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Evening star., 1963-12-31
DAVID LAWRENCE
Wide-Spre0ding Integrution Issue

all fields Of education, m
eluding the curricula and the
competence Of teachers.
The whole educational
system heretofore has been
operated on q local basis.
Federal aid to education has
been designed. to assist the
States merely to get better
physical facilities, particular
ly in special fields like
science. But now that the
Federal Government has
undertaken through DEGREES
Of the lower courts to deter
mine Just who shall attend
which schools in Q given
locality, on the ground that
there must be no diserimina-
ton due to race or color, use
Of Federal authority to take
over the educational systems
Of the country Is expected to
follow.
New York City's difficult
ties with the desegregation
problem are duplicated In
many other big cities Of the
North. There Is no line Of
demarcation as to where
State authority ends and
Federal authority begins.
Pupils are being assigned to
schools in many cities on the
basis Of residential zones.
But even this method is
being brushed aside in ef-
forts to equalize the number
Of persons Of given races who
may attend certain schools.
There Is plenty Of talk on
both sides about
extremists" The fact re-
mains, however. that the
integrationists feel Federal
Intervention can be relied on
to insure the fulfillment Of
their demands. Recent statis-
tics, moreover, show that the
Negro population Of the
United States Is growing
rapidly and that q substan-
tial number Of Negroes have
left the South to live in
Northern cities. It will not be
long now before the question
of segregation or desegrega-
ton in the schools will be
agitated far more in the
North than in the South.
New York City's experience
has something Of q parallel
in Philadelphia and Chicago.
9 1868
Evening star., 1963-12-31

In the excitement Of
change, 1t has been largely
overlooked that President
Johnson has inherited,
among other things, the role
Of leader Of his party. That
astute politician has not
overlooked it at all and is
doing something about it, as
the recent presence at the
LBJ Ranch of such trusted
1860 campaign aides as
former Gov. Buford Ellington
of Tennessee suggests.
Specifically, little has
changed at national head
quarters, as elsewhere.
National Chairman John
Bailey of Connecticut was
asked to remain, and the
mixed bag Of Kennedy
strategists there have not
removed their files, either.
But as strategy for President
Kennedy must be leshaped
for President johnson,
agents to whom Kennedy
interests were entrusted
could hardly be expected to
carry out their planned
errands with the same zeal
and effectiveness.
President Kennedy's ap-
peal transcended party lines
and was notably effective in
big States. President Johnson
will be very much more
dependent upon the coat
tails of his congressional
running-mates, especially in
big States. In some Of those
he was frankly regarded as
the enemy.
Democrats are frequently
tempted beyond their
Evening star., 1963-12-31
Pax Atomico Not Ideal but 1t Works
While Forces for Peace Goin Strenoth
ERIC SEVAREID

Human beings are about to
turn over the calendar page
and say goodbye TO the
fraction Of time known as
1858. but there is nothing
much to suggest that in our
individual or collective forms
we are turning over q new
leaf, that either sweet rea-
son or senselesSness will rule
in 1854. Presumably, we shall
trudge along in our normal
proportions Of general good
ness and general cuSsedness.
Still, the atmosphere con-
tains suspicion that affairs
have been so arranging them
selves that cusSedneSs will
have harder going in the
coming year.
It Is q little hard to believe
that. at home, we win re-
peat q year In which q Presi-
dent, q Negro leader and
several little girls were as
saSsinated. the latter within
a church. sanctuary even in
the Middle Ages. It Is easier
to believe that. In the world
at large. we can repeat a
year in which the major
forces for danger held pretty
steady, In which the icebergs
Of the cold war melted a
little, at least above the water
line. There is more reason
now than for some years
to feel that in the interac-
tons among nations, espe-
cially the great nations, the
forces for order are stronger
than the forces for disorder.
There was much wild talk
among nations in 1868, but
very little wild action, and
no grand conformation. In
deed. it seems fair enough
to say that the outstanding
behavioral characteristic of
the nations in the past year
was restraint. That is o long
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MPorts of County Are Encountering 1t
And Finding the Solution Is Not Simple

school system destroyed than
have it fail in what he con-
siders the necessary time
table for integration. Maybe
1t has run its course anyway.
the public school system he
said. Until this statement
was made. the segregation
lists Of the South alone held
the dubious distinction Of
being ready to sacrifice the
public schools to the de-
mands Of their extremiSm.
Equally inexcusable is the
demand that DR.. Calvin E.
Gross be removed as superin-
tendent Of schools. A look
at DR.. Gross record makes
1t clear that implications Of
ractsm against him are
nothing short Of character
assassination.
"It is time to stop such
dangerous tactics. Mistakes
have been made In the past,
probably by all parties. There
is nothing to be gained from
magnifying them now or
making them appear as acts
of bad faith. The civil rights
leadership and the Human
Rights Commission can help
the schools - and the chill
dren In them-best by work
ing with the board, in calm
intelligence and without the
threat Of q futile and de-
structive boycott"
II the editorials in the
Southern newspapers were to
be examined, it would be
found that they, too, have
tried to advise their readers
there Is no simple solution to
the troublesome issue. What
has complicated it, Of course,
is the entry Of the Federal
Government into the process
Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
which has always been
considered the function Of
the State governments.
But now that the Federal
Government Is already exer-
cising q far-reaching control
over the schools In order to
insure desegregation, the
same logic could prompt the
Federal authorities to invade
Evening star., 1963-12-31
DIRECTS, SINGS HERE
Met Baritone Plays
Double Operate Role

the principal singers, Ginnetta
LaBianca, Sylvia Stahlman
Charles Bressler, David Lloyd
and Donald Gramm.
The opera, which Mr.. Her
bert calls "a farce with beauti-
full music" has 13solo, arias
and is one of Mozart's most
difficult. 1t was the first opera
the Opera Society of Washing
ton produced, in 1857.
Mr.. Herbert said he was able
to persuade the society to have
the spoken dialogue in English
while keeping the singing
portion in German.
A singer with the Met since
1854, he played the Squire In
'Falstaff" here In 1859 and
also directed two other Mozart
operas here, "The Marriage oi
Figaro" and Don Giovanni"
Turns to Law
He also finds time to direct
in Houston and Fort Worth
Tex, to sing in summer stock
to be q full-time professor OF
voice at the University oi
Michigan and to direct opera
there. He said he had to make
81 trips between Ann Arbol
and New York last season tc
sing and direct at the met.
Mr.. Herbert said as q child
he wanted to be q doctor, but
! there were 16 doctors in his
Evening star., 1963-12-31

It is so easy nowadays to
ct mixed up as to whether
one is reading about New
York City or Birmingham,
Ala, In the controversy over
civil rights and desegregation
Of public schools. In the
minds Of many people. this
issue is supposedly confined
solely to the South. But an
editorial in the New York
Times has Just made it clear
that the question Of school
integration is beginning to
emerge as one of the most
troublesome Of the era In all
parts Of the country. The
Times described the situation
In New York as follows:
THE issue Of how to end
de facto' segregation Of the
city's schools has become
involved In irrational argu-
ments, intemperate state
ments and inexcusable dema-
gogy. Almost all parties
involved In the dispute are at
fault.
James B. Donovan, the
acting president Of the Board
Of Education. used unfortu-
nate terminology when he
said that he presides over q
board Of education, not q
board Of integration or
transportation.
STANLEY H. Lowell, chair
man Of the City Commission
on Human Rights, read the
Board Of Education q public
lecture. This was not only q
dubious exercise in states
manship on the part Of one
city agency toward another
but also included some gross
misinterpretations Of the
school boards position and
intent. The charge that the
board subscribes to the
separate but equal doctrine
Is both insulting and untrue.
Finally. the Rev. Milton
Galamison, as chairman Of
the city-wide Committee for
Integrated Schools. departed
shockingly from his earlier,
constructive course as q civil
rights leader when he said
he would rather see the
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Harder Going for Cussedness

sure, but there is the chance
that the great lesson Of this
period will be that there ID
safety in numbers in q sense
not originally intended BY
that phrase-in the sense Of
diversity.
Since 1t Is the Commu-
nists who push and drive the
hardest against diversity,
who strive for q monolithic
world. in their own pattern,
it seems reasonable to look
at this developing condition
as a gain for the West and
what it stands for. The
strength of Western culture
and its economic systems
are proving far stronger
than the Communists an
ticipated and far more Of .
lure and example for the
new little nations than they
had thought. In any case,
simple nationaliSm, especial
ly the brand-new national-
ism of the "emergent" peo-
piles. is a more powerful mo-
tivation than any ideology.
In the long run our interests
can prosper under such con-
ditions; the interests Of
Communism cannot.
Revolutions, coups, acts
Of aggression there will be
in the year ahead; local
Communist victories there
may well be. But there Is lit
tie reason to think that the
paralysis of the great pow
ers, imposed by the atom,
will not continue. Great
power adventures and con-
formations seem less and
less likely. Within this over
all strait jacket, the Wild.
est antics of small nations
can be endurable. If this Is
so, then the chief item Of
business on the new calen-
dar of reasonable men, on
both sides of the Iron Cur
tain, is to see that other
nations do not obtain the
atomic weapon.
g 1883
Evening star., 1963-12-31
Johnson Aware That as Head of Party
He Must Work for Support in Big States

strength when given q
chance to work on each
other with q knife, rather
than reserving their energies
for Republicans. This time
they resisted temptation and
have accepted the renomina-
ton Of the President as q
fact of life.
Big-State leaders must
make do with q Texan. The
Texan knows he needs them,
as his instant bows to such
men as the mayors of New
York and Chicago showed.
Both recognize that they
have a big selling job to do
in the ever-more-likely event
that Republicans next year
will nominate q moderate
ticket.
Another important dimen-
sion Of the Johnson cam
paign problem Is that every
Dem ocratic presidential
candidate since Franklin
Roosevelt has run behind his
congressional ticket and on
its coat-tails. Harry Tru-
mans 1948 triumph was an
historic refusal to be daunted
by adverse circumstance, but
he could not have prevailed
had not Illinois, for example,
given Adlai Stevenson the
governorship by half q mil
lion votes and sent Paul
Douglas to the Senate with
100000 to spare. In contrast,
Mr.. Truman barely made 1t
there and elsewhere.
Unhappily for Mr.. john
son, Democrats next year
have few such stars coming
UP in places where the big
electoral votes blossom.
New York Democrats
remain disorganized d. In
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way from peaceableness. but
one Of its prerequisites. No
adventure remotely compa-
rable to the Soviet adventure
in Cuba in 1862 was attempt
ed; even the fire-breathing
Chinese walked softly around
the borders of India and
made no noticeable effort to
extend or intensity the war
in Wet Nam. At least for
the time being. they are 60
ing easy on Korea and
Formosa. as well: whatever
their talk. they seem to have
no stomach for a real risk
Of nuclear war.
A pax atomica" is by no
means the ideal kind Of
peace. but 1t is the kind We
have. and it is serving its
purpose this side Of a real
spread of atomic weapons
into irresponsible hands.
The hands that now hold
them are intensely, pains
takingly responsible and are
likely to remain so.
There has been measur-
able cause for President
Johnson's claim before the
United Nations that, The
World has become a little
safer. the way ahead a little
brighter"
Quite clearly, the process
known as the "depolariza-
ton" Of the political world
has continued in this past
year. and almost, as it were.
against the will Of the great
powers, America included.
Small islands Of political
strength or at least stub
bornness have emerged all
around the world. and we
have been less able to exer-
else our will within our sys-
tenn Of alliances, as the Rus
slams have been able to ex-
ercise their will within their
system. One cannot yet be
Evening star., 1963-12-31
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

The management happy that the name of
the establishment has been changed from the Berlin Wall
to the Berlin Sieve
Plotting further the Defense Department
Secretary Mcnamara considering replacing armored
divisions with the Chicago Bears.
After week end Of the LBJ Texas treatment Germanys
Chancellor Erhard has appreciation of Unter Den
Lyndon.
Educators report that high school smokers get lower
grades Semester exams end in a blue funk.
Evening star., 1963-12-31
Bill for Kennedy Coin
Is SIGNED by Johnson

JOHNSON CITY, Tex, Dec.
81 (AP).-PreSident johnson
has signed the bill authorizing
the Treasury to coin half
dollars bearing the likeness Of
John F. Kennedy.
The measure was passed by
Congress following the assassi-
nation Of President Kennedy In
Dallas ON November "a.
Evening star., 1963-12-31
BY T. w. TIRANA
Star Staff Writer

Ralph Herbert, Metropolitan
Opera baritone, is here to both
direct and sing in Mozart's
Abduction from the Seraglio, "
to be played Friday, Sunday
and Monday.
Mr.. Herbert will play the
part Of the Pasha, who tries to
get the heroine to join his
harem. 1t is a part he says is
too small for important singers
and too difficult for small
singers.
Its easier that I do it in
stead Of teaching someone
else" the Vienna-born singer
said In an interview yesterday.
Scenes with the Pasha are
often q flop, Mr.. Herbert said,
because they involve o lot of
pantomine during difficult
arias with preludes and inter-
ludes, and many Of the actors
are too unfamiliar with the
German text to react properly.
He said the Pasha, who should
be played straight to show the
other actors in the opera to
full advantage, Is often ludi-
crous.
Has Been Rehearsing
He arrived here Sunday, but
has been rehearsing In New
York since December Il with
Evening star., 1963-12-31

The signed columns on these pages, IKE the
cartoon beoU, are intended to present Star readers
NTH iOtde range of opinions issues of the DAY.
Including opinions tohich conflict Nth our oupn
The Stars ute1Os are expressed tn its editorials
Evening star., 1963-12-31

He arrived here Sunday, but
has been rehearsing in New
York since December Il with
, 1963-10-18
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN SLAM
DIVISION OF ST. CRO1x

ESTATE OF ALFRED AUGUSTUS WILLIAMS. Deceased
NOTICE is given that the undersigned has been appointed
administrator Of the above estate. All persons having claims or
claiming to be next of kin are required to present them verified by
affidavit within six months and all persons indebted to the estate
are directed to make payments promptly to FRANK PADILLA,
Administrator. Dated 18th Octob Il, 1868 at Frederksted.
LEADER & PADILA, Attorneys for Estate.
, 1963-10-18
FOR SALE
One FORD TRUCK 1868 Model Fe

oneFoRD TRUCK 1863 Model F6O0 ia inch
wheel base 8 cyl. wIhYdraulic hoist; damaged while
unloading. for sale for account Of Insurance Under
writer's. Unit may be inspected at RoBT. I.
MERWIN & CO. INC. who will receive sealed bids
until opening at 8 &C lock Friday October Is, 1863.
Details Of bidding furnished on request. Phone
772-0I50 for copy Of bid form.
, 1963-10-18
GOVERNMENT OF
H VIRGIN ISLANDS OF H UNITED STATES
Christiansted, st. Croix
Department Of Property & Proct
CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed bids, in quadruplicate, will be received at
the Department Of Property & Procurement, Division Of
Procurement, Christiansted, ST. Croix, US. Virgin
Islands until HOO AM. October "a 1868.
Rental Of Tractor Driven
Grass Mower with Driver
and fuel
The Government reserves the right to reject any or
all bids, to waive any informaEty in bids, and unless
otherwise specified BY the Government or BY the bidder
to ACCEPT any item in the bid.
Copies Of Invitation to bid may be obtained from
the Department Of Property & Procurement, Christian
sted, ST. Croix. Virgin Islands.
"A G. ANDREWS.
Deputy Commissioner.
n, l8. 10
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| Georgia, who heads Armed
Services; Magnuson Of Wash
ington. chairman Of Commerce
and Anderson of New Mexico
chairman of Interior. If they
keep these posts, Senator SYM
ington of Missouri would be en-
titled on seniority to head the
Space Committee. Under Sena-
torial practice a Senator holds
only one Craftsmanship.
Senator Long Advances
On the Finance Committee
Senator Kerr's death advances
Senator Russell Long OF Loui-
siana to second place behind
Chairman Byrd. Senator Byrd
said last night he was shocked
and distressed" by news of the
death Of his close friend. He
described Senator Kerr as "a
man Of brilliance and great
ability"
The filling Of Senator Kerr's
committee assignments proba-
bly, will lead to a reshuffling
and advancement for many
Senators on other committees.
The Oklahoman was a part
ner in the firm of Kerr-McGee
Oil Industries Inc, and was one
of the wealthiest men in Con-
gress.
Dean MCGEE, his partner, left
Oklahoma City for Washington
Immediately with three Of the
Senator's children-Robert, jr.,
William and Mrs. Lowell Clark.
The widow, Mr.. Grace Kerr, and
another son, Breene, were al
ready here with the Senator.
Back home Senator Kerr was
known as the man who brought
home the bacon. Oklahomans
enjoyed his slashing wit, but
even more they admired his
seemingly uneanny ability to
iget the money for one Of his
pet loves water projects for g
State which often careened
from flood to drought in 9
years time.
AS Representative Tom Steed
Democrat Of Oklahoma, put il
yesterday, oklahoma has lost
her most valuable asset"
Senator Kerr unabashedly
said on several occasions I'm
against any combine Oklahoma
amt in on" AS ranking Demo-
crat on the Public Works Com
mittee, he saw to it that Okla
homa projects got the money
they needed. An Gilman from
an oil State, he was equally
unconcerned by criticism that
his stands in favor of the Pc
troleum industry amounted to
a conflict Of interest. He said
his position was not in conflict
with Oklahoma's interests.
Senator Kerr undoubtedly
would have played as import
ant a role inthe 8Sth Congress,
which convenes next week, as
he did In the last, but he had
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Potomac Bridqe
Traffic Exceeds
December, ~

The volume of cars and
trucks using the Potomac River
bridges increased by 10 per
cent last month over the COM
parable month a year ago.
A District traffic count re-
LEASED, yesterday showed that
3O9.659 vehicles used these
bridges in November, a 10 per
cent increase over the 276,lS4
traffic count for the bridges
in November. 1861.
Francis Twiss, deputy High
way Department director, said
that the bridge traffic count
in previous months of last
year has also been higher than
in comparable months of the
preceding year. However, he
said the 1862 year-end traffic
counts are not yet available.
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been keeping his own counse
on such major topics as thu
proposed new tax cut and med,
ical care.
Born in Log Cabin
This reporter talked with the
Senator in the Senate Office
Building cafeteria on December
is, the day before he entered
TIE hospital. But he avoided
any comment on the major is
sues Of the impending session
Senator Kerr was born Sep
TENDER II, 1896, in a log cabin
at Ada, Okla, then Indian ter
ritory. 1t was so miles from
the nearest railroad station.
From that humble beginning
as a farm boy, he climbed the
ladder of success to a multi
millionaire, who served as Gov
ernor of his State from 1943
to l947, and as Senator since
l948. He made the keynote ad-
dress at the Democratic Ma
tional Convention in 1914, and
was an unsuccessful contender
for his party's presidential
nomination in 1852.
On his way up the ladder
he had tried his hand at school
teaching, salesmanship, law
and as a drilling contractor.
He was a second lieutenant in
the field artillery in World War
I, and was State Commander
OF the American Legion in Ok
lahoma in 1925.
Consistent with his Baptist
I a mily background, he was
deeply religious, and was q
Bible class teacher for a
quarter of a century.
He was at one time vice pres
ident of the Southern Baptist
Convention and regularly gave
80 per cent Of his income to
;hurch activities, plus heavy en-
dowments to educational insti-
tutions Of all denominations.
Although he opposed Presi-
dent Kennedy's plan to provide
medical care for the aged under
Social Security, he was CO.
author of the Kerr-Mills Act OF
1860, under which the Federal
Government helps the States to
provide medical treatment for
those who need it.
Senator Kerr was a supporter
of the Roosevelt New Deal and
the Truman Fair Deal. But in
the Senate he occasionally
found himself at odds with the
liberals over legislation affect
ing the oil and gas industry.
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Tragic" Says Mansfield

Senator Mansfield called the
r""'s tragic and unexpected, :"
He said the loss win be felt
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Roads Commission soon will
present a program for meeting
these needs and he urged the
Assembly to give it close
attention.
1t is expected that the Roads
Commission will recommend a
financing program that will in
clude increasing some Of the
motor vehicle use taxes.
Noting that a permanent plan
for administering State savings
and loan laws has just gone
into effect, Gov. Tawes said
that the head of the new de-
partment has been instructed
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Mcnamara Advances
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to proceed promptly with the
section of the new law requir-
ing the examination of every
State-chartered savings and
loan association at least once
every three years.
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POLL TAX VOTE
TOPS MARYLAND
ASSEMBLY LIST

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A
resolution to ratify a
United States constitu-
tional amendment barring
poll taxes was the first
piece of legislation intro
duced in the Maryland
General Assembly at its
opening session today.
The General Assembly is
expected to ratify the
amendment quickly. Mary
land has no poll tax.