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Evening star., 1963-05-25
Qualification of ISLANDS, Status Is Called
Imperative Also to Refute Communists

while craftily seeking TO
maintain their own colonial
domination over Puerto
Rico.
Fortunately, the campaign
by Mr.. Castro and the accu-
sations by the Communist
world have left the people of
Puerto Rico unmoved and
unconverted. They know the
value of their free association
with the United States and
are resolved to remain loyal
to it. Their resistance to
these Communist blandish-
ments provides another COM
pelling reason for looking
with favor on their present
effort to clarity their con-
stitutional compact.
When Puerto Rico won its
status as a commonwealth,
the questions of statehood or
independence we're reserved
for the future. The concept
of a commonwealth is linked
with the philosophy of Gov.
Munoz who has shown in
the small arena of Puerto
Rico a genius for political
action that would do honor
to a statesman holding sway
over world affairs. In sue
cessive elections. a large ma
jority has always Endorsed
the commonwealth principle.
Every omen points to the
same result in 1864. This fact
has been ignored by some
members of Congress who
have shown themselves
strangely indifferent to the
wishes and hopes Of Puerto
Rico.
In essence, Puerto Rico
wishes to continue its present
constitutional arrangement
with the United States while
removing it from the taint
of obscurity and the threat
of sudden change as a result
of some unpredictable action
by this country. Puerto Rico
wants clarity, permanence,
dignity. 1t wants to place the
principle of self-determina-
ton above the swings and
accidents of political life. To
deny this principle will ali
Evening star., 1963-05-25
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Two American teams make a record climb of Mount
Everest It's those darn tax laws Everybody trying to
keep their records far from Washington possible
Kennedy moves $l,OOO-a-plate Democratic dinner in
Los Angeles to make room for high school prom. An
Army its stomach but the Democrats first
party to stomach the move.
Khrushchev at cocktail party, threatens to puverize"
The guy ought to join AA-"Annihlators Anonymous"
crime commission says both parties have corrupted
the State government Of Massachusetts, Bipartisan slogan
who did most to Massachusetts,"
Marriage glossary: m-lawS-People who, when you say
Don't wait for engraved invitation" don't.
Thought for the day. The best way to climb the ladder
of to refrain from mashng the fingers of the guy
holding the ladder for you.
Evening star., 1963-05-25
Segregation
Denied by
Minister

NORFOLK, Va, May 25
(AP) "A leading Norfolk min
lister said here the Methodist
church in Virginia is not seq
.regated.
But DR.. w. w. Mcintyre,
pastor of Miles Memorial
Methodist Church, admitted
that the final Say-so on the
question would have to come
from individual congregations.
DR.. McIntyre's statement was
prompted by a recently pub
liShed interview with a former
Methodist minister in Virginia
who now is Pentagon corre-
spondent for the Mutual Broad
casting System.
Joe Campbell said he had
left the ministry three years
ago partly because of the
church's segregationist policy
Millions of listeners on both
TV and radio heard Mr.. Camp
bell last week describe the re-
covery of Astronaut Gordon
Cooper from the deck of the
carrier Kearsage.
He represented all of the
Nations brosdcasting compa-
nies on a pool basis.
During the trip Mr.. Camp
bell. 80, told Associated Press
Correspondent Ralph Bighton
that one of the reasons he quit
as pastor of Wesley Chapel
near Lexington was Negro
people couldn't come to my
church. Not only my parish
toner's but some of my superb
Evening star., 1963-05-25
College Honors
Senator Buyh

Senator Bayh, Democrat Of
Indiana, was honored this week
by the District of Columbia
Teachers College with a cita-
ton for his service to public
and higher education, especial
ly during his service in the
Indiana General Assembly"
Senator Bayh told the con-
vocation that I'VE must provide
adequate educational facilities
for the increasing number of
pupils coming into our school
system and at the same time
improve the quality of the In
struction to prepare our chill
dren for the increasingly COM
plex society in which they viii
live" !.
He was one of five recipients
of the award presented We'd
nesday at the convocation held
in the Miner Building Auditor
ium at D. c. Teachers College.
Evening star., 1963-05-25
Why Do We Operate in the Open?

highly-developed countries.
Disarmed, the imperialists
would be powerless to pre-
vent the people from attain
ing freedom. General dis
armament does not mean
disarming the peoples fight
ing for national liberation.
On the contrary, it would de-
prive the imperialists of the
means to halt progress and
crush the struggle for inde-
pendence."
Communists" the World
Marxist Review said, reject
the idea of raising the edi"
flee of socialism from the
ashes of nuclear war it
goes without saying that ne
gotiations should be the sole
means of resolving issues"
And although Gen. A. New
sky, in the World Marxist
Review of March, picks apart
both WashingCon's and the
NATO military strategy (be-
cause it has been discussed
widely in public, he does not
give away any military plans
of the Soviet bloc. Because
the "ultra-reactionary cir
cles" in the United States
insist on making war plans,
he said, the USSR must do
everything to maintain the
Soviet defenses at a level
with the latest accomplish
ments in science and tech
nology and to heighten the
combat readiness of the
Soviet armed forces The
blind alley in which militar-
ism finds itself is one more
indication that it has out
lived its time The Com
munists hold that the two
systems can co-exist, and
that the question Of which
is the better system be de-
cided not on the battlefield
but through economic COM
petition"
The Communists know
better than anyone else that
economics based on free
labor will find it difficult to
compete with economics
based on slave labor.
Evening star., 1963-05-25

ors made it plain that Negroes
were not welcome"
Other factors, he said, in
cluded salary $4,000 a year,
and Theological reasons"
which he said he would rath-
er not go into now"
DR.. Mcintyre, who was Mr..
Campbell's superior as super
intendent of Stanton district
at the time Mr.. Campbell was
an approved supply" minis
ter, denied Thursday that the
race question had ever been
raised.
There never was any con-
versation with me regarding
Negroes attending his church" f"
/ DR.. Mcintyre said.
Evening star., 1963-05-25
Haley Rups
AGA Smear
In House
BY the Associated Press

Americans for Constitutional
Action has been subjected TO
"an unfounded smear" in the
House. Representative Haley,
Democrat Of Florida, says.
Mr.. Haley replied. in a state
ment I'm the Congressional Rec
ord yesterday. TO criticism Of
AGA Monday by Representative
Cameron, Democrat OF Califor-
MIA, and other members.
Mr.. Haley was one of l54
Congress members - 100 Re-
publicans and "a Democrats -
who received AGA awards for
helping 10 preserve "the integ-
rity OF the Constitution"
In his statement yesterday,
Mr.. Haley said a little band Of
liberals" had "resorted 10 the
tactic OF guilt by association
in asserting that Americans for
Constitutional Action is an ex-
tremist organization on the
right wings lunatic fringe"
Mr.. Cameron had said AGA
was "infiltrated and taken
over" by the John Birch So
ciety.
Mr.. Haley countered that II
"is absurd 49,. to say that be-
cause somebody In the John
Birch Society also Is a support
er Of Americans for Constitu-
tional Action. this organiza.
tion becomes an enemy OF our
Constitution"
He said AGA Is "a respect
able 49, and respected - Or
organization" whose main pur-
poses are 10 assist In the elec-
tion and the reelection OF
members devoted 10 "constitu-
tional conservatism"
Evening star., 1963-05-25
HaitiPaysU.N.
To Keep Vote

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
May 25 (AP) Haiti paid $22,-
500 to the United Nations yes
terday and thus avoided a
challenge to its voting rights in
the special General Assembly
on U. N. financing.
The amount was enough to
keep Haiti from being a two
full years in arrears on its
U. N. obligations, currently to-
falling about $4,000.
Under the charter, countries
behind two years lose their As
sembly vote. Haiti had been
staying away from sessions of
the Assembly and its Budgetary
Committee pending the pay
ment.
United States Ambassador
Adlai E. Stevenson has been
seeking support among U. N.
members for application of the
charter penalty. He met pri-
vately yesterday with delegates
from the Asian-African group
on U. N. financing. Earlier he
addressed a meeting of Latin
American diplomats.
At a meeting of the Assem-
bly's 1l1-nation Budgetary
Committee Ambassador @. P
Malasekera of Ceylon proposed
that the United States and the
Soviet Union hold high-level
talks on the U. N. financial
situation.
United States Delegate Fran
els T. P. Plimpton told the
committee that there was no
need Of a conformation be-
tween the United States and
the Soviet Union. He said that
Soviet refusal to pay for items
in the regular budget consti-
tuted a conformation against
the solvency, the survival, the
existence of the United Nations
Platon d. Morozov, the So
Wet delegate. accused Mr.,
Plimpton of distorting the So
Wet position.
Evening star., 1963-05-25

RICHMOND, May 25 (AP) i.
The State Board of Educa-
ton has backed away from i'm
mediate action on a resolution
that it drop its opposition to
windowless schools. 1t referred
the issue to a committee for a
report at the next meeting.
The resolution requesting
the board to allow unlimited
experimentation with such
schools at the responsibility of
local school authorities was
made by the Governors Ad-
visory Research Committee on
School Buildings.
The committee said that not
enough information was yet
known about windowless, cli-
mate controlled schools to take
a stand either for or against
them.
1t requested the education
board to rewrite the school
building regulations to permit
experimentation with window
less schools.
Virginis's school building
Evening star., 1963-05-25
MAX FREEDMAN

In Congress and in Puerto
Rico a determined minority
is trying to cast doubt on a
great constitutional project
Of our time. BY every objec-
tive test, these men have
small vision and large preju-
dices. But they have been
able to spread enough mis-
chief to bring President Ken
nedy into the controversy
with a statement intended to
clear away anger and error.
The status of Puerto Rico
as a Commonwealth is
unique. Its people are citizens
Of the United States, though
the country is not a member
of the Union. In recent years
the economic progress of
Puerto Rico, impressive in it
self, has become a brave
omen as Latin America h a S
chafed under the currents of
change. The enemies of free
dom have made Puerto Rico
their target. Fidel Castro de-
rides Puerto Rico as a per
fumed colony" This charge
is picked up and amplified by
his Communist masters.
Puerto Rico is said to have
the fiction of freedom while
lacking the substance Of in
dependence.
These venomous attacks
are doing the United States
no good in Latin America.
There is just enough truth in
these accusations to give
wings to their essential false
hood. Public opinion in many
countries is half persuaded
that the system of govern
ment in Puerto Rico is less
an experiment in freedom
than it is a subtle new form
of Colonial rule. If there were
no other reason for placing
Puerto Rico's constitutional
position on clear and unas-
sailable foundations, this for
eign criticism would be suf-
ficient. For the American
people would resent as an in
tolerable slur any suggestion
that they had opposed colon
ialism all over the world
Evening star., 1963-05-25
BY LEE M. COIN
Star Staff Writer

The Senate-House Economic
Committee predicts the Federal
budget deficit this fiscal year
will total $7.8 billion, or 81 bill
lion below the Kennedy admin
istration'S official estimate.
In a report released yester-
day by Senator Douglas, Demo-
crat of Illinois, the committee
staff said the economy's better
than-expected performance will
boost revenues in the fiscal
year ending June 80 to $685.
billion, up $500 million from
the administrations estimate
last January.
Federal expenditures, the
staff said, will total $94 bill
lion, or $500 million below the
January estimate. Major spend
ing reductions from the earlier
estimates are expected in such
areas as military foreign aid
Export Import Bank, public
works in areas of high un-
employment, small business
loans, housing and public as
siStance grants.
These reductions, the COM
mittee staff said. will be only
partly offset by increased
farm price supports and inter-
est on the public debt.
spending for defense, space
farm price supports and inter-
est on the public debt.
Senator Douglas, chairman
of the committee, said revised
budget estimates by the staff
will be issued from time to
time.
The Treasury told the House
Ways and Means Committee in.
formally last month that the
deficit would total about $8.4
billion, down $400 million from
the January estimate because
OF reduced spending. The
Evening star., 1963-05-25
MAX FREEDMAN
u. S. Justice for Puerto Rico

enate our friends in Puerto
Rico and comfort our critics
in Latin America. What pos
sible gain can there be to the
United States in such a
wretched philosophy? Accept
ance of the full Implications
of self = determination, as
President Kennedy has urged,
would remove the uncertain
ty that is delaying the eco
nomic and social progress of
Puerto Rico, Here is a rare
occasion when self-interest
unites with idealism to make
an unansWerable case in Con-
gress. Yet some members still
hesitate.
BY an almost unanimous
decision of its elected lead
ers, Puerto Rico has asked to
join the United States in
the establishment of a COM
mission that would bring
forward proposals to clarity
and perfect the existing con-
stitutional compact. These
recommendations would have
to be approved by both gov
ernments. Gov. Munoz has
been flexible and concilia-
tory. He wants the commits
sion to consider all aspects
of Puerto Rico's problems.
Never has he tried to wrang-
lie a special privilege for his
own party. His concern has
been with the acknowledged
needs of Puerto Rico.
1t is estimated that by
1880 or thereabouts Puerto
Rico will have an economic
status equal to that Of the
poorest State in this coun-
try. Yet Puerto Rico. next to
Canada, is the best customer
of the United States in this
whole hemisphere. Surely
such a people. with such q
record of triumph over ad-
versity. deserves to have its
constitutional future defined
with a clarity that will end
all lingering suspicion Of
colonial status. When the
facts are fully understood in
Congress, there can be only
one answer. Congress Will
agree to the commission.
Any other answer would in
suit Puerto Rico and injure
the United States.
Evening star., 1963-05-25
Memorial Services

The United States Marine
Band will be featured at Me-
mortal services for armed forces
nurses at 2 pm. tomorrow in
Arlington cemetery, to be con-
Quoted by Jane A. Delano Post
No. 6 of the American Legion
Representative Dorm, Democrat
of South Carolina, will give the
memorial speech.
Evening star., 1963-05-25

ROME - why do you
Americans tell everything
you are doing and everything
you are going to do?" my
barber asked in a typical ex-
cited Italian voice while
making appropriate rorceful
gestures. "You let everybody
know all about Astronaut
Cooper and If he had failed
it would be like saying:
Look, we made a terrible
mistake"
He reads political news in
the paper, too. Look" he
went on, why do you argue
whether you are going to
plan a 30-day war or a 90
day one? You tell the Rus
SLAMS all about your war
plans - even that you can't
make up your minds which
way to fight a war"
This Italian has a point.
1t comes to mind that the
main trouble with the United
States has been that over the
past is years or so we do not
seem to have had any other
master plan except elusive
peace.
At the end of World War
II our goal was a peaceful
world through the United
Nations. Then the cold war
set in and our goal was to
defeat communism by peace
full means. sucn as foreign
aid to strengthen our allies
who had suffered badly from
the war. At the same time
we we're willing to use force
to prevent Communist ag-
gression; we applied it in
Korea and threatened to use
it in Greece, Iran, Berlin and
Turkey. In all these in
stances we we're successful
without firing a shot except
in Korea.
When our allies not only
got on their feet but be-
came stronger than ever
economically and had the
potential for being militarily
Evening star., 1963-05-25
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Illustration of System Suggests to Critic
The Lack of Any Positive Master Plan

strong, we decided that the
best way to defeat commun-
ism was to free all the col
onies as rapidly as possible
and spend untold billions in
aid of these underdeveloped
countries.
When the Kennedy admin
istration came to power in
1861 the whole concept of
our world policy changed.
We abandoned "containment
of communism" and t he
threat of massive retalia-
ton" and adopted a policy
of accommodation" The
State Department policy
planning chairman, Walt
Rostov, said our goal was
not victory over commun-
ism"
The Communists, on the
other hand, have had only
one goal over a hundred
years and have never devi-
ated from it since Karl
Marx published his "Das
Kapital." In other words,
they know what t hey are
aiming at-the Transition
of capitalism to socialism"
and world domination. And
while they boldly tell the
free world what their aim is,
they are very cagey when it
comes to hiding the means
for arriving at it.
In some areas the United
States and Russia are aim
ing at the same goals. We
both are aiming at disarma-
ment, for instance, but we
want it for one reason and
the Reds for another. We
believe a disarmed world
will mean peace - a live
and let live policy between
the free world and the Com
munist world.
The Communist magazine,
World Marxist Review, ex-
plains what the Soviet aim
is: Disarmament primarily
means dismantling the gi-
gantic war machines of the
Evening star., 1963-05-25
2 at Naval Academy
Win Freedom Medals

sign in the Navy upon gradua-
ton June 5 and three days
later will acquire a Latvian
bride. He will be married in the
Navy Chapel, Washington, D. c.,
to Sarmite Sandra Sterns of
Arlington, Va.
She was on the same Army
transport which brought his
family from Europe in 1850,
but he didn't meet her for
mally until five years ago
when both of them attended a
Latvian dance in Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1963-05-25
BY EARL II. VOSS
Star Staff Writer

Pakistan officials in Wash
ington again are seeking pub
lie assurances that the United
States would assist Pakistan in
case Of any armed attack by
India.
Limited assurances have been
given Pakistan privately, 1t is
reported. but these do not fully
satisfy Pakistan. an ally of the
United States in the South
east Asia Treaty Organization
and a close associate in the
Central Treaty Organization.
India has agreed TO use mill
tary equipment supplied by the
United States and Britain only
against Communist Chinese ag-
gression. The equipment was
sent 10 India following last
October's Communist Chinese
thust against India.
Pakistan fears. however, that
other arms, acquired by India
from several countries without
such pledges, might some day
be turned against Pakistan.
Notes Are Reported
American officials indicate
they have no intention OF going
beyond previous public assur-
ances 20 Pakistan, which ap-
ply only TO American arms
aid provided since last octo-
Der. The latest assurance was
given by the State Department
November II, 1862. when II re-
ported an exchange OF notes
with India on terms for pro-
viding American military aid.
I'm the exchange OF notes, -
the statement said. 1T is stated
that the assistance will be
furnished for the purpose OF
defense against outright Chi
nese Communist aggression now
facing India.
I'm 1854 when the United
States decided 10 extend mill
Evening star., 1963-05-25
Pukistun Asks Pledge
Of Aid if Indio Attacks

tary aid to Pakistan, the govern
ment OF India was assured that
If our aid to any country, in
cluding Pakistan, was misused
and directed against another in
aggression, the United States
would undertake Immediately,
In accordance with constitu-
tional authority. appropriate
action both within and with
out the United Nations to
thwart such aggression"
The United States has given
the same assurance TO Pakistan,
the State Department, said.
Further Aid Opposed
Pakistan sources say the Chi
nese military threat 10 the dis
puted border with India has
"receded," They oppose any
further arms aid TO India,
claiming India is conducting
secret peace oyertures
through neutral emmissaries"
In an effort 10 settle the
dispute.
They say their country is
alarmed "at the massive build
up Of her dndia's) arme d
forces which India plans 10
achieve principally with United
States assistance"
No further outside military
aid for India would be neces-
sary II New Delhi agreed 10 a
settlement with Pakistan over
the disputed territory OF Kash-
mir, which alone would inn
mediately release six 10 seven
divisions OF the best-equipped
Indian forces now poised
against Pakistan," these sources
say.
The United States assured
India In recent high level talks
here OF continued long-term
military assistance. but no de-
cision has been reached as to
the extent Of the aid.
Evening star., 1963-05-25

ANNAPOLIS, May rs (AP).-
An officer-instructor at the
Naval Academy and a gradual
ing midshipman whose family
left Latvia just before it fell
behind the iron curtain have
been awarded medals by the
Freedoms Foundation at VAL
ley Forge, Pa.
1t. Jordon Pecile Of Hazel
ton, Pa. and Midshipman
Imants A. Straupenieks of Will
limantic. Conn, received the
foundations George Washing
ton honor medal for their
letters on MY Freedoms and
My Responsibilities" subject of
a contest among servicemen.
1t. Pecile, an instructor in
English at the academy, is the
son Of Mrs. Anna Pecile Of
Hazelton. A 1854 graduate of
Cornell University, he studied
at the University Of Florence
for a year under a Fulbright
fellowship and recently won a
three-year fellowship to do
graduate study at Princeton
University in comparative litera-
ture leading to a Phi. d.
Arrived As DIP
Midshipman Straupenieks,
will be commissioned an ensign
in the Navy Supply Corps upon
graduation June 5.
A native Latvian whose fam
lily left their Baltic homeland
in advance Of Soviet armies.
he entered this country l3
years ago as a displaced per-
son unable TO speak more than
a word or two Of english.
He mastered the new Ian
guage, graduated from Wind
ham High School In 1855 with
a B average, and enlisted in
the Navy. Two years later he
earned a fleet appointment TO
the Naval Academy from the
Secretary of the Navy.
Mr.. Straupenieks. who now
speaks English with only the
slightest trace OF an accent,
wrote as "a navy man able 10
first and foremost defend our
freedoms. and our homes here
and abroad as well as TO give
hope TO the annexed and sat
elite countries OF Soviet slay-
cry"
The 25-year-old midshipman
will be commissioned an en-
Evening star., 1963-05-25
Aid for Retarded

A workshop on community
planning for the mentally re-
tarded is being held from $3.50
am. to $3.50 pm. today In the
auditorium Of the Mary zieg-
Ter school In the District Train
ing School. Laurel, Md.