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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24

knowledgeable antiquarian
Henry F. DUPONT to advise
her on what should go in to
the White House.
She established the post Of
the first White House cura-
tor for the Executive Man
sion that was to become un-
der her q museum Of beauty,
antiquity and authenticity.
SHE ORDERED THE
FIRST White House Guide
book and established the
White House Historical Asso-
citation, chartered as q nom
profit making organization, to
publish 1t. And she arranged
for its sale to provide q con-
tinuous source Of income to
be used toward purchasing
more authentic antique
beauty.
She ordered the first cata-
logue Of the White House IL
brary and she established q
library committee to select
books for It.
She got well-to-do friends
to make gifts to the White
House, either Of q fine piece
Of furniture or the money
with which to buy o piece
already located. And she put
out the word across the
breadth Of the country that
caused contributions to pour
In. To stir UP this proprietary
pride in the m a nsion, she
conducted the first First
Lady's televised tour Of the
White House.
She had q special stage
built for the East Room and
established q series Of firsts
in the programs she and the
late President presente d
there. She brought in q
whole ballet company, an OPP
era company, the Shakes
peare Stratford Festival, an
act from q musical comedy,
and so forth.
SHE MADE THE WHITE
HOUSE glow with liveliness,
even at the hitherto stiff
state dinners, with the addi-
ton Of jubilant music from
the Air Force Strings, with
the elimination of regimen
tation Of guests to certain
rooms, with the desegrega-
ton Of the sexes after dinner
parties, with the use of both
the Blue Room and State
Dining Room for important
dinners.
She nitro due e d special
concerts for children, both
underprivileged ones and the
children Of friends and diplo-
mats.
She gave the first state
dinner at Mount Vernon and
had the whole National SYM
phony Orchestra play.
She, with the particular
interest Of her husband, in
vited to the White House the
names that make Americ a
great-not only statesmen
but scientists. poets, play
wrights, Nobel Prize winners
and so forth.
SHE STIMULATED THE
GROWTH of culture also by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
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her appearance ct galleries,
ballots. theater. and by her
interest IN and backing Of
the National Cultural Center
to which the President con-
tributed q very real effort
and momentum.
She redecorated almost ev-
cry room IN the Presidents
house except the East Room
and vastly improved the ap-
pearance Of each In 80 doing.
Not only did she leave her
lasting mark on the Nations
No. ! residence, but she add
ed to the beauty Of Washing
ton, particularly when she
stopped the destruction Of
the buildings around historic
Lafayette Square. The need
ed office buildings viii go up
but the historic facade viii
be preserved. And she initial
ed the redecorating and
beautifyin g program for
Blair House, the Presidents
Guest House.
She did all this and more
with the approval and adj
miration Of her husband. He
had reason to be proud Of
her. When 34-year-old Mrs.
John F. Kennedy walks out
Of the White House she viii
turn over to Mrs. Lyndon
johnson . monument TO her
taste and initiative that no
other First Lady who preced-
ed her has matched.
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Former PoIiceWonnonHere
observation-disclosures

johnson, because she comes
from the liberal wing Of the
Texas Dem ocratic Party,
with whom Mr.. johnson fire.
quently has been at war.
Although thought Of ma
tionally these days as some
what Of a liberal. the new
President has generally been
in his party's conservative
wing in Texas.
Judge Hughes appoint
ment was part Of the patron
age of Senator Ralph Var
borough, the States liberal
Democratic Senator, who had
been feuding with then Vice
President Johnson and Texas
Gov. John Connally, both
conservatives in the Texas
Democratic framework, prac-
tically up to the moment Of
President Kennedy,s aSsassi-
nation.
The latest complaint Of the
liberal wing was that Sena-
tor Marlborough. their hero.
who is up for reelection next
year, was being frozen out Of
arrangements by Governor
Connally.
Senator Marlborough was In
the motorcade q few cars be-
hind the President, however,
at the time Of the fateful
ride through the streets Of
Dallas.
Mr.. johnson, in any case.
rallied to the support Of
Judge Hughes when the Bar
Association attacked her ap-
pointment in 1861. He and
Senator Marlborough both Is
sued strong statements on
her behalf, one Of the few
times they have seen eye to
eye on an issue.
Judge Hughes first served
on a recess appointment
(good while Congress Is not
in session. in the fall Of 1851.
Congress confirmed her in
1862.
One Texan, commenting on
the Bar Association objection
to her appointment, COM
mented at the time: I'm
Texas, when you're both q
woman and q liberal. it takes
until SIS to be made q Judge"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
BY DOLORES PHILLIPS
star Special Writer

MIDDLEBURG, Va. - The
leaves have fallen over the
countryside In which Presi-
dent and Mrs. John ?. Ken
nedy chose TO build their own
first home. a home IN which
the President spent only
three official week ends,
barely warming his hands
at his own hearth.
And all the countryside
can do to pay tribute to the
tail. crinkly eyed man whom
they saw striding into
church, or being whisked
through the short blocks that
make up Middleburg, is to
cancel their vigorous life for
q moment. giving Up what Is
dear to them and what they
know to be dear to Mrs.
Kennedy's way Of life.
The Orange County Hunt
called off their meet yester-
day. and so did the Middle
burg Hunt and the Warren
ton Hunt. The hunter trials,
slated to be held by the
Orange County Middleburg
United States Pony Club, at
the Stephan Clarks' Boxwood
Farm near Middleburg yes
terday. were also cancelled In
difference to Caroline Ken
nedy, who Is q member Of
the club.
Caroline and her mother
beagled with pony club chill
dren only last Sunday when
members Of the club met at
the Director Of the Voice Of
America and Mrs. Henry
Loomis' Trough Hill Farm
near Middleburg.
Eve Fout, undoubtedly
Mrs. Kennedy's closest friend
In the countryside, said on
Friday There Is very little
anyone can say at the mo-
ment. We all feel terribly
sad for Jackie, (Mrs. Ken
nedy) and terribly sad for
the country"
Mrs. A. C. Randolph, Mas
ter Of Foxhounds Of the
Piedmont Foxhounds, in
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EXCLUSIVELY YOURS
Jocqueline Kennedy
Set Unusual Record

The hearts Of people all
over the world go out to JAG
queline Kennedy in her trag-
ic loss.
And as they do they think
Of the beautiful young wom-
an who seemed destined to
be showered with all the
good things Of life.
They think most often of
the smiling face above q chic
costume in a glamorous set
ting. They think Of her
windswept on waterskies,
suntanned on the deck Of q
yacht, candlelit midst the
soft French elegance Of the
Blue Room that she redeco-
rated. And they think Of her
trim figure in fashionable
riding toys tearing across the
country on q favorite mount.
It is hard to realize that
anyone with so much has
twice in 31a months had her
life streaked with the tears
Of deep personal sorrow.
First an infant son, then a
handsome, incredibly able
husband in the prime Of life
and with the top Job In the
world.
To someone who wondered
If 1t was politically wise for
the President to let her go on
the Mediterranean cruise
aboard Aristotle Onassis'
yacht. one Of President Ken
nedy's close assistants re-
marked. "She was so de-
pressed over the loss Of her
baby, the President was In a
mood to give her anything
to let her do anything that
would cheer her up"
To this same assistant a
friend had remarked, I
som etime IS wonder II the
President doesn't get his pro-
gram through, II the greatest
contribution Of his q admin
istration might not turn out
to be the contributions made
by Jacqueline Kennedy"
THE PRESIDENT
SOMETIMES wonders the
same thing" smiled the as
sistant.
Jacqueline Kennedy, whom
we. have thought of as the
gay, glamorous sportswoman
and hostess. leaves the White
House after "a months hav-
ing made the greatest con-
tributions to 1t Of any First
Lady In history.
She got a bill passed through
Congress that gave the
White House permanent mu-
scum status so that no gift
made to it could be given
away, sold or lost or left un-
cared for.
She established a Fine Arts
Committee headed by the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
Miss Baker
To Receive
Fashion Award

On Sunday. January s, the
National Association Of
Fashion and Accessory De-
signers, Inc, win salute the
internationally celebrated
artist-humanitarian, Jose
phine Baker, with its BEST
Dressed Woman" award on
the occasion Of the organiza-
tons annual luncheon-fash-
ion show.
The event win take place
In the grand ballroom Of the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel In
New York City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
Conference
Is Planned

Miss Mary Countiss and
Mrs. Kathryn Guth are rep
reSenting the District of Co
lumbia State Foundation of
Business and Professional
Women'S Clubs at the organ
ization's conference in San
Jose, Costa RIGA. The meet
ingS are being held at the
Gran Hotel from November
q to December /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24

the airfield, which by then
was heavily ringed with
guards, but persuaded a mo-
torcycle policeman to ride
over to the plane and verify
her mission.
quite q few people were
clustered around the plane"
as she arrived, she recalls
dtmly. II was taken directly
to the compartment where
the ceremony was to be. The
Vice President and Mrs.
johnson were already there,
and several Texas Congress-
men. There was a Bible
there. Someone said It had
been on the plane.
1.-THE Vice President asked
that we wait a few minutes,
because Mrs. Kennedy wanted
to be there. She came in a
minute or two, and I ad-
ministered the oath. It's very
brief, you know"
She knew the oath by
heart, Judge Hughes said.
Its similar to the one I've
administered to hundreds of
young lawyers. It's actually
much shorter than the one
I took as q judge"
Nominated for WEEP
The woman jurist's mo-
ment Of Vice Presidential
glory came at the 1852
Democratic National Con-
vention, when she was nomi-
mated to be the running mate
Of Adlai Stevenson.
Mrs. India Edwards, then
vice chairman Of the Demo-
cratic National Committee,
also was nominated on the
floor. But both women with
drew before any balloting was
held in order that Senator
John Sparkman of Alabama
could be unanimously NOM
mated for Vice President.
Judge Hughes nomination
was pressed by the National
Federation Of Business anc
Professional Women's Clubs
of which she had been presi-
dent.
The organization Of 100, 000-
odd professional women, g
nonpartisan group, also
sought the same year to
have the name Of Senator
Margaret Chase Smith placed
before the Republican Ma
tional Convention as a vice
presidential nominee.
But Mrs. Smith, who ha:
said she now is considering
entering next MARGINS @. o. p
presidential primary in New
Hampshire, withdrew before
her name was presented, tt
facilitate the naming Of
Richard NJ. Nixon to rur
with Gen. Eisenhower.
The BPW had no idea tina
either woman actually would
win her party's vice presi.
/ Dental nod, nor did Mrs. Ed
wards hackers think shl
would make it. But support
ers of the women thought tn
time had come when sucl
a gesture would further tn
political progress Of women
An Irony
There Is irony in Judg'
Hughes having been chosen
to administer the oath t,
her fellow Texan, Presiden
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
Miss Bowers
Is Bride of
Mr.. Liggett

Mrs. Fanny-Jane Smith
Bowers Of New York, N. Y,
announces the marriage Of
her daughter Jane Paris to
Mr.. Alexander Winslow Lig-
gett, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Al
exander Coventry Mggett Of
Litchfield, Conn, Washing
ton and Clearwater, Fla.
The wedding took place
yesterday in st. James Epis-
copal Church, New York.
The bride is also the
daughter Of Mr.. Thomas
Wilson Bowers. jr., Of Tue
son, Ariz.
She was given In marriage
by her grandfather, Mr..
Warren Prosser Smith Of
New York and Litchfield,
Conn. She is also the grand
daughter Of the late Mrs.
Helen Paris Smith, Mrs.
Thomas Wilson Bowers Of
New York and the late Mr..
Bowers. She is the greatniece
Of Mr.. George Carson Smith
Of New York and Of the late
Senator and Mrs. Robert A,
Taft Of Cincinnati, Ohio.
She was graduated from
Chaplin School and attended
Wheelock College. She made
her debut at q winter tea
dance In 1859.
Mr.. Liggett is the grandson
Of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Hamden Liggett Of
Washington and Litchfield.
Mrs. Aldophus Eugene Wat
son of Washington, and the
late Rear Admiral Watson.
The couple will live in
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
Ladies Board
Cancels Meetinq

The Ladies Board Of the
Georgetown University Hos
pital has cancelled a regular
monthly meeting previously
scheduled at noon tomorrow
in the auditorium Of the
School Of Nursing. Mrs.
John F. Kennedy is a life
member Of the Ladies Board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
By ISABELLE SHELTON
star staff Writer

9A-A 2AAAA AAAANA
Federal Judge Sarah T.
Hughes. who administered
the oath Of office to Presi-
dent Lyndon B. johnson in
q dramatic airport ceremony
Friday, says the act was the
thigh point Of my career
though q tragic high point"
There have been other
newSworthy moments.
The 67-year-old jurist, who
once was q policewoman in
the District Of Columbia, is
one Of two women in history
who have been nominated
for Vice President Of the
United States at q major
party convention.
Mrs. Hughes, then q Texas
District Judge and formerly
a member Of the Texas State
Legislature. was again In the
news in 1851, when President
Kennedy nominated her to
the Federal bench for the
Northern District Of Texas.
"TOO Old" Mt IS?
The nomination and sub
sequent Senate confirmation
hearing received more atten-
ton than they otherwise
would have because the
American Bar Associations
Standing Committee on the
Judiciary opposed her ap-
pointment, on the ground
that she was too old" at IS.
This was q switch. because
many had thought her too
young" when she became q
Texas District Judge at age
50.
The former Sarah Thigh
mans days as q District po-
licewoman occurred when the
Baltimore native took the
Job to help pay her way
through George Washington
University. She received her
LIB from GW's law school
In 1922. was given the uni
versity's Alumni Achievement
Award in 1857. and still Is
an active member Of Co
lumbar Women. an alum
nae group.
Waiting for Kennedy
Judge Hughes was at the
Dallas Trade Mart awaiting
the arrival Of President Ken
nedy for his luncheon speech
Friday when the tragic
shooting occurred.
The first she knew Of it,
she said by telephone yes
terday, was when the lunch
con chairman announced
there had been q mishap,"
and both the President and
Texas Governor John Con-
nally had been taken to the
hospital. Like everyone else
at that early hour, the chair
man said he did not know
the extent Of the injuries.
Ten minutes later the
chairman announced the in
turtles were Serious" Judge
Hughes said. and the lunch
con crowd began drifting to-
ward their cars. She over
heard on someone else's car
radio that the President was
dead.
By the time she got home,
q 15-minute drive, her office
was trying to reach her to
say an aide of Vice President
johnson had urgently sum-
moned her to Love Field to
swear In the new President.
There was no time, to
change her dress, but II felt
the brown knit dress I had
on for the luncheon was all
right" she said.
'Numb and Shocked"
She drove alone the 10
minutes to the field, too
numb and shocked even to be
excited" she recalled.
She had trouble getting on
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-10
County Affairs
COP 'Puffs It's Record
bv David Cahoon

1t is taxpaying time in Montgomery
County and the taxpayer can well wonder
what is happening to him. He is paying more
and seems to be getting less. The people he
elected are abandoning their responsibilities
to the Courts, and the major local govern
mental function, education, is limping along
without the fundamentals of an adequate
number of competent classroom teachers.
To compound the confusion the Republ.
can State Central Committee has gotten out a
slick brochure suggesting that their people
on the Council have actually accomplished
something 1t chalks up a pretty good score
Of putting by a con artist.
It claims credit for a tax slash Recently
taxpayer asked Council member why his
tax bill was higher than last year and was
told that assessments had gone up as a
result Of state action. The truth is that the
Council determines the amount of spending
and taxes are higher.
They claim credit for improving budget
procedures. The truth is that they applied
shoe store accounting methods to General
Motors production program. The proof OF
their failure Is that with extremely accurate
forecasts ON the numbers of pupils (S/1Oths
Of 1ss) they missed the need for classroom
teachers by q country mile.
The rest of the record deals largely with
studies of taxes, assessments, and roads
They don't claim to have done anything
about any of them.
What is most striking about the report
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-10
by David Cahoon

Is what it fails to discuss Apparently some
puohc problems are of no interest to the
Republicans, or they are unable to proclaim
any accomplishment even when putting the
record
At no point do they show the slightest
interest in our schools l don't care what
one feels about the nature of the school
problems, no responsible political party can
ignore this need of onefourth of our
people. The truth is that their representa-
tives have not ignored these needs, but have
acted in such a hamhanded way that the
party chiefs are embarrassed about it all.
The report Is absolutely silent about any
interest or accomplishment in the problems
OF law enforcement, conflicts Of interest,
economic development zoning, or planning.
Superimposed upon this completely
negative record is probably the highest in
cidence OF Court litigation on governmental
matters in the history of the county. Not
only is the taxpayer having to pay the costs
OF the mistakes and quandres of his elected
executives, but he must carry the burden of
the costs Of this litigation. He is entitled to
something more for his money. AS a mini
mum, they owe him decisive and fortnight
solution to the problems and toning down
OF their radical Interpretation of our system
OF government. We ought to be governed in
the first instance by our elected executives
ana representatives and not by court decree.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-10
From This Angle
From This Angle
Defense Of Dollars & Lives

The federal rules of civil procedure allow
an attorney to obtain information regarding
the case against his client. Edward Bennett
Williams describes this discovery process in
zone Mans Freedom" (Atheneum 1862:
Under these rules, found that l need
never enter the courtroom ignorant of the
case against my client. was entitled to names
and addresses of my opponents witnesses be-
fore the trial began. Even more important, l
could take sworn testimony from these wit
nesses who would be called to testify on be-
half Of my opponent. l knew what they would
say. More than that I knew their back
grounds. / had checked their regulations for
truthfulness and veracity, and the credibility
of their testimony in the particular case to be
tried had all this information because, in
the defense of property rights, the rules per.
nitted me to get it,"
Such rules Of discovery apply In civil
cases which may involve hundreds or thous
ands Of dollars. Where mans life may be at
stake in q criminal trial, such liberal rules do
not exist. In criminal cases the state should
and usually does search out those facts favor.
able to the suspect, for unless the state has
good reason to believe the suspect guilty, no
Indictment and no trial will take place.
Once the state has decided to seek an in.
dictment, the defense must try to find all facts
that VIII help to prove the suspect innocent
The discovery of such facts may require hir.
ing private detectives and other experts. If
defendent or his friends lack the money for
hiring such help, those facts may go undis-
covered and an innocent man may be con-
victed
When judge and jury have not heard
important information regarding a particular
case, as happened in the GilesJohnson case,
the effect that information would have had on
the verdict is not known. 1t can, at best, be
guessed at. When that missing information
concerns the character and reliability of the
two major complaining witnesses, as it did in
the GilesJohnson case, it is, indeed major
catastrophe for the defendants. When that in.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-10
GiIes-Johnson cose FinoIe

Three Maryland citizens will by appointment, walk
into the office of Gov j. Willard Tawes next Tuesday and
plead for mercy by the states chief executive for three OF
the states citizens.
But in very real sense the decision of the governor
in the Gies-Johnson will be act Of selfnter
est on the part the state to right grevous wrong it has
inflicted upon John and James Giles and Joseph Johnson
The state can never repay the three young men for
the damage it has already done to them during the almost
years they have been Death Row in the Maryland
Penitentiary for crime they almost certainly did not
commit
The trio pleading for communication of the three death
penalties to time already served will be the attorney for
the Giles brothers. the chairman of the GesJohnson De-
Tense Committee that has waged strong fight to right
terrible wrong and private citizen who on his own nitla-
tive uncovered amount of evidence that
shows the three awaiting execution in the gas chamber
are probably innocent.
Gov Tawes has full legal authority to change the
death penalties to the minimum sentence for rape in
Maryland which is only 18 months If ever there was
rape that deserved the minimum sentence the Giles
johnson is it. The law surely written for just
such
Almost the entire handling of the stands as
terrible indictment Of the way in which justice is sometimes
dispensed in Maryland And citizens should Immediately
begin to work on that major problem First however we
must see to that these three lives which would have
already been snued out had it not been for roots
citizen movement to prevent such tragic miscarriage OF
justceare saved Then must to it that the ends
of justice further served by communication OF the sem
fences time already served which is already more than
the minimum sentence for rape in Maryland
Then and only then must we launch efforts to see that
the administration of Maryland justice is improved that
the system achieves what is supposed to acheveequa
justice under law The Giles-Johnson hangs like pail
all of u.s. particularly the principals in the The
governor has chance to dspe the gloom which enshrouds
the fair of the state by letting in the bright shiny
light of justice and fair play He should do less than
commute the terms of John and James Giles and Joseph
johnson to time already served.