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The chronicle., 1963-12-02
A~ccrediting Of
Ole Miss Hangs
In The Balance

MEMPHIS (UPI)-The South
ern Association Of Colleges and
Schools will decide this week
whether political Intervention at
the University of Mississippi
during the Indignation riots will
cost the School-and other Mis-
sissippi state-supported colleges
their generalization.
The association, accrediting
agent for Southern schools, also
will decide how to set about
granting full membership to
Negro high schools which, until
now, have only been approved
by the group.
The University of Mississippi
has been under study by the
associations commission on col
legeS since last fall when Gov.
Ross Barnett and university Of
ficials claShed over the admis-
sion of Negro James Meredith.
The study is to determine if
the associations strict rule Of
academic freedom without poll
ical meddling is being violated.
Institutions under the control
of the State College Board
which could be affected by the
decision include-in addition to
Ole MiSs-MisSisSippi State Uni
versity, the University of South
ern Mississippi at Hattiesburg,
Mississippi State College for
Women at Columbus, and Delta
State College at Cleveland.
Negro colleges governed by
the board are Alcorn AIM at
Lorman and Jackson State Col
lege at Jackson.
An association spokesman
said the group may take one of
three courses:
Lift the surveillance if the
association is satisfied that
there is no longer political in
tervention at Ole Miss.
Continue surveillance.
Withdraw generalization.
The latter action would pre-
sent a problem to all state
schools in obtaining grants, and
to students in transferring their
credits to other Institutions.
The chronicle., 1963-12-02

With $45, 900 reported as of
Dec. l., United Fund Campaign
chairmen are urging all solicit
ors to complete their canvasses
and report results to campaign
headquarters at the earliest pos
sible date.
With reports Of near complete
in-plant drives received from In
ternational Paper Co., Standard
Oil of Kentucky, Coastal Chemi-
cal, Southern Bell Telephone,
BVD Plant, Thiokol Chemical,
The chronicle., 1963-12-02
Crash Probed,
Plane Is Found
Neur Jackson

JACKSON (UPI)-A team of
Federal Aviation Agency Off
Gals begins an investigation to-
day into an airplane crash
which killed two Floridians near
here Thanksgiving Day.
The investigators arrived here
Sunday and were to visit the
crash scene today along the Big
Black River, 80 miles northeast
Of Jackson.
Killed in the crash Of a twin
engine private plane were ]. l..
Wylie, Al, Of Clearwater, Fla,
and Phyllis B. Clark of st.
Petersburg, Fla. Wylie, the
pilot, and Miss Clark, a nurse,
were en- route to Dallas to pick
up a heart patient.
Capt. Charles Smith, a CAP
information officer, said the
wide area of the wreckage indi-
Gated a mid-air explosion. He
emphasized this was only Specu-
lation.
X X X
Participating in the Civil Air
Patrol search for the crashed
plane from Pascagoula were
Capt. Louis Fortenberry, local
CAP commander, flying a CaSS-
ma 172, with John L. Rouse,
Walter Wade, Cadet Bill Knots.
They flew sorties Saturday in
a triangular search area from
Yazoo City to Tchula to Lexing-
ton. The local CAP meets the
second and fourth Tuesdays at
the Civil Defense building on
18th Street.
The chronicle., 1963-12-02
johnson Studies Budget
And Civil Rights Program

WASHINGTON CUPID - The
problems involved in next years
budget topped President john
sons White House agenda to-
The chronicle., 1963-12-02

can country.
Mounting returns from Sum-
days v%oting-in which large
numbers Of Venezuelans braved
bullets and threats Of pro-Castro
The chronicle., 1963-12-02
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Prices held generally firm dur.
ing the morning session and most
issues are selling near their best
prices for the day. 10000,
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The chronicle., 1963-12-02
Citizens Brave
Of Reds

CARACAS, Venezuela CUPD - Results of Vene-
national elections signaled a victory today for
the nations democratic forces and a smashing reverse
for Communist designs on this strategic Latin Ameri-
The chronicle., 1963-12-02
FORECAST

Mostly cloudy and mild today, wide
" scattered showers and turning cold
err tonight. Clear to partly cloudy and
rather cold Tuesday. High today ga.
low Tuesday SO. No rainfall v e week
end. Map pc. 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-23

M0r0oret Locke. Wellesley College.
Wellesley. Moss
ANSWER, We tiOHet Miss LOcGe's question pro-
UOoufiCe one, and took i 20 AdEGi Stevenson, US.
Representative 90 dte UN. Mr.. Stevenson:
ROunCs Is THE PBOPIE's BUSINESS, the most
important American business there is. The great
satisfaction of my life is that have experienced its
Joys its sorrows, and above all its exhilaration.
Indeed. as look back on nearly quarter Of
century spent in the turbulence of public service
and politics, would emphasize that | relished my
past political exposure even as now relish my
diplomatic immunity If you can call it that.
would not change many moments Of those years.
Frequently, however, am asked, but what Of
the drawbacks? What Of the criticism, the abuse,
the Misrepresentation that may be the not so
occasional lot Of men in public life? With such
annoyances = which have been with us, might
add, since the days Of the Boston Tea Party is
politics still worthwhile?
My answer Is drawn from my political faith -
or should say, my faith in politics. This has been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-23

shaped by my travels through this land Of ours and
strengthened by encounters and experiences with
citizens who, regardless of party or partisanship,
share with me this belief: Good government is ae
best politics.
Actually, my education in politics FIRST began in
bOyhOOd home where political issues and public
affairs were constant topics Of conversation; and
it began for me in earnest when my beloved friend
the late Col. Frank Knox, the Chicago newspaper
publisher who had become Secretary of the Navy,
asked me to join him in Washington.
Irony and GbsMrdiIy
recall Col. Knox gave me leave Of absence in
1913 to undertake at President ROOsevet's request
mission to Italy. There, in the midst Of the agony
of war, happened to read a news report about a
public opinion poll back home. II said seven out of
ten American parents did not want their sons to
enter politics public service. One couldn't help
being struck by the irony and absurdity. Young
Americans were lighting and dying in war for the
very thing their parents did not want them to work
for in peace.
asked myself, what better way to preserve the
peace when it came than by working to strengthen
the institutions Of our American life? Certainly, the
more successful our young people we're on the
battleEelds Of democracy the less would be their
chance Of dying on the battle6elds Of war.
II were to search for a turning point in my
life, one that resulted in my entering combat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-23

QUESTION. Politics Is one Of the
most challenging professions open 70
college graduates today. B'It many
people hare add me is one dat
offers CesU VesUards and ctaeH de-
HsG"ds compromise sCith ones PriH-
cipIes. Hoe True Is dis?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-23
What I've
Leaned About
Politics
Bv ADLAI e. STEVENSON
United States Representative the United Nations

Should young American today tackle political career,
a college girl asks who has had his share Of the
grueIng battles of public life says yes" and tells why
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-23

politics, would say that incident in Italy looms
large. feel il was decisive factor in my saying yes
in 1913, when some of my friends were kind enough
to ask me to run for Governor of Illinois, Most
assuredly, the reason was not that in the ninety
years before only three Democrats had been elected
to that Office!
IwOud say also, was not Iured by other hard
facts Of political life For most people, political
career brings U little recognition a. tenure that
is uncertain, 90 pay that is inconsistent with
private life, and (4) work that is hard and unre.
hitting.
But, l was to discover, such disadvantages do
not begin to balance the satsfactiOns Of career in
politics. The thousands of interested friendly letters
still receive from people all over the country; the
warm shake Of the hand by farmer, a IabOrer,
taxi driver, businessman - and it happens to me
every day. These are among the satisfactiOns that
make public life very worthwhile, and I recommend
them to all who want to serve their country.
A balance Of sGGieEaciiOH
The drawbacks, the annoyances Of politics are
the 6res that temper the steel Of our convictions.
In democracy such as ours, a man should be able
to inquire, to probe, to dissent without mourning
instant accusations Of bad motives, bad faith and
doubtful patriotism. But democracy is not perfect
in practice, and perhaps that is what helps make it
so challenging. II annoyanoes dissuade our public
figures from holding firm to what they believe to be
Evening star., 1963-02-02
oh, Boyr

Upon hearing the ruling Of the
United States Court of Appeals that the
five-cent fare increase awarded to the
D. c. Transit System in May, 1860, now
must be set aside" the chairman of
the District Public Utilities Commission
gave vent to an appropriate expletive:
"Oh, Boy!"
Chairman Washington was not ex-
pressing jubilation. He no doubt was
envisioning, with complete accuracy, the
legaliStic Snarl which in fact has enSued.
And what happens next is anyone's
guess Apparently there is doubt In the
minds Of the judges themselves, for the
court has solicited proposals as to the
specific judgment 1t should issue. Since
this decision strikes at the root of transit
rate-making policies, moreover, the new
regional transit regulatory commission
which currently is considering requests
for another bus-fare boost can hardly
know which way to turn until the dust
settles.
Surely the appellate decision is a
rewarding experience for Leonard NJ
Bebchick and Leonard s. Goodman, the
two young Washington lawyers who,
stimulated by motives which were
wholly in the public interest, spent
uncounted hours and dollars In con-
testing the 1860 fare increase. Nor are
they in doubt about the next step. AS
they see II, the court should Immediately
roll back the cash bus fare to 20 cents,
and order the transit company to place
the millions Of excess" nickels It has
accumulated thus far in a reserve fund
TO forestall future fare boosts.
Appealing as this prospect is to
transit riders, the actual outcome re-
mains in doubt. The majority ruling
OF the nine-member Court OF Appeals
prevailed by the narrowest OF margins
"a vote OF TO 4. And the major issues
which separated the judges represented
a head-on conflict over the delicate
legal questions Of whether the court IN
this instance was properly substituting
It's judgment Of facts for that OF the
duly constituted regulatory commission.
One thing, however, is certain.
Judicial procedures which permit
contest Of this type to linger on in
conclusively for nearly three years, with
all the chaos now resulting from that
delay, are unsatisfactory. Such suits
are not filed every day. Surely, when
they are, procedures can be developed,
and should be, TO hear and settle the
vital issues more expeditiously.
Evening star., 1963-02-02
Courageous and Proud
J. A. M.

Your recent news item
titled Blind Man Turns to
Farming, Tends 1000 Hens"
from Dumfries, Va, made a
deep impression on me. 1t
tells of the great courage Of
this man and his wife and
confirms my longtime slogan
that there is no law of God
or man which prevents or
forbids self-improvement.
Obviously this man and
his wife could have sat back
and let welfare assume the
burden of their support and
the support of their six chill
dren. but instead they availed
themselves Of the help Of
fered handicapped people by
the State Of Virginia, and
they are now self-supporting
and apparently very happy.
All honor to such people.
Welfare recipients individ-
ually and as a class simply
must come to realize there
is no substitute for self-sup-
port and self-respect through
honest labor-and 1t can be
done in this grand and
glorious land Of ours with
opportunity for self-improve-
ment ever present.
Lillian Sinclair Large.
Evening star., 1963-02-02
Exercise in Puppetry

When East Berlin workers demon
strated against heavier production quo
tas In 1858, resulting in anti Communist
riots which flared briefly in other parts
OF East Germany, there was little jingle
circulating in that captive country which
ran something like this in It's English
translation: "Goatee, paunch and spec
tacles, the people find rejectableS." The
target was Communist Party leader Wal
ter Ulbricht, who fits the physical de-
scription perfectly and whose popularity
among his own people never has matched
his dedication to the Marxist cause
however that cause may be defined at
any given time by those in power In
Moscow.
II is no doubt this unquestioning
agreement with the voice OF authority in
the Kremlin that accounts in largest
measure for Herr Ulbricht's durability.
His fellow East Germans may find him
rejectable, but the Kremlin, even dur
ing power struggles within its own walls,
has supported the little ex-carpenter
from Leipzig Mr.. Ulbricht is fast on his
feet, even II his image In the eyes OF
the outside world is dreary one.
SO II is not surprising that he has
demonstrated this flexibility (not TO
mention durability again recently In
the course OF an almost six-hour ad-
dress TO the East German Communist
Party Congress. Almost as II he never
Evening star., 1963-02-02

leaving Washington, Protes-
tant Mr.. Jameson was shak-
ing his head and muttering
to himself"
First. as a Catholic, I de-
plore the introduction Of Mr..
Jameson's religion into an
otherwise innocuous tale. BY
describing Mr.. Jameson as a
Protestant, Miss Beale
clearly implies that Mr.. Ken
nedy, by virtue Of being a
Catholic, has powers and in
fluences not possessed by
Protestants. Although I fully
realize that Miss Beale was
only trying to add an ele-
ment Of humor to the tale,
I feel there is but a slim
line separating Miss Beale's
little joke from the writings
Of others who see many do
nestle and international po-
litical controversies solely in
the light Of Catholic versus
Protestant.
Secondly. as a Republican,
I object to Miss Beale's re-
porting Of only the Colorado
snow making activities Of the
President. AS most everyone
knows, Mr.. Kennedy has been
giving the entire Nation a
snow job!
Evening star., 1963-02-02

had felt or spoken otherwise, Herr U1-
BRIGHT echoed the currently soft" line
Of Moscow'S Khrushchev In voicing no
new threats toward West Berlin or West
Germany, and in calling for fruitful
cooperation" between East and West
while speaking benignly about eventual
Identification Of all Germany. Red China
and Albania were assailed bitterly by
the East German spokesman, and there
was no equivocation in his pledge that
I'VE support KhruShchev with our COM
plete hearts,"
Mr.. U!bricht's heart doubtless is
guided entirely by canny mind, mind
that gives self-preservatio in office a
high priority. But, we wonder, how can
any people, even the wretched East Ger
mans, stomach such a monumental
phony2
Evening star., 1963-02-02

agree to end debate. For
many reasons such q vote
was particularly difficult to
obtain. Proponents of ma
jority rule to close debate
were advancing their propo-
sails. Mr.. johnson countered
with an amendment which
permitted the Senate to close
debate by q vote Of two
thirds Of those present and
voting. A majority in the
Senate went along with 1t.
Yet the advocates of major
ity cloture in and out Of the
Senate continue to beat their
heads against the wall in an
operation in futility.
Keeps Hands Off
President Kennedy wisely
has kept his hands off this
fight In the Senate. He for
merly was a Senator himself
and probably understands
that che Senate is not about
to change itself into a repli-
ca OF the House where the
previous question - forcing
an immediate vote - may be
moved at any time. Injus-
tices to minorities and to in
dividual Senators are now
held In check by the rule of
unlimited debate - unlimit-
ed except for the two-thirds
cloture rule. Too many SEN
ators understand that they
may be in the minority on
another day or another issue.
The Senate filibuster to pre-
vent a vote has proved its
value in the past, either kill
ing a measure that needed
killing or causing it to be
perfected by amendment. In
the House, President Kenne-
dy needed, he said, to have a
l5-member Rules Committee
to get his legislative propo-
sails considered. He said so
strongly. In the Senate where
more than two-thirds of the
Senators are members of his
own party, the President does
not have the same problem.
The Chief Executive has
tremendous powers to whip
members Of Congress into
line when he chooses to exert
them. The drive to give a
majority in the Senate power
to close debate by majority
rule would greatly enhance
these powers, and make Of
the Senate merely a rubber
stamp with all the power Of
government located in the
White House.
Evening star., 1963-02-02
Mars and the Atom,

Although 1t may be 1870, or even
later, before there is round "trip Amer
ican flight to the moon, our scientists
(and presumably Russia's as well) are
already thinking seriously about men
journeying to Mars, which is some IS
million miles from us when it is nearest
our planet.
This figure (the moons median
distance from earth is a mere 240000
mileS) helps to illustrate the tremendous
nature Of the idea of human beings
embarking on Martian voyages. Yet,
fantastic and unbelievable as it may
seem, the experts are confident that
such travel will be successfully under
taken in due course. They differ only
as to when 1t will take place and what
1t will cost In terms of dollars.
Thus DR.. Jerome WeiSner, director
Of the Presidents Office of Science and
Technology, has declared that man
to-Mars program Is obviously techni-
cally do-able," and he thinks that "be-
fore the century is out we will probably
have done it"-with an expenditure of
about $100 billion. At the National Aero
nautics and Space Administration, how
ever, some experts regard 1t as possible
to carry out Martian landing between
1875 and 1880 at cost of around $40
billion. All this, Of course, would be over
and above the many billions of dollars
being invested in the effort to send
Americans to the moon, and bring them
back safely, between now and 1870.
What may help to lower the cost and
hasten the day of mans first round-trip
to Mars is Project Rover-one of the
Atomic Energy Commissions most prom
iSing undertakings in the field of space.
In the words of Acc Chairman Seaborg,
the project will lead to the development
Of a great nuclear engine for Spatial
flight, and it is expected that the eff
cheney Of this rocket will be at least
twice that of the best rockets using
ordinary chemical fuel. An example of
the benefits accrued from this increase
in efficiency :. . is that in projecting a
manned trip to land on and explore
Mars, the gross weight of a nuclear
vehicle that would have to be assembled
in an earth orbit prior to the trip would
be only one-tenth that of a vehicle
powered by chemical fuel"
Project Rover is being conducted by
the Acc in close cooperation with NASA
and the Defense Department. If all goes
we'll with It, as expected, an American
landing on Mars may be achieved much
sooner than the date DR.. Weisner thinks
probable. The dollar costs involved, how
ever, are as stunning to the mind as is
the idea of interplanetary travel itself
Evening star., 1963-02-02
Proqress Downtown

In disclosing It's latest proposals,
the National Capital Downtown Com
mittee continues to emphasize that the
job OF rejuvenating the central business
and shopping districts should be ac-
complished primarily by private enter
prise. Indeed, in terms of new construc-
ton, 1862 was the most active year for
downtown private development In this
century. The prospects for 1868, more
over, are even brighter.
1t is becoming increasingly apparent,
however, that the authority to use urban
renewal powers downtown is essential
II that area is to develop to its fullest
potential. For this would allow dramatic
improvements in the streets and other
public places which would provide a
more fitting setting for the new private
development, and enhance the attrac-
tiveneSs of the downtown area as
whole.
The new "minibuS" which already
is cruising the downtown streets is the
start of carefully-mapped internal
circulation" system, made possible on
an experimental basis through a grant
from the Housing and Home Finance
Agency. The intent, when a full fleet
Of these little vehicles is assembled, is to
move shoppers cheaply and easily
through an area which eventually is
intended to become more the domain
Of pedestrians than of automobiles.
BY far the most exciting proposal
yet unveiled by the Downtown Progress
group is plan to completely redeSign
also as a demonstration of what may
be done elsewhere-the publicly-owned
portion Of street NV. between Twelfth
and Fourteenth. Essentially, it is pro-
posed to take two lanes of the present
street away from automobiles, and
convert them to broad, 36-foot sidewalk
OIL the north side. The entire street,
moreover, would be attractively resur-
faced. The expanded pedestrian areas
would be extensively planted with trees,
and fitted with benches and other
facilities for comfort and beauty. Sim
ilarly, the plan envisions the creation
and expansion Of courts and public
squares in other sections downtown.
NOllC Va OAlCoC puDllC improvements
Including the street "demonstra-
ton projects truly feasible, how
ever, without the resources of urban
renewal For that reason, the business
and citizen leaders In charge of the
Downtown Progress program are urging,
as their firSt-priority goal for the Coming
year, the enactment of the much
publicized bill which would make the
city's urban renewal law applicable to
commercial areas-an authority which
already exists in other cities of the
Nation.
Such bill passed the House without
dissent last fall, but begged down in
the Senate during the waning days of
the session. Happily, the legislation has
again been introduced in both houses.
It should be speedily approved, so that
the ambitious plans for more vigorous
and attractive downtown Washington
may proceed.