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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10

The Fund for the Repub-
lie. established by the Ford
Foundation, recently pub
hshed q disgusting pamphlet.
The subject Of the pamphlet
indicates that the name Of
the organization should be
changed to the Fund for
Promoting Centralized Gov
eminent"
Arrogantly entitled THE
Elite and the Electorate"
this pamphlet airs the views
Of Senators J. w. rilbrieht
D-Ark) and Joseph s.
Clark D-Pa). The funda-
mental thesis Is that the
Constitution Is passe; this Is
another era that needs some
drastic changes.
1T may well be ques-
toned" wrote Senator Ful-
bright, whether the enor-
nous complex and slow
moving procedures OF the
American Government are
adequate. TO meet both the
dangers and opportunities Of
our foreign relations" He
dislikes the fact that our
system Of checks and bal
ances enables Congress to
"implem emit. modify, or
thwart the Presidents pro-
posals." This Is because Con-
gresslnen are acutely ''sus-
ceptable 10 local and regional
pressures," lie. the electorate
whom they represent. Senator
Clark feels that the eountry's
reaction 10 law m aking
bodies displays q Nineteenth
Century attitude.
Senator Ftilbright pro-
poses q solution: Public
opinion must be educated
and led II II Is TO bolster a
wise and effective foreign
policy >. This Is pre-emi-
nently q task for the Presi-
dent" This concept has been
referred 10 In the past as
managed news" Senator
Fulbright's application could
be termed "mind-washing."
oh. woe 10 the poor Con-
gressmen who have 10 rep
resent such an ignorant
electorate. Perhaps the con-
stituents In 1868 will exon
crate themselves by exercis-
ing their democratic privilege
10 vote these two centralists
from office.
George n. Miller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10
Unturns PdpoI Stone

In the June q edition of
The Star there Is an article
entitled THE Washington
Monument" by T. w. Tirana.
The author. In discussing the
incident Of the papal stone.
says: To-day the papal stone,
which once stood In the Tenn
pie Of Concord IN Rome,
probably is somewhere on the
bottom Of the Potomac"
This statement Is incorrect.
The papal stone Il buried
about two feet under the
sidewalk at the corner Of
Twenty-second and p streets
NV. I remember reading
George Kennedy's column,
The Rambler, q year or two
ago when he discussed the
whereabouts Of this stone. As
he recounted II, the stone
was stolen by the Know
Nothings and buried IN the
woods near the city. In 1927,
q crew digging an excava-
ton for some pipes uncov-
cred the stone near Twenty
second and p streets NV.
II was not removed for sew
eral reasons. one OF which
was that 1927 happened 10
be the year that Al Smith
was running for president.
The stone Is still there today.
Since The Star has always
played an important role In
Washington affairs, II would
be entirely fitting for you TO
undertake a campaign 10
have the gift Of Plus TX
excavated. A search through
the records OF The District
Department Of Public Works
would undoubtedly pin down
the exact location Of the
stone.
Albert Albert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10

soldier on one or the other
side.
Some Of the individuals,
pieces Of whose lives thus
come before US, are identified
by pseudonyms, but all are
real. Nevertheless. Mr.. Tully's
cinematic technique virtually
forces q comparison with
Theodor Plievier's Berlin"
perhaps the greatest novel to
come out Of the war, and q
book, by the way, that has
been available In English
since 1856.
II memory serves, Plievier
has relatively little to say
about strategy and tactics
per Sc; in this sense the two
books complement each an
other. But though one is fic-
ton and the other fact, they
appear almost 10 compete In
describing the daily life Of
individuals. Plievier's book
is a masterpiece. Mr.. Tully's,
though vivid and more than
competent, Is not.
Mr.. Tully Is at his best in
describing the Soviet troops
in Berlin. sometimes COM
hitting the vilest atrocities,
sometimes acting with the
greatest kindness. II Is clear
that TO q great extent the
atrocities were the work of
men who themselves Cor
whose families) had suffered
from the barbarism Of the
German occupation. Terror
Is rarely repayed with COM
passion. Under the circum-
stances. the behavior Of the
Soviet army. bad as II was,
seems almost restrained.
The extensive descriptions
of the fighting necessarily
4 involve a bewildering pro-
fusion OF place names. The
endpaper maps are essentially
decorative and schematic-
and not particularly accurate
besides. They are no help.
In one case, the section
on the final assault on the
Reichstag. Mr.. Tllly at first
seems 10 have made q funda-
mental error In the complex
geography Of the city. Aclose
reading shows that there IL
no error. merely the impress
sion Of one conveyed by a
loose sentence.
Berlin: Story Of q Battle"
Is a good book and q
salutary reminder Of the
easily forgotten fact that war
has 10 do with people. In
theory, perhaps. II ought not
10 suffer from comparison
with Plievier's novel. But the
novel once read cannot be
forgotten. Mr.. Tully has been
overshadowed 10 be sure, but
not overwhelmed. and that in
itself Ia q considerable ac-
complishment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10
Union and Nkrumoh

In Mr.. Eric Sevareid's ar
ticle, ''Nkrumah's Union
Now A Dream" appearing in
your paper Of June 4, 1t was
asserted that the African
leaders assembled In Adds
Ababa rejected in their en-
tirety, the ideas offered by
my President, Osagyefo DR..
Kwame Nkrumah.
This is a matter Of opinion
and ! would not have deemed
1t necessary to say anything
about 1t. However, when
your columnist describes DR..
Nkrumah as being q man
dwelling In "a never-never-
land Of paranoid fantasies"
because he advocates q CO.
heSive African unity, I feel
compelled to make q COM
ment or two.
Whilst 1t Is true that the
African leaders did not leave
Adds Ababa with q charter
instituting q continental
government and parliament,
1t is equally true that none
Of the leaders present ex-
pressed any doubt as to the
feasibility or the necessity
Of the creation of q United
Africa in the future. The
establishment Of the Organi-
sation Of African Unity Is,
therefore, . step in the di-
rection Of the objectives so
eloquently advocated by Dr..
Nkrumah.
II this proposition Is &C
cepted, then no objective
student Of the contemporary
African scene could deny the
significant role played by my
President in creating an at
mosphere within which Afri-
can leaders could at all meet
to discuss continental unity.
For, it must be recalled,
when DR.. Nkrumah began his
dynamic advocacy for Afri-
can unity not many years
ago, the adjectives used by
Mr.. Sevareid in describing
him were used then, but to-
day African unity is an ideal
that could not be brushed
under the rug nor ignored,
either by the leaders Of Afri-
ca or by the world. The
dreams Of yesterday are be-
coming the realities Of today,
thanks in a large measure to
q man who could dream.
Far from being dissatis-
fled with the achievements
in Adds Ababa, DR.. Nkru-
nah himself has described
the conference period as the
happiest moment Of his life
and q concrete testimony TO
this Is the fact that the
Ghanaian National Assem-
bly, Is meeting on June 18th
to give speedy ratification to
the Charter Of the oAU.
George o. Lamptey.
First Secretary
Embassy Of Ghana
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10
Supremacy of the Air

Even though his hand was forced
by overseas preSsures, President Ken
nedy's announcement putting us in the
supersonic airliner race came as well
come and exciting news. II the de-
ciSion was inevitable, 1t was accelerated
by the unforeseen: Pan American World
Anyways order for six Concorde super
sonic Jets being developed by the British
and French.
It might have been cosier for all
concerned-Government, aircraft man
ufacturers, airlines and the public-had
more time elapsed before the next
sacrifice in the name of speed. The
price Of the present superjet expansion
still weighs heavily on some companies.
The high cost OF Government is pinch
ing hard. But today the race is TO the
swift as well as the strong, and already
we are playing tortoise to the British
French hare.
~ This country has no choice but 10
build faster and better planes than are
being planned anywhere else, despite
a the initial cost. To do less would be 10
surrender supremacy Of the Always,
ours since the birth Of commercial avia-
ton. To do less would be TO yield To
the British and French, and quite likely
the Russians as well, the production
and international sales Of airliners, a
field which we have always dominated.
An additional complication is that
II we should have In the future 10 buy
airliners from Europe instead Of selling
them TO Europe, our balance -of-pay-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10
WATCHING THE WORLD
By CROSBY S. MOVES
Foreign Correspondent Of The Star
British View Irritotes u. S.

The British to be sure have
one small technical loophole.
Under terms Of the Nassau
agreement 1t is specified that
the multi-lateral force should
consist Of Polaxis-carrying
submarines. This original
plan has now been strapped
by the United States in favour
OF surface vessels.
The British are making the
most Of this loophole. Their
objections to the present plan
are technical ones. The main
question being argued is
whether a fleet Of surface
vessels would not be too
vulnerable to have any real
military significance.
But the real objections,
everyone knows, are financial
and political. Even If Admiral
Ricketts, is able to persuade
the British Admiralty of the
military feasibility of the
scheme, this win not remove
British objections to It.
What then are these OBJ
jections which presumably
did not exist at the time Of
Nassau?
One says presumably be-
cause there is some suspicion
that the objections existed
all along. 1t may be that the
British expected general lack
OF interest in the multi lateral
force would kill it at birth
or that at least the project
would not be pushed with
such impatience by Washing
ton.
Obviously the necessity Of
coming to q decision in the
pre-electoral period is acutely
embarrassing to Mr.. Mac
milan and his colleagues.
What makes it especially
embarrassing Is that the in
dependent British nuciear
deterrent is becoming a very
important issue in the coming
electoral battle. And If there
is agreement to go through
with the costly multi-lateral
scheme the independent de-
terrent will become, for all
intents and purposes. q dead
letter.
Common Market Problem
An equally obvious cause Of
embarrassment is Mr.. Mac
millan's continuing ambition
to lead Britain into the Eu-
ropean Common Market.
In the wake Of the Nassau
meeting, and to some extent
as a result Of 1t, French Pres
ident deGaulle slammed the
Common Market door. To go
ahead with q multi-lateral
force at this stage might well
be to lock the door for good.
All Of which does not
change the fact that q COM
mitment still exists and that
"double-cross" is hardly too
strong q word for the current
British waiting"
It seems likely that II Mr..
Kennedy, In his meeting with
Mr.. Macmillan, tightens the
screws hard enough. he can
get the results which he so
ardently wants.
Though whether this will
help to solve the more serious
problems facing the alliance
is quite another question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10

Apparently the lawmakers
on the House District Com
mittee are either lacking in
common courtesy or just don't
have much legislative inte-
gritty.
AS q member Of High
School Students for Better
Education (HSSBE), / was
told that we had as much
right to present testimony as
any other civic group and
that hearings were for the
purpose Of listening to any,
one who had taken the time
and effort to prepare a
statement. Perhaps our law
makers need to be reminded
Of an old adage: "The best
way to win an argument is
to listen" 49,.
Members Of our group are
not irresponsible. We took a
great deal Of time to prepare
the testimony we were not al
lowed to give before the
House District Committee on
June 4. We visited schools, In
terviewed teachers. principals,
and school officials. We pre-
pared, circulated, collected,
and studied missionaries.
We wrote and re-wrote testi-
mony. All Of this was done in
our scanty free time, when we
could have been having much
more fun doing something
else more recreational.
Over, above and beyond
this, we have an unusual in
terest in the schools: We at
tend them.
Candida M. Fraze,
Chairman, Co ordination
Committee. High School
Students for Better Edu-
cation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10
Not Ashamed

Thank Heaven for The
Start Your editorial, I'VE
Are Not Ashamed" incorpo-
rated the proper balance be-
tween reasonable indignation
and objectivity and will serve
as an unanswerable rebuke
to the demagogues who have
unfairly besmirched the City
Of Washington.
Frank J. Luchs.
! want you to know how
pleased I was with your
splendid editorial on the
crime situation in the Dis
trict. I had 1t introduced
into the congressional
Record.
Personally, I am in COM
plete agreement with your
position. Thank you for
stating it with such clarity
and precision.
Carlton r. Sickles,
Member, House Of Represent
atives, At Large. Maryland.
-
Congratulations on your
article, I'VE Are Not
Ashamed"
During recent months I
have Travelled in a number Of
States south of here and /
have constantly been asked or
told how bad washington is.
I defended it and told them
that this was a wonderful
place to live. I have clipped
) out your editorial and / am
going to carry it with me in
my billfold and when one Of
these people who don't real
" know what they are talk
ing about start telling me
about how bad our beautiful
Capital City is I'm going to
let them have it with all the
ammunition you put in this
article.
I am proud to be from the
Washington area and / think
we have one Of the finest
cities that there is. I APP
preciate what you have said
in this editorial.
Robert Bainum,
Administrator. Wheaton MUIR
sing Home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10
A BOOK FOR TODAY
How 1t Was When Berlin Fell
BY DONALD MINTZ

BERLIN: STORY OF A
BATTLE. BY Andrew Tully.
Endpaper maps by Rafael
Palacios. Illus. 304 pp.
(Simon and 6chuster;
$3.50
The level Of borrow during
World War II was suffice
iently high to occupy the
conscience Of mankind for
many years yet to come. Yet
individual episodes stand out
against even that back
ground, and q considerable
literature has grown up about
many of them.
One such is the Battle of
Berlin, q thoroughly insane
affair even by the standards
Of war, q battle made neces-
sary by Hitler's decision to
have his capital destroyed
with him In q great twilight
Of the gods. In 1915. the i'm
portance Of the city as an
objective was the occasion
Of some dispute between
Churchill and Washington;
Gen. Eisenhower. meanwhile.
was not impressed by its mill
tary value but was prepared
10 accept 1t as q major target
for political reasons II his
American and British civilian
superiors so decided. They did
not. And we now know that
the Prime Minister was right.
Now the capital and symbol
Of the hated Third Reich is
a symbol Of q different sort.
the emblem Of the Vests win
TO resist Soviet encroach-
ment.
These postwar considera-
lions, irrelevant though they
may be, inevitably heighten
the interest Of Andrew Tully's
Berlin: Story OF q Battle"
Mr.. Tully, q Journalist and
novelist, twas one Of the first
three American correspond
ents 10 enter Berlin" Since
that time he has been read
ing and accommodating notes.
Then last year he went 10
Germany TO interview as
many soldiers and civilians
as / could find who had been
In Berlin during the battle for
the city"
His book Is thus no mere
retelling OF q well-known
story: Mr.. Tully estimates
that at least IS per cent Of
the material Is here pub
lished for the first time"
"Rerlin: Story OF q Battle"
proceeds In q series Of Vi
gnettes: Now Q glimpse OF
the personal life OF an en-
battled civilian. now Q dis
cussion OF Soviet strategy or
German pseudo strategy,
then q bit Of the moment 10
moment life Of . particular
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to copdensG-
tion.. Those not used iUiH be
returned only iOhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped enveIoDes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10
LONDON.

LONDON.
The announcement that
President Kennedy will meet
Prime Minister Macmillan in
the course Of his forthcoming
European trip comedies with
an expanding outburst Of
irritation among American
officials over British reluc-
lance toward the American
backed multi-lateral nuelear
force for NATO.
1t also comes at q time
when Mr.. Macmillan is
laundering in the depths Of
one Of the juciest scandals
to have afflicted any British
government In recent years.
The word here is that the
Profuno story is only Just
beginning and that before
the returns are all in other
cherished heads In the Tory
establishment will roll.
From the Presidents point
Of view. Mr.. Macmillan's
misfortune may have one
bright side. The guessing
now is that British elections
will be postponed as long as
possible, which means tech
nically until the autumn Of
1864.
This will mean. in turn,
that the Presidents visit will
have less Of an electioneer-
ing character than might
have been the case II the
verdict was foreseen for this
autumn.
II Won't Be Pleasant
On the other hand, the
meeting can hardly be ex-
pected to be q very cordial
one, particularly If the, Brit
ish government continues to
hang fire on the nuclear
force. Already in some cir
cles the unpleasant word
"double-cross" is beginning
to creep into private con-
versation.
This refers, Of course, to
the British commitment taken
at the Nassau meeting last
January to support the
creation Of o mixed-crew
multi-lateral force for the
alliance. In view of this
record it Is somewhat sur
prising to read In the Man.
chester Guardian these days
that, according to British
spokesman, "the British gov
eminent has IN no way COM
mitted itself to support the
idea of q multi-lateral nu-
clear force. )"
The British are, in fact,
committed up to their necks.
According to the official COM
munique Of the Nassau
meeting:
The President and the
Prime Minister agreed that
the purpose Of their two
governments with respect to
the provision Of the Polaris
missiles (offered by the
United States to Britainl
must be the development Of
a multi-lateral NATO nu-
clear force In the closest
consultation with the other
NATO allies. They will use
their best endeavours to this
end" !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10

there is q Greater Authority
over them all and His word
Is law. Should the State deny
this?
Elizabeth L. ScuII
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-21

maker may add any or all
other embellishments, or is
delicious as is. Serve the
sauce with rice, spaghetti,
potatoes, maearoni. Combine
with meat, fish, or chicken
for casserole dishes or use as
a topping on broiled foods
and. Of course. as a sauce
with a mushroom or ham
Omelet.
Still another sauce. de-
signed for use with meats,
poultry. fish and eggs. is
Toots Shor Hot Box meat
sauce. The sauce is prepared
from tomatoes, chill peppers,
sugar, salt, vegetable oil, an
chovies. spices and herbs.
It's available at the Hickory
Farms cheese stores and the
Old g georgetown Coffee
House. ". F.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-21
Teen-Age Baker Awarded
Top Prize in Buke-Off

Revecca Greeb Of Hagers-
town. Md. is baking her way
toward a B-A. degree.
A student at st. Mary's
School. 13-year-old Revecca
won first place this week with
her recipe for Hawaiian
Skillet Cake" in the prelimi-
nary bake-off of the $4,000
Pyrofax Gas teen-age bak-
ing contest, held in Stras-
burg, Va.
AS local winner, she was
awarded a silver Revere bowl
and a SamSonite overnight
case. and the opportunity to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-21

compete in the regional grand
finals which viii be held at
Richmond, Va. on Deem
Der Il.
The grand finals winner
will receive a $4,000 scholar
ship, $500 cash bonus. two
Caloric ranges worth $500
each, one for her home and
one for her school. a Gay
Gibson wardrobe, and a trip
to the 1864 New York
Worlds Fair.
Revecca won out over "a
contestants from schools IT.
this region who participated
in the contest. All mad been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-21

chosen on the basis Of their
excellence in writing an es-
say on why I Want to Go
to College" which aecompan-
led the recipes they baked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-21

in I6-ounce glass jars. The
new sauce IS made with olive
oil in the Italian tradition.
Meatless, it provides a. basic
sauce to which the home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-21
Orange Soda

Ever team cream soda with
orange sherbet for home
made sodas2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-21
Easy Cleaning

Casseroles will be easier %
clean II you grease them
lightly before filling.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-10-11

politics reared its insidious head.
This Associations machinery ought
to be repaired, oiled, and fueled with
sufficient funds through popular sub
scription and even local government aid.
Plans should be pressed for revision
of the highway ALLEGATIONS system 50
as to put first things first.
Since through politics we lost the
Interstate 81, let US accept the guage
and employ politics to achieve our end
. We have sizeable block of votes
in both Senate and House Of Delegates"
Mr.. Andrews states.
Now is the time for plans to be made
to place the needs of highway develop
ment before the powers that make al
locations. Civic clubs. governmental
bodies. patriotic groups and local polit-
zeal authorities might be organized to
carry the needs and causes of the peo-
pie from Norfolk to Roanoke to Bristol,
and the people from Richmond to Dan
VILE to the proper officials to develop a
system of 4-lane highways through this
section.
Interstate Ga as presently planned
will not supply the needs and demands
(either as 4 defense route or COM
mercial route) that would be met in
super flame highways on Route 400 and
$50
We commend the project to all civic
bodies interested in the future Of this
area.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-10-11
Water System
Loans Available
Through FILA

Money to finance needed
capital improvements is one OF
the greatest needs in rural
areas, according to a state
ment made today by Curtis T.
Roach, county supervisor of the
Farmers Home Administration
office in Cumberland. The FILA
has been authorized to provide
credit when gular credit
sources are not available.
Recent legislation has made it
possible for rural areas to get
needed financing for community
water systems. Loans are made
to nonprofit associations. politi-
cal subdivisions or public au-
thorities. They may be used to
improve water supply facilities.
This would include wells, reser-
volrs, pumping stations, water
lines, and water treatm ent
plants. Other uses would include
water control facilities such is
dams, bitches, and stream chan
nels for the protection of farms
and rural residences.
More information may be OBJ
tanned from Hunter P. Evans.
county supervisor of the Farm
vile office, or the Cumberland
office.