davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-24
The Judges Work Hard

Chief Judge Bazelon Of the United
States Court Of Appeals doubtless was
motivated by good intentions when he
prevailed upon two of the appellate
judges to sit on the District Court bench
this summer. But the matter was in
eptly handled.
For one thing, the picture of 176
accused persons languiShing in Jail this
summer for want Of judges to try their
case was misleading. The prisoners are
there all right. But for reasons having
nothing to do with the availability of
judges only from so to go of these cases
actually will be ready for trial during
the summer months. And If experience
is a guide, most of these will wind up
with guilty pleas.
Furthermore, the fact is that five
; District Court judges have been sitting
in July and seven are expected to be
sitting in September. The services of
Appellate Judges Burger and Wright,
who volunteered for the extra duty, will
be helpful. But the work of the District
Court would not have gone to pot with
out them.
Most Of the District Court judges
are hard workers. There are IA of
them-one vacancy being still untitled,
largely for political reasons, after three
years. The filling of this one post could
have eliminated the criminal backlog.
Furthermore, two Of the IA judges have
not been in the best Of health. Even
so, the IA local District judges in fiscal
1862 tried 1900 more civil cases and only
430 fewer criminal cases than the "a
Federal District judges who serve in the
southern district of New York. On a
national basis, our local judges in the
last fiscal year averaged 100 days in
trial per Judge as against country
wide average of 66 days. Naturally, they
get bit irked at any suggestion that
they are loafing on the job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-24
THE PASSING SCENE
The u. S. and AH-or-Nothing Groups
BY WILLIAM S. WHITE

Crisis is piling upon crisis
for the Kennedy Admins
tration in Congress. The
state of the Union is deeply
troubled-and deeply dam
gerous.
Crisis No. is the Presi-
dents demand for sweeping
and in some respects highly
dubious civil rights legisla-
ton to appease spreading
and frequently lawless Ne
gro demonstrations. These
are pointing to an ugly Gre
scendo in a March on Wash
ington" in August plainly
designed to frighten Con-
gress into doing the will Of
the militant Negro leaders,
wise or unwise, constitutional
or unconstitutional though
that will may be.
Undeniably, all this can
readily create an intolerable
national social chaos-and
possibly even something
worse. And no detached anal
ysis can avoid the conclusion
that the Presidents persist
ent refusal to speak out
firmly against this attempt
at government by intimida-
ton has done nothing at all
to ease the problem and may,
indeed, have done much to
inflame 1t by encouraging
Negro extremism.
Crisis No. 2 is the Presi-
dents urgent appeal for
emergency legislation to block
q Nationwide railroad strike,
threatened for July 80, which
undeniably could create ma
tional economic chaoS--and
possibly strangulation. In
this instance, no detached
analysis can avoid the con-
clusion that the President
is in no way to blame and
that he Is at last coming to
grips with the great problem
of the national interest"
strike.
Union Intimidation
The unions, having lost in
the very Supreme Court it
self their effort to force the
railroads to continue an old
and indefensible featherbed-
ding practice Of hiring thou
sands Of men more than
they need or can use, had
themselves decided to try
the tactic Of mass intimida-
tion-in their case by strik-
ing.
What the President has
proposed is a strike-free
period Of two years, to be
accomplished by empowering
the Interstate Commerce
Commission to impose bind
ing work rules on both sides
for that period. It is, Of
course. far from a perfect
solution. But 1t has the great
value of being the onlv sollI-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-24
Ousted MusIims

A recent news item re-
ported that a dozen mem
beers Of the Black Muslin
sect have been fired from
Federal Government Jobs. In
each case. they were asked
whether they would support
their religion or the United
States in the event Of q con-
flict between the two. They
chose Islam. and lost their
Jobs.
Is 1t now the practice Of
the Civil Service Commission
to ask similar hypothetical
questions Of all probationary
employees, regardless Of race
or creed? II so, I humbly
suggest that the kind Of
question asked the Black
Muslims Is but a crude and
blunt first attempt at FASH
ioning what might some day
be a very handy personnel
tool.
In any case. the hypothet-
zeal question technique
should be hailed as a prom
Using innovation In the
never-ending struggle against
sincerity.
Leonard Ross
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-24
Petition for PRAYER

We are very much con-
cerned with the decision of
the Supreme Court as to
Bible reading and the Lords
Prayer in our public schools.
In our small community of
Damascus, Md, we have a
petition which reads:
Whereas it is the tradi-
ton Of the American people
to politically recognize God
and whereas this recognition
through certain public SYM
bols has never been in viola
ton of the Constitutional
principles, Of separation of
church and state, or the de-
NAL Of the rights of any
minority, and whereas we be-
lieve that these public SYM
bols support the Consti-
tuition and the rights of all
minorities by public recogni-
ton of the underlying
spiritual values on which
these were founded, we urge
and support the introducing
Of a Constitutional amend
ment to permit the use of
the Lords Prayer in our
public schools"
This petition protects the
rights of the minority not
to pray II they do not want
to do so, and asks for an
amendment to permit the
use of the Lords Prayer, not
force.
During the week Of July
/ we received over 1900
signatures in our commune
ty. Catholic, Protestant and
Jewish people were among
the signers. The petition
was given to the Honorable
Charles Matthias our Repre-
sentative in Congress.
We question the right Of
people who do not believe in
God to tear away the foun-
dalton of our country for
which our forefathers fought.
Il pray that all Christians
and Americans who love their
country and know the bless
ing of living in America will
take the time to write to
their Senators and Repre-
sentatives. If this is done I
believe an amendment could
be assured.
Thelma Walter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-24

ton that seems at all pos
sible in order to protect
this Nation from paralysis Of
transportation which this
Nation simply cannot permit.
And If it is not compulsory
arbitration, as the White
House says 1t isn't and as
critics say it is, then it is not
more than a whereas away
from that ultimate method
Of settlement.
The Two Threats
On this issue, the Presi-
dent frankly and coura-
geously challenges the enor-
nous power of Big Labor.
which is already marshaling
to fight his bill on the char
acteristic assumption that
any settlement not granting
Big Labor all its demands.
and all at once, is no settle
ment at all.
On the racial issue, how
ever, the President bows to
minority group pressure on
the theory that any settle
ment not granting the Negro
leaders all they demand, and
all at once, is no settlement
at all.
No doubt, many interesting
morals could be drawn from
this curious tableau of a
President standing resolutely
for reasonableness in the one
case and in the other case
associating the great power
Of his office with irrational
extremism. The effect upon
his moral authority in the
railroad crisis Of his unwill-
ingness to stand for reason
able solution in the racial
crisis will be something which
only later events can weigh.
At least one moral, how
ever, is as clear as the July
sunshine. He, a Democratic
President surely friendly to
Big Labor, has found that 80
per cent or 90 per cent or 80
per cent Of his devotion is
not enough for Big Labor. He
has found that only 100 per
cent submission, every day
and every day, will suffice.
When will he accept the
patent truth that precisely
the same Is true of the pro-
feSsional civil rightists? NJ
ready the all-or-nothing
spirit Of these is being shown
toward a White House which
is asking for them from Con-
gress far more than many
fair men can grant. But al
ready these professional civil
rightistS are striking at both
the President and his brother,
Attorney General Robert
Kennedy, with the cry that
all they are demanding III
behalf of the Negroes is mot
enough"
o 1868
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-24

@. Was any music used
when Shakespeare's plays
were originally producedp-
U. E.
A. Music was introduced
into Shakespeare's plays in
songs and as incidental mu-
sic. instruments such as the
VOL, the recorder fiddle and
the lutte, were popular in
Elizabethan times. In an
EliSabethan playhouse, three
flourtshes on a trumpet an
nounced the beginning Of the
performance. A group OF fid-
dlers played between the acts.
@. Why was the Baltimore
oriole named so? WIN.
A. The Baltimore oriole
(Icterus galbula) takes It's
name from Its colors, orange
and black, which are the
same as those Of the House
Of Baltimore. The House Of
Baltimore established the
colony Of Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-24
Fair Redistrictinq

Your July 16 editorial on
congressional redistricting in
Maryland is to be commended.
DR.. Perusse's plan is an ex-
celleRt one, but the last
meeting Of the board Of di-
rectors of the Maryland Cit
liens Committee for Fair
Congressional Redistricting
was lamentably, though un-
derstandably, reminiscent Of
a session of either house in
the Maryland State Legisla-
ture. The suggestions varied
widely and board members
were far from unanimous.
I am one of the board
members referred to, and I
am also a board member of
the Maryland Committee for
Fair Representation. I have
been asked to provide liaison
between these two groups
and I believe Qualification Of
their respective roles may be
helpful.
Both com mittees are
founded on the same basic
principle of good government
that each citizens vote
should count the same as any
other citizens vote. In one
case, the vote referred to is
that for those to represent us
in the United States House
of Representatives. In the
other case, the vote is for the
the members Of the Maryland
State Legislature.
The two committees are
also interdependent in a less
obvious way. BY custom,
though not by law, State
Legislatures for many years
have drawn the lines not
only for their own mem
bership but also for member
ship in the United States
Congress. AS long as we have
malapportionment In the
State Legislature land we
still have 1t in both houses,
II is difficult to get fair re-
districting through that State
legislature.
In the case Of the State
legislature, there is a Mary
land suit pending before the
United States Supreme Court
which may well settle how
much remains to be done In
the lower house and whether
anything will have to be done
In the upper house TO avoid
violation Of the United States
Constitution.
In the case Of the United
States House Of Representa-
tives. no Maryland suit has
been brought, but suits orig
mating in New York and
Georgia are pending. II is
conceivable these suits could
be heard this fall and that
a decision could be handed
down by the early spring Of
1864. Should such a course
Of events develop, II is even
conceivable that fair con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-24
Dangerous March

On August % there is to be
a peaceful demonstration"
here Of 100000 to 100000 Ne
groes from across the Nation,
in support Of their just de-
mands for equal civil rights.
The Negro leaders say they
cannot prevent the demon
stration, but will keep it
peaceful. The President says
he looks forward" to their
arrival, and of course they
have every right to come and
demonstrate. But it seems to
me that the demonstration,
based on emotion rather
than strategy, will not aid by
one Congressional vote the
cause Of civil rights, and a
demonstration that got out
Of control could kill the civil
rights program for years to
come.
I have seen a number Of
demonstrations and mob ac-
tons over the years, mostly
overseas, and am convinced
that the difference between
a giant demonstration and a
mob is, frequently, one Incl
dent and about 10 seconds.
Surely every effort will be
made by the Negro leaders
and by the police to keep the
demonstration peaceful, dis
ciplined, orderly. But the rea-
son for the demonstration is
a fervent desire for equal
treatment and a deep sense
Of denial and grievance,
hardly the climate for pas
sivity. The horror is: What
would happen If just one
crackpot Cor conniving) rae
list emptied a rifle into the
leaders, or threw a hand gre
made into the crowd? Coun-
ter-violence would be certain,
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
pyramiding. And among the
deaths would be that Of the
civil rights bill.
]. Sam Mewhinney, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-24

trying Adolf Eichmann; it
was trying Nazi Germany
and seeking publicity for that
trial.
But this cannot be done in
a court of law. Much Of the
evidence turns out to be rele-
want to the real business at
hand but totally irrelevant
to the oStensible affairs of
the court.
To put it bluntly, we come
out not with a trial but with
a show trial. Yet the two
nouns will not live together.
To the extent that a trial
is a show it Is not q trial;
to the extent that it is a
trial it is not a show.
Once the trial expanded
and thereby became less of
a trial, it was inevitable that
the state of Israel would be
said to be the representative
or the incarnation of a mys-
tic nation (not religion)
known as the Jewish People.
And when this Is said,
when ZioniSm ceases to be
a practical matter and be-
gins to partake of racial
pseudo theory, it becomes
the diverse of Nazism. The
pseudo theory does not
bother Mr.. Pearlman for he
fails to see its implications.
IF EICHMANN HAD BEEN
SUMMARILY STRUNG UP
or gunned down, the only le-
climate directors would
have been those for whom
the deliberate taking Of a
human life is never justifi-
able regardless Of circum-
stances.
AS it is, the issues have
been hopelessly obscured by
a nearly infinite number Of
problems. 1t is not Mr..
Pearlman's purpose to deal
with these problems. His
book is a polemical report
designed to minimize them
and at the same time to force
us to confront once again
the fantastic inhumanity of
Na2i Germany. The second
objective. at least, is worthy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-24
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry lDriterS' 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.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-24

gressional redistricting in
Maryland could take place
in time for the congressional
elections in November, 1854.
Newton I. Steers, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-24
Fights Freew0ys

Among witnesses at re-
cent House hearings urging
full speed ahead on local
"freeway" projects were
mouthpieces for corporations
and trade associations inter-
eSted in greater consumption
of cement, rubber, petroleum
products, and cars, not in the
creation of a good society.
Last months smog under
lines the fact that even the
Laundry-Dry Cleaning AsSo-
citation Of Greater Washing
ton, which supports the high
way program, has much to
gain from ever-thicker pals
of exhaust by-products. One
may question whether their
special private interest COIN
cideS with the general public
interest.
The interstate highway
program has been perverted
into a subsidy for automobile
committing in cities. The
committing system envisaged
is a slight chronological i'm
provement, and no concep-
tual advance, over the system
devised long ago by the
Romans. AS a city grows, it
must employ higher-density
land uses. The simultaneous
subsidy of lower-density traf-
fic techniques renders any
city technologically obsolete
and inadequate for a popula-
ton of over one million.
The alleged benefits for
cities from proliferation of
committing "freeways" must
refer to the associated mush-
rooming growth of suburbs,
the exodus of residents and
customers from the central
city, and increases in COM
muting time and cost. Have
those too poor to afford a
car. or a second car, or to
bear the costs of "freeway"
committing and downtown
parking, no right to cheap
mass transit? Mass transit is
much cheaper per commuter,
and can be made more eco
nomical in time as well.
The economic rationale of
large cities is the minimiza-
ton Of movement of people
things, and ideas. What en-
phasis on automobile trans
port for internal traffic has
done is the reverse: to max
imize the volume and cost
Of movement, to segregate
the uses Of urban space.
A committing system that
subsidies residential segre-
CATION and penalties the poor
cannot be in the public in
terest. C, It's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-24
Chuck Eqon

The death of Chuck Egan
has saddened many people. I
know from personal ex-
perience that he devoted
most of his life to his fellow
man. in large deeds and
small. In 35 years experience
and association with news
men, I have never known one
with more professional COM
petence. or one who went so
far out of his way to assist
others. The credo Of his life
surely was do good unto
others"
The obituaries highlight
his full and useful life. I like
to think Of him as moving
up TO that king size cloud,
reserved only for the cham
pions. as he renews acquant-
ance with Rockne and Gipp,
Of his beloved Notre Dame,
and speaks once again to
Ruth and Cobb and Speaker
and the many other sports
notables who have preceded
him. I'm sure he must be
recounting the finish Of
countless thrilling horse
races, the sport he loved best,
as he relives the glory days
OF Man o. War, Seabiscuit,
War Admiral. Count Fleet,
Native Dancer and many
others.
For those who loved him,
Chuck Egan leaves q void.
But he will always be re-
membered as a friendly
Irishman with q big smile
and a big heart for those who
needed II most.
Flint Dupre.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-24
Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKIN SERVI

m ri e any can aus Sc an q sni iss
reau. 6s6 y street NV. WSshinston
4, D G Please inclose return post
age or self ! addressed. stamped
Evening star., 1963-01-19
FOUND

CAT, solid white, young. found Tues
vic, Capitol II. $1,000.
DOG, cocker spaniel blond, female
VIC Fairfax Circle and Rte so. 5O3-
EM s.Bpab or EN- g-sS74
KEYS, Vicinity on 1900 18th Al NV
Can be claimed far Identification All
kaplan Crawford showroom. 93ga
Champlain st. NV.
WALT vic Of Michigan ave. and
Published Daily and sunday
AZ Warrington y q,
second Class Postage Paid
Evening star., 1963-01-19
$4,000 Is Found
In Voided Checks
On DC. Sidewalk

An envelope containing signed
checks totaling $4,000 was
found yesterday by a 5l-year-
old warehouse manager who
promptly had them returned
to their rightful owner, only
to find the checks werc
worthless.
George L. Jeffreys, manager
OF a Northwest janitor supply
warehouse, told District police
he found the checks in an en-
velope on a sidewalk in the
l400 block OF Church street
NV.
The police called John w.
Hechinger, president OF the
Hechinger Co., signer OF the
checks.
II seems that a. briefcase
containing the checks and two
unsigned notes for $4,000 each
was stolen a year ago.
The day we discovered the
briefcaSe missing, we had the
bank cancel all the checks, &"
Mr.. Hechinger told police.
All parties involved are still
trying 10 determine how the
checks, written more than a
year ago, suddenly turned up
yesterday on a busy Washing
ton sidewalk.
Evening star., 1963-01-19
Durable Goods
Sales Show Gain
By the Associated Press

December sales of durable
goods by manufacturers were
up S per cent from December.
1861, but down / per cent from
the record volume of Novem-
ber, according to the Com
merce Department.
On a seasonRlly adjusted
basis, sales were valued at 1854
billion. Business rose in the
transportation equipment in
dustry but declined somewhat
in the metals and machinery
groups.
New orders, placed at SIC
billion after seasonal adjust
ments, dropped about 3 per cent
from November figures. Steel
producers received a slightly
higher volume of orders, the
electrical machinery industry
found no change, while nom
electrical machinery, fabricated
m e t al S and transportation
equipment manufacturers re-
ported decreases.
Unfille d orders decreased
about $400 million.
Evening star., 1963-01-19
Veniremun
Before Hoffu
Grand jury

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 19
tAP).-A Davidson County
man who said he was offered a
$4,000 bribe shortly before
he appeared as a prospective
Juror in the recent James Hof-
ia conspiracy trial here has
appeared before a special grand
jury.
The venireman, James Tip
pens Of nearby Brentwood, ap-
parently appeared as a wit
ness yesterday before the grand
jury. which is investigating
charges Of jury tampering in
the Hoffa Trial. The con-
spiracy case against the team
ster president ended in a mis-
trial after failure Of the jury
TO reach a verdict. Mr.. Hoffa
was accused OF violating the
Taft-Hartley Act by accepting
payoffs from a trucking firm
the teamsters represented.
Seven other persons also
appeared In the witness room.
They included George Broda,
organizer and business agent
Of Nashville Teamster Local
327. Proceedings were held in
closed session, however, and
names Of witnesses have been
withheld.
Mr.. Tippens reported the
bribe offer in one OF two secret
sessions held during the nine
week trial Another witness in
one OF the closed-door sessions.
the highway patrolman hus-
band Of a Juror, said he
was offered a promotion
by Ewing King, president Of
Local 327. Mr.. King. called
before the court, pleaded the
Fifth Amendment, court rec
ords later showed.
Evening star., 1963-01-19

were cruising in an alley at
Montello avenue and Queen
street NE. at $50 am. when
they noticed the front window
of the cleaners had been
smashed.
Peering in, they saw a man
standing by the cash register.
He ducked down when he saw
the police, but then surren-
dered without resistance. He
had taken $2.55 in pennies
from the cash register, the po-
licemen said.
The man, whose nose had
been cut when he entered
through the window, was
treated at D. c. General Hos
pital and charged with house
breaking, police said. He was
identified as Alvin B. Steele,
30, of the unit block of Sher-
man avenue NV.
Evening star., 1963-01-19
Mount Everest
Party En- Route

BANGKOK, Thailand, Jan.
l9 (AP).-The advance group
of the first American expedi-
ton to Mount Everest arrives
in Bangkok Monday en- route
to Nepal, the English-language
newspaper Bangkok World re-
ported.
The party includes Norman
@, Dyhrenfurth, his wife Sally,
cameraman Daniel Doody and
Barry and Lila Bishop of. the
National Geographic Society's
Washington office, the report
said. They leave for Katmandu
via Calcutta Tuesday morning.
The rest of the 22-member
group is scheduled to leave San
Francisco February 3.