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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18
SO Surge Seen
For Home Sales

Consumer buying plans as
measured by the Census Blu
reau pointed today to increased
purchases Of new homes and
household equipment in 1868
and an automobile demand
equal to that in the strong
1862 market.
Those were the estimates In
a Commerce Department report
on the first Of a quarterly Sc
ries of surveys Of consumer
purchase intentions.
If current plans are carried
out, the public will buy more
refrigerators, television sets,
clothes dryers, radios and the
like. The survey indicated
slightly more Americans are
expecting to buy new homes
this year than the number
with similar plans early in
1862.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18
Wagner Calls New Talk
In Newspaper BIockout

NEW YORK. Feb. Is (AP)
- Mayor Robert F. Wagner,
praised by a United States
Senator for a terrific effort"
to settle the city's 73-day-old
newspaper blackout. was to re-
sumo today the once collapsed
City Hall mediation effort with
publishers Of the nine closed
dailies.
Since the City Hall talks be-
tween publishers and striking
printers broke up last Monday
after II days Of meetings, man
agement has sought to negoti-
ate contracts with other, nom
striking newspaper unions
whose members have been idled.
Yesterday, Bertram A. Powers
head Of the printers union local
and its chief negotiator, said
MS men are not concerned by
the talks.
Strike in Cleveland
In Cleveland. Ohio, a print
ers' local is one of five unions
on strike against that city's
two daily newspapers, which
have not published in 81 days.
Mr.. Powers local went on
strike December 8 against four
Of the nine major newspapers
here. The other five closed
voluntarily.
Mr.. Powers said yesterday
that the three key issues hold
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18

ing up a settlement are auto
nation, working hours and the
contract closing date. He did
not list wages as a top issue
In the stalemate, although
printers and publishers were
last reported still far apart on
the money package.
A resolution adopted in Al
bany yesterday by the Empire
State District Council Of the
AFL-CIO American Newspaper
Guilt declared that New York
City's newspaper blackout els
not only a strike but a lock-
out Of employees by five news
papers"
ASsails Reporting
Charging that other news
media have failed Ito report
factually" on the dispute, the
council resolution said in part:
After the International Ty-
biographical Union struck four
newspapers the New York
Times, Journal-American, Daily
News and World Telegram ca
Sum the publishers Of five
others chose to shut down their
newspapers, locking out their
employees and denying the read
ing public their newspapers.
These are the New York Post,
Herald Tribune, Mirror and two
Long Island papers (the Long
Island r-Journal and the
Long Island Press"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18
BY NORMAN WALKER
Associated Press Labor Writer


MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Feb. I8.
Organized labor's high COM
mand indicated today it wants
a broad quick tax cut to help
solve the Nations unemploy-
ment problem rather than the
gradual reduction proposed by
President Kennedy.
Labor union chiefs here for
opening sessions Of the ALL
CLIO Executive Council said
they are convinced that the
President is right in pushing a
tax slash to help the economy,
but wrong In the method he
has advocated in Congress.
The union leaders lean in
creasingly toward the view the
administration should plug for
a tax cut that would favor
lower bracket taxpayers retro
active to January / and omit
for the time being accompany
ing reforms and loophole
plugging"
~ Reuther's Plan
, Walter Reuther, an AFO- CLIO
vice president, and head Of the
Auto Workers Union, called
last week end at a Washing
ton news conference for q $40
billion annual tax cut imple-
mented by the simple formula
Of granting every taxpayer a
$50 weekly tax credit.
It was reported that AFL-CIO
President George Meany plans
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Evening star., 1963-12-26
Disgrace at Sea

Although the survivors tell con-
flicting stories and the captain denies
all, it seems clear enough that many
crewmen of the Greek liner Lakonia
behaved miSerably when the disaster
struck. According to one bitter account,
corroborated in part by others, the
crew panicked, did nothing to help and,
indeed, some of them even pushed pas
Sengers out Of lifeboatS in order to
save their own skins.
By way Of contrast, the crews of
the rescue ships such as the Salta
of Argentina - behaved magnificently.
In the best tradition of the sea, they
risked their lives to save hundreds of
men, women and children. Presumably
there will be thoroughgoing inquiry
to determine why such discipline and
courage were lacking in the Lakonia's
crew. And presumably those found
guilty will be appropriately punished.
Their cowardice, in any event, has
already won them a large place of
diShonor in the annals of the sea, which
speak mostly Of the brave.
Evening star., 1963-12-26
Double Date

Like common counterfeiters, Lynda
Bird and Lucy Baines johnson are shad-
owed wherever they go by the Secret
Service. The difference is that the
counterfeiter, we trust, is unaware of
his silent companion. The Johnson girls
make no move without the assurance
that there is a watch-bird watching
them.
Teen-agerS Of all ages have been
Sympathizing with this situation recent
ly, pointing poignantly to the problem
of dinner dates with the watchful cof-
fee-drinker two tables away and eve
nings out with always the mysterious
stranger lounging in the lobby, strolling
in the park and hootin' at the nanny.
1t is poignant and we Join those
who send their sympathy to the girls.
But there's another angle to all this
and frankly we direct our pure envy to
the President and Mrs. Johnson. The
goldfish bowl of the presidency has its
drawbacks, but what parent of teenagers
wouldn't be delighted to have the Secret
Service in attendance?
Evening star., 1963-12-26
FrUstFdtion

Chairman Willis of the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities has
summed up the feelings of many people
in voicing sense of indignant frustra-
tion over the victory the Communist
Party has won here in the United States
Court Of Appeals.
The victory amounts to this: The
court has reversed Federal Judge Holtz-
off, who last year fined the party
$4,000 for failing to register the names
Of its officers and members, together
with other pertinent data. The courts
deciSion-reached unanimously by a
three-judge panel headed by Chief
Judge Bazelon-has sustained the Com
munist leaders argument that any such
registration would expose them to the
danger Of Standardization
Mr.. Willis, an experienced lawyer,
has called the decision fantastic" He
has done so for these reasons, among
others: (D The constitutionality of the
law involved has been specifically up
held by the Supreme Court (2) The
Communists can register through a non
party agent or attorney, and thus avoid
any possibility Of determination
And (3) another set of judges, on the
very same day in the very same court,
ruled that number Of Red-front or
ganizationS were obligated to file the
very same kind Of information that the
Bazelon panel ruled against.
These are rather bewildering facts,
and they lend strength to the position
taken by Mr.. Willis. Yet, in strictly
legal and constitutional terms, the
courts reversal of Judge Holtzoff does
not come as great surprise. Indeed,
last year, after the Judge had imposed
the fine, The Star suggested that the
Fifth Amendment might be invoked in
a manner that would persuade higher
tribunal to reverse him, and this now
has happened.
What next? After more than a
decade Of litigation, the Justice Depart
ment still can do number of things
to try to attain the perfectly reasonable
objective of making the Communists
come out from under the woodwork and
register as agents of an international
conspiracy. But the Constitution, judg-
ing from the Bazelon opinion, still oper-
ates, as The Star observed last Deem
ber, as both shield and shelter for
those whose one aim is to destroy our
constitutional form of Government"
Small wonder that Mr.. Willis, like
countless other Americans, feels fruS-
trated and a bit angry.
Evening star., 1963-12-26

about the deSirability of developing an
apartment plan" for the county. ES-
sentially, this means earmarking specific
locations throughout the country where
future high-density apartments OBJ
viously will be justified. In the past,
such planning has been carried out in
Fairfax only for limited areas. Three ad-
vantages Of doing so on a broad scale,
in order both to anticipate the legiti-
mate need for apartments and to help
prevent their construction at undesir-
able and possibly harmful locations,
should be apparent.
Evening star., 1963-12-26

1t was disturbing to note
In a recent news item that a
young man who was respon-
sible for a fatal traffic acci-
dent received a minimum
sentence of q few months.
It Is q wonderful gift If
one can have compassion for
his fellow human beings.
Neverth eless, the awful
slaughter on our streets and
highways necessitates q
change Of heart in respect to
those who do not accept the
responsibility as drivers. KILL
ing by the misuse Of an auto
mobiles, such as driving under
the influence of intoXicantS
and other flagrant violations
which place the general pub
lie in grave danger, should
carry the same stigma as
threatening or taking a life
in some other manner.
1t Is high time to stop this
condoning Of the irresponsi-
BILE with the excuse that no
harm was intended.
G. william Sim0nds,
Driver Education Instructor,
Wheaton High School.
Evening star., 1963-12-26
Against Culture?

Supporters Of the Kennedy Memo
rial bill here and around the Nation
have good reason to feel encouraged.
The Senate has swiftly passed the
measure, dedicating the National Cul-
tural Center to the memory of the slain
President and authorizing Federal
matching funds for its construction. The
Rules Committee has cleared the bill
for House debate, thereby avoiding the
danger that 1t might be caught in a
legislative logjam next year.
Only one sour note remains: The
diSgruntled murmuringS Of handful
of House members who seem unaccount-
there is something wrong with the cul-
tural project itself. Strangely enough,
the foot-dragging seems to be focused
among three Iowans-RepreSentatives
Schwengel, Kyl and Gross. What has
Iowa got against culture?
Actually, Messrs. Schwengel and Kyl
have in the past been rather pro-culture.
And one of the finest cultural centerS
in the country has been developed by
the University Of Iowa at Iowa City.
Perhaps the spirit of the holiday
season will act to soothe these disturbed
temperS. We hope so. 1t would be a
shame If a worthy bill, which has won
such high degree Of support at every
level of the administration and Con-
gress, were to be tarnished by dogfight
at the eleventh hour.
Evening star., 1963-12-26
Justice in Ghono

A few days ago we commented on
the quality of justice in Ghana. The
occasion was the firing Of Ghana'S Chief
Justice by President Nkrumah after a
Ghana court had been rash enough to
acquit three Of five men charged with
treason.
The two found guilty were given
death sentences. The three who were
acquitted were not released. They were
jailed under a Ghana law which makes
it possible to hold anyone behind bars
for the rest Of his life.
Now there has been another turn
Of Ghana's judicial wheel. On Christ
mas eve, President Nkrumah declared
the judgment of the court to be null
and void" Pursuing this theme, Mr..
Nkrumah declared: II have today de-
clared all proceedings and Judgment Of
the recent treason trial as of no effect
whatsoever. In other words, the judg-
ment Of the trial court is declared null
and void" a.
In the absence Of amplification, this
could mean that the dismissed Chief
Justice is to be reinStated and that the
two who have been condemned to die
will at least get new trial. But we
doubt it. Things don't work that way
in Ghana.
The more reasonable assumption is
that the two condemned men still face
execution; that the three who were
acquitted may be tried again, and that
the court which tries them-if they are
tried-will be presided over by a new
Chief Justice. One who, whatever his
legal qualifications, will be able to read
the handwriting on Nkrumah's wall.
If we are mistaken in this appraisal
Of the real meaning of the Christmas
eve message, it should be noted that
President Nkrumah also urged his sub
jects to drive carefully over the holidays.
This was good counsel Traffic acci-
dents may not be the worst thing in
Ghana, but they can kill people, too.
There remains the possibility that
we are not mistaken in our estimate of
Mr. Nkrumah'S latest remarks. If so,
we renew an inquiry: why in the world
does the United States, almost on
bended knee, go to such lengths in quest
Of the good will" and the favor of such
newly emerged" leaders as Kwame
Nkrumah?
Evening star., 1963-12-26
Congressional Redistricting

Floor Leader Of the House,
Dale Hess Of Hartford Co.;
the Chairman Of the Senate
Judicial Proceedings Com
mittee, Frederick Malkus Of
Dorchester Co.: and the
Chairman Of the House
Judiciary Committee, Tho
mas Lowe Of Talbot Co.
The last two told me that
If District / has to be en-
larged (and 1t does to be
conStitutionaD, they would
prefer crossing the bay to
adding Hartford County. The
MCC for Fer plan Of August
Is would bring District /
across the bay. This effects q
saving Of one congressman,
which, together with the at
large seat, enables Montgom-
cry and Prince Georges
Counties to have the separ-
ate seats to which these
counties are entitled.
The modified version of
the Mandel Plan has never
been considered by the Mary
land Citizens Committee for
Fair Congressional Reds
tricting. No doubt it would
meet with some favor among
persons in Southern Mary
land who object to being
placed with the Eastern
Shore, and with some per-
sons on the Eastern Shore
who might prefer the addi-
ton of Hartford to crossing
the bay. The overwhelming
feeling in the committee thus
far, however, has been for
the August rs plan which
crosses the bay and gives
separate seats to Montgom-
cry and Prince Georges
Counties.
Roland /. PerusSe,
Chairman, Maryland Citizens
Committee for Fair Con-
greSsional Redistricting.
Evening star., 1963-12-26
Apartment Zoninq

Apartment zoning," says new Fair
fax County Supervisor Harriet Bradley,
"has been the biggest single problem in
Fairfax"
This may be a Slight exaggeration.
But certainly no other aspect of Subur-
ban planning and land-use control is
capable of so thoroughly igniting the
public temper. The furor over a series
of recent zoning revisions in Montgom-
cry County is one example. The out
rageouS action of the outgoing Fairfax
Board of Supervisors in rushing through
some Is zoning revisionS just before
leaving office is another.
Several of the Fairfax rezonings,
permitting apartment construction, flag
rantly violate land-uSe plans affecting
areas in which a great deal of effort had
been expended previously to preserve
1ow-denSity development. Obviously, the
ultimate decisions in such controversial
cases should have been left to the newly
elected board, which is politically res
ponsible to the voters.
We applaud, therefore, Mrs. Brad
ley's proposal that the new board care
fully review those decisions which con-
flict with master plans, and at least con-
slider the possibility of reversing them.
Such action, while cumbersome, is le-
gally possible. 1t is not an action, real
istically speaking, which the new board
is likely to leap at with any degree of
eagerneSS.
There is good deal Of encouraging
talk among the new members, however,
Evening star., 1963-12-26

Your readers may like to
know the background Of a
congressional redistricting
plan aScribed to Senator
Guide by The Sunday Star,
December %.
The idea Of q bi-county
urban congressional district
embracing adjacent parts Of
M o mt tgomery and Prince
Georges County was first
broached to me by Acting
Speaker of the Maryland
House Of Delegates, Marvin
Mandel Of Baltimore City, at
a redistricting meeting which
I held with members Of the
Baltimore Delegation to the
Maryland General Assembly
at the Baltimore Life build
ing June Z.
Mr.. Mandel was thinking
Of o congressional district
which would take in all of
the suburban area Of the two
counties around the District
Of Columbia, from the Poto-
mac on the north to the
Potomac on the south.
The idea was rejected at
the meeting when 1t was
pointed out to Mr.. Mandel
that such o district would
have over 100000 persons.
when the desired average
population size Of Maryland
congressional districts is
$685. 900.
The Mandel plan was
brought up again by Dele
gate Julian Lapides Of Balti-
more City at q meeting in
his home Of the Maryland
Citizens Committee for Fair
Congressional Redistricting
of June 30. It was rejected
again as being too large in
population and cutting
across county lines unneces-
sarily.
The plan aScribed to Sena-
tor Guide Is actually one ]
Evening star., 1963-12-26

@. When was the Newsboys
stamp issued?
A. In 1852, the United
States Post Office issued q g.
cent stamp honoring the
Newspaperboys Of America.
The purple stamp was print
ed by the rotary process in
sheets of so. On the left side
is a newsboy delivering pa
pers, and on the right, a torch
graSped in q human hand, q
symbol Of free enterprise. On
the newSboy's carrier bag are
the words, Busy Boys .
Better Boys" In the stamps
Evening star., 1963-12-26
Freedom of ReIioion

A recent letter to The Star
gives an illu stration In
George Washington's admin
istration which opposes the
widely held belief that the
United States Is o Christian
Nation. But ample historical
evidence and our unexcelled
and unique prosperity prove
for many Americans that our
Christian roots are undeni-
able.
The treaty mentioned by
the letter writer Is one isolat-
ed instance whose environ
ment Is unclear, but firm
support Of the Christian
roots Of our heritage lie
embedded, from the begin
ming. in the history of the
founding Of the colonies by
individuals who fled religious
persecution; in the pact
made as the Pilgrims rode at
anchor in the Mayflower in
Provincetown Harbor at
Christmas, 1920. The May
flower pact, dated "Anno
Domini. 1920" is translated
(see Webster) "In the Year
Of our Lord, lie. Jesus Christ" J"
Further Christian back
ground lies in the formations
Of the other colonies by
Christian refugees and, later,
the unmistakable reference
to God by the trainers Of the
Declaration Of Independence
and by the, Constitutional
Convention (Which almost
foundered until Benjamin
Franklin moved that I'VE
have prayers every morning"
which led to the fulfillment
Of the conYention).
Even so, believing in free
choice, Americans enacted
the First Amendment to the
Constitution which protected
every individual from harass-
ment by Government as to
his beliefs or the practice Of
his religion.
But history has never
known such a people whose
government was founded on
concepts which recognized
the rights Of the individual
as coming from God. And it
is due to the results Of ad-
herence to these concepts
that free citizens in our land
have enjoyed unlimited OPP
portunity and achieved un-
paralleled d prosperity in
which everyone shares.
1t is freedom Of religion
that patriotic Christian
Americans desire, not free
dom from religion.
Geraldine NJ. BerryhiIl.
Evening star., 1963-12-26
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
Alice in German and French
By DONALD MHNTZ

Mr.. Enzenberger is a bit
free with turtle and tortoise,
but he produces delightful
verbal music and ends with a
genuinely funny pun:
'Unser Lehrer war cine
alte Schildkroete nannt-
en- ihn das Schaltier >
(crustacean).
'Warum dem Schaltier,
wenn er doch keins warp
fragte Alice.
'Wir nannten iln Schal-
tier, dem er schalt HER.
sagte die FalSche Suppen-
schildkroete ungehalten." Gilt
orally: 1--WE called him crus-
tacean because he governs,
or rules, here"
Gender ana Tense
The change Of gender from
feminine turtle to neuter cruS-
tacean may disturb US slight
ly, but that is because English
speaking people never
seem to be able to free them
selves completely from the
last vestiges Of the notion that
grammatical gender and
biological sex must somehow
be related. In any event, the
teacher ('Lehrer") is mascu-
line even if the turtle ("Schil-
droete") is feminine. The
change Of tense in the last
sentence is demanded by the
pun. Besides, one could make
an elaborate though silly
case for the idea that the gov
ernor might still be governing
even though the turtle is no
longer among the governed.
The poetry, Of course, poses
even more difficulties than
the punS. Mr.. Leonhardt does
not quote a specimen Of Jab-
berwocky in German which is
too bad. But he does 60 into
"The further off from Eng
land the nearer is to France. !"
Mr.. Enzenberger has changed
France to Peru because his
rhyme needs a "u," and be-
cause he has corrected"
CAROLS odd diction. Mr..
Leonhardt objects.
However difficult the trans
lator's lot may be. he never
thelesS comes In time to the
end of his labors. The Queen
could not properly say to him,
"HierZulande musSt du so
schnel rennen, vie du kannst,
wenn du am gleichen Fleck
bleiben whilst" " And that is a
consolation.
Evening star., 1963-12-26
'Speck on the Mop'

". Just one little speck
on the map Of the United
States; namely the District
Of Columbia" was the way a
Congressman described our
Capital city while he argued
for recommitting the mass
transportation bill, which
would have authorized q
subway system for Washing
ton.
Eleven States are smaller
In population than the Dis
trict of Columbia. These
States occupy one third Of
the total area Of the country,
and each has two Senators
and one or two Congressman.
The largest State Of the
Union, with two Senators, q
Congressman and an autono-
nous government, has one
third the population Of the
District.
We respectfully request
that the Capital city of the
worlds most powerful coun-
try no longer be treated as a
"speck on the map"
Thomas w. ID. Wright