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Civil Rights Lawyers

In the area of civil rights enforce
ment, the Department of Justice pro-
ceeds on the basis Of laws which Con-
gress has adopted. Now, however, the
department finds itself in the anoma-
lous position of not having enough law
yerS to carry out the civil rights job
delegated to it by Congress
This matter should be gone into
when the Justice Department appro-
priation bill come up in the Senate this
week. It is expected that an effort will
be made to show that the Appropriations
Committee, though proposing more
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Fate of Presidents

For those who are not SUI
perstitious. the following
must seem very odd:
Since william Henry Har-
rison was elected President
in 1910, and died approx
mately one month after tax
ing office, every President
elected in a decade year (dec-
ade election years fall every
twenty years. has died in Of
flee. The Presidents elected
in 1900 and 1920 did not die
In office, but, beginning with
1910:
William H enry Harrison.
elected 1910, died In office;
Abraham Lincoln, electe d
1860. assasSinated; James A.
Garfield, 1880, assassinated;
William Mckinley, 1900. as
sassinated; Warren G. Hard
ing, 1920, died in office;
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1910,
died in office; John F. Ken
nedy, 1860, assassinated.
Conversely, no President,
with the exception of Zachary
Taylor, elected in other than
a decade year has died while
holding office.
Archie L. Paschall.
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March of Monorchs'

Nothing could ever surpass
in sheer drama the spectacle
of Kings, Queens, Emperors
and the leaders of all the
great nations marching ser-
rowfully behind the caisson
bearing the remains of our
late great President. The
death Of no other world
leader could have possibly re-
suited in such a tribute.
November Is must have a
special niche in the history
of the world. What words
could better express this mo-
ment than THE March Of
the Monarchs."
Gerald G. Keller
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Wheat Fraud

What are the principles
which made the United
States the greatest and
freest people in history? A
people now able to feed not
only its own, but peoples all
over the world! The God
given rights and responsible
ties Of the individual under
girding our Constitution are
the principles Americans
respect and try to follow,
with freedom of opportunity
in a free market. All Of these
values underlie the success Of
our republic such that we
have SURPRISES Of foodstuffs
which the Socialist Com
munist systems Of the world
cannot achieve because they
have enSlaved their peoples.
By his proposals to give
govern ment guaranteed
bank credits to substitute food
for the Communists, Senator
Fulbright is asking our
people to bolster the very
Communist regimes which
should be allowed to fall
before they enslave the
balance Of the world and our
own dear land.
Giving" wheat to the
Communists through bank
credits called trading" Is q
fraud and a delusion on the
American people for the
govern ment guaranteed
loans of private banks means
only that the American
peoples substance is support
ing this deal to benefit the
Soviets."
wGeraldine M. BerryhilI.
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A BOOK FOR TODAY
The Worlds Best Hope'
BY DONALD MINTZ

system in our modern, highly
specialized, but interdepend-
ent society. The common
good" he continues, cannot
be a social byproduct Of the
desperate struggle for private
profit under free competition,
out Of which, inevitably, have
grown overreaching monopo-
lies and oligarchies. Socialist
economists have shown how
under the general socialist
idea Of production for com.
mon use there is room for
something like our present
price system for exchange of
goods and for private enter
prises operated for private
profit subject to control by
taxation and enlightened labor
legislation"
American socialists nova
days, generally accept, as
they should, a mixed econ
omy, controlled by the over
all concept that production
should be for the good Of
all. For the State, under any
system, to try to own and OPP
crate everything. would de-
prive us Of some Of the i'm
portant values Of private
initiative and responsibility"
Current Concerns
It comes down to concern
for the considerable amount
Of poverty still left in the
United States, concern for the
imbalance between the public
and private sectors in our
economy, concern for the I'M
employed, and concern for
our present course In the
Cold War. Mr.. Thomas is per-
fectly realistic about Soviet
aims. But he feels that too
much Of our response is die
tated in the end by the in
dustrial military complex
that so concerned President
Eisenhower, and by a view
that looks on the world as a
market rather than as an
abode.
New Deal, Fair Deal, mod
ern RepubGcanism, and New
Frontiers have all adopted
some of sociaIism's ''immedi-
ate demands" But Mr..
Thomas who persuasively
maintains that socialism is
"the worlds best hope" feels
that the measures have in
variably been palHatives
tardily enacted.
A m orleans who have
learned not to 60 into shock
at the word socialism" will
find vast amounts of good
sense in the book and in the
international and national so
cialiSt programs printed at
the end. Social democracy
has run some free countries
for many years. 1t works.
Mr.. Thomas book offers a
fine way to find out what it
really is.
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The extraordinarily eager
interest shown by Henry Ca
bot Lodge In former Presi-
dent Eisenhower's reported
suggestion that he seek the
Republican presidential NOM
nation Is troubling two very
different groups for very DIFF
ferent reasons.
People in the administra-
ton. though far from afraid
Of Mr.. Lodge as q poten-
tial rival to President john
son in next years campaign,
do not hide their concern at
the Ambassadors open and
wholly unexpected injection
Of himself into partisan poll
tics in an arena Of hot war
with Communist invaders.
Mr.. Lodge accepted Presi-
dent Kennedy's appointment
as Ambassador to South Wet
Nam for the precise purpose,
on his side and on Mr.. Ken
ne dy's side, Of keeping
domestic politics strictly out
Of q war effort in which 49,
900 American troops are in
volved alongside the anti
Communist Wet NameSe.
'UnwelcOme" Mat
The regular Republicans,
for their part, are putting
out for Mr.. Lodge a mat
upon which the word "unwel-
come" Is, in spirit, written
large. The Ambassador, who
lost his Senate seat from
Massachusetts to John F.
Kennedy and went on to rep
resent President Eisenhower
at the United Nations, has
been in the black books Of
loyalist organization Republi-
cans since 1919. He led an
unsuccessful effort to GUST
the late Senator Robert A.
Taft Of Ohio, "Mr. Republi-
can" as principal g. o. p.
spokesman in the Senate.
Then he burned the last
bridge with the orthodox
Republicans by taking the
lead in accusing Taft men Of
attempting to steal" the
1852 Republican presidential
nomination from General
Eisenhower.
While nothing is impossi-
bic in politics-and certainly
not in the present state of
affairs within the G. o. p.
serious talk Of Mr.. Lodges
nomination Is seen among
the Republican regulars as
akin to moon-madness. And
1t is far from relished by the
hackers Of Gov. Nelson Rock
efeller Of New York, Senator
Barry Goldwater Of Arizona,
Gov. William Scranton Of
Pennsylvania and Gov.
George Romney Of Michigan.
Thus, many Republican
professionals are wistfully
awaiting some signal that
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Norwood View

The appropriation by the
Federal Government Of
rights to develop the Merry
wood property does more
than show inconsistencies in
the political convictions Of q
lot Of people normally opposed
to government intervention
in private business and
property, and In an admins
tration that has stood for
modern ideas, particularly
concerning urbanization, one
prime tenet Of which must
be classification and diversi-
fication Of single family
suburbs. It also directs our
attention to some pretty
hoary concepts Of land-use
as 1t relates to the ultimate
goals for conditioning peo-
pies environment.
That the Potomac Valley
be developed as predomi-
nantly residential ground
Is desirable. The Pacific
Heights strip Of San Fran
cisco. the West and East
Sides Of New York City,
having passed through the
era Of grand and environ
mentally oligarchical man
SionS, have only maintained
their value. financially and
aesthetically, by affording
their views and great spatial
release to many cliff-dwel-
lers, lots Of whom are no less
affluent nor devoid Of choice
than those who would be
able to live in one-acre
duchieS on this same land.
Washington needs apart
ment buildings, large ones,
for every income group; in
order to forestall suburban
sprawl; to limit the never
catch-up" need for more and
more access freeways, and
because 1t is a city tenanted
by q large percentage Of
relatively transient indiH-
duals and families. The Year
1000 Plan must recognize the
need to density diversity and
services to make real COM
munities instead Of bed
room" ones.
The Palisades should be
rendered useful as the real
living environment Of as
many thousands Of people as
can be provided for In high
rise apartments.
Richard A. DimOn, jr.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
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Remember Dewey?

Former Gov. Thomas e.
Dewey said recently that
Gov. Rockefeller Is the logi-
cal man to head the @. o. p.
ticket In 1864.
This is the same logic with
which Mr.. Dewey RECALLED
himself in 1914, and again in
1913, and which beguiled the
Republican Party into plac-
ing him at the head Of the
ticket in both those years.
The ensuing disaster should
long be remembered, for on
both occasions Mr.. Dewey led
the party down the road to
an inglor1ous defeat. He now
wants to bequeath to US the
legacy Of q third defeat.
It is certainly strange logic
which argues that the way to
win the presidential election
in 1864 is to throw away 1913
electoral votes from the
Southern States, plus II
votes from two border States
that went for Mr.. Nixon in
1860, especially in view Of
the fact that had only three
Southern States, North
Carolina, South Carolina and
Texas, voted for Nixon in
1860 he, and not Mr.. Kenne-
dy, would have been elected
President.
On the basis Of our present
knowle dge, or educated
opinion, these States will not
support Mr.. Rockefeller for
President in 1864, but there
is hardly q doubt that most,
If not all Of them will sup
port Senator GoIdwater II he
is the nominee.
James H. COuntryman,
Alfalfa. Alabama,
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money, has subjected 1t to restrictions
which will prevent the department from
hiring the lawyers it needs. If this can
in fact be shown, the necessary funds
should be made available without re-
Striction or the Senate should indicate
that it really does not expect the de-
partment to go forward with the assign
ments that Congress has given it.
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SOCIALISM RE.EXAMINED.

SOCIALISM RE-EXAMINED,
by Norman Thomas. $50 DID.
wv. W. Norton & Co., 81
Il ran again for President
in 1913, against my original
Intention" writes Norman
Thomas, because I thought
that we socialists should not
allow the strange conglomera-
ton Of Wallace Progressives,
with a minority Of Commu-
nists rather cleverly playing
the dominant role, to rep
resent socialism to the Ameri-
can voters"
Mr.. Thomas new book,
Socialism Re-examined," is
intended to represent social
ISM" and particularly re-
cent socialist thought, to a
Nation that by and large pref
ty thoroughly misunderStands
it.
Because the misunderstood
ing is so widespread and so
deep, Mr.. Thomas is forced to
review the history of social
ism. its bitter quarrel with
what passes under its name in
the Soviet Union and sateI-
iteS, and its basic dis
agreements, with Marx. Most
Of this is elementary. Con-
sidering that the next govern
ments Of Great Britain and
the Federal Republic of Ger
many may well be socialist,
the necessity of this grade
school-level cram course re-
fleets rather badly on what
passes for our political sophis-
tication.
New Developments
But the main question con-
Germs the present state of So
cial democratic thought. Mod
ern social democrats are of
course in favor of a fair meas
ure Of public ownership. But
experience has shown that
this is no guaranteed cure for
a Nations moral and econom-
ic ills.
To most workers in large,
nationalized industries, b e
they British coal mines or a
French automobile plant,
management is still ''They."
And, indeed, it behaves like a
They" moSt-Sometimes all
of the time.
Socialists therefore now ad-
vocate relatively small
amounts of naturalization. In
the United States, Mr..
Thomas feels, the oil industry
should be a prime target be-
cause it produces vast reve-
nueS that are free from some
Of the obligation to contribute
to the state placed on other
industries.
The primary demand, how
ever, is in essence ethical.
Mr.. Thomas feels that the
"sanctification of profit in
our welfare state interferes
with proper social planning
necessary to any economic
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THE PASSING SCENE
Lodges Interest Stirs Both Sides
By WILLIAM S. WHITE

General Eisenhower has not
selected Mr.. Lodge a. his
personal choice, but is-so
they hope and believe-onfy
trying to broaden the field Of
@. o. P. possibilities. a. he
has before.
What Ambassador Lodge Is
doing Is not ct all bothering
the purely political head
quarters Of the Johnson
Administration. That head
quarters is In the hat Of
the President himself, who
intends for Cabinet asso-
ciates just to get on with
their jobs and leave the poll
ticking to him-an intention
that suits both sides.
Mr.. Lodges ready avail
ability" however, Is causing
great concern to those in the
administration who must i'm
plement the Presidents for
eign and military policy-the
State and Defense Depart
ments. These departments,
under both President Ken
nedy and President johnson,
have been deliberately kept
out Of politics, under q ca
reer Secretary Of State, Dean
Rusk, and q Secretary Of De-
tense, Robert Mcnamara,
who in private life was q big
business Republican. Within
them there is now fear that
the diplomatic and military
situation In South Wet Nam,
already a bit CLANCY in the
aftermath Of the revolt
which destroyed the regime
Of President Ngo Dinh Diem,
might become dangerously
bedeviled by domestic Ameri-
can politics.
Wouldn't Run Scared
There can be no doubt
that If the present problem
were only q political one
would Lodge be an especially
dangerous opponent for Pres
ident Johnson next Year,
no one in the White House
would be running scared.
The answer from there
sound or not, as 1t might be
without question would be:
mo; not very dangerous"
Indeed, a widespread view,
quite outside the precincts of
the White House and not
confined to Democratic poll
ticians, Is that Mr.. Lodges
somewhat remote form Of
campaigning in 1860, as the
vice presidential nominee,
was not Of the greatest help
to the top man Of the ticket,
Richard Nixon. There is also
the fact-to which anti
Lodge Republicans are al-
ready beginning to point
that Mr.. Lodge is a two-time
loser, first in the Senate race
Of 1852 and again in 1860 on
the Nixon slate.
9 1868
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Human Rights

December 10 was the 18th
anniversary Of the Declara-
ton Of Human Rights.
It Is argued that some
governments which voted for
this Declaration and have
signed 1t, deny their people
many Of the freedoms that
document indorseS. If so, the
declaration itself, is still
valid, not as q description Of
the status quo, but as q guide
post, an ideal to strive for.
Where freedom is limited,
the aspirations set forth in
the declaration are a symbol
of what may be obtained by
men and women who will
fight for freedom. The dec
laration can act as a stand
ard by which to judge
illiberal policies, as q focus
for the dissatisfaction Of
those who value liberty. It is
q stimulus for revolt against
oppression and as such 1t
ranks with other great chart
ers that have marked the
progress Of mankind from
tyranny to liberty.
Philip Deane
Director, United Nations
Information Center
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In Doubt

President Johnson pro-
claimed q 3o-day period Of
mourning and asked an end
to the hate campaigns of
both left and right. The
papers and television seldom
If ever give the views Of the
rightists so I do not know
whether their views are
hateful or not, but there has
been no let-up by the profess
sional hate-mongers on the
far left. Was it the intention
Of President Johnson that
only the Communists and
their fellow-travelers be
allowed to hate2 I thought
the 30-day period Of mourn
ing started when the Presi-
dent made the proclamation
but judging from all the left
wing hatred I read In the
papers and see on television,
maybe I am wrong. When
does that period Of mourning
start? George A. Birdsall.
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One does not need q long
memory to remember who
forced the anti-communists
in Laos to accept the "Troi-
ka" or Neutral" govern
ment. It might be thought,
under the circumstances,
that the United States gov
eminent should advocate and
aid In the overthrow Of the
IN eutra" government of
Laos. But, Of course. the %
young martyrs were merely
Christians. Garrison J. BeaIl.
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Misguided Pressure

G. Taylor Whittier, the school SUI
perintendent Of Montgomery County,
is controversial figure. He Is not
dearly loved by good many county
teachers. Certainly he is not at all in
accord with great many Of the policies
of the conservative Republican majority
which controls the county school board.
But the assumption by board men,
Der Charles w. Bell that this is some
how improper, and that, consequently,
he has had the right to exert strong
behind-the-Scenes preSSures on Mr..
Whittier to resign, is outrageous. For
tunately William Coyle, Mr.. Bells con-
sentative successor as board president.
has had the good sense to forthrightly
divorce himself from the misguided
campaign which Mr.. Bell now saws he
will continue to wage in the open.
Technically, Of course, the school
board has no power to fire Mr.. Whit
tier. The superintendent is serving
under a fouryear contract with the
State Board of Education, which does
not expire until 1865. In order for the
board to even recommend dismissal, it
would have to allege that Mr.. Whittier
was immoral, incompetent, or woefully
neglected his duty" No such charges
have been filed, and none, we daresay,
will be.
But the real point, which Mr. Bell
entirely misses, is that disagreements
between school boards and school su-
perintendentS are the general rule And
the board which is able to hire super
intendent who never diSagrees, but is
willing merely to serve as a rubber
stamp, can rest assured that it has
found poor superintendent.
The conflicts of which Mr.. Bell
complains may cause him personal an
guish. In the atmosphere of dissension
and acrimony which surrounds the
present school situation in Montgomery,
however, they are not only natural, but
perhaps even healthy.
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Eccentric Was Rioht

About month ago the Cambodian
Ambassador wrote letter to The Star
taking strong exception to our. use of
the word eccentric" in describing
Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodia'S
chief Of state. Subsequent developments
persuade us that our error, if any, was
on the side of understatement.
Prince Sihanouk'S latest move has
been to recall his Ambassador, Nong
kimny, and his entire staff from the
United States. This is viewed in Wash
ington as preliminary to a formal sew
erance Of diplomatic relations. If so, we
will simply have to make the best of it.
The Prince, according to news dis
patches, has taken offenSe because the
United States lodged a formal protest
against monitored broadcast by the
OFFICIAL Camdbodian radio. This broad
cast rejoiced over the deaths of Presi-
dent Diem of South Wet Nam and Pre-
mier Sarit Thanarat Of Thailand. 1t
also expressed pleasure over the death
OF 1.-The great boss of these aggresSors."
In Washington, this last was taken
to be a reference to the assassination of
President Kennedy, and hence the pro-
test. Cambodia denied that any refer
ence had been made to Mr.. Kennedy
Strictly speaking, this is true But we
think the intent of the broadcast was
plain enough, despite the fact that
Camoodia proclaimed an official period
OF mourning after the President had
been shot, and we also think the diplo-
matte protest was fully justified. If the
Prince wants to use it as a pretext for
severing relations, he has every right
to do so.
Actually, the United States had
reached the parting of the ways with
Cambodia some weeks ago. In Novem-
Der the Prince called for an end to all
aid from us, after his country had re-
ceived some $685. million in American
help. He said this aid was being used
IN a plot against our people and our
liberties" and to topple his regime. As
companion piece to this bit of non
sense, Prince Sihanouk indicated that
he would look to Communist China for
help He also apparently intends to re-
tain an 8OO-man French military train
ing mission.
So Cambodia probably will muddle
through-although 1t may find the
going a bit tough in the friendly en-
brace of Peking. We find ourselves
slightly bored, however, with interpreta-
lions to the effect that a break with
Camoodia will be smashing setback for
United States diplomacy. If this is true.
II the antics of an eccentric Cambodian
Prince can really pull the rug from
under us, then our country is in much
worse shape than we had thought.
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Time to Move

Thus far the advantages of pushing
highway construction in order to COM
plete the Federal interstate highway
system by the 1872 deadline set by Con-
gresS have been couched in pretty gen.
eral terms. Highway Administrator Rex
Whitton, in speech on the West Coast
the other day, put the matter in an en-
tirely new light
The Bureau of Public Roads. &C
cording to Mr.. Whitton, is taking the
deadline sufficiently seriously that it
may soon begin refusing requests for in
terstate Federal aid amounting to 80
per cent of the costs of such roads, for
those projects which cannot begin in
time to be finished by 1872 1--WE have
to face the possibility" he said, that
this situation can occur"
OF course Mr.. Whitton was address
ing his warnings to States and cities
across the country. But he might we'll
have singled out projects in the Wash
ington area as an example of those most