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Pans Planners

The Montgomery County
Planning Board has appar-
emily abandoned all common
sense in making its proposal
to run Route los to the Dis
trict Of Columbia along the
Potomac River Palisades. A
four-lane limited access d.
vided highway. the Maryland
version Of the George WASH
ington Memorial Parkway, Is
already nder construction
land in fact near compile
tion) along that very same
route.
In other words, the board
has suggested the construc-
ton Of the los Freeway
starting at about the same
point (the Beltway near the
Cabin John Bridge inter-
change, ending at about the
same point (the District line
adjacent to the c & o Cam
AID and running parallel to q
practically completed free
way. At almost all points the
two superhighways would
proba ably be within q few
hundred yards Of each other
with Macarthur Boulevard
running along in between) A.,
and they may even have to
criss-cross over and under
each other several times
along the way. Seemingly the
only difference between the
Two roads would be that
trucks may use 70-S but not
the Parkway.
Furthermore, less than a
mile north of this proposed
construction and approx
mately parallel to 1t, River
Road has recently been
widened and Is now q six
lane Superhighway from the
Beltway to the District line.
With the George Washing
ton Memorial Parkway and
River Road already so close
together, it seems incredible
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-06

There Is Q certain appeal
to the argument that III ev-
erybody else does It why
shouldn't WEI" I am not sure
that 1t Is the responsible
position to take. That urban
renewal procedures can be
improved with respect to
commercial area projects as
q result Of the GAO report
on Cleveland's Erieview pro-
ject has been admitted by no
less an authority than the
Federal Urban Renewal Ad-
miniStrator, william L. Stay
ton, himself. In q letter to
Senator Sparkman, chair
man of the Senate Subcom-
mittee on Housing, published
in the September IL Con-
gressional Record, Mr.. Stay
ton says, with respect to the
GAO report:
"The report has proved of
value In identifying some
possibilities Of misinterpreta-
ton Of our policies as to
classification Of buildings in
meeting our criteria for
clearance treatment and in
raising the question Of furth-
er written Recommendation Of
the efforts Of the local public
agency to explore alternative
plans. As m ention e d pre-
viously, we are further clari-
flying these provisions Of the
Urban Renewal Manual so as
to remove any possible ambi-
guities. We also intend to
reexamine our review proce-
dures and to consider any
additional measures which
may be necessary or desira-
BILE to assure careful regional
office review Of proposals
made by local public agen-
cieS."
I believe that a further re-
view by our Special Housing
Subcommittee, if not limited
In scope, will at the very
least reveal needs for more
adequate supervision, better
relocation housing assistance,
more protection for s all
businessmen and hometown
ers, fairer use Of eminent do
main powers, and much more
representative local citizen
participation and consulta-
ton.
The amendments offered
by Congressm an Dowdy
could be Q step in this direc-
ton.
William b. WidnaH
Member Of Congress. Seventh
District, New Jersey.
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Adoms-Morgon Setback

There is no doubt that the Com
miSSionerS' decision to re-check the
eligibility of the Adams Morgan area
for urban renewal springs from con-
Germ over questions which may be asked
about the project by the Dowdy sub
committee. And as disappointing as
this setback will be to Adams Morgan
citizens who have worked long and
aSSiduouSly for urban renewal, we think
the decision is right.
As Commissioner Duncan points
out, some of the original survey data
as to blight and Slum conditions is
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who was to blame for It.
was endangering the war.
In this co injection, some
comfort Il taken officially
here In the fact that all
three Of the top Catholic
generals joined In the upris-
ing.
The second American hope
Is that the new regime will
be in no hurry TO order popu-
lar elections. Washington Is
not interested in seeing q
political campaign, with all
its in-built divisiveness to a
country ct war. sweep over
Wet Nam. The United States
would be quite content to see
the new outfit maintain its
provisional character - with
power diffused am ong the
generals. For Mr.. Diem's fate
established the inherent dan
ger Of having all power con-
centrated In one or two pairs
Of hands as 1t was with Mr..
Diem and Mr.. Nhu.
win War Effort Be Aided?
But all this is mere prelude
to the crucial question: Will
the war against the Commu-
nists now be promoted or re-
tarded7 If it Is promoted
all, Of course. will be well. If
it becomes begged down by
disunity in Saigon, twin
disaster viii lie ahead.
Any failure Of the Ameri-
can military effort there
would not only lay all South
east Asia open to creeping
Communist aggression. It
also would bankrupt q wise
American strategy to halt
such aggressions by limited
commitments Of our own
forces cooperating with full
commitments Of local forces.
The alternatives to this poll
cy would be to submit to To-
cal aggresSions or to face
major war on the Korean
scale-or beyond.
Moreover. q collapse in
South Wet Nam could quite
simply, destroy the Kennedy
administration. Careful and
persistent inquiries have con-
WINGED me, for one, that the
United States neither or
dered nor directly particle
pated in the bloody custer Of
Mr.. Diem. But nothing can
alter the fact that Washing
ton long had been deliberate
ly shaking his regime-not to
smash 1t. but in the hope of
fb1ts fo,.nf,,r, hid. - -.
commodations with his Bud
dhist-led opposition to per-
nit the war to 60 full tilt.
Since America has helped, If
indirectly. to push him down,
the administrations respon-
sibility will be frightful If the
new regime ever abandons
the war on communism.
@ 1868
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Wet Nam coun

Although the Kenne dy
group has only been jokingly
termed the Irish Malta" the
successful disposal Of the
South Wet Nam leaders,
bloody Is 1t was. has earned
them new respect, and should
go far toward whipping into
line other anti Communist
leaders entertaining notions
Of victory.
AS Tito Is "our kind" Of
Communist (soon there will
be no other kind and Diem
and Nhu were not "our kind"
Of anti Communists, this,
according to Kennedy rea-
soning, was one Of the really
good coups. Alfred 8. Henning
This sort Of thing is getting
to be customary American
diplomacy. and nobody knows
where 1t all will end. It will
not end in any good to the
good name Of this country
abroad. The Shah, De Gaulle,
Franco, Macapagal, and Su-
karno must have their hair
standing on end by this time.
Joseph /. Puente.
While every good Christian
deplores violence and Is sick
ened over the violent news
coming out Of Saigon, I feel
constrained to point out to
Madame Nhu q Christian
teaching and Bible verse that
she should have been aware
Of, but obviously Is not, He
who taketh UP the sword shall
perish by the sword" Also,
when Madame Nhu comes
into our homes via TV and
the press and insults our
country, another Christian
Bible verse that the sharp
tongued m q d anne should
have known-but still does
not seem to-"A soft answer
turneth away wrath" The
eternal truth Of God is big
ger than Madame Nhu and
it is sad that she must find
this out in such q hard way.
Florence Hover,
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Answers to Questions
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. Are Mohammedanism
and Islam the same?-T. L.
A. Properly Mohammedan-
ism is an incorrect name for
Islam, the religion preached
by the prophet Mohammed.
The word Mohammedan,
meaning a follower Of Mo-
manned, is also considered a
miSnomer. The use Of MO-
hammedanisrn" and mo
hammedan" may result from
the false belief that MoSlems
worship Mohammed. They do
not. They worship one al
mighty god, Allah; Moham-
med is his prophet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-06

port Of Government subsidy.
as well, to someone's bigger
business. II the dangers and
human costs involved in such
q policy are not apparent to
The Star it Is probably be-
cause The Star has not been
the recipient Of letters from
those citizens whose homes
and/or businesses in more
than TOO COM unities
throughout the Nation have
been, or are being, threat
ened by urban renewal.
The legality Of taking land
for such purposes has, it is
true, been upheld by the
courts. within these same
judicial decisions, however,
have been found some Of the
strongest criticisms of the
administration Of the par
ticular programs, and espe-
cially Of the cavalier attitude
taken by local officials to-
ward the people affected. AS
a longtime friend and sup
porter of the urban renewal
program, I feel it is impor-
tant for Congress to take q
serious and critical look at
the policy and impact Of this
growing enterprise. We
should not confine ourselves
to the question of the mere
legality of q project, or of the
legalisms involved. Congress
has not provided clear
enough guideljnes to give
the courts reason to strike
down questionable a dmin-
tstrative policy decisions in
this field.
At no time has the GAO
taken a position against the
Cleveland Erieview project,
or against rehabilitation of
commercial areas per sc.
What the GAO report does do
Is to spotlight the problem
areas and possible errors not
only for Cleveland, but for
other projects Of similar pur-
pose as well. With respect to
Washington, d. c., it should
be remembered that every
State must pass enabling leg
islation to i'm plem e n t the
Federal urban renewal pro-
gram, and this legislation
differs from place to place
according to policy and need.
The House District Subcom-
mittee headed by Congress-
man John Dowdy, and Con-
greSs as a whole, have q duty
to act in the best interest of
the District as well as the
Nation, and not merely play
follow the leader"
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Nothing to Cheer About

President Kennedy can survey the
results of yesterdays voting with some
but not much-Satisfaction
Philadelphia was of crucial i'm
portance to the PreSident-So much so
that he went up there last week to
speak in support of Democratic Mayor
James Tate, Mr.. Kennedy's only effort
of this sort. The President carried
Philadelphia in 1860 by more than
$4,000 votes. This saved Pennsylvania
for him, which he won by 10000 votes.
This year the word went out that
Mayor Tate was in deep trouble be-
cause of diSaffection Stemming from the
racial situation. The Negroes thought
he hadn't been doing enough for them;
the whites thought he had been doing
too much. And in the background, of
course, was the Kennedy administra-
tons civil rights efforts.
The Presidents reception, as he
drove through the streets of Philadel-
phia, was considerably less than en-
thuSiastic. But he plugged hard for
the Mayor, and in the closing days Of
the campaign the local Democratic
leaders seldom mentioned the Mayor.
Instead, they urged the voters to pull
the Kennedy lever"
With most Of the votes counted,
the Mayor was clinging to lead of
$4,000. The contrast with the 100000
vote margin of three years ago must
be painful for the President to con-
template. But he has the satisfaction
OF knowing that the Democrats will
retain control of the efficient Phila-
delphia political machine, and this,
after all, was an off year election.
With Republican Governor now hold
ing State wide office, however, the
Philadelphia story is that the Demo-
cratic going in Pennsylvania next year
win be tough.
The voting elsewhere went about
as expected. In Kentucky, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor holds a
small lead, but that race is still in
doubt as result of fraud charges by
Republicans. The Democrat won in
Mississippi by yielding to no man,
especially his Republican opponent, in
denouncing the Kennedys The Re-
publican vote for their gubernatorial
candidate was respectable, but it GER
tainly was no herald Of an eventual
G. o. P. takeover at the State level
The voting pattern, however, makes
the State doubtful asset, to say the
least, for the President.
Elsewhere the balloting was more
or less typical of an off-year. Some
Republican gains here, some losses
there-nothing Of conclusive nature.
The truly significant test was in Phila-
delphia, and that result will receive
the most careful precinct-by- precinct
scrutiny by both sides. The ultimate
conclusions from this analysis doubt
less will bear strongly on the civil rights
pattern in the big cities and this, in
turn, can be expected to play Signifi-
cant role in the 1864 presidential battle.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry tDriteTs' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensd-
ton. Those not used IDiH be
returned only icheH accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
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A Hard, Close Look at Urban Renewal

AS ranking minority mem.
Der Of the Special Housing
Subcommittee Of the House
currently studying the urban
renewal program, I read your
editorial of October 80, Eek
perts at Work." with great
interest. I am disappointed in
the lack Of depth of knowl-
edge and concern shown by
your e ditorial writer In q
outstanding program of
such Importance.
Members of the minority
h ave be EN- advocating for
some time a complete review
Of a program that has COM
mitted 81 billion of the tax
payers money since its incep-
ton in 1949, and which,
according to present indica-
tons. will involve 50 billion
in further budget requests
next year. No complete ex-
animation Of the errors and
accomplishments Of the urban
renewal program has ever
been undertaken. The investi-
CATION now under way by our
Housing Subcommittee Is not
and should not be confined to
Cleveland, Ohio, or Washing
ton, D. c. The minority mem
bers believe additional hear
ings In the field are an abso-
lutte must, for only in this way
will we have an opportunity
to view first-hand the actual
results Of urban renewal. On
site inspection will give us q
chance to hear from those
most directly affected by the
operation of the urban renew
al program, in other words,
the people who have some
thing other than a bureau
cratic interest in perpetuation
of the program. We must
avoid, at all costs, any ap-
pearance of whitewashing, or
Of hearing only proponents of
this program.
The increasingly sharp crit
iciSm Of urban renewal is
not a result, as your editorial
suggests, solely of q critical
report of the Cleveland Erie
view project by the General
Accounting Office. Urban re-
newal Is at present moving
from its original purpose of
providing needed residential
housing to the rehabilitation
of the inner, central core Of
our cities. Whether we like 1t
or not, 1t appears we are now
using the Governments pow
er of eminent domain to take
property, generally from
small business, in order that
we can give it, with the sup
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THE PASSING SCENE
VIII the Coup Aid War on Reds?

A long night Of worry for
the future IN South Wet Nam
has settled IN for high Amer
lean policy makers. II any
jubilation was initially felt
here among junior officials
ct the destruction Of the gov
eminent Of Ngo Dinh Diem
with which Washington had
long been having trouble
nothing Of that sort Is any
where discernible now.
Instead, there Is Q morn
ing-after mood. In part, this
Is produced by genuine regret
ct the assassination Of q man
our people would, in fact,
have liked to see remain in
power II only he would have
got nd Of his cratic brother,
Ngo Dinh Nhu. Ironically,
American Ambassador Henry
Cabot Lodge had prepared q
cable reporting that Mr..
Diem seemed to be moving q
bit more our way on the very
cay the instruction was
mounted.
In larger part, however,
the air Of concern Is caused
by these new fears:
/. That super patriots"
attached to the revolution Of
the 20 generals which de-
posed Mr.. Diem may 60 on
killing and thus further stain
the new regime and raise
questions Of its capacity to
govern In decency.
2. That one or two among
the generals might conceiva-
bly, not be 90 reliably anti
Communist as the great ma
jority Is, and 50 begin what
above all else Is to be feared.
This Is some under the-cover
negotiation with the Com.
munist invaders Of South
Wet Nam so long fought off
by the Diem government
backed by 5000 American
troops.
8. That the new provi-
sional government Of the
generals. with Nguyen Ngoc
Tho as provisional president.
might become politically am
bilious rather than solely
concerne d with the war
against the Communists.
Two q. 8. Hopes
Mixed with all this are two
strong American hopes. One
is that there may now be an
end to the exploitation Of re-
ltgious differences In Wet
Nam-no more talk Of who is
a Catholic and who Is q Bud
dhist. Mr.. Diem, himself q
Christian, was endlessly ac-
cused Of unduly repreSsive
action against the Buddhists.
1t was this charge that
brought him down. Most Of
the generals Of his staff
Christian as well as Bud
dhist-became convinced that
religious turmoil-no matter
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A BOOK FOR TODAY
A Member of the Establishment
By DONALD MINTZ

THE MEMOIRS OF LORD
CHANDOS, An Unexpected
View From the Summit. BY
Oliver Lyttelton, Viscount
Chandos, frontispiece por-
trait; maps, $50 PIP. New
American Library, $3.50.
Since Americans take a dis
respectful view Of other peo-
pies royalty and upper class
eS they have been having a
good time at the expense of
Britain's S b a k e n establish
ment.
But the British Establish
ment is not entirely without
wits Of its own. Now that the
memoirs Of Oliver Lyttelton,
Viscount Chandos, have final
ly come out In the United
States, we may impartially
turn about and laugh with the
other side.
It was Chandos' fate to be
Secretary of State for the Col
onies from 1851 to 1854, a
period when the Labor Party
was blaming everything on
those Victorian Tories and the
rest Of the world was blaming
everything on those beaStly
British. And no one was more
heartily attacked than the
Secretary Of State for the Col
OnieS.
The Secretary himself was
imperturbable and unrepen-
tant. His account of the period
in his memoirs is equally so.
81 must now describe the
Maltese problems which are
amongst the most difficult to
deal with in the whole world, "
he writes. (Here even rapid
readers must turn on the little
voice in the head and endow
it with the appropriate ae-
cent? "The underlying rea-
son which makes them so in
tractable is that the Maltese
aspire to political independ-
ence and to financial depend
ence."
Of course the Secretary
must visit and reside in some
odd places, one Of which, in
ChandoS' opinion, was his own
office in London: 1.-THE room
was large and L-Shaped, fur
nished in the Cunard tourist
style and Lit by a number of
suspended spittoonS in copper
which are the modern version
of chandeliers"
Long Service
ChandoS' service at the
Colonial Office came at the
end Of a long and distin-
guiShed career. After World
War I, he entered business:
"The change from being a
guardsman and a brigade ma
jOr, under whose eye every
knee stiffened, to being a
clerk in the postal department
was marked"
He was not a clerk for long.
By the time of World War II,
he was one of the few dozen
figures of world importance in
the international metal trade.
When war broke out, he en-
tered the government and
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Intercom Needs
No Warming Up
BY D. M. DERWIN
StoF Special Writer

Available now is an inter-
com system that functions
instantly with no warm-up
waiting period.
The intercom system was
developed through research
with homemakers, builders
and office executives to as
certain their requirements
for a system that would meet
their needs. 1t is designed
with a low silhouette which
makes the instruments easily
adaptable for tabletop or
wall mounting. Offered in
four color combinations, 1t is
color keyed to suit the decor
Of any room.
The intercom Is engineered
to permit the master station
to contact as well as monitor
all remote stations, thus
making 1t suitable for two
way paging in office or fac
tory and for baby-sitting or
sick room monitoring in the
home.
A two-station system con-
sisting of one master and
one substation is available,
as well as a complete sys-
tenn providing a master and
four substations. Additional
substations may be installed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-08

don't overlook appetite APP
peal when you choose the
color.
Psychologically, certain
colors enhance the enjoy
ment Of food. Peach and
yellow-green are two such
extremes = the first, good
enough to eat" the second,
quite "distasteful," accord
ing to DuPont's product in
formation service.
Among light colors, the
most appetite enhancing hues
are peach, orange, red-orange,
clear yellow, and pale green.
Blue is fairly satisfactory,
but mostly as an effective
background for the display
Of edible products.
Variations among yellow
produce the most radical
opinions. Goldenrod yellow
seems rancid" to some
people: lemon yellow appears
more or less "acrid." Yellow
green tints are least desir-
able Of all.
AS to deep colors, brown
and tan seem best related to
foods. Deep yellow, with a
mustard or olive cast, is de-
cidedly undesirable. Deep
green and blue are relatively
appealing, although dark
colors generally are not as
appetizing as light ones.
Grays and blacks should be
avoided-too dismal.
Good interior paints, are
available in a broad color
range to suit any taste. But.
If you have a special color
problem, you can get custom
mixed colors at many paint
stores.
Incidentally, these same
rules on color choice apply
to the kitchen. But, in that
area, use satin sheen enamel
rather than a flat wall paint.
The enamel is more durable
under the moist heat condi-
tons in the kitchen and can
be cleaned easily with q
sponge and detergent to re-
move food splashes and cook
ing greases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-08
Architecture
On Display

The Mia m Elementary
School. Marion County. W.
Va. designed by Washington
architects, Mcleod 81 Ferrara,
is included in an exhibit Of is
contemporary school designs
on display at the Octagon.
1735 New York avenue NV,
through July 81.
The is designs were Sc
lected by the American In
stitute Of Architects CO M
mittee on Schools and Edu-
cational Facilities from 225
displayed in February at the
meeting of the American AS
ISOLATION of School Admins
traitors in Atlantic City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-08

for simultaneous commune
cation.
Laboratory and extensive
muse tests have demon
strated high reliability and
peak sensitivity of this new
intercom, the maker claims,
resulting from its four-tran-
sistor audio amplifiers that
produce a gain Of more than
IS decibels. Its switch elimi-
mates the need of a sep
arate "off" switch. The unit
reverts automatically to 'off"
when the switch is released.
The master station can
receive substation calls even
when off. A listening device
permits the unit to be used
conveniently as q monitor.
The entire system operates
from a nine-volt dry battery
in the master. No additional
batteries are needed in the
remote station. Conversion to
AC presents neither expense
nor difficulty.
Further information about
the object mentioned Gbove
may be obtained from the
manufacturer: Beta Instru-
mentS Corp, ZOOS Butler
street, Dallas, TEXAS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-08
Paint q Dining Room
With Appetite Appeal

If you're going to repaint
the dining area in your home.