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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-13
Today Is Different

= Emperor Halle Selassie of Ethiopia,
on June 80, 1886, spoke eloquently to
the League of Nations, but he spoke
in vain. Declaring that God and his
tory will remember your judgment" he
appealed to the assembled powers to
act collectively to punish Fascist Italy
for its monStrous aggression against
his unoffending land.
:. Like Pontius PLATE, however, France,
{, Britain and the Leagues other key
powers gave voice to some piouS plati-
tudes and washed their hands Of all
responsibility for the situation. AS the
Emperor had warned, the League
.thereupon became a sort Of hoax upon
itself, and it died deserved death in
due course. Certainly, if 1t had reacted
affirmatively to his appeal, there can
be little doubt-given the balance of
power that existed in those dayS-that
Benito MusSolini could have been forced
to undo his crime against Ethiopia.
And beyond that, at least conceivably,
the League might have been able to
contain Adolf Hitler and avert the
Second World War.
Halle Selassie had all this in mind
when he spoke the other day, in another
eloquent address, to the General As
sembly of the United Nations. But
"the other day"-a day in 1963-can-
not be equated with the kind Of days
the world experienced in 1886 In 1885
people could go to bed at night with
out having to dream dark dreams about
such things as PolariS submarines, in
tercontinental balliStic missiles, and
thermometer warheadS equivalent to
scores of millions of tons of exploding
INT. They did not have to dream, in
short, of the danger of instant an
initiation by weapons systems that
only comic-Strip artists paid any at
tention to back in those times when
men like the Emperor of Ethiopia we're
appealing for action against aggressors.
=. What now? Although Halle SelaSsie
has once again spoken eloquently for
such action, the reality that hangs
over everybody's head, like the sword
of Damocles, is the atoms preternatural
power. The Emperor has suggested that
the United Nations should support
measures to destroy the regimes of
Angola, Mozambique and South Africa,
and he has declared that the U. Ms
sacred duty" is to win equality for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-13
CHA Split

Over the past eight months
The Star has performed q
significant public service in
keeping the m e m bers Of
Group Health Association in
formed about the vital issues
which have divided its board
Of trustees and greatly dis
turbed its membership.
The fundamental differ
ences are coming to a head
in the special referendum in
which the membership is
about to start b alloting.
Within a short time, there
fore, we will know whether
Group Health will continue
to be a member-controlled
health service or whether
CHA will be dominated by
paid management supported
by a special-interest voting
bloc.
UnderScoring the key role
of the public press is the fact
that the majority Of GHA's
board Of trustees has denied
the minority all access to the
associations newsletter. The
$4,000 CHA participants still
have not been told by their
board, for example, that the
transit members in a new
contract were given the right
to vote on dues and bylaws
affecting other members.
They have not been told that
the transit members will now
vote or the very same truS-
tees who will negotiate future
transit contracts. The mem
bership also has still not been
told what the issues are i
the pending court suit.
The Star can serve its
many CHA readers well by
highlighting the news con-
corning the present referen-
dunn, so that these members
will be alerted to the impor-
lance Of exercising their DEM
ocratic right to vote on who
shall control Group Health.
Mark COlburn,
Aaron Sabghir,
Trustees, Group Health
Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-13
Who's Progmotic?
George Twigg III.

One OF the United States
great contributions to the
thought Of the world has
been philosophical pragma-
tism-which defines a be-
lief as a premise upon which
one acts, or is willing to act.
If one does not act upon it,
when he can, then he does
not believe it.
On this test it. is plainly
false that "the United States
has consistently opposed I'M
constitutional S eizures" Of
presidential power in Latin
America, as the State De-
partment spokesman claimed
the day after the Honduran
coup.
Whether and how the
United States is going to
oppose this latest unconsti-
tutional seizure is still, one
hopes, an open question. But
is the United States opposing
the military coup Of just two
weeks ago in the Dominican
Republic? Did it oppose the
military coup in Ecuador
three months ago, or the
military coup in Guatemala
six months ago? Did the
United States oppose the mill
tary seizurein Argentina eff
fected shortly after President
Kennedy's announcement Of
his Alliance for Progress
policy. Did the United States
opposethe fateful military
coup which predictably and
quickly followed in Peru?
AS long as the answer in
each case is no, 1t is clear
that the United Sta te-
contrary to what its State
Department says-has con-
sistently acted to allow the
military their successful seiz-
ures of power in the Ameri-
can republics Of our hemi-
sphere. If we do not act to
prevent such seizures, then
we cannot say that it Is our
belief or our policy to pre-
vent them. Must we not say,
rather, either that the ALBANIA
is a failure, or that the
stated policy Of the Kennedy
administration is consistently
betrayed by its actions, or
lack Of action?
V. Tejera,
Assistant Professor of Phi
loSophy, Howard Uni
verSity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-13
ABC Compoigners

Some misrepresentation
seem to be circulating in Ar
lington regarding speaking
engagements Of candidates
for the County Board.
The Republican County
Board candidates are refus-
ing to appear at meetings of
civic associations and other
organizations to which all
candidates for the County
Board have been invited. In
explanation it Is stated that
ABC (Arlingtonians for a
Better County, is picking
a n d choosing" organizations
before which its candidates
will speak, and that meetings
where they appear are
rugged" in favor Of ABC.
The fact is that Joseph L.
Fisher and Irene C. Rock,
the ABC candidates, welcome
the opportunity to present
their record and discuss their
program with any group that
is interested in county prob
lens. They sent q letter to
every civic association and to
about IS other organizations
suggesting that all County
Board candidates be invited
to appear at m e etings Of
these groups. so that mem
bers might have a discussion
Of the issues and make COM
parions before deciding how
to vote.
To d ate. the Republican
candidates have refused such
invitations. ABCers Joe Fish
er and Irene Rock have &C.
cepted all invitations to
speak, believing that full and
free discussion is basic to a
HI althy democracy. Their
engagements include m e e. t.
ings Of "a civic associations
(all open to the public, the
Northern Virginia Apartment
Owners Association, and the
Organized Women Voters, as
well as the Candidates Fair"
of the League of Women
Voters. to which the public is
invited.
Is it conceivable that all
these meetings are "rigged"?
If so, it seems that everybody
is getting into the act.
Mrs. Ruth w. TryOn,
Engagements Chairman,
ABC Campaign Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-13
Quality of Mercy

Arthur Hopes satirical
column in the October 8
Star. Greed Will Save the
World" was a masterpiece.
Somewhere in the dim,
distant past the free world
agreed not to trade strategic
goods and m a terials with
Communist countries. Since
then we have witnessed an
international exercise in
weaSel-word semantics over
what constitutes strategic"
The British feel free to sell
oil pipe lines to Russia as a
mons trategic lite m. The
Canadians set a worlds rec
ord when they sold Russia
$500 million worth Of wheat
and now the American public
has been told to accept a
United States-Russian grain
deal as a necessary means to
stem the gold outflow.
What ever happened to the
economic warfare concept
whereby the free economies
would use their collective
goods and markets to dry up
the Communist economies
throughout the world?
AS Mr.. Hoppe pointed out,
we will tell ourselves we are
sending food to these hungry
people out Of love, charity,
and brotherhood" Who said
"the quality of mercy is not
strained! The quality Of
mercy and our national con-
science are so finely strained
through a dollar-sign sieve
that United States foreign
policy has been reduced to a
bowl Of mush with no more
identity and substance than
a dish Of bilious green baby
food.
EA0FOa TxviO0 III
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-13
FROM THE STAR FILES. :.

topped by a red neckerchief)
said that was just like him
flying off in all directions.
A week later, Custer and
Fitzpatrick took a trouncing
when they tackled FitzHugh
Lees horse soldiers near
Gainesville, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-13

who moved down the inno-
cents in the streets Of Buda-
pest.
At the recent ground
breaking ceremony two thou
sand people crowded the
available open-air space to
listen rapturously as some Of
the poets winged words were
recited and prayers offered,
and messages brought by
American leaders Of the
Ukrainian cause, representa-
tives of the national churches
whose fires Of faith are kept
burning in millions of lives
in this land Of the free and
also by educators and United
States Government officials.
The joyous burden Of all the
utterances Of that high hour
was a Jubilate that here was
to be erected a spire Of the
spirit tall enough to be seen
by the whole world.
For the years to come this
statue will be an altar Of
interceSSion for the emanci-
patton Of all the captive ma
tons. 1t will be an impressive
proclamation that America
writes across the present fet-
ters which now keep the ma
tons Of Europe from their
own right of self-determina-
ton, the stern Judgment.
temporary status" This
statue will publish the fact
that America is well aware
that the USSR is not q ma
ton, but a colonial empire
claiming sovereignty over
non-Russians numbering
more millions than there are
Russians, including the
Ukraine. an area greater than
Poland and Yugoslavia COM
bined. Today's attempts at
accommodation" with the
free world and the leSsening
of tensions, can never erase
the memory of atrocities
heaped upon this land after
the Bolsheviks rudely stopped
the jubilant ringing of liberty
bells following the revolution
Of 1917.
This significant addition
to the monuments Of this
monumental city, where
everything is in view Of all
America, will be a witness to
the Republics refusal to be
deceived by the double talk Of
Communist jargon as it
prostitutes even words to say
one thing with q meaning
just the opposite. The statue
will point to the greatest
historic hoax Of all times as
the Red regime flays the
almost-dead body Of West
ern colonialism while 1t plots
to take over the world in the
vastest and vilest colonial
empire ever conceived. The
statue will tell the truth re-
garding Soviet colonialism
which makes its pious de-
nunciations Of the often
benevolent Western brand
give an air Of utter unreality
to the United Nations. The
lines of this monument,
erected to one in whose heart
the love of freedom famed
in an enslaved land, will go
out to all the earth as mil
lions come reverently to a
spot henceforth forever sa-
cred to lift a prayer that this
torn and tortured world may
be delivered from the abom-
nation Of denominations. It's
unwilling this coming May
will be the signal for a
march on Washington" by
tens of thousands who, loving
freedom and hating tyranny,
and remembering their hon.
ored poets ardent hope for
another Washington, will cry
with glad and grateful hearts
-Shevchenko, we are herel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-13
Giants Rooter

I know now that I have no
recourse except to personally
boycott any function at the
D. c. Stadium.
Sunday my flance and I
attended the football game at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-13

AS a note on the changing
times, The Star of October
Is, 1918, commented: 1.-THE
coming in Of the chauffeur
has evidenced the passing of
the IA mily coachman, that
naughty and proud individ-
ual who scurried you to an
aisle of safety with a look.
The chauffeur Is a real de-
velopment. He never makes
you feel like a worm, like the
coachman did on his rolling
throne, driving as though he
owned the avenue, demand
ing the right-of-way. If the
chauffeur runs you down he
gathers up the remains and
transfers you with much
presence Of mind and elimi-
nation Of time and space to q
convenient haven, and Is
sorrier than any one. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-13
so Years Ago

Connie Mack's Philadel-
phia Athletics won the World
Series so years ago, defeating
John M C Graw's New York
Giants 4 games to /. The
Star, summing up on October
II, 1918, reported Chief Ben
der. Bullet Joe" Bush
(only 49, and Eddie Plank
In early 400 were the AS
pitching stars, with Eddie
Collins, Wally Schang and
"Homerun" Baker, swinging
the big bats. Christie Math-
ewson won the Giants only
game.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-08-15
Death HaIts Promising
Career Of Distinguished
Daughter OF State

The death of Jean De Louis Brown Minneapolis
born government attorney who was on the staff Of
the us. Department of Justice antitrust division
in New York was a shock to her family and the
people who knew her during her childhood, her
school days and later she went East to school and
became of the most promising members Of the
bar in New York
Miss Brown, the daughter of a pioneer Mime
sofa family which boasts three generations of phys
cians only "a years old. She had just served
of the principal prosecutors in recent govern
ment antitrust action against U S. watch companies
in connection with the alleged price fixing by Swiss
watch firms and major us. firms.
hardworker, perfectionist, Miss Brown gave
to each Of the important positions she held after
passing the New York bar devoted service which
may have contributed to her untimely death.
She was one of the states most distinguished
daughters This newspaper joins the many friends of
her parents DR.. and Mrs Brown, Sr., and the i'm
mediate family in extending condolences the
passing of the young attorney.
Miss Browns death cut off what promised to be
a most distinguished career in law a which
had already assumed real proportions.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-08-15

that tanks might have difficulty
breaking out of, at finding that
there are people on the outside
working for his release.
There were, of course, also many
local people in Florida working for
my release. Forty six of these
were arrested while I was in Jail,
and there have been many more
arrests of Freedom Fighters in
Ocala (seat of Marion County,
since. Most of us are out on bond
awaiting an August 2Sth trial
In the meantime we are work
ing, with our lawyers and through
peaceful demonstrations, to estab-
lish the rule of justice under law
where it has not previously existed.
With your continued support for
us here as we'll as for Twin Cities
CORE and other civil rights groups
there, we shall Thank
full sincerely, Zev AeIOny, CORE
Task Force Field Worker, KOinonia
Farm, Americus, Georgia, Aug. Z,
1868.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-08-15
A New Scheme To Subvert
The Bill OF Rights

1t seems apparent by now that the Council of
State Governments and its reactionary allies are
falling flat their faces in the effort to amend the
constitution to perpetuate present nequites of
representation in the state legislatures subject
Supreme Court decisions to political review and null
ification
But don't get the idea that the fight is over
The forces that are determined to water down or
destroy the Bill Of Rights are not giving up We can
expect TO see all kinds Of maneuvers to accomplish
the results sought by the Council of State Govern
ments
We predict that the next move will be an effort
to get Congress to declare the Supreme Court
constitutional with respect to its civil rights de-
csions beginning with its decisions outlawng poHt-
ically dictated religious rituals in the public schools
The method, to quote of the right-wing
extremists, would be to Let the Congress employ
own understanding Of the Establishment Clause
(the constitutional provision forbiddng the estab-
nshment Of religion by the government) and en-
couraging states that share its views to deal with
religion thenceforth in accordance with that under
standing"
In other words, get Congress to invite the states
to ignore the Supreme Court and the Constitution
and to do anything they please with respect to the
establishment of religion and the installation Of
Hturgcal ceremonies in the public schools This is
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-08-15

and not merely because it promises
relief for the demonstrators tar
gets. The point is that such demon
strations have done their work
Like an alarm clock, they have
served to arouse the city's aware
ness of racial injustices here. But
there's no purpose in keeping the
alarm ringing after the sleeper is
awake. 1t is time now to concen-
trate on solving the problems, in
stead of protesting their existence.
Most important, the announce
ment served to arrest a trend that
had been approaching the danger
point. We had been increasingly
concerned at indications that the
drive for racial justice was being
misdirected; that demonstrations
and sit-ins were becoming an end
in themselves, as tho friction and
enmity were the goals instead of
peaceful solutions to interracial
problems. :"
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-08-15
THE NEWS AND COURIER,
Charleston, SC.

a.. The conflict managers have
not seen the folly of their ways,
however. They are pushing demon
strations far past the point of
national acceptance. Winning a
few concessions for merchants,
motels and city administrations
won't in any way compensate for a
big switch in public opinion, in
cluding liberal and labor opinion.
Those who sincerely desire to
better the living conditions and
working opportunities of Negro
Americans should urge rejection
of revolutionary tactics and re-
turn to self-improvement and step
by-step methods of advancement
which win public approval and
produce a permanent improvement
in status" Editors Note: Ho,
hum!
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-08-15
Florida jailed Minnesoton
Rights Fighter Thanks
n~--I- r.

FeoPlS fOF RSSISrcnCe
Editor: I want to publicly ex-
press my deep indebtedness to the
many people of Minnesota who
came to my aid during my recent
and beating in the
Marion County, Florida, Jail. I'm
sure that you must have been de-
Tending not only me, but also the
dream of the free America we
would like to leave to our children.
The stand taken in defending me
by Gov. Rolvaag, Rep. Donald
Fraser, and other Minnesotans will
I'm sure, one day help both to
eliminate the immediate danger
that exists to travellers in the
state of Florida, and to heal the
painful breach that now divides
America into two estranged COM
munities.
My appreciation is also personal.
You may be able to imagine the
relief a man feels, locked up and
badly beaten in a cell of solid steel
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-08-15
Untimely Death Of
Estes Kefauver

The untimey death August 10, of Senator Estes
Kefauver, Of Tennessee removed one Of the most
dedicated and useful public servants in the nation
The nation was indebted to the Tennessean for
a variety Of services, stretching from the senatorial
attack he made national organized crime 10 his
fight against colluson between drug firms which
resulted in the high cost of drugs for medical pre-
scriptions.
Minnesota in a sense was like a second home to
him politically among the DFL where he so
widely admired that he upset the party hierarchy in
1856 to win the state primary designation Adai
Stevenson
Kefauver at that time talking more frank
common sense on the civil rights issue than liberal
Stevenson and Negroes in Minnesota startled the
entire nation by supporting him. 1t still break
from tradition to have northern Negroes supporting
a southerner a northerner in a national politi-
cal campaign
A study Of Kefauver's record from the time he
was elected Congressman would have furnished the
answer, for in his first term as Congressman he
voted with norherners several crucial civil rights
issues.
In each of his campaigns from that time on In
Tennessee he was attacked for his moderate civil
stand by the racists in his state burt his great hold
the imagination of the people of his state, stood
him in good stead, and he able 10 be reelected
without Identification with the racial extremes Of
most southern Senators
Negro support Of Senator Kefauver for the
Democratic Presidential nomination not only
rejection Of Stevensons obvious pussyfooting in
1856, in contrast to his forthghtness in 1852, but
also an indication Of the fact Negroes had become
sophisticated enough in their political thinking to
back a southerner If he had a good record
acted and talked right.
The liberal side in the Senate of the United
States lost good soldier in Estes Kefauvers death
His death will be blow to those who believe exces-
sve monopoly is bane to the nation and Is strang
ling the great creative and indviduastic initiative
of capitalism.
The true service of Estes Kefauver while ap-
preciated by many Americans may not be fully
comprehended for years, but those of keen political
and economic perception, even now aware of
the great loss Senator Kefauvers death is to the
American people
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-08-15
Our Post This Week

August II, 1873 - John Rosa
mond Johnson, composer Of Lift
Every Voice and Sing" was born
in Jacksonville, Fla.
August IL, 1922 - Old home
Of Frederick Douglass at Cedar
Hill In Anacostia in the southwest
section Of Washington, DC. dedi-
Gated as a national memorial
shrine by National Association of
Colored Women.
August IS, 1892 - First issue
Of Baltimore Afro-American news
paper published.
August IA, 1875 - Famous COM
poser Samuel Coleradge Taylor
born In London.