts Junior Bar
Section has won top honors
over all other sections in Amer
lean cities Of 100000 or more.
The American Bar Associa-
tons achievement award was
presented to the local group
for being first in competition
among junior bar sections for
the year 1961-62.
TIE award was presented last
night by Sylvester c. Smith
jr., ABA president. at a month
ly meeting in the Mayflowei
Hotel.