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Evening star., 1963-05-02

In 1856 a subcommittee of
the House District Committee
spread through the Nation a
TRADE against the Negro and
desegregation in Washington.
Not since then has any docu-
ment DETAINED more a race
than the leaflet on crime in
Washington just published by
the Citizens Crime Commits
sion Of the Metropolitan
Washington. At the same
time no such publication has
been more self-condemning
or self-revealing to intelligent
citizens truly interested in
the reduction Of crime.
It is evil to yell fire in a
crowded church even If there
is a fire. It is criminal thus
to cause a stampede If there
is no fire.
This beautifully printed
leaflet OF the Crime Commits
sion has on its cover in white
letters against a black back
ground Crime Strikes-Any-
one - Anytime - ANY place"
On the inside are reproduce
tions OF more than 25 head
lines from the daily press
highlighting hold-ups, rob-
berries, rapes and murders.
In the body OF the leaflet the
reader is admonished, Time
may be running out for you"
After reciting the laudable
purposes Of the Crime Com
mission as founded in 1885
Ito work for the people in
the administration OF Grim
inal Justice" in the next sec
ton with amazing boldness
II confesses a change In orig
inal purpose from protection
Of the public from excesses
OF police power" TO the solu-
ton Of "the current problem
OF the protection Of the public
by preserving the police
t,nuat ~ polina utatav hava
grown and thrived on this
ide0lnsy OF government.
Hence 1t is prophetic that
many leaders OF the Crime
Commission reject with the
Police Chief the Mallory Rule.
the Durham decision and the
law against arrests merely
for Investigation"
The greatest evil OF the
Evening star., 1963-05-02
Voting Registration

Federal employees who have
been denied voting rights for
years were encouraged last
month when President Ken
nedy set up a Commission
on Registration and Voting
Participation. This month
they should be encouraged
because the Court of Appeals
of Maryland has agreed to
hear before long the argu-
ments in another significant
case about the meaning Of the
United States Constitution
with respect to State proce-
dures on registration. In this
case, Roger and Williams,
Symbolizing hundreds of their
neighbors on a Federal reser-
vation, will again oppose the
Board of Election Supervisors
for Cecil County. These two
appellants in effect will petit
ton that the board be re-
quired to register them as
qualified voters in the coun-
ty where they reside and
participate regularly as
Maryland taxpayers. Attor-
neys from the American Civil
Liberties Union will speak for
the appellants in the Anna
polls court.
The participation Of these
taxpayers as first class
voters in all elections is GER
tainly needed in view of the
existing community problems
and the presence of some
reactionary elected officials. I
have wondered how these
reactionaries could cling so
tenaciously to outmoded as
poets of less representative
government, such as malap-
portionment in non-rural
areas and the unit rule sys-
tenn. I wonder, too, how they
cannot recognize the myth of
exclusive Federal jurisdiction
over citizens on Government
reservations, and the power
full principle Of equal protec-
ton for all citizens inherent
in the 14th Amendment of
the United States Constitu-
tion.
Robert F. Duffy, Ph.D.
Perry Point, Md.
Evening star., 1963-05-02

document seems to be in its
distorted Interpretation of
our Constitution. 1t is an at
tack on our form Of govern
ment to suggest that there
is a growing preoccupation
with the rights of criminals"
and not to make it clear that
the constitutional rights of
criminals" exist solely because
otherwise the rights Of all
people would be jeopardized.
Nine hundred lawyers of the
Bar Association recently
voted overwhelmingly against
change in the Mallory Rule,
not to protect the criminal
but to protect the innocent.
Statistics and numbers can
be misleading. In the Crime
Commissions publication
hysteria is famed by the
statement that there were
"3,0l0 citizens assaulted In
the District Of Columbia by
vicious hoodlums in 1892"
The fact is that this figure
includes assaults not by "vici-
GUS hoodlums" but in fights
between man and wife,
among disagreeing compan-
ions. etc. The actual figure
for street attacks is l.525, the
difference being attacks in
homes, public places, etc. But
even II the figure Of 1910
were correct, with a popula-
ton Of 100000. 783,000 men,
women and children or more
than 99la% Of the popula-
ton went daily about their
work and play without street
attacks. This is a different
picture from the Crime Com
missions image Of Washing
ton. This makes suspect the
solution OF the Chairman OF
the Crime Commission, a
former d. c. Commissioner
that every citizen carry a
cane as protection against
vicious hoodlums. This solu-
tion suggests TO the world
that Washington is now a
jungle and people must arm
and protect themselves.
Crime has been with us
since Cain murdered Abel
and will be with us forever.
Our Job is 10 reduce II. The
Evening star., 1963-05-02

Jack Bells point that DEM
ocrats are using guile" to
try to "outfox' Republicans
trying to hold the line on
Federal spending has seemed
rather obvious to many Of us.
But what about a "politi-
cal formula" of having their
party-controlled committees
increase" a bill $40 million
or so in order that they can
later sponsor a proposal to
reduce the same bill back
to the original level when il
comes to a vote? And if they
get undeserved credit fol-
cutting" such bills, is it
really just Republicans they
would be trying to "outfox,"
or the general public?
Certainly there is no excuse
for Democrats having to re-
sort to roundabout tactics
to get legislation passed
With their overwhelming ma
jority in both houses of Con-
gress. they could pass any
bill they wanted all on Their
own.
If they really believe spe-
cific legislation is in the best
interests of our country why
can't they just come right
out and openly 'ote for il
without all this political ma
neuvering? Or, as Senator
Goldwater recently suggested
do some of our liberal
leaders really think thai
most Of us are just "toC
dumb" to understand what's
what anyway?
Lila ID. SOnnemann.
Evening star., 1963-05-02
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSa-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only iDhen accom- :
panied by self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1963-05-02

press conference fest Is fin
ished and the TV lamps are
turned off, very little has
been done to feed the multi
tude, except with a few
scraps of surface news. We
are being done to death by
too much superficial treat
ment of news. Yet. there are
purists who say that it is very
wrong indeed to interpret or
report in depth because to do
so brings the reporters mind
into it, and, therefore, rem
ders such news suspect. There
are a shocking number Of
persons whose idea about
news seems to be that it
should be shallow as a brook
and. presumably, should
babble like one.
The President-any Presi-
dent-who attempts to hold
non attribution background
sessions in which reporters
may have in some detail
what is being discussed and
planned about some measure
vitality important to the
whole Nation finds himself
criticized for managing the
news or for playing favorites.
Both Presidents and Cover
nors turn in a sort Of despair
to trusted newsmen who can
and will do interpretive stories
in depth so that the public
interest may be served. That
there are news stories which
cannot be handled like q
murder story Is undenied.
The newspaperman must de-
eide what his responsibilities
are to his paper. himself. and
the country.
Little Depth Seen
Meanwhile, no person seri-
ously may argue that the
American people are we'll in
formed. They daily receive a
flood Of words written and
spoken, but again. about 90
per cent OF 1t is headline or
bulletin material.
We continue TO applaud
politicians and civic club
speakers who demand that
the President tell US what his
Cuban policy Is. when all
along we really must know II
would be folly for him TO re-
veal II TO his and our enemies.
From the beginning he has
said the Nations security Is
his first priority. At one time
he took us TO the edge OF
nuclear war In Cuba and he
will do It again II necessary.
Meanwhile. we most urgently
need some device 10 replace.
or at least amplify, the press
conference so that II can in
some measure enable the poll
tical leadership OF the Ma
ton and the States 10 inform
the people about their prob
lens and that OF government.
tAll Rlshts Reserved
Evening star., 1963-05-02
THE POLITICAL MILL
Justice for Retired Officers
By GOULD LINCOLN


act for recomputation. Presi-
dent Kennedy committed
himself to the principle OF
recomputation Of retired mil
itary pay during his 1860
campaign. and Secretary OF
Defense Mcnamara recon-
mended that the bill now re-
ported to the House allow
recomputation on the basis
Of the 1858 act.
Three members Of the
House committee, Represent
atives Bob Wilson and Charles
S. Gubser Of California, and
Charles E. Chamberlain OF
Michigan, submitted views
in the committee report on
this subject, declaring that:
This bill contains a major
inconsistency. While purport-
ing to encourage competent
members Of our armed serv-
ices to make lifetime careers
Of the military service, 1t
breaks faith with those who
have already devoted their
lives to the service. For more
than q hundred years 1t has
been traditional that retired
military pay be based on ac-
tive duty pay" 1t has been
rs per cent Of the active pay.
They maintained that every
man on active duty and on
the retired rolls has been
told by recruiting officials
that his retired pay would be
based upon active-duty pay
scales. They continued: 1--WE
all know fringe benefits. in
cluding retired pay, have al
ways been offered as an in
ducement for servicemen to
accept less money in the mil
itary than they would receive
in civilian life. We believe it
is out of character for the
United States Government to
make a promise and then not
keep it. We do not believe
that budgetary considerations
can replace morality"
Reversal Of Fact
These committee members
insisted that it is a common
error to state that the mill
tary retiree does better than
his civil service counterpart.
This, they said, is not true.
but a reversal Of the fact.
They pointed out that the
military man has In reality
contributed to his retirement
through acceptance Of sub
standard wages based on
compatibility tables. One OF
the arguments raised by some
members Of Congress against
the recomputation principle
in figuring retired pay is that
civil service employes-mem-
berS Of Congress themselves
make regular contributions
out Of their salaries - to
their retirement pensions.
An amendment to correct
the injustice of 1858" will
be offered by Mr.. Gubser
when the military pay bill
comes before the House. The
amendment will propose, too.
that the principle of re
computation" for retired pay
be extended - but not per-
manently - although he be-
lieves it should be, instead of
increases on the cost Of liv-
ing" principle.
Evening star., 1963-05-02

County are also particularly
able. I do not question the
teachers ability to handle
80 to so students in q class
room, but as a parent, I want
my child taught and taught
well, not merely handled.
AS a teacher, I want to do
what 1 have been trained for
teach. AS the quantity of a
classroom increases, so the
quality Of teaching in that
classroom decreases.
Laura ROsensOn.
Evening star., 1963-05-02

an answering giant of high-principled
leadership at every stage of the battle.
But he came through when 1t was i'm
portant-and he fooled quite few peo-
pie in the process.
This new law needs to be followed
up by the Legislature. And it needs to be
watched closely. But it is a start
Evening star., 1963-05-02
Our Vision Praised

This is a note to say how
great were your two recent
editorials, Just a Bit Phony"
and Time to Say No" They
saw through the liberal fog
just like the good OIL Star
of many years ago.
Ronald H. Harner.
Evening star., 1963-05-02
PEOPLE AND PROBLEMS
The Sterile Press Conference
By RALPH McGILL

In the state of talk about
managed news at the meet
ings Of editors and publish
ers, much of it irrelevant and
lacking in substance, nothing
at all was said about how the
political leaders and the
newspapers are going to face
up to the necessarily mutual
business of informing the
public and the present fail
ure to do so adequately. The
press conference rapidly is
becoming outmoded-if, in
deed. 1t is not already-and
an impossibly sterile mech
anism for the dissemination
of news, as opposed to head
lines.
The newspaper business
now is developing electron-
ic machines to set type. 1t is
obtaining better trained men
and women to write and edit
the news. but we must ad-
init that press conferences
certainly that Of the Presi-
dent and those by Governors
of large States with COM
plex problems-have become
an almost hopeless procedure
for really informing the Ma
ton and educating 1t about
its responsibilities to govern
ment and that of government
to them.
AS short a time ago as
Franklin D. Roosevelt's first
term, the Washington press
corps could and did gather
about Mr.. Roosevelt's desk
and ask questions. Even then,
the corps recognized that the
wire services. which served
many papers. should have
something more than an even
break in putting queries 10
the President. In our time
the presidential press con-
ferences fill a large audito-
rum. Television, properly, Is
moved in and demands an
equal share in asking ques-
tions. So do the better COM
mentators Of radio.
Hit and Miss
The A. p, U. p. l.. the New
York newspapers. and the
representatives Of the large
television chains are pretty
sure TO get a chance 10 put
questions. For most OF the
others II is a hit and miss,
by luck and by God sort OF
performance. Some OF the
queries are entirely local, re-
lating perhaps TO Federal
help for a bridge over Pee
Dee River or q dam in some
Arizona canyon. The Presi-
dent knows nothing about
these purely local measures,
and the reporter asking
knows this. What he wishes
TO do is put the President on
a spot so an interested Con-
gresham can follow UP.
At any rate, when the
Evening star., 1963-05-02

up O dividing line between
the pay Of military officers
who retired prior to June /,
1858, and the pay Of those
who retired later. An injus-
tice was done to thousands
Of men who had served with
honor in the armed services
Of the United States, many
Of them in two World Wars
and some in one such war
and In the Korean war. An
other opportunity to correct
this injustice win be at hand
when the new military pay
bill comes before first the
House and then the Senate,
as 1t soon will.
In 1858, Congress enacted
a bill which corrected q stu
alton whereby grades Of
lieutenant colonel and above
had been underpaid for many
years. But without warning
the Congress suddenly and
drastically decreed that all
officers who had retired prior
to June l, 1858. would receive
only a 6 per cent "cost of
living increase" in their re-
tirement pay. But all those
who retired on that day or
thereafter would receive
retirement pay computed on
the increased pay scales for
active officer personnel. The
6 per cent cost Of living in
creases for the officers re-
tired earlier were small. But
the recomputed increases on
the new pay scale ran from
$526 a year for lieutenant
colonels who retired June /,
1858, and thereafter to $4, 800
a year for retired chiefs Of
services. A colonel's retire.
ment pay jumped by 81, 900 a
year, a brigadier generals by
1,400, a major generals by
$1,000, a lieutenant generals
by 2,400 and a generals by
$1,000.
$4,000 Involved
More than $4,000 officers
of these ranks had been re-
tired prior to June /, 1858.
1t is estimated that approx
mately that number are still
alive and on retired pay. II
Congress should now permit
the recomputation of their
retired pay, the cost for the
first year, it has been esti-
mated. would run approx
mately $30.5 million. There
after, as the ranks are
depleted, the annual cost
would be reduced until it was
finally wiped out.
Over a period of is years,
it has been estimated, the
cost will not exceed 5000
million. In the light of our
annual costs for national
defense, running into hun
dreds of billions Of dollars in
the next Is years, this seems
little enough to right an in
justice to men who served
their country well.
The House Armed Services
Committee reversed the ac-
tion Of its own subcommittee
proposing recomputation of
retired pay for these officers.
1t ignored the fact that for
mer President Eisenhower
urged Congress to correct the
mistake it had made in 1858,
and on May IL, 1860, the
Evening star., 1963-05-02
End of the Lemons?

Quite a prospect, all in all.
Evening star., 1963-05-02
Crime Commission Accused of Race Defamation

Ronald H. Harner
Evening star., 1963-05-02
Foxy Politicians

Laura ROSensOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-27
Wife's Slayer
Faces Sentence

Robert Truesdale, jr., "a, of
the 1000 block Of Nash street
NE, pleaded guilty yesterday
at United States District Court
to a second-degree murder
charge in the fatal shooting of
his estranged wife.
The defendant, who will be
sentenced later, withdrew an
earlier plea of not guilty to a
first-degree murder charge.
Second-degree murder does not
involve generalization, as first
degree murder does, and car
ries a lesser range of possible
sentences.
Police said the shooting &C.
CURED last February 4 during
an argument between Trues-
dale and his wife, %, Of 409
Sixth street NE, over her re-
lationship with another man
and the amount Of support
payments which Truesdale had
been ordered to make to her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-27

the injunction, which prohibits
its pickets from demonstrating
on the property Of William Le-
Wits growing Belair housing
project in Bowie, Md,
Since the injunction was
signed August 16 by Judge
Ralph w. Powers, they have
been demonstrating on public
roads nearby. Pickets have
marched at Belair each week
end for the past month to pro-
test sales policies excluding Ne
groeS.
The injunction expired yes
terday and Judge Powers re-
newed it for another 10 days,
until September 5. on the mo-
ton of Mr.. Levitt's attorneys.
Fred Weisgal, CORE attorney
said in his motion yesterday
that the injunction suit Is one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-27
Strand Replacing CIemence
In Naval Observatory Post

Gerald M. Clemence retires
Friday as scientific director of
the United States Naval OBJ
servatory after SO years. He will
be succeeded by Kaj Aa. Strand
Sc, former chairman Of North
western University's astronomy
department.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clemence will
live in Connecticut where he
will be senior research associ-
ate and lecturer in astronomy
at Yale University. He is SIS.
! Mr.. Clemence has written
about astronomy in more than
so publications. He won the
Nays Capt. Robert Dexter
Conrad Award this year for
outstanding contributions to
celestial mechanics theory for
navigational and space tech
biological purposes"
Mr.. Clemence was president
Of the American Astronomical
Society from 1858 to 1860. He
is a member Of the United
States Committee for the In
ternational GeophySical Year,
fellow and foreign associate Of
the Royal Astronomical So
ciety of Great Britain. con-
sultant to the National Aero
nautics and Space Agency and
the Naval Research Laboratory
ana associate editor of the As
Economical Journal.
Elected last year to the Ma
tional Academy of Sciences, he
became director of the Physical
Sciences Division of that Or
ganization. He holds a DOCTOR
ate degree.
Mr.. Strand, his Danish-bor
successor, developed the Oh
inch astrometric reflector tele-
scope being tested in Arizona.
Educated in Copenhagen and
Holland, he came to this coun-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-27

He is president of the
International AStronomi c a
Union and is the author Of
numerous related papers. He
also holds a doctorate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Strand will live
in quarters on the Observatory
grounds in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-27

try in 1943 while serving as a
captain in the United States
Army Air Force.
Mr.. Strand, who has been
director of the Dearborn
(Mich.) Observatory since 1858,
is an international authority
on distances and motions of
stars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-27
CORE Asks
US. Court
Jurisdiction

The Congress Of Racial
Equality has asked that an in
junction suit against its pickets
at the Belair housing project
be taken out of Maryland State
jurisdiction.
CORE filed a motion yester-
day to move the suit to Federal
District Court in Baltimore
from Circuit in Prince Georges
County.
1t is the first action the civil
rights group has taken to block
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-27

in which Federal district courts
have original jurisdiction be-
cause "it is an action of civil
nature and involves a claim or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-27

right arising under the laws Of
the United States. to wit, the
First and Fourteenth Amend
ments of the Constitution"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-30
@ DIVORCE COURT.

Trial l Hour. An emotional storm GEN.
tiers around an innocent child racked by
conflicting demands of parents love-
q BEN CASEY.
Drama. l Hour. Calvin Rabbits" Ross
tStrother Martini, a chid-like man who
has become the mascot of the men at
the firehouse, is abducted" from the
hospital by his firemen friends tRepeatl
q PASSWORD.
Game. Allen Ludden, host
1870 "a STORY OF A WRITER.
Biography. Ray Bradbury. an American
science-fiction author, is seen as he
creates his strange tales Of the future
@ BIOGRAPHY.
Public Affairs. Dwight D. Eisenhower"
from his birth in 1890, through West
Point-to the presidency.
HOO q NEWS a WASHINGTON.
Color. Hardness. Streeter.
q FACES AND PLACES.
News Dick Morgan. commentator
q II Pm. NEWS FINAL.
Sports. Weather and area news. and
TV editorial
q IL pm. REPORT.
News. Weather, Commentary, Sports,
Editorial.
lilo 8 H0LLYW00D'S FINEST.
Approximately IVA Hours "Swine Time"
1886. Fred Astaire. Ginger Rogers
Ills q SITUATION REPORT.
Color. NBc Correspondents
1l:20 q WEATHER AND SPORTS.
Color. Beach. Simpson.
ll:25 q THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW.
VARSITY IL, uoairr Et,aefe. The rnnaadv
Evening star., 1963-01-27
APrs. UNFURNIsHED-vA. Ap1s. UMFuRNIsHED-vA.

ARL.. Henderson Hall area-Now
open, new air-cond. apts,. corner
s, Ode st, and Southgate rd.
LARGE EFFIC. Sl17-S122
z BEDROOMS Sl40-Sl4b
Rent incls. all utlls. and wali-to-
wall carpeting-beige or brown,
Res. Mgr, 524-3ba3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-16

would pay dollar, plus tip. And while
technically the final word on such
proposal rests with the P. U. c., Congress
additionally has taken an interest in
these matters which seldom, If ever,
has been ignored.
Apart from the delicacy Of con-
gresSional relations, however, it is high
time for the utilities commission to take
a long and careful look at the whole
zone-fare picture. Six years have passed
since the last look, and If the inequities
and paltry returns claimed by the full
time cabbies are anywhere nearly cor
rect, and can be proved, some changes
clearly are in order. We suspect, more
over, that there may be in all this two
sided benefit. Certain adjustments may
make drivers more available for trips
which they now do their darndest to
duck, and may even increase the likeli-
hood of finding>a cab in the rain, snow
or rush hour-when you want it most.