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Evening star., 1963-05-18
A Job for Everybody

This community has begun to come
to grips, and none too soon, with a
youth unemployment problem which
the Labor Department warns could re-
suit in national crisis within five years.
Nationally, the stark facts are
these: In the next three years SIS
million new workers, mostly 18 and l9
years old, will enter the labor force.
OF this number, 2 million will not have
finished high school. And these mil
lion will become virtually unemployable
unless additional training reaches
them. This does not take into account
IL million young people under l8 from
low-income families, and others who
need special training.
Against this foreboding background,
the Washington area has also just re-
ceived a report-a skill survey by the
United States Employment Service.
Anything but defeatiSt, 1t offers guide
lines which, If diligently followed,
promise to make us an example to the
Nation.
Washington has the raw ingredients
for success. At present we have the
tightest labor market, which means the
lowest unemployment rate, In the coun-
try. We will have an estimated l6l 900
new skilled jobs becoming available In
the next five years. All that is lacking
is an opportunity for our young people
to train for the professional, technical,
secretarial and blue collar jobs open
ing up.
Students must remain in school as
long as they can, for the demand for
non-skilled labor is almost non-ex-
istent. School officials must know more
about the needs Of employers in order
TO tailor vocational and technical pro-
grams to meet today's demands. The
schools and business community must
work together-and indeed an encour-
aging start is being made-to set up
on-the-job training.
Special consideration must be given
to the Negros potential in all available
Jobs. This begins with school and ap-
prentice opportunities, now still too
often denied Greatly needed, also, are
junior college and vocational training
facilities in the public school system.
Washington has no choice but to
pitch into this program with all its
heart. The Job will not be as easy as
the surveyors make 1t sound. But 1t
must be done.
Evening star., 1963-05-18
Movie Madness

Movie-making may be dying art,
but if so, the news hasn't reached
Montgomery County. All week, of a
morning, roads near little Barnesville
have been clogged with impedimenta
OF urchinS and their elders who, ac-
eording to the clock and calendar,
should be en- route to school.
i But that was before BarneSville
Became the movie-making mecca OF
Montgomery. These are not reluctant
sehoolboys and girls. They are actors
and actreSSes-starS, If you pleaSe-on
location for the shooting of the film
sLilith."
= Well, that is the way it has been
all week. Crazy. Schools in Poolesville
and even Alexandria and Arlington are
conspicuous by their empty claSsrooms.
At first, teachers and parents resisted
the opportunities of the movie-mad
starlets. But the more they thought
about it-now this could be educational,
couldn't it? So teachers and parents
and anybody else with half an excuse
are going to the "lot," to take care OF
the kids, you know. Have to watch after
them in that fast Hollywood set. And
who is going to collect those fabulous
salaries-$l0 a day for the teen-agers,
S. for the Juveniles?
- Making movies is good fun and
profitable and gets you out Of school.
and whoever said acting was hardp
There's no business like show business.
And as far as Montgomery County is
Concerned, movies are just beginning
to catch on.
Evening star., 1963-05-18
Cooper and the Unknown

=, A machine is not as good or re-
liable as a man. Astronaut Leroy Cor
don Cooper has proved that magnif-
icently. The automatic re-entry system
of Faith-7 had failed, and there he was
up there in a position that could have
meant the end of him had he not been
Superbly trained to meet just such emer-
gencieS. The whole of America, together
with a good part of the rest Of the
world, felt an almost excruciating de-
gree of tension as it prayerfully Won
dered whether he'd make it.
Well, his shining achievement is
history now. He made it all right-and
with an astounding degree Of precision
in terms of both time and the in-the-
barrel accuracy of his splaShdown in
the Pacific. The story, of course, could
have been tragically different. AS one
authority has put it, the flight of Faith-7
could not possibly have been completed
without a trained pilot to pull 1t back
down to earth. In fact, had Major Coop
er been incapacitated at the re-entry
phase of his trip, had he been unable to
carry out the manual emergency oper-
alton, HE would have been stuck up
there. We couldn't have brought him
ina terribly chilling thought that
weighed heavily on the minds of count
less Americans during those last min
uteS Of his wondrous flight.
1t all adds up to something quite
reassuring. Project Mercury obviously
has done a remarkably good job In
equipping our aStronauts to cope with
the unexpected in space. Major Coop
er,s experience may mean that the prof.
ect-Scheduled to close up shop after his
22-orbit trip-may undertake another
launch, Just to check on the trouble he
ran into. D. Brainerd Holmes, director
Of fNASA'S manned space flight program,
feels that there is less than so per
cent chance that this will have to be
done. But he is not ruling out the pos
dbility. AS he has put 1t, "a decision
must wait until we analyze the data
from Gordon Cooper's flight before
we move on into Gemini"-the two-man
spacecraft undertaking that will lead to
Project Apollo, the three-man voyage to
the moon.
j There can be no doubt in any event
that Major Cooper, like all the other
Mercury Astronauts, has contributed
significantly, with intelligence and brav-
cry, to the coming lunar adventure. At
the same time, considering the peril he
experienced In the last minutes Of his
fight, what needs to be kept in mind is
that the exploration of outer space is
not child's play, but an enterprise full
Of great and dangerous uncertainties.
Asit goes forward, there are almost surely
going to be some casualties, as there
have always been among courageous
men probing and seeking to conquer
the unknown.
Evening star., 1963-05-18
Presidential Advisers

Fifty-seven graduate stu
dents at the Johns Hopkins
School OF Advanced Interna-
tional Studies recently sent
kilograms to the President
and the Attorney General
urging stronger civil rights
action. We feel that the press
should give at least minimal
coyerage TO this type OF dem
ocratic expression OF opinion.
The 81 students had the
following positive suggestions
10 offer:
They commended those
Federal district courts which
have set specific timetables
for school integration. an d
urged the courts 10 do so in
each case where litigation is
initiated.
They urged the Department
OF Justice TO intensity the
initiation Of civil rights liti-
CATION; protect citizens at
tempting to exercise their
right TO vote, and investigate
more actively cases in which
States may be obstructing
registration and voting.
Herschelle Sullivan.
Barbara AIperovitE.
Johns Hopkins School OF
Advanced international
Studies.
Evening star., 1963-05-18
Pattern in Haiti

Pressure from many quar-
ters, including our own
State Department. has been
brought TO bear against the
regime OF President Fran
co.'s Duvalier Of Haiti. This
follows an all too familiar
pattern, and we suspect that,
as In the past, 1t will succeed
in accomplishing It's purpose
which is the deposition Of
this alleged tyrant. The
charge made by Dominican
officials that Duvalier is pro-
Communist is strangely remi-
niscent OF similar charges
made against Batista during
the Cuban civil war.
II seems probable that
those who seek 70 depose the
Haitian President are more
concerned with effecting his
replacement with a liberal
democrat who is slightly left
OF center" than they are With
the interests OF the people oi
Haiti. When this end has
Evening star., 1963-05-18
PEOPLE AND PROBLEMS
KucheI Exposes PeddIers of Fright
By RALPH McGHL

bassador to the U. NJ, Chris
tian Herter, and Robert
Lovett.
The agency is directed to
acquire, under the direction
of the Secretary of State, a
fund of practical and theo-
retical knowledge about dis
armament and is directed to
conduct research in that field.
1t has no power to disarm
the country. 1t can do noth-
ing save conduct research. 1t
reports to the President and
Secretary of State and does
not, and cannot, act inde-
pendently. There is no Rus
sian colonel.
It is interesting, however,
that in most Of the fright
pamphlets this ubiquitous
Russian colonel turns up as
ready 70 take over the U. N.
and this country. Senator
Kuchel exposes a play written
In the early i950s by an anti
Semitic group. denounced In
an Un American Affairs
Committee report. The play
admittedly was written as
propaganda against the U. N.
The play has a character who
says that the military chief
OF the U. N. will always be a
Russian. -.
That people believe such
things-and pay money to
subscribe-is eloquent testi-
mony to their extreme gull
libility, their self doubts and
their disloyalty.
Truth Of the Matter
The truth; There is no
Russian colonel. or general,
or civilian individual, who
is secretary OF the United
Nations or secretary OF the
u. N. Security Council. There
are 10 under-secretaries, l3
OF whom are Americans or
representatives OF our allies.
Two are Soviet bloc ma
tionals. None has anything
TO do with the command Of
any U. N. operation. There
is no World Police Force.
No Soviet national ever
gave any United States Off
Ger any orders.
The Birch Society fright
publications. by the founder.
still claim that Gen. Eisen-
hover and John Foster Dull
les we're acting for Com
munists. Yet, members at the
Birch groups argue they are
merely conservatives inter-
ested In preserving America.
Senator Kuchel properly
concluded. America has
enough immediate and dead
ly, dangerous enemies without
adding hobgoblins. Ameri-
ca can use all the responsible
help II can receive"
(Ail RiEhts Reserved
Evening star., 1963-05-18
School Budget

The D. c. G. o. P. SUBJ
committee for Schools is hold
ing a public hearing May 20
at 8 pm. in Room 500, Dis
trict Building, on the pro-
posal of Congress m a n
Schwengel (H. r. 6125) to
have a separate school budg-
ct for the D. C. school sys-
tenn.
We think this hearing,
which has as its main pur-
pose focusing attention on
school needs, will interest all
our citizens who will attend.
Most school systems in other
communities have separate
school budgets, but they also
have separate sources of rev.
enue, especially "ear-marked"
for the purpose and their
own sources of borrowing.
How is all this to be fl
nanced when income and real
estate taxes are so high al
ready? We suggest a sepa-
rate annual Federal pay
ment, appropriated by Con-
gress specifically for the
schools, measured by need in
stead of trimming the school
budget to fit the revenues
available - supplemented by
necessary borrowing for
school construction.
Gilbert Hahn, jr.,
Chairman, G. o. P. Sub
committee for D. c. Schools.
Evening star., 1963-05-18
McNomoro's Imoqe

Much as we have disapproved Of his
action in dumping Admiral Anderson
overheard, Secretary of Defense McNa-
mara'S public image remains good one.
He Is seen as the first Secretary to take
a firm hold on the Defense Department,
the first to keep the Squabbling services
in line and the initiator of many impor-
tant reforms. He is doing a good job
and he deserves public praise.
But according to our man in the
Pentagon, Richard Fryklund, Mr.. McNa-
mara's image as seen from the point Of
view of the service people is not so good.
Mr.. Fryklund reported yesterday that
soldiers and their families picture the
secretary as a cold individual who is
fascinated by numbers and equipment
but little interested in the problems of
individuals pay, promotions, trans
fers, public statements Of appreciation
and so forth.
Some Defense officials are worried
about the image, and Mr.. Mcnamara
should be worried, too. The image can
create real morale problems, and morale
lido plONCu AlAoGO1lCdlAJ w VIC AlPOA InAAO
to military efficiency.
Mr.. Mcnamara should take steps to
improve his image with the service peo-
pie. He himself has said he intends to
be the leader of the Defense establish
ment, not just its supervisor. Since the
law does give the power of leadership to
the Secretary of Defense, at the expense
of traditional service leaders, this makes
sense. Mr.. Mcnamara will do more
effective job, however, if he uses some
of the traditional military leadership
techniques.
We do not suggest any inSincere
gestures or anything massive like new
Office of Morale Management. We do
urge Mr.. Mcnamara and his aides to
make a greater effort to visit soldiers
in the field, to praise them publicly for
jobs we'll done and to sympathize
promptly with their families when trag-
edy strikes-as in the case Of the
ThreSher. We urge Mr.. Mcnamara to
move faster on pay, housing and pro-
motion reforms.
The fact is, good leader thinks
first of his men. Perhaps Mr.. Mcnamara
does this now. If so, he should show his
men that this is the case.
Evening star., 1963-05-18
Advocate Home Rule

District residents are ex-
perieneing the strange sensa-
ton of being courted by both
political parties in prepara-
ton for the presidential vote
next year.
It is a wonderful feeling to
have the respect accorded by
the right Of franchise; but
this is tempered by the
knowledge that we do not
yet have home rule. Half
a loaf is better than none,"
so the saying goes; but it can
scarcely be called an ade-
quate diet, particularly when
it is passed out only once
every four years!
On April 3, President Ken
nedy again urged Congress to
act on home rule. The meas
ure which he proposes is cer-
tainly reasonable enough, 1t
would seem, yet the outlook
for passage appears as re-
mote as ever.
Like all other residents Of
Washington who respect law
and order, we are appalled,
by the high rate of crime and
acts of violence. We are con-
stantly being reminded that
we should assume more re-
sponsibility in solving our
problems.
This is like asking a man
with a straitjacket on to
unite a knot. If Washington
is to become a safe, decent
city to live in, the burden of
responsibility lies not only
with the residents Of the Dis
trict, but with Congress which
must recognize its role in
perpetuating second class
citizenship, for without the
right to govern ourselves
there is no incentive for ac-
ton. Continued Congressional
contempt for the people OF
Washington means only a
further sowing of the seeds
Of racial discord.
We are ready, willing anc
able to meet our RESPONSE
bilities. AS Winston Church
Ill said, "Give us the tools tC
work with and we will finish
the job" Home rule may no
be the total answer, but Il
will certainly go a long way
towards solving the problem
Mrs. Charles M. Jackson,
President, Metropolit
Women's Democratic Club
Mrs. DeLong Harris,
President. Barrister Wives.
Evening star., 1963-05-18

tional Committee, while de-
claring his belief that the
Republican nominee for
President will win election
next year, whoever he may be.
also said the Senator Gold
water 'is very popular in the
South and always has been.
The Senator has done yeo-
man service for the party in
that region and has many
friends"
A Look At the Votes
Should the delegates from
the IL States of the old South
vote for the nomination of
Senator Goldwater for Pres
ident. he would have a tidy
bloc Of 279 votes. Add to
these votes those of the bor-
der States-Kentucky, Mary
land, Missouri. Oklahoma,
and West Virginia-104 in
all-and you would have 1888
delegate votes for the SEN
ator. This total would be Just
272 votes short of the ex-
pected 655 majority in the
national convention required
to nominate. These figures
are based on a preliminary
estimate of delegate strength
made by the Republican Ma
tional Committee, which will
likely become the official
count. The total number of
delegates at the convention
will be 1903.
Goldwater = or President
sentiment is by no means
confined TO the Southern and
border States. According to
reports from the Middle
West, the Mountains States
and the West Coast, Senator
Goldwater will have real
strength in those areas, not
only for the nomination but
in the election itself. Repub-
licans in the big States tpop-
ulationwise) of the East are
not beyond the sphere of
Goldwater enthusiasm. One
thing appears certain-if
Senator Goldwater should be
the G. o. P. nominee, there
would be plenty of financial
support for his campaign.
In the East, certainly un-
til recently, there has been
plenty of support for a Rookie
feller- Goldwater ticket, with
the New York Governor as
the presidential nominee and
the Senator for Vice Presi-
dent. The theory has been
that such a ticket would
unite the wings of the Re-
publican Party. The difficult
ty, so far as the bigwigs in
the party in the East are con-
cerned, will be to convince
them that the Arizonan has
a real chance to win. They
see union labor lined up
against him and the mil
lions of recipients of Federal
subsidies. But these are
groups who might oppose
any Republican candidate
against President Kennedy.
In this space age when
anything can happen, the
G. o. P. could reach out for
another here for its stand
ard bearer-Col. John H.
Glenn, United States Ma
rines, the first American to
orbit the earth.
Evening star., 1963-05-18
THE POLITICAL MILL
Solid South for GoIdwoter
By GOULD LINCOLN

The pressures on Senator
Barry Goldwater Of Arizona
to become q fullfledged
candidate for the Republican
nomination for President
continue to build up. Some
of the politically astute
supporters of the Arizona
Senator. however, are throw
ing in a word of advice on
the matter Of timing" They
feel there should be no pre-
mature effort to make the
Senator a front-runner for
the nomination; that If the
Arizonan, who comes from
a State with a small electoral
vote, is to become the party
standard bearer, the ac-
complished fact will come as
result Of a great swell Of
sentiment at the right time.
Senator Goldwater himself
has never admitted he is or
will become a candidate for
President, nor in all like
lihood will be before the
first Of next year-if then.
Nevertheless, it is going to
be mighty difficult to slow
down Ito a moderate pace)
the Goldwater enthusiasts.
Senator Goldwater's name,
far more widely known to
Republicans and Democrats
alike throughout the coun-
try than that Of any other
Republican besides Gov.
Rockefeller Of New York,
Former Vice President Nixon,
and, Of course Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower, has become a
rallying cry for conservatives,
from New York to Florida,
to Texas and to California.
Early next week, National
headquarters of a Draft
Goldwater" drive are to be
opened in offices at 1925
Connecticut avenue here. Al
ready plans are in the works
for a big July 4 pro-Gold-
water meeting in the National
Guard Armory. with big name
speakers and entertainers to
take part. If the planners
have their way. it will be a
spectacular"
Enthusiasm Spreads
This Goldwater sentiment
has long since ceased to be
merely a passing phase. The
enthusiasm for the Arizona
Senator, which had its early
start in 1860 in some of the
Southern and Western noun
tain States, has continued to
spread. Horace Henderson,
Republican State Chairman
for Virginia, insists that If
Senator Goldwater were the
COP. nominee for President
he could and would carry all
the States of the South-the
old Solid South" and the
border States" Furthermore
he is confident that when the
Republican National Conven-
ton meets, the delegates
from these States will be
voting for Senator Goldwater
He expects the Virginia dele
cation to stand firmly by
Senator Goldwater when the
time comes. Lee Potter
former Virginia Republican
State Chairman and now
director of the Southern Di-
vision of the Republican Ma
Evening star., 1963-05-18
Irish Stew

When I was reading your
editorial Mrs. Murphy's
Chowder" I had to glance up
to make sure / was really
reading The Star. 1t is far
below the standards OF your
paper in my estimation. 1t
is not only an insult to the
Irish race but 10 all OF our
morally responsible citizens.
Mary J. Tatspauch.
Evening star., 1963-05-18
Explains School Grant

Howard Gill OF American
University is reported to have
testified before the House
Education and Labor SUBJ
committee that a grant Of
$4,000 was made ito the
School of Criminology in the
University Of Southern Illi-
nois, a school which he said
has not been organized. He
said the grant for training
workers was made after a
dean had been named but
before any faculty was Sc
cured"
Prof. Gill was undoubtedly
referring to the Center for
the Study of Crime, Delin-
duency and Corrections at
Southern Illinois University,
the only fully accredited uni
versity in southern Illinois.
For many years the univer-
sity has recognized and ac-
cepted the responsibility to
identify and help solve the
social, economic and cul-
tural problems which foster
youth unemployment, delin-
quency, and waste Of human
resources. In line with this
commitment, the trustees in
June, 1861, approved the es-
tablishment of this center
after nearly two years Of
study and planning by a fac
ulty committee drawn from
several departments on the
campuses of the university at
Carbondale and East st.
Louis.
The function of the CEN
ter is to serve as a focal
point for concentrating the
total resources of the univer-
Sity for an accelerated attack
on the causes of crime and
delinquency.
A director was appointed
December /, 1861. An as
sistant director, trained in
criminology, was selected
from the faculty Of the uni
versity and assigned to the
center, as the first step in
staff recruitment. The de-
velopment of courses In close
coordination with existing
departments began imme-
diately and teaching started
in January, 1862. Confer
ences were held across a
broad spectrum Of academic
departments within the uni
verSity as the center assumed
its responsibility for coordi-
mating the university's re-
sources. 1t became imme-
diately evident that the uni
versity had ample resources
to undertake a broad scale
program for training in the
fields Of delinquency preven-
ton, control and corrections.
Subsequently, the univer-
sity proposed a three-year
training project at a cost Of
$283,000 of which the uni
versity participation cost is
$l0l,000. The proposal was
intended to sharply acceler-
ate implementation Of the
university's commitment.
I hope this will set the rec
ord straight on Southern Ill
inois University and the cir
cumstances under which the
grant was applied for and re-
ceived.
Myrl Z. Alexander,
Director, Center for Study
Of Crime, Delinquency and
Corrections, Southern Illi-
nois University, Carbon
date, Ill.
Evening star., 1963-05-18
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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Evening star., 1963-05-18

been achieved, we may look
forward to seeing greater
unity of purpose among the
four leaders of the three geo.
graphically aligned islands Of
the Greater Antilles.
John r. Adams Jr,